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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
. Although the plastic tube
surgery is an entirely liew
technique, it will be done rou
tinely by many doctors within
a short time, he predicted.' The
technique can only be used
in deafness caused by otos
clerosis. It is not effective
when the hearing nerves have
been damaged.
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