Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-08-24
MEDICAL NOTES.
Cures for Consumption and Insanity
Wrinkle in Dentistry.


WRINKLE in Dentistry.
Another cure for consumption
is announced. NJ. G.. Scarpa, of
Turin, claims to have succeeded
in the treatment of cavities in
consumptive patients by injecting
into their interior solutions of
pure ichthyol in sterilised water,
from one to Is per cent. The in
strument used is a syringe, con-
tanning 10 or II cubic centimetres,
fitted with several fine needles,
which he passes between the ribs
at the spot where the cavity lies.
These injections are repeated
twice a week, first with veal; @u-
lutions, of which only gramme
is used, and then with stronger
solutions, of which the dose is
gradually raised to II, 10, 20, and
even Is cubic centimetres. When
this is done, the patient should
remain quietly in q recumbent
position for a while, and check so
far as possible all desire to cough.
The injection is generally follow
ed by a moderate rise of tempera
ture that does not last, and gives
rise to abundant expectoration.
The result of the treatment shows
itself after ten or twenty injections
by progressive decrease i'll the eX.
pectoration, the number OF bacilli
is less, the night sweats and fever
diminish, appetite and strength
return, and tue physical signs i'm
prove.
REPORTED CURE FOR INSANITY.
A New York telegram says that
a wonderful discovery is reported
to have been made by DIR. War
rem Babcock, the head of the st.
Lawrence State Hospital, viz, the
cure under certain conditions OF
acute delirious mania. The pa
tent suffering from this form of
insanity is submitted to an opera
ton in the lumbar region, pune
ture being made and a certain
quantity of cerebro-spinal fluid
Withdrawn. The puncture is made
between the first and second lum-
bar vertebr@, and the fluid thus
obtained is stained by aniline
dyes to show the presence OF bac-
terra, which are easily discovered.
These have been found to be the
common germ of croupous pneu-
monia, showing the delirium to
be due to the action on the nerve
centres of the brain. The germs
occur singly as "a rule, and as no
other germs resemble these, 1t has,
therefore, been considered unlike
ly that mistake has been made.
BY way of test, rabbit was in
fected with these germs, and
developed the expected symptoms,
and also the watery fluid which
was drained from the spinal
column, this being done in twenty
two cases. This latter operation,
it was also found, resulted in the
cure of both paralysis and paresis.
These had an ounce and half OF
the fluid drained from the spine,
but four ounces were drawn from
the insane patients, still leaving
the normal quantity and giving
relief. Hitherto any Interference
with the spinal matter meant
death. The pressure of this fluid
on the brain caused insanity, and
its character of acute mania9be-
ing thus changed TO apparent
mental disorder, depends on the
action of the germ being simply a
physical disease with mental COM
plement.
TRANSFORMATION OF TEETH.
Mr.. Scott Thomson, in a COM
munication to the Journal of the
British Dental Association, says:
I'm December 1874 l extracted
two upper lateral incisors from
the mouth of boy in order to re-
lieve an overcrowded state OF the
teeth. These were inserted in
about half an hour into sockets Of
similar teeth removed from the
mother for carries. The import
ance of removing the pulps Of
transplanted teeth was not at that
time recognized and was not car
ried out in this case. Twelve
months subsequently an alveolar
abscess occurred in connection
with the left lateral incisor, which