Capsules

P: Researchers at Michigan State Health Laboratories and doctors in Mexico re ported a new antibiotic, Synnematin, as a prompt and effective cure for typhoid fever. Hitherto. Chloromycetin had been by far the best drug against typhoid. P: Britain's Medical Press suggested a new feature of social medicine. "The house wife . . . cannot present her husband with a medical certificate and take a few weeks' sick leave; she has to carry on ... until she is literally unable to stagger around the house." Since a woman could use sick pay to hire help while she got a rest, the journal asked: "Why not introduce . . . sickness benefits for housewives?"

P: Babies as young as two weeks old can suffer migraine headaches, reported Dr. Jerome Glaser of Rochester, N.Y. The diagnosis usually has to wait until the victim is old enough to describe the symptoms, but infants' behavior sometimes suggests migraine, which is proved by later attacks.

P: Lack of funds has forced the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to slash emergency aid to polio patients, reported President Basil O'Connor. The $200,000 doled out last week "represents money 'borrowed' from funds committed to re search and education." To meet the short age, there will be an emergency March of Dimes next week.

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