The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The title of doctor" was invented
in the twelfth century and conferred
for the first time upon Inerius of the
University of Bologna. The first doc
tor of medicine" was Gulielmo Cor
denio, who received the honor from
the College of Aosti, also in Italy, in
1920.
Some years ago, says the Popular
Science Monthly, Grifit made some OBJ
servations in a closed gallery on the
speed attained by "blue-rock" pigeons
and English pheasants and cartridges.
The two first mentioned flew at the
rate of only 1878 miles per hour, while
the partridge made but 2S.4 miles, and
these rates were all considerably in ex-
cess of what they made in the open.
The carrier pigeon is rather fast
flying bird. yet the average speed is
not very great. Thus, the average
made in is matches was only 36 Eng
fish miles an hour although in two of
these trials a speed of about So miles
was maintained for four successive
hours. In this country the average
racing speed is apparently about 80
miles an hour, although a few excep-
tionally rapid birds have made short
distance flights at the rate of from As
to 50 miles an hour. The longest re-
corded flight of a. carrier pigeon was
from Pensacola, Fla, to Fall River,
Mass, an airline distance of 1,1S3
miles. made in 1871 days. or only about
IS miles a day.
The Philadelphia Medical Journal
calls attention to a table of thirty
four cases which have been operated
upon since 1896. During that year
there were three operations; in 1897,
two; in 1898, four; in 1899, eleven; in
1900 three; in 1901, nine During the
present year two cases have already
been reported. The wounds in all but
two of the cases were punctured or
incised wounds. In thirty-two in
stances the ventricles were injured:
the left ventricle seventeen times and
the right thirteen times. The right
and left aurices were each injured
once. But three of the operators en-
ployed catgut, and in most of the
cases an interrupted suture was used
In seven instances the pericardium and
pleura alone was drained In most
OF the cases it is said that the wounds
were closed without drainage or the
matter is not mentioned Of the tnir-
ty-four cases reported five died on The
operating table of hemorrhage. and
fects of hemorrhage or from shock.
OF the ten remaining cases thirteen
recovered and six died.
The meteors that flash across the
sky at certain yearly periods usually
burn out in the upper air, but occa-
sionally a meteoric mass lasts long
enough to reach the earth. One fell on
May Is, 1900, at Felix, Ala Meteors
were seen on the occasion referred to
and sundry explosions were heard.
While later on a mass of meteoric sub
stance weighing seven pounds was dis
covered fmbedded in soft soil This me-
teorite was analyzed and found to be
built up of such minerals as Divine.
augite, triolite, nickel-iron and graph
lite carbon. The dark color of the Felix
stone is stated to be due to the pres-
ence in fair amount of the last-naned
substance. The interest attaching To
meteorites. of course, centers around
the fact that they enable us to obtain
glimpses of the composition of other
worlds than ours. Astronomy is we'll
agreed on the unity of chemical COM
position which marks the orbs. and
even the simple fact that it is hydro
gen gas which blazes in the sun and
gives us our light and heat is a testi-
Inony to this fact. Meteoric iron ana
carbon similarly display links between
these erratic bodies and our own
earth.
we think, says Medical Science
that the advocates of vegetarianisnn or
"bioodless diet" are extremists. and
that IL by any miracle the civilized
hatlohs were converted to this practice
IL would be TO the advantage nefthsr
Oh mankind nor Of animals. But we arc
Just as thoroughly convinced that that
extreme would not be worse than the
Pneseht one OF eating too much meat
mere are facts, and enough of then.
10 snow that health and strength ara
possIple upon diet without meat fn,t
mere IS the other incontroyertible fact
that generally speaking the makers
aho bearers or civilization have been
ana are meat eaters. But a modera ts
amount Of both kinds OF. food A. o.
better than either extreme OF the tue
- We nave said, there can be llttle
,Ll mat the oyereating Of meat h
~, worse both for health and morals
~. ~ american, even the poorest spends
tMlee or thrice ~ much a. he need ~
.hvula upon this food. 4 capital iil,s.
,nallon ~ tlae fact has been given ~
lntf ln New York city, whore a ''0ne-
-lt Restaurant" has been establishsd
s"e nae - faf proved Fuecessf,d
- DOW % pea soup. honlinv ~
"eisi ETC. Do served Tor one rsnf 80
t.b.f tbmfs coffee. bread ana h,iiter
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