The Grenada gazette., 1888-06-30
AMONG THE DOCTORS,


important Information on VARIETY Of
Medical Topics.
DR. Underwood. the customs medic
al officer at Kiu-Kiang. attributes the
comparative immunity Of the Chinese
in that region from typhoid fever
Notwithstanding that most of the
factors favoI-ing the disease are pres
ent in abundance-to tho fact that
''cold, unboiled water is rarely or
never used when tea can be had"
The explanation is simple; A boiling
temperature destroys the typhoid
| poison.
| Having Investigated sixty three
cases of excessive Use of tobacco. De-
caisnc finds forty-nne to be over fifty
years Of age. In thrty-seven cases
the smokers pursued the ha bit fasting,
and in these vertigo was present.
especially in the morning. Sometimes
the vertiginous symptoms have been
| cOnfpunded wilh those due 10 ccre brai
congestion, and even to heart disease.
Injections Of ether simultaneously
appeared to stop the vertigo in few
minu es,
Vitally important rs the knowledge
may be, it is not always easy in case:
4 wounds Of the abdomen to deter
mine whether the intestines have been
injured. DR.. Nicholas Sem. of Mil
waukee, startled the surgical section
of the American Medical Associa.
ton with some experiments in
tended TO show the value OF
hydrogen in the diagnosis of such
wounds Enemata of the gas were
given to the dogs for few minutes.
and il was then ignited at the animals
noses; a stab wound was then intlct-
ed, and it WAS ignited at the point Of
puncture. In like manner a pistol.
shot wound was darnoSticated The
innocuousness Of the gas itself was
affirmed and demonstrated The ex-
periments were looked upon as Of the
greatest significance, and Dr. Sem
was heartily congratulated.
A subcommittee Of the American
Medical Association on the subject Of
infant feeding offers the following as
useful rules: /. In the case of infants
deprived If breast-milk the artificial
substitute should CORES pond as near.
" as possible to human milk. 2.
Cows milk CORES ponds TO breast
milk IN most respects, bat its cgseine
should be broken up, 30 a not TO co.
agulato in large masses in the stomach.
portion Of milk should be first pep
tonized and then added to fresh milk
8. Raw starch is iuadmis,ibla, and The
practice of adding it to fresh milk is
wrong. Fully-l rested food for either
adults or infants is bad for the dges.
tive organs. 4. All nursing bottles
should be boiled several times a day
in order TO destroy the germs of de-
composition. Dasiccated (partly pep
tonizcd) milk j. often n convenient
and efficient substitute for mothers
milk.
For every death from smallpox in
the United 5 ates during the last third
Of century there have been six from
scarlet fever; and for every death from
cholera during the same period there
have been TWENTY-FIVE from typhoid
fever There il, it is true, no such
known and tested method of prevent.
ing scarlet fever as svaccin alton certain.
ly furnishes for smallpox. bnt much
could be done 10 limit the rava-es Of
the red pestilence than has yet been
attetnptul; and In the Ease Uf typhoid
tever-that is as absolutely prevent
able az any contagion. 1t is RIG htIy
called the typical filth disease and
its prevalence in 4 community is an
unerring indication of the most dis.
gusting form Of water pollution.
Sanitarians and health Off ,ers and
the cxponents of preventive medicine
generally would do well 10 devote
more attention to these diseases which
have become dom"stcated with us.
rather than e1pend their energies
so exclusively upon the exclusion Of
Asiatic cholera, yellow fever and other
exotic pestileHCoS. - Chicago NeWS.