Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-23
Chicken Heart Has
Doctor and Nurse
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the daily cutting off the old cell growth,
1t would have generated sufficient
number of cells to form ball larger
| than the earth. The present heart is
the 1600th generation" counting each
dissection as one. That is to say. 1t
has been cut in half 1900 times. and
unless something happens to kill 1t, will
be susceptible of almost indefinite
| growth and biscction-that Is, unless
one of the developments of the next few
years be the knowledge that there Is a
term to the life and vigor of cell prolif-
GRAFTON, as cell growth is called.
| Marvel to Scientists
The scientists present at the demon
stration mnryeled at the strange sight
Of tissue cells under microscope,
'visibly growing as they watched the
enormously magnificd picture thrown on
the screen.
DIR. W. W. Keen. dean Of Philadcl- =
phia's surgeons. expressed his wonder
mcnt and admiration by saying II
must say that this is the most remark =
Fable exhibition have ever seen in a
very long life.'
| Mr.. Fabbri, in starting the motion
pictures. remarked smlingly that he
| "puiu huNN w hoN nnulN llSou'
cultures he had murdered" DR.. Carrcl
explained later that strong light has Il
harmful aud sometimes killing effect
on the tissue growth. Therefore the
pictures were made from tho older cells,
cut off from the new growth.
Six "recls' were shswn. the first
that of the beating chicken heart, from
a fowl dead five days. ~ bavc had
them beat for 1O4 days" explained DIR.
Carrcl. The scientist INTERCEPTED H.
Illuminating remarks now and then as
the pictures, were shown.
The seconds reel showed the tissue
cells in the mass pushing out, new
growths :thc third. isolated moving
ing tissue brought ont strongly under
rejected light :thc fifth, tho movement
of the protoplasm in living cell
hugely magnificd. of cours~ and the
sixth. the tying tissue as it gradually
disintegratcd and disappeared
Unless man learns to direct intelli E
gently the civilization he has created
the fate of present day civilization is
sealed. according to DR.. Stewart Patton
this morning.
DIR. Patton q Speaker
DIR. Patton, who Is lecturer in
said. Probably the most important
question in the world today is whether
man is capable of directing intcli-
gently the civilization he has created
and organized.
| 'International as well MS industrial
peace can only be attained in proper
ton as we are capable of understand =
ing and controlling human nature.
Following the outburst of insanity In
1914, which plunged the world into war,
no attempt has been made by states
men or diplomatists at the peace con :
fercnccs to discriminate between the
signs of sanity and insanity.
The present time was described by
the speaker rs ''psychosa. sweeping
in wave across the world. He de-
clared men are afraid to think as in =
dividuals and concerning their in
dividual problems. but are concerning
themselves with thoughts of the ''hcrd. {"
| of nations and groups.
| DIR. Patton said that ono of the most
sensible studies that could be pursued
today in colleges would be the study of
human actions and fhcir reasons
DIR. Alexis Carrell famous scientist
Of the Rockefeller Institute, was pres
cnt at today's meeting but announced
in advance that he did not intend to
speak. win MN were NleSSanurO
Fabri and DIR. A. II. Ebeling. Mr..
Fabri showed motion pictures of the
now famous growing chicken heart, -
which has been increasing in size and
weight during nine years.
DIR. II. Noguchi. noted japanese bac-
teriologist and member of tho Rookie
fcllcr Institute. another speaker. said
n vaccination had been developed fer
yellow fever which is extremely Of
fcctivp. He told Of a threatened cpl
dcmic in Guatemala and Salvador in
1920. which was cradicatcd within a
month by the widespread use of vac
Cinntion.
Dr. Noguchi said that vaccination
was ineffective il the individual was OK
posed to the disease n few days before
or few days after being vaccinated.
as it takes nearly ten days for complete
immunity to develop.
However. there is n therapeutic serum
available. pr. Noguchi explained. for
the treatment of yellow fever. cit
has already been employed in 1913 cases,
and persons treated before the third day
of illness almost invariably have recov-
cred the exceptions being those cases in
which the quantity of serum used was
too small to have any effect.