The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-15
Tur HEAITH OF BLOOD DONORS

| The present market rates for blood are $2o 10 ss0 for from 200 to 500 (that is seven ounces ,n xno to c nnt1 For each 100 (about ounces) in excess of pint an additional ten dollars ID 10 paid. At these rates the suppy nurht to organ | ize and establish thelr own scaie or Piioes. ,, pint of blood is worth anything it Is worth nun t dred dollars-that 1s' TOT any one "Ao '
 Female donors not as satisfactory as male maze donors Usually female donor deVeiops ihiu W anemia after giving 400 to 500 c. c. Ca pint or l less), and it takes her few weeks to regain | full blood strength ,a +ha;r way ] through college by serving as blood donors Donors obtained by neWspaper vert tne and sometimes even by call sent out over tne air A Wassermann test of the blood is made Tn the case of every new donor and every three months on donors already registered , nmons 50 blood donors in Philadelphia only 1 five are females Their ages are from 12 to Al one donor made six donations (1so0 c. C.. in alp in a period of 23 days His hemogiopn fell from ss to sa per cent ana @ feaS daSs the globin rose to 105 per cent and the reos 'o | 6,240.00 , clndes a measurement of the clotting time
 Usually a donor rises from the table and re- turns immediately to work or class room aIter a donation The majority of donors declare their general health and strength IS improved 1T any thing. ,;o., ..,dants tainted while in the recumbent position making their first donation-which goes to show tne el- feet of emotional excitement and the practce Tn hamlets and villages of making a hero out or the individual who gives blood or sells it.
 All except two of the Philadeiphla donors gained from one to thirteen pounds while serv-
 Tall donors stand the loss of blood better than the short ones, and wiry donors stand 1t better
 About ten ounces (sOO cc) seems to be the most satisfactory amount of blood for a transfu- sion If more than that is given at one time a temporary anemia follows.
 | If 400 or less is donated the average donor may be used at intervals of from three to hve days with no ill result to him.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Surgeon Protests 5O-50 Plan
 Surgical colleague writes indignant protest against the proposal recently made m ths col, 5O-5O between the family physician and the sur gcon or other specialist. Surgeon says American pernicious business" of fec-splitting. Surgeon comedies 'If fee-splitting in medicine was done in the open nobody could object to it."
 1 Answer-Well. that's what advocated in the article which aroused my colleagues indignation An open understanding on the part of the patient and all concerned that the fee will be so divided l maintain such a plan is only fair deal Tor thc
 science Is oid- Fashioned
 You who dare tO be unOrthOdOx about many subjects accepted by the majority of the medical hound. astignatic. dycd-in-the-wO0i moss-back on the matter of alcohol u!. q: O.
 Apswer-I suppose that is the way the sclen- tiGe and indisputabIe facts about the physiolog. ical action of alcohol appear to one who believes that "in these drab days one should not begrudge his feowmen this opportunity to lift themselvea ont of the morasse for few transient moments" Why begrudge hume shot Of coke or session with teh opium pipe when they want to escape the reality of life for few transient momentsf
 Salt f0r Old Age
 Pr0f Pierre DeIbet 0f the Paris Academy 0f Medicine states that the body loses It's magnesium ns agc advances and gains in calcium: He main. tnins one should take nlaRDesum salts Co make the i0ss good. as one advances tn age. Have x0H any opinion 0v comment? tMrs A.. Mae0.j
 Answer--I dO not believe the theory is sups ported by scientific evidence, 1 think lt is uns wlEe for anybody, particularly one Of mature age, to take any aaii or salts other than tho natural nllnernls in food OP the common salt added As n e9ndlI9eni or seasoning, except under his own physIolan'a fiPenii0n
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