| Show SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY 111111 Alunnit slimelarlIt 1 Point I Ibarliml of 111tin ZI Z 1 Ito Emell nal1111tiour 1411hasnally I an in owlizearliad4ratrairal ifotras Tiny rorl Factories Common errors resulting from the germ theory of disease were pointed out by Professor Llebreich at the recent German Ger-man Congress of Intern Medicine Medical men have carefully studied the substances capable of destroying the bacteria but It Ii eseniiil to consider the ce lular elements of the organism and lo avoid the error cf concentrating attention entirely on microbes that often are nut the primary cause cf disease but have developed to an unusual exle t through a lowering of iuhty Tht i biclllus of lutcice for instance ii Iud healthy lunjs Its deiel pment I ItsdevelTiniient Jl11ent aitarning tile chritter of a isle only a ler the vitili y of the pulrno larv I eel I has been Impelled Irot 1 ss r Li bn left Is I of opii ion that Kocnn new tubeicul n Kill not be more succ s > lea han flat former prepara ion and states that wine Helrms di hihna an itoiin his bten v ry lavonby re lort I oil there are may comp tent OUserve wo Juelon Its cenfit Tetaaus antitoxin he ronounces use less The phosphorescent lanip on which Pu uj an Austran plyslcis has be n at work for fully y ars bas a bulb much hue that ol th o dinar In amlocrnt lamp Mill el ctrodcs of aluminum kc ire cxt tdm directly through the wallet thebulD 1 he neiatixe pole term hates in a mall disc A smill square sheet of ntca co lied ulih sulphide of calcium hangs lion the lamp globe and laces Ihe I disc When either one or both 1 po es are connected to an Induction fell 1 or Plate electric mach ne a I onof tad I ta-d 1nro electricity Ia 1 reflecl d froi the I di ct to the nllca causmi the latter to I glow with brilliant phosphorescence I Some fortunate v care told hy M Phllio TISse are born tired In a I ueral sense The con It on i on A 0 If mevous deH ity Iran m tied by a mo t her I 11 her Gffiprnic as a result ol her o nat n-at gue or exhaustiona kind ol I poison I in Z ot the cmld through tho niateJ blood cf tire partnt I The orgm of life must long continue a i rein tin 4 sulject far specuati t In A Phlladdfhia I I fivestigjtor eir Ctmls Morris I contends Mat the con IlIOn lav ring the development of organi c r4nir I were traDit ry and lion r exists such mateiial 1 hai ig MUJ wi a vitally active stage < f n organic c Iran litry i Tnere must hive beta a t ms in fe eirtn battery he reason whtn cliemi cal inactivity prevailed on account of 11411 I I t mperature and araalunllavcrl as piyiical conditions Cncmical hly I arose and Increased as the heated ocean was forrr ed and Chang d the fi s simpl 1 I substances hlu 1 com > uu ids of pndually growtg Oriet and v lume Mnyn uthrg c mplex minerals were probably 1 deposittd as rock fonntiois Tnt ocean hating deepened aid hold Itself frllm Ion IKn m ellal Inornc chemical chemi-cal activity giaduilly dimi is tied until i has no N practicilly cea d oxloalon having redu eJ neatly all sub lances 10 a te of client tal fidy Wilh tile coo Ing ot the p mevat ocean an lithe hcre of sunshine cam organic chun cat Activity The material had been p cooled in ar and water anJ nIt I n-It as had Its origin in an ear v icactloi I between carton dioxide nd tic tie mnti ol I waer jicldn I r hydro arbons an IU sequently between thee and nitrogen ni-trogen jle ui g the fir m re comp ex albu t iflous ctmjtuids rh coral ex Ityof mineral rnjlecilles daub less increased in-creased under coact along restraining the act vty of oxi gen SeeJ forms of or ginic lancesimple carbon < am pounds may hv first app ared anJ the o wcu d serve as Ihe bails of g adu al y increasing complexity cf moltcule ihr ugh a p I sslbly loupco llnue l pro ccsi of ccoxldit n and format on cl I higher carLon antj ntr gen conpouids un Ii rue ur game malter appard oId the chtm try ol life had b gui The microbes ol fevers may be scat teeJ 11 I ofessor Charles ilrhbore be lieves m dew Ircm ewer As lit sewer sew-er water IS uully tao or three dgre s warmer than the cold air tf cattle huurs of the night the watery vapor riSIng i through traps may be frcqu ntly condensed when each par role ol dews dew-s able I to btcome a raft on which m crabe may be carried for miles to be finally deposited whereer the dew its i dissipated perhaps in a dwelling reached reach-ed tDrough a walm shall An International Scientific Anochtion was proposed at the metmz of the Will In Association in Canada In ISSI and it 11 now suggested that the year I goo would be an appropriate time to organize such a society From > n exhaustive study of cave debris de-bris neat the Rhine Dr Jacob Nuesch concludes that this record cf the human occupation ol Svti zrland extend back about 33 ooo years Traces of man and his chipped stone industries are found w ill tin oldest arimal remain w lich belong to postglacial time and a ut attic cimlle l This period of man act animals lasted about SOC0 years Then followed a tel period I ofSooo 10 12000 years which seem to have been wllaoul nun and characterized by a gradual change ol animal tile to modern t > pes tril and till I i was succeeded in turn by the lake dwelling and polished stone period of about 4000 years which came to an end with the introduction of bronze about 4000 year ago IL Is I probable that man inhabited milder parts ol Europe I long before Ihe Alpine glaciers had melted sufficiently to permit his occupation ol bailzilland A Written surgeon Professor Milultz wears gloves of fine thread In pertain Ing operations and declares that this difilculy not only but causes makes rt eluSert hold I ence the or tissues The purpose of the gloves Is to reduce the chances of introducing troublescme germs Several changes 1 gloves are necessary in long operation and each pair Is I made thoroughly aseptic in steam while the hand are uashed and dis nfeclcd lin the usual way A further recommendation Is i the use of a respirator ol fine muslin as a safeguard t safe-guard uga nst mouth bacteria Among tqu lie dwarfs the cmallittis claimed I to ue apony reared by Marcnese Carcano a horse fancier of Lombardv It is said to stand only six hi nds or 34 inches high whicn the bhetandi are seldom under eight hands The owner has a theory that small horses will return a greater amount cfcak than large horses for the lame expense lit leedinl With the August houe fly making himielf altogether too Ire and easy it is well to know that he has no liking lor sassafras Hunches of this oid rom shrub hung in tie Kitchen windows or oil of sassafras wisely distributed are sald I to deter t conlin and speed the patting I uta Ihis I pes ilenthl fellow |
