Cortisone, Acth May
Mark Start of New
Medical Science Era
By PAUL F. ELLIS
United Press Science Editor
New York. Mar. 29 U.R) The
date of Sept. 21, 1948, may go
down as one of the greatest in
medical history.
It was the day when cortisone,
a hormonal substance, was in
jected into the first patient. The
patient was a 29-year-old wom
an, who had suffered rheumatoid
arthritis for more than four
years. Her joints were stiff,
swollen, and painful to move.
Second Injection
On September 21 she re
ceived an injection of cortisone.
This was followed by a second
injection. For two days, there
was no evident benefit. Then on
the third day she could roll over
in bed without pain. On the
fourth day, she was up and about
and within a week she was
shopping. Her arthritis, at least
for the time being, was gone.
The case is the classic example
of a new era in medical science
that may be approaching.
Since that day in September,
the medical scientists have used
cortisone or acth, a companion
hormone, against just about ev
erv disabling or crippling dis
ease that the human being
suffers.
Cortisone is a synthetic sub
iann nroduced from ox bile.
and acth is produced from the
pituitary glands of the hog. The
supply Ot DOin IS unuieu anu nui
yet available to tne puDiic.
Memorable Date
Another memorable date
the story of acth and cortisone
came on last October 21. Itwas
the first day of a two-day con
ference on acth, sponsored by
Armour & company, at Chicago.
The Armour company produces
acth from the nituitaries of
slaughtered hogs.
The meeting was attended by
famous research scientists the
nation over. They reported pre
liminary iesults of the use of
acth on inany types oi aisease.
The reoorts are contained in a
book entitled "proceedings of the
first clinical acth conference,"
edited bv Dr. John R. Mote and
published this week by the ma
kuston company, of Philadelphia,
Results Encouraqinq
Here are some of the findings
as reported at the first acth con
ference:
Gout: Encouraging.
Cancer: Encouraging in some
types of leukemia and causes a
shrinking in some types ot can
cerous tumors.
Rheumatoid arthritis: Results
generally good.
Rheumatic fever: Kesuits en-
couraging.
Ulcerative colitis: Undesirable
reactions in some cases.
Asthma: Sufficiently encourag
ing to warrant detailed invest!
gation.
Allergies: Benefit in some
cases.
Tuberculosis: More investiga
tion needed.
Poliomyelitis: Evidence of ben
efits not conclusive as yet.
Pneumonia: Apparently some
benefit.
Nervous disorders: Benefits
undetermined.
Alcoholism: Effective in some
cases.
Legislative Studies
Set by Women Voters
Members of the Medford
League of Women Voters will
make a further study of state
legislature at a luncheon meet
ing Saturday. April 1. at 1 p.m.
in the Rogue Valley Country
club, according to officers of the
group.
A film. "State Legislature,
will be shown in line with the
year's project of the nine leagues
of women voters in the state.
Members of each league have
been studying different phases
of legislation throughout . the
year and material 'obtained will
be consolidated into booklets by
the state office of the league in
Portland.
At present a survey of candi
dates for state offices is being
made, which will be presented
from non-partisan standpoints
for voters of the state. An ex
tensive article in this morning's
Oregonian points out the work
being done by Portland league
members in this respect.
Reservations for Saturday's
meeting here should be made by
calling Miss Lucille Ames,
phone 3-1828.
Nine out of 10 American au
tomobile manoufacturing com
panies' home plants are located
with a radius of 85 miles of De
troit, Mich.
Public Power
Making Possible
West Development
Washington, Mar. 29 iU.PJ
Assistant Secretary of Interior
William E. Warne said today that
public power is making possible
a more complete and rapid de
velopment of the West.
He told the annual convention
of the American Public Power
association that "only the federal
government" has been able to
develop the resources available
in some of the West's major
rivers.
He called for "integrated plan
ning for water and related re
source development." He said
that lack of such planning "is
becoming apparent."
Gauges Watched
"New York city painfully
bounces on the ceiling of its wa
ter supply while other great in
dustrial centers anxiously watch
the gauges on their reservoirs
and look fearfully into the fu
ture," he said.
The federal power program, he
said, is "an integral, indispen
sable part of the overall recla
mation program. The reclama
tion program could not exist
without the power aspect. Pow
er revenues pay an essential part
of the costs of reclamation."
Grand Coulee dam, he added,
"is building a whole new indus
trial area in the Pacific North
west. With fewer than half of
its generators installed this giant
has produced power equal to the
labor of 78,000,000 men. It made
ships, planes, tanks, and alumi
num and the atom bomb."
Central Poini Store
Purchased By Couple
The R and E Confectionery
and Sporting Goods store in
Central Point has been purchased
by Mr. and Mrs. John Wisely,
54 Summit avenue. Medford, the
couple announced today. The
store was purchased from Mr.
and Mrs. Everette Evensizer.
Management will be assumed
by the Wiselys Saturday, April 1,
and they have made plans to
serve free coffee and doughnuts
that day from 9 a. m. to 12 noon.
There also will be ice cream
bars for the youngsters during
the same hours.
Until the present Wisely has
been with the Southern uregon
Planing company.
Slot Machine Revenue Good
Boost for Idaho Cities
Coeur d'Alene, Ida., Mar. 29 i
U.R) Things would be rough in
some northern Idaho towns if it
weren't for slot machines.
No new streets, sewage sys
tems, street lights or even fire or
police protection if it wern't for
those money gobbling one armed
bandits.
A survey of towns in the Pan
handle of Idaho shows if slot
machines were made illegal, a
drastic change in the financial
structures would have to be
made in most communities.
Local Option Basis
Right now, slots are on a local
option basis. Northern Idaho, a
mining and lumbering region, is
solidly tor the machines while
some of the more conservative
farming areas of southern Idaho
are voting them out.
Oflicials generally don t like
the machines and wish thev
could get rid of them. "Bad for
business," they say. "But where
would we get all that revenue
if it weren't for the darn things?"
An average ot about 20 per
cent of the total revenue col
lected by the towns comes from
the machines with the whirline
wheels.
In one case, Sandpoint. a low
assessed valuation of property
makes slot machines a very
handy source of revenue. Jim
Parsons, secretary of the cham
ber of commerce, said the whole
town is assessed at about $1,300,
000. Not Real Figure
"A ridiculous figure," he says,
"I wouldn't try to guess what
the real figure is but it's far be
yond that."
"A revaluation of our town
and many others in this part of
the state could make us inde
pendent of the slot machines."
The levy limits in most towns
combined with the low assess
ment values make a low poss
ible revenue from regular
sources. Most towns report they
are up to the limit right now.
Mayor H. C. Seeber of Kel
logg says a $40,000 widening job
on the Coeur d'Alene river to
prevent flooding in the town
would have been impossible ex
cept for the machines.
A hose cart for fighting fires
was bought at Spirit Lake by
slot machine revenue and a
sewage system is being financed
at Sandpoint. Just a few ex
amples of the essential things
being done with the income trom
the gambling habits of the citi
zens. State. Counties Gain
The state and counties also
gain from the machines. The
city takes 50 per cent and the
county and state split the other
Wednesday March 29, 1930
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE WI
half. So it's a nice source of In
come all around.
But how long they 11 stay in
operation no one will guess.
Mose officials would rather not
say too much about it. As one
mavor put it:
'Let the sleeping dog lay."
Children To Appear
In Townsend Program
Townsend club No. 1 will
sponsor a program Friday,
March 31 at 8 p. m. in the KP
hall, with 40 children participat
ing. Program numbers will be
given by pupils of Mrs. Eve
Prentice, accordion teacher, and
Miss Melba Chehak, orchestra
director for junior and senior
high school, will present two
groups of string players from
junior high school. One group
will be a string quartet of boys,
and one a mixed group.
In addition, pupils of Bliss
Heine will dance, give baton ex
hibitions and fancy drills.
There will be no charge for
the program, which is open to
the public, but a free will offer
ing will be taken.
Mrs. Florence Boussum is
president of the club.
The dogfish has no bones.
Sutter county is named for
Captain John Sutter at whose
mill in Coloma gold was discov
ered in 1848.
California has a greater vart
ety of minerals of possible com
mercial importance than any
comparable area in the world.
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