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SECOND SECTION
MEOrORO, OREGON. FEB. 17. 1950 PAGES 1-u
Science at Work
TEN BEST SCIENCE STORIES
OF YEAR SELECTED-
USE OF HORMONES TOPS LI
ST IN ACHIEVEMENT
By Piul F. Ellii .
United Press Science Editor
New York IU.PJ The use of
two hormone substances, corti
sone and ACTH, to bring dra
matic results in the treatment
of arthritis and other diseases
was the outstanding story in
science during 1H4H.
The selection of cortisone and
ACTH for the "top honors" and
nine others for 1949 was based
on discussions between this cor
respondent and scientists repre
senting all fields.
The other in the "big ten" of
the year were:
2. The sighting of (tart
1,000,000,000 light years away
by the 200-inch telescope at
Mount Palomar. Calif.
3. The determination that at
lease three types of infantile
paralysis strike in this country.
4. The fight of organized
medicine against compulsory
health insurance plans.
5. The development of new
anti-hacterial drues.
8. The continued develop
ments in atomic energy for mil
itary and peace-time purposes.
7. The progress in aviation,
particularly military planes.
8. The use of "super" X-rays
in treatment of some forms of
cancer.
9. Discovery of a new sulfone
drug for treatment of leprosy.
10. Development of anti-allergy
drugs for use against com
mon cold symptoms.
Cortisone Biggest News
Many medical scientists
frankly say that the discovery of
the effectiveness of cortisone and
ACTH in arthritis was the "big;
Best storv in medical science"
since the davs of Louis Pasteur
the scientist who determined
that bacteria are the cause of
infections. '
Corteson is made synthetically
from ox bile through a long ana
tedious process, which science
in the coming year hopes to sim
plify so that the now precious
drug will be available to all. It
is an adrenal giana aenvauve.
ACTH on the other hand is a
derivative of the pituitary
gland and is obtained from the
pituitaries of the swine, it, too,
ia precious.
The early clinical work with
cortisone and ACTH was done
by medical men at the Mayo
Clinic, while the production
work was done by scientists at
the Merck & Co., Rahway, N. J.
Only a comparatively few pa
tients were treated in 1949, but
in virtually all cases the results
were "sensational."
Gives Man Look Into Universe
The dedication of the new
200-inch telescope at Palomar
was one of the big stories of
1948, but it actually went to
work last March.
Even with a minor defect the
"big eye" pierced the universe
for a thousand million light
years the farthest into space
that man ever has seen, several
stars at the full power of the
telescope were photographed.
Now the mirror has been made
perfect and only recently scien
tists at the California Institute
of Technology have indicated
that distances even greater than
the billion light years have been
recorded on film.
1949 Proved Worst Year
Polio experts during the year
determined definitely that there
are at least three different types
or eroims of the virus that caus
es infantile paralysis. In the
past, it was believed there might
have been as many as 20 or
more.
The new discovery is import
ant because it sives the medical
scientists fundamental Knowl
edge of the disease, and gives
tnem new noDe mat a success
ful human vaccine can be devel
oped. For a vaccine to be effec
tive, it must work againsi an
tvnes of the Dolio virus. Making
a vaccine effective against 20
types would be extremely diffi
cult aeainst three, the work
will he easier, even thoueh the
dav of a vaccine is not yet in
sight.
The year 1949 was the worst
polio year in the United States,
but it may be that doctors are
recognizing polio in more areas
than ever before.
Points West
By Vivian McMurtrey
SALEM. ORE.: Murray Wade,
who edits the popular Capital
Parade column, is actually a Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
He's an accomplished artist,
as well as writer, but few know
it. His illustrations are in some
of the northwest's most valuable
collections.
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PORTLAND, ORE.: Louise
Palmer Webber the tremen
dous blonde lobbyist who has
been compared by some to tne
duchess of Alice in Wonder
land is gravely ill. She's being
missed now in the city hall,
where she audibly audited coun
cil sessions for so long, and will
be in the "third house"- of the
legislature come 1951.
GERVAIS, ORE.: There may
be a Ford in some people's fu
ture, but there's one in Chevro
let dealer Governor McKay s
past. Recently he got stuck in
the ice and his gubernatorial
SOS was answered by a Ford
rescue car.
United Public Workers
Union Chased From CIO
Washington, Feb. 17 (U.R)
The CIO today expelled the
United Public Workers union on
charges of following the com
munist party line.
This was the fourth affiliate
ousted on the same grounds in
the past two days. Yesterday,
the CIO purged the Mine, Mill
and Smelter Workers, the Unit
ed Office and Professional Work
ers and the Food, Tobacco and
Agricultural Workers union.
The United Public Workers
union was ousted by a 34 to 2
vote of the CIO executive after
Abraham Flaxer. president of the
affiliate, walked out of the
board meeting.
Three Named To Serve
On State Co mm if fee
Salem. Ore., Feb. 17 (U.R)
Two justices of the Oregon su
preme court and a Salem attor
ney who also is a state senator
were named today to serve on
the Oregon state committee, sec
tion of judicial administration,
of the American Bar association.
They are Justice George Ross-
man, named chairman: Chief Jus
. tice Hall S. Lusk, and Sen. Al
lan Carson.
y The appointments were tele
graphed from New York by Paul
de Witt, director of state com
mittees for the bar association.
EUGENE, ORE.: You'll have
earthquake insurance whether
you like it or not if the League
of Oregon Cities has its way.
According to their recent re
port, during the last 94 years
we've had more than 100 quakes.
and since there are numerous
fault lines on the earth s crust in
the northwest, their forecast is
for bigger and better quakes in
the future.
OREGON -AT -LARGE: Some
huckster's triumph is a current
national ad which pictures an
ideal husband, waving goodbye
from the inside of a cozy train
to his great American Mom and
their two moppets. Under it
reads. "I have three good rea
sons for going Pullman. Comfort
able, dependable and above all
safe!"
Pretty high-flown verbiage in
any copywriter's language! High
enough almost to score a direct
hit on the railroads' most threat
ening competitor the airlines.
Maybe some skyway's scribe
will come back with one show
ing an ice-encrusted streamliner
resting its orange caterpillar
splendor in one of this winter's
snowdrifts. He could caption it
"Adrift or Aloft" or "To be or
not to be there!"
Note: comparing the histories
of the railroads and airlines in
the light of traffic fatalities, the
airlines are away ahead in safe
ty records as well as in time.
THEY LIKE FLORIDA
Tallahassee. Fla. (U.R) Sev
enty per cent of Florida's new
school teachers come each year
from oilier stales. But new Florida-trained
teachers migrate to
other states.
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