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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1928-08-05, Page 2Britains Consider Rheumatic Disease Conference of Eminent Physi- cians and Health Officials Held at Bath Influence of Environment A conference on rheumatic diseases was held recently at Bath, Lng a t, "Our climate," he said, "will not ander the Presidency of Sir George 1 adapt ritself to us and we must there - British Newman, t, Chief Medical Officer of rd- fore adapt ourselves to it. Our pee - Ministry of Health, accord-! pre Waded 'hardening, not coddling:,, ing to the London •correspondent of A national cult of skin coddling!' and The Journal of American Metrical hydrothional e should be initiated, he Association. Although no important added. additions to science were made, says I Dr- I,, J. Poynton did not believe the correspondent, the conference I in salicylate or not b ieve achieved its object of surveying the) 11 sodiumn with acute rheumatic carditis. chil- present position with regard to a group of maladies that cause an im-' Re used neochillOPhen, it was I never foilowed by the depression and mensa amount ofinvalidity. possible death from coma that night In his Presidential address ` Sir � occur if salicylate was pushed - George Newman said that the object Sir William Willcox found that the was toconsider the campaign for the virulent cases of rheumatic fever so conquest or control of rheumatism. common years ago did. not Tha urgency of this matter was maul- cow occur thirtyt anything like the same fest from rho' advance of knesjo joint! extent, which he attributed largely of the heterogeneous group of sl:led to the development of school hygiene. diseases and from the data - ,remised- . In chemo rheumatism, vaccines for the first time by the school mad j should not be given =.sntil after the seal service and the health insurance i fullest clinical investigation. and the industry and disease was a drag on:fullest treatment of any foci of infection. indusory a source of heavy finale- if1 They were contra-ndicated when son sial loss to the State. The main elf--; sitization to the toxins of infection ficultif were .rigid f (1)The rola-' existed; also ff there werd associated lien of the varied forms of rheums-, eeephthalmie goiter, tism to one another and their distri- i They were of value in chronic rheu- butionEngland in the worldgenerally don i; matiem what any gross focus• of in- (2)the cannot ben exactly defined; rection bad been removed and the (2th cease ; (3' is not not ac-wn toxic process was being carried on by with certainty; (3) there is the chronic infection of a mucous cord as to the least means of treat i surface with its accompanying gland- Sirment. alar tissue. Stock streptococcal vac- Walterh S. Kinnear, ns rance eines were far inferior to autogenous of Health and Pension Insurance vaccines, ho said, gave some startling figures. One- sixth of the total period for which sickness and •'disablemeut benefit was paid to men (one-seventh to women) was due to rheumatic diseases. In 1927 such total benefit in Great Brit -1 ain amounted to $100,000,•000 repre-, senting 34.000,000 weeks' incapacity. Of this the incapacity due to rheuma- I tism amounted to 5,500,000 weeks, I with a disbursement of $25,000,000. `• To this must be added loss of wages amount.ingto $60,000,009. influence of Environment Dr. Reginald Miller, Honorary Sec- retary of the British Medical Asso- elation Subcommittee on Rheuma tisnl and Heart Disease in Children, said that juvenile rheumatism wast FINANCING OF CHINA massed among the children of the Nationalist finance poor. It was not due to case -to -case T. V. Soong, infection, but seemed to be an envir-,minister, who presided at a meeting; onmental disease. So close was the of 80 Nationalists and bankers 111 relation with tonsillar disease that it Shanghai for the consideration of the appeared that the environment far- problems relating to financing the re - tors must to some extent work by public. producing infected tonsils. There was a particular connection with damp dwellings. hg Sir Humphry Rolleston said that the term "rheumatic diseases" was convenient, if umbrella -like, as it in- cluded those acute and chronic Infec- tions, rheumatic fever and the rheu- rnatcicl groups. At one end of the scale was acute rheumatic fever, Official in Steward's Office l ni were strepteeoccal in origin and that, their •clinical differences depended on . variations in the seed "iucl inborn ori acquired differences in the soil," ;. naluely, the eonsttutional, metabolio' and andouille factors. Means of Prevention Dr. R. L. J'. Llewellyn insisted on maintenance of the functional effi- ciency of the skin, which was best achieved by hydrotherapy with al -1 ternatiug applications of ,hot and cold water to the skin surface. The Empire's Knight of the Keen Eye THE CHAMPION SHOT OF THE BRITISH ARMY Europe Is Bitter Over "`iscl w;sures �;.f Nobile Wreck tosser ]3ehoun ek,, the rescued Czecito�: slavia ein'vivor, that the disaster was due to Nob'le's nsiete0ce, against ergi. pert advice, on investigating the re) gion to the northeast of Spitsbergen' and the Consequent drifting of the air»1 ship into a storm, led to the wreekl when a jutting leo peak tore off fire gondola from the dirigible's envelope Next, there is the question why No bile, contrary to all the traditions off commanders of such expeditions, per- mitted himself to bo rescued ahead of his comrades, some of whom were reported to have been snore gravely injured than himself. Finally, there is the story of Dr. Malmgren's death, with the sinister suggestion injeetest that there was a fight between Nobilel and the Swedish meteorologistover� the former's alleged inismanagententt of the airship, that Nobilo was afraid of certain revelations which the latter, might 'be able to make, and that th dirigible's commander was recalled too Rome in order to suppress documents which might be injurious to the tires] tige of Italian aviation. Majors Zappi and Mariano hav capped the climax of the dram charged throughout with the most in tense human interest, by going on record that they abandoned Malmgren at his own request, when the injured Swedish scientist gave out in... Itti march of the party toward land from Nobile's main camp. Into the taugle dc problem of ethics involved in the be, haviour of the two Italian officers, ii their version of the tragedy is accep ti ed, the British press so far has r•e fused to enter. There is a coucensus here, howevsr#, that for the sake of the wider inter, ests of aviation, as well as to clear the impunged good name of those in' volved, and to clamp down t.11e inter: national i11 will excited by the wholes story, the Italia expedition from start to finish should be impartially probed' This all bears out Amundsen and Elise worth's sizing up of Nobile's inefilel� ent character after their "Norge") flight of last year. Demonstration of Co -aper' ' ation Turns to Outburst. .of Ili -Will MALMGREN'S FATE.' Swedish and Russian Press Voice Grace Charges--.- t harges--- t British Silent London.—With the element sof mys- tery and hints of more .sinister as- pects injected into the latest phases of the grim Arctic drama, all Europe is watching tensely while the disaster to the dirigible Italia in Polar ice is rapidly transferred from a demonstra- tion of international co-operation and sympathy Into an outburst of the bit- terest interrltetional i11 will. The revelation that „Dr. Finn Malm- gren, the brilliant young Swedish meteorologist with General Nobile's expedition, was left behind to diel in the frozen waste while his two Italian companions, Majors Filippo Zappi and Mariano marched on until they Soviet even- tually were picked up by ice -breaker Grassin, has stirred feel- ing in Sweden to fever pitch, and a diplomatic demarche toward Rome may follow the official probe which the Swedish Government is carrying out into the circumstances of the sci- entlst'sdeath. Russian reports have it Malmgreu was stripped of his cloth- ing and his body eaten by the Italians. Series of Disclosures The partial bearing of Dr. Maim- gren's still mysterious fate, however, is, only the climax of a long series of disclosures thinly veiling the grave charges on the conduct of the expe- dition .since its take -off from Spitz- bergen down to the rescues of its scat- tered survivors. These are now more freely voiced in Sweden and other Scandinavian countries, as well as in Soviet Russia, but while the British press has scrupulously abstained from intervening in view of the cool rela- tions already existing between France and Italy, it is freely adopting• the charges against Nobile and his Italia colleagues. The Italian newspapers, on the other hand, are stung into furious anger by the criticism" in foreign news- papees, and the dispute has now spread over half the dontinent of Europe. The charge that the disaster was primarily due to Nobile" s insist- ence on starting in time to reach the North Pole on the anniversary of Italy's entrance into the war was offi- cially denied, but there is the testi- mony of the Swedish newspaper -cor- respondents at King's Bay that the take -off was made in the most light- hearted spirit with Dr. Malmgren al- ready going on record that conditions were unfavorable.. Then, ever since the Ttalia's radio flashed from the northern silence the first news that the expedition had met with disaster, the question of the conduct of the expedition and some of its individual members has been piled on question. Why, it is asked, in the first place, were the main relief efforts lett to Sweden and Russia, 1 i h dertools to rush all aid to Lance -Sergeant > . Poulton of the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards was preselltecl with the championship cup by Field -Marshal Sir George Milne. Preserving and Restoring Our Historic Sites Marking of Sites of National Importance Carried Out by Department of the Interior Pioneer Days Recalled Canada's historical background con- t some of the most rourautic and ing a formidable invasion for the tithe being nad created great enthus- iasm. in the country. Nanticoke, Haldimand County, On- tario. -'--On 13th, November, 1813, the Norfolk volunteer militia, routed a band of marauders who had terror- ized the country. This exploit in- spirited the military orcfes, restored the confidence of the people, and was an neportant factor in the immediate recovery of lost ground. Fort Drummond, Queenstou Heights, Ontario.—Fort built by mili- tary labor for the defense of the frontier in 1814 and named in honour anis of Sir Gordon Drummond. interesting episodes in the history of Niagara -on -the Lake, Ontario.— North. America. In many districts I Commemorating the treaties conclud- thloughout the Dominion there still t ed with the. Chippewa and Mississauga remain visible evidences of our his-; Indians by Colonel Guy Johnson, tory in ruins which have been pre- May 9, 1781, and Lt. -Col. John Butler, served, but there are scenes of other d often important actions and arged With the Leviathan Mail Robbery May 22, 1784. an o r Kingston Navy Yard, Kingston, On - events which are uirmarked by any I tario.-•---The British naval station for physical reminder of what transpir- lake Ontario during the years 1788 - ed at these points, Tho Depart -11818. Here were built fourteen King's meat of the Interior, has been carry- i ships. In the war of 1812-14 this ing on a valuable work in preserv- I naval force enabled the army to re - lug and restoring the, ruins and suit- I tain control of Upper Canada. ably marking the sites of national) Arherstburg Navy Yard, Amherst- liistorc importance. As a result burg, Ontario.—The lake Erie and i i ren dor along many of the main motor high- ways of the Dominion artistically ing the years, 1796-1813. Here nine designed cairns and tablets give King's ships were built. In the war motorists and tourists a peep into' of 1812-14 htis naval force enabled the our romantic past. i army to retain control of that frontier. remarkably amenable to salicylates; I Said to Have Secured at the other end was ostearthritis, I $6,000 largely if not entirely a Regenerative disease and not responding to salicyl- ates.Between these two was a train New York.—Archibald Chapman, assistant linen keeper in the stew - of gradual transitions. The charas- ard's department, wag charged recen - teristic lesion of rheumatic fever was ly with theft of registered mail from theformation of nodules, large in the the United States liner Leviathan, subsutgneous tissues, submiliary 111 between June 16 and June 22, while the heart. rthe vessel was on the high seas. Subcutaneous nodules bid often Chapman was held in $7,500 bail for been found in rheuatoid arthritis and a hearing on August 9, when arraigned ostearthritiesl but nodules had not before United States Commissioner been found in the heart. Fibrositis, Francis A. O'Neill. He is 32 and the nouarthritic form of chronic rheu- comes from London, England. matism, was also accompanied by; The Leviathan docked here recently. nodule formation. The streptococcal. Commodore Cunningham, her mas- causatiou of acute rheumatism had ter, said that it had been a learneId On the recommendation of the' Historic Sites and Monuments Board, the Department of the Interior, through the National Parks Service, has marked 118 sites 'Ty the erection of suitable memorials. Each year at the annual meeting of the Board the suggestions of the,,various members are reviewed and a. number of sites are recommeuded for marking. Dur- ing 1927 tablets were placed on twenty-five sites and one of the most picturesque ceremonies in this con- nection was the unveiling of the cairn and tablet at Blackfoot Cross- ing, near where the Cluny -Milo sec- tion of the Alberta Provincial High- way crosses the Bow River. This memorial commemorates the signing of September 22, 1377, near this point, of Treaty No. 7 by which the wide plains were thrown open to the white plan and peace and security was assured the Indians. The un- veiling took place on the fiftieth an- niversary of the signing,' the princi- pals in which were: Hon. David Larch and IA. -Col. James F. Macleod, representing the Crown; and the famous Indian leader, Chief Crow- foot, and other chiefs. and council- lors of the Blackfoot, Blood, 'Peigan, Stony, and other Indians. The Red Men relinquished' their claim to sal 1 ispec- 5,0 000 square miles' of 'fertile prairie steadily gained ground. It might be that the loss frons th. argued that the various members of not exceed $6,000, hui a poi the family of rheumatic diseases tor placed the loss $4,000 higher. in southwestern Alberta by •this treaty. The site of the memorial is also near the grave of Chief Crow. foot. Indian treaties signed in each of the ether Prairie Provinces, Manitoba Reds Gain Upper Hand in Australia Controlling Sea Trade v HERE. 1 E IN "HE WORLD' • Resolution Agrees to Affilia- tion With Pan -Pacific Secretariat Sydney, New South Wales.—With an overwhelming majority, the Red element,, by a snap vote, carried a resolution at a recent section of the all -Australian Council of Trades Wiens supporting affiliation with the Pan -Pacific secretariat. Supporters of the "white Australia" policy were jeered at by the Communists when they crossed the floor to vote against the measure. The resolution, which was moved by J. Garden, secretary of the Trade La- bor Council of Sydney and an avowed Communist, was that the Australian Council of Trades Unions should unite to combat the dangers of a Pacific war and also to assist the workers of more backward countries to improve their position. It declared emphatically that affili- ation with the Pan -Pacific Secretariat did not mean affiliation with the Third Internationale, but the moderate ele- ment warmly challenged htsic laim. and Saskatchewan, are also to be commemorated. Theaty No, 1 was signet) at. Lower Fort Garry, Manito- ba, on August 3,. 1871, and Treaty No. 6 at Fort Carlton, Saskatchewan, between the 23rd anti 28Th• of August, 1876, and al Fort Pitt on September 9, 1876. Recently the 1928 annual meeting el the Historic Sites and Monuments Board was held at Ottawa. One hundred and ten sites were reviewed and a number were selected to be marked as c'f national importance. Beige (tier General E. A. Cruikshank, who is a recognized authority on the military history. cif, Canada ,and is chairman of the'Beard, presided at the nreethlg.;.The •other members in attendance were, Dr'. J. 0. Webster, Shedtac, New Brunswick; Judge W. Crowe, Sydney, Nova Scotia,; Hon. P. Dealers, Montreal, Quebec; Dr. J. H. Coyne, St, Thomas, Ontario; :Judge F. W, Howa.y, NeW Westminster, British Columbia, representing. 'West- ern Cattails; Me. J. B, Harkin, Com, missioner, National Parks of Canada, representing ,the Department of the Interior; and Major A. A. Pinard, Secretary. Of the pew sitar or events selected for commemoration the following are in Ontario and Quebec: St, Johns, Quebec. --'Site, near here, S T'HE LONGEST KVSL. a of the 'Bettie of Montgomery's Creek, September (l, :L775, with lttontgontl- Tee jcee1 of the new White sitar $0,00)-tttn litter, laic. 'clown hi the ship ery's invadintj army, 'The defeat of yard itr Tliifatt.- 4 trete giant of tree waves . , t the 1nvadershad the effect of repell- A House for Peter Pan r -tr ritisb Launch 8000 -Ton Cruiser • Government Builds Vessel Smaller Than Washing- ton Treaty Maxi- mum London•—The cruiser York, one of the new ships authorized by the Brit ish Navy estinlates of 1926-27, has been launched by the Duchene of York at Yarrow -on -Tyrie. It is the first o$ the new 8000 -torr type which the Gov) element desires to substitute for the) larger 10,000 -ton cruisers hitherto fav -i oriel. Thus the other two cruisers of the 1928 program are still on the stocks) the Dorsetshire at Portsmouth and tine Norfolk at Fairfield Yard, Govtat.� Both belong to the 10,000 -ton type. Only one cruiser was provided for'' in the 1927 estimates. This vessel,t which is to be named the l0xetera, is about to be laid down at Devonport and it will be of similar size and de-; sign to the York. "In voluntarily building cruisers of a smaller size than the Washiitgtori treaty maximum," says the 1)ailyi Telegraph, "Great Britain is setting en example of armament limitation' wit Undertook the castaways, despite Rome's rejec- which the other signatory• powers,i tion of their offer of assistance? Lack of o -operation The Moscow Government, which through the efforts of the ice -breaker Krassin finally was responsible for most of the rescues, has gone officially on record against the lack of co-opera- tion, while members of the Swedish expedition, headed by Lieut.. Torn-' berg, including Lieut. Lundberg, the hero of the dramatic air swoop to pick up Nobile drifting on floes, have been in the gravest peril, and Captain Amundsen, famous Norwegian ex- Piorer, with the French Captain Gil - baud and Itis companions in a Latlaant plane,are feared lost If Peter Pan wants another house i to live in --just for fun ---there is a wonderful one waiting for him. There would be one for Wendy, too, and two over—in fact, four. Perhaps it is rather a liberty to think that Peter Pan could want another dwelling,' when he is so happy its his tree -tops. Yes—but this is a holiday cottage by the sea. His little house is on one side of a bridge over the river, and Wendy's is on the other side. They are as like as two peas. Both are painted gray, with little rounded tower -like lops with windows in them. I On the bridge -level is one dnninutivc rounded rooit1 with three windows and a front door, The door has <a.I letter bot and a handle, anis it this white curtains, line Ute windows: Ono coffin ,almost turn the handle and wink ilt. Suppose Peter Pap were there! Just. suppose! Each house ; has a steep little garden, almost tuns-' Wing into Ma rives', only there is al wall between. One has a grans lalot---' such. preen €;i ass'.' -•-and purple irises (it 'trust be Wendy's), and one leas al flower bed with wallflowers (Pater 1 Pan's). Outside the wall which keeps the garden from the riVttl' is a tiny1 bit of beach at low tide—and then; just. -the shining river, flowing; ttortly away under the bridge, I Twenty-three There is no doubt at all that it, is sion train and a i'.lrn very place for Peter Ivan. I usually so efficient that t u remains ins surh a haieitening. Any of the estates of the 1+ rtio to on a yotr of dress p > rN with the exception of Italy, have noel yet seen fit to follow: In the Arboretum a Fairy azalea flowers Flame from the hillside, Under the' somber pine -tree branches. Green, jade •green, are the leaves. Do they screen The magic, snow-white peak of Fuji, San? • ---Ada Frances Almy - Tire Indianapolis News says: "Only, 199 days until Christmas." Moralti Then, there is the charge of Pro- Do your shopping early! �...__ A View of the Very Unusual Pr IRON MONSTER 1S THROWN FROM People 7tille.'tl and 46 in a collison between an excuti''.' parcels train et Darlington, Eng., where rain operation it c;oe'taln newspapers habitually io, �i•:: ,Ven reudei' t•h�) In tu•etl THE T RACKS injured � lit about against !u X1000, the salve. , who tarried a apers would unhesitatingly