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Medical Museum
New Attraction
For II. S. Tourists
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WASHINGTON Cpi—New ,n
,V'"^ ln science, height* n-
t° y President Eisenhower's
heart attack and by the Salk \ac-
ine discovery, has spurred th.- po-
pularity of a restively unknown
government muwum here
Know n .simply a„ the'Medical
Museum, It has huddled quietly in
th« downtown section f*r *wty
from the capital's show-place area.
Ignorance of its existence kept
the building low on the rubber-
necking list.
Hut new inteiext in medical
science ilmost doubled attendance
at the museum last year. It is now |
drawing sightseers away from [
some of the better-known tourist
.spots.
The museum is the only one of '
its kind in this country in which j
a layman can "just walk in and |
look around." Real life specimens |
of injury and dise.-tse are display-
| >'d without technical confusino in |
an effort to attract
the general public.
and educate
*1
Krequent Change*
A museum official said the pub-
lie's eye is now on medical pro-
gress. He said the "shocking as-
pects of medicine" such as leprosy
,md syphilis are losing their at-
traction.
"People are more interested in
the various stages of cancer, tu-
berculosis and heart disease," he
said.
Most of the exhibits are chang-
ed monthly or annually. However,
p'aj's dating back to the 18<mi\s.
Two of the permanent ones are
human development from embryo
to birth and the medical aspects
of the assassination of Lincoln.
The largest and most complete
collection of microscopes in the
United States takes up a wing of
the museum. About 550 instru-
ments—from the earliest to th
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Lee Maslowski. 6. in a playground contest at Holyoke. Mass.
Litest—accurately show develop-
ment of this invaluable tool.
Civil War Origin
Generations of doctors arid me-
dical students have made use of
material which the museum loans
for study.
The museum was founded by
Dr. William Hammond, t'i\il War
surgeon geiier.il. He realized that
war emergencies forced many doc-
tors to treat wounds and diseases
they had never seen.
Attempting to study ways to de-
ciease the toll of war, Hammond
established a collection of preser-
ved material. He made it available
to military doctors and later op-
ened the doors to the public.
The collection then began to
grow. Orders went out to medical
officers telling them to make com-
plete records of injuries and dis-
eases. Almost immediately, a flood
of material was added.
Even though Europe had its fas
teur and Lister at this time, u
Frenchman was prompted to re-
mark that the l'nited States had
done more in the field of anatom-
ical-pathological preservation in
years than "Europe in a century."
The Army Medical Museum ex-
panded and originated the world-
famous Armed Forces Institute of
'athology. Now part of the In-
stitute, "Army" has been dropped
from its title.
One of the first to recognize
the potentialities of aluminum was
Xapoloneon III. Visualizing i t as
lightweight equipment . f o r his
soldiers, the French emperor sub-
sidized scientist 11 e n r i Sainte-
Claire I'eville in his method of
production.
TAPPED FOR HONOR-Rep.
Charles A. Halleck (Ind),
House Republican floor leader,
has been picked by President
Eisenhower to place the Chief
Executive's name in nomina-
tion before the forthcoming
Republican National Conven-
tion, according to the Indian-
apolis Times. The paper did not
reveal its source of information.
Skin Specialist
Warns Against
Too Much Sun
By ROBERT E. CRENNEN
l'nited Press Staff Correspondent
HONOLULU, T. H. The
thought of a travel poster tan
may lure you to this island para-
dise, but one of the nation's lead-
ing skin specialists says Hawaii's
special brand of sunshine can
make you look older than your
years.
Dr. John H. Lamb of Oklahoma
City was one of .'{(Ml skin doctors
who attended the eighth annual
meeting of the Pacific Dermatolo-
gic Association here.
"Sun ages the skin," the tall,
graying dermarologist said in an
interview. "Too much of it over
long periods of time destroys the
elastic fibers, or connective tissues
in the skin and they become de-
generated.
"These fibers are like rubber
bands. They hold the skin tight.
So if you overdo it, even with a
tan, the rays get down into the
connective tissues."
Avoid Noon-day Sun
He warned that the sun "causes
wrinkled skin and makes a 40-
year-old woman look like she's 80."
Dr. Lamb explained that sun
rays in Hawaii are about the same
as anywhere else in the United
States. Itut he addded that the big
difference is that their reflection
' from the ocean greatly increases
their intensity 'and burning power.
"Moderate sun bathing is
healthful," Dr. I.ainb said. "It is a
wonderful feeling on your body.
It has a tonic effect and it helps
form Vitim C."
However, the doctor cautioned
sunbathers to "stay out of the
intensity of the sun."
"C.o out in the early morning
or late afternoon," he added.
"The noon day sun hurts you be-
cause the rays come straight
down."
The Oklahoma doctor shook his
head as he looked out of his
Waikiki hotel room window at
noon and saw the beach lined
with sunbathers.
Cancer Link
Dr. Lamb said if you must go out
in the midday sun smear your
body with some type of sunburn
cream "that will knock out the
sunburn rays." For ethical reasons
he couldn't suggest any special
brand names but he said to look
on the label of the bottle or jar
for these protective chemicals:
paramino benzoic acid or menthol
anthranolite.
Looking older than your years
and suffering a painful burn
aren't the only dangers of over-
doing sun bathing Skin cancer is
another big threat. Dr. Lamb
theorized that island sun is prob-
ably responsible for giving Hawaii
one of the highest skin cancer
rates in the United States.
Dr Lamb said there are as
many skin cancers in Hawaii as in
Dallas, Tex., "which is the heart
of the cancer belt." The skin spe-
cialist added.
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Slum Clearance
MILWAUKEE <l'.E> — The
fact that slum clearance programs
cost the taxpayers less than letting
the slums spread with emphasized
by George E. Heider supervisor
of the Milwaukee health depart-
ment housing division.
Heider, writing in Government
Service a magazine published by
the Milwaukee Government Serv-
ice League said that in one of the
buildings he inspected he found a
widow and seven children living in
one room.
He said there were 37 school
children living in that building
He pointed out that it would take
a complete schoolroom, with all the
accompanying expenses, to care
for the children from just the one
building.
He said a complete grade school
would have to be provided by the
taxpayers if there were eight of
these houses.
Heider said that the owner of
this building paid city property
taxes of only $456 a year hardly
enough to provide for the educa-
tion of the children living in the
building.
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to 80. Children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of
Lillie, the only sister who ever married, are learning farming
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