New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-19
MEDICAL AND SANITARY NOTES.

CONSUMPTIVES' SANITARTA-TheC omte con-
sultatif Francois dIIygene Pubiique has fornany
approved the following regulations. drawn by NJ
Meter. for the sani;ara Of consumptives: First
sanitarIa should be built upon elevated sites, sur
rounded by cultivated grounds and parks, these
making boundary between the pubic ana 'he
patients who should contne themselves WITHIN us
limits az much possible; second. each establish
ment should be provided with "A steam apparatus lot
the purpose Of dslnfectiOn. through which AL me
BODY and bed linen ana clothing should De ptssei
before being washed third. rooms should be dslh-
new natients and ali floors 81 )uld covered with
linoleum; fourth all the eXcreta ana de]ect@ Sno f
fifth patients must be prohibited. urder all circum-
stances from practising expectqrS'iSn cb rs
and these must be scrupulously disnfected every
day.
THE NEW TIRE ATMENT. Some alditionalreports
have been made to the French Academy OF Sciences
Of results in the treatment Of patients by means OF
high. frequently alternating currents OF e'ec'Ic1'!
ge1lerated by Induction. Tho accounts state that
the general health OF the patients seemed 20 De
benefically Influenced and from day TO day the fol-
lowing symptomatc improvements, making allow
ance for the slight differences Of each particular
case were noted: Restoration OF their strength re-
turn of appetite and sleep increased cheeri ILL.,,
and energy for work. the quoting of nervous symP
toms more I'm walking. etc: subsequently loci
were gradually amended thus patient VINO mao
been reduced TO complete p2were' nbo had b~sn
tbroeh sborn and longcontnuei pains deprived of
the control Of her hand completely tn~ use
sugar diminished considerably. even 70 the eXtent OF
Disappearing altogether after A certain hu"'oTr o.
trials without any other treatment
BRAIN DISTINCTION OF MAN.-Some facts OF
special note according 10 Dr. Brnton- were deVel-
oped ny Professor Ranke in a communication MADE
by him to the German Anthropologtca Society AZ us
last meeting in respect the relative weights o.
,,a hr.ir and
mace to the fact that man has really not the heaV-
est brain in the animal world the whale anh ne i
ccph ant having heaXsr nor mas as ne me- vi snns birds
also various small apes, as wei as the moe haVlns
r. notce nv Ranko is briefly that the weight OF the
human IS much greater in proportion 10 the welsHt
thcrsforo constituting an anatomical distinction in
man strongly contrasting him with all other amman
forms.
SAND BATIS-At the reunion recently OF Swiss
physicians held at Ouchy, Dr.. Suchard read paper
on the sand BATH showing that invalids have been
completely or partially cured by sand heated TO Il
temperature varying, according to the case. from
fortv-five to sixty five degrees cen;igrade The sand
II appears containing air between its particles ana
being bal conductor of heat. transmits 1t In gen
tie and almost insensible manner; perspration Is
favored up to a point where the patient may lose
two quarts of liquid IN one sand bath, and by this
evaporation an invalid may support continued high
telnperature without the actual temperature OF the
body rising more than few degr~es. this. too.
without fear of heart affections. II care be taken 10
put hot sand the feet at The outset Or. Suchard
states that the number Of ailments that may De
thus treated considerable and especially bene-
@ IN Gnre" crr or rdvd bS o:a or sencrs
b4ths The most remark ible success has attended
nervous system. also csrtiac ard digestive arec-
tons and similarly favorable statements are made
joins ''''' WV
al
Journal for Yorkshire and the adjoining counties.
England Dr c. Chaplain gives an interesting ac
count Of a case In which this abrormaty was well
marked The patient wis female with right hemi-
Ie pia who had taught herself 10 write WITH her left
hand At first she dd the writing mirrorwise that
IS from right left; then. having gone TO school.
she began to write the usual way, and. sometimes
forgetting che would write line mirrOrwise and
the next in the ordinary way the style IN which
archaic Greek manuscripts written. Many per
sons practise mrrow writing the present day. for
the purpose of thus pennins postal cards Tor me
writing Is illcrble unless held up 10 mirror. IL VIII
be found comparatively easy 70 do the iett NAM Is
used AID still easier II icth hands are used smut
tancously. and many markedly lefi-hande-l person"
do 1t naturally.
CHEMICAL RESULT OF BOILING MILK
Chemists tell us that the effect OF boiling milk is to
Kill all the living cells and TO coaGuiate all the al
buminoh constituents. After boiling. 1t Is thicker
than before The physiological results are that all
II can be absorbed into the system therefore, there
IS "A distinct loss Of utility in the milk, because the
living cells OF fresh milk do not enter the circulation
direct as living protoplasm and build up the tissues
direct as they would do in fresh. unboleI milk. In
practice. the fact has been noticed by the medical
profession generally that there IL very distinctly
appreciabe lowered vitality In infants which fed
on boiled milk the explanation or THIS being tlat the
process OF absorption Ia more delayed and the guam
fity Of milk that Ii required IL distinctly dig"r Tor
thn same amount OF growth AMI nourishnrnt or tho
child than is the when fresh milk IL used
EXCLUSION or 81 Might FROM AFFECTED
SKINS An account is published by "a Copenhagen
physician Of some experiments In excluding the
actinlc rays OF sunlight from smallpox patients TO
prevent suppuraton and pittng. Ii Is remarked
that the treatment should be- commenced early
AS possible that the chemical rays should be care
fully shut out by window glass OF deep red color
or by very thick curtains. that the patient may
safely Use weak candr light when taking his meals.
ard that natural daylight must not be admitted
until the Veslcles have dried up. This treatment
doe. not interfere with any Oth.r that may he con
.ilerel necessary. The fact Is noted that in several
n SEES ~ unVaccinated children surrering from small
box one ply stefan at first sceptical as 10 the nlu-
,ncc OF the red light surprised at the favorable
courss of the disease As the vesicles did not sup
pirate there was no secondary fever. and 10 per-
mAnent p!ttng resulted