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POPULAR SCIEITCE I:TEWS. 



[January, 1888. 



the yard from some neighboring laburnum-trees. 

 The nurse in charge, on going into the yard at 

 about three p m., found a girl vomiting; and in the 

 course of a few minutes five other girls commenced 

 to vomit. They were all very white, complained of 

 pain in their heads, and were shivering. At eight 

 P.M. one girl was covered from head to foot with 

 an eruption of large red patches, much resembling 

 scarlatina. All the patients recovered under appro- 

 priate treatment. 



The Reduction op Copper in Fehling's 

 Solution with Chloral Hydrate. — On' ap- 

 plying Fehling's test to a specimen of urine sent 

 to him for examination, Dr. O. W. Sherwin found 

 the copper reduced as with diabetic urine, while 

 the specific gravity was only 1.015. On inquiry 

 he found that a few grains of chloral hydrate had 

 been added to the urine to prevent decomposition. 

 On further trial he found that a very weak solu- 

 tion of chloral hydrate in clear water would reduce 

 the copper. In two cases, after the internal admin- 

 istration of medicinal doses of chloral, the charac- 

 teristic reaction was produced on testing the urine 

 with the copper solution. Two days afterwards 

 the urine in neither case showed any signs of 

 sugar. 



Death of an Aged Physician. — Dr. Nekle- 

 witsch of Loske, in Poland, has lately died at the 

 age of one hundred and nine years, having, a 

 quarter of an hour before his death, seen and pre- 

 scribed for a patient. Sixteen years ago he had a 

 paralytic stroke affecting both his feet, so that he 

 has since that time been obliged to confine his pro- 

 fessional advice to the consulting-room. 



HUMORS. 



A teacher said to a member of the State 

 Board of Health who was investigating the condi- 

 tion of her room, " No, I haven't any ventilators: 

 I don't see any use for them." — " But how do you 

 keep the air pure ? " — " Oh, I've got a thermom- 

 eter." 



A COLORED man who had been bitten by a 

 rattlesnake claimed to have been cured by whiskey 

 and an application of raw chicken-flesh. It is 

 hard to tell which had the power to effect a cure, 

 but the colored race and the chicken draw pretty 

 well together. 



" To what do you attribute the curative proper- 

 ties of your springs? " asked a visitor at a health 

 resort. " Well," answered the proprietor thought- 

 fully, "I guess the advertising I've done has had 

 something to do with it." 



The Horse Blew First. — A veterinary stu- 

 dent, having been sent to administer a dose to a 

 sick horse, was asked by his preceptor what success 

 he met with. "None at all," he replied: "the 

 horse bit me." The preceptor then explained that 

 he should have put the powder into a medicine- 

 tube, and, placing one end in the side of the horse's 

 mouth, blow it into his throat; whereupon the stu- 

 dent proceeded to act upon the suggestion. Re- 

 turning again, he was asked what success he had 

 this time. " None at all," he replied: "the horse 

 blew first ! " 



The Girard-House Medicine-Cup. — In the 

 Girard House, a large hotel of Philadelphia, there 

 is a white marble ice-water fountain, with a silver 

 cup dangling from a chain. So many people have 

 been taking pills, cod-liver oil, cough-mixtures, 

 and other decoctions, with the help of the silver 

 cup, that the cup got to taste like all the medicines 

 that were mixed in it, and it smelt like a drug- 

 store. Recently another silver cup was chained 

 to the fountain; and over the old one hung a sign 

 which read, " This is the medicine-cup." 



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