Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-04


solid Alcohol The rhatmaropias-
Lighting by Cathode Rays - 'ol"re'
Light aud the Nerves VI" Electric
rootbatb Water ~ u foison-A MI
-robe In Alcohol
A simple method Of applying hot air
for the relief OF acute pain has been
described by nr. VIM Taylor, an Eng
llsh physician The air ia heated elcc-
trically. and driven by u ian over
spiral Of nne wirc-aiso hcated-direct
90 the painful part. The application IL
continued until the skin becomes
blanchcd and blistorinR follows. Ncu-
ralgia has been effectively treated by
air nt 900 deg. y. or over, the aching OF
a badly decaycd tooth was stopped Ia
I'VE minutes and did not return for
eight months, while sore throat. luu'
bagu and other painful complaints have
been cured by the current N hot air.
Bricks from blast furnace Stag. Herr
y. W. Lucrmnn states are now made
at German works as low aa f2.aN per
1000 The fluid Stag, being an INSULT
able material. IN passed through water
which Rnnulntcs u. and the bricks
nrr compressed without burning, hard
oulug IN y to \ days when 10 per cent
OF lime IN added. The granulation In
crcnHea the pormcahllity 20 air to iNc
times that Of ordinary building bricks,
cusurinH dry walls. tn" slug bricks
resemble grayish-whitc sandstone. sup.
port "a crushing load % 100 10 ln
rounds per square inch. and rerlHt
high temperatures.
The newiy.discovercd planet DO
remarkable Tor ita orbit. which ap.
pfunoheH the earth nearer Than that ~
nHy other plunct-hur been named
Eros. \ search ~ Harvard obsorvn-
tory photographs has shown THIS IN,
teroatinE body on plntcr " 1871 ana
1896 with complete record ~ Its
movement for more than four months.
At IT, nearest approach In 1885,. the
planet reached the seventh magnitude.
The soildlncd alcohol. which "a her
lin frm has hecn sending out IN n tin
contnlncr. intended TO serve AZ pocket
lamp and stove. n reported 90 consist
essentially of g. per cent N alcohol 20
of SOAP. and - Of water \ similar
product ~ readily made by disaolving
scrappcd tailuw soap In warm alcohol.
The first phnrmncupoola issued by
government authority s"cmH ip have
been that of Ncuremborg N iiil. Na-
tiOnnl phnrmucupOcias, regulating thH
preparation OF medicines. roN exist In
the Argentine Republic. AnHt"i1. Dol.
gium. chm. Denmark Franco. DER
many. Great britain. Greece, Holland.
Hungary. India. Japan. Mexico Nor-
way. Portugal, Russia. Spain. sweden,
aud the United States. IN nearly al ~
these countricr. the unltsi states be-
ing notable exception, the work. az"
issued by authority Of tho government
and have the force OF law Ia their In
stfuctlona. Tho United States phar-
a 49, Z.
representing the medical ana phnrmn-
ccuticnl societies. and n revised docen-
nially. the time for a new edition be.
ing now near at hand. Universal
pharmacupocina have been attempted,
thus far without official recognition.
The lack ~ uniformity of nomeneln-
turo ana standards n n serious difii-
Guilty. the greatest stumbling block be-
Ing the iincturcH and extracts, which
are NJ vnriously prepared In diffcrcnct
countries that the same name may In
dictate any one ~ several different prep
nrntlona ~ roots, bark, or leaves. The
latest commission 60 consider an Inter-
national pharmncopoeia has Just been
appointed by the brussels Royal Acnd-
envy ~ Medicine. The need N an inter-
national work Il now seriously felt. and
n II hoped 20 make II practicable hy
dealing only with potent remedies and
excluding medicines 10 which the GUS
tom ~ each country has flvcn Fpecia,
form.
Some years ago Prof Wicdcmnnn
showed that iinlmain'H luminous paint
and solution ~ fuorcHclnc fndiate Ms
Hight less than u iifticth of the energy
they absorb. By recent similar test.
he finds that not more than a four
tcenth Of the energy NJ cathode rays
can be converted Into light-the lighting