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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1958)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1958 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE 7 C Research Beginning To Show That Weather May Influence Man's Actions By C. B. ENCEI.KE United Press International PHILADELPHIA (UPI)-"We al ways look (or trouble on Friday nights," said the Philadelphia po lice inspector. "But when a full moon falls on a Friday night, we know there is going to be Uie dev il to pay." The inspector made the remark at a meeting of the American In stitute of Medical Climatology, which is Irvine to find out wheth er he was telling an old cop's tale or whether there is indeed a link between meteorological con ditions and human behavior. . Why, the institute wants to know, are there more suicides at certain times; why do arthritics double up in pain on certain days; why are Uiey relatively comfortable on oth ers; why are you more inclined to fly off the handle at one time than another? Heading the institute is Dr. George Piersol, dean emeritus of LOFT MEETINGS GEORGIA, Vt. (UPI) -The annual town meeting again was held in the hay loft of Russell Simons' cattle barn. The meetings have been held there since 1952, when fire destroyed the Georgia Town Hall. the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania Other officers include the Itt. Rev. James A. Donnellon, president of Villanova University, and Harold W. Schaefer, vice president of the I'lnlco Corp. If their pioneer study is success ful, the day may come when weath er forecasts will help police make out their work schedules, when plant managers will be able to plan for "accident-prone" days, when hospitals will adjust their courses of treatment for specific illnesses according to what sort of day it will be. So far, the study includes cor relating meteorological data with statistics from the following sourc- Hour-by-hour reports of ma jor crimes in Philadelphia. Daily reports on absenteeism at the Philco plant. Reports on all death Investiga tions by the office of the city's medical examiner, Dr. Joseph W. Spclman. And monthly reports from a number of hospitals in the Phila delphia area. Already there are signs to in dicate that the institute is off on no wild goose chase. There . is some evidence that deaths are not evenly distributed throughout the year," it said. "The number of accidents, homicides and suicides, patterns of discipline and behavior of children and adults also show unusual fluctuations. "It was assumed that sudden drops of barometric pressure and temperature, certain unseasonal winds, high humidity and temper ature, unusually high concentra tions of ozone, etc., precipitated major pathologies. ..." While the Institute stresses that "the vast field of bioclimatology has been barely explored," scien tists do have a clue to link weath er with human health and disposition. It's a clue that has been kicked around ever since 1931 when Fred erick Dessaucr of Germany dem onstrated that electrically-charged particles in the air have a good deal to do with the way we feel and behave. During the past 27 years, many researchers have experimented with these particles, ions, which are created when an atom or mol ecule gains or loses an electron and becomes either positively or negatively charged. Dessauer was the first to contend that positive ions had bad effects while nega tive ions had good ones. About six years ago Dr. Piersol and Dr. Igho II. Kornblueh, direct or of Physical Medicine and Re habilitation at Pennsylvania Uni versity's Graduate Hospital, decid ed to find out why. During investigations into the feeling of wellrbcing induced by in halation of air charged with neg ative ions, Kornblueh discovered there was a positively beneficial ef fect on persons suffering from hay fever and asthma. He also noted a sedative effect. This gave him a clue for further research. Using the facilities of Northeast ern Hospital in Philadelphia with the assistance of researchers at Philco, Kornblueh and his aides discovered that negative ions do a great many things besides soothe and give a sense or well-being. For example, they have a def inite sedative and sleep-producing effect: relieve pain; relieve ap proximately 62 per cent of hay fev er and asthma victims for periods ranging up to two hours; have a therapeutic elfcct, particularly on burn victims and they promote healing In certain types of wounds. These things are now known. But Kornbluck is not satisfied. He wants to know why negative ions are so beneficial. He also sees iremenaous pusMuiuuus 111 me wi der use of ions. 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