New-York tribune., 1874-06-13
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NOTES.

cr-AwwoN1Ac IN ACUTE RHEUMArIsM.-M. Nj.
Martueau has communicated to the socie'e ac me,
peutiaue series OF cases when tenu W s"o" '"o A.
M salammonac In acute Rheumatism in so"'o "
stances cure Is said to have been enoc'cu' anu "
o,ho,,bc mise and temperature decreased at'cr tue
.,,a,no Dr. Lapeyrere also in La France Aediedie,
,,e that Del,oux dc Bavignao found daily doses OF
half gramme too feeble. and gave from four TO ten
gramme.. He carried the quantity per dem 10 40
In divided dSses iOr ase 4any sses
cIred by three dOses0f gramme each given at III
tervals Of half an hour Some English pnyscanS ne'
oux dc Savgnac has used 1t both externally and inter
naly in gou as well as 10 acute rheumatism ana sa
II dminshes both pain and fever Ii may 10 assoeu
in any Of tho waters OF the pharmacop1a.
ONE OF THE CAUSES OF TYPHoID.-The as
serion made that sanitary investigations in England
have the discovery that largo proportion OF the
typhoid In English cities is sown by milkmen; ana Dr.
Bateson, Medical Inspector Of Leeds, has just added
some important facts to those bearing on the SUBJECT
He states that toward the close of the year 1872 fever
appeared in Leeds in Isolated Places and in districts
where the sanitary condition unexceptionabe The
cause OF this for while completely baffed discovery;
but length it found that milk dealer residing III
the center of the town, supplied every house In whlch
fever was present. But the milk dealer got his mix
from farin-hou distance away, and all Within
his own house were WELL Upon visiting the farm mouse
six persons we're found suffering from the disease lying
in a room adjoining that In which tue nkeans were ere
kent and nursed the woman VINO managed the
dairy or the 80 persons attacked IA died darymah
in Glasgow having fever in his house. supplied l5 ianl.
lies, In five different streets, anu III 'n'oo i"'' W
fever cases occurred
ELECTRO CHEMICAL TEsTs-lt is hardly cor
rect to speak OF the electro-chemical methods In
toxcometry to which such prominence is now gven as
OF recent development Years ago Prof Edmund DaVy
of Dublin devised a simple electrochemical method OF
ascertapine the presence OF different metals applied TO
detect minute quantities of metallic poisons. He en-
Moved yotaic arrangement OF small slips OF zinc ana
placed IN contact, and forming galvanlc cir
emit with the nterposed fluid suspected TO contain the
oisonous metal The poison was deposited In crystals
on the ne egatiye surface OF the sips OF metal mus
could he dete ced only the vehundredth part
of a grain deposited-n some instances inueeu,
he could appreciate the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
mart of "A grain These minute quantities cen pe ue'
fected even when mixed with ordinary articles or uet
such as wheaton flour, bread, starch rice, potatoes
sugar. vinegar various klnus OF "ihe anu aso III
the saliva ana bile.
EMBALMING-A London journal, discussing
the subject Of embalming presents some statements
which seem to show that the application or neat 10
bodies filed with bitumen the essential part OF the
Egyptian mummifyng process-that, In fact, the num-
mics owe their preservation to creOsote formed by the
application Of great heat TO the btumen Ii appears
that all the substances found within mummies are OF
resipous nature but that their mere Introduction ho
the great cavities OF the body along win eklcrudi
lotions of wine, would answer the purpose OF en-
bamino seems contrary 10 fact Many, not al, tnc
mummes have their muscular tissue impfeghateu WIN
resinOus matter; most are aso odckeneu anu ou,
and i'm some the tissues have been reduced TO ases
Ihe inner bandages are generally In state resembling
finder and as IL seems absurd TO suppose tlat tho
appcaton of heat without some practical OBJECT
rational conclusion is that by means OF H. the Doy pe
came impregpated with creosOtc, derived from the
decomposition Of the bitunen ana Daluabes Win "nien
1t was previously covered