New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-06
MEDICAL NOTES.

srNrRnsPECTIVE" INSANITY.-Under this term
Dr. A. NJ Hamilton describes class OF cases In WINCH
there was history OF insanity, and the nervous U'H
nerament was manifested by various pecnliarlues'-
more often by species of hypochondrlasls' ny Peo"
ties OF temper and by acts OF eccenuicity causing uo
subjects to be looked upon as" queer lheso oein' or
appe TO the condition OF mind which Ia naniiestec oy
,oora feeling Of doubt and consequent indecon unoer
tho most Ordinary circumstances when both inc oouo
and INDIGESTION are unreasonable in the exteie' o n'
Individual uuder tho mandate OF an emotions
some years ago this condition of mind would nave oee
spOken OF by ply scans and otheIs q" de-
tSn nrotessnn would have been at loss ior
proper explanation
o,,>,rcr,or uETwFEN WATER AND CHOLERA.
An attemnt TO connect the last appearance ol "'
eta .nreaa IN Paris with the:dstibaton OF the W" az
pears to have proved unsuccessful. Two a1Nou w.
parallel In the streets OF that CITY, one Gains rro
water from the Ourcq, the other from thc '""ue -,
determine the question: therefore II wouu h,''o 49,
1 :. ,,orro IN every house from which lire the
.'o.es aoa hoa ,,een procured and even then tne
result would not have been decsNe ~ a. most houses
such nterreaon to eaon otner which line the water
would be Impossible 10 say ii'n ~
used had been received
EXPERIMENTS WITH OZONE.-The ehperi"on''
made nv Professor Binz, of Bonn, IN oo'"'N4ns
szonizea air. appear to have been pecuaI such
and the methods pursued by hlth III u1of 49,, o,ono
resuts are noteworthy. lie did not Prep'i0 '.o
NV chemical means as ozoue contains many "pu 49,
Wy o.auna &; this way but by electricity, using
- ad bv'siemens for the silent discharged 'hS w.
go ON inch In diameter aud foot long, Delhe olfi"
with four Bunsen cells and IN hduc'ion oV -, ,os
Give spark nearly an inch long wheh 'no a, ,.h
IN good order The ozone tube was coh'e0.N a,,,,
",,or,ae Of calcium cylinder charged WIN oe
ehioiiu0 ooarsalv powdered chloride of calcium
h,es, hinge of glass woDl; the ar 10 &c yea ds II
noss through this tube, which ntereo m" Coz the
ions the latter the quantity The UzGne
thus prepared when conducted int0 tnen made slightly
iis shows no trace of nitric or nitrous aca
,o, ,c,r AND DIPUTHERIA.- According to
.,aonar,ence Of an English physician, as repor'e" ~
Tt T.st d,phthera Is susceptible OF successful urea"
nent by the local application OF boracc acio III
tbe nreparation aud application peihs ito ~
t,oracjc acid two drachms; glycerlhe' man an 49,.
ter half an punce-to be applied freely 10 Ino i"
avsrv hour at first, diminishing In frequency VIZ rt
.nrearance OF the deposit and general symptoms ino
anplication should be continued for some oa! '
throat has become perfectly clean; IL uiSoon' -, =
abruptly the deposit is almost certain 70 & n, this
to Ua,nting IA continued to the egh'h oas'
after which the patient is comparatively Saio
, PRACTICE IN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES tue iie
reouistes to the ctherization OF patients, aS
nv DR. Burre in n paper published Dy nipn Oh 'no sD
loot nrecedence is gwen TO knowledge OF INC preSen
!,o a, noort disease aud to this succeed the iol-
,inc The safety Of the patti snt ana 'e
comfort of the etherizer largely dcperd on TIC u
pure anhy drous sulphuric ether the pest meo Ot
administration is one In which tho ether can pe e'' "
condensed FORM or largely mixed with air; rs rnle
the paient should have brief clear description Oh Tue
sensations about to be experenccd room free IRON
hustle and confusion before aud after an operative
eedure is essential for quiet ethezaton Tue e' no
mechanical impeachment should exist 10 re-
n The ease of children little ether goes long way.