New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-24
MEDICAL AND SANITARY NOTES.

! INJURY TO EYESIGHT FROM SAFETY LAMr''
Investigation has been made by Dr. Court OF the nv.
upon coal miners cyesiSt In the Derbyshire coino
In the case OF tho,. using safety lights and thoSo
having naked lights, respectively. IL was fouhu '
ont Of j24 persons using safety lamps. there were
1914 afflicted with nysagnus or a peculiar oSci'''io"
Of the eyeballs i27 had night blindness. and ol p"o'o
phobla-a condition of things clearly showing serious
amount OF disease and In striking contrast with tne
examination OF J13 miners using naked nSh'S' Va
whom only thirty two had nysaGrnus. one had pho'o
phoba and Twelve night blindness This difference -
made greater still by the statement that out OF these
thirty two cases of twenty mine OF the nh
had previously used safety lamps. and The one man
with rhotOphObia and eleven OF the cases oil hsHt
blindness had also been employed In MINIS worried
with safety LAMPS: in other words. Of the 54f men
who had always uscd naked light. there were only
three who had ny>asm.isi ana they WORKED n T.n
,berr was not a single Dr. Court holds That the
insufficient; light Of the safety lamps is the CHI I
tro,bIc The remedy prUpOS by him is light tiat
you'd he of greater quantity and less shadow than
there is In the lamps now III use
| DANGER FROM EDIBLE FUNGI.-Atcnton is
called in a London medical Journal to the fact that
touch there is liability 10 deception Of somewhat
dangerous kind in using the ordinary forms OF edible
fungi exhibited in the market the number OF such
fungi q, are safe indulge in Is really greater than
i commonly understood. 1t Is necessary. however
to he informed OF the qualtic, which distinguish the
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follows \ high color. scaly or spotted surface anu
| tough or watcry flesh. usually associated VIII
pol,onous properties. while the edible species are sci
dom highly coorcd scaly or spoed PUT n,msV wne
ar broyush and brittle frdcturc-the iOrlner mort
over growing clustered wet or shady ground uo
latter sngly In dIy pastures; then too funSi VIM"
have bitter or vptic taste. which burn the fiuccs
ms we'll rs those which yield pungent MILK those Oh
nvd color and such a. assume Hario Mint TO he
borne in mind is that all plants OF THIS knd res'um
undergo decomposition and are therefore 10 DC c''e'
| Is fresh a. possible
LIEBREICIrs NEW REMEDY.-AccordnG to
| Apothclcr ZeitunG,T cantharidin Is Professor Lie
brcich's remciy for tuberculosis administered D.
Inv podermic injections. the solution being maze a.
follows: Oc gm canthardln and o. gm potassium
hydrate-O3 gm. sodium hydrae-arc warmed WIN
90 &C. water IL water bath until solution Is cneo'c"'
this solution being diluted with warm water. an III
after ,1%nT I be un p OF canthardc acid and in
the above solution exists as cantlaridue OF potassium
or sodium; the initial dose represents o.i M t Tho
thardln which is gradually increased 70 OF me , he
remedy as vet has only been used IN affections Oh uc
lavmx and is easily tolerated BY the - s,1n I,s a. he
depends upon inducing n Serious uah'uu't'o" J." NV
diseased parts.
VEGETABLE DIET FOR EPILEPfICS.-Whesher
The theory OF tho explosion OF nitrogen III uhc o'"
Substance n, the cause ., cpllepuc seizure be true or
not IL would appear quite certain. hccouMs 10 ~
Ferguson a practitioner OF wide observation ana TX
percncc I'm thl, speciality. that fhe maady Is ass'a
waited in the case of patients wh) are suOIecfo "
Mir ,ccnous dict-a fact which seems to nave oeo'
c,ndrmcd by multiplied clinical instances ana
bmmdant decentralization Or. Ferguson. therefore
acting on the strength Of such fact states that ne
has Subjected his ephepucs =, strict vegeuipt w."
md NOT only this but hns wholly dispensed WI tc u,c
NJ drucs Ills method has gwen. In NJ hulds; cA,ei
lent results. especially In well marhed caFs p aE' m
rrSiip;icus The neutrality-suspicious. Vegetable uct a" m.
doing better service han the br)mdes' wli"", u'o'
restriction.
PATHOLOGY OF LEPROSN-A BRIEF statement
hoe oppeared prc ,eniing the more important concur
slons arrived M ny the rprosy investigating cohul''
Ion a. developed In the lab )ratory at sima 10y ~
Iuckmaser and Or. Rake In few Woru'' uic N
,roo, diligently was thar Of removing the haolInS
from the lcpcr body and then studying ih sO"J I
mode Of dc, 81 ,pmc and means of dial1niv ~
,,,er and other media The important di'ONeIs
allowed one believed Ia be- rapabie vi '''ve
r,uc, ny, upon 'ne nature of The ds"ir M IN" Ia
clans bcginnng AT once aruh,alS W" -. and
III, icur,c an lido the body first nj Alnloi' huu
I'M about tho spacc Of month sh'u@nihs - -, 81
~, obtaining a cultivation OF the bacillus re- ="
e,,-ene interest and value To tle rncdcd "oIIu. "
,erd.ring mo experiments conclusive. pap ~, ~
nurb In,or.st viii l., the completed report vi ny
romml..lor prcscntiug In detail the means pS WIN"
the barIllu, sarts lcprcsy IN human being
CHLORIDE OF ETHYL As RbthI"f"N''' "
T. known liza, chloride 81 methyl. though nsciuI III
local refrigerator requires expensive apparatus |"
utiI,ze H. and on this account. DR.. Redard OF "c"e'N
conmerss the substitution OF chloride OF cthyi IN pro
- ,o.oi o,,,s,hcsa by refrigeration IL Is color