New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-18
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NOTES.

Curious FRENCH EXPERIMENTAL curious
es well a. Interesting series of experiments made in
France show approximately, that the heaviest loai a
man Of strength can carry for short distance s 3l9
uoun o.. all a man can carry habltusy. for eSam'"
a soldier his knapsack, walking on leyei ground Is .-
noun H. an extreme load would seem or he can carry
an npyregate of LBS pounds $500 feet a. days
work under like circumstances. IL he ascend ladders or
stairs a. do he'd carriers, then he can carry but III
bounds continuously and hls day WTl , eSnos s
pullu or pushing with hts arms il has been found by
these experiments that under the most favorable cream
be gained exceeding from 254 10 80 pounds RAISED
from . 81 feet per second, or about shorse power
OUININE.-The introduction OF chlnchona cul-
yation into India appears 10 have been attended SA
remarkable success; the plants, in fact have not only
been transpantcd from one quarter OF the globe TO
another nut they have converted from wild 10 chi
tvated products The beneficial results medically con
sdered bringing quinne and the ether feblfge
akalods In the chiuchoRa bark within the reach OF the
people OF india certainly cannot be exaggerated Though
commenced only some IS years ago. there are now II Is
estimated between two and three million plants
OF me Government plantations alone besides the various
private plantations In addition 10 ts hete vert SUI
nlicd last wear IL seems. To the manufacturers about
90 600 pounds OF DarS for the preparation OF guhe III
cheap form Mention Is made OF t9s lac, s s one o.
lsht OF 80 feet, with girth of about ~ hches'
HEADACHE FROM EYE-STRAIN.-Dr. Weir
Mitchell has been investigating the OF headache,
and among other conclusions, presents the following,
viz That there are many headaches which are due m
DIRECTLY 10 disorders Of retroactive sccommOdave
anuoratus OF the eyes, that in these instances the brain
symptom is often the most and sometimes the sole
prominent symptom Of the eye trouble so that while
there may pain sense or fatigue IN the eye the
strain with which II is used he interpreted solely by
occpal or frontal headache that the long continuance
of eye trouble may be the unsuspeste9 cause vi III
sounia vertigo, nausea. aud general sluie OF heitn
ovinV 10 some failure of the general health
or to increased sensityeness of the brain from moral or
mental causes. Cases are cited Dy DE- mitchell ~ SUI"
port of his theory on this subject
SCARLET FEyER.-The Lancet calls attention
TO the Importance a safeguard TO the public health OF
securing the early detection Of cases OF scarlet lever II
benp of ncaculabe consequence not only 70 the patent
but also to the community, in order that uI"eiy lcos
ures may be taken for preventing the spread OF the ds
a The Lance, SAYS that the throat symptoms the
most trustworthy for the purpose oi diagnosis IN the
initial stage OF scarlet fever the soft part of the palate
ia extensively Redeemed, and MOI merely the tonsis
"a is the ease the first instance IN ordinary sore throat
When this condition IL met with, accompanied BY very
nor skin and very quick pulse attended or preceded ny
sickness with thicy fnrred tongue red borders anu
prOmncnt paVip, case or scarlet fever may ne PFC
pared for In cases, adds tins Journal sickness oc
ours within some twenty -iour hours aiLer INC comehS
mpnt Of the attaekinteed, it is well known to q! on
servers that IN the large proportion OF cases ScAS'
occurs within twenty one or eighteen HOURS
DEsIpERATA IN SMOKISd.-AcCJriinS to Dr.
Rerth nd I'm The Tribune Medicale, whatever be the
mode of smoking direct contact Of tho tobacco with the
"uucs sy-ucous lining Of the cliecks-and the
teeth must be avoided; cigars should DO smoked in IN
amber, ivory, or enamelcd porcelain mothpiece; to
smoke by reehtmg them, portions Of cigars that have
beeu extinsushed together with the sysem ct black
ened and Juicy pipes must be avoided rs tho surest
way Of being affected by nicotine; every smoker woId
do we'll If practicable rinse his mouth after smoking,
and IL would be well t0 subject pipes and bowls in which
tobacco has been burned 70 frequent wasngs either with
ether r with wafer mixed with alcohol vinegar. Tho
cigarette preferable. by reason ot s slight quaniita-
tive Importance, and the paper which intcrcrcs with tho
contact of its contents with the bucCa lDucors fnci
br,ne: hut TO realize all the desderaa In this 1t
wonId e necessary have the "paelto" made Of haN
thread and 10 abstain from the prac!cwhich has be-
come so universa-of retaining the aspiration ~ the
hack OF the mouth u pour IL out of the nosis
aierwaId.