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Show Chemist Forecasts Man's Life Will Be Prolonged and Be Made More Comfortable Man's workaday life has become increasingly dependent upon the ability of chemical research workers work-ers to convert new scientific discoveries dis-coveries into practical necessities. At the end of three centuries the chemical industry in the United States has reached major proportions. propor-tions. A. Cressy Morrison, in a 292-page 292-page illustrated volume, "Man in a Chemical World," recently published pub-lished by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, reviews the position of the chemical industry as it affects modern routine existence. Morrison's account covers the effect ef-fect of chemical progress on industry, indus-try, medicine, food, transportation, television, home comforts and "the more abundant life." Looking forward for-ward Morrison believes that "it is quite unnecessary to be led astray by imagination's will-o'-the-wisp to feel that a very wonderful future lies just ahead for the human race through the continued progress of chemical industry." Some possible future developments seen by him include: Further improvements in medicine, medi-cine, particularly in regard to the two childhood scourges, scarlet fever fe-ver and infantile paralysis. Food habits should change sharply sharp-ly in coming years, with biologists leading the way in developing new species of edible plants and chemists chem-ists synthesizing them to make them easily available to all classes. Continued study of chemically controlled glands is apt to change medical technique to the extent that many surgical operations may in the future be obsolete because of the use of new synthetics. Finally, Morrison forecasts, chemists chem-ists not only will contribute substantially substan-tially to the prolonging of man'i life but will also aid in making his life richer, more comfortable and more secure |