Pige 4Axx EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, St., April 13. 1968
To Your Health
Drugs
Can Ease
Tendonitis
By DR. JOSEPH G. MOLNER
Dear Doctor Molner: My
. huiband nut pain and stiff
ness in hia right elbow, and
two doctors have diagnosed it
as tendonitis. One suggested
X-ray treatment and the other
cortisone.
My husband finally con
sented to having a cortisone
shot, which helped hl.j only
temporarily. Should he try
the X-ray treatment, or more
cortisone?
Ho Isn't having anything
'done now because he believes
his condition is chronic and
he "must learn to live with
it." Mrs. J.F.
I wouldn't be warranted in
trying to decide an "either-or"
question concerning a patient
I'vi never seen, but here is one
fact to keep in mind: Cortisone
s v.'i-y effective in thes: cases.
However more than one injc
tlon may be required. II one
shot afforded temporary relief,
that s i good sign.
Heat and salicylates (aspirin)
also are very effective.
Why not at least make use
of whatever gives relief? That
is no more than simple logic.
Why suffer when you don't have
to?
True, tendonitis (inflamation
of a tendon) might be slow to
cure, but I can't agree that it
necessarily is chronic or some'
thing you "have to learn to live
with" until a reasonable amount
of treatment has been obtained.
There are ailment'- you have
to learn to live with, and some-
times a doctor has a rough time
In persuading i patient of that
fact. But here it's the other
way around. One Injection of
cortisone already has given
temporary relief, and there are
other means yet to be tried.
(The heat and aspirin.)
There's another step which
at times is helpful in cases re
sembling this one. Gout should
first bo ruled out. (Doubtless in
this particular case this has al
ready been done.)
Gout, sometimes settles in a
tendon, as well as other places.
Tests for excess uric acid give
a ready indication as to wheth
er gout Is involved.
. If it is, the obvious place to
start is in treating the gout,
rather than just its symptoms.
Dear Doctor Molner: Sev
eral women, recently have
ilartcd to take plain gelatin
to Improve hair, eyes and nail
condition. Is tl.ls wise? Will
it cause hardening of the
arteries? E.C.
- Gelatin Is protein although
an Incomplete one and since
somo peoplo don t get enough
protein, it may help strengthen
nails and sometimes aid in
other ways. It won't harden the
arteries.
Doctor Molner welcomes all reader
mill, but regret that due to the
tremendous volume received dally,
ha Is unable lo answer Individual
letters. Readers' questions are Incor
porated In his column whsnever possible.
'Wonder of the Ancient World
Divers Find Ruins of Pharos
WASHINGTON Divers have discovered
fragments of the Pharos, the great lighthouse
that was one of the seven wonders of the
anicent world.
In the harbor of Alexandria, United Arab
Republic, the underwater explorers found a
decorated stone facade, a broken column and
statuary that may have ornamented the monu
mental structure.
The remains of the Pharos lie about 24 feet
beneath the Mediterranean Sea, the National
Geographic Society says. An earthquake top
pled the lighthouse in 1375, destroying a sea
mark that had stood for 1,600 years.
The Pharos was completed about 280 B.C.
In the reign of Ptolemy II, or Philadelphus.
This enlightened ruler of Eygpt made Alexan
dria Into a center of science and scholarship.
The city also was a major port, and a beacon
was needed to guide ships to Eygpt's low-lying
coast and past the shoals outside Alexandria's
harbor.
The lighthouse was built on the island of
Pharos, a natural breakwater. The island was
connected to the mainland by a causeway,
which has silted over and become an isthmus.
The Greek architect Sostratus, who de
signed the tower, was so proud of his work
that he boldly carved his namo on it. He then
prudently covered the place with plaster on
which he engraved Ptolemy's name. Sostratus
knew the plaster would disintegrate after
Ptolemy's death and reveal .the original in
scription. Ancient and medieval writers often de
scribed the Pharos, but they mingled fact and
fancy so capriciously that an uncertain picture
of the tower survives.
Archeoiogists believe it stood about 300
feet tall in several tapering sections. The base
was 100 feet square and perhaps 200 feet high.
It reputedly contained 300 rooms, and may
have served as a fort. Above the base rose
octagonal and circular stages. A cupola pro
tected the signal fire. Surmounting all was a
giant statue of Poseidon, god of the sea.
Smaller statues in the Phoras supposedly
included a rotating figure that followed the
sun's course with a pointing finger and an
other that musically sounded the hours.
Some accounts describe an interior ramp
that wound gradually all the way up to the
light. Donkeys hauled fuel up the incline.
Other scholars say a windlass at the top hoist
ed palm logs through a center well. In any
case, the flare was kept burning constantly
a pillar of fire at night, a column of smoke
by day.
Ancient writers said the Pharos beacon
was visible 60 miles at sea, and that sailors
sometimes mistook it for a strange new star.
Modern authorities calculate that the beacon
probably was visible only 30 miles.
The light may have been reflected by a
polished stone or metal disk. According to
legend, the reflector could beam the sun's
rays 100 miles to burn an enemy ship. One
credulous writer claimed that the Pharos mir
ror reflected events in distant Constantinople.
Top sections of the Pharos collapsed around
A.D. 700. Men seeking Alexander the Great's
treasure, rumored to be hidden there, may
have undermined the top. An earthquake in
1200 and the severe temblor in 1375 completed
the destruction.
Today, all that remains above ground of
the wonder of the world are a few stones in
corporated into a 15th-century fort on the site.
Ask Andy
Asteroid Source Unknown
Athenian Makeup
Women of ancient Athens
darkened their eyes with mas
cara, and used creams and beau
ty lotions.
Andy tends a complete, 20
volume tet of the World Book
Encyclopedia to Richard May-
field, 11, of Shreveport, La.,
for his question:
How are the asteroids formed?
Lately, science has revealed
some astounding information
about meteorites. Theso are
grounded space travelers which,
we are told, form part of the
drifting debris in the spaccways
of the solar system. Most ex
perts agree that many of these
meteorites were once asteroids.
Iron and nickel meteorites are
mado from heavy metals like
those in the earth's core. Stony
meteorites are made from light
er minerals like those of the
earth's crust. In the formation
of a planet, the heavy elements
tend to sink to the center, but
this process takes time. The dif
ferent meteorites suggest that
they might be fragments of
some larger body which was
once a planet.
The asteroids which give us
many of our meteorites, then.
might be the scattered remains
of a planet which once orbited
between Mars and Jupiter. But
we have no proof of this theory.
Nor can we explain how a
planet could be smashed Into
fragments.
Tho meteorites now being
studied contain large amounts of
carbon compounds. They are
called carbonaceous chondrites,
and lately we have learned some
amazing facta about them. Some
of theso facts might lead us to
fanciful ideas that cannot be
proved,
Some of the minerals in these
chondrites are like the hydro
carbon chemicals in butter and
other organic substance which
come from living things. But
we cannot argue that there were
cows on the planet which broke
apart to form the asteroids. Far
from it. We may suspect, but
we cannot prove, that some
meteorites are grounded aster
oids or that the asteroids are
fragments of a planet. True, the
newly found compounds are like
thoso which form living or
ganisms. But this does not help
us prove how the asteroids were
formed. As of now, we just do
not know.
The carbonaceous chondrites
may or may not prove that life
exists outside our world. Their
compounds are like the basic
chemicals from which living
matter is' formed, but such
chemicals can exist is non-liv
ing substances. What's more, the
rather soft chondrites are
porous, and chemicals may have
seeped into them from the soil.
The life forming compounds
may prove to be from the earth
and not from outer space.
Andy sends a 14-inch globe
to Lyn Paulson, 12, of New
port News, Va., for his question
How long does an eclipse last?
A total solar eclipse can be
seen from only a narrow path
along the earth. The dark disk
of the moon creeps gradually
across the sun, blotting out its
brilliant face. At the time of
total eclipse, the sun is hidden
completely, tho world becomes
dark and stars can be seen in
the sky.
This eriod of darkness, how
ever, is never longer than a few
minutes. Total eclipse of the
sun can be as long as seven
minutes and 30 seconds, but
this docs not often occur. As a
rule, the sun begins to peep out
from behind the moon after per
haps two to five minutes.
Andy awards esch day a full set
of the World Book Encyclopedia
for the first question he selects
to answer. When a second ques
tion is answered a large world
globe or atlaa la awarded. Ques
tions are accepted from teen-age
or less-than-teen-age readers. They
should be addressed to the Regis-ter-Guard,
075 High St, Eugene.
Andy prefers that questions he
written on postcard, rather than
In letter form.
Salaries High
For Engineers
CORVALLIS Wl Engineering
graduates are in such great de
mand this year that Oregon
State University is 1 turning
away companies which want to
interview prospective employes.
George Glceson, dean of engi
neering, said OSU will graduate
230 engineers in June and could
place three or four times that
number in good jobs.
Starting salaries average
about $588 a month, with doc
tor's degrees commanding
about $875 monthly.
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