The Omaha guide., 1957-01-04

motners throughout America can
take heart If Junior swallows too
many aspirin tablets, drinks too
much kerosene or gets hold Of
shoe polish instead of Ice cream,
for the peditricians today have at
their fingertips data to identify the
poison ingredients in virtually all
products used around the home
and the recommended treatment
of the poisoning.
Thanks to the splendid work Of
the American Academy Of Pedia-
tries a new manual for doctors
containing a representative list of
694 products that might be poison
Gus has been distributed TO pedi-
africans from coast to coast" says
DIR. John Henderson, Medical Di-
rector of Johnson & Johnson. man.
ufacturers of surgical dressings,
baby and allied products. II was
his firm whose grant to the A.
merican Academy Of Pediatrics
made possible the publishing Of
Accidental Poisoning in Child
hood
Written by DR.. Edward Press,
Chairman of the Academy's Sub
committee on Poisoning and
Field Director for the American
Public Health Association, the
manual represents vast research
efforts for DR.. Press wrote to vir-
tuaIly every manufacturer of pro-
ducts used in the home. Ingredi-
ents that were poisonous in these
products we're identified and the
proper treatment to combat the
poisonous in these products we're
identified and the proper treat
-ment to combat the poisoning was
compiled.
Treatments recommended repre-
sent the combined experience Of
hundreds Of cooperating clinics
and poison treatment centers a.
round the country in determining
the most effective and safest
method of treating all types Of
childhood poisonings. Further,
the book represents compilation Of
the vast experience Of pediatrici-
ans and doctors who have made a
special study of poisoning Of child
rem.
The products, the poison ingred-
tents and the treatment, while
encyclopedia in extent, Is so or
ganized and arranged in the book
so that the important facts con-
cerning practically any household
product can be quickly looked up
and the proper treatment deter
mined The manual is available to
physicians at the American Aca-
DENY of Pediatrics, Evanston, Illi-
nois.
This represents the first
time doctors have at their finger
tips information so vital that the
difference of few minutes may
mean the life Of child" stressed
DR.. Henderson. "This is truly, an
example Of another outstanding
contribution the pediatrieians OF
America are making to medical
science and the welfare and safe
ty Of children.
"As a result OF this work, a
child has q greater chance Of sur
viving some of the most dangerous
poisons than ever before"
The book notes in its introduc-
tion that the number Of potential
ly toxic substances in the home
which may be accidentally swallow
ed by children is huge and is in
creasing daily. In 1854, there
were approximately 1,400 fatal
home poisonings and almost a
third were from the age group
four years and under.
This work was inaugurated in
1850 when the Academy named
DR.. George NJ. Wheatley of Metro
politan Life Insurance Company as
first chairman OF committee on
accidents. The work, a continu-
Gus long-termed effort by the
Academy, was highpointed by DR..
Edward Press research and com
pilations.
Johnson & Johnson's DR.. John
Henderson. author Of "Tbe Com
plete Book of First Aid" has
some words of advice to mothers
and fathers designed to minimize
poisoning in young children:
/. Keep all medicines in a safe
place. preferably locked. and
throw away prescription-type drugs
once their use for the given ILL
ness is over.
2. Keep cosmetics, especially
permanent-wave sets and similar
articles out of their reach and
have a separate inaccessible place
for cleaning fluids. rodent poisons,
and insecticides.
3. Don't put chemicals or drugs
In q container that looks like
food - poisoning often occurs
from a child drinking a poison
GUS liquid, such as kerosene, from