El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-27
GREAT PROGRESS OF
AMERICAN SCIENCE
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but many scientists hold that corn is
not the source of the germ. Probably
the finest compliment ever paid to
American science comes from England
in connection with our investigation OF
this disease. The statement has been
made in London that ''it is lucky that
pellagra has been discovered in the
United States as those fellows will not
cease their efforts until they have
worked it out"
New Cancer Treatment.
In the unceasing battle against the
ever-increasing havoc wrought by can
Ger the experiments of DR.. Eugene
Hodenpyl of the Roosevelt hospital,
New York, are worthy Of special men
ton. Having learned of a case where
a man had recovered from particular
ly malignant type of cancer, DR.. Holden
pyl concluded there was in this
patients organism something which
was antagonistic to and could over
come the cancer tissues or germ He
secured from this patient the serum he
desired and treated mice which had
been inoculated with cancer Soon a
disintegration of the cancerous tumors
was observed in the mice and in some
cases the sore passed away entirely
Having made this experiment Dr.
Hodenpyl treated human patients in a.
like manner with similar results. While
the physician does not claim to have
discovered a cancer cure, the results
have been so encouraging that scien-
lists everywhere are most hopeful of
further developments along this line
News of a successful experiment in
replacing weak or worn out parts of
the body with new parts which have
been kept in cold storage comes from
the distinguished surgeon DR.. Carrel
Dr. CarrePs experiments have been
made chiefly with the abdominal aorta
the large artery leading from the left
ventricle Of the heart The possibili-
ties which lie in the direction of cold
storage repair parts" to the human
anatomy present many amusing aspects,
but the idea is not one to be scorned as
ridiculous.
Fighting Rat Pest.
Science has done much within the last
lew months to arouse the people of
the world to the necessity for getting
rid Of the rat pest. California's fight
against the bubonic-plague-b bearing ro-
dent has been eminently successful. and
1t has kindled interest in sanitation
throughout the world Perhaps this
agitation is not wholly unrelated to the
appearance of the first vacuum street
supplant the old street sweepers with
their clouds Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. dust
These cleaners run by steam and 1T is
claimed that they do in one hour what
a horse drawn sweeper does in six
The possibilities Of the moving pic
ture have been developed in most re-
markable manner recently Their use
in training students in surgery is just
being realized 1t is believed that
every small medical college in the
country can give its students as thor
ough training in surgery as the most
heavily endowed Institutions The mas
ter surgeons of the world. performing
their operations before the cinemato-
graph VIII be able to show the stu
dents Of Japan. Washington and Paris
all the intricacies of his work in each
clinic. Each college can supply itself
with the films necessary for COM
plete course in surgery and valuable
knowledge need no longer be confined
10 the medical student who can afford
TO go to Berlin or Vienna TO complete
his professional education. The NOV
ing picture is also figuring in the edu-
cation Of the dairyman, both as to
sanitation and economy, and the prac-
tica1 farmer now receives his lessons
in intensive agriculture by the same
method.
Talking by Wireless.
In telephony and biography there
mas been material advancement recent
~ By means of a new mierophone
constructed by Carl Egner and J. Han
ner, Swedish inventors, conversation
has been made possible by wireless for
a distance of IFS miles In England.
Joseph Chamberlain was able to hear
not only one of Mr.. BaIfour's speeches
delivered seven miles away, but was
a bic TO follow the enthusiasm of the
crowd, by means of a perfected tele-
phone Some progress has been made
in the scheme to send pictures by wire
that peculiar property of the substance
which conducts electricity in
varying degrees according to the
amount of light playing upon its sur
face, being employed.
While the idea has not developed to
any practical proportions, it is worthy
Of note that there has been some
progress in farming by wireless" that
is the rapid propagation of plants
electrical discharges in the
air. This is the outgrowth of the dis
covery made by Demstrom, the Swedish |
professor who was investigating the
aurora borealis some 80 years ago and
who noticed the flowers in his green !
house where he conducted his expert |
ments seemed to thrive on theirs cleo |
trical baths.
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