The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-05
ALI BABIES ARE BORN AsPHYxIATED

I,s reeusted For one straight month we
 haan studving over Prof Yandell Henderson
 ,atest eonfributfon to the subject of resuscita-
 ton and alarmed if can find any loose spo.s u , ,o
 any comfort at all I hat to admit II, pu. .i ;pt
 gins to look as though the man may pc rlent;
 Ga decyares that inhalations of a mixture oI {
 ner cent carbon dioxide and 93 per cent oxygen
 should. he administered to each and every new
 horn baby. from an inhalator (not lung mo tor) for 10 minutes three times day' ior ''Ao first few days
 That is tantamount to saying that every in fart is horn asphyxiated. Proefssor Henderson does not. say it just that way but ne aoes t ss
 that "the asphyxated respiratory cemeo, ee,,,res much higher pressure of carbon dloxue ; .nu ! does normal center to stimulate It inso respr anr atory activity" That pressure or carpoh uion idea means the proportion of carbon dioxide ln the mixture inhaled
 twas this irrepressble Prof Yandell Tender son who told us doctors a few years ago that tne rite of spanking the newborn baby to make .he infant cry and breathe is mere rte ana n..' nothing to do with the inita.om .n. ol ~ uho had as we fondly imagined, given hundreds or ntie strangers q good start in life by tnis nanome tmei ceremony But the hard bitten professor stooa stolidly on his scientific ground and smiled at oI, hoarv medical traditions. He pretty well piUve' beyond peradventure or cavi Una. ha shoc of cold water, is the actual stimulant or respla.o. Without carbon dioxide the bimpo Just caH start breathing, and that's all there IS apoul U. | Even we older doctors who rely on much on lexnerience and so little on mere theory or iao- 1 oratory experiments recognize that qute . @ iem | /. ! ourselves we recognize. too, that We nave iahe" to resuscitate too many such non- ofeaIhihs i. l fants For this reason are rather less u,S- | nnsaI to laugh off Professor Hendersons latest
 contribution than we were to dismiss his sugges- | ton thai spanking was useless ihe'hou ol 'ie
 ment for asphyXiaton. :, | The inhalator for administering the carbon dl- oxida and oxygen to the newborn infant is port
 able one. consisting of cylinder oI oSysen na th carbon djoxide special mask to ht around tne | face a needle valve arrangen. ent and an infat-
 able rubber bag. The bag is filled with the prop. I AfC. nn | around the face Git has nhatable rubber rin, and the doctor simply squeezes the bag gentiy .o
 iniate the babys lungs then presses gh;s pro. lessor Henderson assures us, IS qute as eneeuws as any more complicated apparatus TOT ar.inc,a ,, respiration ever be- and 1t IS without the FISK
 of injury to the lungs which such apparatus in. | wolves 1t is probably the best known means ol
 preventing atelectasis (collapse of lung or failure
 " QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Immunity Against Diphtneria
 | As a practicing nurse have found that many | people imagine that a dose of antitoXm, slvs. | when someone in the household has dphthela Confers lasting protection against the disease | People do not understand the difference between | antitoxn and toxin -antitoxin immunization. Un
 immunsation n because they learn that some child
 who has received dose of antitoxin subsequent
 Iy contracts dip,theria. M .1 Ms an excellent SUE
 gestion Perhaps the best can do is to reminc | readers that anttoxin is merely an antidote, ant
 a dose of it is effective for only few days at tns
 longest Toxin is the poison of diphtheria: min
 ute dose of toxin is equivalent in effect to havins had mild diphtheria, and 1t brings about the nat ural process of immunity ir the patients bco5 | which confers as lasting protection as would all actual attack of diphtheria from which the pa tient has made a good recovery. In emergencies we give other members of the family dose o antitoxin against the contingency of infection. II
 the process of immunizing children against diph theria we give a minute dose of toxin along witf enough antitoxn to mitigate or guard the emect and repeat this dose usually three times at week ly intervals. The immunity process which tni sets up requires some two or three months um' l--the child then gains the full protective degret
 of immunity after the lapse of two or three
 months. An emergency preventive dose or anu toxin cohfers no immunity against d1phtheria Therefore children need and should receive T~A (toxin- -antitoxin) immunization before they ente
 school no matter whether they have ever had { dose of antitoxin not | Around Cape Horn :
 Excerpt from VilIiers' "By Way Of Cape Horn (Henry Holt a CO): "Nob0dy had a dry rag, rub I Der sea boots worn constantly in wet conditiOI on wet socks. wet through, and body frozen m side and out for two months. :" The autnO says Ut is curious thing that one may De we through for so long and for so long suner aeuh
 discomf0rts yet suffer nothing in health, have ns
 colds the slightest tendency to illness Of an, kind. Nobody cOughcd. nor had q sort I throat nor sninIing nose. hOarscness
 these things dO come from the sea. SaIt watc sI does not becti sickncss" (yN. w. L.l I Answer--Yet any mollycoddIe can tell Vilheri q he sain't had no experience. Has ViEliern eyel 4 stepped over to his club on q damp night with
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