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
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physicians and
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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
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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."
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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!
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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
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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
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Thursday, Sept. 13. 1945 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE FIVS
P.-T. A. Activities
Sams Valley PTA
Sams Valley Parent-Teachers
association will hold an open
house tomorrow at 8:30 p. m.
at the Sams Valley school. The
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Panky.and Meadows districts,
which have Joined the Sams VaU
ley district, are especially urged
to attend so as to have an op
portunity to become acquainted
with new teachers and people of
the commun'ty.
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