New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-13
xEpIohI lNp SURGICAL NOTES.

OYSTER SHELLS IN MEDICINE-Dr Peter hooa'
Of London. in a communication to The Lancet cans
tention 70 article published by him In the same
some twenty years ago, the value OF cacium o =. 49,
in the form OF cacined oyster Shells as means '" -
resting the growth OF cancerous tumors IN .n0
which he then reported that OF lady nearly eieh's s
old, the growth soughed away and ieit he~,s s
after course OF the remedy In question: ~ u0" ,,,
lie on a shilling being taken once or TWICE uay :" =,
-. - -, 60, He now reports another case OF
..h,,rs n, tho brasi I'm the wife OF physican' in "h'
the treatment was followed by an arrest OF ne
cessation of the pain, the Improvement ha'ins NJ" -
for years, and no excrudescence hsNins " m 80 .,a,
N, Hood SAYS that remedy can DO no hsra 'a ""'
49, ,wa faclc evidence favor is certainly stronger
,hsn ha, on which rests tho use OF Chan tupnne 50
gs,,y resorted 10 by the profession lie would restrict
.,o ,ras 10 OF schrus ana no pehehs
should be looked for in less than three MONTHS
rprrcT or GLARE UPON EYESIGHT.-It appears
that Professor Plateau of the University OF ohenI "ne
,-yng 70 observe the Of the irritation OF the reta
steadily at the for twenty seconds, the result
being that chronic do chOrodts developed ending event
ualy in total blindness. number OF cases are known
IN which choroids ami renis occurred in persons who
had observed eclipse Of the sun The single nash OF
.n reflector has been known retints and other
temporary visual disturbances OF functional character
have been frequently noted NJ. Reich has described
curious epidemic blindness which occurred among
body Of laborers engaged in clearing way through the
masses Of which INSTRUCTED the road between Pas
sanaur and Mte the Caucasus; the rays Of the sun
reflected the stretches OF snow on every soe'
produced intense glare Of light which the uhaccuS
toned eye could not support without the pioectoh VI
dark glasses few Of the sturdest among the aoores
were able TO work with impunity but the majority sur
fred so much that among seventy strongly markeo cases
thirty were that the men were absolutely uhaoo
10 continue work to find their way home ana lay pro
on their faces striving hide their faces from the heh'
and crying out from pain. Recovery was grauuA ou'
complete.
THE ANILINE TREATMENT OF PHTHIs1S-Two
81 the strongest cases quoted by Dr. Rremiansk the
Russian phy.ician, in behalf OF his treatment OF
phths have described in the foreign Journals in
one Of These that Of lad OF eighteen VINO had uuouo'eo
phthss there ordered four days dose OF Amino
hut by mistake times the proper quantity was taken
combined with nux vomica. mint water and antinbrin
bi. diet being good, including dried meat kvss ana
oranges also given inhalations OF aomized am
line. remarkable change took place almost mneoi'
atey, all rales disappearing, and his temperature
respiration and pulse becoming normal The second case
was complicated one there being tuoercuar pefitohuS
and meningitis together with typhoid fever present a. inc
same time as pulmonary phthisisj aniline limitations
washing out the pulmonary cavities and corrosive suo-
mate and antifebrin were employed, together with
special acid diet IN the other case Here oo' INC
results arc said have been remarkably good the pac
disappearing the sputum and the patient reganins
his health entirely
COPPER POISONING or AGUE.-The disorder known
as brassworkers ague" has heretofore been but ghuy
investigated the facts In relation to 1t bchg 's'
after being exposed to the fumes OF the molten e1'S'
copper zinc the rkman feels sensation OF uScoi
fort and weakness followed by muscular pains ana the
BY distinct chill with headache and often cough siter
fifteen or twenty minutes prouse persiration proaNs
ou, then in a few the improvement begins the
rat,cnt recovering in or two days. though aoe 10
relapse Recently Dr. Hogben an English physlciah'
has renored number of observations and states HIS be-
lief that disease is due to chronic or acue
copper poisoning. He finds that almost all the patients
who are copper brass workers have distinct green
hue or band on the OF the teth between tho crown
and the gum the edge OF gum being also slightly
backened copous perspiraons Of brassworkes are
often stained green and white haired workmen often have
greenish tnge to their locks These signs point 70 al
absorption OF copper by the workmen and favor the
view that the ague7 is due in large part at least 70
this metal.