Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
Health Service

! radioed from a ship 5000 miles away
! to an American port. the answer or
! prescription Of a responsible Govern
| ment physician was sailing back to
I that vessel at the rate of $4,000 miles
/ a second.
! Here. again. Uncle Sam has shown
/ himself unSelfish with his possessions.
/ The ships OF other governments unable
| 10 maintain such service. may likewise
/ send radio requests for medical advice
/ Thus English. Norwegian. French and
/ Italian vessels have been served
/ The Department Of Commerce. noting
the value of such effective insurance TO
our merchant marine. now requires that
/ masters of all American vessels pass
an examination III first aid before they
are granted licenses. Ship owners ape
obliged to equip all their liners with
| standard medicine chests. Each lotion
Salve, pill and aStringent may be re-
ferred TO by number. so that ii Is posi-
Bile for consulting physician 5000
miles from ship to prescribe two
No. "a pills every hour. dose OF salve
No. 6S and application of inment
No. li2.
Some urgent cases have come to the
attention of Uncle Sans radio doctors.
Captains have fingered on the threshold
OF death. mates have developed rheu-
hkStiS pdAliA AIlQ EIlCsIUtIS vi CECNS nave
sustained painful injuries. Likewise the
distant doctors have diagnosed their
cases, consulted specialists and for
warded their advice with the speed OF
lightning. The health service keeps
special file Of Its radio cases and the
diagnosis in each instance Is forwarded
to the surgeon general, who personally
reviews 1t and offers suggestive COM
ment.
an the outskirts Of Washington. at
the Department of Agricultue'S
has started a far-reaching investigation
into the problems Of home and build
ing illumination. For this work glass
cabinet, or sun laboratory. has been
constructed. The interior Is white and
ceilings are adjustable to any height.
The walls are clear glass. but any por-
ton Of them may be blanketed against
outside light with movable partitions.
BY aiuStinG the ceilings OF this Queer
room II Is possible 10 simulate condi-
tons In a walled Enclosure several times
Its size
These Investigations will lead To
more exact knowledge Of the ratio be-
tween light conditions without and
within, The amount Of light. both out
doors and indoors, Is measured very
accurately by a device making use of
a photoelectric cell. Records are auto
mattcally made
When tabulated the results will be
available TO doctors, architects, build
erS and all others concerned,
II America is almost totally free
from lcproSy, II has Its health service
to thank. There are about 500 known
leperS and about an equal number that
remain undetected But the deep in- |
tereSt OF DR.. Uncle sam in the leper |
problem Is oceasioned by the fact that I
some OF our possessions grapple with |
this scourge desperately. In Hawaii !,
the infection has affiicted as much as |
3 per cent Of the population, but az i
present II Is distinctly on the decline |
The Philippine government harborS |
5000 lepers III colony on the island |
OF Culion,
Our Government maintains two !
special laboratories for the study Of !
leproSy one at Carville, La. Hospital /
No 66, and the other In Hawaii, Caf-
vile has the only ieper colony in this |
country and its population is 800, In |
their confinement everything possible |
is done for the victims They receive |
spiritual comfort and have social di-
version, good food and clean homes.