, 1880-01-10

and st. Louis. Tho Senegal should be opened
to navlgntsoi, as fnr na Hnfomlbe, and canal
Nsel To Sser eso i now 70 mnssSe ro% s
distance Of 1,boo miles: Tho agsrcgatu TX
pense Nf the. whole work Is estimated a.
e eSse e"nes'on s% tn %Ec EogH.3s ssa Il f?sSet 49,
These projects have tncn adopted by thu
1lish Commission, and tic survey fef the
CANAL will lHEIn immediately. NJ Soctllet
Ing tho roKion In Is 70 visit will l,G. friendly
10 Europeans. a1nl offer no ubstarles to tho
success OF tis eTea. P5ojest Tho Es fo!,,'' Ss,
Bambara and Soicnkt., Nothing wonld h,e
easier than tho cstnblls!.nsnt Of n prellm!..
nary trade-rnnd between the two rivers; It
enr Tef ssS " srs i 5t o sabo "s s5sk s I |"
travel for 200 or 800 miles. Amongst other
products Is a vegetable wax which can be
reduced to oil, and made to scrva maliy tlse-
Dy Ineans OF the electric light, the junction
OF tho Algerian surrey with tile Europcntl
network Of irianRlcs has bcen completed.
ore Of tho most inpor1tant events IN n
Aisea s enessssSn tt" t S Rss Ss Pc
zweifct and Monsticr, Of tho sources Of the
ysF ihSy sscSS nSSSc Sng nake Tsg hy4 S,sE mi o s
heretofore impossible in consequence Of the
hostility Of tic yatIycs unl visited thc heads
Of tho three STREAMS which, uniting After
short distance, form tho Niger.
JAPANESE SURGERY AND MED1-
CINE.
DR.. Andrews, in tho current Number Of the
Medical Jo,lrnd, and Examiner, gives some
Interesting facts III regard To the practice OF
surgery md medicine among the Japanese,
lie says that a fayorit medicine for tic treat
mont OF ,lisoascs of the nlilnentary cn11al Is
prepared by tho tribe Of Amos, IN the great
Island of Yezo, III the north part OF the Em-
pirc. These Amos nrc n raca Of heavily
bearded men, surrounded by the half>bearst-
less ABintic races. They Werc tho
original Inhabitants of japan, but about GOO
years l}ofore Christ they wero invaded and
driven north by tho present dominant race Of
the Empire, and aro now only about 5000 III
number. In order 10 manufacture the ned
icine referred To, they hunt female bears by
first catching the cubs, and using them Us de-
coys to catch tho mother. They then take
nlaken sort OF salsage-ncnt by chopplng them
all up together, gall:bIaddcr included, and
drying It III cakes. THIS IS purchased @ 9s
by simply cutting oft slices and cathlg thonl.
It Is said by the pntents to- b. "very bitter,
like the gall Of q chicken" The aboriginal
Jhpnneto surgery HN9 very futiGs uAlu Hhu llo
anatomical knowledge rs i basis. They used
the moxn; aud our word Is simply Q mMotlitica. M
thing-viz,: "Alo-husa-" They bleed, md use
aatylo Of lancet supposed To be derived from
tho old Dutch traders 900 years ago. Syph-
Ills was known and described three centlries
ago, but 1t is not clear whnt the most ancient
Treatment wns. It Is certain, however, that
foreign SURGEONS found them not long stpss II :,
the dclcterious effects Of the dr,ig, were,
very common. Their peculiarly tough and
porous paper fs very valuable IN surgery. It
Is used for bandages, Wrappings coniprcsses,
aud nbsortents, as we'll rs for holding anti;
towels, The utter !EnoIanco ea Of = anatomy @ =;
the horror Of taking animal life ,incutcated
BY tho Buddhist religion, by which inyeSti-
inferior animals. to obtain light OIL human
structure. On the whole, tho Japanese do
not soem likely. to furnish my valuable new
ideas in medicine or SURGERY bus tho torn
: nnd 1t is probable TINT q thorough aild skill.
full examination Of their native plants would
furnish useful additions to our lnateria-
rnallcQ,