New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-11
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NOTES.

Inspection OF FooD.-In the report of the
inspectors of food for the City OF London recently pre-
scented 10 the corporation 1t Is stated that, In the year
there had condemned nearly so tons Of
meat more than 100000 fish, weighing 400 tons, 1000
pounds Of GELS about 2Oo bushels of shrmps, sprats
oysters, periwnkleS, wheks mussels, and cookies
Fruit appears be Objectionable FISH, for, TO say
nothing of coooanuts and other decaces seized in the
streets there condemned IN bonded warehouses, 80
hocsheads SOC boxes coo barrels 80 bags and CO cart
barrels OF currauts underwent the same fate. III is
matter for satisfactory reflection In respect to the puo
he health that legal Inspection prevented this VaS' s d
of breeding nth from being offered Tor s aug
that the figs not sold the streets were also peyenea
from being converted nv dishonest experts Into Jam VI
some other dellcacy for invdlds." -
RESEARCHES on HUMAN LOCOMOrIoN.-M'
Marcy communicated to the French Academy an ao
count OF some researches made by him on hu'i"h
locomOtion. With his usual experimental skill he SUI
ceeds 10 recording the movements OF the eRs Oh rot
lng blackened cylinder, in reduced FORM py means OF
whee-work Weber supposed that, In walking the leg
WAS displaced merely by the action of gravity and per-
formed q pendulum movement This however has
been yariously disproved, and now NJ. Marcy demon
srates that the movement OF transport is uniform
throughout nearly its whole duration: In rapid PAGES ii
commences aud terminates with short periods OF vara
tile velocity. This uniformity is due IN great part TO
action Of muscles Of the leg. but two other elements
have TO be considered relation to this. namely, the
angular movement of the leg about the peyis. and like
wise the horizontal translation OF tue peNs ltst-Ih1
IL say, OF the point Of suspension of the leg while II
occilldtes-bOth of these elements, according 10 NJ
Marcy, having an important bear ug
SULPHATE OF QUININE.-The Journal DIES Con-
nGiSsdneeS MediodIeS publishes valuable lecture by
Prof. See sulphate Of qunine. This compound be-
longs as is well known, like foxgove, to the group OF
medicines which exercise action tie heart, ana
the Professor successvoy examines its effects on the
nervous and caTdia-vaScuar systems, on animal oxda
ton and auimalcues. The latter have been partic
ularlY examined by Bnx who that the cure OF the
marsh fever by Qunine il entirely due to Its anlpurd
effect consisting ITS poisonous action ON anlmalcues
lie says that stopped putrefacon ana ferm"ntt
on by quune but this property Is possessed by many
other substances that 90 not intermittent fever so
that there deducug any Trustworthy consequences
from these experiments nor is it really known
whether the miasma he OWING TO animalcues or not.
Passing oxidation IL is known that If suphae OF GUT
Injected into animal tS temperature declines
KernCr AFTER taking quinlne. hogan series OF gYAas
lie exercises. which under other circumstances MO0d
have Te6tg increased the heat OF the body under the
influence OF this medicine however, they scarcely pro-
duced any thermlc effect. Hence quulnc dlnlnIohes
animal oxidation, at least in fcvers 10 remains at
least fOreigh hours IA the body aud 1t does not pro
its effect feuTge until after the lapse OF SIX
hours Ii ALWAYS dmnhes, the pulSatious OF the
heart, in the healthy ject Tue nervous system
Is a cted 10y IT, causing Singing ID the ears obtuSencss
Of ali cerebral sensations ana vertigo according 70 the
strength the dose. Ii j. excellent Tor assuagng pam
and be successfully administered IN neuralgia as
well as in rheumatism,