New-York tribune., 1880-01-10
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NOTES.

PITTING IN SMALL-POX.-SomebOdy has as
seraped facts. in smallpox, that poor peo
pc are pttcd least rich people pitied most ana no
class pted under their dress Poor reope nave less
light in homes the rich plenty OF bgh ana under
the dress there is Of less light than in either
ease The explanation. according to this observer is
scientific one The sunlight consists OF three primary
cO0rs The red the blue and ihe yellow rays nav us
tnct and characIerisuc propertie the yellow gives
light the red heat a;d me blue ac'nlSm. No|; % n e
fvaIolar pusules absorbs bv ITS yellow heliutn me r
actinc rays which results in cOrrOsiCn OF tie tendtr
fsh at the base, and thus leaving pits.
New USE FOR OXIDE OF ZINC.-The employ
ment Of Oxdeof zinc in diarrbGa is snowrecommendedV
Dr. Jacquie Of Nantes, the formula adopted by MIN lor
this purpose being follows Oxide OF zine 81 grams
and bcarbonate of Soda zig grains; in four packets,
one be every hours In all the cases whcn
he observed of produced rapid cure OF me
disease. In fourteen cases observed ny fuy & @
cure was rapid suce in only one case were
three doses OF the medicine required The results are
considered have been more satisfactory ha7nuch as
IN several cases the malady bad endured nom one 10
many months, aud al other methods OF rcatmel. hdu
failed The employment OF oxide OF Enc i, ,he,eroiIT,
according lacquer, deserves TO DC more gehoIay
known as useiu!1n dlarIh@a'
A NoN-POIsONOUs GREEN COLOR.-lt is found
that from the grains coffee there may be extracted
by simple process. beautiful green colorng matter
adapted all the purposes Of the cook and tie cohlec
TONER and which viii undoubtedly come into extensive
use inasmuch number OF cOlos suitable ior
such uses, and which not poisonous IA very ileu
TINS colorng matter according to the QccOGnt gwen 0
the process extraction, is obtained IN tue loo"hE
manner The coffee grams are ciusheu ana . We 6
extracted by of ether; they are lcu dried ana
agtated with the white o esg so as TO form sort o
paste ard the latter is exposed Tor several DAYS "a ue
air The Of the White OF eggs tnen determines
the appearance Of emerald green. simpler process
is to merely mOstcn the crushed and dr!eI con Dets
with water expose Them three or four days to the arr
and extract the eoloTing matter uy means oi "4cOo'
PHYSIOLOGICAL Ell ECT OF COMPRESSED AIR
In paper of peculiar interest on this subject by
sembo,-whose attention, il seems, was first directed
TO the vital capacity the lungs depending on the
barOmetric presSurehe states that there Is STEADY
increase in the capacity while the Increases
and, on the hand, he Obtained similar result
outside of the pneumatic cabinet He then investigated
any possible OF error affecting these oscFNaO
the result being I0siu'c conn. ttloh VI ING eITf
in lung capaclty. Tie explanation gwen oy htclupo
leads the CONCLUSION that compressed air VIII nave
healing tendency iD1amnations Of the mucous mem
brenc OF the bronchial tubes also in acute eatrh o me
enc & no 10 inc o NJ nv eenbo SHOW INK with
DcrCasng pressure, the temperature nVdIlaDy SIMS
THERAPEUTIC USE OF LIYsEED.-Dr. Sher-
wells paper on the Of lnseed and its o as thera-
peuc agents in diseases OF the skin, recently published
has received considerable attention from the medical
press IL appears that he the habit Of employing
il in a hreefod administration, ana these may be here
briefly cited. FIRST If the patient male and had
sound teeth the seed itself the best form in when
10 take 1.-THE man would about ten ounces OF
tins in his pockets and would probably consume ea
cup fun the of day The ordinary domestic
about per OIL, While that from BOMBAY or Ca
CuttaIhe kind 10 be uscdls larger lighter il cOorahd
about 80 per cent OF oil Second, in tue case 0
women children, the ground seed. mixed win mix
form OF pOrrdge, u more desrap q, ana nOl w
paldtable. Third, in certain cases could he gwen III
form Of bread the bread TO be made by mixing M
seed meal with -four in any proportion deslIed ihis
method however, being hardly so efficient as the Others
ANTIsEPTIC PROPERTIES OF BORAX.-M. POlIi
has reported to the Academy Of Sciences Of Lombardy
the results of experiments, in which beer
meat blood eggs and urine treated with boracic
acid and borax for thirty days during the Summertime
and were found retain tIeir freshness, and to
present evidence OF fermentation having taken place
in then In experiments, the other hand. without
the addition OF the SALT but in some cases with the add
ton of suphate Of Soda the fluids passed into state OF
decomposition in the course OF fifteen days Ihe
euergeUc dsinfectng power possessed by bOTacc ACID
aud borax and the facility with which these substances
be absorbed into the economy led POLL 10 recon-
their in diseases in regard 10 the infectious
which doubt exists or III which septic con-
ditiOns readily arise He adduces several examples In
which the febrie conditions OF tuberculosis under
went dmiDuOn In chronic cystitis, the mUcopurulent
discharge quickly diminished and even altogether dis
appeared OF few days. and rapid improve
occurred In bad of supparatng wounds when
applied externally. Dose, according to Po, 70 grains
of boracic acid and $50 grains OF boraL per day