New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-12
MEDICAL IND SANITARY NOTES.


national Congress OF Hygiene and Demosraphy-"i'cn
was concerned with the hygiene OF infancy ana 7cHo''
ufe-the sense OF the meeting was IN Ia'or u '''
teaching Of upright penmanslhp or vcrticai wn,ns'
on the ground that spinal curvature ana s'or' ss"s
are caused by the faulty position OF the youthiui
adent which T. rec,ssitated by slope Of the letters
But according to the opinion OF some, 10 regard 10
lis poInt the true remedy for the evils prodncea
By learning write consists III ieacins on viii
use both hands and to PRACTISE alierIaUy W., va,
either hand the fact being that vertical writing ,enos
Itself readily 70 ambldeAiery ' Clerk Who co
write with equal facility with eiDher hahu anu I,nS
side Of the body While the oser W and Sm ar
would be less liable to writer's crahP ad a. art
troubles 10 especial writing lessons sou ,h a. each
be OF very short duratiOn-ten minutes VIII" e"''
hand the maximum.
ORGANISMS IN RIVERS.-In his address before the
society OF physicians at Munich, Or. Won PeuehHoier
presented some interesting facts in regard to the sell
ratification OF rivers by pants. In ti' cohhecuon
the results OF tho Investigations OF Herr Won Nase
the eminent German bOtanst, were cited' 's ooSe''
tons leading him 70 the conclusion that the algae'
diatoms and other organisms In liver, are lou's"
by the floating organic matter. and which IS '"s TO
moved from tie water by them; moreover .ie ""'e'
bacteria which are found In the purest streams
take part I'm this purifying action by neuliVans .I.e
effect Of the harmful organisms that may nav o III
taken up tie outall sewers along the eoui1e vi .,
river. In order that this may take Glace 6s9tsd
II IS necessary that the sewage b. consideraDy Nj
process is CHECKED hence 1t follows. says Dr. Won
Pctenkofer that the self purifying power OK rvsr
he adds is partculary liable 10 follow the addition
of acid or poisonous waste products lrcm mahuihc-
tories
uYOsCINE AS A MENTAL ALTERAT1VE-The
emphatic belief Is expressed by DR.. Lionel weothcry
who has made the character OF akaloids subject OF
prolonged invesugaion-in the powers OF hyosclhe az
n mental Alternative declaring that he has fouud 10
particularly useful in tat form Of mental disturbance
which renders q patient violent and abusive resutss
and domincerng. 1t Is found that under the auii''
tration OF repeated sinn doses Of hyoscine patient
Of this description becomes radically Changed violence
and giving place to ma nss IN wh aS
the drug has proved TO be specially oenehcal, ana l
which II has acted as true mental Sarnm tremeHs
likewise In other diseases In wSch remor Is norKed
symptom such as disseminated sclerosis having the
quite 81 safe. It's Understandable use however as
sudden and powerful hypnotic is warned against
MOBILITY OF THE BRAIN.--The results OF some
important Investigations in this line by N. Luys have
been communicated by him 10 the Academy OF
Medicine pnrs. What is novel In these results Is the
fact as stated by NJ. Luys, that the cercorai mass
inolosed In the cranial cavity is surrounded by an
empty space which permits It's dspacement IN diher
ant attitudes Of the body and enables 1t TO obey the
laws OF gravity According to this theory, 1t woad
eppcar that when q IS placed In an inverted
pcsltiou the forehead being horizontal plane ue
ccrcbrum gldes from before backward In ere veruc
position it always oteys the laws OF It's we,shn re-
from tho crania vault and leaves there an tbo
occupied space: in position OF literal decuous Ve
lower lobe sinks down and the upper presses upon H.
eighty dispiaclng the flx cerebh in this position me
vacant place being between tho temporal iobes anu
the skur. Again, Luy's Investigations enable im to
state that the gliding movement OF the ccret,ad inns5
takes place IN an hlnS a1o made in this con-.
necion namely thai such moyenena does no, ro re
place SUDDENLY S Ss1s sss r, or to S regain its normal
situation.
OATMEAL IN SCARLET FEvER-A writer in the
Medical Chirurgco Journal, England states tlar
he las for several years been In the ha0't OF havs
his patients we'll spopged over The surface OF theh
bodies commencing ~ a rule. about week after the
anpnarance Of the eruption and continuing the process
until desquamaton Is complete. with a mixture OF
opc ounce Of oatmeal to pint Of boiling water the
solution for tis purpose being made every day ana
used tepid. or such temperature as may De COM
fortab,y borno by tie back Of finger. HIS reason
gluten In II sticks the scales 10 each other ana 70 inc
surface Of to- body, thus allowing OF Their being r.
or Sysa r Of SH nfec"g either atmosphere clothes
and thus greatly lessenng the risk OF spreading ne
Is up the cracks Of the skin, and protects from
cold as patch after patch Of It becomes bare ana
n to w iag s nS oe oWs up esS
STRENGTH OF HANDS ~ THE TWO sEXEs.-ro
determine how the average stTtlStl VI '"o A"H"' "
men and women compares, French ingenuity some
time ago devised special instrument, on whioh the
palm of the hand Is placed. aud then the greatest
downward pressure which the individual can give Is
exercised upon IT, the force TINS produced being re-
corded by clockwor mechantsm In test inenGhhs
women both belonging to tho middle class OF society
with AGES varying nom twenty-five 10 forty I'VE years,
the strongest man OF tie company was able 70 prOGce
with his right hand q pressure equivalent to eighty
five kilograms or about one hundred and seventy-iyo
average being nfy-sx. TIE force Of the strongest
woman Of the fifty who were selected amounted 20
onv forty four Kilograms and that ~ the weakest 70
sxteen while tie average thirtythree kilograms
r.1t,c,rs AZ TO 0NEURoTrC INHERrTAHCE.'
Some very decided exceptions have lately been taken
nv the medical press In this country and abroad TO
the very common notion that nearly all Insanity Is
the outcome Of direct Ueurotc Inheritance In the
criticisms OF this generally accepted idea the influence
NJ hcreity IS not denied minimizcd but the great
Importance OF environment IS insisted upon. " Is |
argued frat great emphasis Upon eredty as ths
dcterminIng cnusc OF insanity leads to a hopeless
nessnism as regards treatment whereas recognition
Of the influence Of surroundings !, me hrst sn,p
toward tho construction Of reasonable and eHrarous
81 stom Of therapeutics. Many examples 81 hulucil-
tlons and deusons which are suggested by surround
ingS cited. and tsSe conh easily uc m"'''p"'u'
SWEDISH HEALTH GYNNAsIUMs.- most
general and perfect system Of gymna>umS has l)ns |
been accredited to Sweden prevails in the public
and military schools, ana cNlccEN "i "' "I"N """ navy
are TEACHERS, people continuing ~ attend thNe
cvInnastaues until FIFTY or sixty years Of age, Dr |
preservation Of their health. In III" special gym
nasums constructed for the treatment OF the sick'
passive motion Is given by attendants with Tho Use
Of the mechanical appliances, and later the patient
,.,gns TO exercise Himself with assistance. Tie most
IS the Lander gymnastl9ur, SAID TO N
The orilinnl as well On, argcst OF It's Kind In !
existence IL originality consisting In applying passive
nation by machinery by steam. the ingenious |
machines thus Oycd being both nlmer iuS ana |
PECULIARLY adapted IA bring into play utmost every !
musc,n and set OF muscles. some ~ the diseases |
mentioned a, benefited In IT'S way are paralysis OF
nil kinds conecStl ms Of the brain, the Kidney, the |
Iiycr and pelvic v.sccra. dyspepsia rheImatism AMI !
those conditions which are due % scdlmcntary habits
As illustrating the results In tins method. report IS
made Of phthisis pulHonalis being much improved |