New-York tribune., 1899-12-11
MEDICAL AND SANITARY NOTES.

n,Frr-srON OF TUBERCULOsIS.-It is SIC
niHcant fact in its way. that at the recent mee'-
ing OF the French Association for the AuNa"
ment OF Science the section OF hygiene pasoeu
resolution pointing out that the ConNeI'"
tuberculosis by inhalation is only one OF the h'ou
NJ infection. and that larger part oi the uii-
fusion or the disease is played by contasioh
through the alimentary canal. as proved expe,i-
mentally and clinically and urging me ,e nv, tbs
S oierzstion and harmessness OF articles OF food
From carefully prepared statistics i Is Iound ewe
the ages Of hfteen and sixty years oneo,nTd To oi
the number d are Ts" hs time. % az fatal as smallpox
scarlet fever typhoid fever and dphther!a con-, IT,
Germany alone 1900 600 persons are affected with
this maaay and according TO Oster l,z"yD Iyyh ~
nInHoSnces il emphatically disease OF all times
all countries and all races
NtTPOGFNOUS FOODS.-Emnent medical au-
,horlties are calling attention TO the fact, gen
orally lost sight Of that not all nitrosenous sub
stances are really feeding sturs. and. on the con-
trary there are many edible materials "hlch'
though containing a comparatively small proper
ton of the ntrogenous constituent. are completely
available for nourishing the organism DISCUSSING
this point THE London Lancet argues very So, So
sihjv that it is not enough for chemical analysis
to record merely the proportion oi id ESQ he
Declared without which the food value OF given
substance cannot be bTead confined more
nitrogen than white bread, but IN the Isn u ~
analyses this is denied whetnef OF IFS
heterogeneous contents 1T is pronounce nierio; ua
he IarSelv to It's containing comparatively large
indigestibe and Irritating particles OF huSA'
DIFFERENCE IN FAMILY LONGEVITY-The
onirion ~ insurance actuaries. based upon the
closest Inquiries and abundant figures Is That there
exists I'm some families a quality as separate aS
any race popularity. which enables majority oi
it's members to go on living beyond the average
period Though not physically stronger than other
neope and as often attacked by disease. they nave
a power OF recovering themselves completely aIter
Illness which other men do not possess, and they
able though not certain indeed. that this peculiar
ity extends to whole races. and that the greater
Eastern life is derived from it. Thus it is stated the
IS he who Is never attacked by severe w re-
attacked his faculty Of recuperaton Is inferior; he
does not o G 50 S or or ne ns n m
indicated yet remains to be understood
EYEsIGIIT IN CHILDHOOD.-An eminent Ger
| man specials, in this line Dr. Cohn has found
| that the number OF nearsighted myopic pupils
| shows an increase in every school from grade to
grade and this he attributes to improperly adjust
ed desks. This progressive increase, according 10
| DR. Rogers OF Buffalo, ". y. a close investigator
| of the subject. is the case In the United States
|
| with which parents allow their children TO begin
| study without any test Of their vision. so that a
slight defect is often allowed by neglect 70 gro"
into serious one. In commenting upon ms DTr
children should be tested before admission as
pupils ami if the vision proves to be much below
he normal admission should not be granted unit
professional counsel has been sought and a Ger
rule too. should apply to children with inhameo
eyes who should no, % be admitted until phys
disease is presented.
PROPER vENTILATIoN.-The method Of natu
raj ventilation-that is, providing opening in o
the ceiling for the outlet of foul airs bot
common and sensible. Referring to this method.
writer in The Building World" says that the ei
fciency Of the plan is proved scientifically and
I based upon the simple fact that heat expands an
cold contracts. a natural law to which air is n
exception. Foul air is generally warmed TO some ex
tent and then rises to and passes by the oper
ing at the higher level. its place being taken b
in order to insure ventilation two openings q
4 least being necessary one to act as an Inlet an
, the other an outlet. The effectiveness of tn
natural ventilation depends entirely, OF course
air and the Internal. and this being case. III
system may be very effective In winter and utter
Of It's volume for each degree of Fahrenheit IN;
It's temperature Is raised its weight IL consequent
aT is thus o he appe part Of the
2 by the greater weight OF the cooler air.
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value OF malt soup In the feeding OF infants wi,
gastro-lntestinal affections ls set forth by ID
Gregor. In n late issue OF the "Deut. Med. Woch
He has used II In than hundred case
and. without reproducing details. II may hei
be noted that in seventy-four very young II
fants the observations extended se'
era months. Here the soup vas given out
bottles IN the polyclinic. The hygienic condition
OF these infants were very unsatisfactory an
yet the results were good-the development wa
arrested. and severe gastrointcstlnal symptom
present. In twenty-seven OF these sevent!
four cases n complete recovery ensued 20 that q
patients free from symptoms for mar
months: eighteen infants sti under Observable
much improved that they might be r
garded cured thirteen were much improves
thirteen died.
DECREASED BI RTH RATE-The annals of {
past show that one hundred years ago the gre
nations OF Europe numbered about ninety -eig
million inhabitants. and OF these twenty-six mi
ions, 2s.5 per cent were French. II also appea
that the English birth rate Is declining. though
much less rate. suggesting the probability IN
the same causes at work in France-whe
to-day. out OF the various nations three hundr
millions. only thirty-eiEht millions. about ]
per cent belong-are making their influences n
reserve that the death OF children In France