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Experience in Packaging Gained From Jupiter Shot Washington -(Science Serv ice) - "Considerable experi ence in packaging ana in strumenting biomedical ex periments wag gained from the aborted Jupiter IRBM shot Sept. 16, a National Aeronau tics and Space Administration scientist told Science Service. The Jupiter intermediate range ballistic missile carry ing live frogs and pregnant mice was deliberately des troyed from controls on the ground after taking off from 9s Cape Canaveral launch pad. "One of the main purposes of the rPASA bio - sciences hitchhiker experiments was to ' gain experience in developing biomedical pay loads and to fit them properly into space vehicles," the scientists said. But had the Jupiter flown true to plan over the Atlantic Missile Range, and its nose cone recovered, information could have been obtained to give scientists a better under standing of the effects of space travel on live animals. The 15 experiments housed in the Jupiter nose cone in volved two live frogs, 14 preg nant mice, mold, bacteria; onion and mustard seed, fruit fly larvae, a tissue culture of human skin, a human blood sample, sea urchin eggs, algae cells, and a group of photo graphic emulsions for captur ing cosmic radiation tracks on film for study. " Some of the packages were complex. For example, the sea urchin eggs were immersed in seat water in a series of cap sules. In one experiment, aimed at determining effect of weightlessness on fertilization and cell division, the package would have worked like this: An electrical trigger would introduce sperm to the eggs just before launch. It would be timed so first cell division of the eggs took place during the weightless period of flight. During reentry, half of the fertilized eggs would be killed by a fixative, while the other half would continue to de velop normally for later sci entific study. IS) I raOSTH ATM -WEEK! O Accounting O Typewriting O Stenographic O Gregg Shorthand O Secretarial O Speedwriting Shorthand O Calculating Chines O Dictaphone Prepare for a Better Job in Less Time at Less Cost In a School that Specializes in Training for Business. Fall Term Starts Monday, Sept 28th BOTH DAY AND EVENING CLASSES Day classes are held Monday through Friday Night Classes are held 7 - 9:50 p.m. Monday and Thursday Approved for Veteran's Training Robertson School 40 N. Riverside Medford, Oregon SP 3-4264 54th Year Medford Pages 1-8 Iron-Deficiency Possible Cause Of Tired Feeling London -(Science Service) That tired feeling .that may result from iron - deficiency anemia can be successfully overcome by taking some in expensive pills, a British doc tor said here today. The little pills are ferrous sulfate tablets which can be purchased at any drugstore without prescription. They will restore the hemoglobin of persons suffering from iron deficiency anemia only, Dr. W. Brumfitt of St. Mary's Hospital here cautioned in the British Medical Journal (Sept. 19). Recently, there has been an abundant amount of attention given to various iron com pounds in the treatment of such anemia, he said. It has been claimed that some of the new iron preparations give better results than the widely used ferrous sulfate tablets. One such preparation is fer rous gluconate. No Organic Disease Dr. Brumfitt placed 30 soldiers between the ages of 18 and 20 into two groups. All had anemia but none had any organic disease to account for the low hemoglobin blood county. Of the two groups, 16 re ceived ferrous sulfate, 14 were given ferrous gluconate. All responded to the oral doses of iron. Both the ferrous sulfate and the ferrous gluconate worked equally well for those men who had uncomplicated iron-deficiency anemia. Thpse men who had primary iron deficiency anemia responded well to a daily dose of 600 milligrams of ferrous sulfate or 1,500 milligrams of ferrous gluconate, he reported. Iron deficiency anemia should be treated with small Open All Day Saturday-Sept. 26 Early Registration Is Advisable CUSSES 619 S.E. Cass Roseburg, Oregon OR 3-7256 MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1959 Paralytic Polio Declihe Confirmed In Latest Figures Washington, (Science Serv ice) The Public Health Serv ice breathed a sigh of relief as latest figures confirmed that last week's - hunch was correct paralytic polio, is, at last, on the decline. Latest reports show that 508 cases of poliomyelitis were recorded for the week ending Sept. 12. Of these, 273 were paralytic. The number of weekly reported cases took its first dip after the Labor Day Finger Cuff Tests For Blood Pressure New York, (Science Service) A continuous elect ronic blood pressure monitor that fits over the patient's finger and causes no discomfort has been invented by an English doctor. The monitor uses a finger cuff with a crystal microphone instead of the traditional arm cuff and stethoscope. An electromag netic valve opens and closes the cuff with the pulsations, enabling the monitor to be left on for-any required per iod of time, the British Infor mation Services have report ed. The device was invented by Dr. J. H. Green of the de parement of physiology at Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, England. doses of oral iron, he said. Those that do not respond re quire further investigation. An average American reads at a rate of about 250 words a minute. New techniques in rapid reading are said to in crease the reading rate by several times that word volume. of Bus 411 Main Klamath Falls, Oregon TU 2-4126 holiday when the count reach ed 291 paralytic cases. This was a considerable drop from the 318 reported for the last week of August. The first dip, to 291, prompted health of ficials to cross their fingers, hoping that the peak had end ed. At that time, however, they believed that it might simply reflect tardy reporting due to the weekend holiday. Climb Not Likely It is not likely that the trend will start to climb again, Dr. C. C. Dauer, medical ad viser, National Office of Vital Statistics, said here. The peak of the polio season is over. There will probably be a few weeks of slight increase; but none equaling the peak week when 318 paralytic cases were reported, he said. The decline will be as grad ual as was the climb, he pre dicted. Low point for the dis ease usually occurs in the month of April. There has. been a total of 5, 005 reported cases of all three types of polio during 1959. Last year, at this time, there were 2,899. There have been 3,084 cases of paralytic polio this year while last year there were 1,397 at this time. Vaccine Shipped Manufacturers of polio vac cine shipped 920,643 doses of vaccine to U.S. communities during the week and exported 233,411. A total of 5,038,603 doses remain unshipped, but most of these will be used to fill orders now on hand. Dr. Leroy E. Burney, Surgeon General of PHS, said. Manufacturers have produc ed 66,867,652 doses since Jan uary. During the same period last year, 50,928,815 were produced. MIEJ mess Price 10 Cents Tribune Third Section Emotional Stress Blamed for Some Loss of Teeth New York (Scienee Service) Emotional stress can cause a person to lose his teeth or at least damage his gums, ac cording to a Texas dentist. Persons who are in the habit' of grinding their teeth while they are under emotion al stress can damage their gums. This can lead to a loss of teeth, Dr. James S. Millsap of Houston, told colleagues at tending the meeting of the American Dental Association A review of the findings of several studies dealing with the. causes of excessive wear of the teeth revealed that: When the jaws are in rest position, the teeth are apart. Teeth do not come into con tact during chewing of food. Tooth contact occurs only during swallowing. During the chewing of food, the forces applied to ; the teeth are relatively small. We use our teeth in normal function less than one hour a day. Friction of tooth enamel against tooth enamel is the only thing that will give ex cessive wear on the biting sur faces. Other Uses According to these studies, wear and "tear of the' teeth does not occur during the chewing process. Thus the wear that the dentist sees must be produced when the teeth are used for something other than chewing, he rea soned. Habits are the principal cause of the non-chewing use of teeth, Dr. Millsap contin ued. These habits may be di vided into three groups; habit neuroses, caused by phycho logical stress; occupational habits, an indidivual using his teeth in the performance of his job, and a broad group of habits including everything from opening bottle caps with theTteeth to pipe smoking. These habits may be re sponsible for specific changes in: thev tissues supporting,the teeth. These changes eventu ally lead to loss of teeth. Hypnotism Helps False Teeth Use New York (Science Service) -Hypnotism can help accept ance of new false teeth. The dentist can use hypnosis when replacing all of a pa tient's natural teeth; Dr. AUyn S. Abramson, Los- Angeles dentist, told the American Dental association here. Dentists can create a will ingness on the part of the pa tient "to accept without reser vations the transition from natural to artificial teeth" by placing the patient in a light trance before extracting the teeth, he said. A deep trance, however, is not recommended for dental surgery. Pre-surgical anguish can of ten be abolished by giving the patient tranquilizers. A feeling of well being can be maintain ed by continuing such medica tion after surgery, he added. The transition from natural to false teeth is a crisis for many patients, Dr. Arthur W. Schultz, also of Los Angeles, said. The use of diagnostic charts will produce gratifying results when all teeth have to be re placed, Dr. Schultz said. The charts should tabulate the pa tient's medical history as well as his current physical condi tion, including such important items as blood pressure, heart condition, digestive disturb ances and allergies. PRACTICAL MATTER North Troy, Vt. -4DPD Rob ert Galipeau, who quit teach ing mathematics and science seven years ago to work in a butcher store, returned to the classroom spying, "With this store business under my belt I think I can convince even the most reluctant student how important math is. You really have to know it to run a grocery store. You've got to figure things down to the last penny." BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metel Work Stainless, Galvanised . and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 Tiny Plastic Tube Restores Hearing to Nine Out of Ten Men r"iicago, (Science Service) A tiny tube of plastic, smaller than a pencil point, can re store, hearing to nine out of ten people who have certain kind of deafness. The new development was described by Dr. Alan A. Scheer, New York University College of Medicine, at the International College of Sur geons meeting here. The tiny hollow plastic tube is producing dramatic re sults in patients who have lost their hearing from formation of spongy bone in the middle ear, which scientists call otos clerosis. More than 1,000,000 persons in the U.S. are deaf due to this bony formation and hardening that locks the ear mechanisms so rigidly that they cannot vibrate to transmit sounds. In 270 pa tients with deafness from the bony deposits, the plastic tube restored hearing, either par tially or completely, in nine out of ten, Dr. Scheer said. With older techniques, only about five out of ten patients could be helped permanently. Microscope Used The tube is so tiny, he said, the surgeon has to use a mi croscope while inserting it into the ear. The surgeon makes an incision in the ear canal, Many Americans Said Suffering From 'TV Bottom' Chicago (Science Service) Many Americans are suffer ing from a condition called "television bottom." The medical- term for the condition is coccygodynia, pain in the tail of the spine. It arises frequently from spending long periods of time before the television set, Dr. Wilford L. Cooper, Lexington, Ky., surgeon, explained at the meeting of the International College of Surgeons here. The surgeon also blamed long auto drives for many of the pains. Patients, he said, complain of pain in the coccyx, the tail bone of the spinal column. This is often accompanied by hip pahi and leg pain. It is caused by pres sure on the "sciatie "or gluteal nerve. Women More Susceptible Women seem to be more susceptible than men, he pointed out. Almost without exception, patients say that a long automobile ride or pro longed sitting will cause, them pain. They are not able to lie on the back comfortable at night. Most patients habitually sit with a poor posture, with the lower portion of the back arched out instead of arched inward, -toward the stomach. They slump in a chair and al low the middle portion of the sacrui and coccyx to press against a chair, according to Dr. Cooper's description. The patient usually sits down and gets up slowly and carefully. Massage Treatment There is hope for these peo ple, however, Of 100 patients, 62 were treated by massages only. This treatment was giv en an average of six times over a period of three to four weeks. Relief came to 50 pa tients, 80 per cent of that group. Heat treatments plus cor rect posture instructions were given to 28 patients, resulting in relief for 25 of them. Ten were given massages and sur gical treatment of infections, relieving nine. DOWN ON THE FARM Ithaca, N. Y. (DPB Very few young men without farm backgrounds are entering ag riculture, according to Dr. R. C. Buck of Pennsylvania State University. However, Buck told a farm meeting here that of those who did grow up on the farm enough are staying there to insure the economic well-being of agriculture. Buck made his estimates on the, basis of a 10-year study of 'about 3,000 young people in rural Penn sylvania. HERTZ TRUCK RENTAL Available at HOPKINS RICHFIELD SERVICE McAndrews at Court Phone SP 3-9068 . folds back half of the ear drum, loosens the hardened internal workings of the ear. He then tucks in the almost in visible plastic tube and leaves it there in the innermost hid den depths of the ear, to carry sound vibrations to the nerves. The tube replaces the stapes, one of the ear bones that was not functioning properly, and acts as a vibrating mechanism. ."The very instant we put the eardrum back," Dr. Scheer said, "the patient hears the booming amplification of sound as though he had just entered a huge auditorium." Almost No Relapses The new technique restores hearing to many patients who could not be helped before and there are almost no re lapses back to deafness, after the operation, as there were with former methods. . 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