New Compound Said Effective
For Purposes of De-Germing
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BY DELOS SMITH
UPI Science Editor
Xcv York -CPU- Exacting
tests have shown that the two
chemical compounds generally
'f used by sur
germ" their
own hands and
the skins of
their patients.
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tf . tie more effec
ts tivp for that
w i '
hkMi a good scrub
Dio, mhiid with plain
soap and water.
There is a new chemical
compound, however, which is
nine times more effective than
plain soap and water. This was
the good news announced by
Drs. Arthur W. Frisch, Gor
don H. Davies, and William
Kippaehne, of the University
of Oregon Medical School,
Portland.
"Degerming" is an increas
ingly critical matter, partic
ularly in hospitals, because
some sickening bacteria have
become "resistant" to the anti
biotic drugs which once prom
ised to make "degerming" no
problem at all. Now it's a ma
jor problem again.
Iodine Is Ingredient
The new compound holds
iodine in a stable solution. The
iodine content is controlled by
a detergent component which
releases it "on demand." An
other component is chloride.
Taken as a whole, it is a
tricky compound but one
which enhances the notable
germkilling power of iodine.
The Oregon doctors pointed
out in their technical report to
the American College of Sur
geons that iodine is one of the
best degermers known to man
It kills more troublesome bac
teria than any other, and kills
them faster. But it can't be
used like soap and water. It
can burn the skin and it al
ways stains it.
In the new compound, It
doesn't burn and it stained
very little, they said; further
more, it will kill such tough
micro-organisms as the polio
virus, the bacterium which
causes tuberculosis, and in
fluenza "A" virus. It has a
complicated chemical name;
the doctor called it "virac."
Ten Men Scrubbing
The surgically popular de
germing chemical compounds
which their tests put in the
category of plain soap and
water are hexachlorophene
which is the active ingredient
of medicated soaps and of sur
gical solutions, and alkylben
zonium chloride which is bet
ter known as "zephiran."
Their method of testing was
Impressively scientific. Ten
men scrubbed their hands
with plain soap and water for
one minute, rinsed their hands
in a basin of water, then
scrubbed them for another
minute, and rinsed in a second
basin.
From these basins, they
went to more basins and scrub
bed with the degerming chem
ical compound being tested,
rinsing after each scrub. The
basins of rinse water were an
alyzed for their contents of
cirkenin 0 mirrn-nrffanisms !
both as to numbers and vari
eties. These counts were then
manipulated mathematically
into an "index" which, by sta
tistical analysis, was shown to
be decidedly "valid."
The plain soap was a com
mon grocery variety which
shall be nameless here be
cause the scientists just hap
pened to use it and there is no
Austria and New Zealand
are looking to the United
States to buy more meat.
They explain that we have
plenty of beef for steaks, but
the United States needs more
meat for hot dogs and similar
small items.
"leave that stuff aone
...here's a whole pot of
SANTIAM BLUE LAKE
STRINGLESS GREEN BEANS
reason to think it is a better
degermer than its competitors.
The sense of the experiments
in this regard is that scrub
bing with plain soap and wa
ter is an efficient way of kill
ing germs on the skins of
healthy people.
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CANDIDATE FOR NOBEL PRIZE Dr. Frederick Sanger,
40-year-old professor at Cambridge University, is ex
pected to win the 1958 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Dr.
Sanger, here shown with his wife at their home in Cam
bridge, Mass., is famed for his work on the structure of
proteins.
Special Display
Marks Birthday
In honor of the centennial
birthday of Theodore Roose
velt this week a special dis
play has been arranged in the
Medf ord Public library of
books by and about the great
soldier, statesman, and adven
turer. His own writings include
"East of the Sun and West of
the Moon," "A Booklover's
Holidays in the Ope n,"
"Ranch Life and the Hunting
Trail," "Trailing the Giant
Panda,; "The Wilderness
Hunter-" "The Strenuous
Life," "The Winning of the
West," "Fear God and Take
Your Own Part,' and "Letters
to his Children."
Besides his autobiography,
published in 1913, there are
many books about the strenu
ous American by other writ
ers. One of these is John Bur
roughs' "Camping and Tramp
ing with Roosevelt," and an
other Jacob Riis "Theodore
Roosevelt, the Citizen." W. R.
Thayer wrote "Theodore Roo
sevelt; an Intimate Biogra
phy" and Owen Wister "Roo
sevelt; the Story of a Friend
ship." In addition to these are of
fered "The White House
Gang," by Earle Looker, "My
Brother, Theodore Roosevelt,"
by Mrs. Corinne (Roosevelt)
Robinson, "T h e Roosevelt
Family of Sagamore Hill," by
Hermann Hagedorn, and
"Theodore Roosevelt "and his
Time, Shown in his Own Let
ters," edited by J. B. Bishop.
Each of these shows its own
facet of the life of a great
man.
In Brisbane, capital of the
tropical state of Queensland,
Australia, many houses in the
suburbs are built on stilts to
allow free circulation of cool
ing air.
SAD JOKE Pranksters took this aged mare down a stair
way in a San Francisco apartment house, and it took the
SPCA and the Fire Department three hours to get her
out again. In this picture, a fire department crane is
hoisting the by-now-dying horse onto an SPCA ambulance.
Later, at the SPCA shelter, the horse was destroyed to put
it out of its misery.
FAVOR SPITTING CHAMP
Raleigh, Miss. - (UPD - De
fending champion George
Craft was favored today to
win the annual tobacco spit
ting contest in a field day
that will also feature contests
in husband-calling and skillet
throwing for the ladies.
MARSHAL'S GUN STOLEN
Hollywood-flJPD-Actor Gene
Barry, fast-on-the-draw star
of the "Bat Masterson" TV
sho.w, had the embarrassing
job of reporting to police
Wednesday that somebody
stole his six-shooter during
rehearsals.
Markers Talked
By Historians
Several Rogue valley his
torians this week completed
a list of historical sites and
discussed plans to mark the
locations on a Jackson county
map.
Sites will be indicated on
a touring map to be made
available to centennial visit
ors next year.
A priority list of sites may
be set up to be marked by
bronze plaques. The cost of
such permanent markers is
high, they noted, and the Ap-
plegate Valley committee, un
der the chairmanship of Rob
ert Sorber, is attempting to
solve the problem by design
ing a wooden plaque which
can be produced easily at less
expense.
' The group also discussed
placing more emphasis to his
torical sites and valley history
through the speakers bureau.
Persons willing to speak on
some phase of Jackson county,
or Oregon history to inter
ested civic group are asked
to call the Centennial office
at SPring 3-2059.
Those present at the meet
ing were the Misses Claire
and Mary Hanley, Jackson
ville; Lee Pinkham, county
surveyor; Mrs. Dwight Hough
ton and Dr. Frank Haines, of
the Siskiyou Pioneer Sites
Foundation; and Ernie Hood,
Centennial chairman for Jack
son county.
Bogota, Colombia - (UPD -Physicians
here have suggest
ed to local authorities that
traffic violators be allowed
to pay their fines in blood to
build up the city's blood
banks. The doctors suggested
that fines should be charged
off-within the limits of safety
-at a rate of about a quarter
of a pint of blood for each
dollar.
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medferd, Oregon, Thursday, October 30, 1958 7A
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HEARTBREAK An unidentified woman breaks down
and flees from the funeral services being conducted at
Springhill, Nova Scotia, for miners killed in the coal
mine collapse there. Rescue operations are still going on,
but there is practically no hope for 77 miners still miss
ing. Sixteen bodies have been recovered, and 81 miner!
escaped the cave-in alive. Fifteen of the survivors are
seriously injured.
MAY VISIT LOURDES
Venice, Italy (UPD Pope
John XXIII may attend the
closing of the Lourdes cen
tenary next February, his for
mer auxiliary said today.
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