OCR Text |
Show Editorial Page Feature Miracle Drugs Spawn Super Germs The only daily newspaper devoted to the progress and advancement of Central Utah and its people. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1957 pictures of the large crowds that so often of major gather at the scene disasters, whether the catastrophe be a train wreck, a flood, a tornado or a huge explosion of some sort. Obviously many who cluster about the scene are there because they're worried over the fate of Johnson's 'Farewell' Some politicians' farewells are like those of actors or concert the first performers. They are only final enof a series, and the real gagement may be veers off. Thus one can't be sure at this moment, three years from conven- tion time, that Sen. Lyndon Johnson's "farewell" to presidential ambitions in 1960 will really stick. But if it does, then the outlook i substantially changed for the "Democrats. There probably is no other Southern party leader now on the horizon who can command the support Johnson would likely muster in the South itself. Whether or not he could ever hope to draw enough strength from other sectors to give him a serious chance at the nomination is, of course, the big question. But certainly anyone going into convention with" a big block of Southern delegates would have a lot of weight to cast into the final balance. With Johnson out, and assuming no one else comes along to take his place, Southern delegates would tend to veer toward some promiscandidate. The ing shape of the race would be quite non-Southe- friends or relatives. Others are motivated by a desire to be of help. But large numbers are simply curious. A committee on disaster studies, named by the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council, now has concluded that, whatever their reasons, the people who assemble at disaster sites are a serious hindrance to those who labor to serv;e the victims and bring the disaster under The reason the little monster can be so brazen is that shots from the enemy's antibiotic just bounce off His chest. He's a super germ. In addition to alarming physicians, his uninvited arrival inside laboratories and sick rooms has placed them in an embar-rrssin- g position. Doctors are discovering that unknowingly they in-s!e- ad of dying. These microbes then pass on the immunity to their offspring. Thus, through the years an army of germs resistant to one or more of the antibiotics has been found. Since hospitals use these drugs to a great extent, they have become natural breeding grounds for the super germs. ar-sr-al Still at Bat Murderers' 6b-scess- pos-sihl- about t h s morning, gloomy hut resigned, awaiting the arrival of the Asian flu . I gather from the daily journal this flu can neither be avoided nor ignored. My share i. coming. The only question is who wil bear it to me. A num Sit ing In his address to day explaining the troops to Arkansas, the Charter of the the nation last, Tues- dispatch of Federal the President quoted United Nations. This famous document affirms "the faith in fundamental human rights and in the dignity of the human person, without distinction as to race, sex, language or mm 1 ber religion." This reminds us of the unhappy analogy between the racial prejudice which still exists in the United States and the prejudice between which communism and world. the persists throughout Both our Federal Government and the United Nations have resorted to the use of troops In the effort to restore and maintain peace. For in today's world, apart from the deep divisions created by communism, there are many other conflicts which threaten peace. The very moment in wnich the President ordered Federal troops to Little Rock, Ark., the delegate of Pakistan, speaking at the Assembly of the United Nations, called for the presence of United Nations troops at the borders of Kashmir to maintain peace in the area disputed between India and Pakistan, pending a United Nations plebiscite to determine the ultimate disposition of the area. India sent troops to occupy and hold a larse part of Kashmir. This brought about the unsolved conflict over Kashmir between India and Pakistan. The use of troops was a defiance of international law, just as the action of Governor Faubus of Arkansas in using National Guard troops to prevent entrance of Negro children to the Little Rock Central High School violated national law. Pakistan now calls for the creation of a United Nations occupation force. This force is to take over control of those small areas of Kashmir held by Pakistan and the large areas held by troop-- , Indian troops. The next step would be holding the plebiscite, which the United Nations ha demanded and which India ha- - refused to accept. United Nations forces are still helping maintain the uneasy peace between Lrael and her Arab neighbors. These international forces render useful services in that area. This suggests they micrht perform an equally useful function in the disputed area of Kashmir NEEDS INTERNATIONAL FORCE" Just as American Presidents have repeatedly needed and used Federal troops to deal with a domestic disturbance in one of our staTes, so the United NatioTS needs an international force to take over disputed areas where the quarrel between two nations threatens to bring on war. The presence of Federal troops in Lit ile Rock. Ark., is the climax and, we confidently expect, the beginning of the end of an Illegal situation created in that state. The violation of Federal law was due to the action of fanatics encouraged by a Governor wljo refused to do his duty. Tlx UtkhAd Nfttfoau will b able far-reachi- ng anti-communis- m and the politics. Ruth Millett mm ovr It's smart to your hand alone. tip your hat, It always seems that secret ments are the ones we always most about. but let engage- hear the What's the sense in girls using flavored lipstick if the men keep on eating onions? Nothing is impossible except, at times, th weather. I 25.-00- Medic's Book Gives Technique M-MXa- l Nom-de-plum- Public Health Service has cer- For Daily Living The Herald invites you to' use this column as a forum to express your opinions on timely subjects of public interest. Keep your .letter within the 300 word limit. Sig-- your name and address. are noi permitted. n As' an flu.. tainly taken es Is your husband ambitious? If you are married to a man a driving determination to "get ahead," you can either be a help or a drag on him. If you want t be a help, there is a book just published by a specialist in with WHO Committee Endorses Fluoridation Of Drinking Water to Prevent Caries in Teeth Editor Herald: Enclosed is a clipping from the Scope Weekly, a weekly medical news bulletin to the medical profession published by the Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company, which adds to the already overwhelming evidence (scientific) in favor of fluoridation of water supplies. I feel that publication of this brief report would be a service to those who might have some question as to the international acceptance of fluoridation. Very truly yours, DRS. OAKS AND PETTY, R. W. Petty, M.D. g Editor's Note: The folDr. enclosed by Petty cllp-pin- lows: Fluoridation of "GENEVA to water supplies prevent tooth the decay was recommended by ExWorld Health Organization's pert Committee on the Public Health Aspect of Water Fluoridation at a meeting here. "The United States, Sweden, Brazil, India, Britain, and Switzerland were represented on the committee. United States members were Dr. Harold C. Hodge, Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Dr. John W, Knutson. Chief Dental Officer of the U. S. Public Health Service. Dr. Carl L. Sebelius, Nashville, Tenn., - was chairman of the committee. "Reviewing the results of the fluoridation program in 17 countries, the committee found the use of fluoridated water to prevent tooth decay? safe, effective, and practical. Dental caries in the permanent teeth of children was found to have decreased about 60 per cent and in children's primary teeth between 50 and 60 per cent. "Children who drank fluoridated water, the report stated, were said to have, in general, teeth more resistant to than those of other chilcarjes dren. "Adults living in areas where fluorides are found naturally in drinking water were subject to d about fewer cases of tooth decay than those in areas without fluorine in the water, according to the report. "The committee found no; 111 effects in areas where people have been drinking naturally fluoridated water all their lives, except for cases of mottled teeth in areas where fluorine concenwell-form- ed two-thir- tration is tSo high." Qs and As What was the real name of Erik the Red? A Eiriki Thorvaldson. Q occupational medicine you cant afford not to read. The title of the book, by Robert Collier Page, M.D., is: "It Pays to Be Healthy." Every chapter will help the wife of a and ambitious man to a better understanding of his job and health problem which as Dr. Collier out are cl;osely related. points ' There is also in the book one hard-hittinchapter, "A Message for the Wife of the Ambitious Businessman." the author says: "If you no longer love your husband and have long since lost respect ,for his judgement, and If you are not particularly interested in having him for a bed-main life's declining years, do not read the remarks that follow. They ar not for you. They will annoy you." Then he goes on to tell how the wife of the ambitious man can be of the greatest help to him. Among his pointers are a list of do's and'don'ts that add up to a technique for daily living. Among his 14 rule, which actually would be as helpful to the. wife of an easy-goin- g man, are these two which will give you something to think about until you can read the hook: "Adapt yourself to your surroundings, immediately, completely, graciously and honestly. "See the good aspects and meanings of life. Do not deny the existence of unfortunate facts: do not overlook Chem. Weigh them for hard-worki- a caval'er attitude. I must say. "Ncbo.lv. including your doctor, can tell whether your influenza attack is the Asian variety until tests are made. By the time the results are reported, you should be over it." This is a fine thing It clobbers all the social advantages. You cannot even tell your friends you have Asian flu. Because you can By SAMUELM. FEINBERG. M.D. President, International Association of Allergology, Chicago "Catarrh" is what your parents called it. Now we know it to be mainly .allergic rhinitis. That explains why grandpa says that no one had allergy when he was young. They had up sniffles, runny and stuffed noses and sneezed persistently or intermittently the year round. We have the same thing today and it affects at least a couple of and grandparents million people, but we know it's allergy. A large percentage of those afflicted are children. The mouth breathing which used to be ascribed to "adenoids" a quarter of a century ago is now recognized as an allergic nose. "But are sniffles important?" you ask. It is true that some are very mild or occasional, and thej all got tihe not gather m crowds, peoWatch TV and holler at the milkman through the window. I tlnnk I have .n slight backache-one of the fir$t symptoms. On the other hand, it may He because I was 'hanging pictures yesterday. A man must be careful of his health. Conserve his energy and p very little around 1h house. I have announced this as one of my health rules until the crisis is over. Americans now hold a record of health insurance policies. If we must all get Asian flu. I hope only policyholders get. The insurance companies have it too easy. I am constantly sending off insurance payments and nevcV collect. I pay $35 a year in case I lose anything while traveling. All I ever lose is ties. I hang my tie on the hotel doorknob and walk int. and forget it. When Asian flu first broke out, we called it Asiatic ilu in the papers. Then somebody decided that people of Asiatic descent do not like to be called Asiatics. Therefore the flu shouki not be called Asiatic. So now we call it Asian flu. The symptoms are the same. Only the name has been changed to protect the innocent. Distributed by The MeNauffhl Syndicate, Inc. 66.300. 000 Tell Me Why g te How Many Layers of Skin? The skin is actually one of the organs of the body, and it ia one of the largest and moM amazing organs we have. The entire akin of our body weighs twice as much as the brain or the liver! Ttie surface of the skin eovr 20,000 square centimeters. Here is what a single one of the square centimeter contains: 2 "instruments" for detecting cold and 12 'for detecting heat, S million cell, about 10 hair, 1 yard of blood vessels, 100 swet gland, of 300 sensory cells, 4 yard renerves, 200 nerve ndinfta to cord pain! So you see the skin is quite a complicated organ. The skin consists of two layers of tissue, a thicker deep layer called the eorium, and a delicate layer over it called the epidermis. You can notice a separation of these two layers when you burn yourself and a blister forms. The epidermis is lifted up to form th what ways them." they mean and look for and means of improving After a Ktnburn, wtaa arc "peeling," M to the fifr that we hed. Tt) two leyer of th jfaim very closely connected in a biiter. way. Growing out of th iayvr ther are nwtHiom of "cones" which fit Into the mis. These cone are arranged ki rowa and Uft up the epidemAe wherever they jprrvr, Th4 Mfttag np produce the ridge of the sMa are fomttlr, p on our oially fingertip. Incidentally, the arrangement of ridg m different for each person nd maim unchangeable for Uf. There are no blood wsmA in tfve epidermis. Only the bottom ce4i of this layer of skin e4v nourishment and ar aMv. But these bottom ' ceil perform a fantastic Job. They produce new cell in a never-ndini- g process. These new cell are pmshed upward until they are o far from rhe source of nourishment tliat they die. They are thereby changed into a horny with, which we the material. So we can divide the epidermis (our outer Jayer of skin) into two cells that have cUed and become horny matter, and underneath them ceils which keep on producing new cells. The upper ceils are detached from the skin at the same rate ant which new eel! are produced, which is billions of cells each day! This is whaj keeps our skin forever; young. There are 30 layers of horn ceils, so when we wash and scrub our skin there are always new cells being pushed up from below!? parts: Causes and Cures Allergic Rhinitis d awhile ng Today's Medicine Year-Aroun- I have been' rereading "The Decameron." Wow It will never make television. This is aboit a bunch of people ple. The Asian flu has been on our fiont pages so long I know all the .symptoms. I am ahle to produce them whenever I think about it. 1 think about it every time I read it. Consequently I am in a good deal of misery most of the time: 0 In my State we have iste-eases of "influenza type illnesses." We have idennfiod Hi.iXM) as A&jL. It could be this is a final flush of health before I am stricken. Do of germs. " ture. After plague. discuss weather, Now prove it. feel pretty goivd this morning but intend to take my temperaI other risque stones. up ! illlllill! By HAL COCHRAN 1 "LEAVE ONE PINT OF WHIPPING CREAM " I will not open the window to the milkman. The milkman looks a little delicate this morning. About the color of milk. I would say He may be harboring a nest vote-seekin- -- ii not who holed up during a plague. They sat around and told each "What"" ahead. And, obviously, Southerners, aware of their strategic position in any nomination fight, will be prepared to do some hard g canbargaining with didates. Nobody gives something for nothing in politics. Barbs - resist n rue. J just make signs to him through the window. "A pint of whipping cream." ' mind, the South seems sure to be g, e would a busy hunting ground in the years ed friend- touches with the milkman. W e specialty. so-call- of ship are going down the drain. Used to be I would out go 1 by civil defense officials, Red Cross and others who make disasters a draw Russian military forces from that country. But the United Nations has a weapon with respect to the Soviet Union which the President of the United States does not have with respect to Arkansas. The United Nations can do what the League of Nations did when in 1939 the Soviet Union was guilty of unprovoked aggressive war against the little state of Finland. It expelled the Soviet Union from the League. Because of the flagrant violation by the Soviet Union of the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, that body ought to expel the Soviet Union. REFUSED RED CHINA It has once again refused to admit Communist China, despite the fact that the Peiping Government has effective control of a nation of 600 million people. It refuses to accept the People's Republic of China because Red China is not peace-lovinand because it has waged undeclared war against the forces of the United Nations sent to Korea to restore peace. There is just as much reason for expelling the Soviet Union as there is for keeping out of the United Nations a country whose conduct has put it beyond the pale. Every American and every true friend of this country abroad regrets what has happened in Arkansas. In the same way the world deeply' regrets what happened in Hungary. President Eisenhower has acted albeit somewhat belatedly to reaffirm our "faith in fundamental human rights and the dignity of the human person without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion." His effort will succeed. Integration will proceed with that gradual speed which the Supreme Court allowed. Someday, perhaps not too far away, it will be possible to compel a lawless power like the Soviet Union to obey a similar mandate from the United Nations on behalf of an oppressed people like the Hungarians. 'Copyright 1957, General Features Corp.) i i Judsonia, cars were lined bumper to bumper. Four-fifth- s of the available state police force was used simply to unsnarl the traffic. A tornado that hit Waco, Tex., the following year attracted so many planes over the site that the committee says they were "buzzing over the ruins like buzzards." On top of all this, the investigators found that more often than not the police and other local authorities are not really prepared to cope with disasters. Pvidently there is much serious educational work still to be done in this field to carry out its orders effectively until it, too, has at its disposition sufficient military power to enforce respect for its decrees. In Arkansas respect for the law will soon be restored. In Hungary the Soviet Union will continue to ignore the order of the United Nations to with- And studies will he made to find a way to decrease the germs' Head for the Hills, Boys Today's Featured Column By R. T. KALTENBORN what extent antibioiics a e losing their power and which trerms a;c developing resistance Work a'so will br done to insure patients against becoming infected. Postcard Column 1052. It reports that for 10 mKes on either side of the town of Kaltenborn Edits the News oiler a complete picture of the problem since it covers only a short period and information concerning other hospitals is scarce. The VA has set up a special long range program to thoroughly investigate the super germ situation. Six VA hospitals are working together on the project. They u ill try to determine to Stan Delaplone's Row rn of Massachusetts has found considerable favor in the South, though it is still too early to tell whether this can be translated into delegate votes. Uriless Johnson changes his Hi ; more antibiotics. The cases inbreast cluding pneumonia, of infections the skin, surgical wounds and burns. Doctors report the germs can iurk in dust or on blankets and mattresses. It is also believed some of the Washington State hospital patients may hare been iiiiected through intravenous injections. The VA physctan says that e even doctors and nurses are super germ carriers. They arc exposed to cerms so much that they have built up a resistance, he explains. The Washington incident oocsn't The VA doctor points to alarming evidence of super germ infiltration in a Washington State hospital to show the threat which could face other medical centers. Washington physicians report that within three and a half months, 100 out of 189 patients developed b a c t erial infections after being admitted to the hospital. The infections contributed to the deaths of 21 of these patients. Within two months after returning home. 32 others became infected. Later one died. Tests revealed that germs involved in these cases had some degree of resistance to one or control. In plain words, the best thing you can do when tragedy strikes is to stay home out of the way of police, Red Cross, hospital workers, and officially enlisted helpers. The committee cited as a typical example the case of a tornado that struck Wrhite County, Ark., in different. Thus far Sen. John F. Kennedy . hysician explains that when doctors inject antibiotics, like penicillin, into their patients some of the stronger germs build up resistance to the drugs WASHINGTON (NEA) A germ is thumbing his nose at doctors right inside their own medical fortress the hospital. Stay Home, Out of the Way All of us have seen are largely responsible for creating him in the first place. A Veteran's Administration By JERRY BENNETT NEA Staff Correspondent therefore not terribly important. But many people have allergic rhinitis in more severe form frequent sneezing, stuffed nose with nasal tone, interference with and sleep, and often a breathing feeling of As a result of this chronic allergy of the nose there develop little growths polyps-whimay require surgical removal. Asthma is a frequent accompaniment of this allergy, occurring in lf to of the cases. All in all, this is an important ailment. "You are really describing hay fever," is your comment. That's right. Hay fever .is allergic rhinitis. It only differs from the latter in that it is produced by seasonal causes while the chronic form is produced by things present the year round. ch one-thi- one-ha- rd "He has sinus" is used very loosely. Usually the speaker means that the person has allergic, rhinitis. The sinus membranes are continuous with the nasal membranes and in allergic rhinitis they may also be affected. The causes of perennial allergic rhinitis are very much the same as those of asthmahouse dust, animal dandruffs, cosmetics of various types . and sometimes foods. Virtually everyone with this can get some degree of relief. Those who have had their allergic Cause diagnosed by skin tests can eliminate the food to which they are allergic, get rid of the feather pillow or the dog, change their posmetics, or eliminate whatever else causes their ail-me- Allergy. j fit In some cases, such as hous dust for example, shots are re- quired to immunize the sufferer. There are cases, of course, where allergic causes cannot be discerned. AAd there are instances so mild that prolonged injection treatment k not Justified. That is where we rely mainly on drugs. will relieve a The mild cases. of the high percentage In the more severe cases or those with marked stuffiness other drugs-mahave to be used. Nose . drops or sprays which shrink the membrane are not advisable, except for very occasional use! While the symptoms may be thus relieved for an hour or two, the membrane swells all the more when the effect of the drug has worn off. In very resistant cases other forms of treatanti-histamin- es ment may be necessary. FUN TIME The Riddle Box t 1. What flowers do you wear all year round? 2. What, do you lose every time you stand up? 3., Why was poliath surprised when David hit him with the stene? 4. What, is the best key to a j good dinner? 5. What makes a road broad? 1 Answers Xaijjnx " 'ajojeq jpesq srq pajajud jaAao peq EajqJ qons asnsoag f |