New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-09
MEDICAL and SURGICAL NOTES.

NoxIoUs GASES IN WELLs.-Lives are fire.
Quenty lost by noxious gases in wells This may be
prevented by the adoption Of the following simple
means; Take some pieces Of carpet or common sacks
and make them mp into loose bundle nearly as large as
the area OF the well lnclose In II brick give weight
and attach 10 the bundle rope of sufficient length TO
reach TO the bottom of the well. Throw TINS Dundle
down the we and haul 1t up again quickly as posi-
the atmosphere OF the wel will become quite innoxi9ns
may be proved by letting down lighted candle The
bundle as is easily understood carries before II guam
uty Of fresh air from the surface and this OF course
displaces the foul and dangerous air from the bottom
ALCOHOL FORMED IN DoUGH.-lt has been
generally stated aud believed that the alcohol formed in
dough- during the process OF fermentation all expelled
IN the baking but il now appears that really percep
bile amount OF the intoxicating fluid may be obtained
from small quantity two ounces OF ordinary
bread From a report of investigations nude by Mr. T.
BOas, published in The london Chemical NcrS, Il seems
that SIX samples OF new bread bought at shOps IN Lon
don yielded from 2 TO 40l OF one per cent or alcohol
the air IN moderately room for week two-thrds
of the alcohol had evap0rated Mr. BOlas remarks that
to be Of detec Importance, but u may be perhaps
worth while 70 notice that 30 2pound oayes are about
equal IN alcoholic strength TO an ordinary bottle OF
port" BY means OF some additional experiments ne
hopes to determine the amount Of alcohol which
dough loSes while baking
An ANATOMICAL HNT.-Dr. Hermann Meyer
of Zurich asserts that shoemaker ought not only to
produce shoe that does pinch but shoe so con
etruoted that il will give 10 a foot distorted by the
pinchng borne already fair chance of return
TO ITS right shape and full possession Of its power as
means OF carrying the body onward. He that In
measuring foot shoe boot the first thing To be
considered - BE place of the great toe Upon ts zoe
III walking the weight Of the whole body turns az every
step; uaturdl foot, therefore, II Is IN straight me
with the heel. central straight line drawn from the
pOnt of great TO the middle OF its root II con-
timed. would pass very exactly 10 the middle OF the
heel But, by the Uisituug boot usually WOrh inc
point of the toe pressed nwards. the root OutWards
No last or model OF foot already injured by wearing
IlG-uug bouts SHOES should ever be made OI inc
exact size OF such q foot
LIGHT AS a CURATIVE AGENT.-Ihe state
lls been made that Sir James Wyle, late physician
the Emperor II Russia having studied the
effects OF igh as curative agent IN the Hospital OF st
Petersburg. discovered that the number Of patients
who were cured i'm rooms properly lighted was four
times those confined in DARK rooms. THIS led 10 com
plcte reform i'm lighting the hospitals OF Russia, and win
the beneficial results I'm all The cities visited 10y
tie cholera universally found that the greatest
number OF deaths took place in narrow streets ana ON
the sides OF those having northern exposure WheIe
the saluJaTy beams OF the sun are excluded Inc lha-
southern slopes OF mountains are better OeNel
upod and healthy than those who live on the north
EN- sides. while those who dwell In secluded valleys are
generally subject 20 peculiar diseases and determines OF
person. these different results being attributed to the
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