New-York tribune., 1899-07-23
MEDICAL AND SANITARY NOTES.

DANGER FROM GUINNESS we'll known and
eminent an authority as Professor Koch expresses
the opinion that the indiscrminate use Of quinine
as a prophylactc in malarial countries is attended
with great danger, and Is In many cases the In
direct cause of the pernicious "black-water fever.
one Of the most virulent forms OF maaral diseases
The general practice among persons coming from
temperate tropical latitudes OF saurating their
systems with quinne taken in regular and often
excessive doses is vigorously condemned by Pro-
fessor Koch because. first. It seriously weakens
system, having become Injured TO the drug. fails to
respond to 9ulnine treatment in case OF actual sick
portant value as a remedy. and experience show:
qunine may take maariai fever and die OF 1t like
any else. 1t Is asserted that the increased
where the conditions OF living have been greatly
improved during the last ten years Is due largely
now obtained so much cheaper.
NEW PHYSIOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTAL very
delicate instrument. known as the biometer. and
intended for measuring the intensity Of the vital
force in man, has been contrived by DR.. Baraduch
OF Munich. This intensity Is claimed to have pro-
portionate effects in attracting or repeng DELI
cately poised needle many degrees. Continued
youth of course depends upon the keeping OF this
force at its maximum after middle age. Now. the
principle Of the bometer is that when a man is In
perfect health the vital current plays through his
system from right to lsft-the right hand then will
attract the needle 10 degrees because tne current M
force while the left hand will repel 1t. because the
supposed to be shown by both hands repelling the
needle. though; during sleep, both hands attract IT,
upon as an unfavorable harbnger, and. on the
biometer registering great loss OF vitality the sub;
Electric lights Of great intensity and other electric
fixtures. and after remaining in this luminous bath
for five minutes, he regains his maximum OF vigor.
HYPNOTISM DEBATED.-In n recent notable
debate In London on hypnotsm between DR.. Bram-
WELL of that city. and F. w. Myers. OF Cambridge,
the former gave interesting practical results
In this line. his experience covering some nine
years OF suggestive practice during which he
had not seen even the slightest bad effect either
immediate remote, and he concluded that the
moral sense must be heightened to degree. He
had resorted 10 suggestions with patients or all
ages-some actually insane. many on the border
land OF insanity and Of mental condition so ex-
OF producing bad effects some patients would have
shown them but in not single instance nee had there
those with weak Will gained force OF character
leading facts Of hypnotism both for the physician
and the psychologist. the facts which call most
are those profound sanative regeneratlons which
have often transformed the dtpsomanac. the
morphinomaniac, etc. into sef-controlled and use
ful members OF society.
EPIDEMICs OF TYPHoID.-The peculiar source
OF typhoid infection to be found In those shellfsh
which may be eaten raw has been much discussed.
n notable fact in this respect being that. while
many different kinds OF shellfsh are eaten raw In
England and upon the Continent OF Europe. In
America the only kind which Is thus used IL prac-
tically the oyster II is OF interest therefore. In
this connection that, In a report by DIR. Bulstrode
10 the local Government Board of England evil
dence Is given showing that epdemcs OF typhoid
had been due 10 the OF oysters from places
upon the coast which were polluted by sewage.
Similar epdemics long since reported, as Is
well known. from Connecticut and elsewhere, due
TO the same causes; and physicians have there
fore regarded II as not unreasonable TO suppose
| that some Of the unexplained cases which occur