New-York tribune., 1880-10-24
MEDICAL IND SURGICAL NOTES.

NEW PROCESS OF EMBALMTNG.-one' OF tho
mos, snnIe md eaccyo processes it would appear
FOR preserving dead. has recently been pronRht io
ward In Germany. BY tins method, II Is sta'eu' Nio
dead bodies OF human DeDgs aud animals iuiy i't'
their FORM color and fexibiy cCl' 'nuonsly. and may
he dssccied while decay and offensive smell are com
pletey prevented-te muscular flesh, upon lncisop'
presenting TIC appearance as IN inc case oi !"
fresh dead body. The liquid used for TINS purpose II
prepared follows: Three quarts boiling water ,hr'"
and one-na ounces alum, six draohms com mon @
drachms sn!tpcrr two ounces p0tasl aud Two ana ono
half drchms arecnic acid; me s1iis are alS'oi' e ~
wafer ana then there added two pns OF gB ctIlne
md Out-haif put Of wood alcohol. jhc enbaiinhH u
accomplished by SIMPLY saturatiag AID mpregnaii1 i
TIE hoics with this comosliinn rom one su "' "
Ave quarts beng used Tor - sihgle Do'y'
A RARE PHARMACEUTCAL PRODUCr.-A
specimen the essential OIL Of alocs has recently been
exhibited to the Eedlcc Chrrgci Society Of Edinburgh
This oil g. described ~ pAle yellow. mobile hquld'
specfc gravity OSG3 aud b0s at from 26G to III dc
groes c. and though s presence tie door ot no'e Is
due tt exists IN such small quantities that only about two
hud drachms are O5tu unaplo ftOm JDO pouhHs oi SoS
In taste and sno the artcc resembles tho oil OF pep
pcrnn-tne boiling noiat Of the inter h2"eyor, D,ing
aromatic and ant'fgasmodic.
ITALIAN TREATMENT OF VACCINE MATTER
Dr. Roncli in an Italian medical Journal cals attcn
tion to "A valuable method Of preserving vaccine virus
hy means OF which II retains it, active properties for
weeks and months after having been collected ia cap
larry tubes According to this plan, tac tubo, when
nlcl IS placed IA quill and surrounded by very iue
dried sand, srch used for driving writing, and then
seal up; the tubes deposited IN small phiai,
which "a also flied with the SAND, corled and sealed II
"a necessary nat tuhcs hc not excessively small as
otherwise the virus would Doe apt o drythough. ~ the
SAND thus employed. Is found superior as coDscryd-
tive agent. TO riyecrin'-nuch Of ~ cmcacy Tor ne
purpose IN question being attributable 10 me cquaOe
temperature IL usually maintains
EFFECT OF Fright on THE HAIR-Ihc
Ga-fc des Hopiapr gave account atcy. Of singu-
lar case OF complete alopeca. gir, age seventeen
who had always onOj ed sood health, had ore day,
narrow escape from bcn- crushed 10y q floor giving
way beneath her. sne very much frightened. and
the sam. night began to complain Of headache and
cls te next morning she fe restless md had itch
ING ~ the SCALP. duIlnc the few following days shc
stcadly improved. Win the exception u The itching.
one day IN conhiuE h,r hair she noticed that II came
ou u grcat Quantities; three days later she was yer
fecrv bald Her general 6eBtu good, Dut her head
cGnunued bald md was riil 50 when seen t"o years
LATER b tno reporter
SEA WATER IN DHEASE.-A writer in tue
Buiicfn Gcncrde ne H1qperiqn states that sea water
acis ss an altorauve m such are benefited by
ortan saline mineral waters; and, a. it, continued use
increagcs the appetite, facilitates digestion. quckeus
putrtivc changes and augments the proportion Of red
cctnnsce, IN be blood he Gls IN the follow
iug cnsp4 Er4f dur NJ c0hvalescca'c nom acute os-
csg second N che apvrcc forlls of speps; thru,
i'm. uauross a-s0ci4tld WIN ImUryerf-hWcut of the
blood: fourth III thc scroous and tuDarcuous dathc-
sig ana ifth, III dia3ctcs
EXPERIMENTS WITH TIE GASTRIC JUICE
The results o MS researches thc acit, 81 tie gastric
Juice ia man ana OK bis obs'rvtu"us ou strc dges-
tlon made iu .sjue h- ula have tecu cora run'catcd
by II. H.chet 10 t.e French AGadrmy OF Sciences. NJ
R.chet hns iounI tuut the IcIu ac'r OF the gastric
Juice. whether pure or mN'a VltA food amounts u
about II grarnmes in 1000 growmca of liquid; that
the Quautiiyof G1d il thr stomach has no uh1"nce ON
it4 acldity w ch j. almo, invarIbc; that sine ana
alcohol augment tire aciitY o thc stomach whist cane
sug4r .imli i1hc, HAT tEC uaA MAN aeNp oT gas
trir uirc Is altaiueG durnr deeuon aud iat hunger
neither Deepen p. this aciny rrr on the emptiness o
the .tomarh some OF the conclusions arrived at iy H.
R.clle are rather at Variance win tAc theories cou-
monty entertained.