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INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS.
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an illyear was much higher than the average of the 18 defined form for some time and which receives a years since continuous observations were begun in timely formulation from him. He supposes that all 1904, and the condition of London milk in this the cells of the liver do not do the same thing and respect is disquieting. that while some make bile pigments and pass them into the blood it is the business of others to collect IN DEFENCE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH. the pigment from the blood and pass it into the bile IT is not easy to interest a mixed gathering con-. capillaries. It will be well that the facts should be re-examined from this point of view in which it is sisting of research workers in different fields, practipossible that the settlement of a long-standing tioners, and lay sympathisers by a survey of medical research problems, for all speak different dialects. difficulty will be found. Sir Walter Fletcher, at the annual meeting of the Research Defence Society on June 27th, used words INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST so simple that-to quote the chairman-even the TUBERCULOSIS. most scientific could not fail to understand him. He WF. announced -last week the conference of the paid a tribute to the work of the Society in helping International Union against Tuberculosis, to be held to keep the path clear for research and acknowledged at Brussels from July llth to 13th, when three of the right of its members to know what was being the really important subjects in connexion with done. It was his privilege to keep in touch with tuberculosis come up for discussion-namely, Tuber- research subsidised by the State throughout the culosis in the Child, Prophylaxis in the Home by the country, and he selected at random one or two specific Visiting Nurse, and Occupation During and After instances to show that the taxpayer’s money was not Cure. An important item will be a lecture by Prof. being wasted. One of these was the recent discovery Calmette, dealing with the larger aspects of the by Prof. Hopkins of the destructive effect of oxidisaproblem of immunity in tuberculosis. An opportunity tion on A-vitamin. Two sets of rats, on the same basal will be given to members of the union to see the diet, were given a ration of the same quantity of a practical efforts directed against tuberculosis in certain fat which had previously been subjected to Belgium. The report has just appeared (Adlard and heat. The sole difference in the rations was that Son and West Newman, Ltd.), running to 260 pages, air had been bubbled through the heated fat supplied of the conference held in London last year, when to one while that consumed by the controls batch, discussion turned on the modes of diffusion of was not so treated. The control rats throve, the others tuberculosis throughout the races of the world and the and health. The application of this weight progress of the tuberculosis campaign in different simple experiment, for which live animals were countries. -This volume will form a valuable book essential, to human alimentation was likely to be of reference for those attending the Brussels Confor example, the lack of A-vitamin in ference and for all who are specially interested in lard, which had long puzzled biochemists, was probtuberculosis from the public health side. ably attributable to the process of preparation, since in pouring the heated fat into the bladders in which lard was usually distributed to retailers there was THE SALE OF TUBERCULOUS MILK. ample opportunity for exposure of a large surface to AT a meeting of the Medical Committee of the air. Traders in Norway and Newfoundland were House of Commons, specially summoned last week for seeking advice from us as to the proper methods the purpose, a resolution was unanimously carried of producing cod-liver oil, and this new work stating that in the opinion of the medical representa- would doubtless help them. Sir Walter Fletcher tives in Parliament the danger to the community, referred also to the results recently obtained by Miss especially to children, from the consumption of Chick and her colleagues in Vienna, described on tuberculous milk is so great that the selling of milk p. 7 of this issue of THE LANCET. The standardisacontaining tubercle bacilli should be made a penal tion of biological drugs was, in his opinion, another offence. The resolution is timely in view of the urgent need which could only be met by animal second reading in the House of Lords early experiment. The dangers attending the use of this week of a Bill dealing with the supply of pure extract of undefined strength in labour milk to the community. As regards infection with have been obvious to the practitioner ; according tubercle, the administrative difficulties are very , to Sir Walter Fletcher, the much-needed Bill providing clearly set out in Dr. W. J. Howarth’s annual report for standardisation of the various extracts prefor 1921 as medical officer of health for the City of different manufacturing firms is to be by pared London, which has just appeared. Three series of introduced this session. Lord Knutsford, who milk samples, totalling in all 78 items, were examined voiced the appreciation of the audience and last year for tubercle bacilli, and nearly a. quarter of drew attention to heart-muscle preparations shown these were found to contain them. Infected milk 1. de B. Daly and Miss Bainbridge. by was despatched to London during the year 1921 from The excess of expenditure over income of the Sudbury, Lavenham, Chelmsford, Walton-on-Naze, Society (11, Chandos-street, W. 1) for Diss, Tivetshall, Spooner Row, Tolleshunt Darcy, 104 and new members are greatly 1 Foulsham, Capel, Gunton, Thorpe-le-Soken, and desired. For a subscription of only 10s. a year those Yarmouth. Dr. Howarth states that as a result of interested in medical research can not only help in its this bacteriological examination action has, of course, but are enabled actually to follow the progress been taken at the farms at which the milk is produced, made, since they are entitled to receive the bi-monthly but he reiterates his conviction that little permanent journal1 of the Society in which all important new improvement can be expected until the responsibility work based on experiment receives early and adequate of ensuring that milk is free from tubercle is made the notice. direct obligation of the farmer. At present it has to be proved that the farmer is aware that he sells or DEEP RADIOTHERAPY IN NEOPLASMS OF suffers to be sold or used for human consumption the THE UTERUS. milk of a cow which is suffering from tuberculosis of I the udder. The difficulty- of proving awareness is A NEW on the application of the Erlangen paper I notorious, and Dr. Howarth contends with reason that in the treatment of uterine neoplasms it should not be necessary for any public body first has lately been published by C. Chambacher and to incur the expense of discovering that infected milk P. 2 who have been working for more than a Descoust, is being sold, and then to notify the farmer, in order year with the powerful generating apparatus devised that remedial measures may be adopted when the Prof. Wintz (voltage 300,000,16-is. spa,rk-gap, and dangerous milk has already been consumed. The percentage of infected milk among the samples 1 The Fight Against Disease. Macmillan. 2 Presse Médicale, June 14th, 1922. examined in London during the early part of last ____
____
lost
far-reaching ;
pituitary long the
presided, Dr.
Defence 1921 was advance,
____
method
by
an illyear was much higher than the average of the 18 defined form for some time and which receives a years since continuous observations were begun in timely formulation from him. He supposes that all 1904, and the condition of London milk in this the cells of the liver do not do the same thing and respect is disquieting. that while some make bile pigments and pass them into the blood it is the business of others to collect IN DEFENCE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH. the pigment from the blood and pass it into the bile IT is not easy to interest a mixed gathering con-. capillaries. It will be well that the facts should be re-examined from this point of view in which it is sisting of research workers in different fields, practipossible that the settlement of a long-standing tioners, and lay sympathisers by a survey of medical research problems, for all speak different dialects. difficulty will be found. Sir Walter Fletcher, at the annual meeting of the Research Defence Society on June 27th, used words INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST so simple that-to quote the chairman-even the TUBERCULOSIS. most scientific could not fail to understand him. He WF. announced -last week the conference of the paid a tribute to the work of the Society in helping International Union against Tuberculosis, to be held to keep the path clear for research and acknowledged at Brussels from July llth to 13th, when three of the right of its members to know what was being the really important subjects in connexion with done. It was his privilege to keep in touch with tuberculosis come up for discussion-namely, Tuber- research subsidised by the State throughout the culosis in the Child, Prophylaxis in the Home by the country, and he selected at random one or two specific Visiting Nurse, and Occupation During and After instances to show that the taxpayer’s money was not Cure. An important item will be a lecture by Prof. being wasted. One of these was the recent discovery Calmette, dealing with the larger aspects of the by Prof. Hopkins of the destructive effect of oxidisaproblem of immunity in tuberculosis. An opportunity tion on A-vitamin. Two sets of rats, on the same basal will be given to members of the union to see the diet, were given a ration of the same quantity of a practical efforts directed against tuberculosis in certain fat which had previously been subjected to Belgium. The report has just appeared (Adlard and heat. The sole difference in the rations was that Son and West Newman, Ltd.), running to 260 pages, air had been bubbled through the heated fat supplied of the conference held in London last year, when to one while that consumed by the controls batch, discussion turned on the modes of diffusion of was not so treated. The control rats throve, the others tuberculosis throughout the races of the world and the and health. The application of this weight progress of the tuberculosis campaign in different simple experiment, for which live animals were countries. -This volume will form a valuable book essential, to human alimentation was likely to be of reference for those attending the Brussels Confor example, the lack of A-vitamin in ference and for all who are specially interested in lard, which had long puzzled biochemists, was probtuberculosis from the public health side. ably attributable to the process of preparation, since in pouring the heated fat into the bladders in which lard was usually distributed to retailers there was THE SALE OF TUBERCULOUS MILK. ample opportunity for exposure of a large surface to AT a meeting of the Medical Committee of the air. Traders in Norway and Newfoundland were House of Commons, specially summoned last week for seeking advice from us as to the proper methods the purpose, a resolution was unanimously carried of producing cod-liver oil, and this new work stating that in the opinion of the medical representa- would doubtless help them. Sir Walter Fletcher tives in Parliament the danger to the community, referred also to the results recently obtained by Miss especially to children, from the consumption of Chick and her colleagues in Vienna, described on tuberculous milk is so great that the selling of milk p. 7 of this issue of THE LANCET. The standardisacontaining tubercle bacilli should be made a penal tion of biological drugs was, in his opinion, another offence. The resolution is timely in view of the urgent need which could only be met by animal second reading in the House of Lords early experiment. The dangers attending the use of this week of a Bill dealing with the supply of pure extract of undefined strength in labour milk to the community. As regards infection with have been obvious to the practitioner ; according tubercle, the administrative difficulties are very , to Sir Walter Fletcher, the much-needed Bill providing clearly set out in Dr. W. J. Howarth’s annual report for standardisation of the various extracts prefor 1921 as medical officer of health for the City of different manufacturing firms is to be by pared London, which has just appeared. Three series of introduced this session. Lord Knutsford, who milk samples, totalling in all 78 items, were examined voiced the appreciation of the audience and last year for tubercle bacilli, and nearly a. quarter of drew attention to heart-muscle preparations shown these were found to contain them. Infected milk 1. de B. Daly and Miss Bainbridge. by was despatched to London during the year 1921 from The excess of expenditure over income of the Sudbury, Lavenham, Chelmsford, Walton-on-Naze, Society (11, Chandos-street, W. 1) for Diss, Tivetshall, Spooner Row, Tolleshunt Darcy, 104 and new members are greatly 1 Foulsham, Capel, Gunton, Thorpe-le-Soken, and desired. For a subscription of only 10s. a year those Yarmouth. Dr. Howarth states that as a result of interested in medical research can not only help in its this bacteriological examination action has, of course, but are enabled actually to follow the progress been taken at the farms at which the milk is produced, made, since they are entitled to receive the bi-monthly but he reiterates his conviction that little permanent journal1 of the Society in which all important new improvement can be expected until the responsibility work based on experiment receives early and adequate of ensuring that milk is free from tubercle is made the notice. direct obligation of the farmer. At present it has to be proved that the farmer is aware that he sells or DEEP RADIOTHERAPY IN NEOPLASMS OF suffers to be sold or used for human consumption the THE UTERUS. milk of a cow which is suffering from tuberculosis of I the udder. The difficulty- of proving awareness is A NEW on the application of the Erlangen paper I notorious, and Dr. Howarth contends with reason that in the treatment of uterine neoplasms it should not be necessary for any public body first has lately been published by C. Chambacher and to incur the expense of discovering that infected milk P. 2 who have been working for more than a Descoust, is being sold, and then to notify the farmer, in order year with the powerful generating apparatus devised that remedial measures may be adopted when the Prof. Wintz (voltage 300,000,16-is. spa,rk-gap, and dangerous milk has already been consumed. The percentage of infected milk among the samples 1 The Fight Against Disease. Macmillan. 2 Presse Médicale, June 14th, 1922. examined in London during the early part of last ____
____
lost
far-reaching ;
pituitary long the
presided, Dr.
Defence 1921 was advance,
____
method
by