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TOKOTNA, ALASKA. JULY 4, 1925
Paresis Cured By
Malaria Inoculation
Richmond, Va.—By fighting disease
with'disease, one of the most serious
and heretofore hopeless manias of man,
general paralysis or paresis, has been
conquered. Psychiatrists attending the
meeting of the American' Psychiatric
Association here today tell hew patient
after patient suffering from the severe
mental deterioration of paresis has
beerf purposely infected with an attack
®f malaria with the happy result of
practical cure and return to normal
life in a third to half of the cases.
In two of the largest institutions for
Ithe insane, St; Elisabeth’s hospital,
Washington, and the Psychiatric In
stitute, Wards Island, New York city,
this 'new attack pn paresis has been
made in several hundred experimental
eases. The success is so great that it
promises to be a regular procedure
No mental disease is more pitiful
than paresis or general paralysis, now
conquerable bv another scourge of the
•artb, malaria. Paresis is a result of
long continued infection by syphilis
whose causing organisms enter the
brain and spinal cord with disastrous
results. Although all victims of this
social disease do not develop the men
tal trouble of its advanced stages, pa
resik never occurs without the ante
cedent of syphilis. Men are attacked
sight or ten times as often aa women,
and fche symptoms usually begin to
show themselves at about middle age,
the Very prime of life.
Often a respected' citinen. the father
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of a family, occupying an enviable so
cial position, becomes at the height of
his career an ardent worshipper at the
shrines of Venus and Bacchus, He ex
hibits defective intelligence, lack of
judgment, defects of memory and
moral obtuseness. Friends and rela
tives see nothing in those manifesta
tions but the outcropping of original
sin, but in reality these are the symp
toms of the onset of the severe mental
disease, paresis.
The victim becomes more markedly
affected mentally, often imagining
himself immensely wealthy, powerful
or strong, and he finally has to be con
fined in an institution where death
occurs inevitably in three to five years.
This Jis the disease that malaria-,
chills and fevers superimposed upon it,
promises to ameliorate.
Into the veins of the paretic aro in
jected a few drops of blood from a
sufferer from malaria. Recurring at
tacks of high fever occur as in normal
malaria. In some cases bodily heat
reaches the high temperature of 107
degrees for an hour or two. Afier
eight to a doson of these attacks the
patient is given a large dose of quinine
to kill the parasites that through their
effects will bring havoc upon the sjolro
cheta that cause syphilis and paresis.
At St. Elisabeth’s hospital, where
the first malaria treatments of paresis
In this country weae undertaken, 40
per cent of the patients achieved “com
plete remission,”' or, to use Ices tech
□ ical and less cautious language, they
were cured, r,t the Psychiatric Insti
tute, New '/fork city, about ..©'percent
of the patients were reclaimed by this
treatment. A small numbcfr showted no
effects, while about as many as were
cured were improved to a moderate de
gree.
Mellon Talks t>t Pro
hibition Enforcement
Chicago.—Prohibition can be en
forced, bnt it will require a great many
men and fortunes in money, according
to Secretary of the Treasury Andrew
Mellon, who spent an hour in Chicago
today.
Secretary Mellon says the federal
government will have to control liquor
at the source. Considering the vast
number of men engaged in producing
villainous moonshine that nasses for
liquor, some idea of the task can be
gained-.
Secretary Mellon gave out the cheer
ing nev/a that further tar: reduction is
in progress, but declined to go into de
tails, saying the tax reduction policy
will be decided by Congress.
“I haven’t said aQvthiog about busi
ness conditions,” continued the Secre
tary, "because there really isn't any
thing to discuss. There is nothing un
usual in - the business world at pres -
ent.”
The present crime wave and lowered
morale of the country, Mr. Mellon be
lieves, is largely the aftermath of the
war. The country baa not yet settled
back imo its ordered routine.
PRESS SQUIBS,
Education pays, unless you settle
down to be an educator.—Martins Ferry
Times.
So isjwork, Sherman, when one knows
the hsh are biting.—Wilmington . Dis
patch,
It takes a lot of patriotism to worry
because other nations may seize the
North Pole.—Saginaw Star.
One o$ the homely substances suc
cessfully used in the making of gold is
sand.--Schenectady Gazette.
Whv not put the idea of having less
crime news in the newspapers up to the
police?—New York Evening World.
in a short time those of us who jump
straight up in the air to dodge one of
i Henry’s flivvers will be in danger of
being bit by one of Henry’s fliers.— |
Omaha Bee.
N6w-York state has set apart 1,300
acres for bird and game sancn'er ■ .
Now, if New York will estabhou *n
area of protection for humans, the Em
pire State would enjoy a boom.—Cedar
Rapids Oaaette.
Another way to become acquainted
V7ith some of our leading families is to
be a bill collector.—Canton Repository.
New Zealand scientist who now
claims that the earth is hollow must
have some inside information.—Brook
lyn Eagle. _
The New York World argues that
prohibition is a failure because, among
other things, tflappers drink. Maybe
the flapper’s the failure.—Louisville
Times. __
The roost mercenary people in the
world must be Nebraskans if the ruling
of a Nebraska court that possession of
more than a half piot of alcoholic
liquor is prima facie evidence of inten
tion to sell is based oo knowledge of
human nature in that state.—Louis
ville Times. __
Some men are born with consciences
and others marry them.—Akron Bea- *
con-Joumal. -
Another good thing for the com
plexion is to put it to bed before 2 a.
m.—Syracuse Post Standard.
Remember, however, it is the pursuit
of happiness that is the inalienable
right, net happioess itself.—Newcastle
Courier.
We heat* that many collegians are
becoming professional wrestlers these
days, which just goes to show that the
boys didn’t practice the modern dances
for nothing.—Life
PROFESSIONAL
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Mrs. Jean McLean
Notary Public
Tokotna, Alaska
Albrecht and Taylor
LAWYERS * >
George W. Albrecht,
iditarod, Alaska,
Charles FL Taylor,
Fairbanks, Alaska.
Practice in all Courts.
J. H. McLean
Tokotna
Ladies’ Furnishings
Arctics Felt Slippers
King'Island Mukluksj
Mild-Cured Ham
and Bacon]
Star Ham 45c 2‘Bacon 50o
Oregon City '
Mackinaw Coats
Hood Rubber- Pacs
Leather Vests
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Coal Oil Plenty of Gas
Tokotna
Pool Hall
Ice Cream
All kinds of Soft
Drinks
Stationery'
Notions,-Etc.
Where Oldtimers
Congregate
Jack Mutchler
B.&t Store
McGrath, Alaska
Arriving < n first boats
will be a complete as
sortmentof the very
best goods, con* '
sisting of -
Groceries >
Hardware
Miners’ Supplies
of All Kinds
Ladies’ Furnishings
Salmon Netting
Furs Boiight
A. R. Edridge
McGrath Pool Hall
George Mutchler, Proprietor
Cigars Jobaccos, Candies, Fruits
.Old-Timers’ Popular Resort
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Good Prices for Your Fur
Larson Roadhouse
Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
New Dog Houses.
Frank Larson - - Proprietor
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager.