Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-10-07
State Capital News
Insulin Treatment For Insane


InSulin Treatment For Insane
The insulin 'sshock" treatment
and scientific recreational therapy,
introduced within the last few
months at the Columbus state hos.
pital for the insane, are producing
worthwhile results, it was announc
ed by DR.. IF. Bateman, superintend
ent of the institution. OF the small
number of patients who have al
ready been given the insulin treat
ment, more than dozen have been
discharged as cured, he reported
The recreational therapy classes
have also proven remarkably effec-
tive" in helping to bring numerous
patients to a normal mental level,
DR.. Bateman said. Ohio pioneered
in the use Of insulin in public hos
pitfalls. The treatment consists of
the injection of large amounts of
the insulin which causes a violent
reaction and the result is that af-
ter a series of injections many pa
tients actually are shocked back to
nOrmalcy. In the scientific recrea-
tional therapy classes the patients
are encouraged to participate in
dancing and other similar activities
which hold the greatest interest for
them, recreating natural rhythmic
skills which help them on the road
to normalcy i'll many instances.
New Supreme Court Judge
The highest tribunal in the state,
the supreme court of Ohio, func-
tiCns now with the aid of a new
member, Judge Robert N. German,
Of Cincinnati Judge German, for
mer common pleas judge of Hamil
ton county, was appointed by Gov
ernor Martin L. Davey to fill the uil-
expired term of the late Judge
Thomas A. Jones of Jackson, re-
Gently deceased Chief Justice Carl
V. Weygandt administered the oath
last week to Judge German when
the fall term Of the supreme court
opened. Dozens of friends and we'll
wishers crowded the chamber for
the court in addition to Chief JUS
tice Weygandt and Judge German
are Judge Arthur H. Day, Cleve-
land; Judge Charles B. Zimmerman,
Springfield; Judge Edward s.
Matthias, Van Vert; Judge Roy H.
Williams, Sandusky, and Judge
George S. Myers, Cleveland.
Ohio University Day
Director-Secretary E. j. Mildren
of the Northwest Territory celebra-
ton commission of Ohio announced
that the initial event of Importance
linked with the territory sesqui-
centennial will take place at Ohio
university, state-supported institu-
tlon at Athens, on Oct. 27, when
"Ohio University Day" will be OBJ
served. For the occasion, represen
tatives of all state colleges and uni
versities in the six states carved
from the original Northwest Terri
tory have been invited. Ohio uni
versity was not only the first institu
ton of higher education in the ter
ritory, but was the first west of the
Alleghanies. On Oct. 27, 1887,
Suggestion that Ohioans who own
good hunting dogs have them pho
tification purposes in case of theft
was voiced by Commissioner Law
renee Wooddell of the state division
OF conservation. Commissioner
Wooddell pointed out that as the
hunting season approaches the own
ers of hunting dogs will be faced
with the increased hazard of having
them taken by persons who will not
keep a dog for the entire year, but
expected reward or for the sale in
other parts of the country.
although war clouds are rising
and the stock market has been
wobbly, there seems to be nothing
coming out of either so far as the
United States is concerned This |
was the optimistic prediction made |
by State Bank Superintendent Sam
uel H. Squire in an address to $50
members of group five, Ohio Bank |
ers' association, in thirty-frst an
nual convention. He announced |
that the 465 banks under jurisdic- |
tion of the state division of banks |
and banking reported an increase of |
more than 100000 in savings
deposits during the last year.
Students returning to Ohio State
university for the fall quarter found |
that the "cost of an education" like |
many other things, has gone up
ward, according to survey made |
by Dean of Women Esther Allen |
Cav and Dean of Men Joseph A. |
Park. Room rent has been raised |
from 50 to Sc month, and the av-
erage meal has increased five cents !
in price. The university itself, as a |
result of the boost in wholesale food
prices, has been forced to jump the
price of dormitory facilities in the |
Tower and Buckeye clubs from $38 |
to $40 a quarter. Both clubs are
provided by the university for men
students of good character and !
scholarship who would, on the US
ual cost basis, be unable to attend |
the institution.
AS result of the employment of !
eighteen more persons on orders of |
Governor Martin L. Davey the state |
division of aid for the aged will !
probably be able to have all delayed
old age pension checks for Septem-
ber in the mails by October 10, ac- |
cording to George Harris, chief ex-
aminer. The delay resulted from
that Ohio's pension system would |
conform with federal social security |
laws. The federal government pays
half of the pensions and conformity |
to it's regulations is mandatory. |
1--WE realize that the delay has |
worked a hardship on many Ohio |
aged men and women and we are |
doing everything possible to get the |
checks out at the earliest possible |
date" Mr.. Harris asserted.