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Show V7v petgerwqgipnjpipaoat! The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, July 8, 1960 A7 H Is Result Worth the Effort? Whos Suited for or Robot? Space-M- an By Dr. Robert R. Kadesch University of Utah Who ' is best suited for space exploration man or robot?' "Robot, says Dr. Fred L Whipple, director of the Smithsonian Institut- titude of 126,200 feet-rb- ut no more. Man raced to speeds of about 2,148 miles per hour but no faster. But now machines have, ustripped these feeble accomplishments. The "race seems to be no more. It is a runaway. THE APPARENT superiority of machines over man may or may not be permanent. The future may bring an even greater divergence of accom- . ions Astrophy- steal - Observe-- T if - V';. tory. Dr. Whipple claims robots! than can repair! each other could' do anything a Dr. Kadesch man, can do "at far less expense, weight, and emotional concern. If true, our Project Mercury program to place a manned capsule in space is off the - plishment beam.. VANNEVAfi chair- BUSH, man of the board of governors of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gives an emphatic response to the same question: "Putting a man in space is a stunt: the man can do no more than an instrument, in fact can do less. If Bush is right, a goodly portion, of the $200 million program will return to us no more than a few cents on the dollar. . man-in-spac- e Boys Rare Anemia Busies S.L. Staff By William C. Patrick Tribune Medical Editor The slim, freckle-faced- , boy apparently didnt like the Idea of being Exhib'. it A. Or perhaps he was frightened by the sight of the white-coate- General JSINSE IRON d doctors, seated row upon row in the Salt Lake ? Hospi- ter. At any rate, .Sir. Patrick he didnt stay long after be- ing ushered Into the speakers area at the bottom of the tier of seats. He broke away from the doctor leading him by the hand and bolted through the door, his mother following on the run. . deficiency Anemia among adults may be tal amphithe J Among adults the most common cause is blood loss. It may be due to bleeding ulcer, cancer or some other disease. And a normal function of young women menstruation is often responsible for anemia. In fact, menstruating women comprise the largest group of anemic adults. THE BOY may not realize that he is a medical celebrity of softs. He, is one of a dozen or so persons known to have been afflicted with a rare type of blood disorder, called (vitamin B6) responsive anemia. Many aspects of the disorder are baffling even to top-rated blood specialists, such as those In the University of Utah College of Medicine, who are studying the boys case, ALTHOUGH THOSE In the audience last week didnt see the boy again, they heard a discussion of tne rare anemia by Dr. M. M.' Wintrobe, professor and head of the department of medicine; Dr. George E. Cartwighti professor of medicine, and others involved In extensive blood research in the department. reOnly five cases of B6 sponsive anemia have actually been reported in medical literature, but the Utah doctors are acquainted with the details of these and seven others. pyri-doxin- e the result of a serious disease, the shotgun treatment with various Iron elixirs is not only worthless but dangerous. The cause must be found through medical examination. If the anemia is due to normal blood loss, as in menstrua tion, a physician will prescribe supplemental iron, usually in the form of ferrous sulfate. Except in the case of infants, anemia caused by too little iron in the diet is uncommon in the United States. THE STRANGE thing about B6 responsive anemia is.jthat no improvement in the condition of. the patient ca- n- be brought about by eliminating bleeding or giving supplemental iron. Only the vitamin will help. Too much Iron may be deadly. If a doctor doesnt know he is dealing with a case of the rare anemia he may go on pouring iron supplement into the patient until a crisis is reached. THIS LS' called hemochromatosis. Instead of being utilized by the red cells, iron is deposited in the blood serum and various internal organs. It accumulates in the skin, producing a bronze appearance over all the body. The most seriom.ro ns equences are diabetes mellitus and liver failure. The latter will most likely deliver the death blow. BOTH WHIPPLE and Bush made their statements recently to the House Committee on Science and Astronautics in Washington, D.C. What about it? Are we puli' ing a stunt? Are we being stampeded by the fear that the Soviets will once again beat us to the punch? Are we giv ing due consideration to the real value of the Project Mercury program? Then again, the advantage of machines .may exist only because man himself has concentrated his efforts in this direction. Suitable emphasis on man as opposed to machine could close the gap between the two. INSOFAR as the immediate alms of the Project Mercury program are concerned, it is admitted that the man will be secondary to the capsule itself. Should the pilot become unable to perform his modest duties, control of the capsule, will be t a k A n over completely by ground stations. The astronaut will be re- quired only to read a few simple instruments and record a few simple observations. According to the NASA, however, the pilot will retain "certain decisions making functions." To what extent he will be trusted in these decisions is presently uncertain. man in hired his not and space, merely substitute, a machine? According to a report of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, "The motivation of manned space exploration goes deeper than any scientific and other practical results. , "Apparent throughout mans history is a basic urgejo disITS CERTAINLY true that cover and to explore, to go the psychological impact of where no man has gone before, the success of this program to go everywhere man has the means of going. As it bewill be great, and hopefully comes possible for man to exthis success will be ours and plore outer space, he can connot the Russians. But is the fidently be expected to do so. investment in such a calcuTHE PROJECT Mercury lated risk worthwhile? Perhaps the entire question program is visualized as no is academic. The U.S. already more than a faltering first step seems heavily committed to a Into space. Project Mercury timetable true that onboard calling for completion, of the It may be is not nechuman intelligence sometime 1961. in program essary in orbital flight in the AN EMPTY space capsule vicinity of the earth. But there seems little doubt that such is being readied for a would be test this month. Seven or eight onboard Intelligenceman could if necessary quite more test launchings are develop the capability of movplanned for the next half year. ing out into space beyond the If all goes well, a champanzee distante from which machines will become our first real and robots could be controlled orbiting astronaut late this by suitable communications falL man. from earth-bounAlthough new difficulties And so it is yet a race bemay arise, the National Aeron- tween the capabilities of man autics and Space Administra- himself and the machines he tion presumably will sur- is able to fabricate. mount these as it has success' ALL THE WHILE, there Is fully surmounted such difficulties in the past We will the haunting fear that the first have a man in space whether man in space be a Soviet and it is profitable for us to .have not a Yankee. So far the Russians have both claimed and him there or not. . disclaimed serious intentions THE CONFLICT of man and to put a man in space. machine seems basic, i Ever The Soviets say they will do since the advent of aviation, It when and only when a task man and his machines have presents itself that is beyond been In a continual battle to the capability of automatic outdo one another. For some controls. And yet one of the years the race was nip and five Soviet spacemen has altuck. ready been killed by an unexMan carried hlmelf to an al plained accident DOCTORS should suspect DR. WINTROBE, during lec- B6 responsive anemia if there ture trips In recent years, is no cause for the Iron defia man in Australia ciency type, if the skin is and a navy captain in Chile, bronzed and they can detect an both of whom have this type enlarged liver. A diagnosis can of anemia. be clinched by having blood .The navy captain came to serum studied in a laboratory Salt Lake General Hospital for excessive iron content last spring for a period of The Utah doctors treat the treatment The boy now being disorder by giving the patient cared for was brought here doses of vitamin B6, either big from, California. in the form of shots or' pills. THE RARE anemia, which in THE NORMAL person reoccurs almost entirely bequires about one milligram a males, got its long name cause it responds only to vita- day, and ordinarily gets this min B6. Administration of amount in his food. In treatiron, a common treatment for ing the rare anemia, the doc anemia, only tors give anywhere from 25 to makes things worse, even 200 milligrams a day. aneAlthough the number of rethough the two types of same e mia have some ported cases Is small, it is possible there are many others outward characteristics. One of the similarities is which have Just not been dethat in both types the red tected. blood cells are abnormally THE STUDIES now going small and low in hemoglobin on may lead to greater undercontent. standing of' other types of THIS IS THE oxygen-carryin- anemia.,, red pigment Eary symp- . What is the eausepf the toms are about the same in strange disorder? , : each type tiredness, paleness Dr.. Wintrobe suspects that . , ' and. fast heart beat. some metabolic disturbance is But here the similarity ends, involved, although it has-nAt this point the doctor may been established as be led astray unless he is perdisease. . called ceptive and has what Us ; a high index of suspicion," Pass . 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