. Scientific American Volume 64 Number 08 (February 1891) . well as the metal parts, is carefully covered over with batiste. Gentle but rapidfriction movements are made with this over the mucousmembrane of the pharynx or naso-pharyngeal content with manipulating these regions, Dr. VonCederschiold has actually invaded the interior of theEustachian tube. For this purpose he employs a spiralsimilar to that used for the nares, but much finer, fineenough, that is to say, to be introduced into the tubethrough an ordinary Eustachian catheter.—Lancet. 4 Hi » Sixty Ruined Cities In Yucatan. T
. Scientific American Volume 64 Number 08 (February 1891) . well as the metal parts, is carefully covered over with batiste. Gentle but rapidfriction movements are made with this over the mucousmembrane of the pharynx or naso-pharyngeal content with manipulating these regions, Dr. VonCederschiold has actually invaded the interior of theEustachian tube. For this purpose he employs a spiralsimilar to that used for the nares, but much finer, fineenough, that is to say, to be introduced into the tubethrough an ordinary Eustachian catheter.—Lancet. 4 Hi » Sixty Ruined Cities In Yucatan. There are a few more than sixty ruined cities inYucatan, so far as they have been discovered. Withina radius of one hundred miles from Merida are suchmagnificent examples as Mayapan, Ake, Chichen-Itza,Kabah, and Labna, but none is more interesting andgrand than Uxmal, about seventy-six miles by roadtravel from Merida. By far the finest building in thecity, both from its commanding position on a loftyeminence and the completeness of its preservation, is. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES FOE THE OCEAN TUG TRITON. the Royal Palace, otherwise known as the Casa deGobernador, in Spanish. It stands on the topmost ofthree terraces of earth—once, perhaps, faced with stone,but now crumbled, broken, and in a stage of hetero-geneous decay. The lowermost and largest is 575 , the second 545 ft. long, 250 wide, and 25 ft. high,while the third and last is 360 ft. in length, 30 inbreadth, and 19 in height, and supports the building,which has front of 322 ft., with a depth of only 39, anda height of but 25 ft. It is entirely of stone, withoutornament to a height of about ten feet, where there isa wide cornice, above which the wall is a bewilderingmazeof sculpture. The roof was flat and once coveredwith cement, in the opinion of some travelers, but isnow covered with tropical plants, trees, and are three large doorways through the easternwall, about eight feet square, giving entr
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