Evening star., 1954-10-13
Odd Deep-Woter Fish
Has His Own Headlight
Male Of Species Becomes
Growth on Female Body
By Thomas Z. Henry

BY lhomoS K. f1enTy
One Of the strangest Of fish Is the
.black devil" denizen Of deep tropical
waters.
One Of the largest of the race has
Just been captured by q University Of
California expedition in the far north
waters where the creature has been
found. @
Like most fishes that spend their lives
in deep water, 1t is black and Is able
to produce living light. The lamp" is
at the tip Of long stalk growing up
ward from the fsh's forehead. The
light presumably is used to attract
other deep sea creatures which are
gulped into the animals wide mouth.
The black devil has teeth that can be
depressed inward, enabling 1t to grab
prey not far from its own size, says DR..
Carl L.. Hobbs. University of California
professor Of marine biology.
Odd Role of Male.
The black devil and some Of its near
relatives are unique among fishes in
that all the free-living adults are fe-
males. The male reaches length Of
only an inch or so, compared with about
S inches for the female After short
free existence he attaches himself to
the female. The blood streams Of the
two fishes soon merge and the male
loses all identity. becoming simply an
appendage to the female.
When this strange way of life first
was discovered, the late DR.. David
Starr Jordan, Americas foremost fish
scientist, remarked that the only COM
pariSon in nature was that Of fair
American millionairess married to a
feeble European count for his title.
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Cancer of the breast is somewhat
moreNlikely among unmarried or child
less women.
Data supporting this thesis from all
over the world have been reported to
the International Congress of Clinical
Pathology.
DR.. M. Segi, Japanese delegate. told
of an extensive study of hospital sta
tistics from India. Indonesia, Japan
and Malaga accompanied by special
study by himself and his colleagues Of
the frequency among Japanese women.
All showed the same picture.
It was observed that in the japanese
group having breast cancer the average
number of children was fewer, the
average duration of lactation was
shorter and the percentage of those
who had nurSed their children was
smaller than in the control group.
There was some slight indication Of a
hereditary factor. The incidence of
cancer of all kinds among parents OF
women who developed breast cancers
was somewhat higher than among par
ents of those who did not.
A two-year British survey, 1t was
reported by DR.. P. Stocks. British dele
gate, showed that mortality Of single
women exceeded that of wives and
widows from this cause by 40 per cent.
Another survey showed that the breast
cancer death rate among women over
IS who had no children was above
average.
Further Evidence.
A Vienna study was reported which
showed that breast cancer decreased
with increasing size of families. French
figures were cited to show that the
size of the average family Is smaller
among breast cancer victims.
OaCa Collected ITOIu 1lVerpOOl anu
North Wales, it was reported. show
that factors increasing the risk Of breast
cancer after As are small number
Of births among those marrying early
and delayed marriage followed by few
children.
Data from Denmark. reported by
DR.. Johannes Clemmesen, show that
breast cancer is highest among un-
ma. .ried women whereas cancer of the
cervix increases with the number Of
:hildbirths. The highest rate for the
latter, however, is found among Copen-
hagen prostitutes.
Breast cancer in males, almost un-
known elsewhere, is exceptionally prev
alent in Malaga. it is reported. It Is
probably due, he said, to malnutrition
with some essential element lacking
from the diet. 1t is found to accom-
pany cirrhosis of the liver, another
common Malayan condition.