New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-15

was taught that pneumonis has natural tenaensy 70
q cure II was treated both by general and local oiecd
very much whether Llenuec his followers ever had
70 record the terrible mortality from that disease
cam a MS 1 most soe%niy that have IL with
almost uniform success. was summoned nos ons IN,
for to ad@nter the last rites Of the Church IN the
Of who had q severe coDgesilon, ~ , s
with stimuIants and left t5e 1t too late for gen
eral beeding therefore applied dozen irecaes o'e Of
the part affected, and administered small doses VI
poasse ef antimonii tarrds, and n "a hours MS respa
ton and pulse reduced TO the natural sIinun,e
tom IN this manner reduces the force OF circulation
and dimnishes the quantity OF blood IN ue sae
part ap persuaded that the profession nave maui Tic
grave mistake in renOuncin9 great an extent ,e
practice Of bloodstting and trust VIII not 90 vI
before they Will 1t In moderate and rso nnd
form. The removal OF pint three half pints OF oo&
from the arm In the beginning OF an acute Ipn.,
remedies, will ofln cut It short "a or IS hours
whereas with less vigorous treatment would propy
continue for several weeks and possibly as'u"'
The concession the popular prejudice against m
II there ever was remedy for which whole human
race should be devoutly thankful 1t Is this ~
the biterest satire and rdicue, and thousands ~u
have died for want Of II have LETT the woru VIII s A.
me- deSeiion s o. priceless value led to ts
constitutes infalliDle antdote when properly ua M
entacd upon humanity aud acts specifically as slim nc
ulant upon OF tine most important organs VI @
human sysketn IUc aCteupt 10 supsHtoeo
and podophyIin in the other. would form la
no, been attended with s"eS
qnences. The alarming prevalence OF sypns so nrae
tice to control it, and the frehtful mortality ahpat
children from diseases OF the ehylopoeuo ancent
landmarks The error committed in former tunes Will
reference to this medicine was It's ndlserns.1 ,era
i've extent Of producing saliyaton, unuJ i
Impression that this result was required as an mon
- had
the system and upon particular affection Tor WIEN
II administered In my view OF tue ,ns ea
cessve use Of the drug sort OF lighthouse 10 warn 90
from the rocks upon which we might other wise and
carefully AVOID. In a future paper winch p a9
pose to publish the subject OF syphilis. s tit
1--WE nv vie length the use OF mercury III ma
disease will add at present only tnat neen =. 81
valuable rene for congestion OF inc nvs,' am IN
the intestnal canal the purpose OF purgatiou' ~
combination with other axatives, anu 10 prouo,e, 40
actions OF the absorbeDts IN various cases oi rocon
posit and efuson.
DIsUsE OF CoUNTER-IRRITAETS.
The most remarkable change, perhaps, that has taken
place IN the practice medicine is the general disue Oh
coun ter Irritation. From the moxa and the actuai
cautery we have come down to the mustard
leaf and ginger poultices. And yet eoi
IDENTIFY affirm. the result OF my experience tna.
IL no medicine ~ the porid for Internal ddminis"o
lion winch exerts Onewentcth part OF tue po"0r oa
counter. irritants over chrome INFLAMMATION n, ,ne
bOugie is not necessary for strictnre OF ,nS
uretnra nor are stimulating applications TO an nhaeu
eye throat uterus than these powerful ,h
thoae which cannot be rcacbedDy the
probe or syringe. Ii is strange that since We nav
ascerained Tie law Of reflex action ny when alone WE
chief ODerIndi be scientifically explaneu We
nave cOnsigDcj them to the nmoO OF tue pas. $50
the results OF experience aud the light of modern
discovery. We know that a stimulint appneu, ~
the extremties OF the nerves on the sutiaeo
of any portion of body conveyed 10 the cereoo
spinal aIi gingliouc ceners ana thence, w tno Ia%
ABOVE referred o. 10 s to u" When they
belong We have thus, fortunately, the power vi actut
upon those dcepseated COMPOSITIONS winch are
bic 10 the the hama, ana II we wisely Ioo" no
analogy and pursue the same principles OF
which govern IN those that arc external our m
VIII bc crowned with similar success In IN case Oh an
external congestion chronic nature It Is OCCASION
ally requisite 10 use powerful cans'ic, pus dc
rule the application OF slmu'ahts Is sulsion' 70 W.
come the disease. In Ike manner an ihIci nd' eoncs
lion long standing sometimes de mana seioh OF
a moxa, hut generally - nder counteriIitAnt VIZ a
swor every purpose. IA 10Th cases, however IS 1850
iuieiu necessary t te .utating appiic toa should Dc
repeated al snort snterpaiS aid Jor 1engW % unei
AS far this proposition apples 10 eAtcIbas
COMPOSITIONS, 1t will DC accepted aS mailer , 81
course. An ocuiist, for Instance, VINO shou.a
propose to cure a patient with granular Dls
by touching them month with 10 gram solution
OF the nitrate Of silver, or by making similar appSa
cation every day for two three times, or "ho
falling ~ his object after sne oaa lsy
he shed at by his brethren thoughout the world
an obstinate bronchitis spinal congestion by the en-
poyincnt OF mild counter-rritant once month, or
two three tunes at shorter intervals or ang therein
~ abandon the disease as hopeless.
There Is second principle upon which counter
mere stimuants By law of the annual economy The
existence of part OF TIE body causes the
force OF IlatiOn be directed tnlther Counter
irrLants by virtue this law determine tue blood 10
the surface and SO relieve internal caplafics IN state
OF congestion Of tUeir burden.
The learned and able Secretary OF the Medical Library
aud Journal Association, DR.. Andrew IL. Smith, has
think cOuclIsivey shown In paper published IN TIE
Neo Medical Journal for April 1872 that this elect
10 further increased oy the rapidy with which The
blood flows through The vessels OF the irritated part
He "Thc question ID not, how much blood the
vessels Of the Irritded part Yi hoii put now much
they will transmit IN gwen time. This wnl become
evident when consider that gwen amount OF blood
p through the capaos OF the body IN each unit Oh
time aud ID transferred from the artera 10 the venous
sdc of the circulation, and that the quantity passing
through any must antct that passing irougn
the remainder OF the body. since the latter mat
be the complement Of the former. Thus, II ID
given time pounds OF DOol through the capt.
laries body and pound through
the capllaries OF II follows That three pounds
must pass through the rem inder OF tue capillary sys
lem. Now. # We plunge the arms INTO not waei ahl
date vessels that additional half pound passes
through bcn the remaining vessels VIII trdhsiht oiS
"a pounds aud the Tissues Whcl they supply VIII De uc
priyed the OF One-.iXtn Of their nOurislmeut
il viii be perceived that ns Is IN liter entirely apart
from the Quantity OF blood winch might DO contained In
the arms severed from the body. Tc consideration or
thc in Of uDes, comparison
with the in their diameter involves some OF the
ia 3st interesting points in the mechaucs OF nnds Inc
resistance to the passage OF the nld being derived
viii Increase In proportion 10 the ratio OF the crcuef
ence to the the section Now the circumference
of circle increases directly as the diameter wlie the
area increases as the 80 OF tho diameter Tho frlc
lion Is aned by dlSlng the circumference by inc
area aud therefore decreases directly the diameter
increases as 10 shown W tue following formula:
DIAM Ctr-ma Friction.
81. 2h &C. %.