Show SALIVA TESTS REVEAL INTOXICATION TION DEGREE Chicago Scientist Devises Simple i ment to Determine Drunkenness CHICAGO April 25 AP-A AP possible courtroom scene or of the future future- A man stands before a court of justice charged with driving an automobile auto auto- mobile moblIe while intoxicated A bailiff hands him a glass or of water and a apiece apiece piece of paraffin He rinses his mouth and chews a few lew times into the wax It is handed to a chemist who disappears disappears dis- dis appears into a back room to return within a half haIr hour with scientifically accurate knowledge of the mans man's guilt or Innocence This new and simple test of oC degree of intoxication was devised b by Theodore Theodore Theo Theo- dore E. E Friedmann assistant professor sor of bacteriology In the deportment department of medicine a the University or of Chi Chi- cago He saId yesterday concentratIon concentration concen- concen of alcohol in the saliva paral- paral leIs that in the blood and can be uSed as an index of the amount of alcohol in the body After alcohol has been consumed he saId its il concentration in both blood and saliva rises steadily from one to two hours then levels oU off for lor lora fora a period or of about a halt half hour With important court issues dependent de de- pendent upon this knowledge he said scientific tests eliminate police po po- lice judgments often confused by symptoms of other ailments |