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Wed., March 9, 1966
Scientists At Atlanta Center
Plot Course Of Deadly Killer
By JOHN G. WARNER
United Press Internatio n al
ATLANTA (UPI)--In a
sprawling brick building near
Emory University, scientists
plot the progress of the nation's
deadliest killer.
They plot it on a graph which
has three lines. One line is very
dark. It runs over the space of
a year. Its peak is in the win
ter and its low point is in the
summer. It charts the number
of deaths expected in the Unit
ed States for 1966.
Running steadily above it is
another line, a shadowy one. It
runs steadily 5 per cent higher
than the line of expected
deaths. Scientists call this line
the “threshold of epidemic.”
The third line is a dotted line.
When it reaches above the
shadowy line, indicating for
several weeks that deaths are
running 5 per cent higher than
expected, it can mean only two
things, scientists say—a nation
al disaster of proportions yet
to be experienced or an influ
enza epidemic
No 1966 Epidemic
Spokesmen at the federal gov
ernment’s huge Communicable
Disease Center (CDC) here say
that the dotted line has not sig
nificantly crossed the threshold
of epidemic this season. In
their language, "pneumonia-in-
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fluenza mortality... has not
shown a significant continued
excursion above the threshold
of epidemic.”
Flu strikes in three sizes —
pandemics, epidemics, and spo
radic cases. This winter’s situ
ation, a spokesman said, would
best be described as localized
epidemics.
Pandemics are world-wide ep
idemics, but in the past 75
years, there have been only
three. They came in 1889, 1918
and 1957. The 1957 pandemic of
Asian flu directly caused 19,000
"excess” deaths, and indirectly
brought about 62,000 other ex
cess deaths.
All the CDC’s mortality fig
ures consider "excess” deaths—
those beyond the number of
persons who, they figure, would
have died anyway.
Flu kills more persons in a
roundabout manner than direct
ly. This, doctors say, occurs
mostly in older persons—aggra
vating heart, pulmonary or oth
er chronic conditions to a fatal
degree.
This winter, 11 states have
definitely identified outbreaks of
influenza. The first confirmed
outbreak was last November, in
Florida.
Hard to Identify
Influenza is not easy to iden
tify. It can only be ascertained
12
by virus isolation or by blood
tests. The CDC will not call an
outbreak definitely influenza
until it is proven.
Flu epidemics are usually
first noted through children and
school absenteeism.
Officials point to the fact that
flu was not isolated in many
states until January or Febru
ary. In the great epidemic
years, they say, the outbreaks
began in October and Novem
ber and ended in February,
March or April. Such a late
start, they hope, will preclude
any serious flu outbreaks in
1966.
In Florida, the first state to
identify flu this winter, the
State Board of Health said the
curve appeared to be going
down, except around the
heavily - populated Miami area.
But Florida was hard-hit while
it lasted. State figures showed
4,255 cases as of Feb. 25, com
pared to 1,703 for the same pe
riod last year.
The various strains of flu
come in cycles. Type B comes
every 4-6 years. Type A every
2-3 years. But this is muddled
by the fact that some areas
and localities get B while others
are getting A; thus the cycles
tend to overlap and mingle at
times.
Last year Asian flu, TypeA-2,
4
was predominant; this year the
milder Type B is more com
mon.
Both types are described as
“an acute infectious disease of
the respiratory tract, charac
terized by abrupt onset of fe
ver, chills, headache, neuralgia
and sometimes prostration.
Cough is almost universal, of
ten severe and protracted.
“It is usually a self-limiting
disease with recovery in two to
seven days.”
What this means, doctors say,
is that there isn’t much you
can do about it once you have
it. The standard treatment is
simply bed rest, plenty of
liquids and fever reducers,
cough medicine and isolation to
prevent it from spreading.
If the flu goes into compll
these complications can be
treated with antibiotics. But
there is no antibiotic for flu
itself.
By Wayne G. Brandstadt, M.D.
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
Q — I am 16 and
If anything can be done about
this, I hope it can be done now,
before I’m too old.
A—I get many letters com
plaining about the size of the
breasts. Whether they are too
large or too small, 99 per cent
ar e actually within the normal
range and would not be consi
dered'unusual by anyone except
the possessor.
Some girls are slow starters
and at 16 do not yet have their
full breast development, so I
would advise you not to panic,
especially since little can be done
about it except plastic surgery
and that is often unsatisfactory.
Techniques and materials for
this purpose are being improved
but are still far from ideal.
It has been truly said that en
larging the breasts is not a bona
fide one-way ticket to social suc
cess. Your best course is to work
on developing a radiant persona
lity and forget about your alleg
ed handicap. After all, none of us
is perfect.
Q—I am a widow, 53. Five
years ago my left breast was re
moved, followed by X-ray treat
ments. Ever since then my left
arm has been swollen and ten
der. What can be done to make
it more comfortable?
A — Your arm has enlarged
because, in removing the breast,
the lymphatic vessels draining
your arm were also removed.
Normal drainage is usually re
established after four or five
months but may take longer.
Make sure your sleeves are loose
at all times and avoid wearing
rings or bracelets on your left
side.
Keeping your left arm elevat
ed as much of the time as possi
ble and moving your fingers and
wrists vigorously several times
a day will aid in establishing
normal drainage. Sit beside your
dressing table at night, elev
ate your elbow on a few books,
then, keeping your head erect,
brush and comb your hair with
your left arm. Start slowly and
increase the exercises a little
each day. Gradually use fewer
books for support.
These and other exercises have
helped many others like you and
BARBS
BY WALTER C. PARKES
If life begins at 40, why do
so many gals stay 35 for so
many years?
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A catty woman usually
has a poisonous purr.
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Did anyone ever actually
stop one of those comedi
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you’ve heard this one”?
POLICEMAN TAKES FALL
NASSAU, Bahamas (UPI) —
A policeman toppled from his
motorcycle Monday while tak
ing part in a police display for
Queen Elizabeth n and Prince
Philip on the second day of
their visit to Nassau. The royal
couple and many in the crowd
of 20,000 smiled as police
Constable Harrison Lockhart
got up and dusted himself off.
He was not hurt.
Nation’s *
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Honor Georgian
By ED ROGERS
United Press International
WASHINGTON (UPI)—Presi
dent Johnson and other high of
ficials pay tribute today to a
100-year-old former Methodist
missionary from Georgia for
her varied careers that Includ
ed teaching and editing.
The President Invited Miss
Layona Glenn of Atlanta to the
White House in the early after
noon to pay his respects. She
also was to be feted at the
Brazilian embassy.
Miss Glenn, who celebrated
her 100th birthday in Atlanta
Tuesday, plans to revisit Bra
zil, where she was a Methodist
missionary for 35 years.
In 1958 the president of Bra
zil awarded her the National
Order of the Southern Cross,
the highest tribute his country
bestows on a civilian.
Miss Glenn began as a teach
er in the schools of Newton,
Rockdale and DeKa'b counties
in Georgia. Between stays in
Brazil she served as assistant
editor of the Conyers (Ga.)
Times.
As a missionary she taught in
schools, and of necessity also
learned to operate a wood lathe
and to work with iron. She of
ten worked as a carpenter,
plumber and electrician.
In “retirement" after return
ing from her last service in
Brazil in 1934, she has remain
ed active. For a number of
years she has written a column
for three Georgia weekly news
papers—the Rockdale Citizen,
the Covington News and the Li
thonia Observer.
Stories of her physical agility
have persisted despite her ad
vanced age. It is said she can
still touch the palms of her
hands on the floor without
bending her knees.
Miss Glenn in 1965 moved to
the Wesley Woods retirement
community, where the architec
ture includes ultra-modem cy
lindrical towers. One day when
bad weather prevented her usu
al outdoor walk she reportedly
climbed a 13-story stair for ex
ercise.
She is known best in Brazil
as founder, with another mis
sionary, of a school at Petropo
lis, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro.
In 1913 it was merged with an
other to become Bennett Col
lege, the nation’s first junior
college for girls.
THE DOCTOR SAYS
Misplaced Worry
About Bust Size
ar e described in “Help Yourself
to Recovery,” which you can get
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Q — I have a skin coedition
| | that my doctor says is mycosis Is there
fungoides. Is it serious?
any cure for it?
A — This is a slowly evolving
malignant skin disease that is
characterized by multiple tu
mors 0 f widely varied appear
a nce. The cause is unknown.
Early treatment with X-ray will
sometimes cure it. A recent re
port states that a radioactive sul
fa drug taken by mouth will con
trol this disease.
Send your questions and com
ments to Wayne G. Brandstadt,
M.D., in care of the Griffin Da
ily News. While Dr. Brandstadt
cannot answer individual letters
ie will answer letters of general
interest in future columns.