Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1933, Page 10

WOMAN DISCLOSES FIND IN CHEMISTRY \American Society Told of Soaplike Substance From Hydrocarbons. DOES RHEUMATIC | AGONY DRIVE YOU CRAZY? You cannot hope to lasting | relief from cruel, cnppfil rheu- matic aches and pains if you are & slave to laxative drugs. | ‘Medical authorities make no secret of the fact that often sluggish bow- | b nditions which result pal 5 :’rouen. inflamed limbs and joints. eI atiaey 'pol “'_h.[ Significant discoveries affecting the fields of medicine and industry were reported to the American Chemica) Society here today. Miss Cornelia Burwell of the Uni- source, The Cream of Nujol treatment does this at & cost of only & few cents a day. Doctors especially rec- ommend this new form of Nujol treatment for those suffering from rheumatic conditions. Cream of Nujol lubricates laxative dried bow- els, giving them new elasticity and activity, so that poisonous wastes are thrown off daily by natural | opment of a soap-like substance from | the oxidation of petroleum hydrocar- bons which is proving of great value in | treating such widespread skin ailments as ring worm and other infectious dis- versity of Michigan told of the devel- | o, THE EVENING industrial chemistry toward fresh ad- vances, Dr. Gustavus J. Esselen told a symposium. meeting on cellulose chem- istry. This new knowledge, he believes, will give rise to new industries. Cellulose derived from cotton sialks and wood pulp, he said, is the structural framework of the entire vegetable king dom, and the supply is unlimite Among the newer cellulose products he named immunized cotton which will not take dye; ramie fibers which may be adapted to the production of laces, drapes and furniture coverings: lami- nated safety glass, which will withstand bulle:; adhesive xhlch will r:lduce the cost making an repairing shoes; an the lacquers which are used by the automobile industry. “Ofled gasoline,” tested over 10,000,- 000 miles of roads, stepped up motor r and cut fuel costs, according to . Gustav Egloff of Chicago, research oll chemist. Gains of from 4 to 8 per cent in gasoline mileage, increases in crank case oil mileage up to 100 per cent, and reduced carbon formation were the results determined from these road trials. The “oiled gasoline” —fuel containing a minute amount of lubricating oll—also prevented freez- xgx;f of piston rings, made for less valve nding, cut fuel consumption by 5 per cent and boosted the power output. Glass Knowledge Limited. . | phenyl-acetic acid. STAR, WASHINGTON, at the Bronx Zoo in New York re- vealed hitherto unsuspected relation- ships with the human race, according to a report by Rev. Francis W. Power of Fordham University. “The idea was,” he sald, “to see into what compound the organism converts some mildly toxic substance, such as Previous experi- ments had shown that all the lower animals, including the monkeys, de- toxicated this acid in one way and man in a quite different way. No other experimental subject has been found that shared with a human being this rather unusual detoxicating power. d | The chimpanzee, however, proved to be just as human in this particular as any man. The compound manufac- tured in his body turned out to be the same as would be produced in & human being after a dose of the acid. P drank the solution to study its behavior in the y re- ported that it was vile tastiffg, but that the chimpanzee didn't seem to mind. He took it daily out of a spoon and seemed to like it. “I am much interested in the bear- ing the experiment might seem to have on the subject of evolution,” Prof. Power sald, “since it adds another similarity to the many others that have been observed between man and the ape. I have never seen any proof that D. C, WEDNESDAY, National Institute of Hiealts Teported apiatin of the puss 4 e crystalline form -of vitamin b-1, the nerve tonic in vegetables. Drs. Walter Scholl and R. O. E. Davis of the Fixed Nitrogen Laboratory reported that they have produced a ma- terial suitable for fertilizer by treating peat, the fuel, with ammonia. ‘Tonight Dr. Irving Langmuir, Nobel prize winner in chemistry, will deliver an address on “Surface Chemistry” at Constitution Hall, to be followed by cgncfg of the National Symphony Or- “hest VETERANS TO INSTALL Jewish Organization Meeting to Be at Center Tonight. Installation of officers will feature a meeting of Washington Post, Jewish War Veterans, tonight a$ 8 o'clock at the Jewish Community Center. National Comdr. J. George Fredman of New -Jersey will be the principal speaker. Other speakers will be Col. John A. Korman, who has been in- dorsed by the post for Commissicner, and Samuel W. Silverman, organizer of the post. MARCH 29, 1933. TYPHUS AUTHORITY (Dr. Rolla E. Dyer Also Tells of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Dr. Rolla E. Dyer, assistant director of the National Institute of Health, lectured last night on “Typhus and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in the United States” under auspices of the versity. | Selected as the 1923 Kober lecturer | by the Assoclation of Military Surgeons, Dr. Dyer has done much to advance medical knowledge of these two diseases. LECTURES AT G. U, & Kober Foundation at Georgetown Uni- | endemic typhus is transmitted to hu- | mans by. the bite of rat fleas. i Fatality Varies Widely. | The fatality of ted fever varies greatly in sections, Dr. Dyer explained, and is greater in the West than in the | In Montana, the mortality rate | has reached as high as 85 per cent, | and in other sections has dropped to about 5 per cent.- The Eastern mor- | tality rate, he said, is approximately 25 | per_cent. | With the season for spotted fever, | transmitted by the common tick, Te: inning, the Public Health scientist recounted the precautions that should be taken and measures for pre- | vention which include not only the use | of a vaccine, but also tick eradication measures. | Washington is “apparently immune” | from typhus fever, he assured, but t! occurs from year to year in Bal- timore. Introduced by Dr. Morgan. Dr. William Gerry Morgan, dean of the School of Medicine of Georgetown University, introduced the lecturer. The lecture was attended by members of the District Medical Society, the Association of American Physicians and the Asso- ciation of Military Surgeons, the three POOL APPROVED |Congress Gives Sanction to Swime ming Tank at White House. Congress gave its approval y to the construction of a n-lmming at the White House for President Vt}xthfioé'n private funds. e Scnate adopted and sent to the White House for the Chief Executive's signature a House resolution authoriz- ing acceptance of a fund for the project raised by newspapers in New York and elsewhere. Senator Wagner, Democrat, of New York, who called the resolution up in the Senate, said the President was willing to accept the gift, provided he was authorized to do so by Congress. R e — Rubs Pain Away Quickly Agonizing rtheumatic pains, sore muscles, bruises and sprains quickly respond to Musce Rubbing Oil. 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Camphor is essential in medicine and in the manufacture of explosives, celluloid, lacquers and mo- tion picture films. Approximately 10,- 000,000 pounds now are imported an- nually, mostly from Japan, where the supply is running short. Recent indus- trial developments indicate s much greater demand in the near future, Other Infections Respond. Reporting on her soap-like synthetic faty acid salts, Miss Burwell sald: “Pungus infections and mixed infections both deep seated and surface in char- acter have responded to the treatment. Twenty cases which responded to no other treatment were cleared up by ap- | plication of the salts. It has been found that recurring surface infections due to a constitutional condition can be controlled by proper use of the salts. | “They are essentially non-irritating, but are probably more penetrating than | any other bacteriocide. ~They appre- ciably soften the skin. 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He identified a form of typhus in rural sections of the East as the spotted fever of the Rocky Mountain reglons and You Can NOW Have Instant, Modern, Genuine, White Aladdin Lamps l;r:' 35.75 Wlllunl. Shad. Tr I you have a Summer cott where gas or electricity is not able. you will appreciate the n amazing advantages of one of these| kerosene lamps. Safe, odorless,) smokeless, noiseless. % MUDDIMAN ;. 911 G St. Nat. 0140-2622 nized 1888 Upholstered in homespun tapestry. Sofa and armchair. Loose seat cushions. isms so0_that favorable results are obtained.” Red blood cells, Dr. Whipple reported, | are manufactured from bone marrow when it is acted upon by materials | which are manufactured within the !liver. In cases of parnicious anemi he found that the liver sometimes con- tains four times the normal supply. In another type of anemia these are stored up steadily in the liver because there is no bone marrow upon which they can act. The new synthetic camphor, Dr. Whipple reported, is made up from turpentine, sulphuric acid, common salt and soda ash, and is a high-grade product produced at a minimum cost. “To the lay mind.” he said, “camphor is something which finds its chief use in medicine and moth balls. P loxi- cally enough, camphor is found almost anywhere except in moth balls, which usually are composed of napthalene, & coal tar derivative. Material Close to Camphor. “Chemists have known for a long time that ordinary turpentine oil ob- tained from our native pine consists largely of a material which is closely related to camphor. Numerous previ- ous attempts to produce the product in this country have all failed because of ;2: complexity of the necessary meth- THREE-PIECE $59.75 JACQUARD VELOUR LIVING ROOM SUITE with mahogany-finished frame.-: $ 5% Savings Plan Shares 0, 6% Full Participating Shares THREE-PIECE $69.75 JACQUARD VELOUR LIVING ROOM SUITE. 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Interest and rents due or accrued.. 4,529.44 Total income ..$56,140.34 2-Piece Overstuffed Suite Upholstered in tapestry, designed with 79 Gross assets. .$355,152.36 Deduct t ot d « 2,814.00 Total admitted assets .....$352,338.36 Liabilities Net unpaid claims, Total unearned premiums ...... 14,639.44 Other liabilities ... 21,249.75 Surplus over all liabilities « 316,189.21 Total disburse- —_—— ments .....$41,852.96 Total . .$352,338.36 Net Premiums Written During the Year District of * Columbis CHAS. EATTELMANN, President L. PIERCE BOTELER, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of February, 1933. (Seal) HELEN C. RUSSELL, Notary Public, D, C. 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