The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-27
Advancement of Science
By FRED ERIC l. HASKIN

enpy treated human patients in
like manner with similar results.
While the physician does not claim
TO have discovered a cancer cure, the
results have been so encouraging
that scientists 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 i'm cold storage, comes from
the distinguished surgeon, DR.. Car
rel. DR. Carrels experiments have
been made chiefly with the abdominal
aorta-the large artery leading from
the left ventricle of the heart. The
possibilities which lie in the direc-
ton of cold storage repair parts" to
the human anatomy present many
amusing aspects. but the idea is not
one 20 be scorned rs ridiculous.
Science has done much within the
last few months TO arouse the peo-
pie OF the world to the necessity tor
getting rid of the rat pest Califor-
Mas fight against the bubonic-plague-
bearing rodent has been eminently
successful, and IL has kindled inter
est in sanitation throughout the
world Perhaps this agitation is not
wholly unrelated TO the appearance OF
tie first vacuum street cleaner, an
invention which bids fair to supplant
the old street sweepers with their
clouds of MISUNDERSTANDING dust.
These cleaners run by steam and IL
is claimed that they do in one hour
what horse-drawn sweeper does III
six.
The possibilities OF the moving
picture have been developed in
most remarkable manner recently
Their use in training students In
surgery is just being realized 1t Is
believed that every small medical col
lege in the country can give its stu
dents as thorough training in surgery
as the most heavily endowed insti-
tutlons. The master surgeons OF the
world, performing their operations
before the cinematograph will be
able to show the students of Japan,
Washington and Paris, all the in
tricacies OF his work in each clinic.
Each college can supply itself with
the films necessary for complete
course in surgery and valuable know
ledge need no longer be confined to
the medical student who can afford
TO go to Berlin or Vienna to complete
his professional education. The NOV
ms picture is also figuring in the
education OF the dairyman, both as
to sanitation and economy, and the
practical farmer now receives his
lessons in intensive agriculture by
the same method.
N toll nd al
has been material advancement re-
Gently BY means of a new micro.
phone constructed by Carl Egner
and J. Hammer. Swedish inventors,
conversation has been made possible
by wireless for a distance OF 175
miles In England, Joseph Chamber
lain was able TO hear not only one OF
Mr.. Balfours speeches, delivered
seven miles away, but was able TO
follow the enthusiasm of the crowd,
by means Of a perfected telephone
Some progress has been made in the
scheme 10 send pictures by wire. thar
peculiar property of the substance
selenium. 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. ii is
worthy Of note that there has been
some progress in farming by wire,
less. that is the rapid propagation
OF plants through electrical dis.
charges in the air. This Is the out.
growth of the discovery made by
Demstrom, the Swedish professor
who was investigating the aurora
borealis some thirty years ago. ard
WHO noticed that the flowers in his
greenhouse where he conducted his
experiments seemed TO thrive on their
electrical baths.
Tomorrow-Wster Fowl Club.