The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 02, 1915, Page 2, Image 2
PELLAGRA NOT INFECTIOUS.
Dr. Joseph Goldberger, Government
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Expert, Gives Reasons Why.
fe ''Seeing
is believing," and it is up*
on this basis that the United States
bureau of public health has institut:v
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ed a campaign for the absolute eradication
of pellagra at the Epwortii
Orphanage in Columbia, S. C., acT
cording to ur. justryu uuiuucisci
head of 'the department of pellagra
research of that bureau, says the
Savannah News, who is stopping at
the De Soto hotel.
This work at the orphanage at Columbia
will take the form of a demonstration
to those who have tried
for the last eight years to do awaj
with pellagra at this institution and
have not succeeded. Instead of decreasing
the number of*cases eacfc
year, there were more at the end ol
the last year than at any other time
it is asserted.
"Naturally," said Dr. Goldbergei
in speaking of the cost of this undertaking,
"it is going to cost the government
some money, but it shows
When we agree to furnish part of the
diet necessary for the treatment ol
pellagrins, how thoroughly we are
convinced that the disease is brought
on solely by improper dieting, and
because we are positive that with a
well-balanced diet pellagra can be
absolutely done away with. The
work will be begun about September
* first.
"I can not emphasize too stronglj
the fact," said Mr. Goldberger, "thai
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pellagra is not commuuicauie. \si
P course there are a number of its
phases that have led many to believe
that it was contagious or infectious
v but from our studies covering a great
I period of time and carried on undei
all conditions, we are certain thai
there is nothing of a communicable
jm ' nature to pellagra.
"To further clinch the argument
that pellagra cannot be communicat
jfef ed from one person to another take
the results of our experiments upor
the monkeys we have at the hospital
"We have inoculated these monkeys
with every kind of disease anc
sj. they take it rapidly, yet when we infe
oculate them with pellagra they re
fuse to take it. Smallpox, whooping
teiV-i, cough, measles, in fact almost everj
..kind of disease has been tried on the
igV monkeys and they have always beer
fe:; susceptible, but with the pellagra
|v- there is nothing doing. By the fact
p) f that they do not take pellagra, while
jgjj ? they do take away other disease, it is
proven almost conclusively that pelA
lagra is not communicable."
Dr. Goldberger visited Savannah
ig'-' this time for the purpose of confer?
- , ring with Doctors Ridlon and Francie
\>n the work done out by them in the
p|? study of pellagra, and the making of
W their report on their researches,
I*? which will form a part of the report
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gi;.;, to be made by tne oureau or pudhc
health upon the pellagra question.
, "However," said Dr. Goldberger,
j|^ - "the government is not going to wait
fe until its report is issued, before it
gfe- / tackles pellagra and checks it, but
|l| ' has secured enough practical results
tr from the studies made of the disease,
to enable the bureau to go
ahead in its campaign for'the eradi^
cation of this disease.
"Own a cow," is still the slogan of
r the department of pellagra research,
?j: and if the farmers can be educated
to the point where they realize that
fe by owning a cow, keeping it in good
, - condition, and using the milk de^
rived therefrom, they are lessening
I the chances of their getting pellagra
V because of their one-sided diet, the
TV department believes that it will have
&? done something towards stopping the
7ravages of pellagra. Of course milk
alone will not prevent pellagra, but
when the farmer has milk, and eats
meat and eggs instead of selling
gv them to the city folks, he will never
have pellagra, the experts say.
In describing the work to be done
at the Epworth Orphanage at Colum >
*bia, Dr. Goldberger said it would be
nothing more than the feeding of the
2^0 inmates of the Institution on a
diet prescribed by the bureau of pub!
lie health. This diet, which includes
foods of varied sorts and of high nu
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tritious value, is the one that has
been tried on inmates of other institutions
in the country with the result
that after a time, pellagra has
been wiped out entirely.
"Of course," concluded Dr. Goldberger,
"just because a man who has
pellagra decides to eat a rational or
well balanced meal once in a while,
is no sign he is going to get rid of the
disease. The idea is to feed the patient
on the diet for a fixed period of
time and let him have nothing but
this diet. Then when the treatment
is over, the patient will be free from
pellagra, but as long as he returns to
the foods that he had been specializing
on previous to his being given
the government diet, he will lay himself
liable to getting pellagra again.
"The best plan," said Dr. Goldheraer.
"it is to eat plenty of meat
and eggs and drink milk. Do not eat
too much of just on? kind of food
and you will never have pellagra.
Animals are given balanced rations
to make them healthy and keep them
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NAVY IS UNSURPASSED.
; Daniels Tells Governors it is for People
to Say How Great it Shall Be.
Boston, August 25.?A navy stead.
ily increased in size and efficiency so
. ithat it will be ready to defend the
. country against attack from any
quarter, is the aim of Secretary Daniels.
This he declared before the
governors' conference today at an
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adjourned session on noara tne nag5
ship Wyoming of the North Atlantic
fleet in Massachusetts Bay.
For two hours Ihe secretary stood
. on the bridge of the flagship while
. Admiral Fletcher put the fleet
[ through manoeuvres illustrating atr
tack and defence. Then he joined
L the governors in the admiral's cabin
and told them why he had made
L them his guests for the afternoon..
? "The navy must abide in the
hearts of the whole country if it is
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to be strong and powerful and made
. great," the secretary said, "It is for
the people, not the president or myself,
to say how great it shall be. As
you go to your homes you will speak
[ the word that will help to determine
f this question.
j "The greatest things that the navy
. is doing are not heralded. Since the
war hotruri thprA ic Tint an nffieer in
any department of the navy who has
> not taken advantage of its lessons,
j Experiments are proceeding day and
? night, and today in every element
our navy has no superior in the
r world. We do have superiors in size
. and numbers, and it is for us to eonf
tinue to strengthen our navy.
. "I believe we ought to increase
? our navy steadily so that in times of
stress and emergency the real first
! strong arm of our country will be
. ready to defend our country if it is
[. attacked from any quarter."
> The Wyoming picked up the gov
ernors at the Charlestown navy yard,
[. and, taking a position a few miles
east of Boston light, became the tar>
get of attack by twenty-five torpedo
t destroyers, after they had passed in
review with ten battleships. After
the review appeared to have been
! ended the destroyers suddenly reappeared.
On the flagship a general
alarm against torpedo attack was
r sounaea ana soon tne Dig guns ui
r the Wyoming began to fire blank
j shots at the on rushing destroyers.
L The destroyers circled the flagship,
pouring forth dense volumes of
. smoke made by excessive use of oil.
> Soon the destroyers were hidden be.
hind the cloud. The screen suddenly
was broken by the destroyer Ammen,
which was observed dashing
head-on for the Wyoming. The battleship's
guns immediately were
t (trained on the attacking ship and
t thundered away. The destroyer,
> however, came on and when she had
approached within 3,000 yards discharged
a torpedo.
, The missile was seen to strike the
water and then, submerged, made its
way towards the flagship. The latter,
however, on the instant had been
put slightly ito starboard, under a
full head of steam and the speeding
torpedo passed a few feet astern.
Theoretically the attack by the destroyers
was countered and they
withdrew.
After these exercises Secretary
Daniels met with the governors and
made his address. Late in the afternoon
the party left in launches for
Gloucester, where they stopped for
a moment at the home of John Hays
Hammond. Thence they went in automobiles
to the Eastern Yacht club.
ait Marble Head, where they were entertained
at dinner by the Boston
Chamber of Commerce.
Secretary Daniels responded to a
toast to President Wilson, paying a
high tribute to the executive and declaring
that the president had left
nothing undone to put the country in
a proper condition of defence.
Sold.
For three long hours the motorist
had sat in his useless car waiting for
help.
He had run out of gasoline and
was miles away from the nearest
garage, so great was his joy when in
the early dawn he saw a heavy cart
lumbering toward him.
"If you'll tow me to the next village,"
he said to the drowsy vanman,
"I'll give you five dollars."
The bargain was gladly struck, and
presently the procession started, the
1 motorist traveling on the wagon for
ftf nnmno?V
Hid sar.c iyi .
"You're early out," he said pres!
ently.
"Yes; I have-to be to cover my
round," replied the driver amiably.
So they chatted until the village
; was reached. Then the rfiotor was
cut adrift, and the bill changed
1 hands.
"By the way, what is your line of
business?" asked the motorist, suddenly
suspicious at the sight of certain
cans in the covered cart.
"I take gasoline round . to the
country stores, sir," replied the man
with a knowing smile.
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the same thing apply to the human
being?"
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COTTOX FOR POWDER. 4
Census Department Gives Out Infor- 3
mation on Subject.
The European war has created an
insatiable demand for ammunition.
New establishments are being erect- 5
ed for the manufacture of explosives, ?
and the possibility of increased
profits is inducing firms engaged in
other industries to enter the field.
This state of affairs, of course, has
an important effect on the price of 5
cotton, which is largely used as a ^
material in the manufacture of ex- 9
plosives.
Director Rogers, of the bureau of
the census, says a Washington dis- ?
patch, is carrying on an extensive correspondence
in his endeavor to ob- 5
tain statistics of all establishments 9
using cotton as a material. Consumers
of cotton naturally desire to A
know the total quantity used in all 2
lines of industry, and they can aid
in the compilation of accurate sta- 3
tistics by furnishing the census bu *4
reau, at Washington, with the names
and addresses of establishments A
which have begun the use of cotton fx
as a raw material since the com- gt
mencement of the European war. Mr. ^
Rogers says that a great many letters ^
are being received requesting infor- 3
mation as to the quantity of cotton
and linters used in the manufacture ?2
of explosives. Some express the fear ?
that the bureau is not aware of the 3
extent to which these materials are #
now being used for this purpose. The 3
director desires to state that the ?
census bureau is aware of the great- ?|
lv increased demand for cotton and -f
linters, and has been endeavoring TS
to collect complete statistics concern- !
ing the total quantity used by all 3
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consumers of cotton, in compliance
with the law which requires monthly ?j
reports on this subject. ?!
Explosives Take Much Cotton. Ill
Unfortunately it is impossible to *j|
supply statistics as to the amount of tj
cotton used in the manufacture of
explosives alone. The act of con- tjj
gress authorizing the collection of ?!
cotton statistics directs the census g
bureau "to collect and publish sta- J
tistics concerning * * the quantity of
raw cotton consumed in manufactur- %
ing establishments of every charac- >
ter * * *" While some manufactur-OY.O
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cotton and subject it to the neces- Tj
sary processes of purification in their !
own establishments, many of them 9
buy it from other establishments
which purify and treat the fiber so
as to render it suitable for use in the 2
manufacture of explosives. Many of Uj
the establishments prepare cotton
not only for manufacturers of ex- ~
plosives, but also for manufacturers
of wholly different products, and it I
is not feasible for the census bureau I
to obtain separate statistics of the I
amount of purified cotton turned out I
by such establishments for use in the I
manufacture of explosives. B
There has been a great increase in I
recent years in the production of I
linters and hull fiber. Linters are fl
obtained at the oil mills by regin'ning fl
the cottonseed, the object being to I
remove the short fibers so that the I
fine particles of the kernel will not I
be carried off with the hulls, making I
possible a greater yield of oil and I
meal. The total quantity of linters I
obtained from the crop of 1899 was I
114,544 bales of 500 pounds each, H
but fifteen years later the output of fl
this by-product of the cottonseed oil fl
industry had increased by more than fl
600 per cent., the number of bales I
turned out from the crop of 1914 be- I
ing 856,900. |
Obtaining Hull Fiber. 3
Hull fiber is obtained by a treat- fl
ment of the hulls which breaks up I
their structure and makes available I
the short fibers which have not been fl
removed in the delinting process. I
Several establishments have been en- I
gaged in the production of hull fiber fl
for a number of years, and additional
ones are taking up this line of
manufacture.
The publication of statistics of cotton
production and consumption has
called public attention to the desirability
of similar data concerning numerous
other and totally different
commodities. The census bureau is
receiving numerous requests for such
data concerning various articles, the
production of which has been stimulated
by the European war or by
economic conditions due in a measure
to the war.
There seems to be a general impression
that the census bureau is
engaged in the collection of such sta
tistics. Director Kogers wisnes to
emphasize the fact that the work of
his bureau is defined and limited by
law. He appreciates the importance
of statistics concerning the annual
production of clothing and food products,
of chemicals, of metal and
wood products, etc., but congress has
not authorized the collection of such
statistics, and until it does so his bureau
cannot undertake the work.
Reason to Be Glad.
Poet?I fear I haven't written anything
that will live.
Friend?Look on the bright side
of it. Be thankful that you are alive
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