New-York tribune., 1897-08-16
MEDICAL AND SANITARY NOTES.

NrTRO.GLYCERINE IN ANGINA PEcTORIs-
A valuable paper on this subject has been con-
tributed by Dr. Schott. Of Nauhem, to one OF the
German medical Journals He has found that u
acts best in the pure angiospastic forms o' the AZ,
ment well in cardiac pain due 10 aor"o
aneursm. and is often OF no use at ali IN 'he p'ie
motor neuroses Of tho heart. Its action on oiher-
ent persons can never be predicted. II toxic symp'
toms appear nfter a small dose II is best 70 discon
inue the drug altogether put no snsn Se given
safely The substance acts with surprising auscx..
two or three minutcs DR. Schott also states that
1t is generally necessary when several srnaIi aor %
are without effect. to give larger doses IN so me
cases single large dose acts best ana II , IS cer,sn %
be given as single dose.
SOME TESTED POINTS IN DIET.-The fat
that milk has become extremely popular with all
classes OF physicians OF late years IL emphasized by
writer In The North American Review.
Formerly a fever patient forbidden TO take the
article while in modern practice Il is about the only
food allowed. and a wenigh exclusive diet OF that
lquid is said TO be very eficaclous in diabetes. AZ
the German spas Carlsbad. Wlesbaden. etc. a very
little bread is allowed, the diet being mostly
made up OF milk sggs grapes ana lean, ,ean 1ee, ,s1.a
hes and cereals being amos, eAcruded. Rice is
easily digested and excellen, food. except that
dgested in the first stomach. but they nave large
be ABSORBED and assimated as soon as Tho
food elements in bread and cereals have % undergo
passed on to the Inestnes FOR still further chem
ical change before oeine OF use 70 the human ~.
tenn. showing the advantage Of diet OF lean meats
and fruits
"a TERRIBLE HEREDrTY.-A special study OF
hereditary drunkenness has been made by Profess
sor Pemann. OF Bonn University. Germany HIS
method was to take certain individual cases gen
Grafton two back. He thus traced the careers OF
, children grandchildren and great-gra ndchldren In
all parts OF the present German Empire until he
able present tabula,ed biographies OF tho
hundreds descended from some original drunkard.
Notable among the persons described by Professor
Pelmann is Frau Ada Jurke. who was born In llD,
ana was drunkard hief ana & ram2 2 i0r % ,sm sme
Iicr descendants numbered S3, OF whom 20 were
traced in local records from youth TO death one one
lock. There were u, beggars and 6? more who lived
rom cnhry hrr were or s N S TDNen am " e convc
whom were sentenced for murder In period ot
a Bin Of costs in alrnshouses prisons and correc-
tional institutions amounting TO at least 10000
marks. or about $1,000
sALICYI.ATEs AND RHEUMATIsM.-Dr. T. X.
Baker. a prominent Kentucky physician. who has
made this subject one OF extensive study states
I'm a publicly read communication that he does NOT
remember OF ever having seen the slightest beneht
result from the salicylates unless ;he muscular
trouble was complicated wiki Joint affections. His
general conclusions that in acute cases. tho
salicylates will cure a larger number In fewer days
than any other known mode OF treatment; in chronic
cases the sacyatos are unquestonaoiy service
able either alone In combination with other
drugs: while the salicyla,es neither prevent nor
senng the number Of days he patient is exposed.
they certainly do not produce or aggravate such
lapses are not so frequent as IN other m~:"s pro-
vided the administration Of the drug is not suspend
ed TOO suddenly after the cessation OF tne pyrexa
and articular symptoms As from 20 10 o. per cent
of all Of rheumatIstI nre attended by cardiac
complications the proper protection Of the neart Is
of first importance
CONDITIONS FAvORING CONSUMPTION.-In
its annual report the state Board OF Health OF
Massachusetts, cites one OF the chief conditions
ravora bic the production Of consumption the con-
tinuous and habtual breathing of unrenewed air
Consequently. in workshops. factories. schoolrooms
public buildings, halls. churches and the inhabited
apartments of dwellings and tenement houses. the
absence of adequate means of ventilation favors
the spread OF consumption. Another fact leading
he house is' stands and dampness Of the immediate
neighborhood and the OCCUPANCY as living or sleep
has a. smiIor effect ovsrcrowdng in dwellings, in
factories and in work shops. where men and women
work for several hours each day. tends TO spread the
IN fact eS0 N during
period OF two recent decade. shoW ,hs deaths from
pared with those IN sparsely settled districts OF the
former to 727 In the latter. Dust is another I'm
rortant factor in the case; and an interesting
General In England for successive wears show that
fishermen. who are of all classes least exposed
TO dust inhalation, are comparatively exempt from
consumption
"Rlforma Medca" DR.. Tansini of Palermo. de-
scribes his method Of extrpating cancer OF the
breast-a method. he asserts. which will prevent
future relapses He makes a pear-snaped incison.
the large end embracing the breast and the small
end terminating in couple of ncisions meeting
at the axilla After the tumor is removed with the
pectOralis major he makes similar incision In
the open space in the breast The Flap cut in the
back is raised except at the small end, which which
and il IS then applied TO the open space in front.
twisting E o % TO & 5rnf edsns aqo IN lrsd rr91
and the edges of the wound in the back are pulled
onr To- "h tho aiso ascv Of e the can skn cope Of
liberating incisons being made If necessary.
CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGES.-The results
OF consanguineous marriages have been differently
regarded by various authors OF note. Esquro at
tributed to them predspositon TO insanity among
the descendants Meniere asserts that in the ma
jority of cases deaf mutes owe their infrmity 10
the ties OF relationship between their parents
Lucas thinks that these marriages are a cause OF
degeneration In the human race. producing mental
br,ich states that consanguinty is frequently the
cause Of psmentary retnitis among the descend
which may produce albinsm; on the other hand.
selves in favor Of such marriages. and assert that
they are not at all Injurious: and that generally
treine opinions. 1t is perhaps not astonishing that
there are 10 De & oa nrm tSat 1 Se noraga are
productive Of both good and evil results dependns
on whether or not any constitutional ulsedse aieCs
either party.
! DISCUSSION AS TO CONTEMPORARIES
discussion before the Chirurgical Society Of
Louisville Ky. epidemic scarlet fever, a doubt
was expressed by some Of the speakers as TO scar.
let fever being contagious disease. in the sense
! that measles. smallpox. etc, are really OF that
/ character that s transmssible by personal con-
' tact As against the usually prevailing opinion.
the statement was made that II Is the exception
/ and the rule more than one case or scar
let fever develop in the same family but It's infec-
/ character IL made manifest by the fact that,
| or there being a of the disease in house and
the latter be then vacated without fumigdtion. X
! ,ii, inf, IN af ri he