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. The shape of
the land is different because of
this weighty ice and there is
a land bridge between Alaska
and the Asian shores of Siberia.
We do not know when the
first Indian and perhaps his
family crossed this bridge from
the Old World to the New. We
do not know who he was. In the
following centuries, he was fol
lowed by many other wanderers
from Asia and when at last the
Ice Age receded, these so-called
Indians had taken possession of
the Americas. This may have
been 400 centuries ago.
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