New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-03-04
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NOTES.

BRITISH MEDICAL PRACTICE.-The statement
aplears that the General Medical Council Of Great
Britain having been asked their opinion as to whether
women ought 10 registered practitioners Of medi-
ce appointed committee 10 consider the subject the
result beng report that while the practice of medicine
presents many special difficulties for which can
not safely be disicacd they not prepared to say
that should bo Xcluded from the profession, ont
hey believe that the education Of women rs physicuns
ought always be conducted III separate Schools, though
Of education and examination should not III
any respect diier from that oil men, ihS report WIS
adopted
CoMPosITIoN OF THE HUMAN BODY.-A COM
p, to anay sis of man. recently made 10y Dr. Lancaster
Of Lonlon has been described by lin in interesting
chemical lecture. The body operated upon weighed
1884 pounds and the lecturer exhibited upon the plat
oln 231 carbon, % lime, 22.3 Ounces phosphorus,
aud about each Of sodium, iron potassium
na gncsium, and silicon Dr. Lancaster apolozed ior
not exhibiting $3.50 cubic feet Of oxygen, weighing III
70, 100 900 cubic e Of bydIogen M1Snng 10 20, ana
- cubic of nitrogen, likewise obtained nom nc
hOdy, on account OF their great bulk All Of thrs" cl-
eatinc 1872 ID fat SS Is ibriu and albuncn, "a ID phOs
plates OF lnne aud ct. a mineral substance
TIE PULSE IN HEALTH AND DISGAsE.-Every
person should know how 10 ascertain TIE state OF TIE
pulse in health; then, by comparing 1t With what it'll
he is siling he may have some idea TIE urgency
Of lis case should know the healthy pulse OF
ach child, since and tLon person Is born with
peculiarly slow fast pulse and The very ease in haEd
may he Of such PECULIARLY. An infants Pulse Is 40;
child o. seven ana from 90 20 years IL Is 40
a Minute declining 10 az fOuT-scorc. heaii'-
ul grown pers0n Usis 20 times in minute, e. iuG TO
go Oui-scrc. AZ 60. " the pulse always exceeds "
here Is disease; tn machine working i.scf out, there
Is n irYer inflammation Sumewher and the body s
feeding Itself, as Ia CONSUMPTION when the puis' ~
quick.
EFFECT or EXTREME COLD on MIND AND
BoDY-I Payer Ire eminent A:ct.e explorer, reeriin
10 h certain day OH which the 1ernouIei indicated $50
fah below zero, says that great amount OF cold
larGyzcs tae viii, ant tpat, under its nhaenc', men,
rom the unsteldiness OF their gait, their stiinefS
tails, aud the slowncss o; their III nia operations seem
- II they intOX cacd AnJlcr casct al slc cold,
mentioned by NJ. Payer g a crmcntns thirst, which d
due the cvalritiun 81 the moisture az te body IL u
unwhOlesOme, too, To nr Tie thirst ~ 10
g..i - a I,inaciuc Of s. To- 10 SO below zrro Far.
makes IL taste like mu.tln meta. SuOw-a.tcIs Ia HE
North considered feeble and Ell muatc IN tbs same
way as is an Upiuln-cat IA the East
COP LIVER On.-M. Buchheim finds in cod
liver oil a Considerable proportion OF free fatty ACIDS,
which render more rapid aud thorough tie specialization
and absorption of the oil by the alkaline duis m tie
duode-ui. What the precise proportion between Tree
fatty acIds and the gb ccrdcs may bc which is mott
favorable to their digestion, Is point yet 10 he deer
mined II follow that il II tc same rs that e.
sting IN cod liver OIL lie therefore hopes since s'earc
and uami,!e acids are solid 81 ordinary temperatures
tia, so..e means may be found FOR manufacturing IN
abundance FU4c Oic ac,c VII ID NAV tithtf bc u~"i
alone 0r added IA Tue ~ 81 al. abe PROPORTION 70 goa
W. on, t'i,lA - cP'.'lu- '' l s y. 49,. 80,
acid TO wmcI the dlsaS'cs.- lH,s a.a tnslnh en-
OF cod liver oil are DUO.
PHo,PuoRus Foa INsoNSIA.-Dr. Cutter re-
aies an interesting lis pr,uectlat of encr-
setic carpenter Who, IN bulding hptuous', Was ez-
posed 10 tho SUMS under giss in the summer tinc,
this exposure being followed by symptoms Of disturbance
Of the system, oyincine loss Of nerve force
Naturally Of a cool temper, he became exciabe,
able to ca accounts hls steps raid and manner
Qua, but siec csscss tie most Piulheut ami
peIleGug syuptUn. Chia.a hbdrc, BROMIDE Oi loiar-
morhia successfully tried without avail Finally,
reasoning that here MAS case o uss 81 nerve i"ic' ana
knowing phosphorus be most Imo tiit nerve God,
Dr. Cnttcr prescribed 3no-Diii"th "i gram thce d,
disseminating the pills. has siuec lad ais az na sleep
STrMULANTs IN FEYER.-A writef in Tie
DJin Hcdiedl journal concludes that III tac treatment
" fevery phus and other ofastoo much reliance as
been placed on alcoholic sinuint; that the percentage
of cases requiring such suants Is low ami that,
whilo the administration Of item. regards quantity
and Kind must depend entirely patients condition,
the utmost caution, with What Is known at present Of
their Ihy sioogca action, srcquTed Deals however,
affords powerful cardiac stimulant, which, while il
yts the heart docs not DO ~ Tie expense %
Tue system, bui rather conservative agent, Which
controls expenditure and limits vase OF vital action; II
eeih2, n'Yeitheiess always we e'se' Oh Cose, TAT
laI of recOvercs VIII occuf without any sIe
cc treatment that care aud guidance which pro-
yUes fOr the wants 0i TIE system, without Introducing
coIaplicatioris
DISEASE CONVEYED BY FLIEs.-Amid the
different methods % conveying eOHtagOn, says writer
la The London sanitary Record. the feet OF flies and their
prObosces must not be- uaderetim especially dur
ing those portions of the year when flies usually
numerous. The sublime Indifference to consequences,
says this josrnal exhibited b. dies in passing from the
surface OF tie Od0Us substances to that OF material
for human consumption i complete. But il the
flies themselves uninjured by contact with pnrcfy-
me matter the next article ~ food they reFt upOu may
be Influenced by Tie previous contact aud may he thus
either induced TO undergo putieactvc changes
readily or mas even become a Ca rier Of material OF an
emf UQY ~. ma
ana ii mus thcrtfore be considered as highly prUaie
the communication of septic pOlsUns b! their agency
~ not 10y any means rare.
NEW USE FOR BROMIDE OF POTAssIUM.-0n
Of the essential characters Of idO.ahc miraue It's
tendency TO perodicity this perolcity may be variable.
and il often monthly. 1he migsaHe IS always at first
bcnicrnia and then also accompanied by peculiar
sense OF htavluess OF Of the ocular globes,
OF the orbits. 1t is this seaton says one Of the
io1ecn medical Journals that Indicate the oppOTtune
elHcaeiDus Intervention, and when il adnins
tered in sufficient Doses tie bromide Of potassium VIII
arrest and prevent ngraine, white. II the lArOXy Is
allowed 10 set in IL viii scarcely mitigate the severity OF
tle PAIN 10 is roin want OF enuOu L. TINS 20 nj That
ihs h.0IaGe is caused disappointment IL should he adj
mniserd IN doses Oh from hfe 10 TX grhns Tor an ndut
MALE four for woman. nud IRON two To three for
cid, gwen IA cup 81 tened hihsio1 OF lime
tree h'@t afoAtLcd ny oI" 0f Two &" hIut ct anu
swallowed by successive mOuiifus within 20 minutes.
REMEDY ~ DPHrnEgIA.-Dr. Hopkins, in
The Physician and PhOrmGoiSt, strongly urges the en-
pluymtit 81 acid tannae OF 8 local remedy in
dpbtbena. IL may be prepared. be says by the add
ton Of Of the muraed iDcture Of Iron
Of strong solution Of tannn and applied by
brush 20 the diseased throat, elsewhere
may be what Is perhaps still better way, apply the
Inatcd OF iron In fun strength the diseased
part with brush walt few lnomsnls, then apply the
solution OF utBnn ia the way, thus forming union
VI the two at the point 81 disease having az me same
time the advantage OF chemical action n there he any.
On examination few hours alter, the lire Of demarca
ton wil be distinctly drawn by the discoioau0n OF
tho diseased tissue showing exactly the extent OF the