Evening star., 1940-06-13
Toxin Given in pills
Found 10 Prevent
Scarlet Fever
Medical Association
Told Of Powder Which
Acts in Intestines
BY THOMAS r.. HENRY,
Star Staff Cnrresnnndent.


Star Staff Correspondent.
NEW YORK, June 13.-Scarlet
fever can be prevented by pills after
meals.
Development of immunization
tablets was described before the
American Medical Association here
today by Drs. George F. and Gladys
Fl. Dick of Chicago.
1mmunlzation is usually produced
by incubation, which is still the
most effective method, the doctors
reported, but sometimes is mad
visable with nervous children or
those with weak hearts. Six years
ago they found that their toxin in
the form of powder taken by
mouth was effective in protecting
against the disease, but it made the
children deathly sick. This. they
found, was due to the fact that it
remained too long in the stomach.
The new pills are coated with a
substance which does not dissolve
IN the stomach, but only after it
reaches the intestines. The worst
reaction has been an occasional
stomach ache.
New Malaria Treatment.
A new agent in the treatment of
malaria, derivative, Is bismuth,
known as THO bismos, was described
by DR.. Harold w. Cole of Cleveland
It's chief value, DR.. Cole said, was
IN the use of malaria for treat
ment Of the mental disease, general
pareSls. Patients are given malaria
deliberately because of the effects of
the fever in killing the syphylis
germs in the brain. Such patients
are in such weakened condition
that the cure is sometimes worse
than the disease. The new drug
gives perfect control.
Sulfanilamide may save many SOL
dlers If it is given Immediately to
prevent the growth of bacteria in
wounds. DR.. John S. Lockwood of
the University of Pennsylvania said.
Tonsil Study Reported.
In only about 20 per cent of cases
Is removal of tonsils of benefit to
children, reported DR.. Albert D.
Kaiser of Rochester, N. Y.
Studying large group of chill
dren, he found that for three years
they had fewer colds after their ton
slis were cut out. but that for the
next seven years they had more
than did children who had been left
alone.
"Streamlined labor is about as
safe for woman as a streamlined
parachute" declared DR.. Joseph B.
De Lee of Chicago, one Of Americas
foremost obstetricians. He opposed
particularly the use of extracts from
the pituitary glands, which increase
the speed of childbirth.
A heart attack, especially a coro-
nary occlusion in which the blood
vessels around the heart become
plugged by blood clot, is no excuse
for permanent invalidism, Drs.
Arthur M. Master and Simon Dick
of New York told the association.
Frequently, they said, disability isrI
less than six months. ...sas@-pysT
Four New Diseases.
-Four new diseases were introduced
today. They have heretofore been
mistaken for forms of other NAL
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The most important was 'beriberi
heart described by DR.. Soma Weiss
of Harvard University. 1t probably
includes most cases of alcoholic
heart"
The most dramatic was erythro-
caphalgia, whose syndrome is that
Of constantly recurring, unbearable
headaches. 1t was described by DR..
Bayard T. Horton of the Mayo
Clinic of Rochester, MINI.
The headaches are confined to
one side of the head and are accom-
panied with involuntary tears and
flushing of the face and forehead.
DR.. Horton found the cause in his
timine, a chemical manufactured by
the body tissues. The cure was
found to be injections of adrenaline
which has the opposite effect on the
blood vessels.
A new malady which apes tu-
berculosis was introduced by Drs.
o, J. Fairness and Mildred T. Who'll
ley of Tucson, AriZ. This is coccidio-
idimycosis, caused by an borne
fungus which gets into the lungs.
The fourth new malady was in
troduced by DR.. Leon Felderman of
Philadelphia as ethnospenoidal ap-
piglottidean syndrome, or singers
disease" There is hoarseness and
great difficulty in speaking or sing
ing. 1t is chiefly due to infections
of the sinuseS. DR.. Felderman said