(fhtipit ? op its. THE JIGGER PEST.
With reference to this troublesome African insect and its ravages, which are described on another page, the Government of Bombay are endeavouring to prevent its importation from British East Africa into India, and, have issued a resolution on this subject. The resolution contains a letter from Captain Kilkelly, I.M.S, whd had charge of the 4th Bombay Infantry when that corps was in East Africa. He says he has no reason to doubt the probability that the insect will establish itself in India and emphasises
THE INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE.
[May
1899.
to and from health resorts, which tuberculous of taking steps to prevent its if it obtains its patients are in the habit of visiting. It is respread importation and limit foothold. The Surgeon-General makes the commended that the sides of the sleeping-cars a be as smooth as possible following suggestions, which Government have I of these lines should so that they may be easily ! without and and treatcorner, careful adopted :?Periodical inspection Velvet should not be used for the ment of all Indian coolies employed by Govern- j cleaned. should be capable of ment in British East Africa or in other parts of cushions, which, moreover, removed for the direct easily communication purpose of disinbeing the Continent having fection. Every compartment ought to be prowith Indian ports. Medical inspection of all vided with covered spittoons. The floors of the East African ports for India and persons leaving for India of those of embarkation waiting-rooms in the stations ought to be the prohibition washed every day and the walls frequently. Medical examination on from jigger. suffering walls are to be painted with oil paint The for India with the object boardship of passengers When new can be frequently washed. which infected embefore cases of detecting shortly barkation and which may have developed on premises are to be constructed, special attention The at port of must be paid to matters of hygiene. voyage; careful medical inspection has who the control Public of Works, arrivals from Minister of India Africa in disembarkation of the railways, has communicated these recomand detention for treatment of all cases of jigger, mendations of the Health Office to the railway in which the parasite had not already been and has ordered them to be adopted. authorities extracted or the
importance
destroyed.
GASTRIC ORIGIN OF RICKETS. PALPITATION AND MARCHING.
interesting contributions to Military Medicine are given in the Appendix and Surgery On disto a recent Army Medical Report. ordered action of the heart among young soldiers in India, Surgeon-Captain J. B. Wilson, M.D., a.M..S, alludes chiefly to palpitation and points out that this is a very prominent and serious cause of inefficiency. Its origin he attributes to setting-up drill, inordinate use of tobacco, and excessive heat and malaria 011 young soldiers of indifferent physique. Marching, and its place in the training of the Some
soldier,
by
Surgeon-Captain Austin,
a.m.s.
The writer affirms, what is probably the truth, that our troops are not equal to the troops of European countries in their powers of making long and rapid marches. He attributes this in part to the age of our recruits. These should be eighteen years of age, but probably a large percentage of them are considerably under this, for so long as they fulfil the physical conditions, their age is not veiy closely inquired into, nor, if inquired into, easily verified. These boys are put to do the work of trained men, and on a ration which may be enough for a man who has built up his frame, but is not enough under the circumstances for a growing lad. Surgeon-Captain Austin gives other and good reasons for the want of marching power in our troops, but the pith of them appears to lie in the above statement.
A French observer claims that rickets in children is due to abnormal conditions of digestion ; that the secreting function is extremely defective, as well as the quality of the secretions; and that there is especially a lack of free hydrochloric acid. The organism suffers from the want of properly digested nourishment, and the stomach is the seat of abnormal organic
ferments generating acids, principally lactic acid, which affect the bony tissues unfavourably, especially as respect the phosphates. POISONOUS FLANNELETTE.
Some kinds of flannelette are well known to highly inflammable, and to counteract this defect it appears that some manufacturers have recently been saturating the flannelette with chloride of zinc, a deliquescent salt, which thus moist. In one analysis keeps the material alwa}rs thus flannelette treated, it was found of made that as much as 23'12 per cent, of chloride of zinc and 7-88 per cent, of water was present. Chloride of zinc, however, is not only deliquescent but has also an irritant effect on the skin, and material containing it in such quantity when worn next the surface of the body must excite a certain amount of dermatitis and possibly some superficial ulceration. This form of adulteration is thus injurious in several ways, and it would be well to avoid any flannelette which gives the sensation of being damp. be
NEW POISON REGULATIONS. HYGIENE ON RAILWAYS.
The Imperial Health Office has recently issued instructions with a view to prevent the spread of disease by railway traffic, and which might very well be adopted on Indian railways, especially in time of plague. The regulations intended for the lines leading are especially
The Privy Council, on the requisition of the London Pharmaceutical Society, has adopted the following regulation for the guidance of druggists in England in regard to the storing of
poisons:?
keeping of poisons, each bottle, package containing a poison be
"1. That in the
vessel, box,
or
May
1899.]
POISON
REGULATIONS?EXERCISE
and also labelled with the name of the article, that it indicating mark with some distinctive contains poison. each "2. Also that in the keeping of poisons, the following of other or one on poison be kept
systems, viz.:? (a) In a bottle
or vessel tied over, capped> in a manner differsecured otherwise locked, or vessels conbottles ent from that in which in the same ordinary articles are secured "
or
taining
or
warehouse, shop, or dispensary ; rendered dis"(b) In a bottle or vessel the bottles or vessels tinguishable by touch from are same kept in the in which ordinary articles or
warehouse, shop, or dispensary ; or box package kept (c) In a bottle, vessel, for dangerous in a room or cupboard set apart "
articles.
and selling of That in the dispensing and lotions poisons, all liniments, embrocations, out in bottles rendered containing poison be sent medicine touch from ordinary distinguishable by there to each affixed be also bottles, and that the the name of such bottle (in addition to for instructions article, and to any particular contents that the its use) a label giving notice internally.". taken be to not of the bottle are "
o.
EXERCISE AND OVER-EXERCISE. the session Dit. Laud lilt Bkunton opened the British of the York Medical Society," says on exercise "
by an address to be expecwhich, as was over-exercise, which with he said a good many wise things ins-
Medical Journal, and
"
in
ted, for will agree. He said, every physician every action which put into tance, that exercise one into any not did put muscle of the body, but or of time at once, action for too great a length benefiexceedingly in too violent a manner, was he excellent this in applying with cial, but unfavourably had the temerity to compare remost three popular the lawn tennis, and cycling. creations of the day?cricket, golf, cricket, croquet, Moreover, he classed together the collocation?on and golf?rather a curious the not was playing them there that ground that inmovement of the whole body same As to lawn tennis or polo. in was necessary but ready to agree,their probably isbenot that croquet, all will likely and golf, it as to cricket to accept Dr. Brunbe disposed will devotees assertion. What muscles ton's rather sweeping into play in lawn of the body are brought bj', not brought into play tennis which are be rather curious we should of say, a fast bowler, to goll, the distribution of to know; and as out man in a the stiffness after a day's piny at least to the leads condition and practice in the body few muscles suspicion that very into action. As to cycling, to have not been called that it tended Dr. Lauder Brim ton said
principle physical
general
AND OVER-EXERCISE.
175
the chest and to cause more He added thai,
less a it had become so very general an amusement, its effect on the body, as compared with those of other physical exercises, must be very carefully watched. Like most of us, Dr. Brunton has been struck by the fact that the girl of the period tends to be most divinely tall, and he seems disposed to put this down to the great popularity of lawn tennis a few years ago. It is certainly a pity that this very excellent game appears to be going out of fashion owing to the great popularity of cycling, which we should be disposed to agree with Dr. Brunton is not an exercise so well calculated to produce an all-round development of the muscular system. Although liespoke in faint praise of cricket and golf, lie admitted that they shared with tennis one essential feature of a good game?intermittent action of many groups of muscles. Passing on to speak of over-exercise, he observed that what was sufficient exercise for the muscles might be over-exercise for the heart, so that schoolboys ran a risk of injury if their athletic power were judged from their apparent size and strength, and not according to the strength of the heart. O Dr. brunton then pointed out that a continuous strain upon one set of muscles was not only painful and exhausting but injurious, and illustrated this point very happily by referring to the fatigue experienced by men and women employed in shops, who were compelled by custom to stand for many hours a day. He showed a rest, by means of which a shopwoman could sit down and take the weight of the body off the legs, whilst movements behind the The cause counter were hardly interfered with. of the quickened breathing associated with muscular exertion was really the poisonous products formed by muscular action, and the shortness of breath was due to heart disturbance. Thus, in the ease of growing boys, football or paperchases might lead to distinct heart strain. Another factor which Dr. Brunton said must be regarded in exercises for boys and young that mental fatigue caused bodily men was exhaustion, if boys were pushed both at lessons and at exercises they were much more likely to break down than if they were pushed at one or the other alone. In adolescence the heart, like other muscles, though it was more easily strained, recovered more readily, and with moderate care would recover completely. In conclusion, Dr. Brunton dwelt on the important point that, while in middle life the heart was less liable to strain, 37et as age advanced, and especially if the arteries became atheromatous, the heart was not only more easily afiected by strain, but had less power of recovery?a fact which has its obvious bearing on the kind and amount of exercise which should be taken as narrow
permanent stoop.
o
#
t\
*n
age advances."
or
as
o
TH^E
INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE.
[May
1899.
and definite terms, which would undoubtedly have been adopted in all languages.
HYGIENIC MAXIMS.
competitors, Dr. Decornefc, of has been proclaimed the winner of the prize which was offered by the publishing firm of Messrs. Hachette et Cie in their "Annual Almanack" for 1897. The candidates were required to state briefly under ten heads the most effectual rules for preserving health, mental and bodily. The following are Dr. Decornet's 10 maxims:?1. General Hygiene: Rise early, go to bed early, and in the meantime keep yourself occupied. 2. Respiratory Hygiene: Water and bread sustain life, but pure air and sunlight are indispensable for health. 3. Gastro-intestinal Hygiene: Frugality and sobriety are the best elixir for a long life. 4. Epidermal Hygiene: Cleanliness preserves from rust; the best kept machines last longest. 5. Sleep Hygiene: A sufficiency of rest repairs and strengthens; too G. Clothes much rest weakens and makes soft. clothed who keeps his well is He Hygiene: body sufficiently warm, safeguarding it from all abrupt changes of temperature, while at the same time maintaining perfect freedom of motion. 7. House Hygiene: A house that is clean and cheerful makes a happy home. 8. Moral Hygiene: The mind reposes and resumes its edge by means of relaxation and amusement, but excess opens the door to the passions and these attract the vices. 9. Intellectual Hj'giene: Gaiety conduces to love of life and love of life is the half of health ; on the other hand, sadness and gloom help on old age. 10. Professional H}'giene : Is it your brain that feeds }Tou? Don't allow your arms and your legs to become ankylosed. Dig for a livelihood, but don't omit to burnish your intellect and elevate your thoughts. Amongst 500
Ferte-sur-Aube,
"SKIAGRAPHY," "RADIOGRAPHY,"
SMALL POX IN RANGOON.
During the mouth of
Asia
CAVENDiSH.
OR
,
"
SOLDIERS' DRESS.
having been brought to notice in the Punthat the khaki clothing worn by Command jab British troops is not made sufficiently loose and roomy, the khaki trousers in particular being frequently made so tight over the thigh and seat as to seriously hamper the movements of the men when at drill, especially on a hill
"
sentially pedantic,and increases difficulties
It
which
obviate. Still, as the British Medical Journal points out, it is clear that a scientific term should be made thoroughly international. This is not always the case, as the words " potassium" and " kalium" testify.
proffesses
"sharp."
The author so widely known as" Cavendish," in private life Mr. Henry Jones, whose death took place a few weeks since, was, say the Medical Press, himself a medical man, and the son of Mr. Henry W. Jones, also a medical practitioner, of Solio Square. Mr. Henry Jones took his M.R.C.S. in 1852,and.subsequently became amember of the Societ}' of Apothecaries. He ceased to but had long before achieved the practise in ] 8G9, an unquestionable authority in all of position matters appertaining to card-playing. His numerous works, all written under the nom cle " plume Cavendish," still hold their own in all English-speaking countries. It is a curious fact that his father, who was very fond of a rubber at whist, acquired the habit of settling disputes " by referring to Cavendish," years before he became aware that the author was his own son.
This coining of words on a GrsBCO-Latin basis for scientific purposes is an absolute necessity now that works on science are written in several different languages. Their use is not a sign j of pedantry ; on the contrary, the" affectation" of Anglo-Saxon terms such as voice-box (which is not Anglo-Saxon) for " larynx is es- ! it
were
to the
"
"AKTINOGRAPHY ?"
"
February there
over 1,100 Rangoon Munireported were fatal; less G20 number of which cipality, than half the figures quoted were treated in the hospitals. Since the beginning of the current have been year, over 1,200 cases of small-pox treated in the hospitals at Rangoon ; and double that number of cases have been treated in private houses in town. Apparently, the epidemic has left the European quarter of Rangoon ; but it is fatal results among the children spreading withthe Chinese and Burmese in the and adults of The Rangoon Western part of the town. the for statement that the is authority Gazette Government officer, Maubin, wired a Burman ' last week to Dr. Hoyle, the Civil Surgeon of he termed him, in the following Vaccination,'as Please send sharp a cask of vaccine terms : " Apparently he wants to vaccinate all lymph. cases
to
Our contemporary, the Chronique Medicate, justly complains that Roentgen's new photo-
graphy and photographs are termed skiagraphy" and "skiagram" in English, radiographic" and radiogramme in French, and "aktinographie" and aktinogram" in German. Further regret is expressed that Processor Roentgen himself did not supply precise "
"
"
"
"
,
their boots are not kept sufficiently pliant and soft for the purpose of marching, Officers Commanding British Corps and Batteries have been directed to give their attention to the following instructions:?(i) The trousers should be made as comfortable and loosefitting over the parts indicated as is consistent with a smart appearance, and the coats
side, and that
May
should be of
warm
care
try
SOLDIERS' DRESS-A MAGNIFICENT YEAR-BOOK.
1899.]
large enough to admi clothing being worn underneath, specia Infanso
being
made
as to
taken in
be
of British made easy at the throat,
regiments
to have the coats
and thus obviate the necessity of men unhooking and and unbuttoning them when climbing a hill; the Punjab, (ii) in view of the dry climate ot and in order that the buff leather accoutrements and boots may be kept in good and serviceable condition at all times, directions have been given
buff belts,
that all leather accoutrements, except should be periodically moistened with dubbing, and that in especially during the hot weather; soaked well be the case of boots they should men. the to issued with castor oil on being
CANTONMENTS. in a recent Gazette
INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN
of A notification appears Cantonments the under Indict, adding a rule to are required Act, by which certain persons disor contagious give information of infectious orders within cantonment lines. houses, and Medical practitioners, owners of disease, from persons attending those suffering infoifurnish mu3t who are instanced as those of cases to mation. The rule will not apply undei is the patient venereal disease, when and by reason specific and adequate treatment, of residence is of habits, conditions of life and to repoit, Failure unlikely to spread the disease. information, wi or the furnishing of false rule, we involve a fine up to Rs. 50. The new of the model the on has been framed believe, regulations enforced
in
Norway and Sweden.
FUND. KANTHACK SUBSCRIPTION
at The late talented Professor of Pathology
personally
who must have been in connection many of our readers has by his enthuwith his visit to this country, left his disease of the to siastic devotion study financially. ofl widow and family very badly of the An appeal is being made on the behalf Wellatter for funds, by Dr. J. H. Drysdale, 25, acknowbeck Street, London, W., who will gladly object. ledge all contributions for this deserving
Cambridge, known
to
177
With reference to this troublesome African insect and its ravages, which are described on another page, the Government of Bombay are endeavouring to prevent its importation from British East Africa into India, and, have issued a resolution on this subject. The resolution contains a letter from Captain Kilkelly, I.M.S, whd had charge of the 4th Bombay Infantry when that corps was in East Africa. He says he has no reason to doubt the probability that the insect will establish itself in India and emphasises
THE INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE.
[May
1899.
to and from health resorts, which tuberculous of taking steps to prevent its if it obtains its patients are in the habit of visiting. It is respread importation and limit foothold. The Surgeon-General makes the commended that the sides of the sleeping-cars a be as smooth as possible following suggestions, which Government have I of these lines should so that they may be easily ! without and and treatcorner, careful adopted :?Periodical inspection Velvet should not be used for the ment of all Indian coolies employed by Govern- j cleaned. should be capable of ment in British East Africa or in other parts of cushions, which, moreover, removed for the direct easily communication purpose of disinbeing the Continent having fection. Every compartment ought to be prowith Indian ports. Medical inspection of all vided with covered spittoons. The floors of the East African ports for India and persons leaving for India of those of embarkation waiting-rooms in the stations ought to be the prohibition washed every day and the walls frequently. Medical examination on from jigger. suffering walls are to be painted with oil paint The for India with the object boardship of passengers When new can be frequently washed. which infected embefore cases of detecting shortly barkation and which may have developed on premises are to be constructed, special attention The at port of must be paid to matters of hygiene. voyage; careful medical inspection has who the control Public of Works, arrivals from Minister of India Africa in disembarkation of the railways, has communicated these recomand detention for treatment of all cases of jigger, mendations of the Health Office to the railway in which the parasite had not already been and has ordered them to be adopted. authorities extracted or the
importance
destroyed.
GASTRIC ORIGIN OF RICKETS. PALPITATION AND MARCHING.
interesting contributions to Military Medicine are given in the Appendix and Surgery On disto a recent Army Medical Report. ordered action of the heart among young soldiers in India, Surgeon-Captain J. B. Wilson, M.D., a.M..S, alludes chiefly to palpitation and points out that this is a very prominent and serious cause of inefficiency. Its origin he attributes to setting-up drill, inordinate use of tobacco, and excessive heat and malaria 011 young soldiers of indifferent physique. Marching, and its place in the training of the Some
soldier,
by
Surgeon-Captain Austin,
a.m.s.
The writer affirms, what is probably the truth, that our troops are not equal to the troops of European countries in their powers of making long and rapid marches. He attributes this in part to the age of our recruits. These should be eighteen years of age, but probably a large percentage of them are considerably under this, for so long as they fulfil the physical conditions, their age is not veiy closely inquired into, nor, if inquired into, easily verified. These boys are put to do the work of trained men, and on a ration which may be enough for a man who has built up his frame, but is not enough under the circumstances for a growing lad. Surgeon-Captain Austin gives other and good reasons for the want of marching power in our troops, but the pith of them appears to lie in the above statement.
A French observer claims that rickets in children is due to abnormal conditions of digestion ; that the secreting function is extremely defective, as well as the quality of the secretions; and that there is especially a lack of free hydrochloric acid. The organism suffers from the want of properly digested nourishment, and the stomach is the seat of abnormal organic
ferments generating acids, principally lactic acid, which affect the bony tissues unfavourably, especially as respect the phosphates. POISONOUS FLANNELETTE.
Some kinds of flannelette are well known to highly inflammable, and to counteract this defect it appears that some manufacturers have recently been saturating the flannelette with chloride of zinc, a deliquescent salt, which thus moist. In one analysis keeps the material alwa}rs thus flannelette treated, it was found of made that as much as 23'12 per cent, of chloride of zinc and 7-88 per cent, of water was present. Chloride of zinc, however, is not only deliquescent but has also an irritant effect on the skin, and material containing it in such quantity when worn next the surface of the body must excite a certain amount of dermatitis and possibly some superficial ulceration. This form of adulteration is thus injurious in several ways, and it would be well to avoid any flannelette which gives the sensation of being damp. be
NEW POISON REGULATIONS. HYGIENE ON RAILWAYS.
The Imperial Health Office has recently issued instructions with a view to prevent the spread of disease by railway traffic, and which might very well be adopted on Indian railways, especially in time of plague. The regulations intended for the lines leading are especially
The Privy Council, on the requisition of the London Pharmaceutical Society, has adopted the following regulation for the guidance of druggists in England in regard to the storing of
poisons:?
keeping of poisons, each bottle, package containing a poison be
"1. That in the
vessel, box,
or
May
1899.]
POISON
REGULATIONS?EXERCISE
and also labelled with the name of the article, that it indicating mark with some distinctive contains poison. each "2. Also that in the keeping of poisons, the following of other or one on poison be kept
systems, viz.:? (a) In a bottle
or vessel tied over, capped> in a manner differsecured otherwise locked, or vessels conbottles ent from that in which in the same ordinary articles are secured "
or
taining
or
warehouse, shop, or dispensary ; rendered dis"(b) In a bottle or vessel the bottles or vessels tinguishable by touch from are same kept in the in which ordinary articles or
warehouse, shop, or dispensary ; or box package kept (c) In a bottle, vessel, for dangerous in a room or cupboard set apart "
articles.
and selling of That in the dispensing and lotions poisons, all liniments, embrocations, out in bottles rendered containing poison be sent medicine touch from ordinary distinguishable by there to each affixed be also bottles, and that the the name of such bottle (in addition to for instructions article, and to any particular contents that the its use) a label giving notice internally.". taken be to not of the bottle are "
o.
EXERCISE AND OVER-EXERCISE. the session Dit. Laud lilt Bkunton opened the British of the York Medical Society," says on exercise "
by an address to be expecwhich, as was over-exercise, which with he said a good many wise things ins-
Medical Journal, and
"
in
ted, for will agree. He said, every physician every action which put into tance, that exercise one into any not did put muscle of the body, but or of time at once, action for too great a length benefiexceedingly in too violent a manner, was he excellent this in applying with cial, but unfavourably had the temerity to compare remost three popular the lawn tennis, and cycling. creations of the day?cricket, golf, cricket, croquet, Moreover, he classed together the collocation?on and golf?rather a curious the not was playing them there that ground that inmovement of the whole body same As to lawn tennis or polo. in was necessary but ready to agree,their probably isbenot that croquet, all will likely and golf, it as to cricket to accept Dr. Brunbe disposed will devotees assertion. What muscles ton's rather sweeping into play in lawn of the body are brought bj', not brought into play tennis which are be rather curious we should of say, a fast bowler, to goll, the distribution of to know; and as out man in a the stiffness after a day's piny at least to the leads condition and practice in the body few muscles suspicion that very into action. As to cycling, to have not been called that it tended Dr. Lauder Brim ton said
principle physical
general
AND OVER-EXERCISE.
175
the chest and to cause more He added thai,
less a it had become so very general an amusement, its effect on the body, as compared with those of other physical exercises, must be very carefully watched. Like most of us, Dr. Brunton has been struck by the fact that the girl of the period tends to be most divinely tall, and he seems disposed to put this down to the great popularity of lawn tennis a few years ago. It is certainly a pity that this very excellent game appears to be going out of fashion owing to the great popularity of cycling, which we should be disposed to agree with Dr. Brunton is not an exercise so well calculated to produce an all-round development of the muscular system. Although liespoke in faint praise of cricket and golf, lie admitted that they shared with tennis one essential feature of a good game?intermittent action of many groups of muscles. Passing on to speak of over-exercise, he observed that what was sufficient exercise for the muscles might be over-exercise for the heart, so that schoolboys ran a risk of injury if their athletic power were judged from their apparent size and strength, and not according to the strength of the heart. O Dr. brunton then pointed out that a continuous strain upon one set of muscles was not only painful and exhausting but injurious, and illustrated this point very happily by referring to the fatigue experienced by men and women employed in shops, who were compelled by custom to stand for many hours a day. He showed a rest, by means of which a shopwoman could sit down and take the weight of the body off the legs, whilst movements behind the The cause counter were hardly interfered with. of the quickened breathing associated with muscular exertion was really the poisonous products formed by muscular action, and the shortness of breath was due to heart disturbance. Thus, in the ease of growing boys, football or paperchases might lead to distinct heart strain. Another factor which Dr. Brunton said must be regarded in exercises for boys and young that mental fatigue caused bodily men was exhaustion, if boys were pushed both at lessons and at exercises they were much more likely to break down than if they were pushed at one or the other alone. In adolescence the heart, like other muscles, though it was more easily strained, recovered more readily, and with moderate care would recover completely. In conclusion, Dr. Brunton dwelt on the important point that, while in middle life the heart was less liable to strain, 37et as age advanced, and especially if the arteries became atheromatous, the heart was not only more easily afiected by strain, but had less power of recovery?a fact which has its obvious bearing on the kind and amount of exercise which should be taken as narrow
permanent stoop.
o
#
t\
*n
age advances."
or
as
o
TH^E
INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE.
[May
1899.
and definite terms, which would undoubtedly have been adopted in all languages.
HYGIENIC MAXIMS.
competitors, Dr. Decornefc, of has been proclaimed the winner of the prize which was offered by the publishing firm of Messrs. Hachette et Cie in their "Annual Almanack" for 1897. The candidates were required to state briefly under ten heads the most effectual rules for preserving health, mental and bodily. The following are Dr. Decornet's 10 maxims:?1. General Hygiene: Rise early, go to bed early, and in the meantime keep yourself occupied. 2. Respiratory Hygiene: Water and bread sustain life, but pure air and sunlight are indispensable for health. 3. Gastro-intestinal Hygiene: Frugality and sobriety are the best elixir for a long life. 4. Epidermal Hygiene: Cleanliness preserves from rust; the best kept machines last longest. 5. Sleep Hygiene: A sufficiency of rest repairs and strengthens; too G. Clothes much rest weakens and makes soft. clothed who keeps his well is He Hygiene: body sufficiently warm, safeguarding it from all abrupt changes of temperature, while at the same time maintaining perfect freedom of motion. 7. House Hygiene: A house that is clean and cheerful makes a happy home. 8. Moral Hygiene: The mind reposes and resumes its edge by means of relaxation and amusement, but excess opens the door to the passions and these attract the vices. 9. Intellectual Hj'giene: Gaiety conduces to love of life and love of life is the half of health ; on the other hand, sadness and gloom help on old age. 10. Professional H}'giene : Is it your brain that feeds }Tou? Don't allow your arms and your legs to become ankylosed. Dig for a livelihood, but don't omit to burnish your intellect and elevate your thoughts. Amongst 500
Ferte-sur-Aube,
"SKIAGRAPHY," "RADIOGRAPHY,"
SMALL POX IN RANGOON.
During the mouth of
Asia
CAVENDiSH.
OR
,
"
SOLDIERS' DRESS.
having been brought to notice in the Punthat the khaki clothing worn by Command jab British troops is not made sufficiently loose and roomy, the khaki trousers in particular being frequently made so tight over the thigh and seat as to seriously hamper the movements of the men when at drill, especially on a hill
"
sentially pedantic,and increases difficulties
It
which
obviate. Still, as the British Medical Journal points out, it is clear that a scientific term should be made thoroughly international. This is not always the case, as the words " potassium" and " kalium" testify.
proffesses
"sharp."
The author so widely known as" Cavendish," in private life Mr. Henry Jones, whose death took place a few weeks since, was, say the Medical Press, himself a medical man, and the son of Mr. Henry W. Jones, also a medical practitioner, of Solio Square. Mr. Henry Jones took his M.R.C.S. in 1852,and.subsequently became amember of the Societ}' of Apothecaries. He ceased to but had long before achieved the practise in ] 8G9, an unquestionable authority in all of position matters appertaining to card-playing. His numerous works, all written under the nom cle " plume Cavendish," still hold their own in all English-speaking countries. It is a curious fact that his father, who was very fond of a rubber at whist, acquired the habit of settling disputes " by referring to Cavendish," years before he became aware that the author was his own son.
This coining of words on a GrsBCO-Latin basis for scientific purposes is an absolute necessity now that works on science are written in several different languages. Their use is not a sign j of pedantry ; on the contrary, the" affectation" of Anglo-Saxon terms such as voice-box (which is not Anglo-Saxon) for " larynx is es- ! it
were
to the
"
"AKTINOGRAPHY ?"
"
February there
over 1,100 Rangoon Munireported were fatal; less G20 number of which cipality, than half the figures quoted were treated in the hospitals. Since the beginning of the current have been year, over 1,200 cases of small-pox treated in the hospitals at Rangoon ; and double that number of cases have been treated in private houses in town. Apparently, the epidemic has left the European quarter of Rangoon ; but it is fatal results among the children spreading withthe Chinese and Burmese in the and adults of The Rangoon Western part of the town. the for statement that the is authority Gazette Government officer, Maubin, wired a Burman ' last week to Dr. Hoyle, the Civil Surgeon of he termed him, in the following Vaccination,'as Please send sharp a cask of vaccine terms : " Apparently he wants to vaccinate all lymph. cases
to
Our contemporary, the Chronique Medicate, justly complains that Roentgen's new photo-
graphy and photographs are termed skiagraphy" and "skiagram" in English, radiographic" and radiogramme in French, and "aktinographie" and aktinogram" in German. Further regret is expressed that Processor Roentgen himself did not supply precise "
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their boots are not kept sufficiently pliant and soft for the purpose of marching, Officers Commanding British Corps and Batteries have been directed to give their attention to the following instructions:?(i) The trousers should be made as comfortable and loosefitting over the parts indicated as is consistent with a smart appearance, and the coats
side, and that
May
should be of
warm
care
try
SOLDIERS' DRESS-A MAGNIFICENT YEAR-BOOK.
1899.]
large enough to admi clothing being worn underneath, specia Infanso
being
made
as to
taken in
be
of British made easy at the throat,
regiments
to have the coats
and thus obviate the necessity of men unhooking and and unbuttoning them when climbing a hill; the Punjab, (ii) in view of the dry climate ot and in order that the buff leather accoutrements and boots may be kept in good and serviceable condition at all times, directions have been given
buff belts,
that all leather accoutrements, except should be periodically moistened with dubbing, and that in especially during the hot weather; soaked well be the case of boots they should men. the to issued with castor oil on being
CANTONMENTS. in a recent Gazette
INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN
of A notification appears Cantonments the under Indict, adding a rule to are required Act, by which certain persons disor contagious give information of infectious orders within cantonment lines. houses, and Medical practitioners, owners of disease, from persons attending those suffering infoifurnish mu3t who are instanced as those of cases to mation. The rule will not apply undei is the patient venereal disease, when and by reason specific and adequate treatment, of residence is of habits, conditions of life and to repoit, Failure unlikely to spread the disease. information, wi or the furnishing of false rule, we involve a fine up to Rs. 50. The new of the model the on has been framed believe, regulations enforced
in
Norway and Sweden.
FUND. KANTHACK SUBSCRIPTION
at The late talented Professor of Pathology
personally
who must have been in connection many of our readers has by his enthuwith his visit to this country, left his disease of the to siastic devotion study financially. ofl widow and family very badly of the An appeal is being made on the behalf Wellatter for funds, by Dr. J. H. Drysdale, 25, acknowbeck Street, London, W., who will gladly object. ledge all contributions for this deserving
Cambridge, known
to
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