TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1931
SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
SEVEN
Scientists Seek New Goal
Safety Measures Prevent Earthquake Damage and Death
Columbia, S. C.-Reduction of loss of life in earthquake disasters to great cities, such as the destruction of San Francisco in 1906 and of Tokyo in 1923, is one of the practical goals sought by scientists. At a meeting of the eastern section of the Seismological Society of America here Prof. Alexander McAid of Harvard University suggested lines along which work can be done to ameliorate earthquake harm.
Earthquakes cannot be prevented, Prof. McAdie said, but they can be predicted, and it is worth while to make the special effort required to get the necessary data.
The first step toward minimizing earthquake damage and death, in regions where earthquakes can be expected, is the planning of earth-resistant buildings. In the Tokyo earthquake, buildings designed by Prof. Naito came through practically undamaged, in striking contrast to the general demolition of other structures. The Japanese are constantly at work on this problem, and engineers on our own west coast have also been giving the matter much attention.
But the greatest loss of life following an earthquake, even a very destructive one, is very likely to result from secondary causes, such as fire, exposure to the weather, and pestilence. The greatest factor in life losses following quakes, Prof. McAdie said, is congestion of population. This aggravates the action of all the other factors of destruction, and should be the thing most vigorously guarded against.
EPILEPSY EXPERIMENTS YIELD
INFORMATION FOR DOCTORS
Toronto—Epilepsy, the strange convulsive malady which has baffled the world's doctors for 5000 years, is being robbed of some of its mystery. The latest researches with this ancient and serious disease, reported to the American Psychiatric Association here, show that valuable facts concerning the
physical and mental background of epileptic seizures are being discovered.
Dr. S. Bernard Wortis told how, working in the laboratories of Bellevue Hospital in New York, he has induced convulsions in experimental animals by doses of a drug, and has then tested the effects of different surgical procedures and drugs on the subject.
He has observed the effects of brain injury, of pressure on the brain, of the circulation of the blood in the veins. He has tested the effect of removing part of the adrenal gland upon convulsive attacks. That these laboratory researches will yield valuable information to guide doctors in treating people afflicted with epilepsy is the hope of Dr. Wortis, who said that his experiments are still in progress.
Football Class Opened
Football classes are being held every afternoon from 1:30 to 3:30 o'clock in the Memorial stadium, according to H. W. Hargiss, head football coach. The class deals with the fundamentals of
football and is combined with actual practice. The class was not announced in the catalog, but Coach Hargiss is desirous of having a large number attend.
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