New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-05
MEDICAL AND SANITARY NOTES.

CLIMATE AND HEALTH.-The relations OF eli
maize to health as commonly regarded says DIT
Luigi Sanion. of Rome are enormously viewed
lie demonstrates vigorously against the idea that
a cold and variable climate is the most conducive
to the physical and intellectual improvement OF the
human race: that while Northern climates may
produce siawart frames. statistics show that tn.y
do not favor longevity In proof OF his position me
doctor cites the fact that the average Arab outSts
the average Esqumau by not less than twenty-,ivc
years: he shows too. that the people who live
along the unhcalthfu coasts OF 'cntrai ana SOUTH
cooler attitudes OF the Interior The Hindoos. too
who often reach puberty as carry az NM sr''
Sov,bern countries of Europe are found to live
much longer than those Of the Northern latitudes'
PURITY OF STORED WATERS.-ln discussing
the subject of animal and vegetable CROWNS IN
waters and their effect In causing decomposition
the American Watcrworks Association has come to
the conclusion that 1t is better 10 exclude suhhsh'
from waters of exceptional purity. whe'hc' o'
tanned By filtration or AS natural attribute VI nv
water An example Is furnished by the CHI! OF De"
yer where the water Is taken from underground
galleries thirty feet below the surface 10 redc"
which tho water must first pcrcolae through nens
of sand When trouble was first experencsu o 'o,'
offensive growth In the storage nrsn, lining mate
rals such as asphalt concrete EARN. nine lied
cre,e ana sccens upon the growth OF the offensive
vegetable matter Experiments IN aa ooii, 4, was
trie
fmnd best to roof the reservoirs quite Openly ny
framing and laying inch boards anon' one anu udc
he boards are laid north and south with goon
feet hut when laid east and west tne aisa 49,
r." iii his being attributed 10 the trave OF ,ne
sunlight With the boards four feet from one
ncSes wide the algr would not grow but would II
the boards were one foot aboVe'the "a'e''
FACTS IN REGARD TO APrEND1riT1S.-Ihe
McR In THE llOnOO!
Medical News" that there really is 10 meocd' ou
| to- annerdciiis even though some cases recover
r,,,hout operation; ne considers too mat unous"
anpendicitis is a surgical disease. yet opera''o" map
NOT he necessary in every case. the TACT peihs ih
| this ailment is "A stoppaGe OF the drainage h'"
| ,be appendix to the colon. and preliminary treat
| rnent is often worse than useless Thus the opium
,roa,men. relieves pa and discomfort. but entirety
masks the symptoms at a most impor,an, ttne, ioi
! /, is in the first tweutyfour hours from me pesIn.
nniv 9s r. the diagnosis but as 10 the iosul; and
course probably Of the case w. lot lns,aao '".r
patient is not In immediate danger kePt al per'
feet res, in he'd on ne Other nanG IN VI
the symptoms the patient should begin 10 improve
creased cree: in twelve hours from the lime when II,
diagnosis was made an cpeIaton ns W. &c snr,
| 10 have third and each attack renders operation
more difficult and dangerous: all The ADVANTAGES III
with operation between the attacks. ana IN al
operation during an acute attack the prognosls Il
worse
! INVENTIVE ART IN PHAllMACY.-The ALLEGED
! discovery, by Austrian chemist. OF 2 method o.
| producing true camphor instead Of tho so-calet
| artificial camphor or hydrochlorinated terpene
! made BY passing hydrochorc acid through tur
pen.ine until the saturaion OF the latter. is o
special interest pharmacists In this case. HI
produces rst bydrochlorlc acid gas by the chemica
combination OF sea salt and suphur!c acll unde
a SLOW heat and then renders iurpontinc anhydrou
adding CHORD" OF calcium. Inc gas IS incI
passed through the turpentine-boih being coole'
during the passage by some refriecrating agent
until Inc latter Is saturated. TIC product is ylro
chlorinaied tcrpere or artihcias cmphor so-callcd
in crystals. which arc reerystaliized with benzln
or washed with +cohol one part OF lime is th"l
added to three of crystals and the mixture di:,
tiled, producing camphene with chloride of cal
with nitric acid under moderate heat.
FATALITY FROM ANHsTBEsIA-The consen
Gus of opinion among European physicians Of emf
nencc ar 10 the comparative fatality attending tn
use OF chloroiorm ard ether. and the specific char
acterlsics OF each. in practice. may be espresso,
thus: First-The use OF any aneshesa Is ATTENDED
with an appreciate risk. and care Will proven
an occasional loss Of life. Second-Chloroform act
much more promptly and much more powerfully
The heart Thrd-The action OF chioroform Is nue. ic
eapas 'l" ca nai OF
either by primarily ariestng the respiration or b.
RESPIRATION and cardiac functions abolished a
! or about the same time. Eifth-Ether usually act
very much more powerfully upon the rc,plra tio
| han upon the circulation, though occasionally an
especially when the hear. Is feeble ether Is carabl
! OF acting as q cardiac paralyzant. and may proiuc
death by cardiac arrest at time when he respira
I IONS arc fully maintained. Sx;h-Chloroform kills
as near as can be made out. proporonately. four o
Ave times as frequently does ether 1t Is regard
, cd finally as doubtful whether oDc-hud Of IN
deaths from arastnesta arc reported
MEAsuR RING BLOOD PJl1.sATroNs.-Tbe unlou
| instrument lately invented by Mcsso for measuring
and registering the strength OF the blood pulsaton
| In the human body has led to some interesting ex
pcriments by practical investigators. as reported II
| The Physiological! Review" The instrument: II