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6—THE BRUSSELS POST, SEPTEMBER 21, 1977
ALL SORTS OF MARIGOLDS — These two ladies
check to see who won prizes for the best marigolds at
the school fair in Belgrave last week.
(Photo by Langlois)
The key to the puzzle of the
most serious types of arthritis is
the bodily process called
inflammation. The Arthritis
Society states that when the
answers to the why and how of
inflammation are found, "it
should stand as the, greatest
medical achievement of the
second half of this century."
Arthritis investigators are
getting closer and closer to the
answer and they are confident
that one of the most serious and
common forms of arthritis--
rheumatoid arthritis--will be
conquered within the next' few
years. Spokesmen for the Society
say, "inflammation is a normal
defensive reaction of the body to
injury of foreign invaders such as
bacteria and viruses. But in
arthritis, inflammation becomes
somehow upset to cause pain and
destruction of the joint."
Unlike the tender, red, feverish
swelling that precedes the
healing of a wound, rheuniatoid
inflammation 'is neither
temporary nor the sign of a
well-organized defense system. It
is in fact the defence system that
has somehow back-fired and
turned against, its own master,
the human body. The trigger that
causes the back-fire may be a
special kind of virus which "turns
on" the inflammatory process in
its victim's joints, as any other
invader might do, but something
goes wrong and once turned on
the process goes awry.
The appearance of a foreign
invader within the body stirs up a
storm of defensive reactions.
Some defensive units latch on to
the invaders and swallow them, up
by digestion and disposal. This
swallowing up job is, done by
special defender, cells which rush
to the site of the attack. Inside
them, imprisoned in tiny, tough-
walled sacs, are powerful
digestive enzymes. Normally the
enzymes are well-contained and
do their moping up with despdtch
but, in the joints of rheumatoid
arthritis patients, they seem to
flee before the invaders. They
escape from their sacs and the
cells that housed them and fall
upon cartilage and other ' vital
tissues of the joint and destroy
them--thus causing arthritis
damage. Since the task of
defender cells is also to clean up
biological rubbish, the dead and
'dying tissue cells call forth more
defender cells. The inflammatory
process is thus continued, some-
times stopping for periods of
time,aainf t • -bout e turning
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Does the triggering
agentremain in the
body after each flare-up of
rheumatoid arthritis, ready to act
up again at some chemical signal?
Why do the deadly enzymes'
escape from the defender cells?
Does the triggering agent give'
defender cells "indigestion",
causing them to 'vomit' out their
enzymes?
These are questions that
investigators are sure they can
answer. They represent the
smallest pieces and therefore the
most difficult pieces to fit of a
jig-saw puzzle that is nearly
complete. The timetable for the
arthritis break-through depends,
on money for support of research,
Right now there are relatively few
investigators supporting The
Arthritis Society and govern.
merits _working on the puzzle,
The Arthritis Society depends
upon your support to increase the,
level of research here in Canada,'
The Campaign in Brussels kicks
off with a doOr-to-door canvass on :
Monday night, September 26;
Bluevale WMS makes 56 visits to sick
Correspondent
Mrs.*Joe Walker
357-3558
Seventeen members and two
visitors met at the home of Mrs.
Gordon Mundell for the
September meeting of the
Obituary .
JAMES G. KNOX
James G. Knox of 1139 Second
Aveinue, Moose Jaw,
Saskatchewan, passed away in
Moose Jaw on August 26, 1977 at
the age of 96 years.
Born on the Third line of
Morris, near Wingham in 1881,
he went west in 1902 and farmed
near Tuxford, Saskatchewan until
retiring in 1947.
Predeceased by his first wife,
Mary Kerr, a former Morris
resident in 1959 and four brothers
and three sisters, he is survived
by his wife, Dorothy and daughter
Ruth (Mrs. Abner Wiste) of
Moose Jaw, two grandsons and
one brother, Abner.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday, August 30 at 2:00 p.m.
from W. J. Jones Funeral Chapel
with Reverend David Walker of
St. Andrew's United Church
officiating. Interment was. in
Rosedale Cemetery.
Memorials to the Saskatchewan
Tuberculosis Preventative Fund
or Canadian Cancer Society were
accepted.
Presbyterian Women's
Missionary Society.
President, Mrs. Glenn Galley
opened the meeting by reading
the Japanese version of the '23rd
Psalm as found in the Glad
Tidings. Mrs. Alex MacTavish
read scripture from Deutuero-
nomy and gave interesting
comments, Mrs. Alba Mundell
led in prayer.
The hostess Mrs. Gordon
Mundell, introduced Mrs. Don
Robertson, Kinlough, president
of the Presbytery, and Mrs.
Cummings, Ripley, vice-pres.
During the meeting, both ladies
•
'contributed ' valuable ideas
• regarding work.
10,000 People
•Mrs. Gordon Mundell shovved a
film entitled "Wherever You Go"
depicting the mission work of
London and. Hamilton Synod.
There are 230 congregationg and
over 10,000 people. The ,church is
coming 'to the people by partici-
pating in music and special
services, manned by student
ministers and church members.
These events are taking place in
cities of Hamilton, Sarnia,
London and other small towns.
The film theme was "Man is
not ,alone; God is, with, us at ,
times; wherever we' go." All
present made favorable
comments regarding the film and
script. •
The business . portion of the
meeting followed. There were 56
visits to the sick. The president
'read a letter regarding offices in
the Presbytery which are vacant.
Arrangements were made for
the fall Thankoffering. Mrs. Ross
Gray and Mrs. Glen McKercher
agreed to make a poster on Nepal, Classified Ads pay dividends.
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The president expressed
thanks to Mrs. Mundell for the
use of her home and the meeting
closed with rpayer.
Girls win series
Bluevale Juvenile Girls won the
second game in their series 23.17
against Belgrave. The game,was
played in Brussels.
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