New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-02
MEDICAL IND S1NIT1RH NOTES.

account is given I'm German medical magazine VI u
method In use at the Gott!ngen Clinic. by whch the
heart can be made 10 resume its action AFTER appar
entity fatal par alysiS from chl0rOlorIn hspa Impulses
are given to the region Of the heart by the h"hd o'
the surgeon. as many as one hundred and twenty a
minnie The operator stands AT the let sue Vi 'hc
no,icn, having his right hand the LETT side Oi
the chest ard placing the ball Of the thumb hhir
wav between the apex beat ana the s'erhnh' VII"
left hand 1, applied 10 the cncst and st''die'. anu
the rapid COMPRISING movements arc Hadc WI" wv
right hand. II appears from the account give" "h''
two patients have been revived by TINS method per-
ycringlv applied for half an hour or more ai'e.
restoration seemed hopeless Heart contracoIs censel
whenever compression interrupted, though shaho"
res ldrations continued spontaneously.
ANTI>EPTIC FOR INTERNAL DIsoRDEE1.-ln ii
pblis Ned communication DR.. Vargas. physician 10 III"
general charity hospital, Of Madrid. professor OF imam
tile Diseases ETC., states that for some uh" he mas
frequently employed liscrnc in external and ihterhai
operations, without having failed TO obtain Its nhu-
septic effect and that account OF It's agreeaoe
odor and the sensation Of freshness following us use'
II 1, "A topical application not surpassed IN hasi an"
cultural affections. and IN the running rom 'he earo
that Is 30 common among children ana OF such '''"
odor. In a case of hay fever spasmodic rhn9-
bronchitis the intensity Of the attacks OF sheeh"s
Is diminished by treating the asopharynx WIN
us,.rine dlluted and stopping up the nostrii with
cotton scaled In pure stcrne. lie thinks mat It's
antscp,i properties. demonstrated rs they are ald'
combined with these, is aromatic quahty' give ="
usterinc a high rank dlsinfectlng hpud TOT the
hnnds face and mouth. when there eNi>'s al!
danger OF contagion from dlphtlerih or any S'hilu
affection Again account of It's freedom rom IONIC
and cansc properties 1t may be used rs domestic
antscptic and utilized for external apphca'chs ana
10 meet certain necessities where an anu5cpuc Is
r,uulr,d An Intestinal disorders.
EFFECT OF LIGHTNING on TIE ClRCtLA-
TORY SYSTEM.-The announcement was made some
time ago that while company OF soldiers were pelhg
drilled In an open plain near Berlin II was struck
bv lightning and that Il considerable number Of the
soldier. wcr" less injured. This case l. 'he
,ucct II an elaborate article In the Military Medical
Gazette" Germany, bv Dir. Nlcolal, containing an
account Of his prolonged Investigation oI INC cir'um
STANCES lie agrees with the Commissions Of many other
authorities, and which would APPEAR to be inevitable.
namely that the injuries received on this occasion
show that apart from mechanical and caorlfc effects
involved IN, Is most endangered by injury TO the
circuatory system. The peculiar arborcsccn figures
so generally present on the skin Of individuals nm
fortunately struck by lightning are says Dr. Nicolai
mainly due 10 distractions In and consequent tune
factions Of the Llood vessels, Another fact remarked
upon /, the notable drcctional Influence Of metallic
projections. such i, arr frequently met with en- the
accouremcnt, and clothing OF soldiers.
ANOTHER THEORY OF BLOOD MUrloX.-It
has generally assumed that a considerable lime
elapsed says from three To nine minutes from the
time thc>hlOod left the right side Of the heart.
ravcl>,d tn whole system. ana then again returned
10 the starting point. II i now shown by Professor
Dal'on's experiment, that the time IS much shorter
than That. the oiici agent ascd In these experiments
being cruoyandc OF potassium. which b" readily
detected IN a." blood account Of It's chemical IT,
actcn. III oarryin. on TIL, operation. blood WAS
drawn from the iugplAr vein the opposite Side.
and The interval which elapsed before the appearance.
OF the foreign salt In blood drawn from The second
opening Indicated Tie time required Ion the blood
pas, from IN, point of injection through RI, cav,
to the heart from the right side of the heart throug h
the mne, 10 the lett civc,. from the lcIt enricr
through the carotid arteries and the clpilar, vessels
OF the head and thence downward 10 the )uguiar
the opposite side Dozens OF carefully tabil.
lated tests. says Professor Dalton show that The bl nd
fifteen TO twenty-five seconds. riding the phys
cal conditions oi the subject experimental upon.
ARROW POISON AND TErANrS-An examination
has been made by NJ. Dantu. with accompanying cx.
porlments. OF the poison used by the natives
Of the New Iebrides. II seems that II contains
neither vegetable poison nor serpent virus but con
ssts Of earth impregnated with vegetable matter taken
from marshy places and containing PuStcurs vibrlon