Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1930, Page 12

THE EVENING, STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1930. | [ELECTRICITY SEEN AS NEW AID | o Works Ay |y o e+ o TWO CHANCES OPEN - R v Diseases OF EYE o o s e, | LTS T ON RAILWAY DEAL TO END PRESS GAG upreme Court to Hear Newspaper Suppression Law Appeal. B R * B the Assoclated Press. -4 LIS, October ~31.—Two avenues of hope for abolition of Minne- ah'n newspaper suppression law open- before opponents of the statute to- H led to Washington, where the dupreme Court of the United States to hear oral arguments attacking e measure; the other stretched to orthern Minnesota and two State ators. « Minnesota courts two years sup- the Saturday Press, a Minne- lis weekly publication, under the law, for an attack upon the mayor and his adminisiration, and the Supreme Court yesterday -announced it would hear oral arguments on the appeal, after which it will deeide whether a review will be granted. « Regardless of the Supreme Court's action, State Senators George H. Lom- ten, Eveleth, co-author of the statute, and Henry L. Morin, Duluth, will seek €0 nullify the measure at the 1931 ses- sion of the Legislature. * Lommen will sponsor a move for re- Morin will propose an amendment di- ted at those responsible for objec- nable articles rather than at sup- pression of the periodical. " Efforts to repeal the law at the last Dr. Weak Current Erlanger, Scientist, Contends Passing Tixrough Affected Optic Will Rebuild Living Cells and Tissues. BY MALCOLM CAMPBELL. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. , October 21 (N.AN.A).— Coincident with the daring experiment Uin whnma.kmo,':y un{- izing lightning, are seel apply some !llllfluonn of volts to break up the atom, nnot.he.rh Ber&:l"lgunmt is at- tempting to show 24 g an e!ceped;;‘uly weak current of electricity through the eye, the most sensitive of ‘the human organs, it is possible to bulld up again the little living cells and tissues whose injury or degeneration can result in total blindness. Dr. Gustay Erlanger, one of the ploneers -in Germany of the electro- therapeutic treatment of eye diseases, is firmly convinced that the great miracle of electricity will not be the final revelation of iis tremendous dis- ruptive power, but the manifestation of its power to restore life to cells that have ceased .to function. Once selence has found a way of establish- ing the frequency of living cells, the hope of a diseaseless human race will be brought much nearer realization, he maintains. Method Is Simple for Patient. Dr. Erlanger’s method, called the fonization of the eye, is really very simple. At least, it is for the patient. ‘The negative electrode is placed in his hand. The positive electrode, preferably against trachoma, a disease which is prevalent in 57 countries, Apart from the healing of trachoma, Dr. Erlanger belleves his method can be successfully applied to blindness brought about by drinking cheap syn- thetic alcohol. “The taking of methanol as a substi- tute for alcoholic drinks has disastrous effects upon the retina and leads in time to partial or total blindness,” says Dr. Erlanger. “It is generally assumed that the parts most affected are the ganglion cells of the retina, or even the optic nerve itself. Of course, the sooner treatment begins the better. The main thing is to stimulate the circula- tion in the retina and at the same time to bring about a detoxication of the retina. “In cases of a similar nature I have found that the best results are obtained by combining the so-called ionization of the eye with the diathermic treat- ment. For the fonization of the eye I make use of a 1 per cent solution of calclum chloride and pass an electric current of one milliampere strength through the eye to the negative elec- trode, which I place at the back of the neck. The diathermic treatment of the eye follows immediately afterward and lasts at least 20 minutes. It is very important that before the treatment an injection should be made of a prepara- tion containing albumen and strych- nine, which serves to stimulate the re- dogs found that not only has normal eye- sight been. restored, but that the dis- temper has been effectively and perma- nently cured as well. “It all goes to strengthen my belief in the great future of electro-therapy,” says Dr. Erlanger. “And there is one thing I should like to emphasize, and that is that I have proved how even small quantities of foreign ions, when applied electrically, are capable of re- storing the vitality of the cells and m"-" them fulfill their proper func- Thus, while on one hand sclence is expecting tremendous results from the bombardment of the atom with the so- called alpha particles, equally great things are expected from the bombard- ment of living ‘cells with ions. In the the rupture and disintegration of mat- ter; in the latter the restoration and regeneration of living organs. Has Fought for Recognition. Although Dr. Erlanger is still com- paratively young, he knows what it means to be called upon to put up a long struggle for the recognition of his ideas. A turning point in his career came when he addressed the Thirteenth International Congress for Ophthalmol- ogy in Amsterdam. Since then he has been receiving an increasing measure of academic recognition. Professor Ito, eminent Japanese ophthamologist, has recently testified to the success of the Erlanger method in Japanese hospitals. Professor Abramowitsch of Kiev, prob- ably the most authoritative specialist on eye diseases in Russia, has also adopted the Erlanger method. A steady hand and a special “elec- Proposed Transfer of Cotton Belt to Southern Pacific Discussed at I.-C. C. Hearing. By the Associated Press. et by, sietiave, BOdBwerS opposition by com ive wesf railroads to the proposed purchase of the Cotton Belt by the Southern Pacific was indicated at an Interstate Com- :wn:e Commission hearing here yester- ay. Representatives of the Southern Pa- ||} cific said they were unwilling to allow the commission to prescribe that exist- | |f ing routes of traffic must be maintained after the sale. Officials of the Katy, St. Louis & San Francisco, Rock Island dnd Texas & Pacific systems had prom- ised to intervene unless they were guar- anteed continuation of traffic now given | |i the ‘lines at Southern Pacific eonnec- ||} Hale Holden, chairman of the South- ern Pacific Executive Committee, said 1t was not his road's intention to change any of the existing routes of traffic. He |} explained, however, that he was un- willing for ‘any order to be entered ||f which would bind the Southern Pacific to the present traffic interchange. “We cannot tell what conditions may arise | [ifiil R en:).tm;ly whether the e piane to Pt e e o e r:.meghnma about 100 rail- road and Chamber of Commerce repre- sentatives from Texas, Louisiana, Ar- | kansas, Tennessee and Missouri, ESTATE PROBLEMS SOLVED No. 3 Partnership Two partners had built up a business valued at $40,000. The death of either member of the firm would create a situation decidedly unfavor- able to the estate of the deceased partner. Conference with our Trust Officer resulted in placing $20,000 insurance on the life of each partner with premiums paid out of earnings, making the insurance, in the event of death of either, payable to the Trust Company as trustee for the exclusive benefit of his family and making the survivor sole owner of the business. John B. Larner President Leonard Marbury " Harry W. Gauss We invite you to bring your problems to us. The Washington Loan €9° Trust Company William H. Baden Vice President and Trust Officer Bernard L. Amiss Charles M. Irelan, Jr. session of the Legislature were unsuc- «cessful. BISHOP IMPROVING Counterfeit Charges Fail. NEW YORK, October 21 (#).—A Fed- trical sense” are required of those who Assistant Trust Officers Seventeenth Street at G a zinc rod, is wrapped in cotton wool tina’'and the circulation.” handle the Erlanger apparatus. and dipped into a salt solution snd Claims ‘Productien of “Oataract. “The oculist of the future,” says Dr. then placed upon the naked_eye. The electric current, varying from one-half | Of special interest to oculists is Dr.| Erlanger, “will be a sort of engineer. He ;l;l.l“g:lr:r l":r‘tllgyncgeu-rlzug t.ca)t‘:flu s. | to two milliamperes, according to the | pangers claim to be able to produce| will have to have complete command I } nature of the trouble, is passed through | STISREETS ST 10 B8 W28 0 PIOCUNH Suer mechanical things, . Whenever I| pory mnGy Democratic leader in’ Mal- ! CHICAGO, October 21 (#).—The | the eye for a period lasting from 30 o e have to perform a very delicate opera- | ing and con: ,,why"“‘ of counterfeit- ition of Bishop Sheldon Murson | seconds to 2 minutes. solution of barium chloride. The ex-|tion I take out my car and drive Sonspi g riswold of the Protestant Episcopal| “Catarrhal ulcers that form on the | periment was carried out upon a guinea | through the busiest streets of Berlin, iocese of Chicago, now in the|cornes can be cured after a few treat- gln(“ the cataract appearing within 24| Byt the acquisition of the ‘electrical gvlmwn Hospital suffering a general 3 rs after the use of an electric cur- " yesterday as rent of three milliamperes and the 3 effected without being followed | application of it for three minutes. The| come only throug] fl), who is 69 years old, was ful irritations.” significance of this experiment is that| Maybe it L not some can gyeported critically ill. His physician, Dr. Erlanger’s contentions are sub- | if it is possible to produce a cataract| gequired at all. Maybe it is just & gift.” Dr. Dwight F. 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