The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-09
HEALTH VIRTUES OF THE VARIOUS
 FOOD PRODUCTS

Philadelphia, June e--(U. P.1 n The American Medical Association is doing a tremendous work in dis courAging use of misleading labels or advertising in food matters, and in encouraging dealers to be honest in their claims and their products This developed to-day in c0nnec. tiOn with the association's annual convention when the board of trus- tees presented a report through Dr Olin West dealing with fraudulent claims made as to "health virtues
 of various food products.
 A special fodo1 committee now
 gives ''seals" of approval to certain foods meeting It's standards, and re- fuses these to others, it was reveal ed. Some manufacturers anxious to have the support of 50 powerful .
 body have indicated desire hereto fore to change their products or ad- vertisih9 to concur with the associa- tion's ratings. A considerable group
 has obtained seals.
 Through the committees efforts
 many manufacturers have been in- duced to abandon trade names
 which make absurd claims or mis- representations
 Dr Morris Fishbein. editor of the
 journal of the association, speakina on flood, fads and follies" said that .'every new discovery in med. ical scinece is promptly exploited beyond reason by commercial in terests." He ridiculed propaganda
 which 10 the effect that the irhabi. tants of un-civilized sections do moi
 die of cancer because they do moi eat white bread. This is not true at all," he said
 The most logical reason why un- civilized people do not die of can
 cer Is because they do not live long
 enough. Cancer is disease of el.
 derly people and the life span of the savage is about 33 years" The house of delegates met to-
 hibition. Among many resolutions
 presented to the governing body oi
 the organization for consideration were some on prohibition.
 It was understood that they re- late to the general effect of prohibi-
 tion on the health of the nation and
 the rules covering the issuance oi
 liquor prescriptions The results oi the executive discussions of these
 resolutions are expected to be made
 public to-day.
 A new type of fracture, which
 one may have without knowing il az the result of an automobile ac-
 cident was revealed to-day. It is known as a compression
 fracture of the spine and frequently
 has rather serious results
 This particular development oi
 the motor age formed one of the
 most interesting exhibits in the
 scientific group.
 The fracture, which used to be
 extremely rare according to pr Jos seph w. White. of Greenville, s. C.,
 has become rather common since automobiles came in. M Frequently the injured person is
 convinced he is merely suffering from superficial bruises but some
 time later a vertebra may com
 mence to degenerate. This means a
 compression fracture followed by
 considerabl pain.
 The treatment is arduous, with
 the patient lying motionless on .
 fracture bed for three or four
 months, with Q pillow beneath the fractured vertebra.
 In another booth, pr Geza De Ta- kats. of Northwestern University,
 demonstrated the modern treatment
 for varicose veins To avoid techni- calities. Dr De Takats said, it might
 be described as causing blood clot in a vein which cuts the variccse vein from the circulatory system thus relieving the patient.