New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-28
MEDICAL IND SANITARY NOTES.
SYMPATHETIC INFLAMNIATION.-Thls pcculiarit

SYMPATHETIC OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES pecuarlty
Is strkingly exemphcd In of foreign bodies en-
tering the and in recent explanation OF the mat
ter by DR.. David Webster emphasis is laid upon the
necessity, In all instances OF Inflammation OF one eve
coming on suddenly and without apparent cause. OF
searching carefully FOR such nruders on the cornea
and on tie coniunctvia-removing them. when found.
with as little injury possible to the surrounding
larts. DR.. Webster says that when foreign body Is
lodged within the cyeba especially in the ciary
REGION the patient is in danger OF losing the fellow
eve bv sympathetic Inflammation, whether the foreign
body Is removed or not, though the removal OF thc
foreign body greatly lessons such danger bu. uc
foreign body has already destroyed the sight the eye
should he cleared without delay. If sympathetic milan
nation sets In. Dr. Webster saws thai tIe sooner Ue eye
boll containing the foreign body Is cleared unless 1t
has scryceable vson-the better Will he the patients
chances OF retaining useful sight or II The lcowcNe
Is attacked with symptoms of severe sympa he'ic rIl
tation ,bc eve containing the foreign body should he
cleared without waiting for actual sympaheuc hl,an,
where the foreign body is attrnctable material and
can be and is not firmly iinhedded IN the eyewa
or encapsiied with organized lynph'
NEW Use FOR sTRYCIININE.-It IS thought that.
should the results of Baron Won Mullers treatment OF
snake poisoning prove permanently successful. no
greater boon could be bestowed by medical science
upon tie millions OF India. According to the expert
ments OF this eminent savan the venom OF serpch's
does no, destroy the tissues OF the body but has simply
dynamic effect. suspending the action OF the motor
and motor nerve centres, for this therefore,
the required andote would he such as would stimulate
and Increase the functional activity of these nerve
centres This remedy found in strychnine, which Is
directly antagonistc in its action to snake poison and
Herr von Muller has applied this substance upon
large number Of persons bitten by the uee1 snake anu
other venOmous scrpcnts, and with invarnhe success
Ills method is 10 Inject twenty minims OF the
drug under the patients skim repeating the operation
every fifteen minutes. until slight muscular spaSns are
produced these being an unfaling sign that INC
patient is out of danger and large doses may safely De
thus injected until the poison Is neu'raiizeo'
ANALYSIS OF BLOOD IN LEGAL CASES-Some
recent criminal In the higher courts have at
tracted much attention. In view Of the prominence
given the determination Of the presence OF human
blood upon a garment, floor or wall knife or o'her
weapon. An examination directly In the microscope
ia considered n tcs-if, In fact, the Sobncs are
thus distinctly SEEM any subsequent research Is use
less; but. unfortunately in such case tine Spots III
most instances more or less old, ana have peeh
washed or mixed with rust or with the coiorihs
matter used in dying the clothing. But THIS dmcu'y
Is obyiated by spectroscopy the spectrum analysis OF
blood being based upon the property possessed by col
ored bodies OF absorbing certain Of the irradiaons OF
white light red object appears RED 10 the eye pre- pre-
red ones and il this red object be placed III 'front.' OF
the slit OF spcctro>cOpe ana the spectrum Ioreu o.
obseryed-eithcr upon Il screen or with slNglasS-lt
VII be seen that all the rays are arrested save The red
their places being marked by as many DARK nanai'
who @ position can be exactly determined ~ MI
cromcter these have received the name OF absorption
bnnds. characteristic of the substance ina, pro
when they appear.
SINGULAR SOURCE Of SKIN DIsEAsE.-A section
OF the men employed al the Koomna Iron Works, near
Moscow is reported 10 have lately hal some peculiar
experiences with electric welding. which, with tie aid
OF some 500 accumula0rs Is there pracN"d accord
Ing TO the pelnados process. While engaged in Tie
irving work the artlfccs eyes were. of cour-e pro
tccred BY tinted glasses bu the skin being exposed
the following symptoms were manifested; Burn NJ
f,o Sk IN n he
TO four hours discharges from the nose ana The eyes
three 10 four hours later, dry cough; four TO nv"
hours Inter- swelling Of the sln ana deVeiophch' o'
other symptoms eight to ten hours from me ne
ginning If the disorder continuous irrl alton Oh the
ewes lasting from four to six hours ana hhalN'
co,,rnc OF the skin. Then the various cncCtS a>Iu.
sYd ;nc Skin began to pei. 'On the tiiid Gay ~"
c,tice mad completely dcc0ricaied and by tac SKIN
nil the painu symptoms di>apl cared though Tor Wees
afrrwa-d the ,kin remained coored. Tne'e "irct,'
II volld seem are exactly the same a th0s "!h'h
ore induced under scorching 10y The sun various
remedies have been proposed notably q covering o
yellow waved cloth or red and green wells.