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RETURN TO NAKEDNESS
A CHANGING CLIMATE
Return Of Man To The Beginning
[Lettsomian Lecture by Dr, H W. Barber]
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a return to beginnings. Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. were all cognisant of the beneficial action of sunlight and cool air on the skin, yet the value of these had only lately been re- discovered by the moderns.
The first of three Lettsomian there was Lectures was delivered before the The Medical Society of London by Dr. H. W. Barber, physician in charge Kowloon Marine Lot 55 (ship-of the skin department, Guy's
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After showing photomicrographs and other illustrations of the ac- tion of the three organisms men- tioned, the lecturer discussed the cutaneous manifestations of the seborrhoeic state, the thickened, gress, dirty skin, the imperfectly formed horny layers, the greasy scalp with adherent dandruff, and the dank and lifeless hair, also changes in the mucous membrane and some other manifestations, in- cluding chronic nasopharyngeal catarrh with frequent exacerba-
tions. The seborrhoeic state be-
very factors which enabled man to emerge from his tropical lassi Dr. Barber began by remarking tude had for generations militat- that he was satisfied that dered against his physical-develop- matology, which was once the ment. Clothing and fuel he had Cinderella of medical specialities, abused, covering his unfortunate had now come into its own; the skin, even in summer, with layer mere reading of a modern text- on layer of impermeable material, book indicated how intricate and he heated his houses, offices, subject it had become. He hoped and hotels so as to create an at- tions of life might produce an en- to show in these lectures that mosphere more pernicious than vironment which enabled ordin- Erasmus Wilson was justified in that of the torrid zone from which arily harmless saprophytes to be-
medicine he sprang The dictates saying that cutaneous
of come parasites, and produce skin was a branch of general medicine fashion and the mistaken fear of, diseases. The skin was not alone of great significance and import- "catching cold" had robbed the involved in the seborrhoeic state; ance. The lecturer held that the body of one of its great sources the mucous membrane suffered study of the normal skin and the of health-namely, the exposure of and became likewise the prey of accessible mucous membranes, and the skin to light and air.
these particular saprophytes. One could reasonably the common charges that occur-
compare red in them as the result of the diseases to which man living
Invasion faculty metabolism
an active outdoor life under so- by infective organismis or toxic called primitive conditions was substances, should Berve as the subject with those of animals in student's introduction to clinical their wild state, and the diseases medicine..
of man in so-called civilised exist He proposed in this first lecture ence with those of animals in cap to consider, first, certain physio-tivity. The latter included dis- logical functions of the skin orders of metabolism and function which had played an important which were probably unknown to role in the progress of mankind primitive people and which did from a primitive to a civilised not occur amang wild animals, as state, and secondly, the morbid Some of these appeared to have effects upon the skin, and mucous arisen within the memory of our membrane that the unnatural con- own generation, so kaleidoscopic ditions under which the majority were the changes of disease. The of civilised people were compelled more virulent infections had been to live might entail.
succeded by a variety of sub-acute or chronic conditions due to or ganisms which were formerly non- pathologic and normal inhabitants of the human mucous membrane. The skin and the mucous mem- branes of the mouth, nasopharynx, and intestine had a natural sapro- phytle flore of their own; in ad- cine. The skin determined to adition to the invasion of foreign great extent the reaction of the organisms leading to the produc- organs of the body to external tion of specific diseases, their own influences, such as heat, cold, and saprophytes, might, under certain
become trauma. It was not too much to conditions,
pathogenic, say that through the medium of give rise to local conditions, and the skin the evolation of civilised by infecting the blood stream man had come about. The differ-cause morbid effects in distant entiation of the various species of organs or tissues. animals and types of men was in
The Seborrhoeic State some degree a question of clima- The lecturer spoke of three or tic conditions. Presumably civil-ganisms which might almost be sation dated from the time when considered normal inhabitants of a band of primitive men made the skin or mucous membrane in their way northwards from the eivilised man namely, pityros- tropical zone, and on the ap- poron, the acne bacillus, and proach of winter tried to obtain Staphylococcus albus. A predis artificial warmth, first by means of underground shelters and the skins of animals, and later by dis- covering how to make fire.
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It was almost a truism to say that the skin was a buffer be tween the body, as a whole and environment. There were, however, certain points in its phy siology which were insufficiently realised, and which were of pro- found importance in general medi-
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Climate in Human Evolution Further development, and differ- entiation of races, and their rise and fall, was dependent on sev- eral factors, of which climate was perhaps the most important. For work and health the best climate was one in which the mean tem- perature rarely fell below 38 deg.
position to the growth of these three organisms was afforded by that morbid state of the skin usually termed seborrhoea, by which was meant an excessive or altered secretion of the sebaceous glands. He did not mean that these organisms occurred only in seborrhoeic skin, but seborrhoea was by far the commonest condi- tion of such growth. Of all diatheses the seborrhoea one was probably the commonest. It ex
"SOUTHERN CROSS"
CAPT. KINGSFORD SMITH'S EVIDENCE
AIR INQUIRY
Sydney, May 16. Capt. Kingsford Smith was the first witness to be heard in the the forced official inquiry into landings of the "Southern Cross" and the "Kookaburra," following the disastrous attempt to break the Australia-England record.
atarted, and they did not receive Capt. Chateau's second telegram started without my definite O.K. reading: "Cannot believe 'plane
Recall. Conditions unsafe."
He received a telegram from Capt. Chateau, sent from Wynd- ham, saying that the weather was fine, with drying winds, Capt. Kingsford Smith stated, and he mistook that telegram for the "O.K." message which had pre- ing an index of faulty metabolismo, viously been arranged. He and it was evident that diet. was a his companions immediately factor of paramount importance. It was easy to understand how the normal sebaceous secretion might be altered by excessive Intake of fat or fat-forming foods. The best treatment, apart from dietary restrictions, was a vigorous out door life in a sunny climate. He believed the seborrhoeic state to be worthy of closer study than it had received. It was from which conditions of far greater importance than its cutaneous manifestations arose.- "British Medical Journal."
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Capt. Kingsford Smith said he could have landed at Ooodanatta after he lost his receiving aerial, but he considered that he could make a safe landing at Wyndham. Mr. Hammond, the counsel who is assisting the commission, ask- ed: Either by accident or design you had no emergency food?
Capt. Kingsford Smith: It was an atcident. We believed that we had emergency rations in the locker. "Straits Times."
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Ipoh, May 17. A sensation has been created in local Indian circles by the arrest of a dozen Sikhs resident in the Ipoh district, suspected to be connected with seditious propa- ganda from India. follows the arrest of five: well-
The grounds are that the known Sikhs a little time ago on authorship can be detected and detention warrants, pending de- the material trespasses to an un- portation. To-day's batch are desirable degree of the King's said to be in connection with a privacy. "Singapore Free previous affair and also liable, tp Press. deportation. They include land- owners, one lawyer's clerk, cattle- F. or rose above 64 deg. Vari-emplified how a metabolic change owners, and watchmen. Singa- ability of temperature and resulting from unnatural condi- 'pore Free Press." weather conditions from day to day were factors of great importance. A mean temperature of 50-60 deg. was the optimum for both phy- sical and mental activity, which diminished rapidly when the tem- perature went above 65 deg. The localities in which such conditions favouring efficiency obtained were exactly those in which civilisation had reached its maximum. Speak- ing on one of the most inclement nights of a severe winter, Dr. Barber still declared that the Bri- tish climate was largely respon- sible for the position held by the Anglo-Saxon race to-day..
The temperate climate, with its frequent and moderate changes from warmth to cold, and vice verse, made for vigour of body and mind. On the other hand, the effect of the constant moist heat of the tropics and the paralysing influence of long periods of intense cold needed no. demonstration. Although the in- vention of clothing and artificial methods of heat production had enabled man to flourish in climates which favoured bia acti- vity and progress, yet owing to the misuse of the very comforts and pleasures and labour-saving devices which his ingenuity had en bed, and the unnatural condi tions under which a large proper tion of the population lived, the effect upon man's purely animal. functions had been disastrous. Dr. Barber instanced the slothful habit and gross appetite of some and the faulty diet and under- feeding of large numbers of others. Truly did a Frenchman say, "Man does not die he kills himself. Man had created his
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Diseases of Civilisation
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BANGKOK ACCIDENT
MR. G. T. SIMPSON THROWN FROM HORSE
Bangkok, May 16. Mr. G. T. Simpson, of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, and hon, secretary of the Riding and Polo Club, was thrown from his horse to-day and received rather serious head injuries. He was re- moved to the Nursing Home in an unconscious condition. Mr. Simp- son was practising jumps for the gymkhana on Saturday. "Straits Times.
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OPENING OF TEMPORARY HOSPITALS IN BANGKOK
Bangkok, May 16. Owing to the prevalence of cholera it has been decided to open temporary hospitals to deal with cases. Similar action was taken during the cholera epidemic three years ago. -"Straits Times."
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