The Seaforth News, 1960-06-30, Page 6V 5t World Battle
Te Savo Millions
'ln. iia the leading statesmen
e? the world struggle dospera-
Itee to 1eseeu the risk of war,
dere' oe the greatest Offensives In
it:etc4y le quietly entering its
decisive phase, .It b the Cain-
pai;;zt which is being waged by
the World Health Organization
I WHO), without fanfare or
trumpet, to wipe malaria front
the face of the earth.
A srnall
ductois,nursesza dot
their assismy t-
dnts is engaged in a life and
eath struggle in ninety-two
countries, Great Britain has
more 'ten in the field than any
Other nation, but this great en-
terprise is better known in
places known in places like
Oaxaca and Iiatmundu than in
Toronto or Montreal.
Malaria is one of the world's
oldest scourges. It brings suf..
tering and death to babies, saps
'the energy of adults, and in its
day has stifled human life over
vast areas. Once it was preva-
lent in Britain --Oliver Crow-
weil was a victim. To -day, ma-
laria is a constant threat to the
health and livelihood of millions.
Two million die of it every year
and over 200 million suffer at-
tacks from it.
Nothing like WHO'; total war l
against malaria has even been I
attempted, In these troubled
days, it shows, hearteningly,
that the nations can work to-
gether for a common purpose.
The enemy is the blood -sucking
anopheles mosquito, which bites
a person infected with malaria,
picks up the deadly parasite,
and shoots it into the blood-
stream of a healthy person with
another bite.
Malaria cannot be transmitted
In any other way, but there are
uncountable millions of mosqui-
toes available for the job. The
anti -malarial problem, there -
tore, is to break the vicious
zizele of infection: man—mos-
quito—man, and to stop the
mosquito passing on malaria.
One way is to attack the mos-
quitoes at their breeding places
In swamps and pools. Another
le to fight the malaria parasite
In the blood of the victims with
drugs—to kill the infection at
source. But the most effective
0vay is to attack the mosquito in
the time between its first strike
en a malarial patient and its
akext on a healthy person.
Scientific observation of the
mosquito showed that this was possible. A mosquito gorged with
ood Is aerodynamically over-
aded. It cannot fly for long
rad has to touch down an the
angings or walls at the scent
cif the crime. WHO decided to
•attack the mosquito by coating
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Hall carves a relief sculpture in linoleum whilee w o hers B-mgart pthFold sof the n,
floor, watches.
.Joanna
Hall, of Toronto, started making "linocuts" when she was paralyzed nbyJpolio �five years ago.
these Ianding strips with a long-
lasting insecticide that kills mos-
quitoes on contact, It was as
simple as that—in theory,
In practice it has meant an
enormously complex problem of
organization. "We are engaged in
a monster programme," Dr. C.
A, Alvarado, Director of WHO's
Division of Malarial Eradication,
says. ''We shall need tens of
thousands of teams, and millions
of tons of supplies, and equip-
ment. Hundreds of millions of
homes must be visited, hundreds
of millions of blood tests carried
out, and tons of drugs supplied,
"Thousands of lorries, cars,
bicycles, donkeys, camels, ele-
phants and boats are needed.
We must co-ordinate the work
of hundreds of laboratories and
workers, arrange meetings of
experts, translate reports from
many different countries so that
they can be understood in the
others."
This drive to wipe out malaria
also means making thousands of
maps, taking a census of popula-
tion in the affected areas, keep-
ing a check on the movements
of millions of nomads, giving lec-
tures, and holding open-air dis-
cussions with villagers to con-
vince them that everything is
being done for their own good.
This impressive programme
has sent men of many races into
action with spray guns in some
of the wildest parts of the
world. An Italian doctor from
WHO, for example, has had to
introduce himself to the wand-
ering 'Curds of Iraq and Persia,
who are reputedly murderous,
and certainly verminous and
disease -carrying,
To areas preventreinfecting
he has cleared ofmalaria,
he trained them to spray their
folding tents, and became re-
nowned on the nomad trail as
El Mudir Malaria (Big Chief
Malaria),
A Swiss nurse
taught
Cambodians to help themselves,
and her first two Cambodian
trainees have gone to Canada for
further training. A pretty Eng-
lish nurse wins the confidence
and co-operation of tough Af-
g h a n tribesmen, Sanatarian
Maclnnes of WHO leads a sup-
ply team of bearers through
mountain passes with tons of
material for the anti -malarial
campaign in Nepal. In every
part of the world, the war is
being carried to the enemy on
every form of transport known
to man.
The war map at Geneva shows
many successes. Malaria still
maintains a toe -hold in Europe,
but mopping up operations
should finish it by 1962. Greece
is almost free. The enemy has
been annihilated in British Gu-
iana, Ceylon and Cyprus, and is
in retreat in Afghanistan, India,
South America and the Philip-
pines.
Ileaith and prosperity are re-
turning to many previously alis -
eared and desolate areatt. Africa
is the last formidable: malarial
stronghold which remains to be
stormed,
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The weather during the - last
week should have helped the
farmers a little bit surely. I cer-
tainly hope so, A week ago I
was speaking to a farmer's wife
in Halton county and she told
me they had not got any seed-
ing done at all. She sounded
really worried. Who wouldn't be
— the end of May and no seed
in the ground is something to
worry about. Later in the week
came a letter from Dufferin
county. The writer said they fin-
ally had had a few day's with-
out rain and managed to get one
field sown. "But at least we shall
have plenty of hay" she added.
Yes, I thought, but a heavy hay
crop can be quite a headache
too. Again everything depends
on the weather.
You know how It is, weather
means different things to dif-
ferent people. Young suburban
mothers get constantly annoy-
ed when it is wet, trying to keep
children amused indoors when
they want to be outside, "Why
can't we go out, Mummy
why can't we, eh?" Then conies
the week -end and the whole
family wants to go on a picnic,
or up country to see friends, or
for a visit to the cottage. Wet
weather spoils their plans to the
extent that it eventually be-
comes "a lost week -end". But
after all delayed pleasure is
merely annoyance. It isn't likely
to cause any permanent damage.
For the farmer it's another story.
To hit', weather, good or bad,
makes a difference to his bread
and butter. It is reflected in so
many ways — in milk returns,
in poultry losses, in egg receipts
and in man-hours of labour.
Even so it all seems significant
compared with what is taking
place in Chili. Can you imagine
anything more terrifying than
an earthquake? One's natural
instinct in the face of disaster is
to run for cover — but the
dreadful part of it is you
wouldn't know where to run to.
All things considered we should
think ourselves jolly lucky if
we have no more than wet
weather to grumble about
That is what I thought any-
way as about forty minutes ago
I settled myself out here in the
garden, among a small grove of
wild ash trees, I was prepared
to enjoy e little fresh air and
sunshine So what happens? Af-
ter about in•,, minutes Ditto
catches a field moue and start.; -
bringing it over to me. Taffy
rushes Ditto and the moose es.
capes, After that they were both
frantically chasing around try.
ing to find the p00) little. crew -
lure, Sometimes Taffy caught
sight of it among the• grass but
every time- it ' moved he ,got
scared and jumped away. 1 fn -
ally left them to it and went
into the horse fora cup of tea,
leaving Taffy ]nose. That w•,un't
such a goori idea. A neighbour
rinthe next lot wee ,exert tug her
lady ciog :o I went out amain
and i•eacued Taffy }.•fore he got
any ideas in his hcrt.d, Two cups
- of Ma and mealier moire later
T se)))er) clown attain and Shen
alone e mne tt nc r ihbeer to dhr
up some got -Alines 1 heti neem,
!..ad her. Se that ended 111. quiet
session in the garden. In a lit-
tle while it will probably be
even less quiet as Bob, Joy and
the boys will be along for a vis-
it. However, it was nice while it
lasted even if I did get a feat'
tent caterpillars dropped into my
hair and down my neck, I do
love to sit among the trees but
of course the various insects
do tend to take the joy out of
life. Fortunately our little stand
of trees is relatively free of
biting bugs and mosquitoes, That
is because Partner keeps the
grass clipped and the lower
branches of the trees cut off.
This spring he also thinned them
out considerably by transplant-
ing some of the striplings, set-
ting them out along the line
fence.
Can you believe it, we still
haven't got any vegetable gar-
den in? It is still too wet to
dig. Our soil is heavy clay loam
and yet over on the next road
it is sandy soil. So all we have
to look at where our vegetables
should be is a row of irises. And
they are really beautiful. They
must like wet feet as they are
all producing massive blooms,
some of which have changed col-
our since last year. One plant
has brown flowers and purple
growing from the same root. I
have been told that is the re-
sult of bee pollination,
Dee and
one to
the cottage again th sywee ekend,
They are disappointed we don't
make more our s
ourselves. Weexpectedcottage the
to but
somehow or other we get to be
more home bodies as we grow
older. We like to make our home
as comfortable as possible so we
can enjoy it at all times of the
year with occasional short trips
here and there to visit our frends
— and to have them visit us.
The cottage is in a lovely spot
on Stoney Lake and it is grand
to be so close to the water but,
oh dear, that long drive along
the busy highways . , , that takes
the gilt off the gingerbread for
us.
Do You Grind Your
Teeth At Night?
An American Air Force dental
expert, Dr. Allen Brewer, has
discovered that a person who
actually chews for only ten min-
utes a day during his waking
hours may grind his teeth for as
long as four hours while sleep-
ing.
He discovered this by install-
ing tiny radio transmitters in
artificial teeth in an effort to find
out why they wear out. The tiny
sets sent out signals whenever
the wearer chewed or brought
his teeth together.
Amplified and recorded on a
counting device, tine radio sig-
nals reveal not only how often
plso how
atient
and how chis teeth
come together,
"This information rutty teach
110 why one man's teeth are worn
Clown at thirty-nine, and anoth-
er's last twice, as long," said Dr.
13rewer,
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Have 8xir'vived ?
( °said modern neuro.,
lave say.:l Abi'ah:utt Li
life?
I'ericaps 50' Lt. Cul, (leo
Ilayes, n Civil War bol:
chief of neurosurgery at waiter hoed Geiteral Hospital,
ington, DC,, decribed in a
sp :ooh at the Arnty hospit
ctntly how today's braid
110085 would handle an injury
similar to Linoohn'- uul nessihty
5005 a life.
Standfng behind et ti
P:1:sA
ictcrtt
on that -fateful night opril
14, 1805, John Wilkes Booheld
a small pistol 3 to 4 feefrom
the back of Lincoln's heaand
fired, Tho bullet enteredinchto the loftside of the Pr'esent'sskull.ittoreupwardsandtop-
ped just above the left eyebrow.
Along its pathway, the bullet
cruahed bone and tissue. Blood
flowed into the Pr'esident's eye
sock as; his brain began to
swell. "All these things hap-
pened in a closed box ---the brain
— which regulates the blood
flow and breathing," Colonel
, Hayes said. Lincoln lived for
1 nine. hours.
But tete pressure of
1
the brain 08 the veins and
arteries gradually depressed the
! Prsicent's breathing t:nd ended
his life. Lincoln's doctors, includ-
ing Army Surgeon Gen, Joseph
IC, Barnes, "gave Lincoln the
best medical care poseihle at the
time," Hayes said.
Today, said Colonel Hayea,
Lincoln would be rushed to Wal-
ter heed Hospital. In the operat-
ing room, his tread would be
shaved; under anesthesia, doc-
tors would (1) perform a tra-
eheotomy' (a slit in the wind-
pipe to aid breathing), (2) ad-
minister transfusions, (3) clean
bone and tissue out of the bullet
track, and (4) bore holes in the
skull to wash out hemorrhages
and relieve brain 'congestion.
"We would have had about a
50-50 chance of saving Lincoln's
life," concluded Colonel Hayes.
"But if he survived, the Presi-
dent would have been unable to
see with his right eye; and his
right side would probably have
been paralyzed. He might have
been unable to speak or under-
stand words . . , Abraham Lin-
coln would have preferred death
to such a fate." — From NEWS -
WEEK.
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index, it had its low 011 is t ,
al re- day (109) and its high (155; •.a
,ui' Sunday, a figure poesibly inlet-
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Dinah Shore. --T
More Violence
Than Kisses
Violence, that favorite punch-
ing bag of television's critics,
was tattooed again recently, but
this time the occasion was ac-
companied by a certain amount
of romantic relief. Not only did
a new group of critics count up
the amount of violence shown
on the air during a given period
but it recorded the number of
kisses given and received. Win-
ner: Violence over kisses, almost
4 to 1.
Some 300 students and fae'tlty
members at Los Angeles's Pep-
perdine College, working under
the direction of speech teacher
Fred Casmir, watched seven
local channels for 6691% hours
during a one-week period. Over
that brief span, the goggle-eyed
viewers reported: 1,241 incidents
involving death, 1,348 of physi-
cal mayhem, and 1,087 threats
of death or bodily harm. On the
other hand, the historians also
chronicled 995 kisses of all vari-
eties during the same period.
"If this is what the public
wants, they're getting it," ob-
served Casmir, logically. Some
other details from the survey:
Modern Etiquette
ley Anne Ashley
Q. How can a woman know
whether or not to offer her had
to a man when being introduced?
A: There is no rule governing
this. It is optional with the wo-
man and how she feels about the
meeting. The proffered hand is
her way of showing a elite: re
and genuine pleasure over the
meeting.
Q. I am to be best man for
good friend, and I'd like to Rive
Mtn a piece of luggage, But if
1 do, I shall not lie able to afford
n gift for the bride_ Would it
be proper for Inc to give this one
pres ezrt"
A. I'm sorry, but if you are
able to afford only one present,
it must be something for both
the bride and bridegroom.
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GOING MY WAY? — Yugoslavian starlet Zoraido Mlatoff wears
filmland version of ancient Roman dress for her part in a new
TV series, "The Barbarians," being filmed in Rome,