Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-31

Liver extract can be used to cure
pernicious anemia, Drs. George r.
Minot, William +. Murphy and f. J..
Cohn of Harvard University an
nounced; also the latter extracted
from liver an extract which produces
red corpuscles and probably Is the ac-
tive ingredient.
A diet that Stimulates a condition in
the body brought about by starvation
has been found by Drs. +. r. Talbot,
X. NJ. Metcalf and Margaret +. Mo-
riarty. at the Massachusetts, General
Hospital in Boston, to give very sue
cessful results in treating epileptic
children.
Vitamin G.. the substance that
wards off scurvy. is present in milk
usually relied on TO supply IL. was the
report by Prof. L. F.. Meyer. follow.
ing extensive experiments at the Uni.
versity of Berlin.
Ergosterol was declared TO be the
really active and essential substan nee
in the antirachitic vitamin BY a mum.
Der OF investigators working independ-
entity of each other.
DR.. Alfred F. Hess of New York
reported that dried milk that has
been treated with ultra violet light Is
the most practical of the irradiated
foods that have been used TO prevent
ricketts, in babies.
Preventive vaccina ton for smallpox
and typhoid, large quantities OF quinine
and elaborate mosquito control meas
ures contributed to checking out
breaks OF disease epidemics In the
South after the Mississippi flood.
Drs> T.. G.. Wakefield and w. w
la NJ hA
cal Corps completed a systematic sur.
vey OF heat injuries and one Of the
first Investigations into the physiolog.
icai reactions underlying sunstroke.
Scientists at Berlin have shown
that IL is possible TO change simple
embryonic tissues into malignant it's
sue by exposing the former in tissue
cultures to the action OF arsenic.
Discovery of the germ causing ira.
choma, a serious disease OF the eve
that has been especially troublesome
among the Indians. was announced ty
DR.. Hideyo Nosuchi of the Rockefeller
Institute, New York.
4 curative antitoxin for erysipelas,
first developed by DIR. X. f.. Birkhaug
of Rochester. n. Y. has been tried
out with highly successful results At
the Bellevue Hospital In New York.
which has one of the largest erysipelas
clinics In the world.
Strertococcus germs isolated from
skin lesicns OF erysipelas are capable
Of causing sore throat without any
skin affection. II was found by Drs.
George r. and Gladys II. Dick at the
John Mccormick Institute for Infec.
tious Diseases.
Progress in the work of developing
a serum 10 nght the African sleeping
sickness was announced by DIR. VIII
liam III. Talafero OF the University
OF Chicago.
A color test for tetanus and diph.
iberia toxins has been worked out by
Drs. Lucy Mishulow and Charles
krumwiede of the New York city
Health Department that will greatly
speed up the commercial production
NJ these products. Hitherto toxins
have had TO he tested out on live
guinea pigs. time-consuminx and
not altogether accurate procedure.
Dr. Florence II, Seihert OF the Uni.
velsity of Chicago has produced an
active protein in crystalline form
which represents step nearer the
solution OF the actual nature OF tu.
berculin.
Statistical evidence that the frst
horn child In family is more likely
10 have certain malformations Of mind
and body than later children. and that
such malformations are not likely TO
recur in later births In The same
family was presented by Dr. G. r.
Stili. professor Of children's diseases
at Kings College. London.
The utility OF X-ray photographs OF
the head as a positive means Of iden.
tiication was demonstrated by Drs.
William l.. Culhert and Frederick NJ.
Law ot New York when they tdenti.
ned an unknown body with their aid.
Heart disease occurs less frequent.