The Washington herald., 1909-03-28
Scientific.


Lieut.. Earnest II. Shackleton. OF the
British navy. who left England on the
ship Nimrod in July, 1897. 20 seek the
south pole returned 10 New Zealand
Wednesday and forwarded q report 10
London to the effect that he had reached
a point within III miles OF the pole Other
points accomplished were as follows:
Magnetic pole also reached: eight noun
tain chains discovered: 100 mountains
surveyed, volcano OF Mount Erebus. 1879
feet high. ascended; theory that there Is
an area OF atmospheric calm surrounding
the pole disprove5. ShackletOn says
that the party encountered great diff
culties and suffered much from the cold.
one member OF the party had both feet
frostbitten and had 20 have toe ampu-
tated The distance Travelled over the ice
In sledges was, Los miles. taking IDS days
Important geological and geological and
geographical discoveries were made
Mount Erebus. the most southern volcano
in the world, was ascended for the first
time The winter was a mild one. and
81 degrees below zero was the cOldest
weather encountered, The belief IS ex-
pressed that the pole Is situated on a
severe blizzard stopped the party for
some dass on this plateau. and one OF
the four ponies used had 20 be shot be-
cause afflicted with snow blindness. The
most sOutheriy point ever reached by man
was marked by the h0isting OF Union
Jack on January 2. at latitude S. degrees
p minutes longitude l62 east.
One OF the rarest and most difficult op-
erations known 20 science. namely. the
removal OF the spleen was performed az
New York on March 20, by Dr. George
H Hallett. OF that city. The patient is
Mime. Angela DOrriente. wife Of Gen.
I DOrriente of the Cuban army The Op-
ertion was pronounced a complete sue
cess. and the patient was recovering
steadily al this writing The operation is
expected 10 throw some additional light
on the use and function OF the spleen.
which is believed by some doctors TO be
the organ that secretes the blood. and by
others TO be the storehouse for nutri-
ment until the body needs Il. At any
rate. II IS possible for a person 20 live
without Il. and Mrs. Dorriente's case will
be watched with interest by the whole
profession.
Harry Needleman. the twenty-seyen-
year-old man who for the lack OF a
thyroid gland had not developed IN
body or mind beyond the state Of q small
boy. and who was operated on in a New
York hospital in February has just been
returned 10 his home. we'll started on the
road 10 manhood ar last In the one
month since the operation he has gained
two inches In height and has shown
many signs OF . mental awakening also.
The treatment consisted OF dose three
times a day OF powder made OF the
thyroid glands OF sheep. Il IS supposed
TO b slowly but surely supplying the
missing organ at the top OF the BOY :
windpipe A peculiarly Of the treatment
is tnat he must continue TO take the thy
-oid as long as he lives. or he VIII again
stop growing
The first instance OF the use OF the teIe-
graph for transmitting photographs was
a trial by Golfers Weekly last week.
A set OF pictures were sent from Washing
ton by Ralph Manning 20 Golfers cleo
trical expert in New York. the result
after twelve minutes time being photo
graphic negatives just like any others.
ready for development and printing. The
test was considered a great success.
That alcohol cannot be considered as
food, that its use even moderately de-