New-York tribune., 1875-07-12
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NOTES.

VALUE OF MEAT AND VEGETABLES AS FOOD.
III IL found that since the employment OF the changed
dietary in the General Prison for Scotland involving
very slight proportion Of meat the health Of the inmates
has been strikingly improved For all adult male prs
oners under sentence Of niue months and not exceeding
tWo wears the diet formerly consisted OF bread oatmeal
barley, ounce OF meat per DAY inade i'n SOUP MIN
suceulet vegetables ana ~ ounces % @l sneh ,,
for In at The diet comprises but very spare guam
tty ~ nrcat moderate amount of milk being given in
wy tsaS a n is sttSd TO I've on uncommon thing ind that
among agricultural abOreis of Scotland no meat Is
CONSUMED, oat'nea ana hii'h iofn''s 'e'i s"po " e0
Of diet
CIRCULATION OF TIE BLOOD.-PrOf. Marshall
Of London attributes the hearts rhythmical movements
TO the alternate contraction and expansion OF the aurces
and yeutrcles; it's slight rotary movement, Its Two
pecuar sounds long and SOFT due to the closure OF
valves the other sharp and abrupt due to the clos
ING ~ the small semluna valves The pulse he attributes
to pusatons or waves of the mas OF blood caused
y the elongatiOn and dstcnsOn OF the eastc walls OF
fron, The onward flow the blood The position OF the
neaIr and its relation to the nervous system are now
rios of the existence Of the complicated mechanism
ployed in the circulation Of Our blood
CuIORAL HYDRATE IN NEURALGIA.-The in
innate mi Of equal parts OF choral hydfae ana
camphor WILL is said produce clear fluid which Is OF
,be greatest value rs local application in neuralgia. Dr.
Ienox Browne states, in one OF the English medical
journals that he has employed in his practice and In
dnccd others to do 80, and that in every case 1t has
afforded great and In some Instances antaneUus relie
lis Success he says does appear TO be at all depend
rn on the nerve affected IL being equally efcaciOus In
neuralgia of the sciaca Of the tgeminusis Of the
greatest service neuralgia Of the larynx. and In relev
ing spasuodic Of or hyster1cal character
II is only necessary paint the mixture lightly over the
uapful part and 10 allow II TO dry IL never biieers
though II may occasion ngling sensation OF the skin
For headache Ii is also found an excellent application
NEW MODE OF ADMINISTERING lODINE.-A
new process for administering iodine s given by M Col
las In the Bulletin G<ntra de Therdpe,iQxe The plan
consists in IA word in odizing aIbumen, TO meet all
the difficulties hitherto experienced The abuinen Is
prepared 10y agitang actively albuminous solution
with iodine In very fine powder. In solution In some
appropriate vehicle. The mixtnr ut first highly col
oid hlak brown but this color gradually disappears
several hours Of contact and the PREPARATION no longer
strikes the violet color with starch The producI Is then
desicced under gentle heat in air bath. when II may
be iadc into piar The dose Ia arInnged that
ouch ,, shalt contain Ave millgrams OF iodine. II s
fuiud that TINS prepared iodine has no had efects
whatever; IL may he continued for period Of several
weeks without stomach trouble other inc Onvenence
AMAUROsIs PRODUCED iN TOBACCo.-In his
work on Ophthalmology, DIR. Mackenzie expresses his
belief that Is frequent OF amaurosis, aud
states that OF the best proofs Of this being the
Ia the great Improvement In vsOn-sometmes complete
rsstoration-whch ensues on the use OF that narcotic