TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, February 22. 1950
Science at Work
Sector) Watching Cancer Merer Killing Trial With
Interne Interest Many Admit They Have Done It
Bv Paul F. Ellis I
United Press Science Editor
New York, Feb. 23 (U.R)
Docton in the small towns, spe
cialists in the big cities and even
he vnuna interne in the hospital
accident wards have their pro
fessional eye turnea towara
Manchester. N. H.
In that picturesque New Eng
land town, one of their profes
sion is going on trial for murder
because he deliberately put to
death a woman who was already
dying of cancer.
Discussions with doctors have
shown there Is a tremendous
amount of interest in the fate of
Dr. Herman Sander, the doctor
who injected 40 centimeters of
air into the veins of his patient,
causing her death.
B.li.ve Bander Broke Oath
While there is a great deal of
sympathy for Dr. Sander, the
belief is rather general that he
broke his Hlppocratic oath. Such
an oath Is laKen Dy every qoc
tnr as he receives his decree.
It pledges him to do his best
for the patient at an limes, ana
to orotect the privacy of patient-
doctor relationship, and places
him under a high code of ethics.
The oath goes back to Hip
pocrates, known as the father of
medicine. In recent years the
oath was rewritten somewhat to
pledge doctors against inhuman
treatment of patients, such as
the nazi doctors gave anti-Hitler
Germans before and during the
last war.
However, many cancer doc
tors have admitted privately
that they have given overdoses
of morpnine or otner pain Kill
ing drugs to patients who had
but a few hours to live.
Cancer Sure Killer
The doctors point out that can
cer, once it Is In the last stages,
is a sure killer and few if any
coses have been reported where
in a patient made a death-bed
stand against the disease and
then recover.
As a result, the patient is put
into a coma deliberately, the
doctors say, and it is in a coma
from which they know the pa
tient will not recover.
Some medical men sBy there
Isn't much difference between
giving a person an overdose of
morphine, and giving him a le
thal dose effect, but morphine
is regarded as a therapeutic
agent, while air is not.
Air Injections Used
Research men have used In
jections of air to kill laboratory
animals. The smallest amount in
some cases will kill a mouse,
they point out.
An injection of air causes air
bubbles in the blood stream and
they reach the heart in a matter
of a few seconds. Such is called
an air embolus, and it damages
the heart, causing it to draw up.
The blood In the heart, the
doctors say, takes on a pinkish
color, and an autopsy would
ahow immediately whether a
Army Men To Prepare
For Atom Bomb Test
Washington, Feb. 22 (U.R)
An army detachment will leave
loon for Eniwctok atoll in the
Pacific to help prepare for the
forthcoming atomic bomb test.
The detachment will build
communications facilities, quar
ters, mess halls, utilities and air
base facilities on the atoll.
The army construction force
will compriso the 7th engineer
brigade headquarters of the 70th
engineer construction battalion
and supporting quartermaster,
medical, signal, transportation
and finance units.
The atomic energy commission
previously announced a contract
with Holmes & Narvar, Los An
goles engineering firm, for work
on technical facilities on
Eniwetok.
person was killed by air injec
tion. The Sander trial may not de
cide the issue whether mercy
deaths should be permitted.
Some doctors who believe in the
principle of mercy deaths still
would refrain from making
them legal in the fear that the
legalized mercy killing would
be abused.
Shady Cove -Trail
Shady Cove-Trail, Feb, 22
Dale Coodman of Trail has left
for Anchorage, Alaska, where
he will be employed. His broth
er, Don Goodman is in Anchor
age now.
Mr. and Mrs. John Jesinghaus,
former owners of the Shady
Cove Locker Plant In Shady
Cove, are reported to be very
busy on their dairy farrri at Mur
phy near Grants Pass. They are
milking about 10 cows. Mrs.
Jesinghaus is the sister of Mrs.
Holder of Shady Cove.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Grow of
Trail together with their son and
his wife and small daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Hal Grow of Eagle
Point left last week on a trip to
Los Angeles to visit friends and
relatives.
Mrs. Jessie Hews, sister of Ray
Prichard of Butte Creek, Trail
has left on a 2Vi months tour
of South America. She will visit
In particular Rio dc Jaincro and
then go to Argentina returning
by way of tne west coast.
Mrs. Winnie Pinncy made a
trip to Portland and brought
back with her her daughter,
Barbara Pinney who has been
In the Shriners hospital since
before Christmas. Barbara, who
underwent two operations of
skin grafting on her arm re
ports that the skin grafts were
successful.
On February 14 Girl Scout
Troop No. 82 under leadership
of Mrs. Kay Vogel held an invi
tational valentine tea after the
play rehearsal at the school
house. The girls agreed to form
a permanent dancing club for
lessons in both ballroom danc
ing and square dancing. Mem
bers of Rotary club and Steel
head Post No. 68B1 V.F.W. will
give Instructions in both forms
of dancing. Girl Scout Troop No.
82 wish to express their appre
ciation for the cooperation the
Shady Cove Rotary and V.F.W.
have extended to them.
The condition of W. E. Cross.
of the Palo Alto Mfg. Co. of
Shadv Cove, who is confined to
bed at his home with heart trou
ble Is much the same.
A general dress inspection of
the Boy Scouts and Cubs was
held February l!i at the school
house with John Patton of Med
ford, district commander for the
Shady Cove-Trail area in attend
ance. Also present were Johnny
Walker, Red Wilson and Leo
Tuttle as representatives of
Steelhead Post No. 6881 V.F.W.,
the group sponsoring the Boy
Scouts in this area. Cubs and
Scouts both attaining a high
rating In appearance and dress.
1 his, or course, was very gratify
ing to the community and espec
ially to those who have given
so much of their time and effort
to their work. Five Cubs receiv
ed Bobcat pins: Carl Rone, Ker
ry Cochran, Robert Peel, Martial
Andre and Douglas Chamber
lain. Three Cubs left the pack
advancing Into the Scouls: Stan
ley Honk, Eugene llcnshaw and
Jimmy McClevc.
Opal Lanham of Rogue River
opened her beauty shop next to
the Mountain View cafe In
Shady Cove on February 21.
Mrs. Lanham who has another
shop in Rogue River will call
her shop Opal's Beauty Shop and
nas the latest in modern equip
ment.
Elk Creek Social club will
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and materials.
VFW Auxiliary
Announces New
Essay Contest
The auxiliary of Crater Lake
post, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
today announced details of the
annual essay contest for senior
high school students, which it is
again sponsoring this year. Sub
ject of the contest this year will
be "Peace with Honor for
America," according to Mrs.
Fred Lawrence, chairman of the
contest committee.
Cash prizes will be awarded
to local students winning the
first three prizes, Mrs. Lawrence
said, with $25, $15 and $10 be
ing offered. She added that the
contest will "assist the students
in their achievement of educa
tion, and to promote civic reali
ties in their relationship."
Only Seniors
Only senior class students at
Mcdford and St. Mary's high
schools will be eligible to com
pete this year. Marilyn Malonc,
Medford. won first prize last
year and later placed second in
the state competition. There are
also national prizes for which
local winners can compete, Mrs.
Lawrence pointed out. State
prizes are $50, $15 and $5, while
national contest awards are $1,
000, $500, $250, $100 and 20
honorable mentions.
The contest will close March
24, Mrs. Lawrence said, and
students are being informed of
details through the schools. The
essays must be the work of the
students themselves. Judges of
the essays will be Mrs. Stephen
G. Nye, Dick House and Eric
Allen Jr. Judging will be based
on literary style, interpretation
of the student's views, and patri
otic inspiration. They are to be
no longer than 1,000 words each
hold a box social dance Satur
day evening, February 25 at the
hull. Proceeds from auctioning
of boxes will be used for redec
orating the club house kitchen.
Mrs. Mae Jones and family of
Shady Cove are leaving this
coming week-end to join her hus
band at his logging cHmp, Jump
Off Joe near Giants Pass. They
will camp up there temporarily.
Steelhead Post, Veterans of
Foreign Wars and Ladies Auxil
iary will hold their next regular
meeting on Wednesday, March
1, at 8 p.m. at Rogue River
lodge. Members are urged to
turn out as nominations for of
ficers for the ensuing year will
be made. Elections will be held
at the second meeting in March
and installation in April.
The Mountain View cafe
across from the Shell Service
station in Shady Cove which
opened for business in Novem
ber under ownership of Mr. and
Mrs. John Harris is now serving
short orders. They expect to
open a fountain service and
serve dinners soon.
A successful card party was
held February 18 by Upper
Rogue Grange with eight tables
in piny.
Little Eda Larson, daughter of
Mrs. Marie Larson of Elk Creek,
is reported to have suffered an
attack of appendicitus.
Shady Cove school board will
hold the budget meeting today
at 8 p.m. in the schoolhouse. At
this time the school budget will
be presented and discussed for
the ensuing year and all in the
community are urged to attend
In order that the work of the
school board way be better
understood, and closer coopera
tion between community mem
bers and board attained.
Elk Creek Social club held
the monthly birthday potluck
dinner at the club house Febru
ary 17 honoring Geneva McKin
zie, Marie Larson, Frances Por
ehcr Jack Hughes and Jim Van
dcrlip. The birthday cake was
baked and decorHted by Ken
neth Laccy. Canasta was plnyed
after the dinner and a pleasant
social evening enjoyed.
Mr. and Mrs. LeRov Wehde
of Trail are parents of a daugh
ter, born February 18 in Med
ford. The baby who weighed B1?
lbs., arrived at the Community j
hospital.
Shady Cove P.-T.A. held reg-1
ular meeting February 17 at 8
p.m. at the schoolhouse with a j
special program in observance of ;
the SUrd National Founders day. '
Mrs. Lois Hicks, vice president ;
gave a short reading telling of j
Ihe founding and work of the
P.-T.A. as a national organiza
tion. Mrs. Agnes Brown, chair-j
man of the program committee,
introduced the speaker of the
evening, John Richards, county i
juvenile officer, who gave a
short talk on the work of the
juvenile court in Jackson coun
ty and of some of the problems
with which the workers are fae
d daily. A motion was made,
mt the Shady Cove P.-T.A. go
on rpcord In favor of a detention 1
home being made available for
the children instead of housing
them in the jail. Next meeting
date lias been changed and it will
be hed lthe afterinoon of
March 31. A film and speaker
on the rehabilitation center In
Eugene will be presented under
auspices of the Oregon Society
for Crippled Children and AtUilts ,
In order that the work of this
organization may be better un
derstood. Invitations have been
extended to Prospect and Elk
Creek Trail P.-T.A.'s to attend
and Buy one interested In the
community is cordially invited
Mis. Charles Braughton of
Shady Cove underwent an opera-,
tion February 20 at Sacred Heart
hospital. Slip is expected to be
home in a few days.
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