Brooklyn medical journal. . ENDINGDECEMBER 31, 1891. By J. S. Young, , Dep. Commissioner of Health. Population, estimated, Dec. 31, 1891, Total deaths : Oct., 1,622, Nov., 1,482; 880,780 Dec, 1,855 Rate of mortality per 1,000: Oct., ; Total births reported: Oct., 1,495; Nov., Nov., ; Dec, 1,328; Dec, 1,471 The mortality by certain of the more important diseases was as follows : Oct. Nov. Dec. Oct. Nov. Dec, Measles, 3 2 9 Whooping Cough, - 4 3 4 Croup, 49 47 45 Phthisis, - 189 167 174 Diphtheria, 56 65 93 Bronchitis, - - 73 81 149 Scarlet Fever, 16 37 46 Pneumonia,- - 144 2
Brooklyn medical journal. . ENDINGDECEMBER 31, 1891. By J. S. Young, , Dep. Commissioner of Health. Population, estimated, Dec. 31, 1891, Total deaths : Oct., 1,622, Nov., 1,482; 880,780 Dec, 1,855 Rate of mortality per 1,000: Oct., ; Total births reported: Oct., 1,495; Nov., Nov., ; Dec, 1,328; Dec, 1,471 The mortality by certain of the more important diseases was as follows : Oct. Nov. Dec. Oct. Nov. Dec, Measles, 3 2 9 Whooping Cough, - 4 3 4 Croup, 49 47 45 Phthisis, - 189 167 174 Diphtheria, 56 65 93 Bronchitis, - - 73 81 149 Scarlet Fever, 16 37 46 Pneumonia,- - 144 210 329 Typhoid Fever, - 27 24 16 Brights Diseases, - 35 34 44 Certain foreign and American cities show the following death-rates : Oct. Nov. Dec. Oct. Nov. Dec. Brooklyn, 25-05 Vienna, - New York, Paris, - • 19-39 Philadelphia, London, • 15-72 Berlin, - Glasgow, - Dublin, - 33-02 Nit. SAMUEL HAHNEMANN Was born in April, 1755, at Meissen in Saxony. He took the degree of at Erlangen in 1779. He practicedhis profession in various parts of Germany and Switzerland, earning more from his literary work than from hisprofession. In 1890, while residing in Leipzig, he translated Cullens Materia Medica from the English into German, and whileengaged in this translation he was struck with the insufficiency of the explanation of the modus operandi of cinchonabark in curing ague, and it occurred to him to take a large dose, in order to see what the effect would be on ahealthy body. He took four drams of it in successive doses, and in the course of a few days experienced all thesymptoms of ague (this happened in Leipzig, where at that time the disease was very common), and he concludedthat the reason why cinchona cures ague is, because it has the power to produce symptoms in a healthy person similarto those of ague. This experiment was the beginning
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