New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-08-16
MEDICAL AND SUrGICAL NOTES.

INHALATION or OXYGEN FOR DIsEASE.-lhc
Gq-g.s Nelic1le De Fcris stats taat NJ Tamin-DoSpo
IA napcr read before the Academy OF Sciences say '"0
a patient OF bs attacked with severe eereorai oo
e-ston al two in the afternoon lie FELL and On re-
corrin himself found that The whole OF tho rght nan
OF the BODY was paralyzel Tive pulse vas 81 anu 'io
f,c, livll lie had taken hearty meal about htit an
Lnar before NJ TaminDospal!c in view on an 70 n
dieaiinp which ,be presented, thouSh' nG
I ~ ,n'nisrrr az c;netlc He ordered inhaial.nAs
81 ,,,r. oN,ecr AFTER the first few nspratlOAs tLe
Ptii;' i'm the uara,gcd SIDE. At seven o'clock
ia tr. evening having taScu IN all ahOut eiSh 'u7'
pure oxygen. Ic was WciL >.
SODA WITH CHORAL MISUNDERSTANDING"
70 Prof KONG the eminent German phafmaceu'ist' nc
narcotic mower al choral hydr,e Is increased to an I'm
n,r,aut extent and its prejudcisl Effects reduced 'hc
same proportion, IL bcaTbOlate OF soda DC adhiS'o'
immediately beforehand. Prof. X, after hVe onSei'~
tons believes himself to be in position 10 star NO,
one mart Lr weight of choral hycrac may DC fep"oeu
with equal effect by part Of bcr3onate 81 so@ u
O4 part of chlora hydl7te ana shce. snls ~ 'aol
eor c,rua ted from the average manufacture =" i
hyFf more rso ih MADE kHow few years ago by
Proi syeh cich sarnc may 1rd it boil AUG ~,
Cstng TO .cst the conclusion nero h,"'t,' Mhi'1 " "
deed probable !rom theoretical CONSIDERATIONS
DiGIrAiIs IN FEvEE.--A writer III ire Dh0-
lin Ne7ie0i Journal that "a the treatment OF FEVER
-typhus and other forms-too much reliance mas oee
placed on alcoholic simnants that the perceh'a3co
ca.as reaviljng such stimGanis low orc and that
mend rs regards Iudntiiy and KIDD, entirely on he con
dition of the patient still the utmost caution ledreo'
insev Of the present limited knowledge Of their ryslo
lorclI action In diSitgls, EowcNe. NJ SAYS IL,i
I1ss.ssed a uov,cr.Jii cardiac stjmnant, whch Whie ~
ivcs force the heart does not do 50 OF lbe eNeisc ~
te system, bj,t rather is conservative lbcht 'o'
inv expenditure and limiting waste OF Nll ' 49,.
fbourl a, c0urSa the fact il 10 be borne IN EC tlt
,-y rlu,Il nS cases Will recover Without any ST. u0
trc5t1eut savc that which IT WOES II" Vc 'Ht
~ hr svstpu and secures the patient ron INC t, "
COMMUNICATIONS The dgitals appears 70 ~ haic;ie'' ~
The early periods OK many OF typEuSh c V'Ie
is rapid pulse and high temperature range.
LONGEVITY OF BEAINW ORKERS.-Ihat great
thinkers and hard b-air workers longhYed II as
serted with considerable array OF facts, IN voiHhc ~
Dr. Beard He presents list OF some Jo'o OF ne must
eminent names in history, mcindng number IKE fa'-
ea Mozart Keats and Others who jcd yodhg aud ms
the averare age Of the 500 10 have been over Oh years
As this Is far beyond the average age OF farmers,
mechanics and business he coHcufNs ina tc wear
and ter Of brain work H. net 80 cNiaNSlihE Is -
commonly supposed and tlt Z rarely sh'rtths ne re
London SYertI,1r however. IcVr wing tsS tic,fS hi'
tainS that excessive neHtal toll rSi shorten , Hu uu
evidently shorten il In Tia Of BlenN vi Tue 40" 'i,t'
hut they hsd originally iuurV corous ccns''Ch- '
LARGE amount of vital force and, by virtue o. ms
s;rclior vitality which explains ip part 3iso, htIT
suneIior brain power they ah'c 20 continue mar
NGL even TO old axe, before breaking down uuel ltc
pressure though the vital fo'cC W'ulA nave lte
onged life many years they had not Ndustfdlt
prcmauTelv,