New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-09
MEDICAL And SANITARY NOTES.

RECENT GERMAN REMEDIES.-Professor Ne'Ssci
of Bresau states that he has now for some TWO year.
made use OF tumeno in skin diseases, ana therefore
recommends II valuable In the therapy OF eo]e""'
especially as antipruriuc II IS oo'aheo iio'
mineral oil by the action OF suphu1c acid and While
similar is different from ichthyol In concentrate"
form II is black and the Odor Is not objec'onapie'
In this article two substances are present. WIZ
tumeno sulphur always OF oily consistence ana oese
mated as tumenol OIL. and, second tumenoi tupn"e'
known as tumenol powder, the first named peihe III
soluble and the latter soluble In water ana CRYING
quickly The remedy has been found useful IN mols,
subaonte eczema and in burns OF the rs ana SECOND
Strata. Il aays itching no, only in eczema hut
also in the parasitic inhammati9ns ana III Pr,r's%,
also in prurItus-in the latter disease especnily III
ths form 81 n tincture-and In eczema. with assures.
It Is likewise valuable In the treatment Oh po. sIPe
n noi "p parascide Upon the general organism the
substance does not seem to exert any injurious erect
RECOVERY OF SUSPENDED RESPIRATI0N.-The
announcement is made in Paris OF new methoo OIL
artificial respiration in cases OF suspended animauoh
II consists In drawing the tongue well out OF e pre-
yiously opened mouth, and then impar'ine 10 'ha'
organ energetic and rhythmic backward ana 1orwar"
movements, this proceeding having the effect OF
stimulating the respiratory reflex through the traction
on the tongue and the excitation OF It's base. In
carrying ont these movements, a spoon, the manure
OF a knife or any such instrument is utilized Tor the
double purpose Of keeping the jaws apart and press
ses,ed between the Anger and thumb-whch to avoid
slipping are enveloped in handkerchief-and pulled
forclby forward OF the mouth. The organ Is then
subjected to the toandfro movements. some eighteen
to the minute, until the operators efforts nave proven
in this case are at once apparent, and, compared
with other methods. this Is claimed to be more re-
passed.
DISTINCTION By CHLORINE.-Though an ad
mirable disinfectant chlorine Is nconvenent for do
nestle use. not only must every aperture in a
room be carefully stopped but chemical process
has to be performed An excellent formula for 100
cubic feet of air space Is found to be ounce OF
mixture composed of equal parts Of sodium chloride
and manganese doXide which subsequently added
q fluid OF 80 per cent solution OF sulphuric
acid In water. On the addition of a suphuric acid
solution to this mixture chlorine gas Is freely lib
Grated 1t Is also stated that any compound OF this
gas which contains it in loose combination is well
adapted for ordinary household use as a deodorant
s soSd exape Of i he %S hy
tans about SO per cent OF available chlorine, which
solution Of it in water. Of the strength Of four
ounces TO the gallon. Is recommended Tor dsniection
purposes by the American Public Health Association
CLINICAL THERMOMETERS stating that
90 900 thermometers standardized yearly in Berlin
and 10000 In the thermOmetric institute at Wcimar
Professor Helmholtz also remarks that 1t is really
matter Of life and death to be able TO dsting uish he
tween temperature Of 05 degrees and 9s IL degrees
years ago. In the very best and most expensive
OF these instruments errors or from i TO IL de-
grees being found. Medical have discovered that
the practical OF clinical thermometers Is Of
trcme value. and following the example Of Germany
great attention has for time past been given in
other countries to the attaining OF absolute perfection
In these instruments, the operations at Kew adNanc
ias,or in fSermomcrv Of course tHc best possible
glass. and the claim has been made by Ell slsh manu-
was less efficiently than but that the glass
of which the thermometers were made being perhaps
of simple constitution, was on that account
less susceptible TO influence inducing devious cond
tions OF strain
AMELIORATION OF SMALLPOX By Darkness
II several years ago that Gallavardin drew the
attention OF French practitioners 10 the advantages Of
treating the smallpox according TO the plan originally
suggested and carried out by john OF Goddesden, md
Waters. The treatment In question consisted simply
In keeping the patients absolutely away all solar
Hight and this solar darkness had to be- from first TO
last, complete and uninterrupted, otherwise no bcne
fetal results could be looked for The authority
has recently published the results OF Ids experience
with this method, covering period OF some sixteen
years. showing that. II this plan be carried out the
suppuration, and In consequence the subsequent
scarNng is inhnitesimal.
DANGEROUS. THOUGH POPULAR-This is the
udgment pronounced by DR.. W. Thornton Parker In a
recent elahorse paper on the present almost indis
eliminate OF quinine and this judgment is forti-
fed by citations from numerous eminent authorities.
frontal headache, with dull and heavy. tensive and
sometimes agoDizng pains In toxic doses 1t excites
commissions Chrome and Cure find that the removal
the motor centres OF the brain prevents these
vulsons. and II the central hemisphere Is removed
side the commissions unlateral; the other
hand, Albertoni finds that quinia will induce con-
WILSON'S when the central hemisphere the cortical
motor centres removed. DIR. Bartholow states
that In full medicinal doses. the qunia accumuates
in the brain, OF funess In the head consric-
decided vertigo felt. In toxic doses these symp.
toms have been Observation-Disclosures headache with
construction Of the forehead, dimncss OF vision or
complete blindness, deafness. delirium coma d.
lated pupils. weak, 1uttering pulse. irregular and
shallow respiration, commissions, and finally collapse
and death. DIR. Wood states that the minimum fatal
dose Of quinnc is not known. but probably varies
the attacks are rendered decidedly more frequent by
the cinchona alkaloids and DIR. Wood Is OF the
opinion, also, that, I'm large doses, quinia without
doubt abOlishes the functions OF the cercbrmm.
SOLUBLE INSTRUMENTATION has been
directed Of late In medical circles TO the superior
vantages for many purposes Of the cresos disin-
fecants 1t discovered. appears from the
statement covering this subject. that crude carboc
acid made soluble by the action of sulphuric acid
surpassed in germicida power an equally strong
solution Of pure phenol. besides which creon. al.
though free from carboc acid proved to b Of I'M.