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Show Get Elderly Patient PatientUp PatientUp Up in TwoKTeeks Two Tvo , Weeks \KTeeks KTeeks \ Weeksto KTeeksto to A Avoid void DeathDoctors Death DeathDoctors Doctors Find COllfinelnent Confinement Confinementto to Bed Hastens the EndBy End EndBy By JAN JANE STAFFORD STAFrORD STAFI'ORD STAFIORD STAFI'ORDAtlantic STAFrORDAtlantic STAFFORDAtlantic ' Atlantic City , N . JElderly J . - Elder Elderly . ly 1y persons who get sickmust sick must mustbe mustbe mustbo be gotten out of bed and back backon backon backon on their feet as rapidly as aspossible aspossible aspossible possible , m In order to stall off offdeath offdeath offdeath death , Drs . Louis B . Laplace Laplaceand Laplaceand Laplaceand and J . T . Nicholson of Phila PhIla- PhIladelphIa Philadelphia Philadelphia - delphia told members of the theAmellcan theAmerican theAmencan Amellcan American Medicalassocia Medical associa associa- association association association - tion hereConfinement here . ' Confinement to bed hastens death deathin deathfn in fn persons over sixty theyfound years , they found The reason rcason is that remain remam remain- . - periods ing remaining inactive mactlve and prone for long penIods pe- pe pe periods - riods nIods allows a11o\\s a11o s \ the blood to accumu accumu- - - late accumulate in the small veins and arteries . arteries.The arteriesThe The total volume of blood thus is re- re reduced re reduced - . duced and its circulation is further furtherImpeded furtherimpeded furtherimpeded Impeded by the hardening hardenmg of the theblood theblood theblood blood vessels that occurs in old age . The blood , therefore , remains remams in inilie inthe inthe ilie the capillaries until it is forced out outby outby outby by contractions of the muscles , but buta a person confined to bed moves his hismusclcs hismuscles hismuscles musclcs muscles so little httle that the blood does doesnot doesnot doesnot not circulate enough As a result resulttissues , , tIssues degenerate , ulcers form , and andthe andthe andthe the bodJPIS body bodJP is slowly poisoned by ab- ab absorptIon absorption ab absorption - - sorption of the products from the thedegenerated thedegenerated thedegenerated degenerated tissues The patlent patient patlentsmks patientsinks patientsinks smks sinks into mto stupor and the final fina1 in- in invasion in invasion . - vasion vaslOn of the bacteria into mto the lungs lungscauses lungscauses lungscauses causes the fatal pneumomaThe pneumoniaThe pneumonia pneumoma pneumoniaThe The way to prevent all this Is Isto isto isto to order elderly patients out of bed bedas bedas bedas as soon as possible and while they theymust theymust theymust must remain Temam m in bed to give them themmassage themmassage themmassage massage , exercise in bed , deep deepI deepbreathmg deepbreathing deepbreathing breathmg breathing and frequent shifts of ofposItIon ofposition ofposition ofpositionA I posItIon posItIonA A new , quick and inexpensive meJo.penslvc meJopenslvc . test testI testto testto I to determine whether a v/oman v oman woman / Is IsI Isgoing isgoing I gomg going to become a mother moilier was re- re reported re reported - . ! ported by Drs John Huberman HubermanHoward , I IHoward Howard H Israeloff Israelofl ' and BenJamin BenJaminHymowItz BenjaminHymowitz BenjaminHymowitz HymowItz of Newark Nev.ark Nevark . , N J . The test testis testis I II IIs I Is made by injecting lDJectmg under the skm skin skinof skinof I of the forearm one of the hormones hormonespresent hormonespresent hormonespresent present m in the body of an expectant expectantmother expectantmother expectantmother mother If the skin becomes red redand redand redand and inflames mflames , the lest test is negative negativeand negativeand negativeand and the woman is not about to be- be become become be become - come a mother If there is no re- re reaction reaction re reaction - - action , the test is considered consldered posi POSI- POSItIve positive positive - tive evidence that the woman IS ISbearmg isbearing isbearing bearmg bearing a ch childThe child childThe d dThe The test v . was .as as . as originally orlgmally devised by byDrs byDrs byDrs Drs G C Gilftllen GllfUIen Gilfillen and W K Gregg Greggof Greggof Greggof of Dayton , Ohio The Newark physi phYSI- phYSIcians physicians physicians - cians found it 90 per cent accurate accuratem accuratein m in tests of 200 expectant mothers mothersand mothersand mothersand and 95 per cent accurate in 150 wom wom- women women - en known not to be expectmg expecting chil clul- clul cluldren cluldren children - dren |