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THURSDAY. DIXliMliliR 5. 10U3 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON J 3 3 Ml ' '"J J Small Worlds Around Us Lynn W. Wttkint Register Jfc Trlbuat tyadlou. IH) Bugs Develop Prolcclion Against Poisons We Use Back about 400 years ago, during the so-called Dark Ages, the people of central turope De- licved the only way to cure hydrophobia was "to take a hair irom tne aog mat mi you. The hair was to be placed care fully on the wound made by the rabid animal, ana neia mere. Of course, if the patient died it was assumed the hair was taken from the wrong animal. In a round-about way, those ancients were close to being on the right track, in principle at least. Of course a hair, even from the right animal, could not bring immunization, but there was a semblance of sense in such deductions. Since then sci ence has nroved that immuniza tion to certain diseases can be accomplished by giving the pa tient the disease he wants to escape. Vaccination by smallpox germs is prevented, or at least mitigated, by tne introduction of the disease, in a mild form, into the body. Likewise, typhoid fever and many other diseases. Immunize Themselves Reduced down to understand able terms, vaccination and in noculation, are really examples of the old axiom; "send-a-bug-to-catch-a-bug' 'idea. Or, "send a thief to catch a thief." Living bodies man, mouse, fly or man immunize themselves against things that are harmful to them. This has been established as a hard-and-fast, scientific fact. Administer small doses of most poisons to most creatures, and before long the system has immunized itself against the poison. A short time ago the daily press carried a news story re garding an insect's almost total immunity to certain poison sprays. Science knew this would happen, but hoped it wouldn't. Any ccature as tenacious of life as some insects are known to be, certainly would not lie down and die just because some pot son was squirted on them. Be sides being rather tough, they have the advantage o being highly adaptable to conditions that exist at the time. Bus gen erations follow one another so rapidly they can keep up with changing conditions about as fast as Ihey happen. But One Lives Suppose we squirt some high powered poison on a "flock of bugs." They will die by thou sands. But, over in the far cor ner, or under a dry leaf, there is one bug that docs not get enough poison to kill him. The dead ones you sweep up and throw away; they won't bother you or anyone else any more. But remember the one over at the far coiner, ilo may be deathly sick. He will crawl into a dark crevice, and maybe suf fer a little while, but an hour or a nay later, he recovers, shakes his antennae, stretches his legs, and sallies forth, as good as ever. Soon he or she will become a parent; it's bound to happen. Generations of bugs follow each other; our bug thai recov ered from the poison, male or female, soon has active chil dren. Somewhere hidden in the genes or tissues, oi me yc":in ones' bodies, is a trace of the antipoison that enabled the par ent to survive. The babies go their way, and soun they too, become mothers and fathers. These bug-children, perhaps all of them, havo an im munity against that particular poison that sickened their great-great-great grandfather. No bug ever heard of such a silly expression as "take a hair from the dog that bit you" but somehow or other they' "got the same idea." Jury Acquits Man Charged With Murder PAYETTE. Irlnlm (tlPIl 4 District Court jury Tuesday infill Hiiimira ancrman uarml- L'fll. Plivplln. nf n snnnrl.ln(ii-nn murder charge in the gunshot iieatn last year of Ralph Young Fruitland. The jury deliberated five Hours belore returning a verdict nf innnint hv rintnn nf incn. ity. Judge Robert Dunlap im mediately released Carmical to the custody of a sister, Kennedy Memorial Is Planned in Ireland DUBLIN, Ireland (UPD-Pre- tnier Scan K, Lemass told the Irish parliament Wednesday that a state memorial in honor of the ' late President Kennedy will be erected in Ireland. Lemass gave no details on the form of the memorial or where it will he built. The government decision to erect a memorial to the assas sinated President culminates a week-long campaign here for the provision of a National Memorial. Meal Makes the Meal Shop where your meat dollar buys more! Thun derbird meats are care fully pre-trimmed. We invite comparison! had Ik n '01 test SEVEN BONE CUTS ROUND BONE CUT Swift Premium tender aged beef. Blade cuts. Swift Premium Tender Aged Beef Lean, tender, tasty Well trimmed 45S 4 lb SWISS STEAK Family Style Cross Rib Cuts-a Heap of Good Eating ONLY 59' Rib Steak Boiling Beef Beef Short Swift Premium USDA good and choice. 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