The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02

mold was prepared in plaster in seventeen
principal parts, and a thin shell OF copper
was deposited on these by the electroiyuc
process. the various pieces being afterward
Joined by soldering into five main sections
for shipment. and these sections peing
finally placed upon a timber framework
and fastened together by screws. Inc
Observation-Disclosures Work was done IN
Milan, sufficient current being supplied by
a dynamo and a five-horse-power gas en-
CINE.
A mysterious disease Of fowls. which ap-
peared in Rome some months ago and has
had a mortality of 50 per cent. has been
investigated by DR.. Salverio Santori. The
result has been the isolation of a new
micro-organism which belongs 10 the class
of Observation-Disclosures bacteria. a class
rarely associated with disease. The spien-
did red color is elaborated only IN the air
Fahrenheit. although the organism grows
abundantly under other conditions. The MI
crobe is very virulent when subcutaneous-
ly Injected. but quickly loses It's power In
artificial cultures. although its virulence
may be preserved on silk threads that
have been soaked In, the cultures and dried.
Gradually increasing doses of the toxine
gave no immunity.
Observation-Disclosures, which is found 10
have existed in the majority of mankind
from the earliest times. is traced by DIR.
D. CT. Brinton TO the erect posture. The
apes most resembling man are ambidex-
trous. displaying no preference for either
hand. but the erect posture oppose the
powerful retardation Of gravity to the dis
tribution of the arterial blood above the
level of the heart and thus introduces a
new distribution of force in the economy.
The great arteries arising from the aorta
carry the blood in ar aDDreciably shorter
course, and in less time. to the left brain
than to the right. It's nutrition being
ity the more active. the right side of the
body, which it controls. is more ready TO
respond to any nerve stimulus
The air of badly ventilated rubber fac
tories becomes so charged with carbon BIZ
sulphide-an exceedingly volatile solvent
as to give rise to peculiar symptoms of
poisoning. In three patients lately shown
in Germany by DR.. Stadelmann giddiness.
headache, tremors. drowsiness. loss of en-
ergy and gradual impairment OF vision APP.
peared after work for a few weeks in this
atmosphere. One patient became affected
with yellow sight and cloudiness of vision,
and also with painful contraction of the
muscles and diHiculty in standing and
walking. Another suffered from stammer-
ing and fear of walking in the dark, with
loss of sensation in certain portions of the
skin These cases are not very numerous,
but may be very serious and even result
in insanity. so that DR.. Stadelmann believes
special regulations to be very necessary
for rubber factories.
1t is now known that no place is free
from earth movements of various kinds.
which may be recorded IL not felt. Prof.
John Milne and other seismologists pro-
pose an earthquake survey of the world,
which would show interesting facts con-
corning local but which would
have for its chief object the measuring of
the rate of propagation of earthquake mo-
.tion through the crust of the earth, or
possibly through it's interior. This would
be effected by a study of the time records
of disturbances originating some thou
sands of miles away. or even,as in one
knnyrn nCfanNQ a r 0Cf-n the nnnOGlfa
side of the globe. 1t is suggested that fif-
teen observatories be established. and
these. if suitably located for observing the
great EARTHQUAKES. would nearly all be in
the United States or British colonies, and
about 1000 miles or multiples OF 1900 miles
| distant. The three earthquake districts
are the South American coast. Japan and
the Philippines, and Himalaya and Central
Asia.
A novel remedy for s-easickness has been
| communicated by Mr.. Thomas Moy, to
| knowledge. He finds the vessel to have
three kinds of motion: A rising and fall
ing motion of the entire vessel: an oscil-
latory motion longitudinally about it's GEN.
ter of gravity. and a transverse rolling
| motion. He supposes the longitudinal mo-
tons to have a tendency to drive matter
c~entrifugally toward the head and stern.
to drive matter outward from the center of
! such motions. The entrance to the stom-
ach is on the left side or the body. the
esopha gus end, and the exit is on the right
side. the Dvloric orifice: and his experi-
ment consisted in utilizing the longitudinal
motions so as TO keep the food in the stom-
| ach and the rolling motions so as 10 assist
the natural operations of the esophagus IN
| propelling the food toward the Tloric ORR
flee. This he effected by lying upon his
left side. with his head toward the engine
room. on a couch arrange on n line with
the keel. With a suitable berth, the ey-
pertinent has been invariably successful.
but ii cannot be carried out with berths
arranged athwart ship.