PAGE TWELVE none Density Measuring Valuable Tool --- Saner The accurate measuring of bone density may become a valuable tool to the medical profession in diagnosing various human skeletal ailments, Dr. Harald Schraer, research as sociate in physics, believes. Dr. Schraer is heading a research program that is de signed to establish the scientific validity and accuracy of a unique bone density computer. The machine was devised by the late Dr. Walter N. Brown Jr., who. was a research associate in applied physics. Dr. Pauline Beery :Mack. formerly director of the Ellen H. Richards Institute at the University, initiated the bone density work. Schraer Receives Grant To continue the work during the coming year, Dr. Schraer has received a $7,958 grant from the public health service. "Once its accuracy is estab lished, the machine probably will be the best means of determining mineral content of bones, in liv ing subjects," Dr. Schraer pre dicts. "So far there has been no way of measuring the exact loss of calcium the body suffers ex cept by metabolic balance tests, a tedious and expensive method that is impractical for general use." Accurate bone density meas-' urements will be particularly : valuable in assessing bone min eral content of the aged who are prone to bone disorders, and in diagnosing many diseases. Small laboratory animals will be used to establish the accuracy of the bone density computer. Through special diets varying in calcium content, changes will be caused in the mineral content of the animal's bones. Factors Affect Film The bone density computer is a machine which extracts infor mation from an X-ray film. This information can be translated in to terms of bone content. The X-rays are taken according to a prescribed proced ure which in- REMOVAL SALE Bigger and Better Selections at Greater Savings OUR NEW LOCATION ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR PRE SENT LOCATION WILL BE READY ON OR ABOUT JAN. I. 1957 WATCH FOR OUR GRAND NEW OPENING "The Most Complete Record Selection in the Area" The HARMONY SHOP SO. FRAZIER ST. cludes placing an aluminum alloy I wedge, which serves as a stand tard, next to the bone being X-rayed. Any number of factors can af fect the film itself. Different. X-ray machines blacken film in: varying degrees and film develop ment can not be precisely con trolled. Although the wedge image ap pearing on the film is subject to film changes, the wedge itself remains a constant standard against which film variables can be checked. When an X-ray film is taken, the bone absorbs X-rays causing the film to become lighter where, the absorption occurs. The more; transparent the film, the more! dense the bone is. Dr. Schraer's research is a con tinuation of work he and his wife, Dr. Rosemary Schraer, started two years ago at the Albert Ein stein Medical Center in Philadel phia. He came to the University last February. Dr. Schraer and Dr. James M. Law•ther, a part-time research as sociate at the University, have a one year $5,624 Public Health Service grant to work on the development of a new bone dens ity evaluation technique based on the planigraphic technique, a means of selecting in a subject a layer of tissue or a structure which will be more clearly seen on the X-ray film than the tissue above or below the selected layer. Pearl divers of the Polynesian islands are able to hold their breath for as long as five minutes. HARMONY SHOP Is Still Going Strong OPEN EVENINGS TILL 9:00 P.M. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Einstein Center AT THE FOR SHOP Hospital (Continued from page seven) body makes use of the service. This is higher than the 35 to 40 per cent average for good health services at other schools. How ever, he said, this may be attrib uted partly to the fact that the 'University is in a non-urban area and other facilities aren't as eas ily available to students here as they are at schools situated in metropolitan areas. Dr. Glenn expects the east wing, containing 30 beds and a new kit chen, to be ready for occupancy for the second semester. He also expects to receive the ambulance, a gift donated by last year's sen ior class, at the same time. Benefits Available Many students are not aware of the free benefits they are entitled to. These include, a complete phy sical examination upon entrance in the University, routine medica tion, surgical dressing, four x-ray examinations and any standard laboratory test ordered by a mem ber of the staff. ana seven days free treatment in the infirmary each semester. There is a charge of $3 for each extra day. Students also must pay for unusual drugs and needles. Students may also secure the aid of the psychiatric service.. This it done by appointment and can also be arranged through other counseling services and the dis pensary. Since establishment of the counseling service in 1947, more than 2246 students have been given treatment or advice. Denial Exams Given Routine dental examinations are given to new students and foodhandlers at the beginning of the year. The purpose of these is to check for diseased teeth and mouths. The student is warned of these conditions and told to see his own dentist. Some cancerous growths have been detected dur -1 ing these examinations. It would not be feasible, 1 ac cording to Dr. Daniel M. Lonber- I ger, University_dentist, to attempt a full time dental program unless there was a school of Dentistry at the University. PHONE AD 7-2130 Harnett Authors Magazine Article Dr. Arthur L. Harnett Jr., pro fessor cif physical education, is the author of an article, "Ten Years of Community-S chool Health Education Workshops," published in the September issue of the American Journal of Public Health. The article is a discussion of the health education workshop held in Pennsylvania, starting in -1945 at the University and expanding until at present six are offered each summer at Pennsylvania col leges and universities. on em" marc um HAPPY TALK As we all know, conversation is terribly important on a date. When lulls in the conversation run longer than an hour or two, one's partner is inclined to grow logy— even sullen. What, then, does one do? If one is wise, one follows the brilliant example of Harlow Thurlow. Harlow Thurlow prepares. That is his simple secret. Before the date, he goes to the library and reads all 24 volumes of the encyclopedia and transcribes their con tents on his cuffs. Thus he makes sure that no matter what his date's interests are, he will have ample material to keep the conversation alive. Take, for example, Harlow's first date with Priscilla de Gasser, a fine, strapping, blue-eyed bkoth of a girl, lavishly constructed and rosy as the dawn. Harlow was, a§ always, prepared when he called for Priscilla, and, as always, he did not start to converse im mediately. First he took her to dinner because, as every one knows, it is useless to try to make conversation with an unfed coed. So he took her to a fine steak house where he stoked her with gobbets of Black Angus and mounds of French fries and .thickets of escarole and battalions of petits fours. • Then, at last, dinner was over and the waiter brought two finger bowls. "I hope you enjoyed your dinner, my dear," said Harlow, dipping into his finger howl. "Oh, it was grandy-dandy!" said Priscilla. "Now let'i go someplace for ribs." "Later, perhaps," said Harlow. ".But right now, I thought we might have a conversation." "Oh, goody, 'goody, two-shoes!" cried Priscilla. "I been looking everywhere for a boy who can carry on an intelligent conversation." "Your search is ended, madam," said Harlow and pulled back his sleeves and looked at his cuffs to pick a likely topic to start the conversation. Oh, woe! Oh, lackaday ! Those cuffs on which Harlow had painstakingly -transcribed such diverse and fasci nating information those cuffs were nothing now but a big, blue blur! For Harlow —poor Harlow! splashing around in the finger bowl had gotten his cuffs wet and the ink had run and not one word was legible! . And Harlow broke out in a night-sweat and fell dumb. "I must say," said Priscilla after several silent hours,' "that you are a very dull fellow. I'm leaving." With that she flounced away and poor Harlow _was too crushed to protest. Sadly he sat and sadly lit a cigarette. 'All of a sudden Priscilla came rushing back. "Was that," she asked, "a Philip Morris you just lit?" "Yes," said Harlow. "Then you are not a dull fellow!" she cried and sprang into his lap. "You are bright! Anybody is bright to smoke such a perfect doll of a cigarette as today's rich, tasty Philip Morris, which is brimming-full of natural tobacco goodness and fresh unfiltered flavor.... Harlow, tiger, wash your cuffs and be my love!" "Okay," said Harlow, and did, and was. The makers of Philip Morris Cigarettes, who bring you this column each week, are very happy for Harlow and for al/ the rest of you who hare discovered the true tobacco goodness of . todaY's Philip Morris! TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 27. 1956 'Prof ' Will Study German Engines Dr. Paul H. Schweitzer, profes sor of engineering research, will spend December in Germany. He will study engine develop ments of interest to Army Ord nance, represent the Society of Automotive Engineers in coordi nating engine nomenclature be tween the Society and the Ger man D i nor m standardization body, and study the Meurer sys tem of diesel combustion at the MAN plant in Nuremberg. FOR GOOD RESULTS USE COLLEGIAN CLASSIFIEDS lAuthor of —Barefoot Boy With Cheek." etc.) (i . Max Shulman. 1956
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