New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-06
MEDICAL IND SANITARY NOTES

THERAPEUTIC USE OF CREOSOTE.-In n val
liable contribution to The Therapeutic Gazette"
| Professor Graham asserts that the position which
creosote occupies to-day in the Eastern United
| States in the treatment Of pulmonary tubercu,
loss certainly does not support the results claimed
| for ii by eminent authority as Soeincr-
brodt. Professor Graham declares that. though I'M
Gues'iona6ly valuable drug IN tueerfnlar ph'niss
reported and talked of than failure and, while the
S@sys ha" Wsrm il must be looked
| upon as simply one of many perhaps the best o.
Il not combined, however. with hygenic. dietetic
ard symptomatic treatment. it will be commonly
found useless-but, In conjunction with the above, 4
moderate percentage OF frst-staSe cases are cured
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL INGREDIENTS
| OF a MANA notable object Of interest Is de-
scrbed as among the contents of the National
Museum. Washington. showing the ingredients which
on 10 ahg up tne ass holds the niney-six
other receptacles are three pounds OF White oil
thirty four and one-half pounds OF fat eight and
one fourth pounds OF phosphate OF lime one pound
starch seven ounces fluoride of calcium six ounces
phosphate of magnesia and a little ordinary table
salt The same man is found to contain ninety
seven pounds of oxygen. fifteen pounds OF hydro
gen. three pounds ard thirteen ounces OF nitrogen
and the carbon in such individual is represented
by Il foot cube of coal a row OF bottles contain
the other elements going to make up me man
these being four ounces OF chlorine. three and
one half ounces iuorine. eight ounces phosphorus
three and one-half ounces birthstone. two and one
tenth of an ounce of iron. two ounces magnesium
three pounds and three ounces Of calcium
COLOR OF THE RETlNA-Cur!ously enough
the substance of the retlna Of the eye. with the
exception of a small yellow spot, has, until re-
Gently been considered colorlcss. The researches
however. OF Professor Boil. of Rome. have led him to
conclude that the color OF the retna Is purple
red but that this color is discharged by light
the visual purple only be discerned In obscury
discharge It, The color does not disappear immedi,
atey with NE Professor ioli having preserved SS
extirpated eyes for twenty,four hours, when me
color was st visible. and only disappeared on
found colorless is not death. but is simply the CON
inyestisaon. that ali visible light deconposes the
retnai purple but in variable times, the conditions
of exposure being similar: but whatever the souic"
Of Hght employed. the visual purple, in losing its
! color passed irst-to yellow. then became white.
TREATMENT OF HEMORRHAGE-ln The
Zietschrif fur Therapie" Professor Nothnage gives
the results of his treatment Of hemorrhage from
! the lurgs and based upon which he advises that
the patient be kept absolutely quiet not even be
II moderate temperature: nothing warm SHOULD be
eaten, and the food to be OF the most readily o.
gestlbie character, cold milk serving as diet for
two days. incidentally. II the hemorrhage Is mod
eratey severe the case may y, be
remedies must be resorted to: Professor NoihnaSe'
ton Of sesou chloride Of iron and solution OF fannie
acid alum is neither theoretically nor prac,
NAV he OF great service-the former may be given
both internally and spontaneously. is action no
| unstriped muscular fibres Of the blood vessels
while the acetate of lead may be given in doses
OF from one-half to three-quarters OF gram
atropine In simultaneous injections OF one sixty
fourth of grain may be employed with advantage
| and common salt in teaspoonful doses can 10 no
harm.
SKIN DISEASES AS RELATED TO CLIMATE
The climate OF Central California. 1t Is claimed
| by Dr. Simmons. a Sacramento physician. is such
| that 1t keeps the skin In normal condition, ana
has a great deal to DO with the lack OF skin all
ments In that portion OF the state-the popuiauVn
there IL also not crowded together az IL Is
| in he Elsi EurOpa
site skin diseases are of comparatively rarr occur
renee, though in fact Or. Simmons remarks that
among the Chinese there are very few cases OF
parasitic disease, Notwithstanding the unsanlaIy
way in Which they crowd together. leprosy. he
says may be hidden for q long time. and personal
contact may spread the disease even before sore
several cases Of lcprosy In Central California, Or
Simmons cites the case Of an d ann s
been affected with the disease called 'Nitllst, ana
as result he has 1grnea b fTo| n f hss baeR
spot under each ear. which he greaty cheriShes
with the prospect that. within year he VIII be, as
far color goes. Caucasian
THE CANCER PARASITIC.-In his recent Nor
ton lecture, DR.. James Galloway dlsposes or the
idea commonly held namely, the origin OF can
due TO bacillis rs the exciting cause pr
Galloway adopts the more recent theory Whirn
and 5e he Gescrbes The parasites found on
microscopic examination OF cancer or the breast
a very distinct capsule and "A smaller body OF vaf1
able shape near the centre of this. They occur
in the ceil body III Iso M ggerye IN thn cell
nucleus and nterceular spaces. The tissues are
prepared for examination by fixing In FlenminG
solution hardening in alcohol and staining the
sections with Erlichs haematoxylln solution, ms
method being said to give good results III re
spect to sharpness OF definition as can be obtained
ECONOMY OF MILK DlET.-Aside from
physiological considerations, the economy OF mix
diet Is not the least among its advantages as COM
pa red with beef In the former there is bone as
in meat nor waste In trimmings. and, though the
amount of bone In meat varies. II Is rarely less IMAM
per cent-n the neck and brisket Of beef, FOR IN
stance II is about 10 per cent while In the shlnS
and legs II amounts TO one-third or even one-hali
the total weight. Again, milk requires no cooking
hence Is always ready for consumption az a mo-
ments notice and without being subjected to waste
and shrnkage. The ordinary percentage Of loss In
boiling beef Is 20 per cent; In baking. 70 per cent
and the roasting process involves fully 81 per cent
true this loss arises partly from the evaporation OF
water as well the melting down and escape of
fat and the destructive action OF heat-whatever