The North Otago Times MONDAY OCTOBER 12, 1914. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13183, 12 October 1914, Page 4

The North Otago Times MONDAY OCTOBER 12, 1914. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

, The Emperor William of Berlin, 20lh March, .11101. •—"Wo will be.everywhere victorious even if we aril surrounded by enemies on all oh'ics, ami even if av have lo light supe.'ior numbers, for w.' most, powerful ally, h God, who, since (he time'of the Great Elector and Great King, has always been on our side." Abraham Lincoln, during Ihe darkest lionrs of Ihe civil war, in response lo the question whelher he was sure (hat God was on "our side":—"l do not know; I have not thought about that. But I am very anxious lo know whelher we are on Clod's side.". . "A Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on.him, but to find some • plea which should justify to the Lamb himself his right to eat liim. He then addressed him: 'Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me.' 'lndeed,' bleated the Lamb in a' mournful tone of voice, '.I was not then born.' Then said the .Wolf: 'Yon feed in my pasture.' 'No, good sir,' replied the Lamb, 'I have not yet Listed grass.' Again J said the Wolf: 'You drink of my well.' 'No,' exclaimed the Lamb, '1 nevdr yet drank water, for as yet iiiv mother's milk is both food and drink to me' On which the Wolf seized him, and ate him up, saying: 'Well! 1 won't remain supperlcxx, even tholigh' you refillpvcry'one of my imputations.' " Or would have done so, but a sheep clog who had promised protection ciime, do I lie Lamb's '"defence. Whereupon the. Wolf; surprised, called on the. pence fill animals who were disturbed by the coiillief. to bear, witness "that he kui been attacked by'n neutral power and was fighting for his, life; •... '■" ' ■ ." /,Moral: 'When a great"power, resolves' to gobble up a .smaller one,', ( it.-: can ' always find an excuse which will satisfy . "c--. :'.'■■".■■';': ! V'..:'■•';>;.., v.-

itself, hut mil always one which will snlisfx llie'it'sl nl' I lie win lil.

PmlVssni ,|. Ai f liin Tluuiuoii, \her„ dcon, in a |)o|iiiliii' led in e on "Tin l Healing I'nwiii of Nnliiri'," refeiied lo llii l i , \linoiiliiiiiiy ciipnoilv llml iniiiiy living ciontiirci hud of healing I heir wounds iiuil regiowing loil pinlii. A' sponge could In 1 oil up unit plntiled like it polnlo; il might be minced mid piesscd llnough a sieve without losing ill power nf lCgiowlh An earthworm thought nothing of legiowing !i now heml or a new tail; ami a snail had been known lo legoneinte its horn ami Ihe eye at Hie lip of il even unto fOl (v limes. The em tailed li?ard grew a new tail, and a -ilorlc eonld replaen the greater part of its bill.' For various veasona there was not regenerative, capacity in man; we could vegrcw our hair -often a million'cells in a day -Mmt'ive could not regrow a tooth or a single 'nerve' cell, Nature's power of heaiing tended-to occuriu thoso animala and in .those parts of animals which, in Ihe natural conditions oE their life, were particularly "liable |o non-fatal injury,' Long-legged and lanky animals like crabs-anil star fishes usually showed much of it; a self-con-tained globular animal, like; a urchin, showed little. ■" The chameleon was one of''the few-lizards which cannot re'gWw it 3 tail, for it kept safely coiled around the branch. A very interesting' fact was I hat what was re.grown was not Always : quite true lo pattern—the crab did not always git, an eye for an eye, but it. might bo au antenna for an eytv, The lizard did not always regrow its own tail but it's grandfather's so to speak. Another veiy interesting aspect of the. healing power of nature was the way in which organisms defended themselves from injurious intruders, or parasites, or poisons,

Cincinnati is soon to open a splendid new general hospital in connection'with the medical school -of Cincinnati University, which is under municipal control. This is said to be the only instance in America of a municipal medical school nnil hospital conducted by and for a city., The hospital, which will accommodate 1500 patients at a pinch, is situated on n plot of 27 aires adjoining; another city-owned tract of XS acres to bo used for day camps for weak and sick children or adults; and also for night camps for jiion witlr incipient or arrested tuberculosis. The hospital will be the centre for medical education in Cincinnati, for lint only the physicians of the hospital si ah* will have the 'benefit" of its use, but every repiitajile physician in the city as well. These outside physicians may hold their meetings in tho large amphitheatre, where there are powerful' projecting lanterns and other facilities to aid them in teaching, or they may use the spacious laboratories of the pathological'building, where .specimens will be saved specially for I heir use.