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MEDFORD MAIL TRTBTTNE. MEDEORD. OREGON. THURSDAY. APRTL 14, 1938.
HOPEFUL OF NEW
Insulin and Metrazol Giving
Relief From Mental Dis
, order Unable to Agree
On Action of Medicine
SALEM. Ore., April 14. (AP) Of
ficials of the Oregon atata hospital,
worried by the rapid, riae In the
atata'a Insane population, believe
that two chemical compound In
sulin and metraEOl may show them
the way to reduce the number.
These compounds, which bare been
used for !)t months at tbe hospital,
show possibilities for permanent
cures of dementia precox the most
prevalent form of insanity.
Of the 3800 patients at the bos
pltal, 60 per oent hare been oonaid.
ered Incurable. More than half of
the AO per cent have dementia prae
oox, a form of mental disease which
affects, mostly young people. Vic-
ttms develop delusions, undergo &
change of personality and experience
a change In their emotional system.
The Intelligence Is not affected for
some time, but until It Is, Insulin
and metraxol may be beneficial. De
mentia praecox victims may Imagine
they are Napoleon, George Washing
ton or even the Supreme Being. One
patient at the hospital believes he
owns all the railroads In the United
States, while another thinks he has
a monopoly on the world radish mar
ket. In this state the opportunity
for cure exists.
Insulin Is Injected under the skim
of those affected by the disease,
amounts being Increased dally until
a shook or coma results. The shoe I:
follows About an hour after the In
jection and the victim remains in
this state for about four hours.
After about 35 shocks the victim is
either cured or the doctors give It
up.
Metrazol, a carbon compound, Is
Injected Into a vein, and a shock,
similar to an epileptic fit. follows
In a few seconds. The fit lasts about
three minutes. If there Is no Im
provement after 30 Injections, which
re given thrice weekly, the treat
ments are discontinued.
Improvement Shown
Doctors give the Insulin treatment
to those who have not been affected
long, while metrazol Is given to the
more difficult cases.
Of thai 38 men treated with met
rasol, four were discharged and 16
showed Improvement. Eleven of 10
women Improved.
Half of the men and one-fourth
of the women given Insulin treatment
Improved.
Doctors disagree on how these in
jection a cure the patler.ta, although
some believe the shocks break up de
lusions by forming new channels in
the brain.
Hospital phyalclans do not say that
metrarol and insulin will affect per
manent cures because they do not
know whether yatlents sent home as
cured will come back again.
Groping In Dark
"We are Just groping In the dark
and hoping we have found a perma
nent cure," Dr. J. 0. Evans, state
hospital superintendent, said.
"Some of our dementia praecox
patients refuse to feed or care for
themselves but. after treatments,
they do all their own work."
He told of a 38-year-old man, who
came to the hospital almost three
years ago, pulled his kneea up to his
stomach and his hands under his
arms. He lay In this position tor
two years, refusing to move anything
but his eyes.
After 16 insulin shocks, he was
cured. He will be sent home In a
few days.
E WILD LIFE
SEEN IN FORESTS
PORTLAND, April 14. (AP) A
substantial Increase in wild Ufa In
the 30 national forests of Oregon
and Washington was nhown today
In a- survey by the U. 8. forest
service.
Mule Deer were estimated at 193.
000, a gnln of 20.000 and elk wore
Increasing despite an annual open
fieaflon. A gain also was noted in
mountain goats.
On tlie unfavorable side, the for
est service found black tall deer
decreasing, mountain sheep at a
standstill and the population of fur
bearers, particularly mnrtens and
fishers, dropping seriously, while the
predatory rougar appeared to have I
Increased. Coyotes were declining.
An Increase of ducks and geese
was noted, slthough mountain quail ,
and blue and ruffed grouse con
tinued to decline.
Gastronomic Spree Enjoyed
By Lt. Craft in Louisville Ky.
By Roy Craft
LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 10. (Special Correspondence) First of the
two special trains returning to Med ford with replacements for fifth corps
area camps of the Medford CCC district left Fort Knox yesterday with
Capt, Andrew W. LaMar In command.
Your correspondent, ranked out of i
copies were banned In Kentucky and
some other states. I don't know
whether tbey were canned in Oregon
or not. I got my copy through a
dealer, the trick being accomplished
with the aid of a third party con
veniently available at the magazine
stand. The dealer, after consultation
with the stooge, announced that for
35 cents the stooge would let me have
his personal copy as he could get an
uther In Indiana. I pun g led up the
35 cents and the dealer ran around
back and soon emerged with a copy
of Life neatly done up In a plain
wrapper.
Demented Daughter
Slays Aged Father
SOUTHWICK, Mass., April 14. P)
Lester Vining, 86, was slain with
an axe today.
His daughter. Mrs. Martha I. Ot-
tenhelmer, SO, named in a state po
lice report as his assailant, Immed
iately was recommitted . to the
Northampton state hospital, from
Which she was released February lfl.
The aged man died of fractured
skull.
the first train, will be around here
until April 16 when the second will
pull out for home. Z have accordingly
taken a short leave of absence and
nm spending, a couple of days In
Louisville. Perhaps a few random ob
servations will be of Interest.
The weather today la beautiful, a
soft spring day with a warm sun
shining In a cloudless sky. Kentucky
weather has been terrible since we
arrived two weeks ago. We've had
everything from snow to windstorms,
but mostly the days have been Just
plain cold and rainy.
I went out to Churchill Downs this
afternoon to prowl around the track
where May 7 the Kentucky Derby will
be run. The race meeting will start
the end of April and many horses
are already being trained on the
track. . I saw several derby entrants
today but the headllners haven't ar
rived yet. Stagehand la due in tomor
row sometime.
Churchill Downs Is located Inside
the city, about 30 blocks from the
center of town. The grass is green
and new landscaping la being carried
on ' there. A new section of grand
stand has been built, bringing the
seating capacity of the stands to
06,000. according to one attendant's
estimate.
Louisville itself la an Interesting
olty. Although classed as a southern
city, the northern Influence seems
to predominate here. One hears little
of the real southern accent.
The olty appears to be run on a
wide-open basis. There are, of course,
numerous saloons with whiskey
rather than beer the popular bever
age. Although the Louisville skyline
Is dominated by the tall smokestacks
of liquor distilleries, whiskey prices
are about a third higher than In
Oregon. The more I see of other
states, the more convinced I am that
Oregon's liquor system Is the best In
the country.
I have indulged my fondness for
good food In several top-notch res
taurants. Frog legs, shad roe, Maine
lobster, poraano, river catfish and
other delicacies not always available
in Medford have rounded out many
an exciting repast.
I dropped into the Louisville News
Courier office to get some informa
tion and while there was urged by
all and sundry to visit Kentucky's
Mammoth Caves. None of them had
ever been there but thought lt was
a good idea for an outsider. Like a
lot of Medford people who've never
seen Crater lake.
I had to buy a bootlegged copy
of Life magazine today. Because of
a pictorial essay on childbirth, the
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