, 1877-07-21

pul Is nly,ut Al, Inch AMI half long;
s s,h q. {. sn,cnt, 1 '[s ,cn o' ,pnt r' .ue 'tH
forrc thrm1e', the aperture icft by thc stem. a
fruit, which acts AS n tlra@t!c risGatfyc.
1t Is supposed TINT tho Melons arc natives OF
their Wild '!atc, rl1c Humans tlo net mention
tho irit. antl It ls therefore Inferred TINT MA
of an infeftor. .puallty tn thcir tLn,c Thu Musk.
Jnma!ca in l570. Tho Watermelon Ia but
Esynt. anil othcr 10y countries, il
l. liigl.ty esteemed, bot rs fruit mil ns food
weigh sixty pounds. The Chute tCitsu]lus
chatcl, which prt.lt es n sweet, root fruit slnl-
liar to the Watermelon, y n native Of Egyut and
Arabia. Thu Kankmr &c. ui1!ssimus). an osai
fruit, ahont six Inches to,g, WY, !n'sch The ar9r
of tho Mcion Ia cultivated IN 1,ldta. The tsalf-
rrnwn fruit ii pck!cl anil t1lc rtpe fruit ts eaten
raw md In currles. while oil Ia expressed fruin
lhe fruits of several other lntian SPECIES arc
t1st.l ~ foul III various fnrns.
Tic family Is composed chiefly OF sslccn!cnt
ferha climbing by lcal,s of ten'lris, and bear.
inE lkTciuts Ur n16tNEpl0its flowers, which aTe
succeeded By pulpyor sometimes n,cmbranaccous
fruits.
DISCOVERIES OF ANiEsT1Es1A.
The c,]Itor Of the Doston Journal Of Chtnistrv
conrrntula.cs himself upon having escaped,
though barely, the discovery OF annsthcsia.
When student Of medicine. In 1912, lie was In
tho abit with ntlscr students, oF instaling ether
frequently, for tho sake uf Its cxttlaratinr cf-
fcrts, and was mare than once carried bY It 10
the verge Of inscusbtl1ty. lie now scJotccs that
Ills experiments did not carry him farther, for
thu rather Whimsical reason TINT the four fncn
WHO claI'a tn have discovered annsthcsia have
had their ltrcs n,aJc miserable by the failure IL
subttanttatc tlle!r rlChta III lSlI Horace Wells.
dentist Of Hartford, Cont. produced ni,rs-
thcsia by nitrous oxttle. II. successfully cni.
ployesl liIs discovery for tho prevention of paln
wien removing teeth. In l8ao. ether was trst
during surgical operation performed ~ Df.
Warren, in tho Massachusetts General iiospi-
tai. Tho ether was administered by DR.. ". T.
Il. Morton, Of Boston, whv had previously used
! distinguished chemist Of Huston, disputed tho
claim ut DR.. Morton TO tho discovery Of the
anmsthctfc properties OF ether, alleging that thc
originated with him. Tho controversies that
| cnsirtl regarding thu claims of Wells, Morton,
and Jurksan, to thc dlscuyeTy Of ahnsthcsa,
were enilcss, cxn.pcratlns,, and tnconeiuslyc,
! llu ,pn,l.ilonsc. Dr. sIorton so Injured him
self wtllu In an nsysum as to cause his lcnth; ;
| Dr. Wclis committed suicide In New York In
| 1913; asl.l Dr.. jackson Is now hopeless Inmate
| Of rctreut for tllu insane.
Fro1u testimony recently published By Dr..
j. Marion SIsn1ns, 1t would seem that neither of
thcsr claimants wins tic earliest discover of anns-
tlcsia. From MI array Of evidence declared TO
Long. Ut Athens, t'a.. produced tho condition
q. carly as March 10, tsia. Dr. Long Is still
living al,l In possession Ut l.is reason; but lo
lost l,is property during The War; and Is now, in
sion for Ills daily breai 1t is proposed by the
Journal Of Chemlsry thut tho medical profession,
Of tho c,itirc country unite IN asking Congress-
at It's ncxt scssio1 to appropriate tho sun, OF
$lt0, ,DGD TO bc equally divided among the tamt-
| liza Of UFa. MpiI., Mur.un, Jngkaun, aul Lung.