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Show y Conducts Study i)n Alcohol Damage hM conducted by Dr i--JieS,u Jarcho, professor of nS that alcohol has Siting effect on a seven to ten years iiifSearcher noted UTSws in the brains ,ffare larger than gating some brain des- -si ,. ! -fliiqod by the " ,yJt this IS Cause" uj I eor from malnutrition "'."'frtain. Research done by Dr. Jarcho and his associates is the first controlled documentation of the ephenomenon, which has been previously observed! Dr. Jarcho described the procedure proced-ure used to determine the effects of alcoholism on the brain. First, a small amount of spinal fluid is removed from an alcoholic person cooperating in the research. REPLACED with air, then the fluid is replaced with one to one and a half ounces of air. The air forms a bubble, which moves up the spinal cord to the brain. There the bubble can be observed observ-ed by X-ray within the natural hollows, or ventricles, of the brain. These spaces are normal in the human brain. But Dr. Jarcho's experiments ex-periments show that the hollows gradually grow larger in alcoholics, indicating that certain parts of the brain have been destroyed. NERVE damage, research shows some evidence that the longer a person drinks, the larger the ventricles ventri-cles become. Dr. Jacho and Dr. E. T. Ajax, chief of neurology at the Salt Lake Veterans Administration Hospital, are attemotine to learn which oarts of the brain deteriorate under excessive ex-cessive alcohol intake. Some nerve damage common to alcoholics has been throught to be caused by alcohol. When scientists noted the same disorders among World War II prisioners deprived of certain foods, the outlook changed. chang-ed. Dr. Jarcho explained that many alcoholic's diets consist almost entirely en-tirely of alochol. |