THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1937.
GLASS HEART MAKES DEAD LIVE Lindbergh Invention Succeeds After Years of Secret Work
Gland Extract
from
a
"Coffee Pot"
A GLASS artificial heart, invented by Colonel Charles
tion with Dr. Alexis Carrel, former winner of the Nobel prize for medicine, has opened up undreamed of possibilities in medical research.
The glass heart, which owes its mechanical perfection to Lindbergh, is able to keep whole organs alive after they have been removed from animals or human beings.
Gland secretions, hitherto produced from living animal organs in minute quantities and at great cost, can now be drawn in bulk from organs kept artificially "alive" by the now invention.
Insulin for diabetes and material for the treatment of many other, unconquered discases can now be derived cheaply' and quickly by means: of the glass heart, which resembles an ordinary coffee percolator.
Heart Kept Alive
Problems of heart disease and puberty will also be solved by studying organs kept living under laboratory conditions,
The story of the invention is one of the romances of medicine. Colonel Lindbergh first met Dr. Carrel when he flew a special anti- pneumonia scrum from the Rockefeller Medical Research Institute in New New York to the dying aviator, Floyd Bennett, in Quebec.
Dr. Carrel had already won fame by his experiment of keeping a chicken's heart beating in a nutrient medium in his laboratory,
He took a section of chicken heart from a still warm dead bird in 1912 -end that heart is still beating |
HOME OF THE “WALTZ DREAM" to-day.
AN ARCHDUKE'S ROMANCE
FAMOUS RESTAURANT |
CLOSED
TO REOPEN WITH JAZZ
From A Correspondent
Vienna, Jan. 18. Many have heard with regret that one of the most popular restaurants in Vienna, the "Elsvogel," once famous for its good music, is now closed and is to be modernised and to reopen with Jazz.
The "Elsvogel" was more than an ordinary eating place. It was the garden-restaurant where all Vienna met. The old guest-book reveals that the late Archduke Francia Fer- dinand and many other members of the Hopsburg Lamily used to visit on fine summer evenings to cal the river crab. Though old Austria possessed a
seaside
on the
Adriatic,
But Dr. Carrel wanted to go further. He wanted to keep whole body organs alive and healthy
that they
could produce their invaluable secre- Hons.
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He had partially solved the pro- blem .but he really wanted a form of mechanical heart.
ART AND THE LEICA MINIATURE.
Madam, FIVE OF 15
How Old
are YOU?
This is an example of the photograph, of Dr. Poul Wolff, an exhibition of whose enlargements of Leica miniature negatives la to be held in the Gloucester Arcade from February 1.
ANSWER
3 Did Not Mind
J
(They Were Under 21)
By A Woman Reporter
London, Jan. 15. SK a woman her age and she just laughs. That gives her time to decide
if you are being rude, or if it is just a joke. In either case, she will not answer.
An American census bureau complains that it is impossible to get a true answer after a woman is twenty-five. That is the
Specials
FOR MEN
SAVE AT THESE PRICES AND BE WELL DRESSED TOO!
WHITE SEMI-STIFF COLLARS Assorted Shapes
age when she hides her passport, coyly 3 for $1.00
denies that she looks only twenty-one, refuses any official information..
Yesterday I asked fifteen women how old they were. Five answered. Three were glad to: they were under twenty-one.
PROUD OF IT
Another was Miss Evelyn Fenton, shop assistant from Harrow working in Regent
street.
"Thirty-seven," she replied, then I found sho was a member of the Over Thirty League, and it was just like showing her membership card.
Only one frank, unhesitating reply. Miss
Miriam Skerring, South Kensington, a typist in a shipping office.
"Twenty-six. Why do you want to know?" was her immediate reply.,
BRITAIN'S NAVAL LEAD
Then came Lindbergh with his Powers Programmes
brilliant mechanical mind. ... He became Dr. Carrel's laboratory as- alstant.
YEARS OF SECRECY
For five years the great pilot, Arst man to fly the Atlantic solo, worked In secret at the Rockefeller Institute.
Then the world discovered that the aviator had turned medical research the story of his worker, but still labours was not told.
Two more years of secrecy-and then came the great announcement.
Lindbergh bad solved the problem. Ills "glass coffee pot" was able to supply blood or a
air" force
Trieste and the other lingbour towns-blood subsilute to a living organ were too for from Vienna, and Just as a real heart could. shell-fish from the sen were rare.
"artlacial A compressed But the ordinary river crab was a fashionable dish,
and
even archdukes system supplied the motive came to this apparently simple re for the blood stream, and the system staurant to enjoy il.
was completely sealed to prevent Not only archdukes and actresses; germs from entering, for gerins had bankers and socicly people Ilked to killed the results of Dr. Carrel's own come to the "Elsvogel," but also experiments. famous writers and composers were
HEART KEPT ALIVE frequent guests. It had simple birt excellently cooked Austrian food, Day after day, week after week with wines from the neighbouring the "heart" goes on and the organ hills; and on a small platform on shows neither degeneration nor decay. one alde of the garden
a todies'
Now human organs have been ex- orchestra, in white-cotton dresses perimented on in the same way, red silk ribbon round the and new flelds of research, are daily with shoulders, played Viennese tunes. being opened up by this astonishing
I was told that Oscar Strauss, invention. dining here with his two libretto
writers, got the idea of a love-story-
"It is safe to assume," says one,
scientist, "that from the conductor of the "Elsvogel" leading American band and an archduke who was any extravagant estimate to-day of scated at one of the tables. Thus the results of these experiments will at the "Eisvogel" the "Waltz Dream" be regarded as
trifting in a few years' time." was born.
Arthur Schnitzler, Lehar, and Kal- man were also among the patrons of the restaurant. And now it is closed, awaiting reopening as a fashionable restaurant with a jazz-band, but devold of the spirit which once inspired Schnitzler's "Auto" and Strauss's "Waitz Dream."
CARS MAY PARK, BUT— NO STONE-THROWING, PREACHING OR BRING- ING GOATS
Motorists who wish to park their cars.outside or near Government buildings and offices at Melbourne, may now do so subject to a few simple conditions. These conditions are set out on newly-erected parking Under them motorista standards. must agree, under £5 and penalties-
Not to throw stones,
I
£10
Not to jump fences or hedges or
climb buildings,
Not to drive anywhere except on
the
To be seber
To have dogs securely held on
chains, cords or leashes..
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and
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Not to preach, declaim,, harangue or deliver nny address of any kind.
Subject to these, they may park, (provided they have official business ́nt the offices: conerrried, and then only for the time it takes to transact the business.—Austral: News,"
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Compared
SPEEDY. WARSHIPS Capital Ships Now Being
Ordered Freely
The speed and thoroughness with which the Naval Powers of the world are setting about rearming is vividly revealed in the new Issue of "Jane's Fighting Ships," published recently.
Britain leads with 90 new ships under construction or in prospect, and without exception the other Powers concerned ̈with security at sea are undertaking big pro- grammes of new building and re- placement,
A new factor of great significance is the result in practice of the failure quantitatively to limit capital ships. In three years or so the number of new capital ships placed in commiss- lon will be greater than at any time In the last 20 years.
"With the definite abandonment of the principle of quantative limits tion by Treaty," says the publishers* foreword, "the high tide navul construction has set in strongly. Not since the Great War ended has such a quinuity of new tonnage been authorised.
of surprise in naval construction. Of this "Jane" says: "More important than anything else is the section which provides for advance notifica- tion and exchange of information be- tween contracting parties concerning new ships. By removing the cle- this should go ment of uncertainty, far to abolish the atmosphere of suspicion in which competitive naval programmes were conceived in pre- war days."
.
LEADERS' PROGRAMMÉS The following figures give some Idea of the numbers and kinds of shipa which are either being bullt or are projected by the leading naval Powers:-
Great Britain-Two battleships; three aircraft carriers-16-light- cruisers; three destroyers (flotilla lenders); 32 destroyers (16 of, a heavier type); 13 submarines; 13 sloops and minesweepers; 17 net- layers; torpedo boats, trawlers, &e.; total, 09.
France-Three battleships (two of 35,000 tons, with 15-inch guns, and one of 28,000, with 13-inch guns); three cruisers; two flotilla leaders; six destroyers; 12 torpedo boats; x submarines; 11 sloops, gunboats, &c., Total, 43.
Germany-One battleship (35,000 ions, with 14-inch guns); 12 dẹ- stroyers; nine seagoing submarines and others of a coastal type; 12 minesweepers; total, 39.
Italy-Two battleships (35,000 ions, with 15-Inch guns); two cruisers; four destroyers; 35 torpedo boats; 23 submarines; total, 60,
United States—Two battleships (35,000 tons, with 16-inch guns): three aircraft carriers; 11 cruisers; 52 destroyers; 15 submarines; total,
"Capital ships, the building of which has been a rarity in recent years, are now being ordered freely by the principal Powers. In 1940 the Briush Fleet will be reinforced by two 35.000 ton battleships of entirely novel design. These two ships, the King George V and Prince of Wales, are being laid down at the
13. beginning of 1037.
The United
States Navy will begin the construction of two ships of similar displacement at the same date; and there is every indica- tion that Japan Intends to do the
same.
the
"France, having begun Richelieu, Is now about to lay down the Jean Bart; while Germany, having one 35,000 tonner in hand, is expected to start work on a sister ship in
1037,
"Italy's two capital ships, the Littorio and Vittorio Veneto, were laid down in 1934, but progress is so alow that it is unlikely that they will be ready before 1040. There is little doubt that in that year the number of new capital ships placed. In com- mission will be greater, than at any time since 1910."
SPEED FACTOR
The anazingly high speed of ships of such tonnage is likely to create a now factor in naval warfare.
"Jana" comments:--"Every one of these ships is believed to be designed for a speed of 30 knots or more,
evidence of the extent to which the
battleship and battle cruiser, have coalesced,"
The speed of Britain's crack battle- ship Nelson is 23 knota, sampl
The Naval Conference, which met in London this year, falled in:lta pri- mary purpose, which was to securo -n quantitative - „limitation of arm- aumenta. The allampt to restrict the gun calibre of capital ships: to: 14. inchies also seerna doomed to failure, The Conference did, however; agred
W. R. Loxley & Co., (China) Ltd... upon measures to remove the element
Japan-Four battleships projected (believed be of 35,000 tons); two 14 aircraft carriers; two cruisers; destroyer; four submarines; torpedo boats; total, 35.
U.S. SUBMARINES LEAD
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The following comments are made on the Power's nayal programme:-
United States.-Now has most sub- marines in the world. Obsolete dé- stroyers are being replaced.
Russia-There is little evidence of any considerable amount of new construction. Regarding the number of submarines, there is ground for suspecting some exaggeration.
Germany-Proceeding methodical- ly with replacement of older ships. France-Discarding old ships. Now needs. for defence against aircraft "will be met in the design of Britain's new battleships. They will be of 35,000 tons, with a main armament of 14-inch guns, and air- craft will be included in their equip- ment. "Fighting · Ships". saya of them:
"It has been officially stated that these ships will be of an entirely novel type. Their design will in- clude enhanced defence, arrange ments to meet air attack, such as an improved distribution of dock end side armour, more elaborate interior sub-division, and an extension of the anti-aircraft they are expected lo be 30-knot ships."
***-BATTLESHIP, AND AIRCRAFT
On the
'problem of baille- ships and aircraft. "Fighting Shipa" remarks:
1.
"In a recent report by a sub-com-- mitiée of the Committee of imperial
She went on: "It never occurred to me to hide my age, I am a spins-
ter, and I suppose I am spoiling my
chances by telling you my age.
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Actually, I am quite proud of it-my FANCY SWEATERS
job has never been held by a woman under thirty before."
HEDGERS
Other women hedged around the direct reply.
Miss Isabel Harrison, waitress, of Croft-street, Battersea, said:
"Wouldn't you like to know? But I'm not giving secrets away. What would my young man think? All In the papera. ̧**
Married women were equally shy. Mrs. It. Ashton, walking down Ox- ford-street with her daughter:
"Up to twenty-five a woman can be proud of her age. She is told either that she is more intelligent tian the average woman in the early twenties
les_or that...she looks... even younger.
five
"After that it is a problem to be complimentary-I've a daughter of
that's ageing enough." and Somehow a great deal of super- auition and secrecy have gathered pround a woman's age, perhaps because few poets have thought of romanticising love for a middle-aged woman.
man
the
"Sweet eighteen" is still the high- water mark. Beyond that any wo-
is able to deceive-so Insurance companies eay,
Said Mr.
Fowley, head of a large London office:
"All our information is strictly confidential, but dragging a woman's age out of her is worse than collect- ing the, premium. We are com- pelled to demand birth certificates."
BIRD'S AMAZING
FLIGHT JACKASS'S 1,200 MILES ACROSS SEA
aru
An Australian Kookaburra (Laugh- ing Jackass) has just been discovered at Whangarel, north of Auckland, New Zealand, and naturalists aro wondering how i got there. Kooka- burras, which are of the Kingfisher family, belong exclusively to
Aus tralia where, during some thousands of years of evolution they have op- parently developed an extraordinary sense of humour and certainly heartiest voice of any birds of their size.
tho
Defence on the vulnerability of capital ships to air attack, it is made - plain that there in no- reason " why ships cannot be designed to meet air attack, just as in the past they have been built to resist the assaulta of guns, torpedoes, and mines. Except that in accuracy and duration it is markedly inferior, the aerial bomb has much in common with plunging long-range shell fro
"As instruments of reconnaissance, aircraft are now accepted as a nocess- ory part of the equipment of capital ships and cruisers, to be, embodied in their design.... Naval architects. have risen to the occasion, displaying their accustomed Ingenuity in pro-. viding for the extra demands on space and weight"
Of the three now Brlish carriers, the Ark Royal will be of 32,000, tans, and is reported that she will carry 70 machines. It is believed that her design - will follow the general lines of Courageous, which has an oficial. complement of 18 aircraft. The two other new..carriers, Illustrious “and, Victorious, will be os ay smaller-type then the Ark Royal
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