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INN. . p. - -- Ivm m ' - --J M.M .B.M - 1- N IS MM M diee, death' most Vyy effective agent, which, dur-pat twenty-fir- e has ehownjfor jtome sections years ' ' ot the country n increase in its number of victims as hi(fh as sixty per cent, may now be checked in its ravages by a discovery acclaimed by the medical worl,d as one of the most important steps taken by scientists since Harvey discovered the circulation of the blood nearly three hundred years npo.; tv nil vne aui 01 a new eiecintai Eiemoscope combined with the features of both the cardio graph and the phonograph physicians can now for the first time in the history, of, the werld iisten to the full sound of a human heart throb at the same time that the actual movement' of the organ is being recorded. .The instrument that makes all this possible k the product of scvernyeafs' work by a number with other scientists. of physicians in Tetfnce fljMts-tis- e physicians expect to br by the thousands the number of deaths from w.Uto4u.. a.-- kb Is. u a ' Sli t xs?1i 1 v -- J ' and recording r ... them on . phonograph D k " .records so delicately tonstructed that only the heart founds call be heard when the special records are played. ne i, which is operated . . somewhat on the principle by which photographs Those present said that v.v..u, are sent by telephone, plays a needle of light up they listened to heart beats that sounded like and down over the surface of a smoked drum, so blows of trip hammers and moving muscles that the movements of the heart are visible And fibres that .roared like subway Stains. . Mrt are permanently recorded on paper graphs. ' iti simple exSnook produccoV the nisea-b-y .. Physicians who treat heart disease say that in pedient of holding tlie" stethoscope against his chest and jaw in succession. Others said that at . many cases they have always found it most difftimes the heart throbs soiiflded liker a portly icult to Judge the exact condition of a patient's woman of middle age walking upstairs m her bedheart, whiciucould not be seen, by sounds which could be heard by but one person at a time. The room slippers. Although the 'demonstration was eketrk-a- l stethoscope and its fcuxilianes, how over the faces of the engineers and physicians ever, have now removed all such obstacles that as they henrri thn ludicrously. graphic sounds that ' prevented 4ltenakmg of an immediate-an- d cor ; came irom the loud speaker,rtct aiagnosu.. - Phonotrranh reeords were also made of human The ordinary stethoscope, the experimenters heart beau by Dr. feiibard"Cabot7"of Harvard - point out, uever has been able to transmit all ""an. sunu ctutiiy on account 01 numerous University, working in conjulfctjonWith "I?r. C. J. other noises. Up to the present physicians in reGamble, of Johns Hopkins, and Mr, Snook.; cording .data about cases of heart disease have These scientists have specialized on. the ap- -, -had onlyatoine''"Of heart sounds based: on a- heart paratasjcaleiormerl of tha openinrindrxiosteg 6f the " Sound -- an4.! treatment two prime factors in the "light against this deadly malady, This new electrical stethoscope coupled with an :sa suuud.iiutt liunaTtJd mlifii million times was recently demonstrated before the members of the New York Electrical Socioty by H. Clyde Kaook, a staff engineer of the Bell . i -- letter-- 4' VL' ' -r- -- : post-mar- . les-ion- s - pi'-fr.i- lsh, : -- rphibiaM,-Tfcptnes75TrQ- monkeys itdoos to-b- frosty-morning- tha-red-- an -- - tubes. , : "re-Btor- :- Beetle Gets Fat On Sawdust death-watc- ' - commercial use of this ferment Another creature which lives upon Similar food is the termite, sometimes called the white ant, though really it is not an ant at all. One variety of these tropical insects fives almost entirely upon wood. It will Come up throuph a wooden floor into the leg of a table, then hollowut the tableOBttl the whole piece -- of furniture falls' It is- - also fond of paper, and will dispose of a library of books. The termite has adopted the same plan as the death-watc- h grub. In its gullet it keeps a ferment which reduces the food ; to - a form of nourishment -- Another pest, the clothes moth ETub. which flourishes on a diet of rmm wnni il -- I v t '"These" racts,-caT- ler on the discovery i0 :J 3 A' re based precrpitTn't; that if the fresh biood erum of any animal is injected into the veins of a rabbit, there will be produced in the rabbit's blood an antibody. This is analogous to the antitoxin which is produced in the blood of a horse by in, jecting diphtheria virus. "Nowii into blood. Haken from an animal of the same specks as thr.t from which serum wa orinaliy injected into the rabbit' body, r be introduced a few drops of the drawn-ef- f blood serum of the treated rabbit a white precipitate will be produced. But if the rabbit serum is introduced into blood from another kind of animal unless a kind closely related to the. animal spt fies from which the; original injection of blfx. into the rabbit body was made, thers will bi '7w-no prcipitote.'-iV";"JiT5ria:.';:"It we use human blood for injection Intu vh. rabbit' lQQdiLwaiiespond-in.ihivsy,-wlK-n-latea few drops of rabbit serum are added t human blood. There will be a similar response although lew marked, if poid ape brused. But there willrb ho trcrpit reaction if the blood of a horse or pig or otheii animals be used. "If, however, blood from a. horsa be used fot the original injection into the rabbit's body, then esls-H- V tl-r- i -- tion in blood from- another horse or from & dr.- key The same is true if "dogorf7ifeused In the experiment "In other words, this blood test reveslf a chemical similarity in the blood of closely related animals, and a dissimilarity in the cast 01' iNit of widely related animals. formed - JL LIGHT Mow on crossed over - cord conditions knee ' a . widely, as believes is a sensitive Ine'-dent- al the ex- gtrangelyr ttie' cleqtific faterpretotion of the ' the relative stat of irritability pf the nervous has not yet been completed to the system. The responsehe has found, is increased "satisfactfonlif critical Investigator. ThusJ it is - and diminished by whatever increases and s the ytiyity of the central" nerve us systtm still being debated whether the knee jerk is a whole. Accordingly, one must conclude froia X ; really a genuine reflex. ' "The observation of the knee kick by. the usual , the studies of Williams, of the University of kiclinfcaJ procedure furnishes at best enly crude -' thatwemen are percepUblv. aoro irritlblc - "... - dimlu-iehe- . Vi-noi- formation," says The Journal of rthe American Medical Association, "so that fninor quantitative " variations m the responses are always of nroblem- - -- to-ru- in. atic significance. . Physiologists have long rec-ognized the fact that many factors, some of them of comparatively small magnitude, may affect ' the knee kick more or less markedly. Not Only re there' variations attributable to, the;,strength ' of the stimulus used to elicit, the muscular re--' An ,Ice Flower, a Phantom-Lik- e Bloesonl of . creep in from sponse, buf .reinforcements may Graceful Beantt Which Appears at the Roots of various sources. fyt-..Plante and Qtfickiy Vaniheayith the Riainf Smv result Indicate thatthe irritability of the ' ; , f the 1- -J phenomenon ' to make t . l-- th other nairingeaOtt naa tower enas v ar beginning to wonder if it will not be tossibl beetle lives on rnrruiifli'i s nSVfe nearly, iireHtlC UieSn-ape- ninnd." j. ' "Friedenthal's statement," say Dr, Jo'rdan; which never have verified, has teen 'acuepted Witljpiit question by all the writers I have noticed. The most trecent. investigation 4s that "of 'Dr. George IL JNuttallmbridgerrefrred to by Dr. Kellogg" inliis volume, rEvoIutjohi,': Dr- .- Kellegg's-statem- ent reads as- - follows: "There should be added to this brief iccouo: ot the evidences of human evolution at least a ref erence to the interesting blood test devised by Dr. Gorge Huttall, of Cambridge, England, und others, which indicate the chemical l,kenci i f the blood of the anthropoid apes and that of fi".?.11" -- It wa sienificant that this stem Hinr Dpesthe Kneeest '"'Prove'jThatJlWomeiiAre More Irritable : Than - Men? varies the patellar ligament of a the result of spinal is familiar the knee Lombard that leg J tost to both practitioner an4 patient tent of the indicator pf jerk 'stamp-mendin- not 6e an attractive 4iet, SAWDUST what the grub of the h . not- - gibbon, rhimpanaaeTms int. inanity exist only among thai closely relato'l " . 1 u u ,f" 1 . hand, the stems which tneir immersea in tne water aid . : form beautiful fringes. This was conclusive proof to Dr. Coblents that 'ice flowers are formed by water passing through the stems of plants and freezing on the outside. 1 r- does though it is generally considered, lor cbvious rea-sonsthate-Wood fronvno specie, cannot t.Fsmfnil . r. " -- 1 ttrtwttirirBiTtir,irinimaroTnnthf.r species or genus without serious consequence to ''..'.V.??.-i; the latter'' Ld..i.i- -. Dr. David Starr Jordan, president emeritus of Leland Stanford University; in a statement made to the Pathfinder, calls attention to the following statement found in "Evolution and Animal Life, written by Dr. Jordan in collaboration with Dr. Kellogg; L'Friedewthal finds that while ths blood serum of man is poisonous to, and destroys the red blood corpuscles of all other animals expert- - ma-rian- a) r , mi menteU on, these animals, incliidmg fishes, pm s andammals moi(r which latter were lemurs and New and Old Wqrld s. ni , e; . 8 - ice flowers; and several of them' held for year that they were formed on the outside of the plant stem just as frost is formed on the window pane by the formation of ice spicules as the result of the deposition of moisture from the ur . , :.:. '-.: rounding air. Dr. W. W. Coblenti, physicist of the United States Bureau of Standards, who for years has been watching the frost flowers which form on plants, has another theory concerning their orl- giffrNeir Ra Clarke tells in the Scientific American how Dr. Coblentz made detailed experiment to support his belief that the water, for the ice flowers comes from the plant Itself. He cut a bunch of dried stems of the dittany (Cunila which ha a great number of sap tubes in stalk. He broke .them off about four inches L in length, peeled the bark off some of them and mounted them"ih ji heavy piece of pasteboard, cemented them in tight, inserted the ends in a glass test tube filled with water and put them outoa 4he window sill onrft carefully .covered the stems with a glass re- - " eeptacle to prevent ihe --deposition of moisture- - from the air. One of the stem had been uaintdd over with a cement which i impervious to water, to keep the post-mark- I e monkeys tttmag-belng- - by-pe- But just any sawdust won't do it seems to old prefer to; get its food from the rafters--o- f buildings. And when it can get fine old walnut or mahogany, it won't look at pine or deal How does it manage to digest such tough food! This ha long been a puzzle; but recent re- searches prove that it has entered into partnership with a kind of fungus which lives in its in--, teriojt7:This7fungu acts upon the wood dust, fermentingat and turning it into a lorm 01 sugar. This leads to a hooe that the srrub will some injected Vr bewithout injury to the latter! "tian7-iTet-feri- Red and White Meats sinea-witho- W longefiomparabMtaaLJaulir4 . feeble representation in a book he 'S t.;-i- in his phonographic record-par- t of hi;tv bo. r and will bear accurately-thhcr.rt souui of- the ' disease M is searching for. . Ths electric stethoscope, its equlpmbut oon. of radio ind tf.Uj hony.. bining the latest can be rolled into the room like a t- n rart, for portability is one of it features. Agnir. when a con t etudunU in nnction from his bcdaide 'will the lecture, room to hear bis heart beats." , -- How ICE FLOWERS Are FORMED -. i no Paul G. Van Katta, anthropologist in the Smithsonian Institu - - . . . thm Hiu "AN the blood of spessnd anthropoid -- ourhmethod.-indeed.- ,.SU' ...,.-- J , sounds--from-othe- r- ; Can the Blood of JBaboons Be -- dollars. - "Th electric stethoacapelemploya. .litter to, strain out these: extra noises and a vacuum tube amplifier-t- o amplify ihe wunds it is designed to retain. Ibis permits the smallest Mart souna ' ' : to be heard. 1 .ectro-caroiograpi- vUu..i.. very unfortunately, a its of depredations probably amount to million " . . i. -- 9 1 ''Furthermore, the phonographic records aakc nossible to record the patient's heart sounds doctor over 4ong period-- of 4imeSappo examines a patient he has not seen for a year. Is his heart sound the same as before t Until no this has been ut of jmemory W ith phonographic, records of the' eleetxical stethoscope he can secure an exact compnrifca ith "Again these "doctors who are c6r.fr"i-the 4 Jtt-t- a the-othe- i FEATS in FAKING Rare STAMPS How the " .. ' T .. .irirfpnt nm ahnMit rUuVfi r noises made by the museles of the by patient or the operator's fingers, and So on. . . . "The old acoustic stethoscope is to the electric "' one what a water'' pipe is to a telephone line," " says Mr. Snook in describing the instrgment and : its auxiliaries, ''You've heard a boy talk through clever chemist of Lomlbn, who changed the com--ri AKING postage stamps highly valued by a waterspout, yellingjaowij;froro tbe.rootThe . collectors is one. of the newest methods- -- nwm penny black English stamp. of .1840 worth tound" waa' muffled and distorted by passing m. , v m. - irom 8 to 12 cents a snccimen-in- to nit scan a rough the piper. jut ""V. E.' variety of the same datewofth-att-hi "f4"," Vibration exist everywhere. Everything- has gkilL Such stamps are not often forged in their about Maltese time the expunging earits $50by particular noise, speaking generally, and crosses from the upper angles of the design and entirety. A better game that is to eay, one offering greater 7 chances of success is to transthe "V. tL"f ' It letter, substituting form a common stamp into a rare variety by was a rare feat, and the faker hoped to reap a ' some dexterous alteration of the design or inrich reward. He did he was sent to penal serviscription. . tude for three years! This form of fakery was first perfected by a Thwe jaajeXaag o.f St4mp.,,rnucb prizell tycoU: INTEff weatheTdoea not mean the death TectorSr Known as "postal fi6cal"-th- at is to "say,"" revenue stamps made available for postage, gen- - . xf all wild flowers, for when Jack Frost erally during som -temporary shortage of postbegins turning the leaves brown, there age stamps proper. Such stamps, to be of any are that bloom again down near their plants value to the philatelist, must, of course, be in i roots in queer white blossoms. is still a feeling cherished by a great ut used dondition, k the The blossom are phantom-liki.ow they sire THERff people that there is a very large dif- are revenue stamps pure and simple. Here they the - risible and then they disappear. Sometimes they faker steps in tgi.a t ."assUt- the. collector to ference In digestibility between the red or are tied with satiny white ribbons like a bridal the be.st-o- f his ability.. In the morning they are at their best; dark meats and the white or lighti r colored meats; ,.; bouquet He sccureariuantitics of these revenue stamps . but when the Beefsteak is supposed to be rather difficult of diwith ordinary revenua cancellations, applied , they fade away before your; very eyes. gestion though lamb is supposed to be rather and ink or rubber stamp in banks and other Many of the annual plant with perennial root readily digested, and of course fowi is considered mercantile offices. Cleaning away ajl traces of "bloom" in this manner during the fall. The easy of digestion though the dark colored meats s. thistle and the stump cf th heliotrope, "rock of the same bird are thought less digestible. As a these, the faker substitutes forged matter of fact there is so little chemical difference Thasleaning pToccss,. unfortunately for him, is mint," or dittany; flea bane and other plants between these two kinds of meat that it is quite' generally betrayed by some slight discoloration . produce the flowers. Sometimes these fringes --or a wearing away-o- f, some portion of the stamp of ice form in the cracks of trees, and between negligible, according to Dr. -- Japies in Eating and Health. 7 proper. Also, there is pretty sure to ,be some' the bricks of old sidewalks., writing " i ; "The easy formula of the distinction between eenon icold i They re-- e discrepancy in the torro or sia 7. when there, is plenty of hoar frost but when the white rnoaDrrWalsirsaysTrBjraa JIow, very frequently a stamp's rarity depends earth, beneath is not f rozen. As a rule they, made this a popularly favorite advice bywhich on its particular' variety of perforation. This, the red meats have been eliminated from a great range frpm enaJiiihree- - inchest tengthTta- dsometimes they grow six inches long. Tiey asHe . will quite is the faker's opportunity many dietaries. . Redmeats are much inoTe again, sume commie? and sometimes very beautiful, readilyeliproffflg-extstmgpe- rf oration and sup; savory thaa white meats and if a man is limited the paper perfectly. to whit meats he will eat much lea meat than ply a rarer forms, varying enough to stimulate the imaginamailing But the operation is one that will not deceive an tion to find names for them. he otherwise would ki rule, but then if the purFor some time early-risin- g why scientists argued expert, and, of course, in all cases where fraudu- pose is to reduce the amount of meat eaten, lent "grafting"' is suspected, immersion in boiling not take op that problem directly without resort- among themselves as to the real cause of these . water is an unfailing test, but at the, same time a ing to the old tradition of the difference between - - somewhat deapcrate one, since, if the red and white or the dark and light meats, "thestamp , . "Thejre' jg a very old aeries of opinions in mediproves to be genuine in all respects, it will not 600 traced over have back been be which can "hot bath." improved by its cine,, some f The systern ofgrafting one piece of Stamp on years, that tbe darker colored meat are more TJs - responsible of to another difficult for ' much cunning more digestion. irritant" and perhaps Bui the- - tradition has been, completely underfakerjr, though at tlie same time it is quite fairly mined by th4 progress ofphysiological chemistry.--Accordin- g ana - properly-employe- d damaged to that tradition the fleslf of the litSpecimens of scarce stamps. In Paris, the centre was said g on the wing of the tle birds who were always art, there ar "postage stamp hosphals,"jjthere a torn specimen,, or one to be much lighter of digestion than that of heavy as much in truth that with a corner missing, can be so cleverly nimal& TheW4s justs that even when held up to the strongest there is la the formula of the difference between; " , the red and white meats. ; light ftS trace'Mft.piir .can'be detkttL, Death-Watc- h finger. ' u "This was the problem that eon. fronted us whan th etDeriments beran the nroblem of Mnaratinff the noises of the heart from all. other sounds. In certain forms of heart disease the gy mih nf :.- - ..... - try that wall put your ar close to it Do you hear that dull roarf Put the end of your finger in your ear do you hear that roar 1 Well, V; E'ART isease - Under Three Different Emotions: .Normal Ueartbeat aa Regtetered ..... . J, - - noises other than Its own through vibration. Put yur ear to V Below pj the lectrocaniioKraph, 1 t riei J .u H. M .V vol ? klpa and Jompa Oar.furtioa, (2) Kkotioa falanioff, (3) Anfer. - dry-as-du-st - 2" than men, .i,- - 7 , s, . examining - eoHege studenU 77rOJnl'ihel ame age group undecaref uUy coiitrifet oyHdiH uona, iwasiouna mat tne average lccf; in response to uniform stimuli ua iuat women; furthermore; the knee jet $utAl much more frequently in. inen. than :n v - "The findings may h worth bca"rtnir( tiUrf m relation to .tnetuaspiostir iugas ot th.; wnctiV'i J-T- Newir-T- f Trtlm Bmfc IMS. V 1 I kJ : 2 U standpoint the experimental conclusion that mca are ies lrritaoie tnan women.". r- - . .11 . |