The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-15
Medical Notes

Nitrcglycerine. elonoin, or trinItr.n. IA
II = sometimes called, 40 d powerful heart
stfTru'art incidentally used workers IN
nitrogiycerine suffer through absorption
an Inhalation. from extremely painful
results of poisoning by nitroglycerins,
Palpitation OF the heart is common. ana
very severe: throbbing powder head
ache, as 1t Is called. Is Almost constant.
After week or so OF exposure sort Of
immunity occurs. but this Is nof lasting.
AMI % DESTROYED ny Z few days absence
from work. Some oi the men suffer from
The powder t1t.e@ me" cry Monday
.4.oInlng. the Suncay res causing them
TO lose their immunity Wives. children
and friends. and even medical attend
ants are affected ~ contact with a nj
troglycerine worker. Women who attend
to the laundry are attacked every wash
day, and particularly on ironing day. DR..
avs, who has investigated the subject.
states thst he himself. as we'll as his
colleagues. has had ATTACKS 0f the head
ache aFen after a snort physical o-.l,l IT,
ton. n the case OF y0ua1ef children
deaths have undoub -edly been due 70
sieeping with their parents. the eXhala-
tons from their bodies having poisoned
,hem. In time chronic poisoning occurs.
leading TO permanent heart disease and
impairment Of the mental faculties. Vic
TINS OF glonoinism are peculiarly affected
by alcohol. q small drink of whisky often
b iEg.ng on the primary symptoms or a.
glavating these already manifest. Tire
children Of these people are compare i've
ly weak. and offer but sight resistance
to orsiaughts of disease, especially in
fictitious diseases and catarrh.
Change Of climate. like any other
remedial or curative agent, should be re-
sorted TO with judgment. Too many
Physicians suggest change of climate as
a last resort without understanding the
environment to which they DOM the
pa lent. In certain lung and kidney dis
eases. which have advanced to GER ain
stage. death Is inevitab bic. 1t is manifest
ly unwise. if not barbarous. to advise a
patient under these circumstances to
leave home. In vain endeavor to regain
health. Poor patients will. In the ma
jority Of cases. die from exhaus ion on
the journey. or sooT after their arrival,
and In many cases. o wing to large ex-
penGiture. will leave those dependent
upon them In poverty stricken circum-
stances. The Denver Medical Times re-
Gently called attention to the fact edi-
tcrially that many patients are sent to
Colorado in such advanced stages that
they 81 in fhe hospitals wi hin three
weeks after fheir arrival, and pathetic
WORD picture is drawn Of the poor patient
with eInaciated form. cyanotic lips,
flushed cheeks. graveyard cough and ex-
hausted eXcheQuer. He Is unable to sleep
Il recumbent position. develops oedema
Of the Feet and. unable TO return aliye.
ties laI from home In lonely misery. Tne
writer says: eff such patients are to go
TO Colorado let them go. If possible. with
In a few days OF the beginning of the
cough. ard If they cannot be sent before
excessive destI uction of the lung occurs
be mercIful enough to let them remain al
home, surrounded by friends and home
comforts, duling their last hours, tAat
they nay at least die in peace
Dr. Solly. speaking of climate, says that
a definite climate should be prescribed for
a definite case. AS he expresses it, IAN
ALI .ude Is bad climate for an invalid
fool" Exceedingly nervous patients as a
rule do not dc we'll in high attitudes, since
Il increases insomnia and nervous irrita-
bfity. High attitudes are not beneficial
to persons suffering from fatty degerera-
ton Of various organs. especially OF the
heart ard. on the contrary. may injuI e
them; neither can any climate regenera e
orgaps which have been destroyed by
disease. On the other hand moderately
high altitude. dryness of the air, sill ness
ard freedom from dust. with many hours
OF sunshine. bring about good results.
wife for kidney diseases a gentle ba,mv
climate with a moderate ard even tenn
perature Is an esso"-ial feature.
A persistent cough oft G. us rn"c1
reed,ess alarm fron, the fear that IT
premonitory symp ON Of nsuul t on
DIR. MacKay, I'm the Medical Sc tnnl,
says that a sight ard hac ing CO eh.
notlcea BILE at a:ght upon re iring
the morning when fist / In. is NJ
doubtedly OF great ola n ste inp rtan1a.
Ccu:yhs due TO ether causes Csua ~ c.
cur ut Intervals during the day AMI
night. but the pretubarc"'a" ga y
phthisicai cough Is usuly fl S n &c
only on retiring at ri ht a0d is lido Il
accompanied with exp c-oratie>. Whars
q cough OF this kind has listed fo'
some time and wfa.9Te SNrre expo n at Il
is present 1t should not be a-trb TO
bronchitis, but sh uld al t a su n c on
of consumption DR. NJ cKav n17ha-
sizes the necessity of an ear dag >
for, in this aft IN. m re ne' h p tha I
in any other. does an early diagio s a
opinion afford rhe ONLY hope for u
and is very decidedly thc st ma s OF
protecting the commu~'ty aid vi ull
from the ubiquitous tubs.ele b&cl.
DR.. Gibbons, of West vi eli 10 in tie
Therapeutic Gazette, re~orts a "a Sc Of
cure for consumption watch f would
care to experiment with. A woma who.
beyond a doubt, had nd co sumpt'ol
for three years, was bitten on the FACE
on the cheekbnne by a copper cad ma e.
The doctor used hot stimula t and in
jected permanganate of potash de the
skin. When the patien was bit en- Sc
weighed but % pounds and Yves nfaca ed
and weak She not only reco e e fr m
the snake bite but her WEIGHT ince sed
to 1856 pounds, the hemorrhages ceased,
and the patient recovered comparatively
coed health.
Accidental vaccination has some ines
occurred from a person mtstaking AID
usfr;r a vaccine point" for a to1thpick,
and the result is painful II II takes,
but just as efficacious, as q protection
against smallpox. as vaccination upon
the arm or any other pat nf he body.
DR.. Seymour of Troy, reports a case In
which, eight daughters in a family were
va ccinated but the infant son, two
months old, was not. One Of the sisters
protected her arm with silk handker-
chief, which was later used, by another
sister, to wipe the baby's nose wi h. AS
a result a typical vesicle formed between
the nose and lip and we'll marked scar
showed that the child had been effectual-
ly If not esthetically vaccinated.