MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday. February 8, 1955
Tetracycline Found
As Effective Cure
For 'Parrot Fever'
. Berkeley, Calif. U.R) A
University of C a 1 i f o r n i a re
searcher disclosed today he has
cured parakeets and other birds
of psittacosis or "parrot fever"
with injections of the antibiotic
drug tetracycline.
Psittacosis is a dangerous lung
disease. It can be transmitted to
humans, sometimes causing
pneumonia and death. However
it is more commonly a less
severe chronic virus infection
often escaping diagnosis.
Injected Twice a Day
The scientist, Dr. Karl F.
Meyer, director of emeritus of
the Hooper Foundation for Med
ical Research at the University
of California, said he cured
birds of the disease by injecting
them twice a day over a two
week period.
He said also that offspring of
successfully treated birds re
main free of psittacosis as long
as they are not exposed to in
infected birds.
The disease has become a ser
Toothbrush Said Effective
In Preventing
s (Editor's note: This is the
third in -a series of six articles
e dealing Lwith denial health.
a They are being published in
cooperation with the Southern
e Oregon "Dental society in ob
servance of National Chil
. dren's Denial Health week, to
be observed Feb. 7 to 13. The
articles were prepared under
the supervision of the Ameri-
l can Denial association.)
The toothbrush when used
s properly" remains one of the
most" effective weapms for pre-
venting dental decay.
' There are two lingering mis
bconceptions about toothbrush-
ing:
Around
Hollywood
By ALINE MOSBY
United Press Correspondent
Hollywood (U.R) Television.
producers have decided you
viewers are tired looking at Man
hattan and Hollywood so this
year live TV
programs, like
movies, are go
ing "on loca
tion." Several live
video shows
are hitting the
road to get
away from
those same old
AtoeMosbr. :grounds 0J.
shots of the palm trees of the
plaster city or the skyscrapers
of New York. Citizens around
the United States expect to see
TV cameras set up for national
shows on their own main' streets.
"These remote control shows
are like locations for motion pic
tures. You can't always stay in
studios. You have to get away
from things, studio-wise," said
NBC-TV program director Frank
Cleaver In the lingo of Holly-
.wood and Vine.
. "Different backgrounds give
excitement, new interest to pro
grams." The Colgate Comedy Hour has
not only booked out-of-city
shows, but last Saturday went
on location out of the country.
"Well, it was Tijuana, Mexico,
on the border, but at least it
was telecast out of the country,"
Cleaver added.
He said the foreign program
involved no serious problems and
it finally was decided that Mexi
can technicians would handle
telecasting of the fast jai-alai
games in Tijuana.
Master-of-Ceremonies Gordon
MacKae will mave the Comedy
Hour next to New Orleans for
- the Mardi Gras Feb. 20. TV
cameras will be set up outside
famous restaurants to catch
crowds on the streets between
musical numbers from a TV
studio. -
Another show is scheduled to
be telecast from the San Fran
cisco Opera House. Cameras
will catch outdoor views of the
city's famous cable cars, bridges
and wharves. The Comedy Hour
also plans to originate from Mex
ico City, the sand dunes of Palm
Springs and the SS United
States, the first video show from
an ocean liner.
The program already has gone
on location to Miami. NBC's To
day and Home also switched
from New York to the Florida
sunshine. This Is Your Life
moved to Chicago and Bob Hope
took his program to Greenland.
"The springboard was when
we did a show from the Holly
wood Bowl last year," said
Cleaver. "People liked seeing
the bowl. It was so successful
we planned more remote shows.
"We have 20 mobile black-and-white
camera units to send any
place. People like seeing "for
eign locales."
CBS and ABC plan no remote
TV shows as yet. But NBC is so
interested in the idea that a
show consisting of only "loca
tion" telecasts, "The Wide, Wide
World," is in the works for next
fall.
ious public health menace in
recent years, Meyer said, be
cause of the growth of the pet
industry and the large numbers
of parakeets smuggled into the
United States from Mexico.
He said some 6,500,000 birds
are now sold in this country
every year.
Treatment Costly, Tedious
Treating sick birds with-tetra
cycline is costly and tedious but
it offers the possibility of free
ing aviaries from psittacosis,
Meyer said.
He said he is attempting to
develop a cheaper and easier
method of treatment that can
be widely adapted to the spe
cial needs of aviaries.
Other experiments are in the
mill now to determine if tetra
cycline can be " effective when
mixed with bird feed, he said.
This program is being supported
by a $20,000 grant from the
Hartz Mountain Products Com
pany in New York, a large dis
tributor of pet birds and food.
Tooth Decay
First, the old rule, which has
long been outdated, of brushing
teeth the first thing m the mor
ning and the last thing at night
Second, the scrub-brush tech
nic in using the toothbrush, an
idea which also has long been
outmoded. '
The dental profession urges
that the teeth be cleaned im
mediately after eating espec
ially after eating sweets be
cause the buildup of enamel-destroying
acid occurs rapidly aft
er meals and snacks
In brushing, the toothbrush
sweeps away the bits of food
which otherwise would stick to
the teeth and generate the tooth
decay process
However, the toothbrush can
dislodge the sticky food parti
cles only if it is used in the
right way. Since these food par
ticles are most likely to adhere
to areas between the. teeth, the
best method of toothbrushing
concentrates on these areas
In cleaning the teeth, the up
per teeth should be brushed on
downward and the lower teeth
should be brushed upward. The
bristles should be worked be
tween the teeth. The chewing
surfaces should also be cleaned
as well as the inside surfaces
facing the tongue
The youngster should be
taught to brush his teeth as soon
as all his first teeth have come
in usually between the ages of
2 and 3. He may not do a very
good job and his mother or fa
ther will probably have to go
over the teeth afterward. But
the groundwork will have been
laid for a basic dental health
habit at an early age
As for toothpastes and tooth
powders, the Council on Dental
Therapeutics of the American
Dental association has repeated
ly pointed out that the tooth
brush used in the right way at
the right time is far more impor
tant to dental health than any
particular kind of toothpaste.
(Tomorrow: Fluoridation)
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PENETRATING
SUDS
find their way to
every fibre and
float out even hidden
dirt you didn't
know was there!
featured at
Applegate Turns Over
$430.20 to Polio Fund
Applegate A total of $430.20
has been collected here for the
March of Dimes, according to
Mrs. C. O. Gerhardt, chairman.
The amount is 25 per cent bet
ter than last year, she said.
A dance and auction at Upper
Applegate Grange hall Saturday
night brought in $190.50, accord
ing to Mrs. Gerhardt. Other ac
tivities included a Ruch-Apple-
gate basketball game with a
lunch and candy and peanut sale
in conjunction, $117, and a 4-H
movie, $32.02.
Amnesia Victim To
Rejoin Family He
Can't Remember
New York (U.R) A 41-year-old
amnesia victim who disap
peared one year ago arrived
here today from California and
prepared for a reunion with a
family he cannot remember.
James J. Reilley, 41, broke
into sobs as he disembarked
from a plane at La Guardia Air
port and realized suddenly that
the wife and three children who
are strangers to him were only
a few miles away in Palmyra,
N. J. .
"I've been hoping and pray
ing that when I see them it will
ring a bell and clear up my
mind," he said. "I haven't slept
in a week in anticipation of
seeing my family."
He was a salesman . for his
father's firm in Philadelphia,
when, according to his wife, he
"just disappeared" while on a
business trip to Harrisburg, Pa.
Reilley said his memory ex
tends back only to January
when police picked him up in
Arcadia, Calif. He was found
wandering in a dazed state, his
billfold i and all indentif ication
papers missing.
Through a fingerprint with
the FBI, Reilley said, his iden
tity finally was established. But
his Army service repord,
through which the check was
made, failed to list a "next of
kin." .
He met a patient in the hos
pital who took a liking to him
and her. parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence B. Cooper of Gabriel,
Calif., took him into their home
as a handyman. Later, they ar
ranged for his appearance on a
television program where he
was recognized by Mrs. Kath
erine Ellis of Whittier, Calif., a
former school mate of his at
Norristown, Pa.
Second Grader
Gels Ike's Picture
Plattsmouth, Neb. 4U.R) Ru
ral District School 43 near, here
has an autographed picture of
President Eisenhower obtained
through the efforts of a second
grader, Tommy Jones.
Tommy drew the letters "I"
and "K" on drawing paper and
colored them brightly. Since he
had no picture of the President,
he pasted the letters above one
of George Washington.
Tommy's teacher, Mrs. Laura
Webb, sent the picture to Presi
dent Eisenhower, commenting
that Tommy's admiration should
be rewarded with a picture.
A short time later the Presi
dent's picture arrived.'
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