New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-11
MEDICAL AND SANITARY NOTES.

GEOGRAPHICAL HEALTH TEMPERATURES
In recent paper Some Climatic Features OF tho
Arid Region" hy Mr. Moore chief o, the United
States Weather Bureau. ;he opinion is expressed
that the Ideal climate. regards equality OF
perature and absence OF moisture does not exist in
the United States Such climate. he says Is found
only on the plateaus OF the tropics as for example
at Santa Fe do Bogota. IN Colombia. where the
average annual temperature IS about 80 degrees but
the Southeastern par. OF the United States has the
nearest approach TO this idea! temperature. for even
In the Southwest the range OF variation IS too great,
and the rainfall reaches from nothing TO n poin,
greater than is to be found in the Eastern or Ma
die States. Ranges OF temperature. Mr.. Moore re-
marks depend upon the drynesa and c.earness OF ths
ture OF tho great Southwest Is high tho real degree
Of heat as felt by animal lie is indicated by tho
common thermometer but by mercurinl thcrmome-
ter. the bulb OF which Is wet AZ the time OF the OBJ
persurc Of evapora;ion the sensible ,emperatp
and nearly than can otherwise be irdica ed,
plains east OF the Rocky Mountain foothills have an
average summer temperature OF from CJ degree. on
The Daytime heat in the arid regions seems exces,
sive. II is not really so. owing 10 the extreme dry
radiation at night 10 great that the temperature
is made tolersbe. and. indeed. comfortable.
CEREBRAL NERVOUS IMPRESS ONs The re.
searches and experiments OF Messrs. Broca and
Richet specialists in this line havc led them TO the
Interesting conclusion that the cerebral nervous sys-
TEN Is really Incapable % perceving more than tho
average OF ten separate Impressions per second The
mental phenomena In this case shows that after
each excaton OF the nerves period OF inertia fol-
lows. lasting about one-tenth OF second and dur
ing this brief period no new appreciable impress
SION, ,hey declare can possibly be made. Further.
thoritics. an individual make more than ten
or a, most r,I dozen separate voluntary movements
or any KIND or nature In second although the
muscles. Independently OF the VIII are capable OF
making as many as thirty or forty.
SCHOOL CHILDREN's EYEsIGHr-A p.r.,,,
professional Endorsement Is accorded views .x
pressed by Professor Airport, Of the UnIvers,,v .,
Minnesota. on some Of the means ut pres.nt re
Quired to protect the eyesight OF children He as
serts that primarily IN the structure Of n school
building few obstacles TO vision Ms NAV bo
should be permitted: ample illumination. whether
natural or artificial. should be had from the left
side Of the desks: tho desks themselves should be
Of such sizes as to permit the pupils feet to rest
VT with comfortable s backs and slightly slanting tops.
to render sight easy without the close approxma
ton OF books; the blackboards, maps, ETC. should
Of handwriting. less irksome to tho eye than slant
Ing characters should be taught and frequent
be secured so avoid continuous %ork Of one
Nna rns SC %. rho%d
notification to parents Of discovered defects r ..
Quiring attention from competent authority.
FOOD FOR TYPHOID PATIENrs-After +.
long experience with typhoid patients. DR.. Ussery
Of St. Louis maintains that the best food for them
Is the banana He explains by stating that in this
disease the lining membrane OF the small intestnes
becomes intensely nham~d and engorged. even
| tually beginning to slough away In spots. leaving
wel-dehned ulcers. at which places tho intestinal
walls become dangerously thin. Now a solid food
| II taken into the stomach. Is likely to produce
perforaton OF the intestines. dire results aturally
| following: and this being the case solid foods. or
those containing large amount Of nutritious
| substances. are to be avoided a dangerous But
the banana. though IL may be classed a solid food
containing as II does some IS per cent. nutrition
does not possess suiicient waste to irritate the
sore spots; nearly the whole amount taken into the
strength than can be obtained from other food