Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-22
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While wOrkmen were excavat1ng un-
der house in Salisbury Square, Lon
don. recently. they came upon a nearly
complete skull Of a woolly Siberian,
rhinoceros. Although the lower jaw
is missing, the specimen Is the finest
and most perfect ever discovered out
side of the Siberian tundra. The find
was made in a bed of peat, and near
by other bones. believed to have be-
longed to some other species Of rhinoc-
eros, were unearthed. 1t is far cry
backward to the days when England
was the home Of such animals
Much interest has lately been
aroused in London by two surgical
operations which have resulted in q
marked change of character in the pa
tients. One was that Of boy of good
family who had developed strangely
brutal instincts. A clever surgeon ex-
amined him with care, located what
he considered the seat Of the trouble,
removed a piece of the skull, and thus
relieved the deforming pressure. The
lad was restored to his parents nor
NAL and lovable child. The other case
was that of a soldier who, after an in
jury in skirmish, developed propen-
sity for theft. An operation on the
brain cured him.
| Professor w. w. Watts, the English
geologist, strongly advocates a new
geological survey of England, which
shall do as much to make known the
subterranean world there as existing
surveys have done to make known that
which lies on and near the surface
This demand grows out of the ever
recurring question of the approaching
exhaustion of the British coal fields.
Professor Watts says that there is still
an area of concealed coal fields left,
possibly at least as large and product
i've as those already explored. but to
develop them work will have to be
done at depth of thousands instead
of hundreds Of feet. The first step
must be systematic and detailed eX-
ploration of these invisible fields under
the guidance of scientific principles.
E The sting of bee has long been
regarded by the poorer agricultural
classes of Europe as a cure of rheuma-
tism. DR.. Perc, of Marburg, Germany.
has recently been advocating it's eff
cacy before a brilliant gathering Of
physicians. to whom he declared that
he thoroughly tested the treatment and
demonstrated it's efficiency in five hun
dred cases. If bee stings a person
suffering from rheumatism, the stung
part does not swell until the bee poi
son has been frequently introduced,
when the rheumatic pain vanishes. DR..
Perc's mode Of procedure is to allow his
patients to be stung at first by a few
bees, gradually increasing the number.
DR.. Perc asserts that by this treatment
he has cured patients suffering from
obstinate and most painful rheuma-
tism.
| At recent worlds fairs, as at Paris
and Buffalo, wheeled chairs, for the
conveyance about the grounds Of peo
pie unable to walk or desirous of TAX
ing things easy, have been feature.
According to the Electrical World such
chairs will appear at the st. Louis fair
In the form Of automobiles There are
two large wheels behind and two small
ones under the footrest. The motive
power is supplied by storage batteries.
The uniform speed is three miles an
hour which cannot be increased by the
operator. The steering, starting and
stopping are under the riders control,
and ''sensitive RAIL-" surrounding the
chair at the front and sides is so ar
ranged that OH meeting any obstruc-
ton amounting to single pounds
pressure it Immediately locks the
wheels and automatically stops the
chair.