Med
icine Cabinets
Tuefday, November 30, 1954
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
Declared
Kegs of Dynamite
Br DELOS SMITH
'United Press Science Editor
" New York (U.R) A noted
medical scientist lamented to
day that every home medicine
cabinet in the land "probably
contains a potential keg of dyna
mite." '
Dr. William Dameshek, pro
fessor of clinical medicine at
Tufts College Medical School,
' Boston, internationally known
as an authority on blood chemis
try, was giving a dutch uncle
lecture both to physicians and
their patients.
"It seems that every slight
sniffle, every tiny rise in tem
perature, every ache and other
vague symtom occasions the im
mediate use of a potential
- pharmaceutical," he said.
Patients Make Demands
. "The patients themselves, sur
rounded with popular articles,
radio talks and television broad
casts extolling the miracles of
modern medical practice, de
mand numerous potent medica
tions and, when these are not
In the Day's News
: Br FRANK JENKINS
' Nehru of India tells a confer
ence of Indian scientists in New
Delhi ' that atomic energy is
MUCH TOO DANGEROUS A
THING FOR A PRIVATE
AGENCY TO DEVELOP.
- .- He adds that in India develop
ment of atomic energy will be
regarded as , the exclusive re
sonsibility of the state.
NEHRU is a socialist. As such,
he is suspicious of anything
and everything that private in
dustry does. ...
Personally, when it comes to
development of the immense po
tentialities for good and evil of
atomic energy, I'll trust any pri
vate industry I can think of in
preference to ' the Kremlin,
which governs the Union of So
cialist Soviet Republics that we
call Russia.
WORD more on Nehru.
' He's . a silk-stocking idealist
with his head in the rosy clouds.
But I'd be afraid of HIM if he
: jot too much power in his
nands.
I'm afraid of ANYBODY who
'gets, too much power in his
. hands.
COMMUNIST CHINA is social
ist like all other Commu
nist states.. For that reason this
v ditpatch from Hong Kong is in
teresting: It is reported from Canton
that farmers in the Yingtak dist
i rict wrecked a market after the
; ration depot ran out of ice. (In
; Red dhina farmers are forced to
sell their whole crops to the
covernment and then buy bacK
their own rations by the day or
the week.)
In the ruckus f ollowing the
wrecking of the market Red sol
diers killed six farmers and ar
rested 20 others.
That's how socialism works
when it gets supreme power in
its hands.
STEPPING over from the se
rious to the comic (a wise
.philosopher once observed that
the line separating the two is an
extremely narrow one) the tele
type reports that a parrot that
can speak seven languages has
just been dropped from a Span
ish national contest for talking
birds. It seems that the parrot,
in the course of its language ra
(searches, picked up a vocabu
lary not fit to be heard in public.
I More nroof that a 1 little
knowledge is a dangerous thing.
jipROM the Salem Statesman:
t "The : Stayton Mail and the
McMinnville News-Register gave
I the Statesman the merry Ha Ha
ion the subject of highways by
passing cities after the States
rman ran a picture and stories of
! division of traffic to the new
jNo. 99 bypass with consequent
falling off the business among
establishments catering particu
larly to the motoring public.
"Well, the Statesman prints
'the news; but that doesn't mean
;we think the bypass entrances
.'should be barricaded to force
motorists through the heart of
the city. Nor do the injured
i businessmen seek that. They DO
! think a change in the signs
' would be helpful to them and to
those who are using Highway
99.".
TF what has happened general
X lv over the country happens in
Salem, these establishments
catering particularly to the mo
toring public will simply pick
up and move over to the new
bypass highway thus providing
a new congested business aisi
rict in a different place.
prescribed, dose themselves lib
erally from stocks obtained at
the corner drug store."
But "miracle" drugs, are po
tentially destructive to the
body's chemical machinery for
the manufacture of new blood
cells. Speaking to the profession
and through it to patients in the
technical journal, "Postgrad
uate Medicine," he said that "of
all the various systems of the
body affected by drugs and
chemicals, none seems more vul
nerable than the blood and bone
marrow."
Six Hard Rules
He praised the drug industry
for "high ideals and careful re
search." He thought it would be
"folly" to return to herbs, bark,
and other more or less simple
medicinals" when the "miracle"
drugs have saved innumerable
persons who without them,
would have been doomed by
various illnesses. But they
should "be used only when there
is clear and impelling indication
for their use. With their use
should go a sense of responsi
bility and realization of possible
harm."
For physicians, he laid down
six "commandments:"
1. "Do not use drugs unless it
is essential."
2. "Do not use potentially
toxic drugs unless the need is
impelling."
3. "If the finger of suspicion
is pointed at a drug, avoid .it."
4. "Investigate the formula."
5. "Be alert for side effects,
such as fever, point pains, skin
eruptions, and the like."
6. "Do not rush into powerful
an dpossibly harmful therapy,
for in treatment, conservatism
is a commendable virtue."
Educator Warns
On Age of Morons
Portland (U.R) There nev
er was a time in history when
a moron could live so comfort
ably and so well as he can to
day, according to Dr. Jay B.
Nash, dean of the school of rec
reation and physical education
at Brigham Young university.
The Salt Lake City educator
told a Chamber of Commerce
forum here yesterday that this
is "the age of morons, as well
as atoms."
The Romans had 15 slaves on
an average, he declared, "'and
look what happened to them."
Dr. Nash said all the "moron"
had to do in our great cities is
to push buttons. "He has 125
slaves to serve him on an aver
age," he said.
Dr. Nash warned that no civ
ilization has developed this kind
of leisure' and survived. He said
civilizations "were built by men
who had to face problems ana
solve them.-. . - ' :
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Easy To Remember
Brooten. Minn. 4U.PJ iiarry
Kittleson says he will have no
difficulty remembering his 1955
license plate number HK26I7.
In addition to his initials, the
first two numbers represent the
day of the month he was born,
married and his son was born.
Mav 17. the last two number,
is Norwegian Independence day.
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