Zurich Herald, 1931-01-22, Page 6Vaccine, Health Preservingnuia,
Saves Millions of Lives
250,000 Vaccinations Macle in the City of Toronto Without
Loss of Limb or Life--llnrnune to Onslaughts
of Dreaded Smallpox
•By+ JOHN BURT' E INGRAIN organs are absolutely free from tl]s-
In our last artiele 1 told you liow i ease. If this examination shows any
Edward Jenner,• one .of ettauklilcl s ! diseased condition 'all the time and
greatest benefactors discovered bow I effort expended up to this point are
to prevent smallpox. 1 told you howl wasted because they have to start in
one person in ten died of this dis-alagain
ohave got withanother
lf.
ft'oiu
ease prior to his discovery and howi Whet s
in the eighteenth century 60 million the calf is walled green virus. From
Europeans died from it. I told you ! it every bit of bacteria has to be re -
how the Sovereigns and leaders of , moved. It is carefully ground with
Europe, how Parliaments and people' a mixture of glycerine and carbolic
all over the world poured honours 1 acid through a very fine bronze wire
upon the great Jenner. Today I gauze. All germs are thereupon
should like to tell you just exactly ! killed. What is left is a creamy.
what vaccination i:;, how the vaccine' substance which is kept on ice until
is secured, how it is administered I ready to bo used on human beings,
and' a few other interesting facts i but first it is thoroughly tested on
about mankind's great safeguard . animals. So you see how careful
against one of the most horrible dis-1 doctors are in preparing this health -
eases that ever afflicted the human! preserving substance. Now let us
I consider for a moment the claims of
race- ! busy -bodies who oppose vaccination
In the first place. doctors secure a
and allege that it is harnrftrl. One
healthy calf. From the time they •
of the claims that these people make
select the cast" till the moment of its 1
arms rot off, and all Sorts of terrible
painless cured it becomes one of the) things of that happen after vac -
most favoured of animals. It leads things . Dr. sort hangs, for many
bovinelre life of Riley or h whatever the l years medical officer of health i t the
equivalent bathed the life gently Rand' City of Toronto and one of. the best-
may be. It is and i known public health officials in tate
cared to it isexcellently fed anti continent recently salt: ---
cared for, kept clean and healthy. i "Of approximately 200,000 eacciu-
• 'Then they vaccinate it with the m 1
ated in the city I defy anyone to
germs ofm cowpox. This gives the produce evidence of one single death
calf a mild case of cowpox. Then 1 ththat has been brought about by vac -
what happens? "Because the •calf is ( merlon. I defy there to produce a
A.viatrices Covet Et
orange' Record
Ednarliay Cooper (shown) and, �`iss Bobble ,Trout took ,off from
Los Angeles la an attempt to break a 4 `lug refueling endurance records.
Big Decrease Shown $4,210,140 Surplus
Why Silk Stockings When .Wet Wool
Are More Chilly Than-
.Girls who expect to get their legs
wet in Winter stores should wear, wool
stockings rather^ than silk ones, Not
only will the stockings themselves'' be.
loss 'likely to suffer but possible harm
to the health of the wet -legged wear-
er is less, To Mtwo: this twStudents
alvay faster thee ' the warn blood froth
tete rest sof the body eau supply it,
Thas the legs and feet will be. chilled„
something whicli"physieiatas' believe to
be one ot the eolumouest causes ot.
colds,rheumatism, sciatica, and sinti•
i lar diseases. ?1te difference between'
Of the National, Training School ot silk stockings and wool ones, as, de-
CookerY and Domestic Subjects, of monstrated; in the London exhibit by}
London ]rngiand, recently set up as a the visible faster cooling of a tltertnoUt
part of the School's Annual Exhibit a eter inside rain -wetted silk hose, is
demonstration of the seletilie relationst that water evaporates much more
between rain, stockings • and legs, rapidly from: silk than ,from wool. The
Every ounce of water which evapor fibers of the latter Materials hold
Ates from any surface, including a 1 tightly to the water with which they
silk -clad leg, carries away with it a
definite amount of heat. Unless the
wearer of a pair of wet stockings
stands In front of a fire to -supply this
heat the Treat energy must come from
the legs themselves. If this evapora-
tion is too rapid the heat will be taken
Shown By Quebect
d
1930 Accidents `
healthy its body begins to fight the case where an arm was even threat- For �,�'
cowpox geniis and it develops what ened. There is not as much danger
are known as antibodies in order to' from infection from vaccination as
fight these germs. It is these anti-
bodies
ntibodies that the doctors want to be
developed in the. blood of hurnan be-
ings; they produce a re -action which
enables the human blood to success-
-fully fight smallpox germs, so that
these germs are not even permitted.
to begin their work of causing small-
pox.
The process of preparing the vac-
cine is very interesting. When the
calf is ready the doctors chloroform
it, wash off that particular part of
its skin upon which the vaccine vesi-
cles have appeared. (This process
of washing by the -.:ay, sometimes
takes a couple of hours so thorough-
ly is it done. 'Sterile- warm water is
used:) The doctors Hien examine
the calf, make sure that its internal
there is danger from the scratch of a
pin. Dr. Victor Heiser of the
Rockefeller Foundation said in a let-
ter to the Social Hygiene Council.
"Ten million vaccinations were made
iir the Philippines without loss of life
or limb. Foreiguers who were un-
vaccinated invariably contracted
smallpox. I recall especially that
several who declined vaccination'
.died within a short period after their
arrival on the Islands. Prior to vac-
cination, there was an annual death
rate from smallpox of approximate-
ly 40,000. 'Upon the completion of
the 10,000,000 vaccinations referred
to above, this death rate was reduced
to a few hundred, and these deaths
occurred almost entirely among per-
sons who were unvaccinated."
Fatalities Are Slightly Up t
g Yotal' Revenue for Province
However — Corripensa- "`' Was .$43,585,140, and
tion Less Than. in Expenditure $39,-
1929 ,' _ 374,910
Pansies
are wetted and give it up slowly. Thus
the heat loss from a leg covered with
a wet woollen stocking is spread over
a. longer time se:,that the circulating
blood is able to keep up with it with •
out importantchilling either of the
wet. legs or of the whole body.
Pansies are always smiling. They
are to the garden what children are
to the home ----full of _liveliness, and
abounding in a spontaneous joy
which is unquenchable. . Frain may
fall, and skies be at times pray, but
the pansies senile on and blossom
only the brighter for a friendly show-
er. Perhaps it is this which huparts
so great a sense of sunshine and
cheerfulness to this charming group.
Even the fish swimming upon the
curved porcelain of the Oriental
bowl, and the dragon coiling around
the Chinese vase add their quota to
the impression of gayety. Clear
sunlight throws up the intricate pat-
tern of the Persian mat on which
they stand; and the quaintly shaiied
hell -with its luminous reflection
A summary of figures by tate work } Ouebec: A. surplus of $4,210,140.83
men's Compensation Board of Ontario en the Finances of the Province for the
for 1930 shows a total of 69,267 acci- jiscai ,year eud•ecl June 30, 1930, was
dents reported during the year, a de- announced itt the public accounts,
crease of 17,836 from the number dur- etabled recently in th Legislative As-
ing the previous year. sembly by Hon. 1, A. Taschereau,
Fatal accidents numbered 520, as Premier and Provincial Treasurer.
compared with 510 during 1929. The total revenue of the Province for
The total benefits awarded during the year under review was fixed at
the year amounted to $7,423,018.82, as $43,585,140.83, while the• total expendi-
compared with $8,012,157.78 during titre was $39,374,910.30. A sum of $2,-
1929, the 1930 figures being made up 449,500 was placed apart for the reduc-
of $6,086,9i2 .77 compensation and $1,- ;tion of the Provincial debt.bt.
336,046.05 medical aid.
Taking a basis of 300 working clays,
this would show average daily benefits
awarded of $24,743, requiring an ever
age of 865 cheques per day. There
.1v 10. -decrease ite the average
Of new claims in the average number
290 in 1929 to 231 in 1930.
Accidents reported during Decenhrer
numbered 4,09.4, compared with 6,288
in December the previous year.
Scholarships Given Dominion's Output
"o �ou�`.._.,�ariri�'�ra _..:..�0►�::��xt�er Ga�n�ng
Essay. Contest Winners for
Province Also An-
nounced
Toronto.—.Artuouncement of the win-
ners of the 15. scholarships donated by
the T. Eaton Company, .Limited, To-
ronto, to the members of the 1930
"Royal 500,' has been made by the
Ontario Department of Agriculture.
These scholarships of $100 each are
to be applied on a regular course at
the Ontario Agricultural College.
One hundred and ninety-eight tried
the 'examination which was held in
each county and district of the pro-
vince under the supervision of the ag-
ricultural representatives.
The winners are as follows: Bruce
County, George Downey of Tiverton;
Dent County, Wiliam Keyes of Ridge -
town; Wellington, Thomas McClana-
han of Drayton; Middlesex, Cameron , stimulating effect on butter production
Mt:Taggart of Appin; York County, ; in Canada. The production of both
Alexander W. Davidson ot Agincourt;cheeses and butter doubledlast month
Ontario, Sohn Dryden of Brooklin; as compared -with the corresponding
Durham, James Hancock of Courtice;
Dufferin, Austin Brown of Shelburne;
Dundas, Phil Strader of Williamsburg;
Grenville, Lawrence O'Marra of Odes-
sa; Prince Edward, Gordon Reid of
Milford; Carleton, James MoNeice of
Bar's; Fort 'Wiliam, Gladstone Richer
of Rossiya Village; Rainy River, Ern-
est. J. Gosselin of .Rainy River; Mani-
toulin, Raymond Baker of Poplar.
These youths will enter the Ontario
Agricultural College next September
in either the associate or degree
course. The Ontario Government, it
is understood, is cancelling all tuition
fees for such wieners during the first
two years of their courses.
Essay Contest Winners
As a follow-up to the 1930 Royal
500" Party, the department of agricul-
ture conducted an essay contest open
to all members of the party,
in addition to local prizes offered
for the three best essays in each
county or district, each of the writers
of the ten best essays in the province
Canada to Supply Own Needs
in Two Years, Says
Ruddick
Ottawa.—Canada will be producing
all the butter she requires within two
years and the question of importing
butter from New Zealand and Aus-
tralia will then no longer be one of
prime importance to the dairy industry
in this country. This view was ex-
pressed by Dr. 'J. A. Ruddick, Dairy
Commissioner, here, on Jan. 10th. Dr.
Ruddick had been discussing the situa-
tion with ae. English exporter who
called him up from Loudon with re-
spect to the relexporting of New Zea-
land ail(' Australian butler to Canada.
He explained that considerable butter
comes from the Antipodes to Canada
by that route.
The low price of grain is having a
Tiny Planet May Be
Used As Yardstick
By Astronomers
Washington.—A new yardstick to
Measure the solar system Is envision-
ed in the tiny planet Eros: which will
come within 16,000,000 m,les of the
earth on Jan. 29.
Astronomical cameras in widely -
separated observatories are now being
trained on this moving point of light
in a world co-operative program spoil-
sored by the International Astronomi-
cal Union.
Eros approaches the earth at cer-
tain tunes nearee than any other mea-
surabia celestial body, except tate
moon. Au eccentric orbit brings it
close to the earth only at long inter`
stands out definite in outline.. Ori, vele,
the last comparatively near ap-
ental in character. Indeed, theproaclr occurring, in 1900.01, when the
group mingles the charms of East distanee was about 30,000,000 miles.
and West; so strongly 'Eastern are 1 Eros will swing well within the or-
the dragon vase and the porcelain bit of Mars, but will stay outside the
bowl, the decorative, yet simple tree t earth's orbit. Judged by its bright-
., upon the curtain in the back-
ground,
ack { ries, it has a diameter of 15 miles,
ground, the BurineSe bell, and the
finely woven mat. And again en-
tirely Western, with the freshness of
a summer breeze, sweetly redolent of
English gardens, those many hued
pansies; their lovely velvet petals
astronomers say. Because of a queer
habit 'of disappearing at certain stages
of its progress Eros is believed irre-
gular in form.
Eros is important to astronomers
since it conies relatively close to the
purple and bronze, crimson and t old earth, and is so small it can be con -
and creamy white. Just' as natural I, siclered a mathematical point with no
clustered here as if they were u. mass, breadth or .thickness to upset
seem o
]r se erl at tY
bed; they obs
their own flower y calculations. The naval
Prominent among the revenues of be whispering secrets ,or, filled with
the liquor law operations, which the bowl for a glimpse 'of fish or
brougit $8,500,701.76. The gasoline tax dragon.
rendered $3,973,038,5.
said Eros affords the best opportunity .
Elie Pror ince was that obtainedEcon} curiosity, to lean over the edge ot to determine what astronomers do
not know --the exact distance of any
object in the solar system.
The present yardstick tor measuring
planetary disttuuies, is the space be-
and
the eartl. a d `tae -Kr1-4.`i?�r'�r'U''
anti hammered the curiously hancuecl1 cicely. that au'
bell, - would, with the Oriental's deep •! niers can' hethrnnine prey
object in the heavens is so many times
as far away as the sun, or a fraction
as far. This can, after a fashion, Ire
reduced to terms of utiles but with a
probable high degree of error, because
it is not known exactly how distant is
the sun.
t , Surely the. craftsman, who ,«pith his
deft hvid and ,seusitive eye
Argentina Reports
More Pigs and Sheep
Buenos Aires, Arg.—Large in lrea es
in the number of sheep and '<feka 41.1'
this country and a sharp ded •,aye in
the number of cows since the i t ars-
ricuitural census taken in 1922, wis re-'
vealed by the new census which has
just been. completed. The total num-
ber of cows decreased 5,000,000 to
211,855, sheep increased 14,0'00,005,4o.
44,413,`521, and pigs increased, 2,3010e100
to 3,768,738, according to the new •ceii-
sus.
month. in 1929. The mild weather and
the low price of feed encouraged the
farmers to keep their cows milking
later than had been their practice in
former years despite the lower price
butter is bringing.
About 10,000,000 pounds more cream-
ery butter was produced in the Do-
minion during 1930 than in 1920 and
about 30,000,000 pounds was imported.
Dr. Ruddick thought that the farmers.
were seeking to make up for the lower
price by increased production. '
As a rule milk prices in the cities
have not drdpped and the farmers sup-
plying silk for city distribution for
the most part are faring better than
those who are sending their milk to
the butter or cheese factories.
January
There's ztot a singing ronin
In all the northern land,
ns its plumage
But a grey gull gree p
Beside the hoarse -voiced strand.
There's not a heaven-sent bluebird
in all this world of white,
But a great owl winged with silence
-Passed over erre last night. -
'ttt.
There's not a song at morning,
And not a song at eve,
And the woods for old companions
VTltlt saddest murmurs grieve.
.•----
Forest Resources Valuable
Next to Iter wealth of arable. lands,
Canada's forests are her 'greutdst'
natural resource. The total forest
area is estimated to be 1,151,454
scivare miles. Preservation measures
to conserve forests include fire' pre:
vention and control (by lire rang:trs
aided by watch towers, airplane
rol and transportation, telephone lend
radio communication, power . puriips,
etc.), protection against pests, refor-
estation, strict. protective legislation;
educational propaganda and Dondin-
ion and .Provincial reserves.
Disease Among Reindeer
Now Under Control l
Toronto.—Governmental methods of
preventing disease among reindeer in
Northern Canada were detailed by Dr.
receives free t.rausportation, board end, S. Hadweu, Ontario Research Founda-
lodging for two weeks while attending j tion, at the regular monthly ineetteg
one of the short courses at the Ontario of the Toronto T-Imnane Society here.
Agrivultural College, -Guelph, or the I Disease was depleting the herds in
Heinptville Agricultural School. the North, Dr. Iladwen said, and every.
The winners of the prizes are its
follows; Glengarry County, Donald
Watt, Lance •t.t. Grey, Wallace
day, Mrnntt Fovea; Halton, Jack Law-
son, Art'oe; Lanark, R. - Sherwood
Lnmsdcan, Smithy Falls; Leeds, Ken-
neth. Bolton, ]3elleeri ; Northumber-
land, Norman .] lineltill, Trontan, Perth
llt'rvyn Oclhet, Stratford; South Sim-
coe, tZilliam S. S, Grant. Staytrer;
Sudbury, aciao ,
W it "Mooney, 11'ooney, aesey,
ing.to the records of the local Theban
effort was being made to control it.
Reindeer were not only useful for
northern transportation, but were al-
most a necessity for food (luring Win-
ter months when ilistricts were crit
off from supply posts.
1, 3. 1<also, viae prssidettt, resided.
Six Nations Number 4,588 1
Brant(ord---_Phe Six Nations band
t of Indians new number 4,588, aceord-
lGatei�lno, Shetrvooci 'Caylor., Galt
-- 1-7-7 (nice, They, as members of the Six
c a book; foals scamper Nations, are entitled to receive an -i
Life is. like
aetil r • . the wise matt intities. i1. few of ibis number are
i h .,
11 C
tiu�ou
s
bet reads it' with. attention, 'Wallet., he not resident on the ,reserve, l tt the
lenerrvs 1Tcr can reel it cnaly once.... figure probably represents 'nearly the
eat" Peel Richt•arr. aotual reserve population.
There're snowflakes in the hammock
The oriole weavers hung,
Ancl snowflakes where the thrushes
heir golden vespers sung.
or vas who .:41.1.a peel
y, adorned bowl e,
love for blossoms rejoice to see his
bowl filled with these smiling, radi-
ant English flower. ; making a happy
occasion when East and West meet.
But, oh, the little people,
All clad itt sombre grey,
Who conte to seek lily bounty
Bach bitter winter day,
To taste a bit of suet,
To Lind the smallest seed,
To thank me with their chatter
And chiirpitrg sweet indeed!
And though there's not a robin,
Not any bird that sings, .
I love the little people
The winter always brings.
—Lillian E. Andrews in ':.The New
Outlook."
45 Lives Lives. Lost in Collision
pony -live p lic lost their lives when Finnish ship Oberon collided
eot
l
the
r between Denmark
s
with q�,�',.:; w)cittrrns aidiat�ic within lllith
three Arcturus beef.
tette Above is OW of tanlad;'d :
--
'Filey: "George, tor goodness sake
take that knife out of baby's mouth."
Hubby: "Oh, let hiss have it, my
dear. Perhaps he's trying to cut a
tooth."
;.
Small son—"If you don't give me a
penny I will go and see Johnny Jones
who has measles, and then I shall
have them."
Oxford Shrine Damaged
By Death -Watch. Beetle
Oxford, Eng.—Extensive as nage
-by the deathwatch beetle is threaten-
ing the Shrine of St. Mary the Virgin
at the University of 0for;-i church. •
The churreh is the mecca for many
American visitors who trace their
families through Colonial figures.
Damage to the church was discover-
ed when experts were checking it for .
cracks caused by traffic vibrations.
Immediate action is planned to rem-
edy the damnge..and stop further az-
tacks:
A TRUE HEART
When a strong brain is weighed
with a true heart, it seems to the like
balancing - a bubble against a wedge
of gold.
Stranger; "What do you do tor a
living?" Rastus: „Nutlrin', suh."
Stranger: "Well, that's a pleasant
job, 1 must say. No worries attached
to it?" Rastus: "Nawsuh. 'Ceptin' I
.nought lose it."
•
A vicar was visiting one of his poor-
er parishioners, an old woman afflicted
with deafness, who expressed her
great regret at not being able to hear
his sermons. Desiring to be sympath-
etic, he said with- unnecessary self -
depreciation: "Yon don't miss much."
"So they tell me!' was the unexpected
reply. ,
blew Theory Advanced of How
The Sun Renews Its Youth
That our sun renews its youth
every ten million years or so in a
bath of fire, like the mythological
phenix imagined to rise anew from
the ashes of its funeral pyre, is the
belief of Dr. Hitgo von Zeipel, of the
Astronomical Observatory at Upsala,
Sweden, expressed. in a monograph
recently honored with the A. Cressy.
Morrison Prize of the New York Aca-
demy of SeienCes. It has long
been known to scientific men that
neither combustion like that, of fuel's
nor any other ordinary source of heat
can possibly supply the Sun with the
eitoratotts energy which 11*pours out
continually into space as light and
heat, itbost scientists ;believe that
the sort as kept going by seine kiricl of
atomic 'energy, a seeiet which earth-
ly laboratories' have not yet learned,
The usual idea IS that thie atomic
energy is set free more or less uni-
formly inside
the sun, 80 that ;each
day's othtput of light and heat is bal-
aitoed approximately •by tach day's
1
0t new g
front
a
tams
euer .
sti y
dl~hit iS where Th', von Zeipel'a the*/
differs. Ile imagines the release of
atomic energy inside the sun to bap -
Pea only et long iutervais and by
what is . really a kind of explosion,
malting the sun for a few days or
weeks far hotter than usual and teal,-
ing• it somewhat large'•. Theu the
burst of atomic explosion ceases and
the sun gradually decreases . in Size,
and heat for ten million years or
more, when these domes another ex
plosion. and another rejuvoitatlo.n of
the solar energy. Astronomers have
seen other stats going through ex-
periences not finlike this, but it lies
'been imagined that any suck sadden
outbursts of heat from our sun would;
have wiped all lite from earth. Thia''
might not be true, Dr, nine' cou»,.
tends, if the released energy werel,
absorbed mote or less completer' Irti
the enlargement of tete rata 'ltselt, attol
that any hot blastaccontpeAtYing the,
explosion would cease in a few Gail'
and leave the enlarged and rejurreit.
ated sun • to spend its new supply oto
daring ' the nbat
energy gradtia]ly d {
few Million y eele.