The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-11-06

John G. Draper, in a recent lecture in
the University of New York, said that
he thought that electricity as means
of light would soon be general, and that
among other means of its generation,
not only waterfalls but the action of the
tides would be employed. 1t would al
so be used as a means of heating and
cooking, and electromagnetic would
be employed for a rapid and economical
lOcomOtiOn.
THE USE OF SPECTACLES DELAYED
DR.. Cheatham recommends, in the
Louisville Medical NeUs, the use of sui
plate of eserine as q means of delaying
the use of spectacles. so that they will
not be required for several years, this
alkaloid having the power of stimulating
the ciliary muscle and thus assisting
accommodation. The strength of solu-
ton recommended is one grain of the
sulphate of eserine to an ounce of water
One drop of this solution is to be put in
the eye at night, or when required.
IMPURE WATER-ToADs AND SOUR
RELs IN WELLs.-The quantity and va
riety of filthy matter which is found de-
posted at the bottom of wells, in some
localities, are astonishing. We recently
had occasion to examine the debris taken
from well which had been cleaned the
year previous, and among the accumu-
lations were decaying toads and squir-
rels. These creatures had been proba-
bly, attracted by the water, to reach
which they had clambered down the
wall till they reached the solid rock into
which, for several feet, the well had.
been excavated, when they were precip-
itated to the bottom, and could not re-
trace their steps. To obviate repeti-
ton OF the same annoyance the stone
wall has been removed down to the solid
rock, relaid in hydraulic cement, and
carried some three feet above the surface
of the ground and finished for some dis
lance around the top with cement I'M
derlaid with stones. On this solid
foundation curb has been so closely
fitted as to exclude even crickets and
which are so apt to find
their way into wells. To those who de-
test impure water and would avoid per-
haps the sickness of an entire family,
the above plan, or the adoption of some
better precaution against the contami-
nation of wells, is recommended. This
is the season when springs and wells are
usually low OF water, and therefore it
IS the best time for cleaning the bottom
Of the latter and repairing the walls if
found MISUNDERSTANDING Amer1can.
RECENT FACTS ABOUT AN.EsTHETICs.
The third report on the action of an
aesthetics to the Scientific Grants Com
mittee of the British Medical Associa-
lion has been made recently, the report
embracing the results of investigating
The blood pressure in animals under the
influence of chloroform, ethidine and
ether. The experiments, which were
made upon rabbits and dogs, seem to
have been performed with great care,
md give rise to the following conclu- |
'ions: Ether, when administered to
animals, has no appreciable effect in re-
iucing blood pressure; chloroform and |
,thidine have decided effect in that di- |
'ection. Chloroform has sometimes an
and apparently capricious
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of these sudden and unlocked
or effects is source of serious danger,
because the blood pressure is with great
'apidity reduced to almost zero, while
he pulsations are greatly retarded or
wen stopped. By ethidine the reduc-
ion OF blood pressure is not, so far as
las been observed, through sudden and
depressions. Chloroform
nay cause death by primarily paralyz-
NC either the heart or the respiration.
Although not free from danger on the
ide OF the heart and the respiration,
thidine is in a very high degree safer
han chloroform, inasmuch as the former
loes not compromise the heart as does
ne latter. A legitimate deduction from
ne facts given is that ether is by far the
afest of the three aneesthetics used.
nd that ethidine is much safer than
hloroform and equally efficient.