The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-24

brought up the same line OF hrBu-
ment. Julian Huxley New Re
public, April %, 194l) reports on
the activities of medical and gen.
eral science in this war. excerpt
some Of his items.
very surprising it is that while
it was anticipated that neuroses
such as shell-shock would be very
widespread in the civilian popula-
ton, there has actually been very
little Of it. In December the total
number Of civilian neuroses after
an air raid requiring admission
TO a hospital in all Britain was
twenty-eight."
The explanation is apparently
that shell shock is a defensive
mechanism. The shell-shocked SOL
der is removed from the front
lines to a nice, safe hospital. But
with air raids the whole civilian
population is the front line. The
hospital to which they would be
removed would be far less safe
than the street.
New Building Facts
Bombing has caused scientists
to study new facts and principles
about the strength of building ma
terials, which will be valuable in
the future for building science in
general and in particular for the
design of buildings intended to re-
sist earthquakes.
Blast effects on human beings
brought in new types of injuries.
The blast results in a wave Of in
tense compression of air, travel
ing outward in advance Of a wave
of rarefaction. This compress
sion wave causes, for one thing,
an increase in the velocity of
sound up to twenty times normal.
The wave produces a peculiar
type of damage in the lung. The
lungs may be shattered beyond re-
covery without any effect appear
ing on the surface Of the body.
The symptoms are those of nom
infectious pneumonia.
The need for accommodating
large stores of food-stuffs-espe-
cially grains-attracted hordes OF
rats and insect pests. This has
led to much research. in methods
of exterminating them, with in
tensive studies of their life his
tories, habits and psychological
behavior, to detect the weak spot
in their psychological armor. This
might really be called permanent
contribution because the question
of whether the rodents and in
sects or man is going to survive
is really not a theoretical or re-
mote one.
Food Research
The food problem has also
brought some research in the
field of the endocrine glands, at
tempting by the administration
Of these extracts to make animals
grow faster, produce offspring
more rapidly, breed oftener, pro-
duce twins instead Of single off,
spring.
Vegetables and soil contain all
the chemicals that go into the
makeup of the edible flesh Of ami
mails, but they have to go through
the animal economy first. Is it
possible to shorten this process
and, by heating vegetable chemi-
eally, make them equal to animal
protein in nutritive value? Can
we break the old cycle of soil, sun,
rain, time, leaf, animal digestion
and metabolism, meat and food!
English scientists are working on
this. Nv
The British have also proved
what biology and psychology al
ready knew that increasing
hours Of work beyond a certain
limit resulted not in an increase
out in an absolute decrease in out
put.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
L. NJ. V.:-"For years I have
uttered from stomach ulcer. l
rave never found any medication
that helped until lately; | have
been taking tablet containing
bismuth subnitrate, heavy magne-
stun oxide, sodium bicarbonate,
and pancreatin. This relieves me.
Could these ingredients do any
harm or are they habit-forming ?"
Answer:-They could not do
any harm and are not habit-form-
ing. They are the tried and true
remedies for ulcer and l am sur
prised you have not found them
before.