RADIO-WAVES IN MEDICINE Warming The
"Inside"
The use of radio-waves in me- dicine and surgery is being deve- loped steadily, and öffers pon- do sibilities of treatment which not appear to be obtainable with any other medium. If an object
Ls placed in
a region penetrated
CLEANLINESS OR HISTORY
LESSONS?
Sir L Hill And Food Dangers
"Might, not a little less teaching of the dates of the Kings of Eng- land and a little more of the prin- ciples of cleanliness be of advant
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1936.
CORONATION FLAGS MADE IN GERMANY
From British Wool
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TEAM OF TWO BEAT ELEVEN CRICKETERS
1832 Defeat Is
HOME FOOTBALL
Cardiff Draw With Southend
Loridon 'Sept. 28.
Unavenged! Cardiff City displace Luton as
leaders of the southern section of the third division as a result of Rip van Winkle cricket broke to-day's out at Wittersham, Kent, recently Southend. Cardiff were held to a home match against when a return match was playedam of one goal each this being after a lapse of 104 years. it
the third point these dropped in nine matches.
In 1832 a local licensee, when the air was thick with cricket
professionals could beat any team of local cricketers.
In the Scottish League, Aberdeen
by radio-waves, electric currents | age"? asked Sir Leonard Humanufacturers by surprise, and boasts, made a wager that two scored a home win when they best will be induced in it. The strength | Director of Research, 6t. John they
and distribution of the currents depend on the wave-length or fre- quency of the radio-waves and on the
electrical characteristics "or
the object. It should be under-
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The manufacture of Coronation fags and souvenirs in England- is being seriously hindered by two factors, shortage of labour and shortage of wool.
The unprecedented demand for
has taken
British many fags
are now finding that the Clinic and Institute of Physical | stocks of wool of the type from
which bunting is made are Medicine, in his presidential ad- dress recently to the annual con- ning short. ference of Harrogate.
"Never during the last 20 years has there been such a shortage of wool of the quality required," a Bradford wool" manufacturer in formed." a "Morning Post" repre- sentative recently. "This wool is grown in New Zealand, South Am- erica. and, in small quantities, in Ireland. but the nest is the Eng- tish wool from long-haired sheep brea chiený in Lincolnshire. This Lype of wool is very suitable for tags, as it is coarse wearing.
"All stocks have been practically exhausted and It is impossible to obtain more" he said. "The last New Zealand and South Ameri- can clips were bought mainly by Germany and the United States,
The health of the world in gen- stood that the size of the currents i eral and of the people of Great does not depend directly on the Britain in particular was the sub- composition of the object. For inject of Sir Leonard's address, which stance, 1 two objects of the same included references to: shape and electrical properties. but of entirely different chemical composition, are put in the field the currents induced by the waves will be exactly similar.
Cleanliness. Malnutrition
Physical Training: and Birth Control.
On the subject of milk he critic It has been known theoretically ised the action of the Ministry in and experimentally, for a long time instituting a grade called "ac- that high-frequency electrical os-credited." which the public patur- cillations, or short waves, will be ally would consider safe, while ac- more effective than low-frequency.tually Its. productiun or long waves, in producing these
currents in exposed obiecta. has also been known that if the object was a good electrical con- ductor such as a metal, the cur- rents would tend to be confined to the skin or surface, This led to the assumption that the sante effect would occur if the object was a piece of living material
INTERNAL HEAT
If all the current were concṛn trated in the surface or skin of the living body It 'might be badly burned. The 'asumption was wrong," as living bodies, unlike metals are not very good con- ductors. In them the current is Spread fairly uniformly through their inside. When any current passes through any object it pro-.. ..duces heat, owing to the ordinary. electrical resistance. Hence heat will be produced at all places in- side the body where the current passes. If the current is uniform the heating will be uniform throughout the body. Much re- search has been done on the me- dical effects of such heating. There is as yet no good evidence that the medical effects are due to any- thing except the Heating." All that the radio-waves do is to warm up places Inside the body, whien can- not be warmed up by any other known method without burning the patient.
Persons sufering from many sorts of disease have been treated by radio-warming, and a number of good results have been obtain ed. It is not yet possible to say with certainty how much of the Improvement was due to radio- warming. The word "radio" haa mágical implications for many persons, and when they bear they are to receive "radio" treatment they begin at once to feel better.
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gave nu
security against milk-borne infec- tions. Policy was ruled by commer- cial interests and not by science, he declared.
Sir Leonard deplored the "inde- cent" exposure of foods in open shops to the pollution of dust and flies. It was strange. he said, to note the fuss a man,made when given an unclean plate by a waiter In a restaurant, and yet he took no need of the files and wasps which | crawled over food on a hot day.
Concerning the detection of mat- nutrition In children, Sir Leonard asserted that this was a matter of clinical experience and could not be settled on a statistical basis of weight and haight,"
by
"HOW TO BE FIT Skilled movement "was the basis of man's mental equipment; skill of hand and eye he obtained the essentials of life. and yet it ap peared that some 70 per cent. of British youth between the ages of 14 and 18 received no physical training.
He urged that secondary school or university training should be given to none who had not ob Lained a certificate for physical fitness.
Referring to the falling birth rate, Sir Leonard said: "A nation is decadent which considers a mio- tor-car a greater possession than a child. The proper number of chil dren in each family to maintain the nation is three, not one, and while the limitation of large lami- iles is wise, the wide prevention of any children must lead to national disaster,!
Sir Leonard spoke of the value of cool air, and declared that no man need earn his living "by the sweat of his brow." It paid em ployers, he said, to give employees adequate cooling.
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who anticipated our Coronation requirements berpre we did. But there is nothing that can be done about it now.”
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This fact was confirmed by z large manufacturer of flags" in London.
BRADFORD WOOL
A £20 bet was taken. the two professionals won by 66 runs and, as far as we know, the licensee lived happily ever after.
After turning the matter over. their minds for a century or su, the Isle of Oxney cricketers decided that this matter could not be allowed to rest as it was.
WON BY THIRTY-FOUR They therefore challenged two more professionals-Ashdown, of Kent, and Wensley, of Bussex-to a return match,
Queen's Park by the odd goal in three- Reuter.
MOTOR RECORDS ABANDONED
A. B. Jenkins Gives
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Up Attempts
Bonneville Bait Flats, Sept. 28. A. B. Jenkins, the American
motor racing expert, has abandon- ed his attempt to lower all world's records tor twelve hours after breaking the world's marks for'
Ashdown and the 200 kilometres, 200 miles. 1,000
Sad to relate history repeated itself, and the two professionals again beat the Isle of Oxney team by 34 runs.
The score was ale of Oxney 152, Wensley 186,
Still, they appear to be wearing these professionals down. Only defeated by 34 runs against 68 in 18321 Almost any century поw they will be on level terus.
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There is said to be a movement on foot to hold this match every hundred Sears or so. Ah, hot blood, hot young blood!
kilometres and 1,000 miles,
He did the 200 kilometres at an average speed of 170.288 m.p.h. and the 200 miles at a speed of 171.05. m.p.h. The 1,000 kilometres was accomplished at a speed of 166.65 and the thousand miles at 165.73.
Jenkins also broke the world's best figures for three hours driv- ing, averaging 168.46 m.p.h. and for the six hours, his 'speed being
Router.
is a comparatively specialised busi-165.72
Deas."
"Only this morning he stated, "I was visited by a man who was selling flags of Bradford wool It is estimated that nearly two which had been made in Germany. million Union Jacks and other A ́very large number of such Bags ¦ flags, ranging from the smallest | made from our wool are being re- exported to us In this manner. "These, however, are not such a menace to us as the Japanese pro- ducts, since they sell at much the same price as our own."
Another manufacturer 'stated that the price of bunting had been raised considerably lately and was likely to rise still higher.
"We bought our stocks of raw material very early," he stated and we shall be able to cope with any demand made upon us. Al- ready the orders we have received have greatly exceeded our most hopeful expectations. One great hindrance, however, is a general shortage of labour, as flag-making
NEWSY VIEWS
A GROUSE FROM SCOTLAND I have just returned from a short visit to the North of Scot- land, writes a correspondent in the "Evening Standard";
From Inverness-shire and Strathspey, at any rate, tenants of grouse moors are returning south earlier than usual. The exodus has nothing to do with the inter- national situation. Sport has been
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Mr. Alfred Wade, chief sanitary inspector of Nottingham. stated that considerable business was now Recently I motored 40 miles to done in the collection of used food see a friend who rents a famous lars, bottles, and other containers, moor. He had gorie south two which were returned food days before. I saw the keeper, an manufacturers for further wT. old acquaintance of 30 years' The common sources of supply standing. were tips and refuse receptacles. Yet there was no power to insist on their sterilisation before real
LIMITED IMPORTANCE There is evidence that "radio- warming" has a good effect on many person suffering from neuralgia, sciatica. lumbago, arthritis, and rheumatism.. Ame- rican investigators have evidence that the mortality from pneumo- nla may be reduced by "radio- warming." Sufferers from certain types of heart disease may be re- Heved by the treatment. The rise in temperature reduces the vis ing. cosity of the blood-that is, "think" ImBo that it flowa more easily
"No, grouse, Louis?" I said. "No grousel" he thundered with all the disappointment of lost tips. "They could ha' had 500 brace more. The trouble is that since the war we've a new-fangled kind
on their doorstep."
through the arteries and veins. IS THERE VIRTUE tenant. They want the bir-rds
IN DISCOMFORT?
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with less strain on the heart. The radio-waves act merely as con-
RADIO MIX-UP venient warmers. They act like.
Local pronunciations are always a sort of internal hot-water bottle.
dimcult, but the comic mix-up in The affects are entirely differ-
Puritanism still survives strongly recent broadcast from the Ayr- ent in principle from those of X-
in certain forms. In the idea, for shire fishing village of Dunure rays and radium rays, with which
instance, that there is a positive could seldom have been equalled. they should not be confused.
virtue in being uncomfortable. The English-speaking" announcer "Radio-warming" la rapidly be-
Early rising usually makes peu- gave forth the item. and coming part of general
when medical
ple feel self-righteous. If it 1 George Blake came on to start the practice. Several firms in Eng-necessary from the point of view broadcast he said, "I hope the an- land are manufacturing stan- dard apparatus for producing the early riser nas a passion for seeing The local pronunciation is Dun- of work, well and good. If the nouncez didn't call it Dun-yure. effect
dawn, or likes to bathe before sir." We were duly grateful for breakfast, that is his affair. To the information, but when the fret make a"virtue of Inclination or of the local speakers came on be necessity is, however, somewhat most markedly called it Dun-yure. foolish. It is also very trying to truthful souls who frankly state he heartily holds forth on their preference for a later ap-benefits of the icy morning pluge. pearance.
Re is also fond of winter bathing.
High-frequency currents are be ing Increasingly used in surgery. The surgeon is provided with a special form of narrow blade or needle. At the moment when the needle touches the Best a con- centrated electric arc or flame, whose shape can be controlled, ∙is started. The flesh is cut by the fame. The heat from the flame coagulates the blood and blond vessels on the sides of the cut and
"Early to bed and early to rise: are not necessarily good habits in themselves. Provided people live usefully, healthily, and happily, they should be at liberty to go the way that suits them best.
much reduces bleeding. This is of special value in cancer operations,
The dear old lady who insists on as it prevents the dissemination
her breakfast in bed at 8 a.m. and of loose malignant cells. It 18 said also to produce less shock all the family getting up early too than a surgeon's knife. It is ob- although the salls down-stairs at
the
he pursued his spartan nabita alone and in silence it would be pardonable; but he must try to ac quire virtue by them. The only sensible retort is, "If you do not ilke it, why do you do it? If you do like it, why expect praise for pleasing yourself?!?!
why should it be more virtuous to alt in a hard chair and eat bad-
vious that operations with elec-noon is not so popular sa shely cooked food than to enjoy the tric flames are not painless, might be.
though advantageous in ther
THEY EXPECT PRAISE
amenities of civilization? It is a warped and distorted outlook on way"" Bultable methods of anses The cold bath Bend us another life that produces such vagaries. then) must de used in conjune- | irritating person. Whether bath- May we never join the band of Dis.. tion with that
ing agrees with the victim or not, confort Cranks.
toy to the largest standard. will be manufactured for the Coronation. This figure takes no count of the thousands that are being exported to the Dominions and Colonies.
Later. Bonneville Salt Flats, Sept. 28. A B. Jenkins US. driver who is attempting in his car the Mor- man Meteor, to lower all world re- cords for twelve hours failed at the 50 mile record. hts 187.3 be- fag just behind Von Stuck's 167.38. Shortage of labour is also being His 100 kilometre: das 187:3 experienced by manufacturers of compared with Cobb's 167.615. small souvenirs which will be on He succeeded at the 100 miles, sale at the Coronation In Birm with 169.67 compared with Cobb's Ingham. Manchester, and many 188.59 and the one hour run, 170.- other towns there is a demand for 99 as against Cobb's 167,68,—— skilled men and women workers. Brister.
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