New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-28
MEDICAL AND SANITARY NOTES.

AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE FOR MEDI-
CAL PURPOsES.-A writer In the " Journal Of Mcdi
cine" Paris warmly advocates the adoption OF the
international language. yoapuk, for medical pur
poses. ! mong the advantages Of this system. the
writer mentions the abolition Of the article. and rs
better st.n that there are no gendcrs. Commenting
on which, a London medical Journal hastcnS to admit
that the presence OF deccnsion IL an obstacle TO tic
diffusion of the language, and that as the cases arc
said 10 cover indefinite shades Of expression, as In
German, IL is doubtful whether such arrangement
would be tolerated outside % Germany German switrer-
land German Austria and the " Iennsylv Dutch
speaking population Of the United States. Tine
lexicology Of Nolspuk will be especially important
TO medical writers who believe In the establishment
OF that languagethe cutting down OF consonants and
novels would play havoc with roots OF Graeco'Lauh
words so abundant In medicine. and generally under
stood as TO answer most Of the objects OF universal
language. Terminal syllabes modify the sense OF
roots, but after the roots have been learned. the
notifications must not only be learned but undersOUt
Further. the use OF propositions. or OF verbs which
less obvate their use. would, IN the OPINION
of this writer, lead % incxtricabc confusion wheI
ever ia Frcnchman attempted to explain a clinical
history pathological report 10 an Englshnlan or
. German. for precision Is absolutely imperative In
such reports
SUBSTITUTE FOR GASTnOTOMY.-The success
which has attended the treatment OF foreign bodies
In the stomach. by the administration simply OF large
amounts OF potatoes, and restricting the diet to the
some--now n favOrite substitute for gastrotOmy III
European practice-is due, explained to the we'll
known fact that potatoes. being composed OF nearly
20 per cent OF carbohydrates so per cent OF the solids
being starch aid cclulose, great portion OF this
largo uuentity OF carbohydrates ressts the action OF
The digestive juices the celluloc aud other earbohy
drntcs increasing greatly In volume from inhibition
nth water, cad TO immense accumulation OF In
aisextibie residue consequently the Intestinal tnbc
IL throughout the entire period OF the administration
a this food filled with large masses of non absorbable
snafterthe folds OF the intestine become oblterated
and fxation Of ts foreign body In the Intestinal Tube
N thus avoided. II seems that from hHe To nine
1ays OF even longer. required for the cvaGua!lon
~ tie foreign body. and In every case which does
aof seem desperate. trial Of this simple treatment
ahcnN AZ Is asserted precede resort 70 gastr0tomy
- nct according Professor Blroth, In his address
kekofo Tho Vienna Medical College. In view OF inc
0ssoess Of this procedure. gsstrotomy for foreign
kol1es should become obsolete operation
6 POISONING ny ANTIFEERINE.-A German phas'
|nsccutical journal, In giving some recent
s.nru os note states that u bookbnder, age
est yos. obtained thirty grains OF sntfeorine
'huu . druggist In Berlin, for headache and, after
hwuty- -four nours thirty grains more. each quantity
- b taken st one dose quarter OF an hour after
xfne taken the second dose the patient experienced
ana depression with cold swests, vertigo. anxiety:
~ heayy pAlptation Of the heart. with small ana
Son1nt pulse. The face and bands soon became
"A md bluish. The medical treatment under the
1lmsfsnces consisted Ia the administration g some
- eones anA castor oil ana tos apsncsnen %