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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5,

OUR DAILY TALK ON ECHO OF MANILA BAY.

HEALTH.

HIP TROUBLE MISTAKEN FOR SCIATICA.

INFLAMMATION.

DISASTER.

TUG'S MASTER FOUND TO BLAME.

.Francisco de la Cruz, captain of the steam tug Leyden, which sank near the mouth of the Pasig river a few weeks ago with considerable loss of life, is threatened with the loss of his master's license,

ENGLAND IS MORE SOBER.

DRINK CONVICTIONS 8,000) FEWER.

LAST YEAR'S REPORT.

Is the country growing more A score of years ago the diag

sober? An answer to this quos- nosis of sciatica or sciatic neuritis,

tion is given in the affirmative in algnifying inflanimation of the

The board of marine accidents, the Licensing Statistics for last large nerve which passes down the back of the thigh, was frequently which conducted an investigation year, published recently by the (H.M. Stationery into the circumstances surround- Home Office made.

The condition was treated by all ing the mishap, has found Captain Office, 3s. 6d.). It is reported sorts of general procedures, in- de la Cruz responsible, It has that the total number of convic- cluding the application of lina- been learned. In the roport of tions for drunkenness in Englan mente, of heat, and the giving of its findings, which will be sub- and Wales in the year under various substances directly into mitted to the insular collector of review was 67,120, as comparod the nerve with the idea of block-customs recommendation is made with 76,077 for 1925- decrease ing it up and thus relieving the that Captain De la Cruz be of 7,951. The total reached a suspended. It is generally run lower level than in any year since pain.

derstood that the insular customa 1919. collector will sustain and indorse it to the secretary of finance, who will have, the final word in the

Trouble in Hip Joint. There always have been, how ever, some physicians who insist ed that cases diagnosed as sciatica were frequently not actually a dis-matter, turbance of the nerve, but the re-

The board held that Captain Da sult of trouble in the hip joint or la Cruz committed a mistake in in the bones of the lower portion taking the Leyden out to the bay of the back.

while typhoon signal No. 2 was Several physicians say that 90 hoisted, and also for having taken

of the conditions too. per cent.

a route other than the channel be- readily diagnosed as sciatica are actually the result of an inflamtween Manila and Engineer Island. mation of the joint of the hip or of the spine,..or of some other dis- turbance such as tumor or other bone disease.

When called upon to make a de- cision in such cases, it is neces- sary for the physician to make a most careful study. Inflammation of the hip joint usually results in some limitation of motion. This may not, however, be easily ap- parent to the patient but has to be demonstrated by the physician. when he makes his examination.

Tenderness and pain may result from any of the discases mention- ed, as well as from an Inflamma- tion of the nerve itself.

X-ray Not Sure.

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

GLORIA SWANSON'S BIG ́

PICTURE.

The report emphasises the fact that these figures ropresent en- victions; they cannot be used as synonymous with inebriety, Nor does the absence, or a low rate, of convictions' mean sobriety.

"Such misuse of the figures lends to wrong and astonishing conclusions. Other causes than mere sobriety led to increasingly low levels of figures of convic credible that it was only increas tions during the ing insobriety which caused the 12 increase of the figures to their peak in 1918.

1927,

OUR CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

Across.

2 Sent on. 9 Cat like animal. war. It is in-10 Place for combat.

11 Age.

Receptacle for flowers, 13 Raw hides. 15 Stories.

18 Things.

19 Ediblo plants, 22 Dismal.

"Taking the figures for what they are, and surveying the ques tion over a considerable period, 23 Takes in charge. broad view that the country is 25 Within. growing more sober, though slow-26 Waterways. of Sunya," "The Love

which ly, is not affected by the consi-27 Over. comes to the Queen's Theatre to- deration that everywhere there 28 Concealed. day as the feature attraction until must have been every year eases 29 Internal. Saturday, sets a new standard for of drunkenness which might have 32 Sink lower. Gloria Swanson, alike for the skilled to convictions, but did not and 84 Vexes.

increase hereafter."

40 Sweet smelling flowers. of her acting and for the fact that it would not be fundamentally 87 Part of a finger,

41 Viewed. the picture is her first production affected if the figures showed an as a member of United Artists, a group of producers that includes such famous players as Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, and Buster Keaton.

"Fower Public Houses.

43 Positions. 45 Twig.

46 Dutch measure (plural)

The occurrence of the drunken-47 Wild plum... ness which leads to conviction is 48 Transmits. 50 Trembled. stated to be unevenly distributed 49 Measured out. over the days of the week. Satur- day is the most fruitful day for arrests and contributes about 32

The X-ray may be useful in re-

The story of "The Love of Yogi who venling the presence of the change" Sunya" deals with a in the bone, but does not always goes out into the world to right bring it out. When a joint is Rwrong he committed in his severely inflamed, the muscles as-incarnation of centuries before per cent, of the total.

The cases of convictions for sociated with the movement of the and the struggle of a girl he had joint tend to be smaller than known in a former life to decide drunkenness, in which the condi- usual, those on the disturbed aide between love, ambition and duty.tion of the convicted person was being smaller also than those on A crystal plays an important part reported to have been due to the in the story, enabling the girl to drinking of methylated spirit, de- the good side of the patient.

An inflammation of the nerve see what each choice would lead creased from 444 in 1925 to 389 in It is probable (continues the itself does not always result in ao for herself and the men who 1926.

are seeking her hand. reaction of the whole body in the Clorin Swanson rises to great report), that the measures which form of severe changes in the emotional heights with the material were used in 1924 to make methy blood that, almost invariably re-supplied by this strong story, and lated spirits more unpalatable, had sults from an inflammation of a she is supported by a competent helped to stop the growth of that. joint.

cast including several faces new evil

There were at the beginning of Cases of the type described are to movie-goers. The settings are the best indication of the imper-in keeping with the general merit last year in England and Wales tance of scientific medical exami-of the picture, one of the scenes 79,800 premises licensed for the nation leading to proper diagnosis being a reproduction of the 'famous sale of intoxicating liquor for in the care of disease.

Opera Comique in Paris. "The consumption on or off the pre- The treatment of the case with Love of Sunya" is thus a picture mises, and 22,149 premises licensed inflammation or change in the of outstanding interest and great for sale consumption off the pre- sciatic nerve must be entirely dif- impressiveness.. ferent from that of the case with an inflammation or change in the bones or joints associated with the nerve.

GHASTLY "SOUVENIRS."

: SKULLS TAKEN AWAY

FROM SPITZBERGEN.

Oslo: Reports have arrived from Svalbard that tourists to that hunt for Polar island, in their souvenirs, have desecrated graves of explorers and even taken skulls away with them. Svalbard-or Spitzbergen, as the name was before the island group was taken. over by Norway-marked for cen- turies the most northerly point to which men had forced their way in attempts to conquer the North Pole. Hundreds of brave men have met death on its lonely shores, and the surviving comrades have buried them in the way. usual in the far north-under heaps of stones and with a simple wooden cross placed on top of the mound.

The Norwegian authorities have now taken steps to prevent such profanation in the future.

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

VERYTAING

IS ROSY AGAIN IN THE

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IF EVERYWUNG 605S WELL WE SHOULD BE: IN OUR NEW PLACE BY EARLY FALL!

EXECUTED,

General Francisco R. Ser- rano, one of the Mexican rebel leaders, who has been, captured, court-martialled, and executed.

mises. In the ten years 1895 to 1004 the average annual decrease was 386.

The decrease in 1926 was 560, and for the 21 years 1905 to 1926 the average was 934. During 1926 is thought, the decrease will, it

be about 530, leaving a total of about 79,380 on-licences at the beginning of this year.

Drunken Motor Drivers.

From June 1, 1925, to the end of that year 804 persons were con- victed of drunkenness while in charge of mechanically-propelled vehicles and were disqualified from holding a drivers' licence for

a year.

There were at the beginning of last year 12.138 registered clubs, showing an increase of 358 during the preceding twelve months. It is estimated that during last year the number of registered clubs was further increased by about 342, chiefly ex-Service and mili tary, to judge by their titles, states the report

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31 Fossessive pronoun.

33 Noble man.

35 Pitched.

136 One who leases.

138 Helped.

39 Guides.-

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