New-York tribune., 1877-07-25
MEDICAL And SURGICAL NOTES.

BELLADoNNA IN ASTHMA.-1he Melbourne
Medical Record states that smoke from the leaves oil
bell~lonna possesses much power in cutting shVf'
attack OF asthma than that from stramonumi long
pipe icing the of smoking them the smoke 10
be drawn deep into chest Or IT, when the attack
at its hight the patient the of doing this
the leaves nay Nc placed saucer containing lighted
charcoal wood ashes which should be put ON ehr
hcin covered with a large sheet, 50 as 20 eonhne tho
fumes, before the 10 ves are put on bn1 MOI cnSD1' %
ceu when smoked ana from five TO twenty grains wheh
buTped
TURMERIC vs.. CHROMATE OF LEAD.-Proi.
Bouchardet one oi the members of the Council oi ny
ciene Paris has directed public attention 10 some oil
the foreign preserved meats imported into France as
being un6 for human food AID in many cases positively
dangerous. lie designates especially KIND OF nam i
ported from America, which is usually euvelopcd IN
cloth saturated With yellow substance which, on ex
animation, proved 70 be a chr0mate Of Lead deadly
poison The Professor suggests in regard TO ts tha
ii the American puTTcyOrs prefer 90 have ycoW en-
Voope around the almentary substances thcy export
placed oy any other yellow substance turmerc' for III
stance, which is known TO be entirely harmless
HYPOsULPHTE IL DWHTHERIA.-A very large
number OF diphthoFla cases cited by Boston phys
clan as having been successfully roato, IN MS own
practice by tie use hypOslpte OF soda, in doses o
from dye to Gftcen grains moro IA syrup every TWO
or three hours according - axe ana circumstances S
much as the patient bear without PLY scng ochs
good rale IA the The uncture can nc use"
fn doses of five drops half drachm,u milkhe amount
for thorough stimulation being greater than can be taken
An wafer and I'm che treatment of children the MIX thus
used answers for TODD. As however. the hypos!iPhtc
Iryents The digestion of milk 10 shoud not DE gwen IA
less than an from 70. though they may he used al
teratoy. in frequent doses.
MILK FOR GASTRIC DERANGEMENTS.-Arcr
N Il Courier NCdtcal tho use OF nk in hot weather.
States tiat his attention directed 20 tic subject bv
notnc the value milk in dy,cntcry. ulcer OF stomach
md various and chronic gastrontostna All eilons
and hc therefore employed milk in the treatment oi
those gastric arrangements so frequently induced by nigh
temperature In very hot weather small draugnts OF
milk are found TO relieve thirst and to render unncces
es1y the drinking of many fluids, which, though they
may alay the THIRST liable produce some disorder
ut the same time is cited IN which, during 5he
fearuy ho' weather Of last summer gastric dcranee-
crGun0g paiBs the bowels; l1udauuu mao ptch taech
without success, ont relief follow tc HiHNi,tialih ih
of warm mlS-a small cup every quarter OF an houIo!
the next day.
HEALTH AND SLOW PULsE.-Some interest
ing statements are reported have been made at a
meeting OF the Clinical socie.y, London, showing that
slow pulse may in no wise interfere witu health. The
most remarkable casc, perhaps was thai of Dr.
Hewan as related by himself Il seems that. twenty
one years ago after prolonged study and work. hs pulse
fell from scycpty-tvo 10 Giy-Gye, and he felt very
cold from that time its frequency gradually decreased
until about eleven years later, whcn was but twenty
-four beas prr minute. Its present rate is about twenty
eight. Notwithstanding this, ne has rot suffered ffom
faininc fits cold. Cap1blc0l great physical oNcit'n
OF which evidence is 10 found ms ascent of
high noun au-and his digestion remains uninphued'
Another speaker said that Napoleon had slow pulse,
member stated of horses pulse TO Dc only
teen.