DAY BY DAY

Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13816, 22 July 1918, Page 4

DAY BY DAY

Discovery liv Professor Rudolf Fis-t-hell, of Prague, of a new remedy for com hating haemorrhage is announced . , hv the Journal of the Austrian Apothecaries' Association. Ihe remedy is made from a hitherto unknown element in the lungtissue of certain animals. " It is reddisn-brown powder which dissolves in water into a foaming slimy sub. stance. A i tor a series of experiments \utn animals, it has been employed on human beings. It is reported to stop quicklj the most dangerous haemor--1 nage, such as tliose from the liver, kidneys, and brain substance, and to be especially valuable in the case of th-> so-calied haemophiles, persons whose bloou is deficient 111 coagulable meuts, and for whom the' slightest cut means serious and possibly fatal haemorrnage. It is a sign of the times that an event which occurred last month, and which marked one of the great developments of the age, was allowed to pass comparatively unnoticed. This was the inauguaration of the first regular air mail service in the world, which at any other period hut that- of the world war would have been a nine daws' wonder. The service which was initiated on May 15th was between Washington and New York by wav of Philadelphia. tour aeroplanes were employed and all but one, which was compelled by a defective propeller to come down soon after starting, completed the journey safely and quickly Une of the machines carried four sacks ot mail matter, weighing 1501b, and another brought 5000 letters. Letters posted m New York at 11 a.m. were delivered at 4.15 p.m. j n Washington some eight hours in advance of the time they would have reached the capital by the quickest rail service \ ciiile, published the other dav, also an nounced the commencement of a hydroplane service between Paris and Lmfion, h\ which the double journey was covered in 5£ hours. The' day is undoubtedly approaching when Christchurch Will receive by midday, in time for answering the same day, letters posted in Wellington the same morning. We venture to predict that in tell years' time the air mail service will have hec'iiiio one of the ordinary features <>f daily life.

New Powder to Stop Haemorrhage.

A Sign of the Times.