INTRODucTION F ollowing the encouraging results of experimental work on infecting monkeys with leprosy following a diet of colocasia, and the use of diatherrny in ' stimulating adrenal glands in lepers, reports of which are being published at the sarne time as this article, Oberdoerffer and Collier decided to try the use of diphtheria anti toxin. The reasons are as follows: Oberdoerfter has advanced the theory that adrenal insufficiency predisposes an individual to leprosy. This may be caused by the sapotoxins in certain food plants, as well as result from other causes of glandular hypo-func tion. We thought, that there might be something more than an analogy between the well proven attempt of the body to form anti bodies against a toxin such as diphtheria toxin, which essentially darnages the adrenals, and the lack of such an attempt in leprosy. "'Reprinted with the permission of the a u thors from the "Thai Science " Bulletin lI. 2, April, 1940. The plates appearin g in th e original paper are absent, but two photographs sent by the authors show the efIects of toxoid treatment on a patient• not specially mentioned in the texto
The possible consequences of the event of a supersonic transport cabin decompression are discussed in terms of biomedical considerations for passengers. Recent data concerning health and age-sex distributions are reviewed in an effort to derive a model group likely to be encountered among future supersonic transport flights along both transcontinental and transatlantic routes. Further consideration is directed to an analysis of various disease groups in terms of functional impairment as a means of anticipating passenger safety during cabin decompression. The results have been used to establish a basis for safety equipment design recommendations. Finally, attention is directed to research areas and methodology by which usable statistics might be obtained to provide further clarification of the tolerance ranges of debilitated humans.
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