Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-10-05
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

malarial diseases IN & very minute Vi
ganism. The microbes resemble neck
laces of black beads in appearance, and
are located in the red blood c rpuScles
of malaral patients.
In paper before the American As
ISOLATION for the advancement Of SCI
ence, DR.. Haughton, of Dublin, d'sa
greed with those biologists who believe
the earth and moon have been gradu
ally cooled from an intensely heated
liquid mass to their present state
According to his views, the moon form
ed a part Of the earth at remotc-as
calculated by Mr.. Geo. II. Darwin
but the earth was originally formed by
the aggregation of separated masses OF
meteoric matter cast of 10y the sun and
cooled to about the temperature Of in
tersiellar probably AGO degrees
below the freezing point Of water.
Microscopic vision has sci arated
ruled lines as fine as ll3,6OO to the
inch, but, according to Prof, Rogers,
the evidence that finer lines than that
have been resolved under the micro
scope is not conclusive.
Herr Fuchs is inclined to divide the
animals of the sea into fauna of liSl t
and fauna Of darkne S, the former being
found little below a depth of thirty
tathoms, and the first specimens of the
latter type appearing at about fifty
fathoms below the surface He is led
to make this distinction from the fact
that in some places where the light limit
ia higher the deep sea fauna rises high
er, and in fresh water lakes where the
light penetrates to greater depths the
shore fauna extends further down.
Prof, German See has called the
attention Of the Paris rcademy of med-
cine to new medicinal alkaloid said
to resemble digitalis in its action but
having none Of the Objectionable pro-
/Prieties of that drug The new sub
stance is called convallarine and is Oh
tanned from the lily of the valley 1t
acts powerfully on the heart, and low.
era the pulse very decidedly, The
plant itself is said to have been long
employed by Russian peasants for drop
steal affections.
The flesh of different animals has
been analysed by Prof Virchow tc
determine the amounts of water and
extract contained therein, as it was
thought that the relative value of meat,
might be thus shown. The differences
however, are found to DO too slight t,
be Of Any impo lance. Veal contains
more water than beef, lean beef L.
thsn well fed beef, and unhealthy mea,
: gFsAter quantity than sound meat
BY thrusting the ends of green scrul
Wecd--"m malice scrub"-in the fine an,
16ehing in bark trough the sap driv
en out At the other end, an Australia,
supplied himself with water and savec
his life while crossing a waterless re
gion.
NJ. Regnard has been utilizing drieC
blood from slaughter houses for tn,
rsarlngof lambs. lie made experim ent,
on six lambs deserted by the ewes
Three were fed with the usual diet O
beet root, hay, etc, and to three tn,
dried and powdered blood was giver
with the other food. The first s,eadi
ly lost flesh, while the other lot rapid
ly increased to three times the oricina
weight, and were considered pheno
menally fine lands. A similar diet il
to be tried upon calves.
According to Prof. G. f. Yeo, O
Kings College, London, a resort t.
TRANSMISSION of blood has saved life i,
more than half Of the recorded case
in which this treatment has been tried
Prof. Colladon, of Geneva, has de
scribed curious experiment which h
has been in the habit OF showing to hi
classes. He fully charges an air gun
with compressed air, and introduces
lead ball nearly filing the bore bu
small enough to move freely. He ther
stands the gun vertically and place
his thumb over the top of the barrel
when an assistant pulls the trig .cr
The thumb remains in place, VIII lie tn
ball is heard to fall back in the tube
u When the gun is re loaded in the sam,