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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-
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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.
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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