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

INCUBATION OF SCARLATINA.-In the Trans
actions OF the Clinical Society, the coaclusiOns VI
Murchson concerning the incubation period Oh scula
tina are thus presented duration ofthe ncuoa
ton stage may be only few hours; second proDsoS ~
Iarge proportion Of 1t does not exceed
hours third IL very rarely exceeds seven daysconse
oueny person who has been exposed TO scarlet ie'e'
and does not sicken after weeks Quarantine may
be pronounced safe. Many facts show ne tninKss n
scratiua has nm nfccrng power IRON INC earest sao
oT the uaady although the comparative Iacny Vi pr
venting its spread In school Wheh Iie ,oS los
prOmpty isolated, points TO ths power Deins ~
during thc frat two three days tnan III lhe oasS y,
measles the other hand, scaratina mas us W fact
ineeng period Of many wSeKs,-ho casr ~ lie
can be regarded safe untll the expiration Va '"0
eighth week.
LONGEVITY IN EURoPE.-Herr Max Wald-
STEIN OF the Statistical Department ut Vienna saws III
recently published pamphlet, that the NUMBER Oh per
sons in Europe who arc upward OF ninety years ou
1881, OF thOae who are over one hundred years ou
there are 24I women and 1G1 men IN Italy 29 women
and ls3 men IN Aust "a, and 500 women ana GA men
in Hungary. There IN Austria 1,5Os,350 persons
over sixty years OF age comprsing7o OF the whoe pop
uation found that the parceI age OF Ou peVpc
mucn higher among The Germans than among tne saws
In The German PROVINCES oi Upper AstIIa anu gu ,e
II 11.5 while IN Gallci2 Il IS only IL iinES i"ad
are more taan Old women, when Is eAplhSu
hy tno fact the If women over men Is less ia
100 [,mcn and So mon VINO are 100 years DID, and SO
women ana 60 men who ar" rising OF lOl years oi age
FryGOrD ORIGIN OF WHOOPING COUCH
If is worthy of NOE that the ungod ORIGIN Of whoopins
cough asserted some years since by NJ Sgezereh seems
TO be confirmed by the researches OF NJ. fschmar, VINO
states That he has found certain lower organisms III TIC
splttle Of whOopnG cough neutrality-suspicious. not met
with in any other disease accompanied by cough aud ex
necoraton He asserts further, that the organisms III
ocsfion are identical with those which, by their aggom
Grafton form the black points on the SKINS or oranges
and the pairing OF certain iTults especially appes 1h5
NJ Yschmar by inOcculatng rabbits with this dark
matter or even causing II TO be Inhaled ~ men, pro
duced fits of coughing several days in DURATION anu pre-
senng i'll every respect The peculiar characVeIls'oS Vi
the cOnvulsvc whOOpng cough.
A SIMPLE Observation-Disclosures recon-
mends TIE monObromlde OF camUhor as hypnotlc IN
cases in which narcotics proper are not borne or IN
Gases In which thoy lost their efficiency from long
use The doses required produce sleep-nc gives gen.
orally two to two and Onehalf grains in powder-are
stated to be entirely harmless unpleasant Effects such
as feeling of funess IN the head. nausea eXctement
occur but rarely and then are only transtOry In
most cases the 10 well borne even though gasrlc
catarh cardalgia, ETC., exist The hypnotic erect lo
lows rapidly as rule
PRIZE ESSAY ON HYDROPHOBIA.-A prize OF
a1OO is offered by Royal College OF Physicians, Lon
dom for the most valuable essay hydrOphobia. The
questions which thought by the College specially to
require Investigation Tue origin and history Of
outbreaks OF rabesj the best mode Of prevention OF
rabes the charact erscs of rabies during life, and The
anatomical and chemical changes which associated
with the disease in its successive stages particularly in
its commencement the origin OF hydr0phOba In man =
tLe chemical and anatomical morbid changes observed
I'm the subjects OF the disease with specal reference 10
hnso having their seat in the OF the nervous sys
TEN, and in the salivry GLANDS; the symptoms OF we as
case in well observed the diagnosis OF the disease
In doubtful cases the efficacy OF the various remedies
and modes Of prevention