Show chemist forecasts mans life will be prolonged and be made more comfortable mans workaday life has become increasingly dependent upon the ability ot of chemical research workers to convert new scientific discoveries co into practical necessities at the end of three centuries the chemical industry in the united states has reached major proportions A cressy morrison in a page illustrated volume man in a chemical world recently pub dished by charles scribners sons new york reviews the position of the chemical industry as it affects modern routine existence morrisons Morri sons account covers the effect of chemical progress on industry medicine food transportation television home comforts and the more abundant life looking forward morrison believes that it is quite unnecessary to be led astray by imaginations willo will o th ewi to feel that a very wonderful future lies just ahead for the human race through the continued progress of chemical industry some possible future developments seen by him include further improvements in medicine particularly in regard to the two childhood scourges urges scarlet fever and infantile paralysis food habits should change sharply in coming years with biologists leading the way in develop developing new new species of edible plants and chem chemists synthesizing them to make them easily available to all classes continued study of chemically controlled glands is apt to change medical technique to the extent that many surgical operations may in the future be obsolete because of the use of new synthetics finally morrison forecasts chemists not only will contribute substantially to the prolonging of mans life but will also aid in making his life richer more comfortable and more secure |