New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-26
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NOTES.

PHrHIsIs AS APFHCTED BY AGE.-lu an inter-
osng work nyDr wufsauFg the influence OF ase ana
sex on the NOR atty due to taoerculaf phtmss stans
tes are given which prove that after large peret
OF INFANCY the minimum deata rate 10 met WIN from
.hrve TO fifteen years. and that then tbs rise gradual
ami eady ono mp 70 the period between sixty ana
seventy years, after which rapid decllneis noted:
Tsss data Pssla and embrace rerioa q ave
:aid to have bscn noted in sweden and ,he Cni,sa
s,se'. Win this dnereuce thut IN thssc countries tnero
Ens.ad nowsvsr highest death =, rate ox falls
between twenty and thirty yr.o saa There Is but
o very slight difference In the percentage OF aeasns
from tuberculsr phthiss b,twoen the CITY anu 'N'
country.
A DIET OF SUGAR.-A note appears in the
Apo.eker Zeitng by DIR. Phipson, sugar as regular
article of diet I'm which the writer opposes tho general
PREJUDICE agaiust that article He declares that during
period OF forty years he has eaten very ar'ey OF IT, ~
least qunrtcr O, pound daily, not including sugar
forming substances taxcn at the same time during all
this period under tue necessity OF taxing
cept pro attacks due I, rregularlticsn eang or IN
dition OF men would be much improved II the use OF
sugar should substitute that OK alcohol
cocoa" NOT A NEW REMEDY. - Notwith-
stan hug the prominence attained by coca within com
par,vey recent time II was In fact intr"i"cei soW'
years ago France where 1t has rendered most Vau
able service in therapeutics. Professor Bouohardat
considers the stmulaat To the nervous anu
muscular systems. and terms 1t also substance
depargne or that which prevents the rapid waste OF
tissue and thus enables the consumer to so long u"e
without food The leaf contains an essential on Tnlch
A. of an aromatic oIOr coupled with the navor OF the 1reS
ul,n and the slightly acid nittor ta'to or te edr
Is attributed TO the presence OF tanin and 70 inc AKA
Ioid- somewhat akin u atr0pine-so well known rs
cocaine" pharmaci st, ed.I}n. was Tho first or
Of the fret to Introduce II It9 medicine yGars ns
longsi convalescencc and in great prosrauon Vi
strength.
CARELEssNEss IN MAKING Up PRESCRIPTIONS.
SOME time ago the heatn officers OF Sheffield Eug
pr..eptei to certain local druggists various prescrip
tons written by qualified men, the prescriptions being
also so arranged that each should include ful dose oil
some expensive remedy capable Of ready and accurate
estimation in mixture series or These samples 10
which 100 grains OF iOide OF potassium were prescribed
were found analysis TO contain l2, 40 ana 80 grams
respectively: the last was therefore, male up WIN
hardly twothir,s Of tho active ingredient ordered OF
three samples which should have c0ntane 10 grains OF
suphae OF quinne one contained gig grains, or less
than tXo thirds OF the prescribed aOUnt another sam
pie which sho Ia have contained 30 grams OF supn"te
of uuinine had but 80 grains. or tweve samples OF
plycerinc only pure and OF the standard; Two
other somewhat below 10" oihcla srenR,s' con,
tanning and S.5 per cent OF water respe tlvcy 1u.
were otherwise pure; two Others were odueratcd with
IL anil IL cent OF water TWO were o. ln,, str"nk'
but contained lime and some non-voathe Organic ILL
purity.
THE SEA-WATER TREATMENT.-SOmeo OF the
Pans physicians warmly recommend the treatment OF
obesity by the administration Oh sea ~a'si con-, ,n 'o'
wilma residencs ~ .ho so"'ic' we 'o 49,.
water taken ih'etnai''' W 70 i'ao "u.
sas remarkable fast being that tho diur"te effect IN
creases when the purgative dnises. Tne water is 70
be obtained when possible, from some depth aud far
from tue shore being then left to settle Tor six 10 twelve
noo a w mil ,mherfuI or in half tHat ousntity AZ
All uosoe Va "' 80 -, Iii, To cnIu, 4. that sos,
uhe VIII" ne'n wr,o, w ,ha ~ ,t,r ~ Is i,,d
water thus nscu 'no 49, ~ 1 a. o. ,nnt.r;,,
and that IL hastes tno o'.ma"u VI .n 70,
In combination with this treatment pain aie