Problem Of Bladder Stones In Children

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30802, 14 July 1965, Page 14

Problem Of Bladder Stones In Children

f.Vew Zealand Press Association)

AUCKLAND, July 13.

A growing problem in under-developed countries was the prevalence of bladder stones in small children, said Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, professor of chemistry at London University, in Auckland today.

Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, who is head of the univer sity’s department of crystallography, is at present engaged in a study of the structure of these stones. She said the problem was particularly serious in Thailand and Indonesia. In one hospital in Thailand, one in three of the patients in the children's ward was suffering from stones. The stones found tn children were Quite different from those in adults, being formed of ammonia hydrogen and Ur^I C am hoping during my visit here to find out if any similar o n€S i °22“ r I J n i _ the Zealand or Australia in the ethnic groups found here. Sh “There are found in Africa. Although this trouble was P reval * nt d - d -of p in - h.u there is more to it, th “UnUf we know what these

stones are made of. and how they grow, we cannot offer any idea of what causes them," she said. ‘‘lt is a problem peculiar to underdeveloped lands.”