New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-24
MEprcAL AND SURGICAL NOTES.

AvTIsEPTIc DRESSINGS 10 I've
pAGroeestieat Journal the use OF earoohc aeu ~. al
tfseptc dressings growing moro ana more IN usVo
among the pbysiciahs OF Germany. In his ADDRESS w
fore the late Surgeons Congress 10 Berlin ON Tue
effect of theae coroolc acid dressings Dr. Kuester sta'eo
thar within the last three years he had seen I'VE cases OF
sneh po,sonns four Of them terminating fatauy. ne
expressed his belief that from the uncertainty OF the
symptoms shown in such eases, many might have peep
Of collapse or shSe roesS5
permanent irrigation In all cases Of an alrea9y on
Ron Of seyfic Of carboc acid In the late re-
port Of the Berlin University surical Gin ~ an
acufe carbolisu after tue application OF caroone
septic dressings consequent upon On osteo1o"S u"
leg.
INTERMARRIAGE INDUCING STAMMERiNG'-
The frequency OF stammerng in the South OF france 10
found on investigation, to equal twelve or tnir'een
cases IN every 900 OF the population while ID the
Eastern departments the proportion Is only Que W
number 1t has been assumed that the deiect was III
many instances simulated TO avoid military eouscr1p o
Ssstriots an the Bouehes Rhone where oil the innn
iants-some I5OOO-stammer He aserlDes TINS 70 lonS
rontnued intermarriages among tne cOnhin u"iio'' anu
20 consequent degsneracy OF the race
SPECIFIC AGAINST TYPHOID.-Dr. Gulllasse,
f the French Navy recent paper on typhoid feVcr
eaks of the Great benefit which has been derived from
che use of coffee found that sooner have the
patients taken few ta0espoOnfuls or than thelr
lures become relaxed, and they come 10 tDelr scnSes'
the next day the improvement is such as TO leave no
doubt that the article just the specific needed un-
der i,s influence the stupor dispeed and the patient
Touses frOu state of somnoleney IN when ne Ss
been since the invasion of the diseases so0D all the
innctions take their natural and he enters upon
e0nyalcscence Dr. Guiasse gives to an adult TWO OF
three tablespoOnfus Of strong black c0nee every Two
honrs aterna Ted with one or two teasnoonns o.
ar Iurgandy wnea little lemonade or citrate OF mag
hesia TO be taken daily, and after a while qunlnc
BLOOD CoRPUsCLEs IN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Fessor ouchut stated made daily enumerdtlons OF
the blood corpuscles in oil the cases OF dphtuerla Int
name under his observation within q period or SIX
months the number OF analyses amounting to III he
concludes from the results obtained that In severe or
malignant dphthera there always an increase OF the
white corpusces OF BLOOD this increase continuing
A the disease progresses aud diminishing when conva
seence sets in; the other hand in the mild cases OF
aphthera there is no increase Of the white corpusces
aud the children always recover. In twentyour cases
auded day by through the whole course OF the dis
ease the number OF mite glObules varied between
1000 and 900 twelve out OF uiuetyhree analyses
aud between and 100000 n the Others the aver
see being 1894 Professor Bouchot urges the neces-
sity daily examinations OF the blood as Tue Wnlte
gObues may, In their number, be norman III QUO u1 u
greatly increased In the next.