M. MATERIA MEDICA, THERAPEUTICS, AND HYGIENE.555 



hairs, and their length ; second, the number of these that ex- 

 hibit a distinct tip ; third, the number in which a distinct 

 root is wanting ; fourth, the number of hairs with thinner 

 and lighter roots ; fifth, the number of hairs in which the di- 

 ameter is less than the average. In the case of a lady of 35, 

 of average health, the daily loss of hair was found to amount 

 to about 73, or 220 in 3 days; of which 162, or 74 per cent., 

 exhibited distinct tips. In 10 hairs there was no distinct 

 root ; and the ends of the root were unchanged in color and 

 thickness in 27 hairs under six inches in length, and in 37 

 over 6 inches long. 1 C, xxvu., 420. 



CURE OF BOXE-FELOX. 



Professor Hitter, of Berlin, cures bone-felon, or whitlow, by 

 first carefully probing the swelling of the finger, and making 

 a small incision where the pain aj:>pears greatest. The pain 

 of the operation, which may be lessened by the local applica- 

 tion of ether, or by the inhalation of chloroform, can not be 

 compared with the relief given to the patient after a few 

 minutes. The after-treatment is equally simple. The small 

 wound is to be covered with lint and carbolic acid, and bath- 

 ed morning and evening in tepid water, and after a very few 

 days is perfectly healed. 8 C, xvn., 132. 



THE SEWIXG MACHINE OX THE HEALTH OF FEMALES. 



Dr. Decaisne, in the Union 3fedicale, after a careful inves- 

 tigation of 661 female operatives upon the sewing machine, 

 reaches the conclusion that these persons are not, as has been 

 alleged, more subject than other working women to diseases 

 peculiar to their sex, and that the cases which have been re- 

 ported are evidently simple coincidences, and the results of 

 a labor too severe for woman's strength. 3 B,May 26, 175. 



CURE OF CHROXIC SOMNAMBULISM. 



*A foreign medical journal mentions two instances in which 

 chronic somnambulism was cured by administering bromide 

 of potassium, the dose given in one instance varying from 30 

 to 100 grains per day, and in the other case 15 grains were 

 given both morning and evening. The attacks in each case 

 gradually became less and less frequent, and in a short time 

 entirely ceased. 3 B, August 8, 705. 



