The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-22
Scientific a.; J.

REFORM BY AUTO-sUG GEsTIoN N. MA
In the Paris La Revue Or. Felix Reg. /
nnult published an article on psychicalls
gymnastics and the education OF the Will. 4
In which he said marYelous feats might
be performed, vices and bad habit over .l
come. q and unlimited power gained
through o-suggestion. He recomme nd IS
\ ed night as the best time, and mental
repetition as the best means OF obtain
lng the desired results. K He claims to-
have cured q hypochondr1ac BY having
him write on tho walls OF his room each
night with phosphorescent powders the
words II am gay. lg3 .s S35ss,sssl
FARM MACHINES.
The American Exporter gives an inter-
4 es ting description Of some Of the latest
Improved farm machinery, which works
! so perfectly that all the operator has to-
do is to feed and steer It.. Mechanical
grain and seed drills mark the rows, fer-s
tlize, SOW and seed and cover It all I'M
one operation and can even alternate Diff
3ferent kinds Of seed when desired. S9E One
OF the latest wonders is q transplanting
machine, which lifts the young sprouts
tenderly, digs the holes. plants, coverss
and waters them, doing from four to
six acres a day. AN
TIE DEAF MADE TO HEAR,
w Miller Hutchinson young electrical
engineer, made o successful test at New
York. March 10, Of his invention enabling
the deaf to hear. The device, called an
Bi'accousticon," includes all the Important
principles OF the telephone and intensi>5
fies sound waves so they penetrate tho 4
ears OF persons who have never be fore
heard a sound 1t can be carried sin \
the pocket The patients on which thu /
device was tested showed great Joy and
gave evidence Of hearing perfectly by \
beating time to music. They also resfb
peated the sounds heard The device {.
will reduce to a minimum the difficulties
Of teaching the deaf and dumb to talk
CHOLERA 1NFANTUM DIsCUssIO NJ
Referring to the reputed discovery OF ~
serum for cholera 1nfantum, the New
/ York Medical Journal commends Dr.
Henry d. Chapin's view. "a DR. Chaplin
says It is possl bile that several germs may
be, responsible for the disease. but that;
la6remedy will have to be tried In a very
large series of cases and through dill fer-$
the mortality OF such diseases varies
greatly from year to year under prac-s
tically the same treatment. ts sSS$8
5LORBNz OPERATIONS BY MACHINE #
1t Dr.. Frederick Mueller the pupil Of Dr.
Lorenz. the famous Austrian surgeon
operated on six cases OF congental hip
disease at New York las t Sunday with
DR.. Lorenz's redresseur q echanical de-
Vice which seemed to do the work as well
as could its eminent inventor. The heavy
silver plated apparatus Is strapped on
the operating table and contains clamps
screws and supports which are made to-
do the stretching, after which the child I
Is placed in the plaster cast. Another
device the ''oteoclast' was used for club
feet. Later Indications showed that the
operations were completely successful.
"a SERUM FOR TYPHOID. KANE sss
Lord Lister announced In London DR.. rs
Allen McFaydens discovery Of a prophy-s
Tactic and curative treatment for tvs
phoid fever. tits a serum obtained from
crushing typhoid bacilli In liquid air.