New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-30
MEDICAL AND srrGIc1L NOTES
Avor11rn rsr rop IIYnnArE OF CnIorAI.-

Mciicpl and erJicn Reporter. Il tle disease j. recent
and The lotion IS uun'eruptcdy used for the iace Of a
month Dr. rIarimpun does not hesitate 20 pTtci Il 'I-
tain In the chronic aud NOR obstinate c"a,9 h0
recommends ,c continuance Of the a'phc on OF n
duc,s no Inconvenience, while il rccv The men hg'
ARSENIC IN DIsEAsE.-The administration Oh
arsenic In disease according to Dr. GiMh IN me L0'
Mcdicol Yrcss shond never h. resoried ~ "hefe
there Is fevcrish state OF the system quick puc ara
hot skin indicating that should not be cmpoyed 1t
should be gwen shortly after meals, and neyr on an
emmy stomach; il should rot be given i he solid 'orn
no. in Increasing doses. but, ~ rule hVe in'hns o
Fowcrs sO,uti ~ should o. te MAXIMUM uuIr ~" ,
adult the dos" should be diminished or 'h W ~
ton altogether ceased tie occurrence OF pam IN the
epigas,rum. nausea, or irritation Of the eYehds
GRNFRAL ANrIDoTE FOR PoIsOYs.-A French
medical journal gives the following formula Tor an anu
doie for a number of deadly poisons: solution Of sui
innate o. iron 3D. 49, 100 parts; water 500; calcn
magneSla so; washed animal charcoal, l0-thcse ingre
dents being kept separate tine solution of snp"ate ~
iron I'm one vessel and the magnesia ana char'oai w
another with water. When needed tNf snIlI,e
solution IS poured INTO the last mentioned rccrp,are;
and Violently agfacd the miXtlrc To BE- adinnlsigfd
rr"muty, in doscs of from 1.6 to 33 ounces. Lhls
anfidotc, employed IN proper prop"i IONS, t'it
rr rarafjons of arsenic zinc, aud dIgtine completely
ins1luble
GERMAN CRFMATION.-It appears to he tact
that the German Society for the Introduction of Cfen
non has mid the sum of fifteen thousand marks u te
town Of Gotha to cover the necessary expenses of erect
ing cremation anidldiUN Elt't i'-''i.it'"'''
been published by the police ordering the examination
nv cooncreRt medical officers Of Ill bodies submitted to
ha burned prevent cremation in ali cases Wnee
he causes o. dcnti have not prrn properly acrihv.'.
In ol Ter to st further guard AGAINST abuse, D0frs sent
10 Gotla abroad are Ia Dr. subjected 10 me SIM or
even more stringent rules before biug received Tor me
eration At fret corpse is 60 he burned unless me
decaisod hal expressed wish 70 tla eiecl, ana Use
relatives have approved
PRIZE N INDUSTRIAL HYGIEvE.-A valuable
priz medal is off red through the Society Lon
lf,rtau newly
method for obyiatng materially diminishing ans RISK
to le limb or health. incid NAL to any Of the industrial
occupations and not previously capab OF beng so Oh
Waited or diminished by any known and practically aV'
able means. The first award is TO be made next Nay.
full description Of the invention or process mus be
specimens. &c II The INV uiion or pr0cess J. ~ actai
work. fact Dee stated, in order that xminaoA
olc.S are sent in for competition. there Will be pubic
exhibition of tn most valuable
"COD-LTvFRD Ou.-Ihe somewhat remark
able statcnonI-and certainly discouragng to nvads-
is made in "a California paper that there is firm in san
Francisco who purchase the thousands Of dogs sangh
tered bv the poundmasfcf OF that city, that may have
been otherwise killed. for which they pas 40 cents each
The carcasses conveyed to their mandatory III sn
Francisco where the skins removed and sold to the
tnnerie the hair taken OF and resold to pasiee the
hide tanned, and the drnudei carcass tlen oouel III u
huge caldrun until the sh separates from e bones
the latter ground 70 tnt powder al USED 10 clS
WI
mass is skinned of and made mo cOd-N,f OH ioI
medicinal pul poses
MEDICAL Uses OF GLYCEHINE.-AmonS the
various uses which cycerne has been i0ni specaiy
valuable medicinal agent Is that OF food Tor inlans
when raised by hand tney be kept comparatively
free If j. sail from many of the Ills 70 which they arc
liable by the substitution Of from four 10 six drains oil
glvccrine for the of usually ADDED to the
cream milk or constituting ncir def In cases
Of Deafness too of adults from deficiency, accumulation
or hardness OF the gyccrne alleged TO toe one
0f the best remedial aeelts-uitodaced nv" e canai
by means at raw cotton sltulaied with IT, IL u also
claimed he the only known agent which WIZ pcscNe
vaccine lymph for any con-lderibc llne without uccio
ration II uas been found extremely useui IA numerous
SKIN diseases, ard its servceahcness ls bceh sslac
stances used locally in diseases the eyes except nitrate
OF silver, which latter II dcc"nioacs
HYDROPHOBIA PRoPHYLACIICS-Ihe journal
de Theaoeiq,e refers ano her addition made ~ the
already form dabe list OF prophl laccs against hydro
pboba; that H. Dr. Gryzmaa Of Kryoe O1croe, Pod lie,
rirs that during the years be has treated az
least hundred cases-in human subjects rs wei a.
heasis-oi bites by hydrOphobc animals with the pow
dctd leaves OF Zintmum epnosum with success III every
instance but one although eases OF mcs inflicted at the
same time b treated IN other ways. had terminated in
siul igoguc. ard slightly dwetc properties, hut less
,'ron"nuced than those OF iaborandi Tde dose for
adult is grains OF he dry powder 81 tue leaves,
repeated three tIucs day and continued during pc
idd of three weeks TO cnilen under twelve years of
ace half the quantity named is gwen Dr. Gfyzmaia Is
ericrtiy coulcnt Of the permanent eff ct produced by
tns drug ia the relief OF the patient.
ALCOHOLIC ANEsTIIEsIA.-SOme interesting
experiments made III Germany the production OF local
aneshesia show that if the hand be immersed for q
iii ice water pain is caused but that no
such pain is produced immj rising tie hand in cold
alcohol when the temperature OF the alcohol Is
as low as five degrees Ccdt. Gyceie was found 10 pos
SEES a similar property. Ether occasioned pain, and
quicksilver acute pain still, causing the speedy
Withdrawal of the finger when plunged into this liquid
at q tcmperature OF three degrees III was next dsccf
tancd that, the finger being held for long time IN
alcohol having temperature Of five degrees Cent no
pain experienced. ana. although the hgef disnclS
perceived tue idiueS touch, sharp plckr gave No iiI
This seems to that the application Of cold alcohol
one the simple well safe prOcesss has the
effect of depuyiug thc part of the special scu>Dty 70
pam without however imw,irng the dehcac, OF the
general tactc sensation wnich as is wen hhO"h rcsldes
in the superficial incgument
EFFECT OF PLANTS on WATER.-M. Jeannel
has described to the oOc6te Cenrae d'iorculture de
France some Interesting experiments made by him, show
ing the action OF plants impure water. II appears
that in the month of May, 60 grams Of water which had
been used fer sleeping hacots until had become often
siyc and winch the microscope showed to be fun Of
bacteria small anmacue, supposed to Dc the ordi
nary AGENTS of put placed in glass; and
the root of % Young growing plant plunged therein. An
equal quantity of the wafer placed beside It in
test glass at the same time, without root The water
m the second glass remained Infected; That containing
the living root the contrary. pure at the end OF
the fourth day-al the bacteria had disappeared and
had been replaced by large infusordl animacue Of
kinds found only in notable waoer Wafer containing
pdlrd cXpcrmcntcd upon lu the same manner
AN with the same results. II was found that It only
necessary 90 mmcIsc the ROOT 81 Nng plant therein
for ys TO remove AL tue Ill odor and render the
water pure and sweet.
Poisoning BY CHLORAL llYDRATE.-The in
ycstgltions made by NJ. rlurc show taat II solution
of c oral hydItc be mixed with alkaline solution Of
potassium permanglnate, the liquid uecoOrzed, gas
is evolved. and mauganic il precpititcd. II the
quantity evolved bc considerable aud the temperature
be kept from rising above 4O2 Cent? grade, the reaction is
slow and the filtered liquid is found TO contain chloride