New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-17
MEDICAL AND SANITARY NOTES.

INTERESTING FRENCH EXPERIMENTs.-A
valuable communication has been made py NJ
dArsonval to the socie,e Incrnatonale des Elec-
tr'ciers concerning the therapeutic and physioogi-
cal effects Of high frequency currents. his expert
mems showing the powerful inductive effects oo-
tainaDle with these currents. a striking instance
consisting in the placing OF three lamps In tension
ana allowing the current TO pass through the body
These currents cause sensations, and a man
placed In n circuit does not feel that he Is trav-
ersed by the currents which brilliantly illuminate
the lamps The principal results OF this clectri-
or neat; and subject who. under ordinary CON
OF carbonic acid per hour throws off thirty-seven
Itres after having been submitted to this action
upon the surface OF the body. but also profoundly
upon the Interior. All hese results have been oh;
by specialists in this line to arrive at a direct
rH@imsnt for The Interior Of The bodies Of hose
ments to this end are In progress.
MENTAL EFFECTS OF HASHISH.-The reports
OF the asylum at Cairo az to the native patients
there, exhibiting the nature Of the mental disturb
ance associated with the excessive use OF hashish.
show some remarkable facts 1t appears that in Al
per cent Of all the male patients hashish alone or
In combination with alcohol caused the mental
symptoms. while this the with only per
cent OF the females AS 10 whether there Is n spe-
cial recognizable form OF mental disturbance pro-
Is the chief. II not the only. cause Of such mental
lhtoxicntion-that IL. an elated and reckless swag
gering state. with optical Illusions and hnllucinn
sanity involving terrifying Authorizations restless
ness sleeplessness incohercnce and exhaustion:
again this Kind OF insanity takes on the form Of
weak mindedness. the patients being quiet and
well-behaved but overtakatvc, easily pleased. X
citable about small things and unconccrned as 10
the future
BENEFITS OF OLIVE OII~-Medical authorities
arc generally agreed to the value Of olive oil
incidentally. finding IT also potent agent for any
defects Of the excrctory ducts, especially the skin:
eczema has rapidly disappeared upon a discontinue
ance of starch foods and the substitution Of a diet
Of fresh and dried fruits milk eggs and olive oil
The beneficial effects OF the latter when thus
taken in conjunction with a fruit diet have fire.
quently been remarked In respect to the hair nails
and scalp quickly clearing the latter of scurf and
supplying TO the sebacious glands the oily sub
stance which they secretc when In n healthy
dition. and the absence of which is the cause OF
debility OF the hair. frequently ending badness
1t has long been observed that those who treat
olive oil as common article of food. and use il as
tion than those who do not. and its Therapeutic
and prophylactic properties are very favorably re-
strucive 10 certain forms of micro-organc NE and
for the eradication OF such from the system It's
internal use has been successfully resorted TO.
A COMMON DANGER-A service has been done
TO women generally By Or. G. A. Wood OF Chicago
in tests made by him with systematic TO deter
mine the danger. II any In the wearing OF wells.
For this purpose he selected dozen typical spec.-
mems of the article and applied the ordinary tests
Of ability to read while wearing them; and these
tests showed that every description Of veil affects
more or less the ability 10 zee distinctly. both In
the distance and near at hand. the most objection
able' being the dotted sort. Other things being
equal vision is nterfered with In direct proportion
to the number of meshes per square inch, and the
texture Of the material also plays an important
part in the matter. Thus. when the sides Of the
mesh are single, compact threads, the eye Is much
less embarrassed than when double threads are
used. the least Objectionable veil. on the whole,
being that which Is without dots sprays or other
figures, but with large and regular meshes made
with single and compact threads. DR. Wood per.
tinently remarks that. while eve troubles do rot
necessarily result from wearing veils-for the
healthy eye is as able any other part OF the body
TO resist legitimate strain-weak eyes are injured
by them
FOOD AS AFFECTED BY sEWAGE-Among
the most important results OF Investigations
in this direction Is the statement that AMI
mails fed on sewage farms under GER
tain conditions. liable to have their flesh and
secretlons changed IN character by the herbs
and grasses-produced by the sewagc-upon which
they feed If the age a given farm be so man
aged that no more OF 1t be put into the soil than
any given crop adequately deal with. 1t IL as
serted that the crop WILL under these conditions, he
sweet and natural, and that the cattle or other
animals fed 1t Will also be sweet and natural
pletion with sewage then the crops will be sur
charged with sewage elements and unht for FOOD;
crops will also be like the crops, and unpleasant to
the tasto well as dangerous to the health. The
consistency of these hospital statements Is made
evident By the well-known fact that If COW Is
hours taste OF turnips the intensity OF the turnp
flavor being the measure Of the quantity OF turnlps
result follows if hens are fed on decayins matter,
which they will eat greedily; both their eggs ana
flesh will be disagreeable ana unwAol.some eatinS
ing for, being unClcan feeders, an abundance OF
food SO that their flesh IL most pungent to the
taste and. to many persons, a source Of disorder
CLASSIFICATION OF BACTERIA-Cur
enough remarks a recent authority OF English
rcputo the little organisms popularity known as
microbes are now classified. almost without ques-
,ion-ani contrary TO the claims put forth by zooo-
gists-among the simplest OF the plant forms and az
near relatives OF the alge. The most common form Is
rod-shaped. though others SPIRAL spherical and
egg shaped. In size they vary considerably, some
OF the larger being 2O25,OOp Of an inch long,
The mnuieness Of one class IL marked that fifteen
hundred Of them placed end to end will hardly reach
TO observe them ana their workings
Even then. the litte bodies are almost trans
with come dye 10 render them something more than
shadowy and indistinct; Some, however m9ssed
ing, and the phosphorescent lights scen In many
are believed to be produced by immense numbers
OF masscd bacteria. OthcT kinds have blue or a
greenish tngc and one OF the most striking of all
Is scarlet color observed in the lt,le cells coll
icctci in such large quantities on certain moist
organic substances
TRAVELLING HOSPITALS.-The introduction OF
4 hospital car on the Belgian railroads t. noted by
Consul Morris. Of Client The simple design OF TINS
Is az explained that in the event Of serious raii-
read accident the may be run 10 the spot. wher"
tho wounded may he picked mp and carried to the
nearcs; city for treatment Instead OF being let to
PASS hours In some Wayside station whilc awaiting
surgical attendance. The interior OF this ear Is
divided into a main compartment. corridor on one
e1e and two small rooms at the end The largest
compartment the hospital proper, contains twenty
l.1- ST. eel hos