The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-29
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
Blisters and Bleeding From Sug-
gestion-The Metric Standards
Initiating the Moons Surface
A New Sea-Calmer - Present
Cost of Electric Cooking-Dor-
mant Seeds-What Woodpeckers
Eat-Novel Work for Electricity
Another Insulating Material.
Prepared Weekly, Tor The citizen

hypnotic Phenomena are the bodily et-
tects produced by suggestion. As early
as 1910 says DR.. Harriet C. b. Alex
andtl, of Chicago, DR.. Louis Prejal-
mini with "magnetiZedr paper pre-
duced the effect of cantharidcs BIZ
j'rnStrom demonstrated that, 10y sug-
gtstiun, congo may be produced,
carried To raised swelling Of the skin
t. Il blister ike that of canthrarides.
to bloody sweat, and even 10 complete
formation of wound. Chafcut and
his pupils thus produced all The phe-
n1mena OF burns. In leS5, Brauuis
blstered 10y suggestion the back and
arm OF carefully watched hypuu tized
patient, and Facachon produced bis
tiers on the left ear and left temple of
another patient in the same way In
Dr. AleXander's own practice a case
has occurred in which an hysteric was
blistered by beladonna plaster pro-
ven to he inert on other persons, alter
which cantharides was applied with
ont result for II hours, the patient hav-
ing been told that it was simply pain
curing plaster. The patient was at no
time in the true hpynotc state, but
was very susceptible to suggestion.
Blood sweat has been produced by sew
eral operators. Bourru wrote with a
blunt instrument Oh a hynotized mans
arm, telling the patient the letters
would bleed at a certain hour, and at
the prescribed time blood dripped
from the letters. Bjorstrom remarks
that these experiments explains the
phenomena of Observation-Disclosures the
supposed supernatural appearance of
wounds initiating those of Christ
which have occurred in Buddhism in
the middle ages and in modern times.
Part of the International Bu-
reau of Weights and Measures, which
was estab lshed in 1879, is to supply
three standards to each Of the p con-
tracing nations. Great Britain is the
first country Receiving the full set COM
prIslug a "llne," standard metre meas
ure, kilogram weight, and an END"
standard metre NE sure. These COPIES
OF the French standards are made from
practically iudestructible ALLOW of
platinum and iridium, and have been
verified with great accuracy.
Repeatings with slight variations.
experiments first made hy Scrope NJ.
Stanislaus MeuLeir has obtalitd r.
suits which possibly furnish the kew to
the origin of the pulling formations
seen on the moon. Plaster is mixed
I with water containing a little glue, and
the mlXiur Is heated over "a, flame
| until boiling commences. hen the
gas Is suddenly turned off, and the
mass Is allowed IN cool uudisturbed.
BY varying the consistency of the
paste, VI. Meunier has obtained many
lunar features, tesides the il ternling-
ing circular cavities produced by
ccrope. The central peaks 50 com
mon IN lunar craters are reproduced
perfectly, even to the characteristic of
les height generally than the edges
/ OF the cfaters. TIE artificial cra,ers
lufther resemble the natural in tend
I ing 10 form IN groups OF two or three or
more, sometimes with ring surrOul d.
my several; and III the cavities, with
/ or without central peaks, that cover
some parts, as we'll "a in the large
/ smooth areas recalling the lunar
seas" If the water has been nearly
all evaporated, assures also appear.
NJ. Meunler supposes that the moon
has failed to pass through all the plane
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relative scarcity of funds and he be-
lleVes that this view is to some
extent confirmed by the fact
that " hen rather thick layer of fine
sand -representlng the earth's surface
rocks-is sprinkled over the paste, the
volcanic manifestations become more
like those Of our planet.
Vessels in heavy seas are more effect.
ually and economically protected hv
fishing bets than by oil, according To
an Italian, Baron Beuveluto 'Ales-
sandra. The nets, made from stout
t"iue, weigh about three ounces Der
square yard, and are provided with
CORK noats when necessary. When "A
vessel Is scudding before the wind the
let Is dragged at the bow, and the
waves are still; when she is anchored
In heavy sea the net is placed 10
windward, with the same result. The
I inventor OF this system declares that
harbors may be enlarged by simply
stretching nets between buoys or piles.
Electric cooking is still an expensive
luxury, as may he seen by these figures
I from Casters .MdgdziHe: -Four or five
outlets can be fried by employing the
/ equivalent of five l6-candle electric
lamps for l. minutes. The equivalent
of Is lamps will heat the electric oven
from $50 +. to l200 in minutes, To
1859 in 10 minutes, to S560 in 10, aud In
437' in 20 minutes. The cost Of the
electric lamp Is about one cent per
hour. A pint of water is brought from
co. To the boiling poiut al cost of two
lamps for one hour, or ) lamps for II
minutes
Some interesting Investigations con-
corning dormant seeds have been made
IN Germany 10y DR.. A. Peters. Ia his
second series of experiments, he has
visited vast forest. which occupies a
site from which villages and cultivated
fields disappeared several centuries
ago, and from shaded places which
have been destitute Of surface vegeta-
ton for years he has taken specimens
of the soil at different depths. His
purpose was chiefly to determine
whei her there were seeds of corn-tirld
weeds still retaining the power of ger
mination aud development. From the
specimens Of soil he has succeeded in
raising plants representing about fifty