New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-14
MEDICAL IND SANITARY NOTES.

AN INTERESTING BIOLOGICAL QUESTIONABLE
Reguard has raised the question in one OF the medci
Journals to whether corpse which SINKS 10 q NcrS
Great dcpth preserved indefinitely or otherwise from
lutefaction. According to his researches which nave
been published at some length in the archives OF inc
Biological society Of Paris putrf ton !, not iouho
TO take place IN dcCompoablc substances submitted 10
q pressure Of six hundred to seven hundred amos
phercs; these figures tOrrcs pond.nS tn ocp Oh SIN
Thousand seven thousand meters mt sea FROM
these experiments it must be concluded. acc"rd'nG l"
Dr. Eegrard. that there is Total ab>cn"c OF pure
faction tho greater depths Of the sea III thi' COW
nectiOn 1t is remarked that the curi1nS 81 Nysma!
fishes discovered in the Challenger ard ot'tc" expo
ditons, appear &c rise after death 50 mat 'heH '''
sometimes fond the surface. though ii, RUE 'hH
90 to pieces as the SURROUNDING pFe ,nc no. r
that bathy lihl abysmal micro orsaii''n, "' hoa
eyiSt and II 50. they ,oild cause H nd,cs ,
al. small fishes.
THERAPEUTICS OF ASrHNA.--ln recent lecture
OH the therapeutics Of asthma. according /" f'Fi>
report Professor Dcalaioy gives the points OF Ms
method which consists. at the beginning OIL The ATTACK
I'm painting the inside Of the no'tril' as heh up a.
possible with a calnclhar brush dipped in solution
Of hydrochra,e of cocaiue-onc in twenty Or If pre-
fcrred the solution may be sprayed into the nose ana
throat for four fve minutes al tme Win tahlc'
spoonful OF the above solution IL TINS Goes not Sic
coed the patient 10 inhale from six to twelve drops
and tho pyrdinc may he cmploycd simultaneously.
When the attack IS a, lis the following solution
may be Infected hypodcrmically Ten ccnticramS hydro
chlorate OF morpha and ten grams distilled water o.
which half a syrngeul is to lie injected repeated IL
a quarter OF all hour II necessary. The remedy par
excellence for asthma, says Professor Dmela"y Is TIE
todide OF potassium. siven in doses OF from twenty I"
thirty grains daily. but beginning with five grains only,
70 be gradually increased. To combat the dlahe>i>
the patient >hmlt take from fifteen to thirty grain
fnpiil
the iodidc by pills composed Of powdered le'1donia
leaves and the extract Of bclladonna o! each io,i
time to take daily. after tic principal meal yea c'n
full o. solution Of one grain ar>rnate soda ana '"o
AND one half iuid ounce, distilled water.
SUBSTITUTE FOR EIGOT-.\m1 nc IT," recent add
tons TO tho macria mcdica is hydastinihe' 'h ON
tdaon product OF hydra ,tinc white akao'd OF golden
SEAL prepared in order 10 afford opportunities for lN
illogical invest CATION in certain Europ an lho:a orc'
prominent among these being those OF the uh!VcF''N
OF Dorpat and Berlin. II Is obtained from hydra''he
BY the action of various oxdiznS acca> ana thons'
the original methods are said 10 have been a"eh"'"
with no little waste. Improvements in thi> e>cc' a'o
constantly being made. the most troublesome element
thus far encountered being its pnriic'on ana 'rNS
tallzaton. The alkaoid or base helm spirihclF SON
ble as also somewhat inclined TO dc compo>llOl WIZ"
I'm solution preference + gwen TO the hdrUchorar a
possessing tie desirable element, Of stability and sou
6itv in auucau> fluids. statements made by iip hI-'
est European authorities rcpc-cn II T. lee Of in'n'a>
nralle service in controlling uterine hcmorrlIarN Ia
surprising crcot in efficiency, certainty OF action anu
safety.
ANrISEpTIC ARTIFICIAL TiMIAN' M-fr"'
4iorcrs in aura difficulties have % lat i"s"it'' u
now and improved ant>rptic artificial m"hiFil" al"
with excellent results. III m1nv case oi chioh"
mi ,dlc-car disease. nay.cd benefit has followed Us III
S rtion into the mcltu>. though tn most sui.l't
successes have occurred in ptticut> hh'rn- uiH''
Icrforation Of the membrane tympai, IN ai''l'"'
drurnhcad pr wing extremely >tti1 tory hhc az"
sometimes useful in Of acc"nmoi'tvc lrN ir'N
alterations IN the contents of the tvInpihnn IN wh
the cuStachian tube nnO,-trnct"t an1 IN Ni""'
pllaIynx "a rlv healthy The immediate Improvement
in the hcarin: power important fact IL thu case
the intensity OF tho >onOrOn> vhrat "r b'iH: At one"
Increased. and SQUADS clearly defined which bior'
appeared he only confusion: II" >"nNlliiN %: Ia
orran is so naciiicd And the soils" - heal! - l. -
much changed ,ha the pite I doe no. api" N dat
during ordinary cOnNCsSit Oh: ptl"I>. actIH hhCN-
under perfOsation. but without ,'riOu q" ifll -. u
them as ear protectors witt dc"id" comfort IN sucl
cases the artificial drumh"id forming screen between
The middle aud ext 'Tnal m"atuS. AID atn- a A.
efficient shield during .Npp,uTe. As compared with
the ordinary cotton pellet. tins now ar:ai cement pos
sesscs the advantage OF not being St. liable {" gt Olt
uniting IT in a"d taxing il ont "f TIE moituS