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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1962-01-25, Page 6✓ 4 1••' fA C.0 }y� wn' k' 1Vt r b, tL b• e: 15 v.. g tl, ev vA P.. n, br in is e: F„ ge. LF a. a•. S' 1\? C:• Fn 1" ti• se ti,. pr. Vp� or A. Br. lVI�� of M - Pi. an- sc» Mr T1+ Deep Freezing May Save Many Lives It would take about eighteen months for a man to go by space ship to Mars or Venus, As for the stars -- and the habitable Planets which presumably en- circle some of them — light from even the nearest has to travel for four years at a speed of 186,324 miles a second before it reaches the Earth. In other word s, a life -time would be deeded to cross the vast void dividing this solar system from the next. But the world's scientists have a, plan ,,. If men could be deep-frozen and then brought back to life months, years or decades later, they could journey to our plan- ets and, perhaps, one day to the stars without requiring food, water or oxygen in any signifi- cant quantity. They would, in effect, be hu- man time machines, the sci- entists' . version of the science- fiction writers' invention. Of course, there would prob- ably have to be spells of live "sentry" duty to see the space ship was •functioning properly and also to arrange for the rapid resuscitation at planet -fall of all the floating, frozen passengers in their refrigerated "coffins " Hypothermia, t h e science of suspending "life" by extremes of cold, is only ten years old, but it is now providing one of the most dramatic advances known to medicine. Dr. Charles Huggins of Boston, who heads the government-spon- sored U.S, research team, reveal- ed recently that deep-freezing experiments are being carried out in that country with space travel especially in mind. "It would," he s a y s, "take eighteen months to send a man to Mars or Venus in a space ship. Think of the food and water and oxygen he would need. To hold it you would require a vehicle of staggering size. If you could degrees centigrade, it would solve degrees centigrate, it would solve the problem. It would stop his heart beating and his other organs working. Anyone whose heart ceases beating for five minutes is tech- nically dead. But if we could bring him back afterwards . ," That is the big snag. To pre- serve reserve life, it seems that every- thing must be frozen quickly and simultaneously so that no part of thebody, whether it be big toe or the b r a i n, has a chance to decay w h 11 e other parts are still functioning. The effect must be like that when a motion picture is sud- denly arrested. At absolute zero, which is ap- proximately 273 degrees below zero centigrade, all molecular motion stops. And it is now pos- sible to register 265 degrees be- low in a laboratory deep freeze. To bring a man back to life from such an advanced state of suspended animation, it is thought it will be necessary to zoom him up rapidly to 37 de- grees centigrade, the normal body temperature, and also to give his heart a restarting jolt and his lungs a respiratory action. Meanwhile, in Moscow, scien- tists are talking about the fan- tastic experiments of Russia's top heart specialist, Professor ladimir Negovski, who claims to have revived more than 3,000 people after they were declared "clinically dead." He, too, is working on the preservation — or suspension — • of life through deep freezing in the hope that a planet -bound cosmonaut can be "rested" for weeks, months or years! This year the driver of a hull - dozer was lost in a snowdrift on the Caucasian mountains. Thirty hours later his body, frozen stiff, was recovered. The Russian newsagency Tass reported that there was a film of ice o v e r the man's eyes. "When his rescuers tapped him with a hammer, his frozen body gave out a hollow, wooden sound," After adrenalin had been in- jected, .the man's body was rub- bed with oil and alcohol and ta- ken to Professor Negovski's la- boratory, There, in five hours, he brought the driver back to life! Britain is not lagging behind in this amazing new science -- with with its infinite possibilities, •net only .of frozen immortality, but as a tremendous aid to surgery, writes Basil Bailey in "Tit -Bits," At the National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, warm - blooded animals have been frozen almost solid and then revived completely — without suffering any apparent injury, or loss of powers. They wererefrigerated in a special apparatus by Dr, Audrey Smith until they became as hard as wood, Breathing stopped, the heart beat and all other signs of life disappeared, After as long as half an hour in t h is condition the animals were warmed by a beam of, hot light focused on their chests. Their hearts began to beat again, breathing restarted and, within a few minutes, they were running around normally. Says shy, soft-spoken Dr. Audrey Smith: "The stopping of heartbeats does not mean an ani- mal is dead, By treating certain organs with glycerol small crea- tures e a n be stored in deep- freeze indefinitely, They are still alive — and no older — when thawed out" Dr. Alan Parkes, who also works at Mill Hill Research In- stitute, said recently: "As knowl- edge increases, the means of resuscitation will extend, so that what constitutes death to- day will not necessarily consti- tute death tomorrow." Hypothermia heralds the era of spare -part medicine. By freezing human organs and storing them, surgeons believe that one day it may be possible to transplant kidneys, lungs, hearts, even complete limbs, af- ter the blood cells have been kept in a state of suspended animation. Already the new technique is being used to freeze parts of the body while delicate operations are performed. By lowering temperatures even more, the time may come when coronary artery disease — that killer of so many old peo- ple — will also be curable under the knife. The brain, too, can be slowed down by freezing to allow extra time for a tricky operation. The British Medical Journal told last year of a thirty -seven-year-old woman who was saved by such deep-freeze treatment at Guy's Hospital, London. There have been many similar cases throughout the world, but perhaps the most remarkable concerns Mrs. Ellen Moore of Wallsend, Northumberland, who was struck on the head by a log, This twenty - three - year - old mother - to - be was unconscious for 169 days — six of them under deep-freeze. Yet her baby was born while she lay in a coma, and the child suffered no ill- effects! After treatment under deep- freeze to her injured brain, Mrs, Moore also recovered. HORSEPLAY — Film star YuI Brynner lends his white cloth hat to friend on the location site near Salta, Argentina, where his new movie, a historical drama, is being filmed. B G BEAUTIFUL DAHL For Arlene Dahl, a Rome dress designer made up this whimsical blue -with -white -dots bow. STABLE TALKS. Jam Now that the plum pudding and mince pie season is pretty well over, perhaps a few sugges- tions for other sorts of desserts might be welcome. Here are a few that I think you'll like. BANANA SPLIT ICE CREAM FIE You'll need a deep 9 -inch pie pan for this dessert. Make a crust by combining 13'4 cups graham cracker crumbs and 1 cup chopped walnuts with 5 tablespoons melted butter; save 3/4 cup of this mixture and pack remaining mixture in bottom and sides of the pie pan; chill. Filling 2 medium-sized bananas, sliced lengthwise 1 -inch thick 1/2 cup ,strawberry jam Y cup chocolate sauce, 'h pint each, strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla lee cream Cover bottom of the chilled crumb crust with sliced bananas. Pack ice cream firmly over them, alternating flavors. Cover ice cream with jam and chocolate sauce. Topping 1 cup heavy cream 3 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla Whip cream; add sugar and vanilla. Spread over top of pie. Sprinkle remaining crumb mix- ture over whipped cream. Serve immediately or freeze for future use. • 4 • A light, sweet, rich dessert that can be made the day before serv- ing and refrigerated is made with fruits and marshmallows. Thisrecipe serves 8-10: MARSHMALLOW- FRUIT DESSERT 1 pound marshmallows 1 No. 2 can cherries 1 No. 2 can pineapple - 1 3 -oz. jar maraschino cherries 1/ cup almonds, blanched and slivered 3 egg yolks t/.r teaspoon salt Juice of 2 lemons 2 cups heavy cream Cut marshmallows into fourths with wet scissors or use the small ones. Drain all fruit. Split and seed cherries. Cut pineapple and maraschino cherries into small pieces. In a large bowl, mix marshmallows, fruit, and nuts. In a saucepancombine egg yolks, salt, and lemon juice; simmer until thickened; cool. Whip cream and fold into cooled mixture, Add the marshmallows, fruit, and nuts to cream mixture; mix lightly but well; cover. Chill in refrigerator several hours or overnight. • * Have you ever eaten cheese pie? Here's the recipe: CHEESE PIE 1 pound Swiss cheese, grated 1 tablespoon flour 3 eggs well beaten 1 cup milk Salt, pepper to taste Pie crust for 9 -inch pie Dredge cheese with flour. Beat eggs well; mix with milk; season lightly; pour mixture over cheese. Turn into unbaked pie shell. Bake 15 minutes in hot oven (400`F.) reduce heat to 300°- 3257, Bake until knife inserted in center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Yields 4 servings, * 4 5 CRANBERRY CHEESE 1'fr Crumb Crust 30 thin lemon wafer cookies Me cups crumbs) cup melted butter Finely crush or put through food chopper ('fine blade) the cookies. Blend with the melted butter, Press into bottom and sides of an 8 -inch pie plate. Chill. Filling 2 packages (3 oz.) cream cheese softened 1y'/ teaspoons unflavored gelatin 2 tablesvi ons cold water 1 egg yolk ei cup sweetened condensed milk 5,4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon grrted orange rind 3/2 teaspoon vanilla 1 egg white 1 cup shredded coconut Soften gelatin in cold •water, then dissolve over hot water. Beat cream cheese until fluffy. Add egg yolk, condensed sweet milk, salt, orange rind, and vanil- la. Beat well. Stir in dissolved gelatin. Beat egg white until stiff but not dry. Gently fold into cheese mixture, Pour into crumb crust. Chill until firm. Topping • 11/2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin 2 tablespoons cold water 134 cups cranberry -orange relish Coconut Soften gelatin in cold water; dissolve over hot water. Stir in cranberry -orange relish. Spread on top of cheese mixture; garnish with a circle of coconut, CRANBERRY -ORANGE RELISH 1 pound fresh cranberries R oranges (quarter and remove seeds) R cups. sugar Put cranberries and' oranges through food chopper (coarse blade); stir in the sugar; chill. Use 11 cups of this relish for the pie topping. Save remaining 21 cups (freeze it if you like) to serve with chicken, turkey, er pork. Largest Flower In The World When the world's largest flow- er, a specimen at the New York Botanical Garden, bloomed in 1937 for the first time since its arrival there six years earlier from its native Sumatra, the news was published everywhere and caused a sensation, Now thereis news that, for the fourth time since it reached the Botanical Gardens, this strange plant, the amorphophal- lus, is likely to bloom again — next year. At maturity the flower reaches a height of eight feet and is about four feet in diameter. How Well Do You Know SOUTH AMERICA? CAYENNt URINAM MILES 0 200 Grandma Moses — A Sincere Tribute When Anna Mary Robertson Moses was born 101 years ago, there were many painters in the United States, uneducated' and unknown. They painted pictures for their homes and their famili- es. There was not much discus- sion about merit, and certainly no reference was made to their value. In the generation in which we live, there has been a pressing revival of American art history, a search for artifacts, and an ap- petite for Americana, for art, of the people, art nurtured on the land. Grandma Moses was a charas- teristie woman living down coun- toy, preoccupied with her family, With farm chores, with religion. It was in character for a woman like this to be exceedingly moe dest. To Grandma it was no more important to paint a picture than it was to cook a batch of berry jani, or to embroider a fine piece. In her rural, domestic, happily unsophisticated world there was no division between major or minor art, between the status of 0. DIES AT 101 ' — Grandma Moses — Anna Mary Robert- son Moses — died in Hoosick Falls,..N,Y. aged 101. the brush or the needle. She had a sound, wholesome, healthy standard of values, her own def- inition of what was good and beautiful. To Grandma a picture was good whet. it was "pretty." A picture was a recording .of what she saw, what she knew, a re- membrance of times past, of the beauty of valleys and hills seen from a window in the farmhouse; a snowstorm, in which she dili- gently filled out all the spaces with downy white snowflakes; springtime on the"farm, the live- stock, the industrious farmers plowing the good earth. Grand= ma painted railroad trains, and the old-time automobile. 1n her pictures. there was a good deal of fun, picnics, skating, country fairs. She painted farm- houses, barns, and the white church with its tall spire; she painted the picket fences. It was not until after Grand- ma Moses was 80 years old that she was "discovered" in her simple rustic living, and adver- tised. The massive promotion of a beloved elderly woman with a genuine talent was an utter in- consistency. The pressures and public ac- claim could not touch a person of her character. She had no higher opinion of herself as a painter after the moment of national recognition. She continued to work, and she spoke in her mo- dest provincial manner. She wrote the notes for her endear- ing autobiography, a touching human document, in the opinion of Dorothy Adlow, Art Critic of the Christian Science Monitor. The memory of this elderly woman was prodded and urged so that she managed to think back to her first Thanksgiving Day in 1864, and to the black bunting that marked the passing of Abraham Lincoln. Her early pictures Grandma ISSUE 1 — 1962 would draw, and then color with grape juice or berries. She gall- ed her pictures ''very pretty lambscapes." Throughout her life she en- joyed painting for Christmas gifts "and things like that." She simply picked,up the paintbrush when her sister Celestin suggest- ed, "I think you could paint. better and faster than you could do worsted pictures," Painting for her until the mo- ment of nationwide recognition was a pastime, like fancywork._ But when a gentleman from New York called in Hoosick Falls and showed some interest in buying her paintings, everything chang- ed. All the pictures she had were Old. Onewas large, so Grand- ma simply cut it down the mid- dle and made two pictures out of it. The rest is history. As a painter Grandma Moses shared certain traits with other untutored talented painters, of whom there are many. Every- thing she painted was rendered as clearly and descriptively as possible. Often architectural de- tails were carried out in a more expert manner than the human figure. Various animal species were clearly differentiated, It was unmistakable what season of the year she was describing. She had her own way of imbuing the pictures with vitality. The modern• art world is oriented in other directions very remote from the thinking and the mode of visualization of a rural home-bred painter, No wonder city dwellers have been refresh- ed and delighted by the honesty and unaffectedness of our primi- tives. In Grandma Moses there was unmistakable talent; a buoyancy, an ever -replenishing liveliness. She achieved a position .in the public eye for quaintness and skill; but a proper estimate of Grandma Moses should 'embrace with the achievement and . the painter. Q. Are you supposed to place your knife on your plate when you have finished eating, even if you haven't used the knife? A. It is not at all necessary to pick up any unused silverware. Whoever clears the table should clear the surplus silver before serving the following course. e CHOWING DOWN —Kin g Saud of Arabia dines at "b restaurant in Lynnfield, Mass,, after release from a Boston hospital where he was treated for an abdominal ailment.. STRINGS ATTACHED — Busy spinning yarn are women working in the Mutankiang tex- tile mill in Heilungkiang Province in Red China. Perhaps, Communists like to spin yarns.