ARCTIC HEALTH CENTER CONTINUES STUDIES
OF TEMPERATURE EFFECT ON HEALTH
The Alaska field station of the
Public Health Service has been
officially named the Arctic Health
Research Center, Dr. Leonard A.
Scheele, surgeon general of the
Public Health Service, Federal
Security Agency, announced to
day.
From its headquarters in An
chorage, the Center will proceed
with the further development of
basic research in health and re
lated problems of low-tempera
ture environments, Dr. Scheele
said.
Dr. Jack C. Haldeman, of the
Public Health Service, who has
been in charge of the field sta
tion sinc§ its establishment by
Congressional action nearly two
years ago, will be the officer in
charge of the Center. He and his
staff of professional and clerical
personnel are set up in temporary
laboratories and offices in An
chorage.
Dr. Haldeman said that investi
gations carried on to date have
revealed numerous gaps in sci
entific knowledge of the effects
of low-temperature environment
on health. He pointed out, for ex
ample, that previously unknown
foci of echinoccosis infection (a
type of tapeworm in animals
which causes frequently fatal
cysts in man) have been discov
ered among both wild and domes
tic animals in Alaska.
This disease, Dr. Haldeman ex
plained, assumes considerable
public health significance in Arc
tic environments in view of the
close association between human
beings and animals, especially
dogs, in low-temperature areas.
Another significant develop
ment reported by Dr. Haldeman
was the discovery of trichinosis
among Arctic marine mammals,
such as whales, which are an im
portant part of the diet in the
coastal regions of Alaska. Dr.
Haldeman said this problem had
taken on additional emphasis with
the further discovery of trichi
nosis among Arctic carnivora.
Dr. Haldeman said that studies
in human parasitology have re
vealed a high percentage of fish
tapeworm among native residents
in fish-eating areas. Further
studies of this problem, he said,
are scheduled.
In the field of entomology, Dr.
Haldeman said that knowledge is
being acquired concerning many
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heretofore unstudied biting in
sects which constitute a serious
problem from the standpoint of
both health and comfort in
Alaska.
Control measures, based on
knowledge of the nature and hab
its of these insects, are being
worked out, Dr. Haldeman report
ed. Within the past year, a spe
cial aerosol spray unit has been
developed which will help indi
vidual homesteaders and others
to control these pests.
The program of the Center has
been set up on a broad basis, in
cluding both long and short term
studies in environmental sanita
tion, bacteriology, physiology, bio
chemistry, entomology and studies
in animal-borne diseases. Re
search activities include both
laboratory and field investiga
tions.
A scientific research library,
the first of its kind in the North
American Arctic, has been estab
lished and is already providing
reference and other services for
the Research Center staff and
othr professional workers in Arc
tic areas.
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Doctor Gets No Chance
To Forget His Lessons
In Bone-Setting
Dr. C. C. Bailey’s bone-setting
ability got a thorough workout
this week. The physician mended
three fractures dyring the week.
First to be treated was H. L.
Burnum, who fractured a leg
when he fell over a log while
working in the woods. Mr. Bur
num is now released from the
Valley Hospital.
Howard Paulson, son of Chris
Paulson of Snowbird Mine, suf
fered a fractured right arm early
in the week. The incident oc
curred at the mine, where the
boy fell while playing. The Paul
son family is spending the sum
mer at Snowbird this year.
Also suffering a fractured arm,
coupled with a dislocated wrist,
was Jimmy Goodman of Glen Al
len. Jimmy is spending the sum
mer at the boy’s camp near the
highway junction. He, too, fell
while playing.
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ROAD BUDGET CUT
MAY STOP ALASKA
PAVING PROJECTS
The slice in Alaska road con
struction funds by the Senate ap
propriations committee may mean
that projected paving work will
not be done this season, according
to A. F. Ghiglione, chief engineer
for the Alaska Road Commission.
The committee pared $1,516,788
from the $20,500,000 budget sub
mitted for the coming period.
Because of the odd figure, Ghi
glione was puzzled as to what it
meant—whether it was an across
the-board cut, or a cut in some
specific •figure. He talked to
Washington this morning, but
could learn nothing specific from
there, he said.
The road into Mt. McKinley
National Park is progressing rap
idly, with crews favored by a
good season, he said. From Cant
well on the west, the road has
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grown some six or eight miles, ,
and from the Richardson High
way it has made more miles than
that.
He believes that by the end of
the year the road will be some 30
miles in length from both ends,
leaving only about 90 miles to go.
Its completion will see a tremen
dous increase in Park traffic.
One park executive who came *
through Juneau some time ago
estimated that persons visiting
the pai'k would increase to 40,000
yearly, compared to some 5,000 at
the present time, once the road
is completed.
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