New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-06
MEDICALANp SURGICAL NOTES

Cu,opAI. APPLIED NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
.xdrae is now employed by physicians with consider
able success in neuralgia pains and IN cancer Z" VI"
breast and this, in some instances, when other e
,vos and narcotics have notably failed to give re"e'
THE mode of application practsed In such c"so' " "
the saturation of fields of lint of tue size OF sue
he treated brought-ino close contact then coVereu VIZ
,,,oe mr. four LAYERS Of lint covered with oilsk U"
sponzio. milne wrung out of hot water Inc "pP"'"
ton 10 raw surfaces requires. OF course anont
manipulation The strength OF tne and the add.
four draehms 10 sixteen ounces OF water, anu 49,,
toG of n small quantity OF gYeeilhe is 'ou"" "
iagcous
DFsTRUCTIBILITY OF HUMAN BoNEs.-Ah III
stance OF :he readiness with when h"'"a" ~
dis appear Is shown in the fact that the Duon Wv
,peut in 1853 drained of the great Haarleh "he' VII
which therc had been many shipwrecKs ana haNa'
Grhts and where thousands had round wa'eiS s'"'.
T.e canals and trenches dug 10 considerable ueP''
the rescued land estimated TO nave an az
rregate length of thousands OF miles, ana yet nv "
single human bone cXhumed from hrst 10 last SUNNI
veanops and fe CONS. and Que or two wrecked YES
sels alone rewarded Efforts and researches OF Tue
rurosily hunters Hre, as IN cavern deposits anu '
yravsis generally works Of art alone furnished evidence
NJ tho existence of ,nar even though no part OF the Ut
poSit coud be more 500 years old as the ake was
formed by an nunOaJu toward Che eld or inc sA'een'n
century.
PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES ACCORDING TO
yoSrs-Me,:ical authority Is now pretty geher"liN
agreed ~ regard the fact of the important physoosf
cal cIarges induced ID tie human economy 10y ch"hso
of climateas from temperate 10 tropical ana the re-
verse-rSpecaiy in respect TO the lccnudiI'eS % It's
rira,ioa the pulse Temperature OF the body kidneys
and ,n and weight and strength. Thus. III the matter
a. r,spraiiou TIE result q many experiments SHOWS
max, in the tcopcs there is increase in the cauac
Of the chest for ar. with decrease OF the hnhDe u
resrsra, ions from which IL follows that the LUNGS w
altered In size contain less blood and more ar III I0ff
e. tnap I'm temperate climates, the blood being IN part
diverted 70 the excited SKIN and liver It'll calculated
,het in tropc climate the lungs eliminate les car
hon 70 the extent o hall an ounce IN Inc t"ShN oI'
hours IMAM the temperate zones-hencc' Ill not cum
t1os tie Diet should be less caTbon"ceous'
FrNGUs AND INTERMITTENT FEvER.-Ihe
obysical cause Of marsh intermittent iever Is aVo
MED hy Professor Keb- TO kud OF poisonous fungus
This il appears was aseeyaned by him and Professor
o,nr,asi after several weeks of research ana inquiry
durine the spr.ng season in AcrO Eomano-a iocahy
notorious Tor the prevalence OF this parncu-
lar kind of fever. They examined mlnu'ely
the lower strata of the atmosphere OF that uis-
t,!c as well as SOL and staGuant waters anu III
the two former they discovered a microscopic fungus
consisting Of numerous movable shining spores OF
l,uoish oval shape This fungus found TO be aTti
cially generated IN various kinds OF soil The mud
matter 90 aimed htTaed and repeatedly washed
and the relduum eff after filtration was introduced
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netcd on ali had the fever with the regular typical
coarse
GERMAN LONGEvITY.-SOme curious state
aeuts have been published by an Austrian Official on
the data OF longevity in Germany and other European
countries Ii appears from this that there are some
10 500 persons over ninety years OF age Throughout
tho whole Of Europe of which number 6200 women
Ii Italy again. female longevity Is superior to maze
there being in that country 24l women over 100 years
of age and ONLY 100 male centennarians Allowance
being III dc for TIL preponderance Of women in the pop
uaton generally even then, according to these state
ments the female shows the best average OF Ions
life In Hungary, the contrary, there are more ola
mer than women notwithstanding the females 0uinuIn
Der the males Austria. it seems. has 100 women VINO
are over century old, while only e1ghY-six men are as
aged The most interesting fact however, In these dat
is INC superior longevity of the Germans as compared
with the Scayes; thus. among tle Germans OF Upper
Austria aud SalZhurg there are ii q per cent OF inns pop
ulsuon whocome under the catalogue OF old people,
while among the Sclayes Of Gacia the percentage le