HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1955-02-17, Page 4THURSDAY, FEBRUAR2' 17,.1955''
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
PAGE THREE
Hensalt Man Aids Science Growth
Clinton Mann s Son
Adapts Skills
To Aid Science`
Dr. James S. Tapp; (son bf Jack
Tapp, formerly of ' Hensall and
presently living in Clinton Public
Hospital) has handed surgeons of
Canada and the United States of
'America, a new tool to combat
injured and -diseased arteries.- Dr.
Tapp, who is a 1934 chemistry
.graduate of the University of
Western Ontario received his, early.
-education in the Ilehsall schools,
After leaving UWO, he was em-
ployed with the Polymer Corpora-
tion at Sarnia.
"Spare Parts"
Artificial' arteries of tightly.
woven nylon have been added to
iron lungs; steel joint pins, blood
circulating pumps and other "spare,
parts" for the human body.
A middle-aged patient faced with
.amputation of a. leg ,was thefirst
to receive the new treatment by
Dr. W. Sterling Edwards, at the
Medical College of . Alabama. The
patient is responding;favorably and
the new tubes are expected to be
used in other cases to .facilitate
free circulation of blood.
Dr. Tapp, head of the Polymer
section of research' and .develop-
ment department' of the Chem-
strand Corporation, Decatur, 'Ala-
bama, took up the idea of Pat
Moor, of the same company who
envisioned artificial 'tubes for
arteries and new valves for hearts
made of nylon and acrilan.
In All Sizes
Specifications for .such tubes
were given Dr. Tapp by Dr. Ed-
wards. Formerly, fabric tubes were:
hand -made to replace ,arteries; but
the needpersisted for prefabricat-
ed tubes available in all sizes, in
,, all communities and especially in
wartime.
When one of the large arteries
'iii the body is partially or complet-
ely stopped by an accumulation of
scar tissue, Dr. Tapp was told,
blood flow becomes restricted and
the slightest effort causes severe
pain.
Surgery, it has been established,
can bring immediate relief, provid-
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Dr. Tapp Displays -Nylon .Arter.
ery from another body removed
shortly after death, is available as
a replacement, The problem has
been to find suitable heartily art-
eries and preserving them by a
complicated process.
Nylon Tube
Dr. Tapp solved the problem by
devising a nylon tube treated to
produce a bellows effect and 'so
constructed that it would not un-
ravel' close to the ends when uni-
ted to surrounding tissue by a
surgeon's sutures.
Critical point in the invention's
development came in finding a
machine to crimp the tube to
make it kink -proof but keep it
relatively stiff yet flexible. Textile
manufacturers were sought to do
this work and one remembered an
old machine he had in storage
that he thought might do the job.
•
It was formerly used for braid -
Mg shoe daces.
Braided By Machine
This machine braided the nylon
to exacting size specifications. The
new tubes are produced. in four -
inch` lengths which are easily ap-
plied by the surgeon.
Dr. Tapp holds two Ph,D, de-
grees,, one in physical chemistry
from McGill University and the
other in' physical and inorganic
chemistry from the University of
London, England;
He is a "1951" ' Overseas Scholar'
and a member of the American
Chemical Society. He formerly
served in supervisory capacities
with Polymer Corporation, Sarnia,
Canadian Armament Research and
Development Establishment; Que-
bec City, and the -Canadian Na-
tional Research Council, Ottawa.
AUBURN
Mr, Brown, Monkton, is visiting
his son, Cliff, and Mrs. Brown.
T. S. Johnston: attended a motor
convention in Toronto last week.
Charles Nevins is a patient in
the Alexandra Marine and General
Hospital, Goderich,
Mrs. William Strasser, who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. R.
D. Munro, has returned to her
home in Stratford.
At a meeting. of the Auburn
village trustees it was decided that
the village would adopt daylight
saving tune to commence on Sun-
day, April 24 and end on Septem-
ber 25.
• Knox WMS
Mrs. Edgar Lawson gave her
Home for the February meeting
of the Women's Missionary Society
of Knox Presbyterian Church on
Thursday. The president, Mrs. W.
Good presided and the meeting
opened by repeating the Lord's
P ayes in unison, followed by the
Glad Tidings prayer.
The devotional period was taken
by. Mrs. T. W. Graham who. read
the Scripture, gave' meditations on
same and offered prayer. A pleas-
ing duetwas sung by Nancy Jane
Anderson and Johnny MacKay, ac-
companied by Mrs. R. J. Phillips
on the harp.
The roll call wet answered by a
verse of Scripture from the book
of St.. Mark. The first chapter of
the study book, 'Face to Face.
with. India", was given by Mrs.
Wilfred Sanderson and Miss Min-
nie Wagner. Mrs.' W. Good con-
tributed a reading.
The secretary read the minutes
of the -previous meeting which
were adopted. Several cards of
thanks were read. Arrangements
were made for the World Day of
Prayer which is to be held in Knox
United Church on Fel:dewy 25.
The offering was . received by
Johnny MacKay and dedicated. A
vote of thanks was accorded Mrs,
R. J. Phillips 'for her kindness in.
playing her harp for the hymns
and duet.
;The meeting closed with a hynin
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W111$ Meeting
The Varna Woman's Missionary
Society met at. the home of Mrs.
Lee McConnell, with 25 answering
theroll call. Mrs. William McAsh
opened the' meeting with the call
to worship followed by a hymn.
Psalm 714 was read in unison,
Mrs. William McAsh led in prayer.
Mrs. John McAsh read the -Scrip-
tures, and prayer was offered, by
Mrs: T. J. Pitt.'
Mrs. Anson Coleman took charge
of 'the business session. It was
decided to pack a bale. Twenty
calls to shut-ins were reported.
Mrs. Pitt and Miss Rachel 3ohn-
son- were .appointed to call on ,the
sick in February. The roll call
for. March will be answered by the
word "trust";'
Mrs. Lee -McConnell and Miss
Rachel Johnson were presented
with life membership certificates.
The offering- 'and birthday money
were received.
Mrs. Pitt gave the study hook,
assisted by Mrs: William McAsh;
Mrs, F. McCIymont, Mrs. Robert
Sterling and Mrs. Robert Taylor.
The meeting closed with prayer.
Lunch was served.
Cigarettes and. Cancer
We Won't Have .Final Proof
'Till We Teach Mice To Smoke
(By RON KENYON, Telegram Science Reporter)
(This is tine third of a series overlooked, even when the mice
were suckled by susceptible moth -
Do cigarettes cause cancer , of ers ;,they became cancerous only
the fun s The weight of- medical after they themselves had becoi>le
opinion now' seems to be that they healthy.pregnant_
t. • The on, rearthrcould e
do virus produce such a "strange re -
Most ' of the recent assertions sult? And so,; again, the research
along this line have been based on remained inconclusive.
thefact that statistics show high-
er incidence of lung -cancer among Only" Small Iden
smokers. If all this seems complicated. it
But there is a fascinating.back gives only a. small idea of the
ground of study of the. effects of elusiveness of cancer.' And, inr-
chemicals in causing cancer. The cidentally, to -muddy the picture
best-known such elaeinicals are the still 'further, the mouse research
hbgns, which are found m seems' to have no bearing on hu-,cigydrocararettes. man cancer: in humans breast
Probably the first significant cancer does not seem to be trans -
observation was made in England mitred in mother's tniljt,
many years ago—it . was noticed Another fascinating theory ' is
that chimney sweeps often devel- that ''certain types of damage_
oiled'cancer of the skin, caused'to cells may cause cancer.
Studies of soot and tar resulted This ist supported, bywhictheh factowetheir that
in the isolation of hydro -carbons treatments
success to the fact that they'
destroy cancer cells, *may also
cause cancer.
Dr. A. J. Cipriani of Chalk River
Atomic Energy Project points out
that radiations, such : as X ray,
so potent_in causing cancer that
and prayer by Mrs.: Graham. The
hostess served refreshments.
Ladies' Guild
The February meeting .o the
Ladies' Guild of St. Mark's Ang-
lican Church was held on Febru-
ary, 11 in the church and was in
the charge of Mrs, Gordon 11.:Tay-
lor. The Scripture verses were
read by .Mrs. J. Taylor and the
prayers were taken by Mrs. S. 11.
Daer.: A reading by Miss Laura
Phillips was followed by a duet
by Misses Ednaand Ellen Daer,
accompanied by Mrs. G. R. Taylor.
Tire topic on 'parish and com-
munity public relations was ably
given by Mrs. Larry- Glasgow.
Miss. Edna Daer very descriptively
told of attending the Ice' Follies
in Toronto recently.'
The president, Mrs. John .Daer,
took charge for the business per-•
iod. Secretary and treasurer re-
ports were given and the roll call
was answered by 17 members by
"My Favourite Lenten Hymn".
Donations were received from two
Toronto companies to help with
the spring bazaar.
Acknowledgement: of $50 sent
by the Guild to Huron College to
wards building fund was received
from Rev. W. Townshend, London.
Mrs. G. R. Taylor and Mrs. L.
Glasgow were appointed to a com-
mittee to attend the affairs of
the Bible School An organ instru-
mental was given by Mrs. Frank
Nesbit. The offering was received
by Laura Daer and Monica Nesbit.
Mrs. 5. Daer dismissed the meet-
ing with prayer
when, coated on the ears of mice
the result was 'almost invariably
a cancerous tumor.
Hydrocarbons are very common
in the world. They consist of com-
pounds•that contain only carbon
and hydrogen and they- definitely
occur in ,cigarettes. Hydrocarbons
• have been extracted from tobacco'
-and painted on ears of mice and
have caused cancer.
Common sense' indicates, from
this alone, that there probably is
a relationship' between cigarettes
and lung cancer. But so exacting
is science that it takes cognizance
of the .fact that there is a differ-
ence between
iffer-ence-'between causing a cancer on
the ear of a mouse and causing.
cancer of the lung in humans. As
one scientist put it to me; "We
won'thave final proof until; we
can, teach mice to smoke!
If hydrocarbons are the cause of
the great increase. in lung cancer
which has taken place in the world
(i1 is still a relatively rare dis-
ease), 'cigarettes , may not be the
only culprit,
With the spread of industrializa-
tion smokestacks belch smoke and
soot into the air -- another rich
source of hydrocarbons. The
motorcar, which pollutes the air
with gasoline fumes also' produces
hydrocarbons. Extracts made from
exhaust fumes have been shown to
produce cancer in price.
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Many substances have been con-
nected with lung cancer deaths. In
England officials found that ar-
senic factories had a high death -
rate from lung cancer due, pre-
sumably, to breathing of that sub-
stance. In Germany and Czeelio-
slovakia, 80 percent of the miners
at Schneeburg and 50 percent at
Joachimstaal died of lung cancer.
The cause—presumably radioactive
gases. In the United States work-
ers in the chromate industry have
had a high rate of lung cancer.
Not Only Cause '
It is apparent, therefore, 1,-,1
chemicals can cause cancer. But
they are probably not the only
cause: And here again anyone who
was getting optimistic had to re-
adjust his thinking.
Heredity appears to playa part
too. Rats and mice ,have been
bred so pure that to achieve the
Same purity in humans would re-
quire brother -sister mating for at
least 1,000 years. In these blue -
blood rodents—purest creatures on
earth—some families nearly al-
ways develop Cancer, regardless of
the absence of cancer-causing
chemicals, while others practically
never do.
But this does not prove that
Cancer is wholly, nor even mainly,
hereditary.
It has seemed sometimes that
cancer must be caused by viruses,
the tiniest of germs. The research
that supported this theory was in-
genious_
Researchers used two groups of
pure-bred mice: Group A, which
always developed cancer, of the
female breast; Group B, which
practically never did.
These mice were cross -mated.
That is; Group A males were mat-
ed with Group 13 'females and
Group A females with Group B
males. -
Laws of Heredity
According to well-known laws bf
heredity,, the offspring of both
groups should have • developed
breast cancer in about the same
proportion:
No such thing happened. Instead
nearly all the females of .the first
mating developed breast cancer
when they were middle-aged or
older, and in the other group
practically none ever got cancer.
It seemed that the mothers who
were cancer -prone passed the dis;
c,iae;on, but ilie fathers didn't. Sc
then researchers wondered wheth •
er the disease migblt not be hered-
itary at all, but might instead be
due to a virus passed in the moth-
er's milk.
So, mating, the first group again,
they removed, mice from their
mothers and suckled them on mice
highly resistant to- cancer. And;
lo, they did not develop cancer.
It seemed the point was proved
and that a virus Must be respon-
sible. Then ' came : the 'monkey -
wrench, which the researchers had
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may: (1) produce no cell damage,
(2) damage the cell, (3) destroy
it. When cell damage occurs it
may be that cancer develops, since
it is knoWn that X rays can cause
cancer as well as curing it.
Sunshine in excessive amounts
causes skin cancer, a common dis-
ease among . farmers and` sailors
exposed to a lot of sun. .
But, though some clues seem to
make sense, others don't. They
still lie outside the theories which
researchers are building to explain
cancer.
Cancer of Liver
Why is liver cancer rare in
Western Europe and NorthAmer-
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rica, Indonesia, Greece,; IndiarMal-
aya, and the Philippines? Why
do Jewish women have less cancer
of the neck of uterus than other
women? Why is stomach cancer '
one of the commonest types in our
part of world yet rare among
African Negroes and. Javanese?
Whyis cancer of the gullet com-
mon in ;China and tonguecancer
very frequent in certain commun-
ities of'India?
All these vagaries are potential
clues to the :character and ;cause
of cancer. But who can put them
all together and make a pattern
that grows into- a theory which
car, be proved as correct?
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