The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1889-07-19
sCIENTiFIO


SCIENTIFIC.
Wasting out the Stomdch.-The prin.
oipio underlying TIC treatment Is to
Keep the stomach clean, and so far rs is
possible Ct rest for g time sufficient to
allow OF Its complete recovery. The
operation should be performed in the
morning before breakfast. a soft red
rubber tube is passed gently down into
the stomach quite to the pylorus; with
this is connected about a yard Of COM
mon flexible tubing and q glass funnel,
which is held on the level with the
PATIENTS breast, and tepid water is
poured slowly into the funnel until q
sensation OF fulness is experienced; tho
funnel Is then depressed to the level Of
the waist, and tho fluid allowed to
syphon out. The process is repeated
until the water returns quite clear.
The washing should be repeated every
day for u week OF ten days, and during
that time the diet should be restricted
to milk or u Little meat; then the wash
ing may be done every second or third
day, and finally abandoned at tho end Of
three weeks. The advantages claimed
Tor this method are that it is %enicacious,
simple and safe, and it certainly il
worth q trial In intractable cases of
chronic dyspepsia, u disease which
makes its victims q burden to them
selves and their friends, and hitherto
has brought but little credit to phys
icians. .
a French physician, DIR. Layet, has
Just published the results of his maui
ries into the nature Of a singular NAL
ady known as s'vanillism," which
science has. it seems, lately added to
the sufficiently long catalogue Of human
disorders. Bordeaux is the chief en-
porium Of vanilla, some 10000 pounds
OF that spice icing annually imported.
The men employed in cleaning and
sorting it have long been known to
suffer from Il very peculiar affection Of
which Dr. Layet's Investigations have
now revealed the cause. It's symptoms
are rcdnoss and itching Of the skin.
often attended with desQuamation of
the c%uticle, and usually accompanied
with general malaise, lassitude and
giddiness. All the trouble is caused by
a minute acarus which lives in the
vanilla, and finds its way to the person
handling it. DR.. Layet's labors have
not as yet been crowned with tho
discovery or any cure for the new
disease.
II correspondent writes to the Scfen-
tUfc American in regard TO taking care
OF the hair: Experience has taught
Inc that it is best to keep all oils or
grease from the hair. Don't let BARRIERS
oil It. find voting with water best.
At least once q week rub the yelk Of an
egg, or half of it, we'll into the hair
and scalp, and rinse Off thoroughly
with tcpid water. 1t will promote
growth and color, probably largely due
to sulphur in tlle egg. This course has
started a new growth Of hair with me.
not very thick, but better than none
ut ALL"
II IS reported that u Dir. Eisenmann,
OF Berlin, has invented a piano which
by The aid Of electro-magnetis1n can
sustain, increase and diminish sound
Ibis has been attempted by other cx-
perts. notably BGhm, the inventor of
The metal flute. Another novelty will
De that by moving tho electro-magncts
the timbrc Of the tone is changed; for
example, from that Of q y~iolincello to q
p!ccolo. II true, we Shall probably
hear more about this novelty anon.
an oticc,. Of the British army has
patented "a waterproof match, speci-
MEMS OF Which las lgillted readily after
having been wrapped in Il damp rag for
twehty-tour hours. This is accom-
plislicd by coating the p~ilosphorized end
OF he match with solid paranlnc.
which, Willie it protects from slow oxi-
datlon, being impcriectly imperylous to
wafer, does not i'll tie slightest degree
Interfere with the ready inflammability
Of the match.
n process, called the Cooper process,
of lining iron pires with glass, is re-
ported. which is said to have stood
ne severe test OF having water passed
through them at the boiling point and
Immediately followed by walter at a
temperature Of thirty-thrco degrees,
ana without in any way cracking or
ua'ilaglng the glass. If the Invention
ionid prov3 equal 10 such changes AZ
temperature in ordinary service With.
Guy INJURY, IL Will De found excecdiunly
valuable. $3.50
. . H.4'
II neW invention to prevent collisions
at sea, consisting Of u small plate fixed
at the side of the vessel, has been very
successfully tried on the Thames.
Electricity is the active agent. Tie
approach OF a vessel within Two mil,s
causes u bell to sound, and an indicat-
ing arrow shows the direction whence
it comes.
IN q paper real before tho Royal So
clety (Ehgland), Hcnnessy, Il. r. s.,
says the maximum discharge or water
through a. pipe of circular section,
when the head is due only to tho incli-
nation of the pipe, is not when the pipe
is full Of water, but when filed to
about MISUNDERSTANDING Of its
diameter.
an Engllshnaan has produced q piece
OF mechanism containing four hun
figures. representing hnrsea can-