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THE. OREGON SUNDAY. JOURNAL. PORTLAND SUNDAY1. MORNING, MAY 2, 1915;
PERILS OF TWIUGHT
SLEEP'S USE SHOWN
BY LOCAL M, DS
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New Method of Producing
rainless Birth Not Indorsed
by Physicians.
DRUGS USED ARE MEPf ACE
As Matter, of Pact, Original German.
'Method Hot Employed Here at
. , All, Zt X Declared,
Although numerous articles have ap
peared n the newspapers and man
zines :exploi tins what, is .termed .the
wonders Tr the so-called. "Twilight
Sleep." men highjln the medical profes
sion condemn that use of the druas Sco-
polajnlne and morphine In producing
xwmgnt Bleep" lat childbirth; ,. -
-- There are a few physicians of the
"take-a-chanct," kind in Portland who
have administered hyocin-morphine In
obstetrics,-but they are engaged In a
dangerous-practice, and fail to realize
(of disastrous results.
physicians4 making
specialty In obstet-
the possibilities
according to ; the
more or leas of
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These doctors
I say" that the articles
appearing in such magazines as Mc-
Clure's. the Ladies' World and Metro
politan ar" misleading, and have led
in public to believe that "TwillgntJ
bleep" la applicable and highly suc
cessful, when, as! a matter of fact, .It Is
dangerous to both the mother and baby.
, They also saj; that the so-called
"Twilight Sieep.f as practiced in this
country and In. Portland. Is not "Twi
light Sleep" at'aljl. although the women
believe they are getting it when mor
phine, scopolamine, or similar drug Is
used. One docter says that, as han-
I died here, the cajsen are not even good
imitations of ''TW Blight Sleep.
. Vaay Vole Objections.
Dr. George B. Btorey condemns It In
Its present use, as does Dr. Edmond J.
lAbbe and Dr. 4. Kf. Creadlck, of this
city, and rDr. Vittor C Vaughn, presi
dent of the American Medical associa
tion; Dr. "J. Whltridge Williams, pro
fessor of obstetrics in Johns Hopkins
medical schools, land many other noted
xperts. ' ..- . ;..-'--;-
'The use' of scopolamine, 'morphine
and.--similar drugs in producing what
la -now called VTwilight Sleep' . is dan
gerous. ? said Dr. Storey yesterday;
VThe methods ate not new but j new
name has been given the practice. The
5nethods in use Ihere are not the true
.technique of thej "Twilight Sleep.' The
true thing is an elaborate affair. It
3." done only under the. most favorable
'surroundings.' 1 hospitals especially
Xit for It, f with sound proof and light
iroot rborhs; wfcere? psychologists are
mplo)-(tioi examine women before the
operation, begins. 4 .
1 . 5-rne aoctors tasmg scopolamine and
jnorphine- and ! railing it 'Twilight
3leep are playing with things which
re not at all necessary.; Their ex
planations to Women "aref often mis
leading. - j i
i-UTlt the publicity coneerhme its use
f-'Hitlnues, women are going to demand J
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GUARDSMAN WINS 4-MEDALS
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i ifrom the pltyslcians who caa.not
it properly and to hold their busi
Jiiess they - will Ida lt with disastrous
results. ' i . a 1 -
a ,,The. men high up in the profession
twant. 'Twilight i Sleep,' but they want
t provedeArst. Tffey are pot trying to
ilttle It. but want
rne value determined before " taking
phances., , Physicians are becoming more
conservative evisry day. - n -
l '' Morphia Xs Substituted.
The doctors here practicing "what
they term 'Twtilight Sleep' methods
lye morphine nnd the. women believe
they are gettingf Twilight i Sleep when
as a matter-of jfact they are not get
ting even good imitation."
vThis ,1s what Dr. Victop Ci Vaughn,
president of the) American! Medical as
sociation, says jon the subject: ;
"The anaesthetic action: of scopola
mine was first demonstrated in this
teountry.. . So faif our specialists-in this
Una are not eatssfled that! this use of
scopolamine is free from injur-ious
tf f ects. This conclusion Is based not
hot only on observations made In this
Country some years ago, but upon re
ent observations In Freiburg.- tThe
jvomen ,of thls country can be sure
that the medical profession here Is
fully vallve to (every thingf which may
ia f ely eliminate- human suffering- and
fbate even to at small extent the pain
of ttie physiological function of child
birth. .Up to thie present time-the pro
fession is not convinced that this
tirug. , either alpne. or.! combined with
morphine, is free from danger either
.to mother ,or child, or both." ;
I Admit Drag X Sang-aroua. '
I Dr. Edmond J. Labbe of this city
ays that all doctors agree, even those
at Freiburg, that they are dealing with
a dangerous drug.
My - expedeace with the so-called
Twilight Sleep' has been very HmltV
ed," he said .yesterday.. "It hag been
limited '- because of 4 the numerous re
ports of the dangers and because I
have seen, in the practice of others,
babies born in whom the spark of life
burned very dimly, and indeed,1 In one
case wenjl out i altogether after birth.
All agree, even . the doctors : at Frei
berg, that they are dealing with a dan
gerous , drug ) which to be effective
must bo given very close .to the; pois
onous Mine, j so that every moment a
patient is under its influence is an
anxious moment for the physician, 'who
for this reason must be In constant
attendance' prepared to act promptly
should the poisonous effects appear,;
as they, frequently do.
"The article in McClures and other
similar magazines have been mislead
ing, as they have not warned the pub
lic of the dangeri? and have led the
public to believe that 'Twilight Sleep'
is applicable. and. successful... Amnesia
was obtained in nearly if not al' cases,
where as a matter of fact complete
successful sleep "la 'obtained In less
-than 60 per cent of them. Many cases
become violently delirious -
Artioles ? Arouse Interest.
"I am glad the articles have beer,
written. They have stimulated thought
among' the laity as well as the profes
sion! for Improvement in obstetrics.
Anything which : can make, for more
comfort for the mother at such a time
should have our most' interested atten
t Ion, but let us in so doing 'not add
to the dangers of. an already anxious
moment." ,;':"; - .
.; Here are the views of Dr.. Williams
of Johns Hopkins M ed leal ischool :
f.W have used- th4 scQpolamlne
treatment of childbirth in two separate
aeries of caees at the Johns Hopkins
hospital. But In neither series were
the results satisfactory, nor did they
in any way' approach the claims mad
for v the treatment: We expect to do
more with it 'next year. In the mean
time my" own experience and conversa
tion with Professor Kronlg do not
make me feel ; that the method really
constitutes a great advance over those
which are. In use by American physi
cians." i . - i , .
Dr. A; N, Creadlck "of this city says
that a far more urgept need in Port
land in handling obstetric cases - Is a
maternity- home instead of the use of
the so-called "twilight sleep."
Preparatloft Tomid TTnrellable.
"A few daring practitioners In Port-
land,'. V he . said, "have administered
hyocln-morphihe In obstetrics, btit they
find in doing ! much of this that the
American- preparation Is unreliable. . ..
"A far mora urgent need in this city
Is a well 'equipped fireproof maternity
home. ! where rich--and poor alike may
be rendered aJl the assured benefits
known to science. : . ' ... --x
"Unquestionably the' travail ' that
women bear speaks volumes against
the present methods. ia the practice of
obstetrics. ' I have watotoed wiiii keen
regTet the publicity campaign of Mc-
Clure's, the - : Metropolitan and . other
magazines r advocating - scoDalamlne-
morphine treatment. Certain advances
are made in medicine and 6urgery, but
are made slowly and after due analysis
and.care before they, are-attemsteri on
the better class of patients In nrivat.
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Advocates ! of the new (?) method
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Aldamii, cook; -one other name
known. . ...... ..
The following passengers were
by the American's lifeboa
Mr. and Mrs. G. De Stryckroth and
son, Steve Ghio, Jose O. jCastillo. Major
Jose Flores, San Die.?, Chons, Dee
Hong Suey, Chin QuongXhin, Mrs. E.
Moffett, . Al j Tonescani,-A purser and
Castor Gutierrez, seaman.- -
Sescne of Others Thrilling.
; Passengers . rescued from the Victo
ria by the -steamer American and
brought here i told thrilling stories of
the fight m ad a b"y the crew manning
the lifeboat which ' saved them. CJIx
men manned this boat, which put out
against combers running 60 feet high.
A line was 'thrown from the Victoria,
picked up byt the lifeboat, which was
bobbing about : like a cork,, and 1 made
fast. ; When the Victoria went down
in a wave and the lifeboat came up
on another. the tails of the two were
almost ' f lush. The passengers then
Mumped into the smaller boat, one at
a time. Tnere were two women pas
sengers. They were thrown from
the Victoria Into the arms. of men in
the lifeboat.
The American also took' off officers
from the Immigration ocean launch
Capo de Anno, which was in distress
near the Victoria; The launch steer
ing gear had broken.: . . ' 1
Happenings of the
Day Along Pacific
: Coast Told in Brief
San . Francisco, CaL Jesse W; Ul
lenthal, president of the United Ball
roads, has refused today to hold fur
ther meetings with committees from
discharged employes or union - repre
sentatives. , , - ,
Juneau, . Alaska. Saloon - men : and
leaders of the wet forces of Juneau
and Douglas, see ..disaster for their
cause in the ruling of Judge Jennings
who today jordered that a census be
taken of every resident within two
miles of the saloon district of these
two cities and announced that unless
a ' majority, of hose enumerated In
this census vote for saloons ; at the
election to be held May 24, he will re
fuse to issue licenses.
San . Francisco. CaL In circum
stance pointing to a suicide pact, the
bodies of Mrs. Arltne Biotte, SO years
old, a lady's : maid employed by Mrs.
Charles G. i Huge. - wife ;of a wealthy
Mendocino rancher, f3sldlng :- at the
Fairmont, and vi HansTnoudsen, were
found In a gas filled room her Satur
day., The woman was dead and the
man was taken, to the central emer
gency hospital, where he is believed
to be beyond recovery.' Knudsen rented
the. room last night and shortly after
waa Joined by the woman. , - '
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Los Angeles, CaL A pedigree book
for - human thoroughbreds, with the
first registration of eugenic Ameri
cans ever made, will be started at the
San Francisco exposition under the
auspice of the Race Betterment
foundation.) This was the announce
ment made' In Los Aneeles Saturdav
by Dr. J. H. Kellogg, of Battle Creek, 1
alien., founder of the race betterment
movement, 1 surgeon of note and vege
tarian, ,. who is en route to the exposi
tion city.' , .,,, . '- -
1100 a month alimony,, promised by
Stevenson's widow before, her death,
on behalf of her aon, Oebom. The es
tate, hi to be distributed next week at
Santa -Barbara . and Mrs. Osborn de
sires to Insure payment. .
. . . . Increase In JjlTeatock.
' According to the latest reports of the
department of agriculture, ther has
been a, marked increase, during the
past year in the numbers and value of
every class of livestock on farms and
ranges In the United States.! The' value
of this livestock is now estimated at
$5,969,253,000. an increase of $78,024,
000, over the valuation .of a year ago.
- San Francisco, Cal. Mrs. Kate D.
Osborn, divorced wife of Dloyd Os-
bomV. the . 1 author, today filed suit
against the estate of the late Mrs.
Fannie. Stevenson, widow of Robert
Louis Stevenson, for a guarantee of
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. Oregon National Guard and for expen shooting with the pistol.
Victor , S. Howard, quartermaster
sergeant of Company C, Third Infan
try, Oregon National Guard, was pre
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D. E. Bowman, with four medals. The
first Is a gold and silver- medal.' for
10 years' faithful service In the O. N.
G., The- second Is a silver medal for
second place In a match held under
the auspices of i the National Guard
Rifle -:i association last . year, at ! the
Clackamas range, in which f were con
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the different Pacific coast states and
the' Hawaiian islands, and ; also from
the- regular army.;; Sergeant Howard
tied with three army. sergeants- the
first time, and in shooting out this tie
again tied With one of his contestants.
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geant Howard was the only National
Guard contestant to come up with the
army crack shots. The third is a sll
ver medal for pistol shooting against
all comers, he again crowding up- close
to the regulars. The fourth, is a gold
meaai as expert pistol snot. ,
Sergeant Howard is a rifle practice
enthusiast' and takes great pains In
training and instructing members 'of
his f company . and regiment in !.."the
seience of shooting . straight! He has
twice been a member of the Oregon
teams that contested - in the national
contests and his work has had .much
to do with Oregon passing every state
In the union last' year. 1
In private life he Is an optometrist
and i has practiced' in . this ; city for IS
years. , - .. . -
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lowing ordinary patients to suffer.
"Scopolamlne-morphlne la doing some
good work in Germany. . It is a step
there In the right direction. The treat
ment Is available ' in America in some
half dozen institutions, where selected
cases are experimented upon occasion,
ally. Even two of our largest lylng-In
hospitals ' have already abandoned It
because of the high Infant mortality."
RGHT FOR LIFE .
t.! ENDS IN RESCUE
OF 11 SAILORS
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American launched a lifeboat which
rowed to the' side of the foundering
Victoria. - They stood by unUM3 had
been taken , off. The women were
thrown bodily Into the lifeboat. But
when Captain Urrachua was asked to
go, he shook his head. - I
"I will stay wlth-my ship," he said.
Thereupon ' 10 others announced that
they-would remain also. At that time
the f Victoria ' haa 10 feet of water in
the hold.
j- . . Qalt Kaki&ff TesseL
Two hours later, at 10:30. when the
Victoria's engines wera : flooded - ana
hope of getting Iter beached' abandoned.
Captain - Urrachua and his companions
launcned tftelr lifeboats. A few min
utes afterwards the Victoria plunged
and disappeared. The survivors headed
I for land .by dead reckoning and took
JAitnB hauling on the oars in' the gale
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nope had - been abandoned when ' th
Flyer appeared at 4 p. tp.
xne victoria piyad between ,Kn
seneda and San Diego and recently
came under American registry ' The
American is of the American-Hawaiian
(Steamship line.
Those rescued by the Flyer 'were:
. Jose Urrachua, captain; Jesus Wil
son, mate; Arturo Hernandez, quarter
master; Luciano Rubalcaba, quarter
master; Frank Otto, steward; Manuel
Ozuna, chief engineer; Manuel VIga,
assistant engineer; Jose Sanches, stok
er;; Manuel Ramirez, seaman and Juan
Class Play Scores f
: Hit at Lincoln
At the school auditorium, the June
15 class of the Lincoln High school
last night presented for the third time
one of, the best and most successful
plays ever attempted at ; that school.
The play was The Congressman." It
is a gripping drama of political life,
in which a dishonest congressman Is
mads to see the folly of his ways and
repent. The comedy part of -the play
is carried out in a love affair between
the congressman's niece and . his pri
vate secretary.
. The 'whole cast carried out their
parts remarkably well. Warren Lewis,
as the ' . congressman," scored a big
success. Parris Emery showed much
talent. in his Clever acting. -" .
i Evadna Gove - as the congressman's
wife played her part exceptionally
well. Gertrude Moore as Marjie -and
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Portland Academy;
Will Be Continued
.) .Portland academy will continue as
usual next year, according to an an
nouncement made by its- board of trus
tees following a , meeting .yesterday
morning.
! The board itself will be reorganized
and there will be a thorough internal
reorganization of the school, details of
Which will be announced at some fu
ture time.
H. - L. Corbtt. Isaac D. Hunt and
Frederick H. Strong have been ao-
polnted a committee to work out plans
ior me coming school year.
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r Q- Why is it that cheap glasses
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