Show Daily Health Service By Dy DR MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Med Mcd ical Association and of lIela the Health Magazine l If there is any anyone one feature of the human body that is distinctive and personal it is the character of the blood Everyone knows of the special tests that can be performed to determine determine determine deter deter- mine the presence of disease such as the Wassermann test blood counting and determination of the red coloring matter maUer Few p people know however about the more delicate reactions such as asare asare are ore involved when the fluid matter of the blood of or one person is mixed with the thc red cells of the blood of or an an- other Under such circumstances sometimes the mixing tal takes es place without harm but bit in hi other cases the red cells may be clumped together in what is called agglutination or in other oth oth- er cr instances they may be dissolved described b by the word lysis There are arc furth furthermore tests which Involve precipitation which means that blood which looks clear suddenly sudden sudden- ly y becomes thick and cloudy be because awe of a reaction that has taken place due to some change These delicate tests with the blo blood d now form the basis of numerous important Important im Im- actions for the diagnosis of disease for the determination of whether or not it is safe sare t to do a blood transfusion for determining the race from which an Individual springs and finally although It is not yet fully established for determining pater pator Thus although it is not yet possible to say that a certain man is the father of a certain child hild it has become possible possible pos pos- sible l id iii some instances to show that a certain man could not possibly be the father of a certain child The method also is of value in cert certain in cases of crime in showing whether bloodstains blood bloodstains bloodstains stains are human blood stains or whether they are arc those of a chicken a rabbit a n monkey or of some other species It has been shown by numerous investigators in all parts of the world that hat many of these qualities of the blood are Inherited The investigators have lave examined specimens of blood taken from all of the members of ofa various various va a va- va arious rious families and from people of various races As a n result of these studies It is isnow Isnow isnow now possible to say definitely that the blood groups are arc inherited and that they hey follow the laws of heredity as dominants in most in In- stances The use of these tests to determine paternity has already been admitted bY y the courts in some countries The most recent case occurred in Dublin on January 25 25 1932 when a farmer successfully appealed against a decision decision deci dee sion sian that had been made against him after a state pathologist three doctors doc doe tors and legal representatives were present at a test of the blood of the farmer and of the thc child in question which proved that the man could not be the father of the thc child You will be surprised at the coolness coolness cool cool- ness and crispness imparted to a canape salad or sandwich when cucumbers cu cucumbers cumbers are arc added to It |