The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-11
TYPHOID TOLL
REDUCED BY
new VACCINE
Great Advances in Medical
Science Are Reported
at Convention.
CANCER CAUSES FOUND
Plea Is Voiced for Better
Training in Obstetrics
by Physician.
CANCER CAUSES FOUND


type Of vaccine for typhoid fever,
which prevents fatal outcome and
shortenS the course Of the disease,
Vas described to members Of the
American Medical Association at the
annual convention here this after
noon, by DR.. Giuseppe Caronia. pro-
fessor Of infectious diseases of the
Royal university at Naples, Italy.
The vaccine still is in an expert
mental stage and has not been used
yet in the United States. However,
more than 1000 cases in which it
has been used successfully have
been reported. most Of them by Ital-
ian physicians.
Best results are obtained With the
vaccine when it. is used promptly,
Dr.. Csronia said, the few instances
Of failures having occurred when
it WAS given after the disease had
reached an advanced stage.
That pernicious anemia may r1In
In families appears from a study
made of relatives of persons suffer-
ing from the disease by DR.. H. Mil
ton Conner Of Rochester. Mimi
Lack of hvdrochloric acid in the
stomach, a prominent feature of the
disease, has A tendency to appear
in several members Of a family DR..
Conner reported to the association. |
No Heredity Proved
The results do not prove that
there IS any hereditary aspect of
perniclous anemia> DR.. Conner /
pointed out. but they apparently
show a family tendency to develop |
nent of one of the most important
features of the disease.
A pain in the stomach is not al |
ways the real condition that sends
people TO a physician. DR.. George S. !
Stevenson, New York psychiatrist. /
declared.
The pain or other physical all /
rnent may be real enough, but back
of it very often an upset emotional /
state may be found, Or. Stevenson /
explained. He interviewed $50 pa /
tents at the Cornell clinic and !
found that in many cases there was (
a big difference between the pa /
dents complaint and his motive in /
coming to the doctor.
The emotional or mental prob (
lens back of the pain or loss Of /
appetite often are more serious than /
the physical ailment, which may be
entirely due to the mental or emo /
tional state. Fear of disease, es-
pecially cancer, ranks high among /
these factors.
Cancer is known to develop from
various skin diseases. Twenty of
these were described by DR.. Joseph
Jordan Eller OF New York. Most
common among tine diseases that
may develop into cancer are venereal
disease, skin disease caused by over
doses of radium and X-Ray, GER
tain kinds of moles, skin troubles
peculiar to certain occupations,
scars, skin affections caused by
handling arsenic or taking it inter
nally and various other conditions
especially those that become in
famed.
MOieS are dangerous
Black moles are always danger
Gus, particularly if located where
they are subject to constant or even
frequent irritation. If they give the
slightest trouble they should be re-
moved at once and completely, DR..
Eller advised.
High blood pressure is chiefly due
to that state OF nervous irritability
popuiarly known as nerves. de-
clared DR.. Arthur S. Granger
No cure IS known for high blood
pressure, so the treatment consists
in trying TO relieve the conditions in
the environment that appear To
sggravate 1t. This means attempt
ing TO make an excitable patient
stop worrying or 10 diSplace an ex-
citaDle nature by calm one, q diff
cult task.
Better training in obstetrics for
medical students. especially those
intending 70 engage in general prac-
tice, ana increased hospital facilities
for obstslrica1 patients are needed
10 reduce the maternal death rate
In this country, declared DR.. Carl
Henry Davis.
The greatest single cause OF
maternal deaths is toxic conditions
associated with childbirth. in spite
OF the remarkable advances made
in knowledge OF infections, DR..
Davis said.
Crippled Adult Is Problem
The last ten years of intensive
effort on behalf Of crippled chill
dren has seen such an Improvement