New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-23
MEDICAL IND SURGICAL NOTES.

SEA WATER AND EYE DISEAsES'-Jr' AhlaC
declares that bathing has proved Of great benent IN
many cases Of disease OF tic eye Tue Improvement IN
question appears TO be due namely First,
the influence which such course has upon tine general
health by curing anania well as eleyang tie tone
Of the system snce bathing is in the hGhcst degree
restorative; and second water-and Occasionally,
Also the atmosphere OF the sea has local lirl'ahl
action which Should be watched, since is most sr ice
able when there II chronic torpid ana nusiSn
nation, while 1t is exceedingly dahgelO us When the III
nammatlOn is of The acute kinG. These 1acts are OF
special III the case OF bathers having Such eye al"
menle
BORAX AS AN ANTIsEPTIC.-In relation TO
the recommendations which have recently been made OF
employing borax antseptic writer In one or the
medical Journals that for eight past he has
treated all of eryspeas by Etcans OF solution ef
borax in glycerne-cne dram 10 the ounce-wcl rubbed
to the skin and applied linen ana in every Gaze IL
seemed short the disease PROMPTLY the character
istc appearances beginning TO fade In few hours;
sometimes nCture of iron given internally, some
times not Repeated instances also show the value Of
bOaN in the treatment OF suppua ING sores the lesus
OF cuts burns bruises, etc. the bOraX usually cucchihC
the suppuration once and the redness rapidly panE
away.
EuBALMING IN ITALY.-It appears that the
special and most perfect processes Of embaning In
Italy are kept secret. In the more geneIal process
cold water ia first injected through the whole crcuaOry
system until it quite clear, this perhaps aking
long five hours, after which alcohol injected Tor the
purpose Of absracng all the water from the body This
is followed up by the injection OF ether to dis olive out
the fatty matter and then srsng solution OF tannin is
slowly injected full time being allowed Tor its soaking
into all the TISSUES from five hours being
consumed Lastly the body is exposed for from two 10
five neurs current of warm air previously dried by
passing il over heated choride OF calcium.
DANGER FROM THE FOOT-POwER MOVE
MENT-In the Union Medicae NJ. Gueliot contributes
valuable paper two of "lOcomOtor ataxia in
o-ad apyViuu n
women working such machine seems to be- in GER
tain cases. the occasional Of the appearance Of
OcomotOr aaxia The symptoms commence in the lower
LIN bs and progress upward shooting pains also traverse
the limbs from below upward. improvement is noticed
when the patient rests and it may last long time.
Working at the machine by means OF treade, accord
ing to NJ GuAO;, probably acts chiefly by the cOncus-
son which dfused throughout the spinal cord This
moyemept OF the Ireadle "a dangerous To the work
woman, and endeavOrs sneuld be made to substitute
some other motor for the ROOT power
SKIN GRATING IN PARIs.-The Paris papers
contain detailed accounts OF tho really remarkable
operation Of skin grating performed by NJ Lamaer6e
of that city, in which CRAFTS were employed oo-
tanned from two different human being and
rabbit those from the latter evincing superior amount
of vitality In this case, the patient man thirty
wears old had suffered for six years from varlcose
ulcer OF the left thigh, which resisted every form OF
treatment the ulcer fourteen ccntimcters long and
eight deep At the request OF the patient Dr. lanai
leIee resored skin grating, procuring for the pur
pose six gratis from the shaver abdomen of rabbit
and two from the forearm Of man. These having been
nlaced in position Lister dressing applied after
the lapse OF eight days this was removed ana II was
found that those furnished by the rabbit had become adj
bercnt and III new skin forming rapidly In their
Immediate neig borhood while, the other hand. the
two hu pieces had not adhered Inc dressing was
eight days longer and when removed an iset
of skin ten centneters long aud wde was seen
TO nave estabs led itself the centre OF the ulcer.
The dressing was again reapped and maintained ia
place foI eight days. SIC completion OF which II was
taken off aud the sore found completely cicatrzed.
Tive months latert healing rcgressiDg gOraby,
the newly formed skin sho ding trace OF its origin.