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PAGE TWELVE Medical Science Has Weapon to By Paul F. Ellis (United Prm 8ol.nc Writer) New York HP) Medical science appears to have found the weapon to combat arthritis, a disease that disables many thousands of Amer icans each year. The new weapon is a harmone, now known as compound E: It has been made syntnetically, but only in the smallest of amounts, and It may be several years be lore it can be made in enough quantity to assure general distribution. However, while the compound is not now available, the arthritic person surely has cause for hope, because the first experimental tests on human beings in the Mayo Clinic showed witnout question that compound E is a powerlui weapon in the battle against arth rltls. Cripples Relieved The compound was particularly effective against rneumatoid ar thritis, the type that often strikes young adults. Persons who had been crippled for years got up and walked with no pain, une elderly patient even managed to dance a jig. i It was found that the symptoms returned when use of the hormone was stopped, so the development probably means that persons suf fering arthritis may have to use the hormone steadily, just as a diabetic must have his dally In sulin. . Merck & Co,, Rahway, N.J., which is manufacturing the new compound, reports: "The very small amounts ol compound i currently available have already been allocated to in vestigators who are studying tue best conditions for using me new drug. "They test the drug under vari ous conditions to determine its safety and effectiveness. They determine the dosages and investi gate the possibility of any harm ful effects from prolonged use. Much time and great effort also arepeeded to develop the manu facturing facilities and processes. "By the time the new product Is being manufactured In ample amounts, the necessary backlog of knowledge concerning its safe ty and effectiveness will nave been built up, with resulting benefit to the public." Hope for Sufferers The lack of ample quantities of the compound will be disapointing to the thousands of persons suf fering from arthritis but they should remember that streptomy cin, penicillin and the other "won der drugs" also were hard to get at the start. Today, streptomycin and penicillin are easily ogtained. The Merck scientists believe that new methods of manufactur ing compound E will be found and that the production problem will be whipped. So, it appears that compound E may follow the same pattern as in the case of streptom ycin and penicillin. New Vista Opened Some medical experts believe that the discovery of a compound that relieves arthritis opens the door to an entirely new approach In the matter of treating degener aitve diseases, such as hardening of the arteries and perhaps even mental cases. The evidence more and more points to the theory that health in man depends on the proper hor mone balance. It has been shown that In some cancer patients they lack certain hormones that nor mal persons have. Also, It has been shown that some cancer pa tients have an excessive amont of certain hormones. Next Time He'll Know 'J - THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON Vatican's Modernized Latin Odd mist to Words THURSDAY. JUNE 9, 1949 This 3-year-old boy runs through the missing persons record at a Chicago police station after reporting his name was Billy and that his mother was missing. As it turned out, Billy was missing. And when his mother, Mrs. William Foley, claimed him 5V4 hours later, she took time out to teach him again to say, "My name Is Billy Foley." Subtraction Easy If It's Explained Durham, N.C. IIBTwo learned professors bent their brows for 500 hours over third-grade sub traction and decided its easier when the kids know what they're lolng. , This came out in "Meaningful vs. Mechanical Subtraction," pub lished by. the Duke university press. The authors, Dr. W. A. Brow- nell, chairman of the education department at Duke, and Dr. Harold E. Moser of State Teach ers college, Towson, Md., also found a triumph for the Ameri- an system of subtraction. Most Americans think every body subtracts their way. To take 29 from bj, Americans borrow 10 from the six and break it .town this way: 9 from 13 is 4, 2 from 5 ,1s 3. Answer; 34. . But Europeans add 10 to both numbers. Figuring 63 is GO plus 3, they made it 60 plus 13. The 29 they promote to 30, or 30 plus 9. 'then 9 from 13 is 4, and 30 from 60 is 30. Answer: 34, same as on this side of the Atlantic. Dr. Brownell Interviewed more than 4,000 third-grade students. tie found that those taught by the American system learned faster. But he also found that chil dren learn either system faster and remember it longer when it is taught "rationally1' so that lliey can understand what it means. In the past, h said, there has been a trend to over-simplify arithmetics and make it a lot of Items to be memorized mechanically. Gives Ey Joseph J. Balelch (UruiuU Pieai, ttuII Currtsponilcnt) . Vatican City iU'i The Vatican has brought Latin, its official lan: guage, up to date. ; Although the Roman Curia, tha administration of church matters) uses Italian as its everyday lang uage, the oflicial tongue is Latin. The most important cnurch docu. nients are written In ihe langu age of Cicera and St. Augustin. 'me only dilference Is thai Pope Pius Xif ushs words and Dara- piirases describing such modern tilings as "atom oomD, covlnus Ignivomus" ("a self-moving car spouting fire"). The newlv-coined words 01 Physician Doublet As Railroad Fireman Bradford, Pa. U'i For six days a week Dr. Matthew A. McGrall Is a practicing physlciai. and sur geon but on the seventh he Is a railroad fireman. McGrall has never forgotten nis union. "Communism, air plane," etc. Pope Plus uses good, classical Latin, but it is mucn easier to fol low than Cicero's prose. It is nev er as concentrated as the stony prose of Tacitus. 'Ihe church moves with the times, and coins new words to describe new things. Two offices in the Vatican under the Secre tariat of State have the special duty of keeping abreast in this field, 'ihey are the Secretariat of, the Briefs to the Princes and the Secretariat of the Latin Letters. Lexicon Compiled The first is the more import ant, and is headed by Msgr. An tonio Bacci, who compiled tne lat Msgr. Bacci uescnoes many com-' boyhood urge to become a rail- roaa man. ne was uum ui toona, Pa., a railroad town where his father was a telegrapher on the famed Horeshoe Bend. Every day McGrall walked up the steep grade after school just to hitch a ride In a locomotive down the mountain to Altoona. Dr. McGrall makes no medical appointments on Saturday, for he Is scheduled to make the run as fireman. He even holds a union card. The doctor says it relaxes him to bump along In a locomotive. monplace things, such as no one wouid believe nis hign office would find use fur. He calls a clgaret a ' "jilco thanum uacillum ("a little suck of nicotine"), a cigar Is "tabaci laseicuium" ("a bundle of to bacco"), bars of chocolate .are "quadrae ex laba mexicana" ('squares from the Mexican bean ', spaghetti witn butter and trade i pantesan cneese is "pasta vermi- culaia butyro pulvfcratoque caseo condua" fspagnetti wiought like luue worms seasoned witn butter and pulverized cneese ). Spaghetti with tomato sauce is "pasta vermicuiata iycopeisicl li quamlne condua" and our stapie ice cream becomes "nivata pono" or, "a draugnt iced with snow." - Wide Range of Terms This may appear frivolous and slightly on the gourmet side. But there are many other moie seri ous items in the book. A Com munist is "aequandorum bonor um fautor" ("a promoter to equalize property"). There Is a synonym lor Communist wnich comes even closer "publicationls bonorum omnium lautor," or aa est lexicon of modern words in vocate of making public all pro Latin. It is in this office that the ; perty." A black market is "an most solemn correspondence be- nona excandefact" ("food market CLAMS IN CANS NOW Aucusta, Mo. iU'i Steamed clams, a favored food in New England, soon will be available in cans, shells and all. The Maine Development Commission says an East Machias canning company has perfected the process after three years' experimentation. tween the Holy See and the for eign chiefs of state for important events is written. Msgr. Bacci, who has four Latin experts work ing under him looks after the composition of the speeches which the Pope deliveres in the consistories, the encyclicals and other documents of a universal character. The second office, the Secretar iat of the Latin Letters, is charg ed with the composition of ordin ary correspondence which eman ates from the Pope's study and is directed to nign personages. 1 This correspondence deals with matters which do not fail within the scope of the Secretariat of . State. ' Msgr. Bacci's lexicon, just pub-1 lishecj; contains 5,000 words and ; conforms to strict philogical rules. It shows great ingenuity in ! coining words. But some rigid classical scholars find that the circumlocution for modern words are a bit long. Concise Latin ex pressions chockf ul of meaning, they complain, are strung, three and four at a time, to translate one modern word. "A Bomb" Wordv Our neat, compact A-bomb" becomes "globus aiomica vi dls- ploden (literally, a ball burst ing by the force of atomic pow er"), a radiogram is "nuntlum per uctlieriaa undas missum" ("a message sent through ethereal waves"), a tank is "automatarlus Inflamed to white heat"), and to corner the food market in Latin you say "flagellare annonam" (literally, "to whip It"). Other examples of the living present are military terms: incen diary bombs are "glandes igni- vomae" ("acorns vomiting fire"), hand grenades are "ignel 'globl dirumpentos" ("bursting fire balls"), a bombing plane is "veli vellum ignivomis globis .verber ans" ("a craft flying on sails blasting out fire-vomiting balls"), a battleship is a "loricata navls" ("a ship with breast armor") and a machine-gun is a "manu balllsta ignovoma" ("a manual machine spitting fire"). The trades and professions also are provided with the proper no menclature. Journalism is "diur nariorium ars," a newshawker is "ephemeridum clamator" and a radio newscast is "radiophonica diurnorum actorum communica tion." Others brought up to date Include sports, the electrical field, railways and automotive. But there Is one field still un covered: television. Msgr. Bacci is reported to be working on that now. BEER Rotator Brewing Company, San Francisco,, los Antjele MIRRORS Resilvering Made to Order Table Tops Glazing MID-OREGON Glass & Mirror Co. KAI.l'H MM) 452 E, Urevlcy. Phone 1783-J CASH TO BUY Wood and Coal Tako Advantage' of the Spring !SH-i'lals Offered by Fuel IH'ulcr and SAVE MONEY! $25.00 to '300.00 -on Furniture Farm Machinery Livestock Automobile Loans Up to $500.00 NO INSURANCE HKtJl IHEDl Twenty Montlu to Repay PORTLAND LOAN CO. . Norbcrt l. Goodrich, Met. Km. a, Franry Bldg., 1010 Wall TMplone 17H BRND.OHEGON gtato UoaiiMa KIM M8S1 mm Last Showboat Opens Season Hiram, O. tlPi The last of the Ohio river showboats has open ed Its 1949 season at Point Pleasant, W. Va. ; ' ' ' Captain Tom Reynolds, a show boat pilot for 36 years, is skipper of the dramatic venture. Students from Hiram College provide the acting ability. The Majestic Is the only travel ing ship of its kind left, and has a seating capacity of 425. Built in 1923, it has survived the de pression, war usage, treacherous river ice and the growth of oth er forms of entertainment. . Twenty-six dramatic students of Hiram College are following showboat dramatic tradition as closely as possible. They have dug through forgotten trunks in mus ty attics, traced down many a showboat captain 01 performer believed dead, and collected on of the m'ost complete files on show boat lore In existence, Features of this years program are "The Drunkard; or the Fallen Saved, a Temperance Melodrama In Five Acts," and "John Loves Mary," of recent Broadway fame In addition, there will be five vaudeville acts, and a marion ette show for children In the af ternoons. - The project Is a co-operative venture. Students will not be paid salaries but will share in whatev er profits there may be after ail expenses are met. By the time the season ends on Oct. 1, the Majestic will have stopped at almost 50 towns and cities In Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsyl vania and West Virginia. . Bulletin Classifieds Bring Rasults LADY NEARLY CHOKED WHILE LYING IN BED; HAD TO PROP SELF UP One lady said a few days ago that she used to be afraiu 10 gu 10 bed at night. She was swollen with stomach gas, which always got worse when she went to bed, and the gas would rise up in her throat after she lay down and would nearly choke her. She couldn't lie flat. Had to prop her self up on pillows. Recently this lady got KAL-O-DEX and now feels fine, bowels are regular and she can go to bed and sleep soundly. KAL-O-DEX contains 5 Great Herbs; they cleanse bowels, clear gas from stomach, acts on slug gish intestines and as a diuretic, on kidneys. Miserable people soon feel different all over, sc eo on suffering! Get KAL-i DEX. Sold by all drug stores. 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