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Hokitika Guardian, 14 February 1928, Page 2

LINGUISTIC GULFS. BRIDGED WITH SMILES. LONDON, February 3. Queen Sliahkliaimin of Afghanistn a dazzling figure, presided at the bai rpiet in hour of President Doutnergu says the Paris correspondent of tl ■‘Daily News.” The President sat o her right and the king of Afghanistn on her left. r l lie Queen does not speek Knglisl and her conversation with Presiden Doumergue was limited to smiles am gestures. MODERN MAX. IS LIKE A SPONGE. LONDON. February 3. Civilised man’s tendency to liehavi like a s]>onge, mopping up the idea; and beliefs of those about him. without bothering to reason for hintsell must give rise to a certain amount oi alarm, said Dr. Crichton Miller, a leading British psychiatrist, in a lecture. ■‘\\e are in the grip of the herd instinct.” he declared, “and the human herd instinct is the same ns the animal. It does not matter whether it is a bison herd or a Mayfair herd, any individual breaking the law of the herd is horned out, so that the only hope for a person who goes to Mayfair and says, 'You are all wrong.’ is to find a herd which agrees with him.’* ‘‘HOT IRON CURE.’’ FOR INFLAMED JOINTS. BERLIN, February 3. Dr. August Bier, an eminent German surgeon, to-day demonstrated the newest method of treating serious cases of inflamed joints h.v what he termed the ‘‘hot iron cure.” He explained that lie had revived the remedy of Hippocrates, and. with a special instrument burnt the tissue under the skin, which was producing inflammation and feverishness, with a powerful healing agent. Dr. Bier declared that 460 cases he had treated over a period of three years, the “ironing” had been entirely successful, with no recurrence of the inflamed condition. Hippocrates was a celebrated Greek physician, lmrn at Cos in the year 400 B.C. He advised diet, fresh air and gymnastics as the best agents of health.