Morris tribune., 1884-02-06

!. completely recovered from the opera.
ton, and remained in perfect health,
r with good digestive powers until xii.
led six years afterward. In other ex.
periments upon dogs it was found
that albuminous substances were as
speedily and completely digested by
+ the fluid of the intestine below the
stomach as by the secretions of both
stomach and intestine together, but
other foods were less readily digested
i'll the intestine.
Disease-organisms appear to be ca.
paDle OF undergoing considerable
changes when reproduced under. va,
fying environment. The view is quite
, generally accepted that the we'll
known cOw-pox, OF vaccinia. is small
poX attenuated in some unknown man.
ner by it's passage through cattle.
by passing the bacillus of the destruc-
tive 'rouget' of pigs through series
OF rabbits Nous. Parteur has recently
succeeded in getting a similar attenu-
alton of that virus, which will give
pigs a mild form of the disease and
will render them secure from further
| eoottNho LII uCSICC. llC dlSO
found that when the :'rouget" baccil-
lus is passed through Il series of pig
cons its virulence is increased SO that
pigs inoculated with the virus eff the
last of the pigeons have a most in
tense form Of the disease. Parteur's
famous incubation of domestic ami
mails with anthrax, or splenic fever,
has been made with disease virus
attenuated in another way-that is,
by successive civilizations in suitable
liquids.
1t has occurred to Sir John Lubbock
to inquire whether the lower animals
may not be taught some language or
code of signals by which they may
preliminary experiment he decided to
try upon dogs some such system as
that followed with deaf-mutes. He
accordingly procured some pieces of
cardboard, each bearing a plainly
printed word, such as Food" "Bone,"
'Out,' ETC., and has attempted to
teach dogs to express their wants by
means of these cards. With two ter
rier puppies no satisfactory results |
were obtained. A black poodle, how
ever, has learned to bring the card |
with Food on it when wanting some
thing to eat, and he almost invariably
selects the proper card when it is plac-
ed with several plain ones. He also
appears to distinguish between the
card marked "Food," and the card
marked "Out." Sir John hopes to
carry his experiment further, and in
vites others to study their pets in the
manner indicated,
Although science has not yet
robbed consumption fits terrors, the
discovery ofthe so-called bacillus of
tuberculosis has already pointed out
to medical men a possible means of
saving many patients. Speak
ing recently in Paris, Prof. German
See dwelt upon the Importance of
searching for this organism in the
matter expectorated by persons hav-
ing apparently slight lung troubles.
He regards it's presence as an unf. s.
sign of consumption. for the most
careful research has failed to detect it
in other lung affections, and as it
may be found before the appearance
of other symptoms it may enable the
physician to successfully apply treat
ment in the early and durable stages
of the disease.
Twenty comets which have been
studied with the spectroscope have
appeared to be essentially alike in
chemical composition, while each
comet is continually varying in tenn
perature, density and the amount of
van"r "''itted by its nucleus.
gins les that the suGstance
bodiesqndoubtedly contains carbon,
hydrogen and nitrogen, AMI q5ropaaJy !,
oxygen, Meteorites are evidently of
the same nature as comets, and while
consisting chiefly of iron and other
solids, can often be made to give up
several times their volume of gases.
The idea of the light of comets and
the phenomena of their tails are pro-
duced by electricity is thought to be
gaining in favor among students of
these subjects.
From a report on American precious
stones, by Mr.. Geo, =. Kung, it ap-
pears that some lightweight different
minerals occur in the United States
which have been used as gems, and
twelve of these are found only in the
United States. Systematic mining
for gems is carried on at only two
places in this country, viz. at Paris,
Maine, famed for it's tourmalines, of
which probably more than $4,000
worth have been obtained; and at
Stony Point, n. G., which has thus
far yielded some 81 800 worth of tour
maline and hiddenite. In other cases
where gems are found they are either
met with accidentally, OF occur in
connection with other materials that
are being mined, or in small veins
which are only occasionally to be dis
covered.
The supposed germ of pneumonia
belonging to the class of microscopic
organisms known as micrococci-has
been discovered by DR.. Friedlander
and exhibited to the medical societies
of Berlin. When the germs were in
troduced into the bodies of mice,
either by incubation or inhalation,
true croupous pneumonia was in
variably produced.
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