New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-11-06
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NOTES.

DISEASE FROM HANDLING CoIN.-The But
letn MeoitoI du Nord conc oy DIR. Man
ouvnes his observations OF disorder 10 which bank
ers clerks subject under certain circumstances;
that Is repeatedly noticed Tor Yeas tnat
after having handled for days large
quantities OF silver nyrranc pieces, they suffer frOm
disturbances Of respiratory and digestive organs
these disorders are ascribed dark grcsnlsa metallic
dust which is raised by king the coins from the bags
IN which hcy usually ke,'t, Weighing them. and
putting them this dust impregnating tue atmo-
sphere of roo Dlackeninx the skin. and prn.trt
tnio the respiratory and digestive Tracts together with
te air and sa.iva D.. Manouyres says that as rule
his process gone thr ug al rare intervals dur
iug TIA" year aud last only = few DAYS so hai re
and 1874 when the money wuich had been paid ny
France 40 Prussia indemnify returned 70 France
1nrough IN rcanue transaction the CLERKS speht sew
era weeks in handling the CONS. which had not been
OF their bags In some years and the disorder
became more marked thdn ever
MORTALITY IN A GENERATIoN.-A writer In
IA En-lish m,gAz studies fron 0.rth 60 death tie
march o AN English generation through lle. basng hs
lbs ryatious uu .strar annual reports The au-
tn,r singles for Illustration generation of one MILL
nan souls aud hads that Of these than onsfoura
lie be- fore tiey reach years or during he next
ave years deaths ma NIB less thA "nr-seV"n'n oi
tnose IN the FIRST hve from ten O. fifteen 'he average
mortality lower than at any other period from h"eea
otwrnty the Of deaths Increases again, espe-
only among women-a tins period. too the influence 81
dangerous occupations gus 20 ID" serl ia 10, "'as
Ale C.nsumptlOn prevalent mn iAial from lNsuy
ID, forty-nNt aud Is responsible Tor u AIRY nAi NV
4 a,.s; IT, IA tnifty-iyc 10 fotiy-hNr man' persons
nccumb to disease uf thr imbo ~ a'.fna. sias'
4 II live tnc in. IL bal i2l,llJ Al scN ht} I'VE.
lOIl2I risnty Ave. $500 and only 2O2 reaeh tue
Oi 100.
ASIMPLE DURETIC.--Dr. BaliOnr ~ The Ed'R-
bnr0 Ssocai Journal records three eases In which mHch
men. h,rded paii ns b, the esl * OF raw on'o<
IA .tg~ unanlIles They acted a dilreuc Ia each In
stance Case first a woman who haa suffered nom
A large wAtc kidney aud construction 81 the nttfh
valve OF heart her abdomen ana e-s uad been TAP
ned several tm,s after using onions rs above sre
a "A been free from dror~y Tor twOyedr- although sn
,uf I'm. from uihumnaria. In the second case ihs
p,en suffered heart disease. cirrhoiic liver ani
arops, and In the third there drOpsy depend
~ ON umor the liver In born the reinH0y maj been
Mi WIN GOOD results Bnn bad been previously TAI
o. pursat yes ani duretirs al L. having failed ~ give
l,rf All o,her treatment having failed recourse wAs
uai Ia the and tue mount passed cadlN foss
from ten nitcen ounces 10 seventy -eightor 100
HAIR PiGMENrs.-Chemical science has re-
,n,ly succeeded M extracting the coorng mait,r fsoa
human nalr Du5ca suipnuric acid f0nui 10 81 tle
h., 40 vent aud here appear b. three orng VIZ
| uents-ycIlow red aud blacK-ail the shades being
.iso urodured by the mixture 70 seems that IN pure
Golden yellow hair Is only the yellow pigment; IA
M hair the red pigment l. mixed with more or ess Yel
Inv protucinx aha les OF red and orange;
i,rt n.ir the black u always mixed VITA yellow qua
"a hut Tho overpowerrd Nv TIC biack-lt 90
n-.ring at the biackest hair, such as tba OF INC
| negro, contains much red pigment rs the sso ro
1est hair.