Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-31
Health and Disease
STRAY MEDICAL FACTS AND RECENT DJscov.


STRAY MEDICAL FACTS AND RECENT Dfscov-
ERIES OF THE DOCTORS
Beer made of bananas Is now used in the
Congo region as q preventive of malariaI feyers
The latest theory In veterinary science is
,.a snSins In horses Is caused by nearsighted-
Prof. Bartholow says that ctioral is the
most effective remedy for cholera and its power
Is much Increased by the addition of morphine.
The London Medical Times thinks that the
treatment Of snake bite by putting gun powder
on the wound and touching Ii of with a match
may be thought rough, but Is often successful
Surt, Motel Keeper who receives guests while
knowing that there is a contagious disease in
ms mousse 3 liable for damages TO any guest
VINO may contract the disease.
A New York physician who is taken by
everybody TO be ten or fifteen years younger
than he Is, attributes this favorable condition to
day. He has used 5000 lemons q year for
ten years
- The Lancet thinks that the proposal to free
the ring finger Of pianists by dividing its con-
meeting bands Is ingenious In theory but would
De dangerous practically, owing to the risks
ferences.
Observation-Disclosures rest one of their chief ar
guments on the fact that calves have tubercular
eonsumptlon-a communicable disease. Late
Researches by Strauss show that the proportion
1OO. 600 " oiie Al
The Medical Journal states that a few hand
into ci0SptS
and an occasional handful into wash basins
goes lar toward counteracting the noxious
effects OF the omnipresenl sewer gas
Consumption a cause of death is steadflv
decreasing in Massachusetts DR. AbboIr os
the state health board reports the death yafe
nom that disease was 35 in every 10 600 in tba
decade from 1857 10 S61, and 81 in 10 600 for
the ten years ending 1883. while il is not ex
pecsed 70 be over % for 10000 in 1854
= Doctors say that mothers who take pride
In the weight of their newly-born children
should weigh them a soon as possible afrer
birth Children lose weight during the firsr
amounts 10 twelve ounces or more IT takes
them nearly a week 10 regain the weight they
had ut the time OF BIRTH
The Union PhaTm0celaiQue saws that an
eminent chemist prepared with great care a
mixture OF manganese, permanganate of
potash. and oxalic acid, only to find that the
mixture exploded few minutes afterward i'm
Tie patients pocket IL also gives an instance
chlorette of potash exploding in the mouth OF a
person engaged in brushing his teeth.
A number of dogs were recently dosed with
morphine until they became insenSibie. the
object icing 10 determine what drug would act
mot rapidly antidote. 1t was found thai
hyIrdeTmic injections of theme neutralized the
GStrr0tic almost instantly, although il was en-
ployed Only after the heart had ceased TO beat
Caffeine had considerable anti-narcotic power
bu. ws-s aoS equal to the principle derived from
tea
= n Tie British Medical Journal DIR. Fother-
gil SAYS that patient dying of exhaustion il
EeDcts...y dying of starvation. 1--WE give him
beet i,-i, c.ilfs-ioot jelly, alcohol, settler and
H.; iss;t l., q small quantity of sugar OF milk
AID Sum .sst- But the jelly Is the poorest sort
% H'r'i. ana The beef tea mere stlmuiant. The
l'|pGis.: hcfef that beef tea contains the very
s'rths,': o. the meat Is a terrible error; 1t has
L" LOS: v..!ue.''
= Sc onl teacher in Connecticut recently