New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-19

mothers breast milk increases IN
babys stomach grows larger, but there y "a ~
no such change in It's quality as - SCI Vs stn
Dr. Worcester asserts that the milk should os %
siS per richness in fat and when tne Sis n e
probably better to sterze the milk
IMPROVED METHOD OF USING DISINfECr-
ANTS-Dr Breslauer. In "A foreign mencai I'"'.e-
reports an exhaustive examination OF VARIOUS ".
nfectants such carbolic acid corros''" suo"-
mate boric acid nitrate OF silver, etc IN coino"'
ton with oil vasene, fat. lanolin-anhyor'o'"
Ianolin and ungientum eniens The degree "i am"
septic power proves. he says 10 be remarNa''' W.
huenced by the diluent employed. ana IN an ''.''
,,a hae, ,ntIsantlc results were obtained WIN ois
nfectants in combination with lanoln or "nsuen-
MN leniens Experiments mentioned In WHICH,
with ) per cent of carbolic acid IN Nafonn 1or
,ances II was found that the microbe OF bois' tor
ssianc survived immersion in carbozed oil Tor
three days. I'm carboized Vasellhr Oh. "1s, ,rs ,r
ianolin thirty minutes, and I'm unguentum Iehiens
twenty minutes. similar results being ALSO ~
with other bacteria and other dislntectants;; ~
n,n,r,ents therefore the disnfectant should oe
used In combination win lan0nn or , ms fa,.
leniens instead OF with OIL vaseline or other is's'
SURGICAL. ARIA surgeon IN on" OF 'he LOT"
don hospitals Is credited with having lateN per-
formed one Of the most remarkable operations On
record 1t seems that months since young
man without a nose asked the authorities Az inc
f,barine Cross Hospital whether they could obtain
a real nose for him. TO oblige the applicant an
amputated finger of another patient was graft"
on 10 his face but it was found that the anpu'auo"
had caused the finger TO die. The noseisss man.
nothing daunted, then agreed to the surgeons sus-
gestion that one OF his own 'the patent III, -
Should be of to furnish the nasal oisdi ~"
do ,hat tho finger should not be wasted IN the
event OF the operation being unsucc"ssl,, ~. ~
tents arm ncased in plaster am ~, j., 'v vhs
hope OF It's taking root THIS II did ne nns.i 80
then taken off tho hand and now remains nxeu 40
nose has been manipulated so tiiai ,roce.s
longer TO b. recognized AS II "isei' anu '"'
of shaping It Is going on
SURGICAL, VALUE OF PEAT.-1t Is thought
that peat wool is destined 10 play an Important
part In army and veterinary surgery, " oe"e'
when suppuration has set in a desirable suosu-
into for all other materials such lint and alb
sorhent cotton while its is only about nan
that of ordinary cotton wadding: 1t apsoros ni"o
times its own weight in moisture anu g. a., III III
same time II Is an admirabl. ailtlsfp., ,hat
the French Government Is SAID 70 nav s,,a ,bbou
It for use in the French Army. some t", nv Ma
gascar for that purpose during tne Iste 49, -. =.
ton to that island Even the dust given s1or on ar u
/ utilized forming a most effective deodotiIer an"
disinfectant.
THE HUMAN VOICE.-An inquiry having re-
contlv been instituted in London as to the great
s, d,s,onca If which A mans voice could he
h.ard without telephone means, II appears that
eighteen miles is reported the longest distance
on record at which mans voice has been heard
this as related. having occurred III the 'raho
CANYON of Colorado. where one man shouted inc
name Bob at one end. ana MS voice ~ns p,aun,y
heard at the other end, some eighteen miles away
IIautenant Foster on Parry's third Arctic expe-
dition found that he could converse with man man
across The harbor of Port Bowen. about one mile
and a uu arter distant; and Sir John Franklin sald
that he conversed with ease az "A dstance OF
Gibraltar the human voice has been heard AT
distance OF ten miles