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Health ami Heaxity . ... Dr. Sophia Brunson Antibodies Some people go through life and die of old age without contracting contagious diseases. It is not because they are not exposed, for they run the same risks of getting typhoid fever, diptheria, etc., as others who succumb to these germs when they come in contact with them. 'Why is this?" you ask. You see some folks are immune to certain diseases, say for instance, typhoid. For example, some thirsty travelers traveling through the country stop i and drink water from a well. Maybe' the water is cool and refreshing, j They do not know that it is contam- j inated with typhoid germs until one j or two of them come down with ty phoid fever. j Why do some of them fall victims to the deadly germs, and others es cape? Those who drank the typhoid infested water and yet escaped the , disease had something in their blood ! that protected them from the infec tion. ! This something is called antibodi es. They help police the body. They are good fighters, for when they ap proach a sulking typhoid germ sneaking around trying to destroy an individual, they pounce upon him and beat him to a pulp. Some folks take diptheria, or in fluenza, or what not, on exposure. Others do not, because they are pro tected by the antibodies of the dis eases in question. Pasteur, the great scientist, found out how to create antibodies in the blood. He inoculated animals with i weak solutions of germs. The ani mals got sick, but they recovered, j he repeated the experiment and in jected stronger doses, but the ani mals remained in health. This was because they had developed antibod ies in their blood with which to fight the disease. Before Pasteur made his experi ments on dogs, there were many ter rible cases of hydrophobia constant ly occurring throughout the world, but he injected dogs with weakened hydrophohia germs and gradually gave them stronger doses until he' could permit them to be bitten by very rabid dogs without developing the diseases. The inoculated animals had devel oped antibodies with which to fight the germs of hydrophobia. What a vast amount of human anguish it has saved and dog suffering too. Jenner observed that milkmaids who had sores on their hands from inoculation with cow pox, did not contract smallpox. And that gave him the idea of vaccinating folks with smallpox virus to prevent their catching smallpox. Though he did not know it, the innoculation of the smallpox virus stimulated the body into forming antibodies with which to fight smallpox germs. So much has now been found out about antibodies and their produc tion, that children can be success fully vaccinated against many dis eases which were formerly very com mon and very fatal. Typhoid fever, which had been a source of armies, was practically wiped out during the World War, be cause the soldiers received the ty phoid vaccine and former antibodies with which to fight the typhoid; germs. Much yet remains to be found out, about preventing diseases but ourj faithful scientific workers are in j their laboratories toiling to wrest the; secrets from nature that has not yet j been revealed. IN THE CORN BELT "Doesn't that soprano have a large repertoire?" "Yes, and that dress she has on makes it worse." The North American wheat crop last year was not as large as the re cord 1947 crop, but it was 55 per cent above the 1935-39 average. ALSO . ... Every iot e r n a tional Harvester Refrigerator Pur chased During 4 This Time Wil! 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Rule For Child's Safety In Traffic i The North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, is conducting a "Child Safety in Traffic" program for the month of March in coopera ' tion with the National Safety Coun cil, today urged all children who ride bikes to observe the following bicycle safety rules for their own safety and protection: 1. Obey all stop signs and traffic signals, just as if you were driving a car. 2. Ride only on the right hand side of the street, close to the right curb. 3. Ride single file on busy and narrow streets. 4. Don't carry another person on your bicycle—a rider obstructs your vision, makes steering and bal ancing difficult. i 5. Don't "hitch on" to trucks or cars and never "stunt" or race in traffic. 6. Always dismount and walk your bicycle across heavily traveled streets. 7. Don't "weave" in and out of traffic. Avoid sudden turns or stops. 8. Be alert for suddenly opened doors when passing parked cars. 9. Stop and make sure sidewalks and streets are clear when coming out of alleys and driveways. 10. Be sure your bike has good brakes and is equipped with a horn | or bell, a reflector, and a head | light. ' ; ! . Home Demonstration Club Schedule | The March schedule of Home ! Demonstration club meetings has been announced by Miss Jean I Steele, county agent, as follows: Glenwood: Thursday, March 24, two o'clock, school building. Pleasant Gardens: Thursday, March 24, 7:30, home of Mrs. Fred Conley. Dysartsville: Friday, March 25, two o'clock, home of Mrs. Bruce Cowan. Chapel Hill: Tuesday, March 29, two o'clock, club house. North Cove: Wednesday, March 30, two o'clock, school building. Old Fort: Thursday, March 31, two o'clock, home of Mrs. J. W., Hogan. New York City has the tallest buildings in the United States. Out side of New York City, the tallest building in the United States is the Terminal Tower in Cleveland, which is 48 stories high. 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