SCIENCE.

pyROLJGENOUs ACID.
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The virtues ofthis chemical prepara'ioTVn IN pre-
venting putrefacton and preserving anma SUD,
stances, have been sufficiently tried ana 1ohhd
extensively useful. Meats cured by IT'S anlceP |
tic qualities may be kept for any length OF Time
Rv some experiments which have recently been
made, it appears that this acid may be used to|
great advantage in embalming and preserving 'nel
dead. The body OF Mr. Boaldmal,, senator mi
Congress from the state of Connecticut, VINO oiea|
suddenly in Ohio, has lately been brought nome


lin this acid at a warm season of the year, with
out the slightest appearance OF pntretac'ion or
any change in the features. We conversed With
the physician who superntended the process OF
|embalning and the transportation OF the peuy'


and who assured us of the above mentioned fact


lin his opinion, the pyroligenous ac'd VIII more


than surpass the Egyptian art in preserving .h'
dead 1t will also he of great use III ahatoi''cS
'lpreparations...[N N. Y. Statesman.


i Steel.-There appears reason to oeiiev'
|, from the experiments of. Is. Boussingaui!
=, of the French school of mines, that s'lici
,Ium, or the base of silcx, is an essential IN
|. .lcredient as carbon. in the constitution .
steel. 1t is found in all the varieties
- whereas there was one variety in wh'c
y only trace Of carbon could be perceived


PoLYpus IN THE NosE--Cure for Poiypus


1.-THE nose, by the application of which lady
< this city was cured alter hi,ing suffered byu


a'complaint for sixteen years. ..-,.,.