New-York tribune., 1880-02-16
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NOTES.

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NoA"
sr. r..s,oxSrss.-Nitrate of amyl, in hVe-urop
Aosas IA said 10 exert favorable influence IA ,i,
meas Bnt this must depend, nceess"r'S' - ahor,
nd,,,ons Of the system OF the various theoree 80
roso o,e "a that II is owing 10 the ioou toss'ns
hour in the stomach and teasing 1t ana the oiapni"
,,,h t,s iactji; 'ons nausea and vomiting pci"s 'D
natural consequences another theoIy rs 'ts couse IN
no such eaon hs 70 'ps pya,n and cord which
acts In a refsx manner on the stomach soroe degree
70 each of the foregoing, and therefore, ,s & can lie
loaded stomach aud coDgcsted nVer D onrely ncr-
expected from amyl; whereas IN cases h nitrate OF
yois especially seen IN women, .nH that
amyl offers Very fairly snecessIn trial than it
warrants much more varied ana eA'enSi'0 ~
has hitherto received
RELATION OF METEoRoLoGY TO foblAo
urrru-some more recent deductions with reierenoo
TO the relations OF meteoroogy to public hea'n' 40
duced from the study OF weekly mortality anu 49, ",
returns for all the largo towns In the brieon ,,,
have been brought to the attention OF the -.
Society. Glasgow, by DIR. Buchand lie snow 49,
diarrhqa and British cholera on the one manu- inu
s,,srv and Asiatic cholera the other, lorm .no"
se,ves into two distinct groups The pronent pnr1et
IN annual progress OF whooPng aiier YEAR
thirty Years DR. Bpchand infers that tn[S hch lends
~ ,ed1ce ihe mortality nom scarlet fever, put soe
thing connected with the late Autumn weaHi etHi,v The
which ths disease attains It's MAXIMUM ,rs Early in
,oaxnum severity OF whooping cough occurs cary ~
spTlng--its minimum in Autumn.
MoIsT AIR NOT HEALTHFUL IN DWELLINGS
The theory Is now ingenously maintaned py iro1eso
B,iggs that the Summer condition OF temperature o.
IN $50 and relative humidity, 80 to 80 per eeh' 10 NO
desirable or even atainable. at other seasons !" ~
heating of dwellings. His argument Is that tpe uIS an
Of America possesses both curative ana pre'en'N0
onaltiss of great value, and that moist air. whch pro
NOTES vegetable growth is, on sanitary grouh"s' no.
desirable for breathing. He states tnat uo ue
and vcntated rooms wher. there is nothing OF lnat
sepsaton of dryness which is usuaY nciu W rtr fr
the heat OF q furnace when MOI suppnea VIII cnnnted
cyanoration Again. houses, that are eccnuhIeu @
unhealthy in Europe are NOT so III nlaasant etlrcfs
in America than In England; what Is heeaeu Is m Tf
y relative humidity tn9 he and relative
humidity 40 per cent and the Interior tempeIatnnTe n DE Ce
7oo the interior humidity ought to be raised 10 ~ ny
adding little water.
ErrpCTs OF TURPENTINE ON THE HEALTH
French ply sician VINO had occasion 10 STUDY '"o
fects of turpentne 800 painters coming unoer
M hservason arrives at the conclusion that the inju-
effects produced by turpentne fumes can never NC
snficienty severe TO death. unless they De Vo
lized in an extremely confined space-that where there
are free movement of the air and good ventlaoh he
need be fear whatever Of fatal accidents from 'n
cause He further remarks that the yapors OF tTrn
.ne coming from different have not at all tne
same energy; OF the French product Tor nstnee
heup far less injurious than those OF HunetIlah Vi
American turpentines. Again. such evil ehScs az are
are.h
unused to the trade, very short tne noweVer, @
Ing TO acelimatlze them thoroughly Inc most HSni
form of indIspostion met with among them, WHICH ay
he ctv attributed to the turpentne are headaene,
watering of the eyes, eOryZs, cough srahuiauVls w WV
larynx and disordered dlgestoh'
CUBIC CAPACITY OF THE SKULL.-Ol all the
measurements by which the difference can pe ue'ei-
mined between the human skulls OF one race anu an
other the most important is believed 10 De tha'
winch gives the cubic capacity of the great cavity OF
the skull wherein is contained The BRAIN Upon 'ths
basis some interesting Investigations have been MADE
Among other facts ascerained is that eang 10 race
of long fat-headed people on the west coast Oh Alc"'
who exhibit the largest average capacity OF any human
heads vet examined. The Laplanders ana Esqum"uA'
though very small people have very large sks .a Tn
latter giving an average measurement OF lo4o. ING
lower grades of English skulls show s1e or a Se
1912; the inhabitants OF the canary lsianus' 1
Iananese 1sf: the Chinese, 1424 the Italian, Lao;
me ancient Es Of p'aT 9arcus Kinds 1877 the Kas
1348: UudOOs, 306. The Australian aD0rlglnes giEe
onv andomanese @ very dminutive people, show only
loo comparison between the skulls OF sxty-onree
men OF various races and of twenty our women suoss9
The ati6 of the womans skull TO the mans to be as eo
to 1000.
Cop-LIvER On. IN DIsEAsE.-The fish from
which the oil thus named il obtained said by the BTU
lsn Pharmacop@ia to be Gddus naoTrhnd LIN; put III
the limited States Pharmaeop@ia it is sad, with sreter
accuracy TO be derived from that fish lana other spe
ces of Gadus" Tho following are the species OF hsn
from which the oil is obtained the Goldfish, the pollock
the coa-nsh the turhot the ling ana the dorse Inc
chemical substances which codlver oil Is found 10 con-
rain are margarc ana ceylic acids, all OF wic
are White solids; oleic ac1 and volatile aclas, Whlcn
are liquids: glycerine and hillary matters ana ea1J
These are shown in the relative proportions IN "mcn
fbey exist IN the oil Besides these bodies cod-VeT Oh
Contains minute quantities OF iodine bronlne ana phOs
nhorug 10 each Of these its medicinal prOperNe5 nave
been referred, but the minute quanes e"htalneu ~
the fact other animal oils are fonna 10 o
liar effects, regarded as proving sunclehty Una" oO''
liver oil js useful chiefly easily dlgested iat.