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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1945)
Your Health and It's Care By DR. WILLIAM BRADY M.D. (feeders should address inquiries to: Dr William Brady. 265 CI Camino Beverly Hills. CalU. NEGLIGIBLE, In 978 cases of Inguinal hernia that came to operation in the New York Hospital, recurrence of the hernia In his text- I book on Her- lllBi l c t U 111' mended to physicians and students by X - 4 Jh the Jour. AMA, Leigh F. Wat son, M.D. sr.vs 4 V' the number of recur r e n c e s following oper ation for her- Dr. Brady nia varies from 5 to 10 per cent depending on the age of the patient, and the choice of oper ation. The recurrence rate in 6.027 operations for hernia per formed by 34 surgeons was so far as the surgeons knew or re ported, 5.3 per cent. That would be more than 300 patients who submitted to the risks, absence from work, hospitalization, dis comfort, expense of the opera tion, only to find not long after ward that they still had hernia. We had better not say anything here about 25 patients whose mortal worries were over when they went under anesthesia for the hernia operation they never said anything about it either. That is enough to show that operation for hernia (a) has a considerable percentage of fail ures, no matter how skillful the surgeon may be :and (b) opera tion for hernia has its own mor tality rate. Now what's this fine sounding blah I read in the papers about the injection treatment of her nia. In the first place I cross my fingers, for it purports to be the effusion of one Morris Fishbein, M. D Morris is the fellow who Is constantly telling us period what "science" says and is constantly telling the dumb public that what we say we l-ing the rest of the medical profession is communistic, radical, unscientific- or how do you like it. Well, in this newspaper har angue the great Pooh-Bah of the A.M. A. estimates, in his gener ous rapid-fire way, that "a study of a considerable number of cases reveals that about one fifth of those treated with the injection method fail to be cur ed, whereas the percentage of . failures following surgery is so small as to be negligible." Now you will notice that I give the source of my figures, whereas Morris Fishbein, M D in his lisual way, assumes that the source of his figures or j Final '. f Summer p . l Rationed Shoe Release O. P. A. No. 107 Fcrmerly rationed Casual Shoes .... Black Patent . . . Brown and White ' all Brown . . . These are going fast, but still lots of sizes left ' ' M Eh? guesses is none of your business. I challenge the loud and fast talking Dr. Fishbein to name the source of his figures. Three hundred failures and 25 deaths may be "negligible" in Dr. Fishbein's scientific view, but even if the injection method fails in one fifth of the cases so treated, I'd want to have a go at it myself before I'd be willing to submit to the radical opera tion, if I had hernia. In the first place it is far safer than surgery. In the next place i does not require weeks of hos pitalization. In the next place it does not interfere with your ordinary work or play. In the next, place it does not cost so much as the operation and hospi talization. And if it does fail you are not out much. QUESTIONS ANSWERS One-way Haste To correspondents who use regis tered, special delivery or air mail to hasten delivery of letters to me, but enclose return envelope bearing ordin ary postag-e or perhaps none at all. I rommend a re-reading of the fable of the tortoise and the hare. Anvway. special delivery or registered letters must aa-ait their turn We can't give them preferred attention here. Low Basal Metabolism Please tell me what doctors mean by low basal metabolism and the treat ment lor such condition. (Mrs. P M C Answer Tf rinptnr iich ench ttrm ln giving his opinion or advice to a patient the patient should interrupt him, if the doctor fails to explain, and ask him what it means. Fine HiR Brother I hive a brother who is fifteen. He nets ecema every year. We have tried many things and even had him In hos pital for a while. I know he suffers and 1 hope you can suggest some kind c.l cure tor it. (Pvt. S C.t ' Answer At least It can do your brother no harm to give the calcium end vitamin D treatment a try. De tails in pamphlet on Eczema'"' for copy send stamped envelope bearing your address. Now Is the Time to Reduce Come spring- 1 mean to begin a re ducUon regimen and no fooling. (Mrs. H. A.I Answer wny go on tooling until i .nrinnl Cx-I ........... .- I stamped envelope bearing your ad dress, for '-Rules for Reducing." (Copyright 1045 by John F. Dilla Co.) McLeod McLeod, Sept. 13 Mrs. Flos sie Mullens has returned to her home here after spending several weeks in Portland with her daughter and new grandson. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Morse and daughter Diana of Burbank, Calif., are guests of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Morse. Jim McDowell and daughter Linda Kay have gone to Port land for medical treatment for Linda. Mr. and Mrs. George Bowers have sold their home here on Rogue river and moved to Stockton, Cal. Best wishes of the community go with them. Mr. and Mrs. F. Sherman of Values to 5.95 Los Angeles are visiting their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Axtell and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Abbott for a few weeks. Mrs. Joe Callender of Idaho who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Louise Stafford, has return ed to her home. Mr. and Mrs. Art Mullens were dinner guests recently of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harding Sr. Mrs. Ruth McDonough and daughters of Sams Valley are guests of Mrs. Mary McDowell. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ditsworth recently were their nephews, Lt. John B. Harr and Lt. and Mrs. Robert A. Lewis, a niece, Mrs. J. L. Allen and daughter Dixalee, and Mrs. Dits worth's sister Mrs. Gerald Buck Both young men were bomber pilots in Europe. Lt. Harr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Harr. was with the 8th Air Force in Eng-1 land and was held a prisoner of war in Germany for l'i years. Lt. Lewis is the son of Mrs. Buck of Upper Applegate and Ervin Lewis of Medford and was w;ith the 15th Air Force in Italy. He flew over 50 successful missions. They are now on furlough. Mr. and Mrs. B. McEwen of Medford were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harding Sr. on Sept. 9. Mrs. Zella Tullis and her fa ther, Mr. Nova Hastings, and Mr. and Mrs. Carrol spent several days at Crescent City lately. THE GRANGE Sams Valley Grange Sams Valley Grange will hold their last meeting of the month Sepi. 15 at 9 p. m. in the Grange hall. Special feature of the meet ing will be Dr. Edwin Durno, prominent physician of Medford, who will tell of his experiences and work overseas. The meeting is open to the public and a large attendance is expected. WORKERS Nl GOOD WAGES GOOD WORKIHG KOBRS good working cqhcitions at your local cannery, Front and 13th Streets. We're establishing a day shift for canning pears and a night shift for prunes. Here is your oppor tunity to assist a vitally important home industry and earn good money for winter needs and Christmas! Telephone 3982 Play Shoes . . All Non-rationed . . . Whites and Colors . . . most all Sizes in our Best Styles . . . You can always use an extra pair ' of these ... State Guard Plans Recruit Campaign Here Next Month An October recruiting drive is planned by company officers of Medford's Co. A, first regiment, Oregon state guard, according to Capt O. E. Sabin, commanding officer. The drive is designed to fill vacancies caused by enlist 43 Mi 1 CRATERIAN Values to 5.00 She's Flirtatious. Vivacious and Shockingly Audacious! tlplf S ment In the regular forces of some unit members and by oth ers who have moved away. Both high school and chamber of commerce officials will be asked to assist in the drive, and displays of guard uniforms and equipment is planned at the high school and some-downtown busi LIr -: -;f OUR "JiVE FIVE" FCR JUNICK BOYS Sizes 4 to 10. Boys love thesa acket and slack suits not only for their excellent tailoring and grown-up look, but because they can wear them (teamed with the reversible sweater listed below) In alt of 5 different waysl Sturdy wool and rayon In becoming blue and lans. Typical of Wards fine children's wear. MATCHING SWEATER, on. sld. plain, th. other ptald.T. 2.98 65$ BOYS' GOOD LOOKING PART WOOL SWEATERS 1.98 5as 4 to 10. Boyi liVt fhim In thU coat tyU bcauw thay'r aty to put onl Sturdy rayon, cot ton and woo! mixture!. 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