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The beautiful cyclamen is of-
ten the choice of those giving
a potted plant during the Christ-
mas season. This popular plant
has round, marked leaves and
flowers ranging from white to
several shades of red., However,
cyclamen is difficult to keep in
home conditions, says John
Hughes, horticultural specialist,
Cyclamen should be provided
with a temperature of 60 to 65
degrees during the day and 50
degrees at night. Otherwise the
flower buds will blow open and
the foliage will turn yellow rapid-
ly. The plant requires good light,
but should be shaded from hot
sun.
If you want to bring your cyc-
lamen into bloom 'again next year,
rest the plant after blooming.
Reduce watering and tempera-
tures, to about 50 degrees. This
will help bring the corm into
a dormant state. Repot the corm
in June in a general potting mix-
ture. The upper half of the corm
should be out of the soil to pre-
vent the. leaf and flower stems
from rotting.
Poinsettias require a high
light intensity and temperatures
of about. 65 degrees. The plants
will do best when placed in a
sunny window. Keep them out
of drafts and rising air currents
from heat registers.
The dry air in many homes
may cause the plants to drop
the decorative bracts. To slow
this process, keep the plants
well watered, without leaving the
soil wet.
After your poinsettia has
"flowered", store it in a cool
dry place and let the soil dry
out. When the danger of frost
is over in the spring, you can
transplant it into your garden.
During the summer the plant
can be grown outdoors in a
shaded location.
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Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Battin
of Clinton were New Year vist-
tors with Mr. and Mrs. David
McCutchoon.
Mr. and Mrs. David Heming-
way and Daryl, Saskatoon, Mr
and Mrs. Wallace East, Lind-
say, Mr. A. Hemingway, Toronto
were visiting with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl (Hemingway.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Turn bull
left last week for a vacation
in Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. David Kennedy
and sons, Michael and Mark were
visitors on Sunday with their
parnts, Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Ken-
nedy.
John. Rutledge, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Rutledge, was
home for the Christmas vacation.
He is a student at Fanshawe
College enrolled in the Archi-
tectural Technology course.
Holidays visitors in Brussels
Carpi singers from St, James Roman Catholic Church at
Blyth led by Mrs.R.W.Streets, visited the home on Friday
evening. The girls were taken oh a tour of the home by
Mrs, Margaret McCullough with, all of the residents being
able to take advantage of the fine Christmas music.
A special Christmas Eve song service was prepared by
the Clinton Christian Reform Chum h on Sunday evening.
While the service was being held in the auditorium, members
of the congregation visited the rooms and presented religious
calendars and bookmarks to the residents,
The McMillan Family of Goderich assisted by Frank
Bisset provided the family night program this week. Mr.
Bisset played the piano accompaniment for the group as
well as piano instrumentals. Mr. and Mrs. McMillan
sang several duet numbers and joined their family, Eliza-
beth, Eleanor and Ernie for instrumentals as a group and
solos with trumpet, clarinet, saxaphone and trombone. The
McMillan fam ily are becoming well known for their fine
musical talent and they will be leaving January 20th to
join evangelist, Mr. Woodhouse, for a crusade in the State,
of Florida and a number of the islands in the Pacific. Mrs.
Bessie Elliott expressed the appreciation of the resi-
dents for a very enjoyable concert.
,
Mr. 'and •Mrs. C. Habermehl
'and. Mrs. Isabel westwodd of.
Hespeler were visitors with
Mrs. G. Chidlow on Wednesday
of last week.
Mr. Donald McCauley of
waterloo and Barry McCauley
of Stratford and Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald McCauley and Steven
spent Christmas with Mrs. Doro-
thy McCauley and Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Bone.
Those who spent Christmas
Day at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Grant Elliott and family
Brussels were Mr. and Mrs.
David Elliott and family of R.R
#2, Atwood; Mr. and Mrk. Roy
Glanville and family of Seaforth
and Mr. Douglas Elliott and Mr.
and Mrs. Dennis Beuerman of
R.R.4, Walton.
Barbara Elliott, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Elliott had
her tonsils removed last week
in Wingham Hospital.
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Foolish
Things
Remind
rp . . .
The telephone rings in a police
office.
• A child has been bitten by a
dog. The worried mother thinks
the dog might be rabid but she
doesn't know for sure.
It happens every day in Canada
and during the course of a year
well over 2,000 suspect animals
cases.
But
diagnosed as confirmed
But what happens after that
phone call?
The police officer will likely
tell the mother to take the child
to a doctor, he'll contact Agri-
culture Canada's -local sub-dis-
trict veterinarian who will find
the dog and tie it up for obser-
vation.
If the dog dies, the veteri-
narian will take it to his labora-
tory, remove the head, wrap it
in plastic and seal it in a can for
speedy delivery to the Agri-
culture Canada animal pathology
laboratory here.
-In Ontario and Quebec, 11
would go to the Anima l
Reasearch Institute atHull, Que.,
and in western Canada to a simi-
lar laboratory at Lethbridge,
Alta.
Once the specimen arrives at
the Sackville laboratory, Dr. R.G.
Stevenson, a histopathologist,
takes over.
"The sealed can is taken
immediately to our postmortem
room," saidDr. Stevenson.
"All possible care is taken
to avoid infection of the workers
from rabid material."
The can is opened carefully
by a scientist or technician
wearing a mask, heavy rubber
gloves and rubber apron. The
brain is removed and tissue sam-
ples are taken from areas of
the mid-brain and stem. Some
pieces are sealed inside small
plastic dishes, others are stored
and then everything remaining'
from the shipment, including the
can, is incinerated.
Finally, the postmortem room
is sterilized with steam and all
instruments are disinfected.
Tissue samples taken for
diagnosis are stained with a
fluorescent antibody. The anti-
body' will attach to the rabies
virus in the brain tissue to form
clusters that light up like tiny
bulbs when they're slipped under
an ultraviolet microscope.
Rubies sequence
prevents deaths
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"The fluorescent clusters can
be spotted quickly and easily,"
said Dr. Stevenson.
"If they show up, it, means
the animal had rabies."
The family doctor will want
to know as quickly as possible
if the dog was rabid. No time
is wasted at the laboratory.
The test takes only a few hours
and it is about 98 per cent ac-
curate, according to the Agri-
culture Canada Health of Animals
c7ernantchhhaal could be missed?
What
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about the othef two per
Whenever a specimen doesn't
show rabies, mice are inoculated
with the brain tissue. If the
animal had rabies, the mice will
show symptoms within about two
weeks. To be certain of the
test, they are' kept under close
watch fcir 30 days.
But doctors can't wait that
long for a dianosis. If the
fluorescent antibody technique is
postae, the sub-disrict veteri-
narian or medical doctor is noti-
fied immediately either by tele-
phone or telegraph.
If the test did not show rabies,
no time is lost in advising of
the results , noting the mouse
test has begun, and that "com-
plete reliance should not be
placed upon a negative micros-
copical finding."
It's then up to the doctor and
his patient, with the advice from
the local veterinarian on the his-
tory and circumstances of the
animal, to decide whether to be-
gin treatment to prevent a human
case of the disease.
If a pet, such as the dog,
does not die or is not inadver-
tently killed, it' must be kept
under close watch for at least
14 days without showing symp-
toms before one can consider
it free of rabies.
"in the four years that I've
been at Sackville, we've had only'
one or two cases which did not
show on the first laboratory test
but were detected with mice,"
said Dr. Stevenson.
"that gives some idea of how
good the fluorescent antibody test
is, but you can't be too careful.
It's possible that the section
of brain first taken for the test
just happened to be free of the
virus, even thought the .animal
had rabies.
Vedon't take any chances in
our diagnosis. we do every-
thing possible to guarantee a
foolproof test, but during the
30-day wait with the mouse test,
it's up to the medical doctor
and his patient to make the di-
cisions."
wild animals pose the main
problem-foxes in Ontario,
Quebec and New Brunswick and
skunks on the prairies. Other
animals are involved, but often
only as .a result of a bite from
a rabid fox or skunk.
"We have cases of rabid dogs,
cats and cattle as well as wild
animals," Dr. Stevenson said.
He sees a bit of human neglect •
as a danger in spread of the di-
seaseto
"Some areasman such as Prince
Edward Island, Nova Scotia and
Newfoundland are' • free of
rabies," he said. •
"People travel with their pets
through areas that have rabid
Wildlife and back to their homes
in rabies-free regions without
thinking of haVing their dog or
cat vaccinated. If a pet ever
Contacted rabieS on vacation and
brought the diSease home, it could
start a major outbreak."
The solution?
"If you're taking your pet on
vacation, haVe it vaccinated
against rablesP , he Warned.
eiAnd as a goed general rule,
if anyone suspects rabies in an
animal, he should contact the
nearest Agriculture Canada.
Veterinarian or prOvindal ranger
withlricultdderilttyll'y'l, It you suspect
that an animal has rabies, you
are keqUired by law to See that
it is reperted to Agriculture
Canada's Health Of. Animals
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