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Todays Health Neu/s Published by the American Medical Association When little Marie Hothand burn­ ed her finger on the stove, she cried for 10 minutes while her parents argued about what to do. Mrs. Hothand reached in the re­ frigerator for a stick of marga­ rine to rub on the wound, but her husband insisted on using baking soda. Both of them were wrong, victims of old wives' tales that make good reading but little med­ ical sense. Grease, ointments, and baking soda are not recommend­ ed for burns, according to the doc­ tors surveyed by Today's Health. Today, immersion in cold water and application of ice are the recommended treatments. But that's not all, according to our medical experts. Here, then, is their list of other medical fal lacies to be avoided in emergency situations. Tourniquets are out -- they destroy tissue and stop circulation. Instead, stop excess bleeding by applying pressure to the wound. Use a tourniquet only when a de­ cision must be made between loss of life or loss of limb. A slap on the back is a good greeting for an old friend, but for one who is choking, it may be a goodbye. Most choking situations arise when a large chunk of food is lodged in the throat. A slap on the back will only cause the vic­ tim to involuntarily gasp in air and suck the blockage down fur­ ther. Yet, in most cases, the solu­ tion is simple: Open the victims mouth and reach into the back of the throat with a finger and hook out the object, being careful not to push it further down. If un- ' able to reach the obstruction with , a finger use a fork, salad tongs, anything that will serve the pur­ pose. Iodine and other antiseptics, once daubed on every wound? also have lost ground to washing with plain old soap and water. Medical experts say that soap and water are more effective in eliminating germs _ by killing and washing them away -- and don't carry a risk of side effects. And, finally, for cases of poison­ ing, stay away from the concoc­ tions touted as universal antidotes (this includes the old home-brew­ ed mixture of burned toast, tea, and milk of magnesia!). All of the physicians interviewed by TH re­ commended that syrup of ipecac, available at any drugstore, be in­ cluded in every medicine chest. Ipecac is used to induce vomiting and should be given except ifrhen definitely contraindicated as in poisoning from a petroleum prod­ uct, bleach, lye, and other alkali * solutions, which often call for stomach pumping. Nor should vomiting be induced if the victim is unconscious or suffering from convulsions. WANT MORE INFORMATION? Write Today's Health Magazine CF, 535 North Dearborn Street Chicago, I l l inois 60610 SPACE-I* AERONAUTICS. •; - r *;• - - PAGE 20-PLAINDEALER-FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1973 NASA are making measure­ ments of the surface of the sea at different temperatures, the salinity, thickness, rough- nes and age of the sea ice, and the water content of the atmosphere over the sea and adjacent areas. The Soviets are using a weather ship and an IL-18 aircraft while NASA is mak­ ing the microwave measure­ ments from the Ames Re­ search Centers Convair 990 airborne science laboratory. Surface measurements by the U.S. team are being made from the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Staten Island. The two nations will ex- BERING SEA STUDY MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --Space scientists from the United States and the Soviet Union have teamed up to put their space age knowl­ edge and experience to use in gaining a better under­ standing of how weather pat­ terns develop in the Bering Sea area. Teams from the USSR Academy of Sciences and change the information ac­ quired by their scientific re­ search teams. The experimenters also ex­ pect to acquire more infor­ mation on the performance of microwave radiometers mounted on the aircraft, their relationship to satellite-borne instruments and their oper­ ational use in meteorology. The USSR aircraft is op­ erating from Cape Schmidt in eastern Siberia; the U.S. Convair 990 is based at An­ chorage, Alaska. The Soviet ship is operat­ ing in the sea south of the ice boundary near 179 de­ grees East longitude and the U.S. Coast Guard ship oper- WATER-WELLS PUMPS RED JACKET THE BEST WATER SYSTEM INSTALLED IS THE C HE APE ST WATER WELL SUBMERSIBLE DRILLING PUMPS SALES AND SERVICE McHENRY COUNTY WELL & PUMP CO. 385-5252 - Res. 385-0713 4913 W. McCullom Lit. Kd. McHenry YES. WE ARE PROUD OF McHENRY AND PROUD OF ALL WHO HAVE HELPED IN ANY WAY TO MAKE McHENRY A GOOD CITY. 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PIT ZEN Aldermen- 1st Ward EDWARD DATZ Alderman- 2nd Ward ANTHONY V. SERRITELLA Alderman- 4th Ward EARL R. WALSH City Clerk RAYMOND L. SMITH Alderman- 3rd Ward 1 /