Medical Milestones
Where We Stand With Arthritis
One of the great mysteries still facing medical science is the cause
of arthritis and related rheumatic infections. In recent years, how
ever, various important discoveries in the laboratories of our phar
maceutical companies have provided relief and even improvement
for arthritics.
There is scientific evidence '
that prehistoric man, and ani
mals, also suffered from these
inflammatory diseases. Today
arthritis and other rheumatic
infections afflict more than 10
million people in this country
alone, of whom more than one
million are permanently crip
pled. Besides the incredible suf
fering caused by these diseases,
they exact an annual loss close
to $1 billion.
The first real advancement in
treating rheumatoid arthritis
came with the discovery that an
adrenal hormone, cortisone,
brought some relief. But its cost
was staggering and only small
amounts were available. Scien
tists knew that the answer was
to synthesize the hormone so that
it could be manufactured in ade
quate amounts, and inexpensive
ly. In 1954 the National Institute
of Arthritis and Metabolic Dis
eases announced the first really
big step forward in this area
when it revealed that Schering
Corporation had produced the
“Meti” steroids, more efficient
synthetic hormones which pro
duced fewer and less severe side
effects than cortisone and hydro
cortisone.
And now another advance
ment. Just a few months ago
Schering introduced to the med
ical world another steroid that
is more powerful than all earlier
steroids. This one, known to the
scientists as dexamethasone, was
called Deronil. This steroid
marks another truly important
milestone in the quest for the an
swer to arthritis.
Deronil has an anti-inflamma
tory activity about six times that
of prednisolone, its parent com
pound, and 30 times that of hy
drocortisone. Just as with all the
r
others, this steroid can be ob
tained only on the prescription
of a physician.
It is an interesting historical
fact that sifter a drug is devel
oped and gains acceptance in the
treatment of a particular dis
ease, it is usually found to be
effective against other and some
times unrelated diseases. This
has been the story of the steroids.
Today the steroid drugs are also
used in .the treatment of heart
diseases, tuberculosis, allergic
skin conditions, eye diseases,
and a number of other infectious
diseases.
Just what lies ahead for the
steroids? No one can say at this
time, but continuing laboratory
and clinical research indicates
that eventually these compounds
will be as useful to the physician
as the antibiotics are. Millions of
dollars are being spent on ster
oid research and it may be that
these efforts will uncover the
real cause of arthritis and rheu
matism.
Gen. Maxwell Taylor
Shifts Blame for Criticism
To U. S. Congressmen
BONN, Germany, UPl — Gen.
Maxwell D. Taylor, retiring U. S.
Army Chief of Staff, Saturday
denied European accusations that
American military leaders are try
ing to keep the cold war alive.
“Our friends abroad sometimes
do not understand the way things
work in the United States,” Tay
lor told newsmen. He referred to
criticism, especially in England,
against himself and other generals
for telling U. S. Congressional
committees the United States could
win a war with the Soviet Union.
Taylor pointed out that the
Congressmen — not the generals
— made public the testimony of
the military men.
Communists Ringing Tibet
Perimeter To Stave off
Outside Rebel Assistance
TOKYO, UR — Chinese Com
munist troops are ringing the Ti
betan border to block outside help
to the rebels, Peiping reports dis
closed last week.
The move to make the tradi
tionally remote Himalayan king
dom more isolated than ever was
reported by Red China’s official
Peiping Peoples Daily.
The Communists x. claim they
have broken the back of the re
bellion but indicated there are
still pockets of resistance.
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Discoverer II Has
Burned Up After
206th Polar Orbit
INGLEWOOD, Calif., UR — Sat
ellite Discoverer II, fired into a
Polar orbit April 13, has re-en
tered the earth’s atmosphere and
burned up, the Air Force said
today.
It fixed the time at prior to
11:40 a.m. yesterday, on the moon
let’s 206th trip around the earth.
In Durban, South Africa, a
flaming object plunged to earth
with a roar that shook houses
for miles around Saturday night.
There was speculation that the
object was the United States’
satellite.
The Department of Defense here
said it had no information that
would indicate Discoverer II fell
near the African coastal city.
However, some space experts
doubted that Discoverer II would
have fallen with such a colorful
impact. They said the satellite
probably burned up high in the
earth’s atmosphere and the flam
ing object that fell near Durban
was most likely a meteorite.
Discoverer II, the United States’
second Polar-orbiting satellite, re
turned observational data to space
trackers through its 203rd circle
of the earth. This included a South
Pole sighting.
On the last observed turn about
the earth, Discover’s orbit time
was 87.6 minutes.
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and Communications Commission, Room
202, Glover Building, Anchorage, Alaska,
upon deposit of $25.00.
Bids will be publicly opened in the
office of the Director of Aeronautics,
Room 202, Glover Building, Anchorage,
Alaska, at 2:00 P.M., A.S.T., on May
15, 1959.
Where copies of plans are requested,
a deposit of $25.00 will be required to
insure their return.
Guarantee will be required with each
bid as follows: Ten (10) Per cent (See
Paragraph 7 of Instructions to Bidder).
Performance Bond will be required for
an amount not less than 50 per cent of
the contract.
Payment bond will be required for an
amount not less than 50 per cent of the
contract.
Liquidated damages for delay will be
as stipulated in the General Contract
Provisions for Airport Construction Speci
fications.
Minimum wage rates applicable to the
contract shall be as listed in the Special
Contract Provisiqns.
Bids must be submitted upon Proposal
Form and the successful bidder will be
required to execute the Standard Form
of Contract for Construction.
The right is reserved, as the interest
of the State of Alaska may require, to
reject any and all bids, to waive any in
formality in bids received, and to accept
or reject any items of any bid, unless
such bid is. qualified by specific limi
tations.
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sealed, marked and addressed as follows:
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Date May 15, 1959
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Anonymous ‘Tibet Brigade’ Forming In
U. S.; Training to Harrass Communists
BERKELEY, Calif., UP> — Amer
ican volunteers for the Tibet Bri
gate already are in training for
guerrilla warfare.
That’s the word from John
Blackmore, brigade spokesman,
former Air Force cadet and, for
the time being, a philosophy stu
dent at the University of Cali
fornia.
Some presumably are en route
or already in Asia, although
Blackmore wouldn’t say so.
He reported brigade files list
more than 100 volunteers whom
the officers believe will go to
Asia.
The brigade was formed recently
to fight Communism in Tibet,
spurred by the recent anti-Chinese
Communist flareup.
Volunteers’ names are held con
fidential.
“We must filter in individually
or in small groups,” and incon
spicuously,” said Blackmore.
“We’ve asked volunteers not to
identify themselves. They might
be picked up when they reach
Asia.”
An arduous training program
among the 25 to 30. active volun
teers in the San Francisco Bay
area includes rock climbing, judo,
horse riding, parachuting, marks
manship and demolition.
Volunteers are expected to leave
for Asia as soon as they can fi
nance themselves, or be financed
by friends. The brigade plans to
set up a training camp in or near
Tibet and hopes to have guerrillas
as instructors.
Chief object of the brigade at
first will be to operate a supply
line for the guerrillas, said Black
more.
Outside of the Bay area, the
brigade lists 15 volunteers at
UCLA, 10 at Stanford, one at Co
lumbia University, New York
City, and another in NYC., 7 at
the University of Texas, 2 in Phil
adelphia, and 6 in Hawaii. He just
received 13 applications from
Alaska.
About two-thirds of the volun
teers are military veterans. Many
are students, some under the G.I.
Bill.
What brought the volunteers to
gether?
A short newspaper story.
When and how will we get news
of the brigade’s activities in
Tibet?
“When we get into trouble. I’m
afraid,” said Blackmore.
Four U. of A. Students
Sign Up for Tibet Brigade
BERKELEY, Calif., UP) — Four
College, Alaska, students have
p£ked to join the Tibetan brigade
to fight against the Communists,
John Blackmore s^id last week.
Blackmore, 27, a graduate phil
osophy student at University of
California, declined to reveal their
names. He explained:
“©ur problem is getting to that
part of the world (Tibet) incon
spicuously, and I can’t reveal their
names.”
If the students want to dis
close their identities it is up to
them.
Blackmore declined to give a
departure date for Tibet, saying,
“We are not publicizing ourselves
too much.”
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