New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-05-01
MEDICAL IND SURGICAL NOTES.

VA1uAprF ANTIsEPTIC.-M. JacqueZ mas
presented 10 the French Academy of Sciences paper
containing the evidence he has collected IN rekiu w '
value of borax as an antisepc, The SUD oor"Ve :" S
monia too according 20 the results OF TINS ohc'u'S.
reriments is Of marked importance In the Woilu VI
science solution OF parts OF borax IN lVo ., MSi 10
Tenresented as preventing the putreiaetNe process III
meats fQr a considerable time Iesh ulppC - s,onos
. " dseetpe rooms the taxidermist and those en-
gagged in preparing cabinet specimens W as hein
A. JacGuez's method is considered ~
SeonomicaI ana in way dangerous OF haoe
painful accidents not unrequent wip cn5nS ana
much employed in empal dro anu 4"
tonical preparations against 'eI"'' -
MppC1,Py IN THE HUMAN SYSTEM.-Prot
HYATT delivered lecture mercury IN Vienna recently
when ne exhibited tie les bone OF man whose death
had undoubtedly been FASTENED by mercury on strlK-
inc e bone heavily upon the table, out fell thousands
81 ii,tle entering eobules Of mercury-brght metallic
mercury-whicn rolled about upon the black surface pe
fore him collecting here and there into drops TINS SI
curry had been absorbed 6nnng me- I,nrtaIity
amoug those who work in mines Of quicksilver OF III u
works where 10 is reduced Is known 10 oe i,,
the celebrated mines Of ldra, the men "oA 5onse
one month In the mines and In the slnelI
But this it appears that OF nc nuu
employed there, one fourth become salVateu ,
ORGANIC MATTER IL WATER.-One OF the
most interesting discussions Of what should DC inc CHAR
actor OF water used domestic purposes is thaV con
tanned in paper read by Dr. Woods before the Lohuon
Chemical Society, In which he insists th"t organic
matter Il Injurious 10 ltAtNs anu NiiAV ''''N''' -
tins uot is every physicians duty The author staIeu
that his mind was pontedy directed to this subject oy
the ease of two French ships that had been dispatched
simultaneously with men from Algcrs 10 France, ana
under similar crc instances excepting Us 10 ,u0 49,
with which they had been furnished the water OF one
IA. oil linC frOu mlrshy place, where the ague was
,rIirf. that OF the other from an elevated position
Xlrrr Inc 4-e did prevail soon after silinE, Ile
,,r an b.arl the vessel supplied with water rom inc
pI.r.n suIfur were seized with remtent fever. Wie
not eise occatfcd hoard Of the other vessel As
rnc an animal tNcrcta in water should be conldc req
as poisonous 90 animals Of tine same class, aud an or
ranic matter OF dcCompOsdblC character IA wafer is
highly prc iudcId Co health.
PURIuCNuON OF SEwAGE.-A plan has re-
Gently been proposed in Edinburgh scotland for taking
from foul water Impurities Of kind whether Of
sewage or Of manufacturers and dyers waste waters
TIE substance proposed to be used is peculiar kind OF
animal charcoal made any substance which is not
hone I, stated to be not only powerful decoouzer
but has pecular powers If absorbing both organic and
Inorganic substances, while 10 from % To 80 times
cheaper than ordinary bone charcoal In carrying ont
tic proposed method of using tins material, the sewage
il ctusa o. lal into bed Of sand which lies on thin
nor rod oft Gravel Ter which lies bed o. the charcoal
After D. ug through another laver OF gravel the liquid
goes upward trCU-u charcoal ana HoWS over INTO
"A bed sand. n is thus thoroughly Uttered ana pafl-
hcd. The charcoal after may he lad aside IN he
omen air th0ut causing any SMELL ana IN hitle Iue
will recover ITS -ual power or % may hc rcbllJ OF
distilled probably the whole OF the nitrogen taken from
the sewage passing over Ia the dlstlJtlOu as ammonia,
accompanied hy Other valuable products.