New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-08
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NOTES.

opHrU AIMOSCOPIC EVIDENCES OF DEATH
The observations and data noted by Dr. W. n
Covers Of England, recently published eho" ,n"'
as soon as the heart to beat and respiration sP
the dused redness Of the optic nerve dscs causeu u.
capillary circulation disappears in few minutes, ana
the nerves become white as the hearts aeuon SLOWLY
fails before death the arteries diminish in sEe anu
when IL ceases the dimlnuton Is suddenly increased
ard they quickly disappear from the disc, appearing W
begin ut its edge in the retna they remain onger ""
diminished In size. Again, the veins persist io"eoi
than the arteries but like them may rapidly become
invisible on the DISC appearing to start from Its eoge
the blood in them soon breaking up into fragments
giving them beaded appearance and the veins IN te
rena remain visible, while the beaded appearance liz
creases In ten to thirty minutes the Arteries Se
remains normal for few minutes and then nnTeg os
various changes eccordns to the when red
spot In the macuafItca may be seen becauT ire Io
opacity Just as is the case n emSc 0nr OF q N. media
become so hazy that further observation Is pss
The reason Of the rapid disappearance Oh te e death
presses the blood out Of them.
MECHANISM FOR PROMOTING DEEP BREATH
ING.-A simple device has been brought TO nouoe
lately for the promotion of deep breathing In the case
of natchested round-shouldered and weaklnnged per-
sons. The device is small belt or cord winch en-
circles the chest at the point of its greatest expansion
and takeup arrangement to which the ends OF the be
spring adapted to tighten the belt at Intervals ana
train OF wheels by which the speed OF the spring In
taking up the belt may be regulated Upon the
exhalation of the breath after the full expansion OF
the lunCs the chest returns to the size natural to 1t III
ordnary breathing thus leaving the belt loose, I'M
medatey the take-up mechanism begins TO gather lh
Inc slack OF the belt which II continues to gather ana
finally X tghons the belt about the chest untn the
pressure is uncomfortable TO the wearer compelling the
taking of another Inspiration thus lengthe4ng the belt
which Is accomplished by the withdrawaT Of the strap
from the case which act again coils the spring me
latter In turn when the breath IS exhaed and the chest
resumes its natural sze again begins 10 gather up the
slack of the belt-and so on, continuously.
DISEASE AN ANTIDOTE FOR D1SEASE-Among
the European medical recently reported are three
OF severe diphtheria which quickly recovered after
they were attacked with eryspelas. This led the
physician to experiment with the treatment of diph-
liberia by NEGOTIATIONS with the cultures OF eryspeas
microbes, fourteen patients being treated by this
method the inoculatons made by means Of scarifca-
tions in the neck at the side, directly under the Jaw
The symptoms Of erysipelas showed themselves In from
four to twelve hours, and, this disease progressed
tho diphtherlc membrane gradually diappeared rom
the throat the glandular enlagements went down. and
other associate symptoms disappeared In two cases
only was this treatment Intellectual and in these death
occurred before the eryslpelas developed. No add
tional treatment was resorted TO-