New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-04
MEDICAL AND SANITARY NOTES.

,',aaa -, t,o nos. have been quite seriously rea'eo
of late in papers the subject oy Pns , a,s
Germany France, England, etc, the P'"r. s
turbance accompanying the habit Deihs u' ,o.s
inability TO fix the attention on any N'''' ~. =,
serious subject and with this impairment VI Wv 10
tenton goes feebencss Of memory ana 'e", ,nt
headache while In some cases tho organs VI n.o
and hearing arc successfully affected, cohJ"i'''"
ard hardness OF hearing being the results ~, ~
many some time since, DR.. Max Bresgeh pace" w..
the Minister of Public instruction ! ,Y niocc in
rao,lar medical supervision should TAKE Ph,tS ,ha
scGo"s specially With regard to the STAT Oh 'ne
INNER respiratory organs OF the schooi cp. ,,ows
France also DR.. Rauin has pubsnea inc n LAM medical
,nyinr reat stress on the necessity OF fteulai ,na
inspection not only OF the schools Dut aSo of
school children, especially WIN f ondon. also
darc that so long as medical school inspectors mr.
wanting, teachers should be npp'es ao,,on 81 mouth
breathing especially in children Intellectually o"'"
ward.
ryIIEAITI,y OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Investigations
lately made show that while the potters NE 10 :"
pleasant one compared with many DINER iie' "
vocations being surrounded with sense vi 'no
beautiful and an artistic instinct which goes inr
make his existence happy, II is unfortunately pr'e'
pottcrs # appears. begin work at about eish'ee"
years Of agc and at thlrtyhve pcrceptlby oes'h "
decline. the average trade life Of the pres'ers 10
seventeen years. and of the Mlnmen fourteen "'u
one half and pulmonary diseases are common nIJms
the spmakets, turner's ana ster nbont the workmen
which they cannot help inhaling. ana w ~, , A.,
%coe' ha c , fay to- colds presscrs
stand while at work and are 9B B So 20 make their
deal the size and weSht Oh tne n,,on arirates the
chest to the injury Of their ront ana ,n is muscles
saggcr makers are liable TO oversI , ir' and after
in placing the heavy SaggSr In the M t ama work
about twenty years OF liins such weights '"' WIN
men begin to decline
SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF RABIES-From the
Years report OF the Anirablc lnsttut" nj rau""' "
which Professor A. de Giovanni Is director, 1t appears
that during the seven months In which IL was poS
sble TO carry on the work regularly the total NUM-
her OF PATIENTS treated according to the Pas'eur
mohod was forty-nine Of this number. twenty three
are mentioned as havirg been bitten by ahiiha's
proved to be rabd By experimental lnorniaon , a'i"
eighteen nv animals certified as such ny N,r",tss
rerinn In nil the patients the bite had drawn bloou
and in nearly all 1t had been inflicted on an posi-
part that IS, in thirty cases on the upper n cn , nv
death occurred and In ali Of them the Epr,
70 within three months after the GATE OF nafsn re-
I'm tho most recent Cases-was that Inc pi''ehl IT.
maned quite well.
PHENOMENAL MsCONCEPrIONs-Mista Mistakes IN
orcn,tiol sometime, OF the most plzzling cnaacteF
rcmnr,s The Boston Medical Journal arc u'uhiS
the result o, Incidental or temporary be"'ns'
nent and may under peculiar circumstances oNer'N'
any ono some Instances have been cited by Hlr
Charles Warren In which they chronic ana may
,en,ct tbc hc,tinformci persons. Erroneous concep
lions formed bv children ~ distances and poSiuohs
nav grow mp with them undctcctcd TIL near maturity
then when m" discovery is made, II J. 100 a'c W Pp!
better remedy than 10 rcc2ghz, me error n ~ y
allowance for II when possible. tIor, are 'iW-l o
person whose dea, 81 certain parts 81 London "cT AZ
inycal - another who place. r,' IPrt o 4s
were under the impression tha' winlc me SUI IT,, ~
tho the starr us" IN III" w~ rom l'l.s lcru
,bot Tho san has proper motion among the stars. auG
y ~ fl1lcm probaie that tn'rr arr bat few educatcd
., ,, Inc. mo-, ..rovp M With sOmr curious
sol srslI, li
lc,-ly bothered them all their lives
crluAToLoGY OF Old AGE.-Thc now somewhat
tcrdrd records Of protest. laal observations with ref
cr,nce - the cmatGlosy OF old az" may be said to
show that elderly people in general do well WIN
,orablliy and Moderate warmth. boar cod badly ana
benefit by abundant sunshine the high attitudes arc
very rarely suitable 10 them and are usually de'ld'uH
injurious, for they do best In level places where tcfc
D., abundant shelter; they NAV OF mas not benefit b'
lie seaside or sea voyage. obviously enough The
falling vltay-that Is the impaired vgor 81 cifcua
iiou. INSTALLATION and cNrron. which chArirterZe al
ilit anne ~ lf. such rhnumHism cardiac disease,
govt and renal ahcctions-,"rvc 10 determine ne
linn, ploglcal problem and thus I'm word. moderate
warmth win fair clunbiiy ahnlan,e OF Snnslin.
& u",. vo, Indications callci Tor by thoe alTec
ions The unsuItabiity Of the mountain climates
20 inc a.cl l. due primarily 81 tn cold. w'i'h DE-
pry.,,> those Ia whom the circulation is f'oOe'
PROPAGATION OF LEEcHEs.-Thc business of
ratins l.,hc, for medicinal purpose has long been
carried On In Europe and. II Is -nd. With profit to
those 80 ccd In the cuisines Up 10 forty yeas ago.
Il is 'ltci m, oh wo.d obtained Is supP&"S 81
| tho worms mostly from sweden. Russia. Poland and
| Hungary but the swnmpy regions where they grew
rnd wc-e gathered underwent extensive dTs.nnS
ororaiIon, from time 20 time. until n ienGih vast
| ,r,.,s oncc rendered rcmnnertlve by their swarms
| were dir. mp: this occaS.Oned such famine o. The
article tha, active efforts made to had remedy.
vornl government, oncrlus premiums ior successful
result, in crch cult1ic. II the present TINE Dearly
| IN fh. iaech.. used abroad com" from art,hciul
! .,a and meadow, ~ the scuh 81 France. whore
HE lotion Is nrm aud solid the areas chosen beng
| divided .u;o rectangular plots 10y diches Ihe
| h-.,dlnr season arrives I'm juno and July. and AZ
| his tine water j. admitted into the d.tchcS. the
meadow FIAT, remaining dry. The eggs are LTD by
| Nh.n thc Young one, are Eaich,d IN" meadows are
nvc-nowed artd,iully some six 81 cish, Inches The
! and cattle driven into the shallow water twice
| w1"t fJr time.
| TUERAPEt TIC EFFECT OF PARAFFlNE.-DT
sydney Turner surgeon to To" Gloucester County In
Urinary Ercaud states in reply 10 Inquiries that the
b,. treated thirty case. Of Experimentation and
adults with plginne and has had the saVJacao"
# seeing every one Of them recover. His rlan j.
fn obtain the ord nary Inrailinc used In lamp. ana
having .crnlcd on the diphthr'i'ic patch from the
ra.cnts throat apply tho paI'liane every hont 10
the throat. internally with n large eame's nan
twenty spur 10 forty eight hour and wth Improve
| m.nt I'm the case, the parnhnc i applied les IRE
| nuentlv lat H. use !. contnucd two or three days
| a1ncr Tho complete dl,appcaan u the PATCHES
| DIR Turner speaks definitely o the th"rnP'uuch
| effects but Is unable to state what the chemical
a"tlon OF rnraflnc on the dirhthcritic membrane Ia
| INFLUENCE OF COLOR on THE OPTIC NERVES
| NJ Chauvcau has stated to the Paris Academy OF SCI
ences that ne finds that the eNcaton OF "a" rctna
ono eye BIZ colorcd light influences tho optic nerves
tho other eve rs WE'LL In such manner too that WING
| ,h, ,,c acted uDcn indirectly the cnOr. th'
| rctina actually excited the Complementary color
| con- obseivng white surface with one eyr for Nhor
| limo through bit of colorrd glass then. when th'
| el,.s Is removed the white surface appears 10 D.
| tinted with the Complementary color OF the gbl>s-'
| comparatively we'll knOwn i1ct. OF course but VIVA
NJ t'hnuvcau points ont i TINT II the eve hfst use
| hc closed and the white surface examined with III
| other n appears to he ~ IN" same color u, Is TN
glass This being the case, the interesting fact woul'