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>• â- *9H):'.. w iwugjwvw Radio Doctors Ships w*IL Age 20. PlesM tdrlse further : treatment. I I . Master. At Sea Can NaW 'Pro- Master, steamship "Delphlnula": cure Medical Advice from Dcotors on Shore Modlcal treatment of patients In ves- â- els at sea, bj radio from the U.S. Public Health Service, I» being car- ried on with great cuccess, according; to the Radio Section of the New York A Victim of the Storm Stop carbolic dlslnfecetant. Stop bread poultice. Soak flnser in hot â- alt water solution, one tea^^poonful table salt to one glass of water every other hour while awake. Between times put large dressing soaked In above solution on hand and up to shoulder, keep dressing warm with $un. MoTe tVan'sOo'ieqVests for'ald hotwater bottle. Keep hand elevated have been attended to In this way dur- to level of shoulder. Ing the last year. This long-lstance j "'• Sprague. free medical advice has now been Steamship "Ensley City." given for some years, counting among To Marine Hospital, San Francisco, Its patients ships at sea having no \ Due 10 P.M. fourth. Can marine physicians on board. We read: I hospital ambulance and doct(5T"s boat Thi3 class Is limited to tramp steam- ' meet me Immediately we anchor for ers, since pa.ssenger vessels are re- transfer of patient referred to in pre- quired to maintain a ship's doctor, vicus messages. If so, will advise ex- However, phylclans on pa.ssenger ves- act time arrival from Farralone. sels nro frequently In a quandary as to the best course to pursue, and by soliciting radio medical advice are en- abled to get the benefit of a consulta- tion held by the foremost doctors of the Public Health Service. Every one, no ddubt, has experi- enced the anxiety of waiting for a doc- tor to answer a call In the night. The minutes se«m like hours. Consider, though, the captain of a vessel one thousand miles out at sea, no phy- alctan on board and one of the crew desperately ill. What would have hap- pened to that seaman In the old days, when hardened sea dogs, sympathetic but helpless because of lack of train- ing, could do no more than leave their sick companions to their fate? In those days an ailing sailor was lucky K he escaped "Davy Jones's locker." To-day the captain of such a vessel would send cut a wireless message to Master. Master, "Ensley City": Wire quarantine station requesting that doctor board ship after hours be- cause of illness among crew. Marine Hospital will send ambulance as soon as notified patient is shoreslde. Marine Hospital. Some Diet Fads and Their Dangers "A Little Cleaning is a Dang- erous Thing" Proved in Foolish Feeding Fads SOME HAVE VALUE The science of dietetics, advanced as it is In research, has not made equal progress In practice, we are the nearest marine hospital or relief i told by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg in rtation. These messages are given the ! his magazine, Good Health' (Battle right of way and handled free of 1 Creek, Mich.) lU-lnformed of the re- charge by government and commercial j suits of scientific Investigation into radio stations. Upon receipt of a call j foods and feeding, the average citi- zen either follows his own capricious appetite or Is at the mercy of what- ever dietetic fad may cross his path. Dr. Kellogg pays his respects especi- ally to two fads that have In them ele- ments of value, and that happen both to begin with the letter F â€" namely. Fasting and Fletcherlsm. He writes: While there has been developed within the last fifty years a real science of dietetics, based upon solid foundations in physiology and physio- logic chemistry, practical dletlcs with the laity, and to a ^great extent with the profession, is ^ still chiefiy empirical. We are still following fancy, whim and precedent la making our own bills of fare, and too often, also, in feeding our patients. In die- tetics we are still, to a large extent, following fashion rather than physiol- ogy- Biologic eating is at least as essen- tial to health and efficiency as is physiologic breathing. The human body Is a mechanism. Its functioning. Its durability, are as much dependent upon care and conditions adapted to Its needs as are performance and durability of an automobile. The average man shows his incapacity as a chauffeur of his corpomoblle by bringing his machine to the Junk heap when It ought to be at the very acme of its useful activity.. Something Wrong. That something Is wrong with our current eating habits is shown by the fact that when we ask a man to do anything requiring maximum ef- ficiency, we have to put him In train- ing for some days, weeks, or even months, to condition him. The typi- cal primitive man Is always In train- ing, because he lives physiologically. According to Roth, practically every man of the ZunI Indian tribe could make Nurmi quicken his pace in a run- ning contest. We have not yet solved the problem of regulating our lives under civilization so as to supply the compensations needed to make us at least as healthy and as hardy as sav- ages, in spite of the facts that scien- tific research has unfolded to us with- in the last fifty years respecting the cause of disease and the conditions that make for health and longevity. If scientific findings were applied to human living with the same scrupu- lous care as they are applied to Indus- try, such research would undoubtedly do as much for human beings as It has done for domestic animals and plants, and not only raise the average Ufa span to one hundred years â€" as Lauder Brunton predicted â€" but triple and quadruple the useful output of human life. We compel our horses, cows and other domestic animals to live biologically, to meet physiologi- cal requirements; why should we not give ourselves an equally good chance for health, long lite and efficiency ? The nutrition laboratory has In re- cent years studied every problem re- lating to human feeding with such de- finite and comprehensive results that It Is now easily possible to feed human beings, both the sick and the well. In a manner to meet physio- logic »nd therapeutic Indications. The great light that has been thrown upon the digestive functions within the last twenty-five years has led the way to progress in th« treatment ot digestive dlsordera far exceeding all that was known before. A practical application ot all this knowltdg* to the bill ot tare ot the average citizen woul& undoubtedlj add to his comfort and efficiency and lessen his chronic miseries. Unfor- tunately, the average citizen who In- terests hlnuelt in dietetics does not know wh«R« to go for sound informa- tion, and Is likely to be entrapped by any tad that happens to be at the mo- ment on the rising tide ot popularity. Fasting. One such tftd that Is i..st now dolns lor aid, a telephone message la im- mediately sent to the point of salva- tion to which the calls are indicated, so radio station being maintained by the Public Health Service at any of its relief stations. Many interosting cases have occur- red since this novel way of treating the sick at sea was introduced by the Public HeSlth Service through Its marine hospitals. la one instance, a freighter nearing tfce port of Balti- more developed engine trouble. While at anchor, off an uninhabited stretch of coast, one of her crew fell through an open hatchway and suffered a frac- ture of the leg. The radio transmitter was brought into action and the mes- Rfge jiicked up by a station at Cape May, New Jersey. The station ad- vised the Marine HospUal at Balti- more by long-distance telephone, giv- ing the location of the ship. The hos- pital sent back word through the Cape May radio station that an ambulance would be sent Immediately with a doc- tor to the place where the disabled *h!p lay, which was some fifteen or twenty miles from the hlspital. The doctor directed the removal of the sea- u.an from ship to shore and took him to the hospital. Selected at random, the following cases suggest the beneficent power of radio as a rescue agency at sea, either in prescribing medical treat- ment or In speedily summoning help to a shit) in distress. Where relelf Is Imperative, radio Is indispensable on the ocean, where land lues terminate and vast expenses ot water begin. Illustrative of medical advice by radio to vessels at sea, Surgeon-General Hugh S. Cumming cites examples that are typical rather than extraordinary, and real rather than Imaginary: Steamship "Elestero." To Marine Hospital New York. Patient susceptible malaria. Fever not high yesterday. Was given fifteen grains quinin. Felt good this morn- ing. Had breakfast and supper. Walk- ed on deck 9 P.M. to-night. Got chills and shivers. Head hot. Temperature J9. Give advice. C. D. Pederson Master. Pederson Master. Steamship "Elestero": Put man to bed. External heat for chills. Hot drinks ten grains quinin tour times a day. Reduce dose to one- half it ringing In ears. Report to-mor- row. ~ Medical Service. On board Steamer "Elestero." Referring to sick man here the treat- ment advised by you has Improved him. Chills left him about 3 A.M. to- day. Feeling fairly good. Not much fever. Still continue to give quinin four grains every three hours. Crav- ing for food. Any other advice be ap- preciated. C. D. Pederson. Master Steamer "Elestero": Continue treatment advised yester- day. Give for food, soup, eggs, toast, crackers, fruit, custards, soft vege- tables, and occasionally boiled meat, drinking water and lemonade gener- ously; tea and' coffee occasionally. Olve Epsom salts for laxative if neces- sary. Keep in bed until fever disap- pears. / Marine Hospital No. 74. New York. On board Steameblp "Delphlnula." To Medical Officer, Marine Hospltat No. 70, New York: "Delphlnula" has patient very bad poisoned finger or Whitlow finger. Has been lanced twice. Soaked in hot water and carbolic disinfectant, also bread poulticed every two hours. Given a laxative. After seven days' treatment shows no Improvement. Finger badly swollen; slight lump un- der arm. PatlenCSotherwlse seems "THE COLUMBIA" Once pride of Gloucester is now given up as lost. Thought to have been wrecked off Sable Island during the severe storm of last month. considerable harm, although never likely to become extremely popular, is fasting. Some years ago fasting was heralded and widely exploited as a cure-all for chronic maladies of every sort. Persons who are overfat as the result of overeating may very properly lessen their food intake, but a reduction ot weight below the nor- mal standard by a horizontal cut in the bill of fare is positively danger- ous. Vital resistance is lowered, and the way is opened for a recrudescence of the latent tuberculosis which is lurking In the system ot the average citizen awaiting a favorable moment for development. A fast is a highly destructive process, in which the vital machinery may be seriously dam- aged. Women Take Caret Women, especially those below forty years, should be warned against re- ducing their weight except under the care and advice ot a competent physi- cian. In the arrangement of a reduc- ing diet, care must be taken to pro- vide an ample amount of protein, the caloric reduction being made by les- sening the Intake of fats and carbohy- drates. The intake ot salts, vitamins and roughage must be ample. Ne- glect ot these precautions inevitably results in a definite and often serious Injury. Prolonged fasts are never neces- sary, and do real harm. They do not purify the tissues. They cause a re- absorbing ot bile and other excre- mentitious elements. Food Is a na- tural laxative. Fasting causes stag- nation throughout the whole intestin- al tract. The blood and tissue fluids. Instead of being purified, are polluted by the reabsorptlon ot bile and ot putrefaction products. All the possible benefits ot a com- plete fast may be secured by the great restriction of the intake of pro- tein and fat for a tew days. By mak- ing the diet almost wholly carbo- hydrate for a few days, the intestinal flora Is changed, the liver Is well stored with glycogen, while the body is well supplied with the energy need- ed to maintain heat and bodily ac- tivity without drawing upon the tis- sues. Another fad that did much harm in Its time, as well as much good, is Fletcherlsm. About twenty-five years ago Horace Fletcher discovered the importance of thorough mastication as an aid to digestion and nutrition, and started out on a world-wide mis- sion in behalf ot a chewing reform. Mr. Fletcher's fascinating personality, and his great skill in broadcasting his theories, soon secured him qulto a following. As his disciples Increased, his enthusiasm grew. In due time "Fletchertze" and "Fletcherlsm" were discovered by the lexicographers, and Mr. Fletcher felt that ha was immor- talized. Carried Too Far. because I had for years exhorted my patients to chew thoroughly as an es- sential factor in biologic living. But I soon found myself in trouble be- cause of a new discovery made by Mr. Fletcher, and one that he regard- ed as ot such vital importance that he made It a leading feature of his phil- osophy. Having observed that when he masticated thoroughly he ate much less than formerly, he cultivated con- stipation by discarding all roughage from his diet, laying down as a rule that everything that could not be liquefied in the mout'a bliould be re- jected. Mr. Fletcher hlmse't suffered great- ly from chronic toxemia.. His tongue was heavily coated and his breath was highly maladorous. His dentist informed me that his teeth were de- caying more rapidly than in any case he had ever seen. Prof. William James, who was at one time one ot Mr. Fletchcvr's most enthusiastic sup- porters, said to a friend, "I tried Fletcherlsm for three months. I had to give it up. It nearly killed me." Mr. Fletcher himself died as a result of chronic bronchitis, doubtless ag- gravated, it not chiefly caused, by chronic toxemia. . Mr. Fletcher rendered some service to the science ot nutrition by his chewing experiments, and especially by persuading Professor Chittenden to undertake his famous research on the protein ration in 1902, but be spoiled his campaign by cultivating and recommending constipation, ills cult has become nearly obsolete, and his name will doubtless disappear from the dictionary; but, unfortunate- ly, the idea that he exploited, that in- digestible food elements are unneces- sary and undesirable, is widely pre- valent, and not alone as the result ot Mr. Fletcher's teaching. "The light-headed girl seldom has I was willing to assist Mr. Fletcher a heavy heart â€" If any Air Liner Wrecked ALL THAT WAS LEFT The mysterious crash of the German passenger airplane. Zi miles from Leipzig, which caused the death of Baron Von Maltzan, ambassador to the United States, and five other passangsrii. French Tiger^s Opinions Secret Until He^ Is Dead Clemenceau Spends Time Thinking and Writing St. Vincent - Sur • Jard, France. â€" Whether he Is in his Paris home In the Rue Franklin or In his summer abode on the windswept Vendean shore, Georges Clemenceau who has Just passed bis eighty-sixth birthday, spends most of his timo writing and thinking. . He invariably refuses to talk politics, although they occupied the biggest part of his active lite. What does he write? Ha is engaged now, and has been for several years, on a volume or series of volumes which are under- stood to resumn his outloolc on life and Its problems. But they are not to be published until after his death and the "Tiger" has not revealed any- thing ot their content. Therefore it Is only by a reference to his publish- ed books that one can obtain any ade- quate Idea ot the principles on which he has guided his career and the les- sons he has drawn from his study of humanity. Simplicity of Writings. It Is not a difacult task because whatever Clemenceau wrote is mark- ed by simplicity cf thought and pre- sentation, however complex the prob- lems Involved. In philosophy he is a disciple of the Stoics. He has taken for himself the phrase of Spinoza: "Nothing may be called perfect or im- perfect; everything happens to con- formity with an eternal natural or- der." It was after his political eclipse in 1894 that Clemenceau had an oppor- tunity to develop his extrsordinary talent as a writer. In his newspaper "La Justice" he touched on every phase of human activity and a year later published In a volume entitled •'La Melee Soclale" (The Social Con- flict), practically all his daily articles arranged in logical order. The leit- motif of all is the "struggle for exist- ence." He paints realistic pictures of human suffering, long hours in fac- tories, poverty, rice, brutality and pity side by side, prostitution, ex- ploitation. Injustice of a hundred kinds. Urges World Be Mads Better. He does not apportion praise or blame. He merely tells what he has seen and asks only that men of under- standing work with all their power to make the world better. "What." he asks, "will come after this universe How, it ever, will the primal nebula bo reformed? In how many billion years? With what new power ot lite? All phyotheses. I ot- ter you nothing, not feeling that I am responsible tor anything In the uni- versal scheme of things." Sometimes Clemenceau seems to bo a socialist, as in fact he proclaimed himself at the opening of his parlia- mentary career. Thi.<». In another ar- ticle of "La Melee Socialo," he de- clares that, "tha end toward which na- ture seems to be striving is socialism, which will fix by law respect for all. the rule of Justice by association." But in the next moment he proclaims that everything depends on the indi- vidual, that the individual must be brought to such a point that law will be unnecessary, which may certainly ba taken as an expression of philo- sophic anarchy. Does His Own Marketing. After all, scepticism is his dominant ' trait, in his dally life as in his writ- ings. Ho has lived all his life in close contact with the Breton peasant. Ho knows their ways and has had many proofs that ha Is revered by them. Yet, when he goes to market In the nearby town ot Lea Sables d'Olonne, as he does two or three times a week, he conducts his own bargaining, he counts the change, he weighs In his gray-gloved hands the leg ot mutton or the chicken he intends for dinner , and he replies to the good-natured protests ot the market women: "O, tres blen. tres blan, but you can't catch me with your old tricks." Ha is pugnacious and tenacious. At his property here, which Is very close to the water's edge, he had construct- ed an eartheu wall to keep off the sea , at high tide. Every year when he comes here in July for his annual three months' visit he finds that the wild winter winds and the encroach- j ing sea have broken holes In his wall. I And every year he has tho wall re- 1 built. ^ I "The ocean will get tired of trying lo beat me," he said when asked why j he was so persistent. isn't Against Religion. j It has been often said that Clemon- coau is anti-religious. He is merely ' nonrellglous. Even In the won;j_^avs I of the fight betweed ilia radical ex- tremists and the radical freethinkers j and the church authorities, when the separation of church and state was I the big problem In Fr^pce, Clenien- ' ceau repeated time and again that ' there must be no attempt to suppress ' r?]i5'on or to persecute anybody for ! ' ^onglous beliefs. I "Governments," he declared In the I chamber, "can do nothing against be- ' i liefs. I have been asked if we want . ! to destroy religion. Well, messieurs i les deputes, here is my reply: We do I not want to, we could not It we would, destroy-n single belief In a single con- science." In one of his books, "Le Grand Pan," he takes up the problem ot the Inspiring principle of mankind. He luds it in action. Japan's Leading Nurse Miss Sakurai, has special chargo oC tho new doscondant of the oldest reigning family in the world, the Em- peror and lilmpress of Japan. Japan- ese would have preferred a boy, but lovo tho new princess. "Pan commands us," he said. "Wa must act. Action is tho principle, ac- tion Is the means, action is the goal."' Clemenceau has followed that prin- ciple all his life. In spito of his years he has his halt hour ot physical traitt Ing every day. In Paris he has anl instructor. Here he does it alone. "A Fly Swatter Is a Knock-out. " .> Empire Trade Cape Town .\rgU3: (Tho South Af- rican public is urged to adopt tho came principle as the Brtiish public have adopted In forming the Empire Marketing Board L The British pul)- lic is now supplementing prefereaco by the application of the principle ot voluntary preference, and this is like- ly to lead to still more important ra- Bults In the near futjira. ... At pre- sent the South African consumer Is needlessly, though, perhaps, heed- lessly, giving preference to foreigners in eompetltivo Hues in which the Bri- tish article is either Juf-l as cheap or of far better value. ... It cauuut be good business to give away our cus- tom to countries which are unable, or unwilling, to assist South Africa's ex- port trade. Room For All Los .Vngelcs Times: The world Is causally informed that there will be no Industrial warfare between Henry, Fori and General Motors The two re- present tho greatest wheeled activities on earth and it is said that they wm divide the busines:* without fighting tor U. Ford can market his ne^. IjjodeJ cry; an4 As his price withou^ Gonerar Motors competing in exactly the have but there is no desire or Intention t» run Henrv out ot the game. He may, go on in his own sweet way. Tfaanka tor the buggy ride. S!\me field. Th3 corporatioij w|il a better cars ahd tlgher ngurSs, a Another thing we have noticed our Journey through this old vale tears, etc., is that anything that has to be protected against being laughed i at deserves to be. 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