New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-24
MEDICAL NOTES

pvvr-n,oNrA TREATED BY CALOMEL-Dr
Droux de Chapos French PHYSICIAN rea'o' 49,, ,
Ion, DELAYED cases OF pneumonia where excehent roS
by fractional doses of esomelone twenty
ss,s r.nyepeated every hour He advises u recourse
-. no, In this treatment whenever despite the cra-
,.rv remedies the symptoms grow worse instean Vi
80, ben the tongue becofaes airy, ana when the SKIN
mpars one o. a s5esf c nfs with
mi Of powdered sugar, and after IL nas peeh
siisrea o' Within twenty-four most forty eight
koIrs he states the skin becomes dampt ne
fills the tongue becomes moist ana tne opP'0''
dimlnishes-
RAD FOOD AND ITS DETECTION. AT recent
ecture Delivered in London Bad r. cd and It's pe.ec
,on If was asserted that the lactomeer Is useesS'
no advantage to tho consumer at ieas Fat peihs "s
than water rich milk might appear watereu - '.a'
test and tricks Of the milk trade nn Ss a IN mS cannot
ovcrestmated. the fact remains a"@ Se satisfac-
m ,os% tested that Of complete analysis
sllape but nfable test for a@ Of salteratcd
suT being placed in small quantity Of slg
-four noais while the alum OF ether alum In bread
nav he Instantly detected by p,aclng s nd ammons~
the Dread turning blue If any alum be contained LII !"
,rrrtc VALUE OF COAL TAR--In
Ar, Io,oi ds Usines CT. are given some particulars
a, from investigations made to ascertain the enec'
=, oa tar sand its derivatives upon the health Oh tue
rorkmea employed in the preparation o. .
stances These INQUIRIES %eI PARIS Gas Company
,"nd tna ;tios whose duties did not necesstate pr 10
S we're liable 70 all kinds of ailments and formed
considerable proportion OF the numer on n S with tar
nlv three were sick in the course OF seven a.
result medically considered, is all tue more ar me
period in than tweny thousand oil
nearly eight hundred we're yonne Gas works too
The records show ony SD exemption OF te W." GI ds
from cholera, bat also their immunity ho ~
eases.
svy,ss TREATMENT OF CONsUMPTIoN.--An
,astng renort is given OF the experiments maze oy
Dr Abrecht on consumptive patients In nosl'Ai ~
Perne switzerland sThese experiments were maue WIN
view to ascertainnig the elect OF oxygen 10 i
a. The development OF phthisis, aud whether oy II
ng The rate Of organic combustion by this meanstne
Sae,erim of phhss had been DISCHARGED WITH cerlaN
on several 0ecasions The patients were rst
t sn anprcpTiate highly nutritious diet consisting o.
mix and peptone and twice week they were %
With great care IL observed that as soon az toe
OXYGEN Limitations began. the daily loss OF welsn wa
checked. and IA some cases tne wGis hored fever
dyspnea diminished aud the microscope sHo""' ''"''
bacteria.
VIEW HypRoCARBoN MEDICAMENr OR
rSGIrESr new mineral hydrocarbon has recently
heen discovered IN TIE Tyro occurring crudey IN Tue
firm OF btnmnous rock, OF peculiar cohsti,ui'oh 'no
bltumen thous IT. CONSISTING OF the I
mains OF prehistoric marine animals IIeated MIL
stIonr suiphuric acid the btumen Yields SOFT
wren w srnles coal tar IN color 1t differs from all
known veg table and mineral tars however, W ~
nd
n forms an emulsion With water Is parity SOLUBLE 10
alcohol ana ether mixture Of these two LIQUIDS com
,,Ieely djssolvng it; and mscibe In all roportOns
with yaseline and oils The substance Is chhracleILeu
above all by Its richness 10 sulphur Oh won ~
oxygen carbon hydrogen and traces OF phospt orns u
A. IN of the high proportion OF sulphur now
ever that this hydrocarbon Regarded hopeiuS Us
a medisament ungn ent
MEDICAL OPINION OF THE BREAD kErohh
MOVEMENT the part of English physicians, there
is said to be growing disposition in favor OF the move
,n,n in behalf of whole mea bread that Is on prac-
ficai rather than on theoretical and chemical grouns
II being held that the bread which contains al me con
stltuents OF the wheat excep the outer nsolnDe anu
irritating portion of the seed seems when the appetite
for il has been ohtanedto be more satisfying ana dSest
fhie than the white product fOund most tables IL "a
believed too that for children the whole meal - REFER
ahle for sustaining growth and for building M the skce
ION strongly ana IN perfect form By an improved pro-
cess in the production ~ decorteated whole neal e
extreme pter coating Of the wheat grain Is clevery re-
moysd: and on this ahrading process being copleTn
the whole Of the grain is reduced TO hne nonr IN when
are retained all the Substances that are nutritious anu
digcstble.