New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-16
MEDICAL AND SANITARY NOTES.

view ~ renewing their youth 10 pc cent 81 ih'ir
rear relatives from religious motives, either n
connection with nitaory rites or TO sloTitY deiss
and about per cent feast tor hatred, cxpecinS III
this wav 20 avenge themselves upon lher .neuIi,r o
are rockoned IS y per sent TneIe reme1ns, on
SEWAGE AS AFFECTING FOOD-IryestiEa-
tons y Is docllred show that animals f'd on
sewage farms are. under certain conditions. liable
~ have their flesh and secretions change hY tie
herbs and grasses produced by The sewage, upon
which thoy feed Thus. n the sewag" on given
farm he 50 managed that no more ot T. he put
into the soil than any given crop can 1dequateiy
deal WITH 1t IA asserted that the crop viii. under
these conditions. be sweet and natural. ana that
the cattle or other animals fed on II VIII ais" oe ri
that character. on tho Other hand. II the soil ne
soraod 10 repetion with sewage. then the crops
viii DO surcharged with sewage elements. ana
unit for food-the meat and mix Ct ihiIldis oe-
rived from such erons WI ss 9o u e o The
health. These hospital statements ere proNsu ny
Nips bsy mix w nat thr ~ hours
ike them the intensity OF the havor n'ins % ~
hens and their eggs. like result follows. for. II
fed decayng matter. which they aI",ays eat
able and unwholesome eating Ducks too" are sun
more objectionable in these respects
SPREAD OF TUBERCULOSIS In an official re-
port Dr. Russell tho city health officer ~ Glas-
gov. draws n marked line between tho infcctivity
of tuberculosis and that Of diseases ha arc in'c-
tous in the popular sense that while In al cases
tuberculosis e gained by infection. Il IS not all that
can cause Infection. 1t IS pointed out that III re-
spect TO phthsis which IS the chief form OF tuh'r-
culous disease from which aerial infection can
arise the measures Of prophylaxis may almost No
summed up In individual care to prevent nc 1i is
semination OF dried sputum in dust. ana III 'IiS
general adoption OF inpr0ved uwga''. stS,nlirbt and
free movement of air In fact, inc rish 81 "i. ~
comnunication OF the disease from 'h' SCS !" me
overlooking OF the atmosphere with injected aus
which may be introduced wlln I"on ~ Me ,enor,
is that of the factor Of individual vulnorablV-ihe
removal or me natuta' - anG ne lowered
vitality OF blood and tissue which enables me m
vadns microbe TO prevail in the struggle 'or "a
istence.
EUCAINE THE NEW ANESTHETIC.-The new
artificial alkaloid known by the name or eucains
IL declared in the "Zahnarzu Rundschau' TO be as
efficient as cocaine In inducing local anrsthesia.
and in some respects superior 10 that drug IN denta
practice. Included In IT'S enumerated advantages
Is the important fact that the heart is no way IN
nuenced by 1t. even In extreme cases OF nervous
patients the heartbeats becoming normal ana reg
ular very soon after the injection; the an;esthesa
is more extensive in area and lasts longer thih
that OF cocaine. In some cases the analsssli eAenu
NAV be Injected without trouble. while an equally
safe dose OF cocaine Is but one-sixth OF grain.
thus Of a solution OF one to six and mar. dbOut
i5 rer cent twelve syrngefuls would constitute 4
MAXIMUM dose, though half that quantity would,
render the extraction OF all the teeth painless;
Solutions OF to six aud hall IN steTil il..
water are permanent at the ordinary temperature
Of the room.
BLINDNESS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRlES.-A
series Of statistical articles has appeared in one OF
the Russian medical journals. showing the mum
Der OF blind persons in the different countries or
Europe Some scientists and specialists. while not
doubling the reliability OF the figures or results
thus given. regard them as somewhat remarkable.
Thus OF 302 90 totally blind persons tn Europe not
less than 1872 90 are in Russa-that Is 10 say. one
out OF every go inhabitants Of that land Is blind,
an unfortunate proportion. which. It is believed Is
uneQuaoi by any other country ~ the word. Inc
proportion in France. England. Germany. 1'aly
and Spain IL recorded IS "A itt.c less tnan one 10
every 100 OF the population; ne Hessian Ply
sicians who compiled these statistics "iiTou,e ne
bad hyg!enic state OF peasant NC to- the Intense
which the Russian rustic Is 40 constantly sub
jected.
ABsTEMIoUsNEsS AT NiGHT.-A writer IN
italia Termale" declares (, AZ his opinion that
many persons who remain thin and weakly. IN spite
OF all precautions In regard 10 diet. etc. owe me
fact largely to habitual abstomiousncss AZ nighi.
Tho digestive organs he asserts. have no need for
reposc. provided alv ays. that the quantity -
nourishment taken Within tho twenty four hours
does not 20 beyond tho normal limit-th" f4ct that
the intervals between meals a." short working 10
Inconvenience hut ON IN" contrary, tending TO the
avoidance Of feeheness, which IS the natural re-
suit ~ an interval extended 10 too grea length.
Further. according 70 this writer f""h" persons.
those also who arc lean and emaciated and, ahot"
all. such IS are sufferers from Insomnia. owe u
10 Themselves not 10 r"rr" without taking soma
nourishment into the stomach. such az simple
bread ana butter. glass ~ milk. few biscuits or
crackers
THE pIENOMENON OF COLOR HEARrNG"
DR. Colman IN The Lancet" describes = number
n psychologists. in which A sensation ~ color
cI4,es Itself with certain sounds N" color seen
being definite and invariably for the same sound.
In one class Of cases crude color sensation. often
very beautiful. is associated with each Of the vowel
sounds. musical notes or particular musical instru
menis. thu Appearance heing utualiy that - a
transparent colorsd film. similar 70 rainbow IN
front ~ Tho observer hut not ohscurnc objects in
a second class there ar" color sensations whenever
lot'era or written words -,mbois of sound ara
spoken or thought 81. % that when word Il ut.
tered the subject ysuaiz"S the letters. each having
A distinctive tint Dr Coiman thinks That tho pho
nomena ara associated sensations. analogous -
tho cutaneous sensation % shiVernE in certain
parts Of the hoiv which varies IN different indy du-
ais The tn's eNcired arc definite and charactcr-
istic. each for It's own sound. ana do not vary ~
time goes on.
INTERMITTENCY OF MENINGIT1S In 70
port Oh the cerebro-spinal meningitis epidemic.
lately so marked IN Massachusetts, u Is officially
stated that the whole number or deaths from that
disease In that STATE In nearly twenty ycar-. ending
October 7. 1897. was nearly ono hundred and fifty
year Tho numbers for the years l>'S-l'9s we'a
nearly uniform. but In the first nine months of sf7
tho number reported i05. those I'm Boston alone
being ls4, and II seems that more than - per cent
Of this number occurred among young children
under one year old Strange rs II may he. affor the
disease appeared in Geneva I'm 1870 it, next appear
ance w0s in Medfcld, Mass. and then. shorry
after in other towns IN New-England Illinois.
New-York Ncw-Iersey and Maryland. As rule.
+, Ia ntfhr . nj hs . -
fectlv isolated epdemcs IN places which had boon
hitherto free from IT, and I'm almost al cases tho
epdemcs have appeared In the winter and spring.
OVERwORK IL SCHOOLS The physiological
evils Of oyerwork have been the subject of official
investigation In tho Swiss schools, with tho result
that such evils appear 70 he so positive that In the
case OF the Canton OF Lucerne severe rcpressivc
10, IT.