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MEASURING THE NERVE

SOME RECENT EXPERIMENTS

THE NECESSITY

OF STIMULUS

Chicago.

Experiments In "mensuring" the proper functioning of nerves--39 6 thermometer registers temperature:

the changes were described to American Association for the Ad- vancement of Selence at Chicago by Professor A. V. Hill, of London University.

Professor Hill explained that along the nerves there are weak to transmit points, where ability

impulses to the brain fail, thus delaying the receipt of mesanges by the central switchboard to the the brain. This comparison of nervous system to a telegraph in- For stallation is closely accurate. Just as telegraph wires can trans- mit only certain number of mes. Anges at a time,.no, too, the im- pulses which the nerves can carry aro strictly limited.

are

begins.

nerves,

If the nerves overloaded, "wire trouble"

In his survey of the working of

Professor

used # thermometer that registered a tem- perature change as small as two- millionths of a degree. With this Instrument he found that nerves, like musclca, produce heat when stimulated to work.

ELECTRICAL STIMULI.

He therefore applied electrical stimull to living nerves. He found that, if a strong stimulus was given at frequent intervals, the nerve continued to produce heat-but only up to a certain point. Too much stimulus resulted in a complete ahut-down of the nerve's activity. When the nerve was given too much work to do, said Professor Hill, it became "inhibited" and inoperative.

It was at the same gathering that Another paper of general interest was read. This was the address by Professor Ludwig Diels, of the University of Berlin, who disclosed some secrets of plant life.

He said that in the botanical world, ns in the human world, were some members which exhibited "Individual" traits and others which tended towards Socialism."--In some plant societies the single

THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY. AUGUST

Cadet D. E. Woods, of Nottingham University, winner of the King's Prize at Bisley, being chaired after his

ISOLATION OF LEPROSY

SCIENTISTS' GREAT

ACHIEVEMENT

Washington.

The scientists never cease their war on leprosy. Quietly and with- out spectacular publicity they work in their laboratories against this dread disense,

An advance in this "war" has been announced by the Edward Wood Memorial, of Washington, who state that the germ of leprosy has been isolated.

This has been done by Dr. Earl B. McKinley, denn, of George Washington medleal school, and Dr. Malcolm H. Soule of the University of Michigan. It is regarded as an important stop forward, for scientists have been trying

isolate the leprosy, germ for the past sixty years.

In 1872 a Norwegian bazteria- logist discovered the germ be lieved to be responsible for the disease. It closely resembled that of tuberculosis. But the establishment that leprosy was a

more

erm disease was of little value in its conquest until the germ could be taken into the laboratory and studied. This, it is claimed, can now be done.--Reuter,

specimen loses its identity, in the What Interests of the community. As examples of co-operative growth, he instanced the inndelion, in which the individual flowers are compactly clustered. In others, such as the

Makes

orchid, the single flower is para A Blonde?

mount. Reuter.

Moustaches Taboo in Andalusia

WOMEN OBJECT

Madrid.

The women of Andalusin do not like men with moustaches,

In Aznalcollar, known locally as "the village of moustaches," they have rebelled and are using ali their wiles to persuade their men- folk to shave their upper lips.

Nearly every man in the village has a moustache of the good old- fashioned kind, covering large part of the face.

The boys of the village rub their upper lips with bacon fat to make the hair grow.

But the women mean to change all that-Router.

STORM TROOPERS & SCHOOLBOY

A COMEDY OF IGNORANCE

Berlin.

SCIENCE BELIEVES.

IT KNOWS

Chiengo, Illinois. What makes you tall or short, blonde or brunette, blue-eyed or brown-eyed? Probably it is n bundle of atoms known as a "molecule" which you inherited from your parents.

All characteristics which people derive from their parents are bel loved to be controlled by tiny particles known as "geues," and the theory that these genes are "molecules" or bundles of atoms wae advanced before the Ameri can Association for the Advance ment of Science recently.

"Gencs," or combinations of them, are believed to control in-1 heritance by belag passed on frum generation to generation through human cells. When a short man appears in a race of tall people, or a brunette turns up in a family that has been blonde for genera- tions, it. is believed to be caused by a change or "mutation" in the particular "genes" that control height or hair colour.-Reuter.

SPANK YOUR CHILD

SCIENCE APPROVES

Iowa City, Iowa,

The good sound spanking is approved by Dr. Esther Richards, Professor of paychiatry at Johns Hopkins University. She says that science has found no sub- stitute for it. Nazh storm troopers arrested afIf you find that your child has 16-year-old Jowish schoolboy in the scattered the contents of the ico A small Thuringian box over the kitchen floor, give streets of town, and took him to their bar-him a sound spanking," she said racks for "examination."

in addressing the Seventh Annual

In his antchel, they found Conference of Child Welfare. document covered with hierogly phics. They decided that it must

report in Hebrew

be a secret ro

"There is no uso" she added," trying to reason with a amali child. The child will ston becauso he has nothing better to An-expert was enlloc. Ho dis do, but it is time wasted in belling Cayered HAL The boy was only try him "Why GROWN TOE

dalarni hortinio atentaras L thing! Reuter totum

victory.

Primo Carnera, the new world's beavyweight boxing champion, dancing

with chorus girls at the New York theatre where his is appearing.

Vernon

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"William

Shakespeare" '(Mr.

Janer) photographing "Queen Elizabeth" (Mr. Martin Lowis) at the Shakospearian Masque and Fayre held at Beckenham, Kent.

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BOYCOTT WEAPON

PROPOSAL FOR TRADE UNION CONGRESS

London, Aug. 19. British Labour, through the General Council of the Trades Union Congress, has called for a boycott of German goods and ser- vices. The Congress meets early in September when tho лgenda, including the motion for a German boycott, will be considered.

The Council; in stressing the severe setback sustained by inter national Trades Unionism owing to the Nazi Bolzure of German Trade Unions, urges the boycott, in the hope that it will bring home to the German Government the fact that the crimes committed cannot be condoned.

The ban, according to the report issued by the Council, must be made so effective that the German people will sweep away the present regime and revert to the ways of freedom. -Reuter.

CANTON CRASH

TWO AIRMEN HURT AT SHAUKAULING

Canton, Aug. 20. Another accident of a serious naturo was reported yesterday morning when a Morris plane, pilated by the Third Squ Assistant Commander, Llu kwang, who carried with him as another Government passenger Aviation trainer. clashed whilo undertaking 'n teat fight over the now Shaukauting Aerodrome.

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The plot had narrow escape from serious injuries; and both mon had to be admitted to the Chungahan University Hospital.

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