New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-01
MEDICAL md SANITARY NOTES.
s1,BCuTANEoUs ADMINISTRATION OF II

STBCUTANEOUS ADMINISTRATIONS OF IRON
Professor RoSenthal, Of Vienna, writing in PcSth
medical journal on the simultaneous administration
of iron, that this method has proved advan-
tagcous in the of persons in a delicate nervous
condition VINO suffer, n such often do from dyspep
ria accompanying debility and in which state even
small doses of iron taken by the mouth. VIII some
times produce disorder of the stomach. In seVofer
forms Of disease however such as perncious aie'i"
malarial susceptibility, and the glaver iorihs I"
ukcmio there does not appear to be any advantage III
The employment Of the hypOdermc method 81 ADMIN
istcring iron. Two special preparations are reCoih
mended by Professor ROScnthal for hyrodermc nSe'
viz the pcptonatc and the ole,te Of iron. Professor
Kosentha states that he has never seen any oad re
suits follow subcutaneOus injections Of iron prepare
items and he explain, The fatal uao nay
occasionally been reported following injections mo
vascular tUmOr> of the head, by me HtCt uu. NV
vessels composing such tuinors %ic geht''HN 1Io9cN
connected with the veins of the duIdmdttl iie iido
frcqputly VcnOu> engagements III W" z
undergo >hinEine aficI bel- ihJvC1Vt mi'n nnor0
pcrchoridc OF irOn no dangerous symptoms ever en-
suing.
UNHEALTHY CHURCH BUILDINGs.-An invcstiSa-
ton Of the heating and vcniatine arrangements OF
church cdinCcS ia England, recently undertaken shows
that while most Of nch structures are heated by
stoves or hot water coils. only in very &c" cases
is there any provision for admitting fresh air II come
into contact with the heated surfaces Of such pipes
or stoves before passing into the church, exhaust
ventiators TOO, in the roof arc practically UNKNOWN
50 that the foul and heated air in sense never es
capes and after public service the heated ar coos
IL dc,ccDds fresh congregation thus rcbroatng the
air of It's predecc,,ors-n this respect churches beng
even WORST, OIL than theatres where the cubic space
ucr head is far less for all theatres have sunlight
lurn,, in the roof of the auditorium, which act very
efficiently as exits for fOnl Among the different
~ .tou, adapna to meet the need OF Nuch DuusHES
medical authorities inclined 10 advocate III MntI
the admission Of fresh air warmed by contact WIN
hot water coils beneath gatIHSs III the moor; any
numerous exhaust Nentil1ON IL the IOo pIoNiu'" VIZ
liuc. of git,- Jcle 10 keep up the temperature {" Ug
escaping air; in Summer. fresh 1u Is u be ddhl'ltu
ly T.volVing paIcS in the windows - a. 10 lt.C
an upward direction, the exhaust Vch'lia'o49 oci"e
also kept in action
\ BOON FOR THE 1NNOCENTS-Dr Schillng ac-
cordipg 10 the ''Thcrap. MOnatshcfc, has treated
large number of cases OF whoopns cough with lnllI-
alton of clorofoTm water after the method Of sal
kowsd the results being excellent and the age Of the
patients varying from ten weeks 10 t"eINe years
The method pursued in this case i TO place IN inc
heller of a steam atOmzcr tablespoonful OF wafer
adding 10 thi, two drops OF pure chioroloTn for ech
wear Of the chds age the nhaations 10 be pracuNcd
four times daily each inhalation being continued untu
the solution is entirely vaporizcd II there Is no I'M
urovcmcut b. the eighth day, the choruiorm IS III
creased To three drops each wear of the patient
"A few day~ OF treatment. and toy the cShti dtS Ile
paticnt teCiI, TO improve. Nearly ohchau OF ~
ScMlIug's cases appears. lost the ConVulSNc cle
ment Of the disease ia about two weeks thc results
also being far more satisfactory than with lhhilAu'hs
Of carbonic lcd.