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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, July 26, 1978

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Jane Brody new York times each year in the United to people die from drowning and More than 3 Mil lion have close Small children wander off and fall into unattended pools and boats fishermen lose their swimmers panic when struck by a cramp or caught in a Young and old alike swim out farther than they the majority of these drownings and near drownings Are if people understood the risks of water followed some Basic rules of safety and Learned How to save them selves when in the Joys of a refreshing swim or a relaxing boat ride need not be marred by All types of water sports from snor Keling and scuba diving to fishing and swim Ming have become so popular that Well Over half the population faces the risk of drowning this Here Are some tips on making a splash when swimming you cant swim or Are a weak dont go out into Calm water deeper than shoulder the rougher the water water or stronger the the More cautious you should children who do not swim Well should never be allowed to float out Over their Heads on a raft or in a the device might deflate or the child slip children who cannot swim should Wear a life jacket whenever near Many drown after fall ing off swim even a Strong swimmer should have a companion along when swimming in deep if you Are in the water stay near the Shore and be sure that someone on Shore who is a Good swim Mer is Alert to your at beaches and Public swim Only when and where there is a lifeguard on and even then Small children should be supervised by a responsible swim right after eating a an hours t wait is a Good general after your blood tends Pool in your gastrointestinal causing a relative shortage of blood in the Muscles of the this in creases the likelihood that cramps will develop in your arms or abdominal cramps May also result from to vigorous exercise soon after dont plunge directly very cold this causes the blood vessels in your arms and legs to con making a splash safely strict Andi your the water t pm swim i Bot tonal Cripp tree i ing Tot Bei Dorfils i survival face Down the swimmer starts with air in holds lets arms and tags she slowly and May separate legs in a scissors she then exhales raising head enough to Clear inhales and repeats the Ireci by Brian Sullivan associated press it was 30 years ago that Philip Hench tried a new drug on patients badly crippled with rheumatoid arthritis in the Mayo the substance was Tennis players with arthritis and asthma patients Are familiar with the artificial hormone that puts out painful fires in the one of the broader group of is almost As Well known As the potent can attack a wide variety of but they also can produce Dis agreeable Side the same corticosteroid that can relieve the agonies of rheumatoid arthritis and bronchial asthma like no other Medicine also can produce High blood peptic ulcer and other so the physician prescribing a cortisone like Ster Oid they Are a million business today must prescribe with great this is the excellent example of a drug you think is going to be a says Carol senior scientist in the american medical associations depart ment of there is a tremendously wide Range of usefulness and problems associated with corticosteroids serve As an example of the things you learn about drugs Only with cortisone had its clinical beginnings in when Hench was treating rheumatoid arthritis patients at the Mayo the Early results were in september of that As Donald Robinson recalls in the Miroite an account of key developments in modern Hooch injected cortisone into a 29 year old woman who had been bedridden for four years with crippling rheumatoid two Days on for the first time in sever Al she could Roll Over in bed on sept 24 she was Able to get out of bed and she could raise her arms Over her by her pain and stiffness were almost completely she went shop Ping in downtown Rochester for three other patients who were in grisly shape with rheumatoid arthritis were Given compound e they All responded Bat cortisone did vol cure arthritis or any other it just controlled the a Range of Side effects began to appear with prolonged sometimes the Early improvement was not main cortisone More than popping pills Page the stars and stripes Uvelma Bod lot  
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