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Page iCxx EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. Wed.. July 23, 1962 To Your Good Health Pressure Varicose Vein Cause By DR. JOSEPH G. MOLNER "Dear Dr. Molner: I have vari cose veins and have worn elas tic stockings for years. Is there anything else I can do? I am 77, and have a little garden and flowers that I love to spade. I nan pnieDitis in my right leg.. MRS. E. C. Without going into the whole story of varicose veins, which I have discussed before let's limit this to Mrs. E. C.'s question. ine elastic stockings unques tionably help; she may find even more support in the use of elastic bandages wrapped from annic to knee or above. The veins have become "vari Cose" by swelling from the pres sure within them, so these clas tic supports are logical for coun teracting this condition. All sorts of salves and home remedies have been tried by thousands of patients without relief. There is no reason to expect any, so don't waste time on things that can't help. In a great many cases the patient has the over-swollen veins obliterated by injections, or having the veins ligatcd (or tied) which is an equivalent method, or having them remov ed surgically, called "stripping." (The vein is removed endwise, so only a small incision is required.) Whether, at 77, she should have one of these latter pro cedures could be decided only by the doctor caring for her. However, she can still help herself by understanding the cause of varicose veins pres sure inside veins which are not strongly supported by the flesh, She should not stand for long periods. When on her feet, walking and moving about pro motes circulation and is help ful. Sitting in one position for long periods is harmful it cramps the veins, retarding cir culation. She should continue working In her garden. Not too long at a time, of course, but the mod erate exercise is good. When sitting, it will be most helpful for her to prop her feet on a chair or footstool in deed, the inelegant habit of put ting one's feet on the desk is a very useful one in relieving pressure on varicose veins, since the blood then runs down through the veins, instead of re quiring the pressure to force it up. In theory, standing on one's head several times a day would be excellent; in practice, get ting the feet higher than the rest of the body is perfectly adequate and helpful lndcvi, Hardly recommended at re 77, however. The last word of caution: Avoid humping the legs (espe cially the distended vein or veins) against chairs, furniture, etc. This further damages the blood vessels, and besides, small wounds or bruises heal more slowly because of the im paired circulation. Archeologists Get Data Aloft WASHINGTON Archeologists, who tra ditionally work on their knees in dirt, are taking to the air for a fresh and profitable look at buried civilizations of the past. Airborne archeologists have learned that when man disturbs the ground to build cities or plow fields, soil marks remain century after century. High-altitude pictures give a compre hensive view of an ancient community its agriculture, roads, building and fortifications, says the National Geographic Society. Aerial pictures of a iield in southwest Eng land, for example, show minute patches of rich vegetation. Here the wooden columns of a Bronze Age sanctuary decayed, enriching the soil. Ditches that surrounded Neolithic settle ments in Italy have long since been filled; yet the 4,000-year-old pattern is still visible from the air. In North Africa, Airborne archeologists have located the outer fortifications of Carth age. Near Italy's Adriatic Coast, a single aerial photograph shows the superimposed outlines of round Stone-Age huts, the square plots of an ancient Roman farm, and the irregular foundations of a 13th-century village and manor of Emperor Frederick the Second. Shadows cast by the sun and the pattern of wind-blown snow can reveal prehistoric burial mounds and roads when an area is photographed from the air. In cultivated spots, the soil often is thinner and plants paler above ancient stone forts and homesitcs. Such "crop marks" trace ground plans of many Roman ruins and Etruscan cemeteries in Italy. In 1951, a National Geographic-Smithsonian Institution party spotted from a helicopter a giant human form scratched into the hard mesa soil of California. The gaunt, 160-foot figure, believed to have been drawn by In dians between the 16th and mid 10th cen turies, had never been noticed by people on the ground. Aerial pictures have also helped in the discovery of drowned ruins such as the Phoenician port of Tyre. Baiae, the most luxurious seaside resort for ancient Romans, today lies under 30 feet of v ater near modern day Naples. But its rtreets and squares are recorded on film. The potential of aerial archeology was first indicated in 1921-3 when two Britons used high-level photos to reveal unknown parts of Stonchenge. The practice has flourished with postwar advances in aerial cameras. Possibly the most provocative areheological photographs was made over the Mount Ararat region in the rugged northeast corner of Turkey. Here, according to Biblical tradition, Noah's ark ran aground after the great flood. The picture shows what can be interpreted, as the outline of a ship 7,000 feet high and 200 miles from the nearest sea. The sym metrical shape is in marked contrast to the has not been authenticated though wood surrounding slopes and ravines. The "find" fragments have reportedly been found along the rim. The outline measures 450 feet long, the approximate measurement given in the Bible for Noah's ark. Ask Andy Diatomaceous Earth a Boon Andy sends a complete, 20 volume set of the World Book Encyclopedia to Jane Ford, age 13, of Gastonia, N. C. for her question: What Is diatomaceous earth? We use this special earth to clean out the bath tub and scour the sink. There may be some of it even in our toothpaste. In in dustry, diatomaceous earth is used as a filter to sift out par ticles of impurities from fluids and syrups. There is a clue to its nature in the word diatom, which is the name of countless small water-dwelling members of the plant world. Diatomaceous earth is made of hard and gritty particles, so small and fine that the sub stance feels smooth to the touch. This is one reason why it makes a wonderful cleaning agent it scrapes off the dirt without scraping the smooth face of the shiny porcelain in the wash basin. The diatomaceous earth in cleansing powders is a giit of the plant world. Its tiny, gritty par ticles were made by diatoms which teemed in the ancient seas millions of years ago. There have been diatoms for a hun dred million years and they still thrive in salt and fresh water all over the world. It is said that the diatoms arc too small for our eyes to see, for they are like fairy jewel box es, each one beautiful. Most of them measure about one thou sandth of an inch in diameter. They are microscopic relatives of the water-loving algae, in cluding the various seaweeds. Each diatom is a tiny, yellow ish brown body inside a pair of matching shells. It has green chlorophyll which it uses to make plant color. The shells are made from silica, one of the hardest of the natural minerals. The twin shells which encase the diatom are held together with a thin girdle around the waist. They may be shaped like buttons or squares, oblongs or diamonds, stars or sticks. But each little box is sure to be or nately ornamented with a de sign of ridges and grooves or humps and hollows or spikes and buttons. In the remote past, countless trillions of diatoms lived and A riddle: how are para troops and other airborne troops like the cavalry? An swer: the tactics resemble those of the cavalry. In fact, the paratroopers are some times referred to as tiue "cavalry of the sky." C Enoyolopedla Britannic died and their dainty shells sift ed to the oozy floor of the seas. When stretches of shallow seas dried up, the old sea beds be came layers ' of diatomaceous earth. Some 15 million years ago, what is now central California was flooded by shallow seas. Countless trillions of tiny dia-! toms lived and died in the sunny waters, adding piles of micro scopic shells to the sea bed. Later the area became dry land and gritty diatom shells were mixed with the rich soil. In places where the shells are con centrated, the diatomaceous earth is mined to make cleans ing powder. Andy sends a Hammond's Library World Atlas to Roy Richstad, age 13, of Seattle, Wash., for his question: How long have the Indians been In America? Let's turn back the calendar about 40,000 years. A great Ice Age is in its prime and much of the Northern Hemisphere is blanketed with glaciers two and three miles thick. 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