Scientific liftings of the day on science topics
Dr Ott notes rattlesnake tail vibrations sixty per second. Fayol reports tar treatment lengthens oak timber used in collieries, pine unaffected. Gill proposes star maps by direct photography from the heavens. Brown-Sequard links carbonic acid to laryngeal anaesthesia via nerve-centre irritation. Plowright links hay fever to pollen and grass fungi spores to sheep cough. Gobin notes solids conduct sound with river gravel clacks heard by boatmen. A new glass, insoluble in water and resistant to acids, may coat metals. Lockyer argues celestial spectra imply elements as compounds. White sand from Sarepta yields cylindrical stones with milky root-derived origin per Becker and Humboldt.
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Mons. Gobin
Rhone
Ergent Mountains
Sarepta
Russia
Alexander von Humboldt
Alex. Becker
Doctor's Disagree: Mrs Ingram Cured After Misdiagnosis
A Pittsburg Commercial Gazette reporter recalls a patient, Mrs. Milo Ingram, daughter of Captain Hugh McKelvey, suffering ulcers believed cancer for six years. The article notes Perna cured her and cites medical ignorance. Also includes ads and snippets on Shiloh's remedies and other items.
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Pittsburg
Perna
Dr. Hartman
Sick patients urged to try Bitters remedy
Local health column cautions readers about health claims and promotes a tonic known as Bitters. The note implies potential misuse and urges consulting a physician for illness. No confirmed clinical evidence is provided in the fragment.
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Gill
Cape of Good Hope Observatory
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C. B. Plowright
Vienna
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Sirius
Shiloh
A. J. Davis
Puck
Dr. Kline
Arch Street
Philadelphia
John Mauser
Prop’s
Pittsburgh
Anderson & Smith
U. 5S
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U. 8
Patent Office
Washington, DC
Lewis Johnson & Co
Washington, D. C
O. Ridegut & CO
New York
Guenther
Crversts
32 & CO
Pilteburogm
Ray Bolloway & CO
Ichrston
Rey Boy
Glen's
Bright
Wells, Richardson & CO
Burlington, Vt
Yaney
B. Harti & Co
Osborn, A
Eneblig
Waaghon
Brucill TS
Bevulikmer
French Street
Erie
Tarchisi
Marchisi
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Weekly Star
Congress
U. S
Washington
Queen & CO. Tre Great Opticians
Chestnut Street
Piiladel Pris
Forman i
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Atrugu Ar Prives
Kline
Ted
A. A. S. Hodlas
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Washington, D.G
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Thhoute
Warren County
DeLee
George Jones
Lohnes & Thizenthaler
Warren Borough
Warren Woodenware Works
Rock Box
Warren. Pa
Niltt
A. A. Davis & CO
St. Nicholas
China
Warren, Pa
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Hickory Street
Warren, Penn A
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Rochester Scale Company
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Rochester, N
Anderson
Adam, Meldrum Edi Nnap
Carver House
Schellhammer & Lesser
Buckeye
Medea! Association
Battalo Medical and Surgical Journal
Gale
Tifft
Perry Street
Buffalo
Hughes’ Tar
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