New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-09
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NOTES.

CUFNJr,L CONSTITUENTS OF THE BRAIN
Some Interesting Investigations recently made by NJ
Cooley into The chemical constitution OF the O"ii' $40"
tLat tie human cerebral substance contains about 50
Ter cent Of water; and thai two alOuumOd matters arc
,rescut one rot differing from albImcn and soluble IN
1.ter While the other IS insouOe,ld ioT TINS the Az.
vcs;or proposes The name Of cepAcliae. TIC f"Iiy
,oncc Of The brain he finds is formed principally OF
~ ,cl,n Zee, Inn and cer'ein nlsn oc'n hd hi3 s"I
o. f,tr cl.rau contains ~cNsc CERTAIN si4,t' s0. fI'
-, i'm wafer ANA Ia alcoi ~, otacrs soluble ln WAFER ana
10, IN alcohol Daring orcompoSon tde or Dtal tuir
iuui>rc, acd p'Cduc - among when "le Oelo' MAJ .''
I,hospho-slyccifc ana rhosp orc "Flos' 49,,
SPONTANEOUS HUMAN Commemorative
oueson as Il whether there is any sucA tang - Spo"
neons combustion Of the living human body, Il de"fec
10y H. Cass.sliol OF Biest, ator thorough eNlll"oi
81 III the conlctinc accounts on record absolutely "
re negative. Maay authors have affirmed that the
1ly ON these occasions Of allcgcl combustion, burned
,sith b,re flne ard drrasel cmryrcumaiie od0r'
I'M s CHAR. ter. ,cs ere met with in many kinds o.
Cobastion instances bl also ca sought ios L! a.
Cnass agnic among alcoholic drink rs P'saE i.l' ~
,yornen bnt vItLOa success. Tic ica has 1cca iat M
;deooi in tlrin as takes ne; Us lic'' nov @
slowly own after having been STEPPED 'n aioOho' Iof
sOlac days
ABNoRMAL FACUITIEs.-T singular posi-
flo, tiLoI hy u Morcsn m discussing the conui'lois
o;iusanlty that he mental organizations most fayora-
lie Tor the development o. thc faculties are those winch
dive orin 70 deliruln and that trcnscendcDta capac
ties on intellectual apttudes derive their origin rom
?1cxtra physiological condition oi the organs Of tbonehi
and from this point Of view, genius may be considered as
aneurosis Instead of the axiom Of 81 sane nina III Il
s, boly- heinz correct NJ MORGAN declares that The
d. 'rrf.fion o. the Ply steal mar IS couci"n OF te
perfection of lie moral martial thc Hll !Ii-,c-e'
y - .i,~ -. c.'sce az its fan being also the
causes of H. rrdeur. Finally NJ Norc'u asserts tha'
-, iii,iiuqs endowed with a superior intellect, 81
even me.ely placed above the common leFcl OF lhN-
.cmca reckon among thcr ancestors ana HeMDeiS VI
t4,iT family IuAd'icS' etc'
EFFECT OF ARNItA on TIE SKlN.-Contrary
g. IRE opinon usually entertained TO the effect OF tine
,.r.of .1... On tie ska, D. White communicates 10 ~
Is,c7l an Stup;c1l Journal the details of some cases
which show that when applied to The SKIN, II proves, IN
c. tain Individuals, IA iIIant poison such instances
u. White believes occur not incqucnty but are NOT
re~cniTcd TIE appearances which follow It's use neinG
otn isakcn for the immediate eject, or sequel OF TIC
inury or other trouble for which IL was used even the
,rsi,n ofor fire to rncoclze tho artificial ratrrc
G III eczema hn called 20 treat ari 20 connect II wl
b.lief in Ike har1nlcssnoea, too, is mentioned hy
D.. VILE preventing nc patient IN host clScS, lFi
IL .ivce Of TIC is a,c Very few Of the works or
tocolosy, ard noDe o. those on materla medca place
al1ica among the rois'is
SANITARY DRAlNAGR.-At a Sanitary Confer
epee lately he'd in birmingham. Eng. paper read
setting forth the method pursued by one Of the artisans
ana alorcrs building companies in order to attain tho
most perfect sanitary security practicable anu especially
in the matter Of drainage The method, In this respect
consists in avoiding, invariably, the carrying Of drains
under any portion of the house Instead OF this, drain
is arranged at the backs Of two rows OF houses, running
nchwse in the gardens and into the main drain; the
drain pipes also led from the backs of The houses IN
stead OF beneath them ard hence into the street. rs IS
generally done in aiteI modes OF house Crainaec
,s J. an has been carried out by the company IN the
mousse they built in various cities and u Is LKeWSc
leig ado It'd London a. the ShsitesDuIy estate;
VIII Fe some 500 hou.cs hayea eady been erected ana
100 move IL process Of construction II is said that
The death rate IN these lOuses, compared with that OF
similar uulnber OF ordinarily drained houses, has been
much lcSs.