New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-17
MEDICAL And SANITARl NOILS.

MEDICAL And SANIT1RI NOTES.
Heating and ventilating schoolhouses-The plan
Of ventating schoolhouses in Massachusetts Pos-
ossas !, is asserted possibilities of irsurng first
class results even when, from certain nnavoidable
obstacles only one inlet Is provided, the same be-
inc located about eight feet above the hoor' ana
as nearly as practicable in the centre OF the ""r
or inner side of the room. or equal hhpor'a"'e
with the inlets is the size OF the ou'lets' Oh iou
ducts as well as their location, ana Il - 4ou''"
that for a ffty-feet schoolroom. the outlet d"e'
to,,,d have an area of not less than five square
Zee, net this to be placed at the bottom OF the
inner side OF the room or in the moor at 'he HI'o
side. in case the air is TO be taken from 'ne i's'
story down to the bottom OF the Ioul-ai sl. n
the basement The rule is that IN a room VIZ" ,
cnId or EXPOSED sides the outlet should be as neI
the inner or warm angle of the room as poSSiu ,i,
and in a room with three exposed sides. the outirt
Should be as near the inner or warm slqe rs p'a b
ticable this applying equally weh o n1e or two
nIets 1t is desirable that the outflow OF ar IRON,
the room through the 2ut,e, SnOu The warmair
inlet the difference being made up by air dra|n mo
ing room VII ''S'' .r,.
Food for Fever Patients,-Dr. Peabody In me
Medical Record" expresses his beiief tha'' III al
kinds Of illness. and especially in fevers a''eh'o
should be paid the appetite and desire Oh tle
patent and that. il patient is really hungry sou
food. of a properly selected kind and in Judiclo2s
quantities will rarely disagree with him Dr fea-
hodv believes there is less danger Of doing harm 70
an liberated ileum in typhoid fever by giving hneiy
SiTnea sss gives his iyphod who are
hungry such SOa ao he 6 SseTs ereH
tent has fever. and that II is inc0rrect TO iesao
s sn fsct being that milk will always remain the
most servceable general food IN dlsease pu " 60,
vii horne or for any reason cannot be taken. II Is
10 be considered that efnclent auJuhctS an" '"'
tutes within reach
ut Par n Climafp-An
arguing the question as the influence OF climate
on race and the assumption OF the Ahslo-H'~o" >
adaptation to all zones and temperatures ci'eS d"
few geographical instances which seem 20 "'Slu''
that assumption. Among these Is Barpsdoes 'ne
oldest and healthiest of British tropical possessions
where il is remarked. will see some people
known as the mean whites" men ana women oi
blood as pure his own whose progenitofs nave
lost through poverty the luxures and advances
which with constant infusion of fresh blood alone
Tenn th whites alive there-at the time there
being noticeable the insolence when me "
ness physical superiority has bred IN Inc ' =
very opposite type New-Zealand is cited Aiter
the position of New-Zealand in the Southern Hem
isphere corresponds rather to 6h HemsnbT the
writer gives his opinion that IN Ne"-.eaiahu ue
people are UNDERGOING rapd PIECES on 1nIec To-
mental charactcristics-are in fact losing inc MI
a., Ste Of Englishmen and are becoming cheerful
and light hearted like the Southern races oil Europe
Parasites in Neutrality-suspicious. have been made
BY NJ Beranger- Feraud to the number OF taeniae
present in any in man. the interesting TACT
annearing that one parasite only was present In
cightv-seven out OF one hundred cases while any
thing beyond this was quite exceptional IN hl'v-
two out Of the hundred cases. the taenia was
at least five metres in length; in thirty-nine IL was
from six to ten metres and in six instances was
from eleven TO fifteen metres. Among the remark
able cases mentioned is that of marine engineer
who had become infected With taeniae WINE al
enormous examples of this parasite. measuring re,
spectyey III length thirty-seVen lofty az, 100
Grams each. This being So a little calculation
renders the remarkable fact APPARENT that TINS pa
testnes. the enormous length Of some l'o yards OF
parasites Of the weight of 922 grams
Diabetes Diet.-faving made a protracted study
OF the graver form Of diabetes, in which sugar is
formed from the abumins, Schmitz recommends for
a breakfast diet the following: Preferably cocoa
when pure and unadulterated. on account Of Its
fat little milk. and either twenty or thirty grams
of rye or forty TO fifty of white bread; or If the
cocoa is not liked. tea or coffee may be taken ano
an egg cake made follows: Two or three tea
spoonfus of oatmeal egg. and two teaspoon uls
OF sour beaten together. sailed ana oake,
with little fat bacon. For lunch. glass OF
wine and sandwich of twenty to forty grams o
bread and some sardines. For the noon meal. q
broth. with little rice, or vernicelh two ponnds o.
meat to furnish enough broth for three meals httl'
fish potatoes that are not mesiy ana vesGthhoae
may be given; potato salad is often inuch reiSh"i
above described. For tea. neai as at noon Put al
ways varied. and dry wine may be allowed kepor
is made treated with a scanty nitro
genous diet, in which the sugar diminished very
much although the daily ingestion OF bread wa
nearly 100 grams.
Nom Poisonous White Lead.-By new process IL
the manufacture of white lead the sulphate Il
substituted for the poisonous carbonate and II Il
stated that the method Of manufacturing this white
sulphate OF lead does away with all the handling nov
required before the carbonate is sent 10 the market
xrbgla rha self is So nsClub,c TO b
plete immunity Compared with very well-mad
specimen Of white lead. IL is used at present tn
new compound is acknowledged to be not ex
Qusitely lne although it Is certainly much fine
when viewed under the microscope than wou
seem. AS the covering power OF a pigment depend
the degree of fneness of the material. II Is sup
possible that the new preparation Is In this respect
therefore somewhat inferior to the finest white car
bon ate OF lead-though doubtless equal or even su
per!or O many kinds of white lead frequently me
vita. Sulphate OF lead prepared by ordnar!
methods, though attractvely white, Is crystalline
property Objectionable to its use as pigment-bu
this dlicuty has to some extent now been overcom
! by this process adopted for Its manufacture
The fact Is also greatly I'm favor OF this new prod
uc;, viz. That II Is less costly than ordinary whit
lead. and resists completely the destructive actor
OF sulphuretted hydrogen and sea water, and tn
fact OF the deterioration OF ordinary lead paint
through the presence Of sulphur compounds. is on
Of common observation in large manufacturin
- towns.
Dangerous Chemicals in Photography
has lately been called 10 the injurious action
cised by metals on the hands OF photographers whic