New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-04
.xo,c<L IND surgical NOTES.

prxrnrys.-It is stated that, as o
y yrsnch physieans hold TO the fungoid theory Oh
s,,a tapd one OF their number rs said 10 nave eAPe
..nsod with earbOlate OF ammonia IN cases Oh TINS u
ease with encouraging success IL even appears '"a'
~ nx,lat looks upon carboe acd as prophylacnc W
=, ..a an the ordinary way OF diet during epidenlcs
mai ia taken the form OF sirup Wnen patep,
atssesea he's ne admpisered and dilute solution Of the
acid infected In severe eases, Dr. Declat enPloys "
soSs Of me same and he ~ SO confident ~ to the
scscy Of the remedy That in cases where dsscupn r
Impending he lniects solution OF the cipo"'c vi "n
mona directly into the veins
RESPIRATION WHEN ASCENDING MOUNTAINS
According 10 careful experiments made by NJ Lortet IN
tbe valley Of Chamounix. mp to ahght OF about lSooc
feet the respiration is but little troubled II the preeau
lions are taken Of walking with the head low, to dmn
sch the orces the air passages of keeping the mouth
shnt and breathing through the nose, and Of sucking
come small substance as nut or stone to increase the
calvary secretion. Above tins hight, tue respiration
becomes hurrled even 10 80 S hd hnne stS
feeling being a. the pectoral muscles hau become sun
and the ribs were eneased; the amount OF air when
passes through much less than in the valley and the
amount Of oxygen for the publication OF the blood Is
very small The pulse, SAYS Lortet increases ir1m GA
arteries feeling almost empty; the rapid circulation OF
The blood the lungs adds to the insufficient oxysena
swollen and there is invariably experienced heayi
the head and seepness. due to Imperfect AGRA
ton OF the blood
HOSPITAL HEATING AND VENTILATION
Eneent ventilation and uniform warming with economy
In outlay and in maintenance, are the great dederata
in all hospitals one of the best methods of realizing
tnese as claimed to have been proved in some OF the
spoe important hospitals in Europe the German plan,
IN which the fresh air propelled along air channel
Nv the operation OF suitable fan. into air chamber
containing a warming apparatus, where tits warmed
ana mostened. and whence II is distributed over me
banding. An thermometer and dynamOmeter, plaeea
before the fan, Indicate ~ any moment, the exact
of supplied "a the building The amount I'D the
hospitals is 200 cubic feet tnnnuT an nouI per GU
bur ~ CAPABLE Of beng doubled This quantity OF ar
furnished without percepbe draft and the Their
mometers IN the wards indicate % constant tcmpera-
Fab In Summer the air is cooled, and ~ is
warmed in winter. The Nitiaed ar escapes tnrousu
naes each having free the external arr Inc
the warm baths and vapor baths are also supplied by
waste steam of the small engine when WORKS tue
ian
HARMLEssNEss OF HYDRATE or CHLORAL.-
In an article reviewing the evidence which from time
10 has been brought forward for and against the
OF hydrae Of choral therapeuticai agent, the
editor OF The journal Of Chemistry declares il as his
opinion that II is perfectly safe article for any ntel
gent physician to employ that it produces sound
refreshing sleep when used IN cases Of nervous wakeim
mess. leaving the brain aud digestive organs IN per
iocty condition; that there s organ or iunc
Of the system disturbed by IT, when its use
long oOutDucd and that t has the singular property O
not OesDg its therapeutcl influence when perhetentll
period OF nearly three years, having invariably pro
the refreshing sleep each night The editor
OF The Journal asserts, however, that u is useless anC
improper 10 give the agent TO relieve paint being Only
valuable as hypnotic in seoplessness unattended 10y
pain-and that the dose employed by many physicians d
iDsufcient ten grains have usually but little influence
upon adult twenty often fail to produce sleep bu
thirty OF forty seldom fa-medum doses being Dette
at bfst. TO be repeated ~ required.