4 THE NOME NUGGET Wednesday. November 7. 19S6
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New Hope for Millions of Women
One of the commonest afflictions of womankind is a disease called
vaginitis, which is generally caused by one of three different microbes.
Authorities estimate that one out of every five wbmen, or more
than eleven million in the United States, suffer from just one of
the three types of the disease, which is caused by an organism cal', a
i ricnomonas vaginans. Anomei ,
type, known as moniliasis, is less
common, but recently physicians
have found that its incidence is
increasing.
The third type, called Hemo
philus vaginalis, is a disease
causing organism discovered only
within the past two years, but
some experts estimate it is ac
tually more common than the
other two better known types.
They believe that the Hemophilus
germ may be responsible for the
innumerable cases of vaginitis
for which no specific cause has
been found before.
1 Fortunately, the discovery of
the new disease has been closely
followed by the development of
a new drug, Sterisil, which is ef
fective against the Hemophilus
microbe as well as the two other
common types of the infection.
Sterisil is an entirely new kind
of drug known as a "synthobio
tic” Unlike penicillin and other
antibiotics that are produced by
molds and similar micro-organ
isms occurring in nature, Sterisil
is a synthetic chemical compound.
The synthobiofcic has several
advantages over other antibac
terial medicines. F\>r one, it is
bactericidal while antibiotics are
bacteriostatic; that is, Sterisil ac
tually kills most of the infecting
germs while the antibiotics
weaken them to the extent that
they are no longer harmful but
are still able to produce descend
ants that may eventually be re
sistant to the antibiotic. Lengthy
trials have shown no sign of re
sistance developing against Steri
sil.
Researchers have also estab
lished that Sterisil is effective
against fungi which the antibio
tics do not kill. Still another ad
vantage of the synthobiotic is the
fact that its effects are lont*
lasting and it does not have to
be applied ns often as older medi
cines during a course of treat
ment. Tests have also indicated
that it is free of any serious side
effects when applied to infections
of the body’s surface and
openings.
As yet, Sterisil is being used
only for the treatment of vaginal
infections, but experiments indi
cate that the synthobiotic may
also be effective against other
diseases such as ear infections,
urethritis, and urinary cysts.
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Villai Stevenson
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i Speaks Last Words
In 1956 Campaign
LIBERTYVILLE, 111.. IP—Adlai
E. Stevenson urged President Ei
senhower yesterday to seek a new
understanding with Great Britain
and France “before Communist
Russia can further exploit the
present breakdown of relations
between the Democratic powers.”
He did so in a statement issued
shortly after 2 A.M. CST after his
return home to vote in an election
in which he has sought to ques
tion whether Eisenhower can
serve out another term in the
White House.
He used strong language Mon
day night when he declared a Re
publican victory would mean Vice
President Nixon “probably would
be President of this country with
in the next four years.”
That was in Boston, in a na
tionwide TV program winding up
his speaking campaign. After fly
ing to Chicago, he pursued the
foreign policy issue almost up to
the hour of voting by suggesting
Eisenhower negotiate at once with
Britain and France to:
1. "Restore peace in the Middle
East, and save it from further
Communist penetration.
2. “Discourage Russia from fur
ther aggressions in eastern Eur
ope, especially in Poland.
3. “Head off potential trouble
in the Far East.”
Minus 58 Cold
Prevents U.S. Base
At South Pole
By DON GUY
McMURDO SOUND, Antarctica,
Nov. 1, —South Polar tempera
tures of 58 below zero prompted
Adm. George Dufek to call a tem
porary halt today to attempts to
set up a U.S. base at the bottom
of the world.
Yesterday’s landing at the pole
enabled man to make the first
accurate ground check of the tem
perature this early in the season.
Dufek was the first man to step
on the South Polar plateau since
the ill-fated Scott expedition 44
years ago.
“The combination of the 10,000
foot altitude and the extreme cold
are believed to hard on construc
tion crews at this time,” Dufek
said.
Altho the Navy Deepfreeze Ex
pedition's assault on the Pole was
halted for the moment, there was
plenty of activity in other direc
tions.
The icebreaker Glacier has
reached a point 20 miles from
camp after a six-week voyage
from Boston. For the next two
days all forces here will be busy
unloading the ship.
The icebreaker, one of the big
gest in the world, will then go to
Little America 5 at the other end
of the Ross Ice Barrier. The ves
sel will push on to New Zealand
later for supplies and engine re
pairs.
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I Good as a Dollar—How Good Is It?
By MELCHIOR PALYI
Pr Meichinr Paly!, author of this issue of Spotliph:. Is an American
citizen of Hungarian descent an internationally recognized educator,
au.hor. economist and financial expert. In Europe he taught at the
Universities of Kiel. Goetingen and Berlin; in America, at the Univer
sities of Chicago, Wisconsin and Northwestern.
— The first in a series of three articles —
WHAT IS CANADA UP TO? |
The Canadian government sur- !
prised the world by a sudden I
change in the gold policy it has '
pursued since the devaluation in
September 1931. Presently, the |
private ownership of the yellow
metal has been freed of all shack- '
les. To be sure, the Bank of Can- |
ada did not resume the conver- j
sion of its notes into gold. But i
otherwise a free market in gold
has been established with full
freedom to buy, sell, hoard and—
most important—to export it in
any shape or form.
There was no reason given for
the puzzling, if only partial, re
versal to normalcy. Just what was
the motive behind it? To prepare
for returning to the full-fledged
gold standard? To demonstrate
the strength of the Canadian dol
lar? To enhance the public’s con- :
fidence in it? A few years back, !
when gold was commanding a
j substantial premium over the
dollar, such liberalization would
'I—.
I have been a bonanza to the gold
I miners. Now, the free market
price is not appreciably higher
than the official one at which the
Bank of Canada buys gold.
At that, the measure is taken at
a time when the Dominion’s mon
etary position is not at its •
| best. Its deficit in foreign trade
has reached last year an all-time
high, while the influx of Ameri
can capital seems to be heading
downward. Canada’s international
balance has been weakening ac
cordingly.
This may have prompted the
government’s action, paradoxical
as it may sound. The move may
imply a subtle appeal to the
American investor to direct his
funds into a country in which
they can be readily converted into
, the most liquid of all assets.
If that was the consideration in
1 Ottawa, the authorities there have
displayed a long view that is con
spicuously aibsent in some quar
! ters of Washington.
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