Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-28
TALKS ON TIMELY TOPICS.
A Cholera subjugator.

clear glass jar, about as big as an apol-
linaris siphon and not unlike that refreshing
engine in general appearance, attracted the
attention of a visitor in q doctors operating
room yesterday. The doctor when asked to
explain its use said: cit is an old contriv-
ance used for the treatment OF internal In
fammatfon with certain gases, which l
have adopted to a new purpose. In Germany
it has been discov cred that the injection OF
salt water into the veins OF a cholera patient
is unquestionably beneficial, even II 1t Is not
always sovereign remedy. One OF the
difficulties bcsetting hypodermio injection IN
this case is the liability Of air as well as
water to be pumped into the blood. The
presence OF any considerable air In the heart
is fatal. Therefore we must be able to keep
the air out of the salt water before we can
safely inject it into the patients system.
This glass jar Is covered with an a1r-t1ght
cap, through which a supply pipe and an
other pipe connected with the hypodermio
needle pass. The salt will be put in the jar
and the water will be introduced at the top,
passing out by glass tube brought to with
in q half inch of the bottom of the jar. No
air can possibly enter the latter pipe. be-
cholera comes shall certainly use this form
of injector. The principle of the use OF
salt water in cholera is that 1T Is
vet vet found % for the ahppsoU serum Which the blood
loses under the attack of the disease. In
unscientif1c language the salt water keeps
wards off the collapse of the patient which
Is the most dread symptom Of choiera's ap-
preaching triumph"
Erie's Debt to Commodore Perry.
Most of Pittsburg's historic names are
commemorated among her streets, and
strangers often wonder at the frequent re-
currence of the title Duquesne, for example,
attached to all sorts of Institutions and en-
terprises as well as mere highways. livery
much surprised Pittsburger on the other
hand to note when he visited Erie recently
that while the hospitable citizens OF
that pleasant place freely profered
all sorts of anecdotes and historical remin-
iscences concerning Commodore Perry, not
a street in the town had been named after
the illustrious sailor who made Erie harbor
glorious, not statue nor even tablet or
simple brass in church or public square
spoke in his honor. The Pittsburger asked
several Erie people why Perry had not been
celebrated in stone as well as story udon the
scene OF his most important achievement
next to the battle itself, namely the prepare
tion and building of his little fleet, but no
satisfactory answer could be evoked. One
grave and reverend seignior opined that
Erie had no call to celebrate Perry because
VIC III WHICH uo IuoG tuo ouculy Win
such gratifying results took place further
up the lake; another deprecatingiy urged
that such deeds as Perry's needed neither
monument nor nominal remembrance on
street corners, and a third plead that Perry
had a statue already somewhere else. New
ertheless lh6 Pittsburger felt that Perry's
name at least should live in some visible
sign in Erie, and surely when the whole
continent is going crazy over the worthy
adventurer who discovered America centu-
ries ago, it is good time to urge the pres
ervation OF local history of far greater real
value in regard to its influence upon ma
tional character.