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.
For example, in such disasters
as an enemy attack on a city,
Kornblueh contends that if hun
dreds or thousands of burn vic
tims could be gathered together
in negatively-charged rooms it
would save many lives, reduce the
drain on narcotics, and provide
what amounts to emergency first
aid without tying up scores of doc
tors and nurses.
On submarines under water for
long periods, negative ionization
might prevent taut nerves and pro
mote sounder judgments. In ex
tremely high altitudes, properly
controlled ionization might increase
alertness and provide a liic-snving
feeling of well-being to pilots un
der hazardous conditions.
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