The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-01-03

tor, who knew w. 4. Horhauay'
Mr.. Hornaday, it was placed in a glass
Jar, sealed up and sent to New York.
There an inspection revealed the truth
that 1t moved sluggishly, although the
eyes had long been useless and 1t had
neither eaten nor drunk for centuries.
This appears to prove the old theory
that toads can live untold years In
state of suspended animation. The d.
rector believes that If he should try
to feed the creature 1t would certainly
die. 1t is quite plump and perfectly
formed medium sized toad Of the
spadefoot variety.
Surgery For insanity.
DR.. N. Nj. Owensby Of Baltimore has
created something Of stir in medical
circles by asserting that dementia
praecox, or precocious insanity, had
been cured in recent cases by the use
Of the knife to relieve the thyroid
gland Of an excess Of certain chemicals
in the blood or the secretions. Out Of
five cases so treated all but one are
said to have recovered, whereas the
disease has generally been regarded
as incurable. DR.. Spitzka of the JEFF
ferson Medical college, however, says
that the theory on which Owensby op-
Grated has not been proved.
Woman First In Egypt.
An Egyptian papyrus over 1000
years old which has been taken to
the Toledo CO., Museum Of Art with
oth It,, ie, 80, h. -
ceptional Importance, as 1t establishes
the date Of the reign of pharaoh
hitherto unknown and throws light on
the condition Of woman In the fourth
century b. G. The name Of the writer
who signs this papyrus Is found on
another document in Strassburg univer-
sity, which bears definite date; con-
sequently his reference to the Pharaoh
Kahabbasha places the reign of that
pharaoh in the year 341 B. G. 1t also
confirms the statement of the Greek
historian Diodorus Of the first century
p. G. saying that women were more
important In the social scale of Egypt
than men and that they formerly die
tated terms in marriage. Since Do
dorus no evidence had been found sub
stimulating his statement.
Novel Treatment For Insanity.
Dr. Henry S. Atkins, superintendent
Of the st. Louis Asylum For the In
sane has been testing an entirely new
course of treatment for mild cases of
insanity among the women patients, it
being nothing more or less than a
Christmas shopping expedition. 1t is
his theory that everything which oc-
cupies the mind pleasantly without
causing too much excitement must be
beneficial. He therefore sent about
twenty of his patients under the charge
of trained nurses and each supplied
with moderate amount of money to
the department stores. The entire party
was so dressed and conducted that no
intimation was given of its real ma
ture, and this was not suspected by
the other shoppers, the unfortunate
women deporting themselves in the
most conventional and natural way
possible.
Two Kinds Of tuberculosis.
Reports from London state that the
results Of the careful Investigations
and experiments Of the royal commits
sion on tuberculosis indicate that there
are two kinds Of consumption. When
the bacilli Of these diseases were adj
ministered to animals those from one
group caused rapidly fatal general tn
berculosis, while the germs OF the 9th
err group, though given in far larger
doses, had only a slight local effect,
and the disease tended to undergo a
spontaneous cure, but the investiga-
lions have not yet reached a point
where it Is practicable to determine
with certainty from which type Of dis
ease the patient is suffering.