New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-05
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MEDICAL md SCRCICIL NOTES

MORTALITY IN ITS RELATION To Wr,rr,
POVERTY One Of tae statistic coI!ec o,s # avn
gathered information concerning some for,n 80.
thousand children OF the well-todo classes f., ~"
and Wales Including members Of the legal el,rcaI ~
medical Professions also OF the Bobliiy ana S
II IA found on inquiry, hat In the first year o., M,
s0.45 per 1000 deaths occurred among tho MT
OF The easy classes In that country. a. 80
149 40 among the bldren OF the general uonns,'s
bur among the latter class, the percentage went no
240 IN cites like Manchester aud Liverpool and a.r,s
300 IN the poorer quarters % English cifie. vniH
Berlin II Is actually 300. From 70 five wears ~ . "
borp and a. many l13 90 ~ the general nonn,a,sut
During the renaDier OF early you o. from aTs ~
thousand deaths among tue richer cI.ssa."m
against 74O4 10 the general public
ANALYSIS OF YELLOW FEVER ArNospupn,
Analyses OF the air at New Orleans from senf.,h.
o to November "a, last year, during the prevalence
yellow fever revealed series Of extraordinary va.
lions In the amount Of free and albumin. Id ammon.
the million of cubic feet OF atmosphere and thea a..
responded curiousy with the progress and aien
tons OF the epdS mic. Thus aeptemb-r o. the anav
SIS showed go grains OF free and 3jO5g gratns =,
aiburninoid ammonia to eacn 100000 cubic feet y
air. Ten days after, the amount Of Rianiaod stoot
the extraordinary ngUre OF 40O75 gTaIas tAs Va.
its highest point, and with many lcua'iOns from day
day, 10 gradually declined "a tue epidemic gor, an,
4725 gains. The curve OF the free ammonia was lee,
regular but the decline haze general cOrrc.pO0deoes
with that OF albuminoid.
FARADAY's THEORY or LIFE. The late Pro
Faraday stated adoped the theory that TIM
natural OF Is hundred years The Duration
OF life he beIeved e. be measured by the tine % growb
Thus In the camel the union takes place a. eight years.
the horse 1--we, in the lion at four IN the dog At two
10 the rabbit at The natural termination IL i've
removes from these several poIns. NOW. man beinx
twenty years IN growing, lives five times tNcDty yess
that is, one hundred tue camel J. eight years IN
growing and lives forty years: ana Win Other
animals Professor +. divides Ire INTO equal A,lve.-
grow IA and decinc-aud these intH Infancy. Youth.
vlrllty and agr Infancy ek,endiug fD tne twenti.ft
year youth 70 the feth-bccau-e II J. ~ tll' oG
IT, ues become hU-yirty from NV o. .cuiy-Gye
during which the organism remains comp ..ic,and AZ
seyeuty-hye old age commences.
SALTS IN FOOD.-Experimcnt recently made
With the mOrganic constituents OF food show That al.
though the salts to great extent retained and used
over. corain amount Of the same Is cxcrc;ed, Con-
sequently, when salts withheld from tine food. he
whole body but especially those parts ac sry chIugng
like blood and nuscie-bclOme Gradual poorer In
silts and rcncr in a.bumen bnt, pI-h ia" total
quantity In the BODY = lt..ened, the hnTuf' o. salt.
the tissues and Juices unchanged The dlHnutOn "
airs tue muscles cdu-es Muscular cNddu-tiOH and,
IN tie nerves. trst eXcltabty, ard then psfasls Il
the centres. IL alsO hpTtGrs, fo.A t-r"e ex-
pcriments tnat the quantity or -at- r'%t uecl ay
food Is less than has usually been suppos H.