New-York tribune., 1897-08-04
MEDICAL AND SANITARY NOTES.

p.p,rv OF CONGENITAL TEETH.-The fact
&,a, conxcn,tal teeth are rarely met with Is one
Of the most interesting in physiology IL Is recoioeu
that out of 1853 newborn infants AT 'he runs
Maternity In ten consecutive years ohiy 'h'ee iaa
tea,b or not much moro than one In six thousand
(,,. ~ Ave hundred cases collected by Magitat, In
,.hicb the time of eruption OF the hrst tooth was
noted in only one were there teeth at BIRTH At'er
n close study Of OF this sort by pr. pa"a"-
tyne OF Edinburgh the presence OF sueh 'ee." "'
remarks is likely to have an III erect upon i"c"'
tio, nartly on account Of the imperfect closure OF
the infants mouth and partly by the wounding OF
the mothers nipple; they have probably h'tie OF no
prognostic significance as regards the ooorS os os
USUALLY met with are lower incisors, though SOM, SOM
times upper incisors are seen out NS,I S, ,,netI
are caused by the premature occurrence oi tns
processes which normally lead to the nu'tns neom u.
pete and III developed and likely to be be- more ,nfant OF
an Inconvenience than advantass to the i'ii""''
they are best removed soon after birth.
uyGIENIc POINTS IN FoOTwEAR.-some
practit al considerations in this line are preseneu
nv a recent writer who justly asserts that such Il
,h,ns ss n natural female foot longer exists
the instep has been contracted. the weii-markco
great toe has been so far ohliterated as u 'a
the second one in the lead and the niue 'oe n''
been pinched and squeezed until 1t mas peco"'e
kind OF rudiment supernumerary II Is .e
special development of the great toe 'ha' ehapieS
,,on ~ stand erect and balance himset with
greater case: the further II Is spread foi" '
little one the greater prestige is given 10 the m
dividual because more leverage is gained "hie
The construction of the pontcd toe is caicuaeu ~
des,rov the natural leverage Of the foot conVershs
the little and the great toes TO point IN 'he
natural foot the great toe should continue IN a
straight line from the heel The popular style OF
shoes in vogue induces al'eration 4tG has re-
OF the small muscles of the root Whlcn ma az ~
suited in loss Of the proper eiastlc sup IL, h o
walk of many individuals ana TINS Is suiii'eH' w
lection against them
MEASUREMENT OF THE SKULL-At meet
ing Of the Berlin Anthropological Society Proies-
sor Krause is reported tc have INTRODUCED d"
,mnroved method or system for measuring the con-
tents OF skul!s-an invention by a medicai STUDENT
of the Berlin University. NJ PoI-whch j. P.o-
nounced easier. quicker and withal more rehaoic
than the Older practice. Polls plan is to insert IN
the skull rubber bag of very fine material ana
Gu this with water; of course, this rubber Dag
fills out every nook and crevice OF the skull; anu
Il is easy matter to measure me s,ia Eup hog from
sions afterward by Withdrawing the nlled pas n on,
the skull. inserting il into graGua,ep 'e o sirsne %
leading off the result InS nscitY IS within
that the finding OF the sh"'i '"p">'''
any ones power
ONE OF THE NEW PROCEssES.-The driving
~ foreign substances into animal tissue by means
Of electric currents has been adopted 1t Is known,
with great success in both medical ana oeh'ai
work in these capacities being employed piiii-
cipaly In conjunction with cocaine or some othei
apmSthptc for the purpose OF ltIueiHhS NN
or the tooth be operated upon insensioie 10 pam
that IS the benumbing solution is forced into the
tissue and into the obdurate sehslti'e uei'''
of the tooth. until sensation Whatever Is PosSi
be for the time being in the region under uea.-
,nent Acting upon this idea. it is proposed sini-
1arly to secure the preservation OF meat the pan
be,ne 70 immerse the meat to be preserved IN a 81
per cent solution OF common salt and pass throus"
the whole continuous current of electricity III
+o,r ton 10 twenty hours the sailing is said TO he
.ha mo Is ia
hung up 10 dry. The electrodes in this case mus
% ron M We're used the metal salts formed would be
Injurious.
"C,tJA\GF OF AIR."-This expression to an IN
valid according to a correspondent OF THE London
I,oncet" means something more than Is commonly
srnnlied sonnet thing different. in fact. from changing
ones usual environment. 1t is pointed out that
while the air of health resorts Is comparatively
exempt from disease germs and organic impuri-
ties this is not the whole secret OF the matter
1t is also an interesting question why' Oh 'wo
coast towns only few miles apart ana oo'"
situated at the same height above the sea- one
should have "bracing and the other relaxing
climate As the chemical differences in the air are
.nappreciable the suggestion Is MADE tnat some Va
the innnmerabe harmless micro-organisms anna
which -ye live may be responsible for some OF lhe
mysterious and diverse characteristics or quaiities
of air which. though at present inexphcaoie' pro
foundly affect the health and spirits OF mankind
,ben ZOO the subtle influence of emanations from
the soil. from vegetation, and from other animate
ord ,naniuate objects must he taken into ac-
count Considering the depressing or exhiara'ihs
effect OF many substances chiefly carbon COM
nounds which are introduced into the lungs IN a
yaporized or finely divided state the conclusion Is
that the invisible, airborne substances which may
he 90 effective for good i'll. are manly organic
in their origin 1t is likewise argued ma ha apat'
from the question of the relative purity OF Ihe a.
,nosnhere there is really peculiar virtue IN mere
change similarly as in change OF diet aso snIte ,
decreased therapeutic effect which often results
frcm an altered mode of administering drugs.