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Your Health and Its Care ty DR. WILLIAM BRADY. M.D. Readers should addteu inqulriet to: Or. William IraeY 263 II Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calil. BLOOD PRESSURE AND DIET WJ Dr. Brady I have slated here many times that high blood pressure as such, is not a disease, but rather an in dication of un derlying d i s ease. Kidney disease and ar teriosclerosis hardening of the arteries are two under lying causes of high blood pressure. There are other causes which, as yet, are not known. Blood pres sure, ordinarily, is Mgncr during ' the waking hours than when one ' is asleep. Frequently it is lower ' when lying down than when sit ting or starring. Emotion fear, anxiety, apprehension, anger tends to increase blood pressure. Relief from worry or anxiety commonly results in a lowering of blood pressure. A person who is apprehensive about his blood pressure one who secretly broods over the possibility of suffering a stroke or a heart attack, is very apt to have a much higher "reading" than would be expected when he goes to a doctor for the purpose. The fear of hearing the doctor say the pressure is too high in iself can cause the blood pres , sure to be too high. A single blood pressure "read ing" is of little value. By taking the pressure at various times and by maintaining a "poker face," a doctor will find wide variations in the pressure. Many a person whose blood pressure is within average limits may, upon a single "reading" exhibit a surprisingly high figure because of emotional train. Many persons who register high blood pressure figures will register much lower or normal figures upon taking an occa i sional sedative. All the sedative does is to make the mind the consciousness less alert or less sensitive to what is going on. It does not in any way, degree or manner affect the underlying dis ease processes, if any, which may be involved. As such, the taking of sedatives under medical di rection is a valuable and widely accepted procedure. By dulling the over-sensitivity of the apprehensive mind, a vi cious circle is broken. In employ ing any sedative drug, the fact that medicine is an art as well as a science, plays into the hands of the physician. The sedative is used . as a temporary aid until such time as the physician can remove the neurotic tendencies of the patient. Much interest is currently cen tered upon what is known as the "rice diet" in the "treatment" of high blood pressure. This diet consists of plain rice, fruit juices and vitamins. There can be no argument about the fact that in kidney disease accompanied by retention of abnormal amounts of nitrogenous substances in the blood, such a diet may result in some lowering of the blood pres sure, if it is high because of the kidney disease. But it should be kept in mind, in this instance, that the rice diet is aimed at the kidney disease primarily not the blood pres sure. In cases of kidney disease not accompanied by retention of nitrogen in the blood, the ques tion arises as to how long one is safe in adhering to a protein de ficient diet such as the rice diet is. The value of the rice diet in such cases has been often ques tioned. There are many people throughout the country who have been on the rice diet for some time. It would seem that sufficient experience should now be gained to estimate the value of the procedure. Such is, how ever, not the case. A great many physicians are still not convinced of its value. The chief stumbling block Involved is the psycholog icalor emotional factor previ ously mentioned. Inasmuch as the alleged im orovement in high blood pres sure is concerned, the improve ment can only be indicated by blood pressure readings if the blood pressure alone is the only factor at stake, and as emotional reactions are known to have a very definite effect upon these readings, these reactions must be ruled out before the readings have any scientific value. The doubters of the value of this treatment maintain that in sufficient study and considera tion of the emotional factors has led many persons to ascribe value to the treatment far be yond its actual worth. There the matter stands at the moment. Of course, there are other fac tors involved, such as weight loss and others too technical for discussion in this column. I have mentioned here only one of the outstanding considerations. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Fexer Bllsleri in Mouth 1 suffer almost continually from fever blisters in my mouth. (Mrs. R. J.) Answer I recommend vaccination and re-vaccination as against small pox. Copper Cooking Utensils Skillet and shaflng dish of copper lined with some gray metal. The lin ing wore off with long use and when I cooked pot-roast in the copper ves sel the gravy seemed to have an odd taste. (Mrs. H. A. C.) Oregon's Hourly,. Weekly Earnings Up in February Salem, Ore., Apr. 22 (UK Hourly and weekly earnings in Oregon's industrial plants ad vanced materially in February, with lumber and logging activity leading a quick recovery, the state unemployment commission and the U. S. bureau of labor statistics reported jointly today Hourly and weekly earnings in February came close to the high levels set in the final quarter of 1949. Reports from 400 main manu facturing firms showed average wages of production workers of $64.15 for 38 hours a week. That compared with $60.72 for 37.1 hours during January. Earnings of loggers and saw mill men averaged $66.16 com pared with $62.12 in January. Metal workers, machinery men and employes of printing and publishing plants all put in more hours to bring up their weekly totals. The latter group remained the best paid with an average of $75.28, considerably under the December high of $79.05. Despite the drop in Oregon's average production wage in Jan uary because of the severe cold spell that curtailed lumber and other operations, this state ranked sixth in the nation among 27 states reporting to the U. S. bureau of labor statistics. In December, the Oregon weekly earnings figure of $67.57 was second only to Wyoming's $67.99, comparing with a nation al average of $56.18. College Choir Slates Appearance Here First Methodist church will present the Adelphian concert choir of the College of Pugct Sound, Tacoma, Wash., at the church here on the evening of May 6, it was reported yester day. The 40-voice group will be on a 2,500-mile tour through wes tern states. It will offer a pro gram of religious, secular, opera tic and comic numbers. The presentation will include solo, trio and quartet numbers. Director of the group is Clyde Keutzer, head of the college music department which has 16 faculty members and 500 stu dents. Kreulzer is former concert singer. His choir group is said to be much in demand for radio and special appear ances. Answer At least there is no dan ger of any ill effect from eating food cooked in copper, lined or unlined. (Copyright 1050 by John F. Oille Co.i SPRING PAINT SALE 2fW Discount on All Pabco yX First Quality Paints OUTSIDE WHITE FINEST MASTER CRAFTSMAN FINISH PABCO FIRST GRADE REG. PRICE 5.51 Sale Price 4.25 gal. OTHER SPECIALS Re SATIN ENAMEL 5.1 6 gal. ONE COAT FLAT Wall 3.71 gal. HI-GLOSS ENAMEL ...6.75 gal. PORCH and STEP 5.31 gal. CINDEK 2.43 qt Wallpaper Up to 50 Off STILL MANY BEAUTIFUL PATTERNS TO CHOOSE FROM FREE YARDSTICKS! Mil j 45 Cf e if i f w . w PABCO CIU-DHK M400" ENAMEL EKEOTS PAINTS ROOFING SIDING INSULATION Oldest Roofing Co. in So. Ore. PHONE 2-2843 38 SO. BARTLETT Boy Scout News 10 Commandments For Good Night's Troop 7 Troop 7 had a court of honor Wednesday night with three boys receiving second class pins, several getting first class awards, and one getting start class. Merit badges were receiv ed, by Wayne Close, Orland Slansfield, Dick Cave, Ralph Miller, Stanley Culy, Don Robe son and Stewart Hayes. Wayne Close, reporter. Cub Pack 6 Pack 6 held its monthly meet ing, Thursday, Aptil 20, in the Washington school gymnasium. Den S conducted the flaw cere mony and Dens 6 and 7 present ed skiti. Alvin Pederman and Larry McDowell received their gradua tion certificates. The following awards were presented: Make Bowen, Lynn Knight, John Chisholm, Mike Moore, Donald Mann, Bruce Boldnowand Billy Williams re ceived the wolf award; Alvin Pederson and Larry McDowell received the bear award; Ronald Cherry received the lion award; David Gifford and Donald Harri son received the wolf award and the gold arrow; Pat Connelly re ceived the gold arrow; Don Cor dier received the silver arrow; Sidney Smith and Phil Morgan received the gold and silver ar row: Donald Breeze received the wolf and bear awards, Ferris Simpson received the Weblos and the gold arrow; Frank Ab bott received the gold and silver arrows, and Marvin Ousley re ceived his bob cat pin. Musical selections were pre sented by Walter Kendall Jr., Frank Abbott and Paul Kendall. Movies were also shown by L, L. Simpson. THAT WAS ALL Monterey, Cal. (U.R) Every thing had its bright side, the police department theorizes. One officer, writing out his report of a burglary, stated briefly: "All they took was money." Sleep Provided Chicago, Apr. 22 (U.R) Dr. Paul H. Fluck came forth today with 10 commandments for get ting a good night's sleep, and he banned reading in bed. Fluck, of Lambertville, N. J., said most insomnia is caused by bad sleeping habits or lack of regular routine. Writing in the American Medi cal association's magazine, Health, he listed these "10 commandments" for good sleep ing: 1. Go to bed at the same hour every night. 2. Try to get at least one hour of sleep before midnight. 3. Drink no more than a glass of milk or eat no more than a small bowl of cereal for a bed time snack. Ice Drink Forbidden 4. Never eat or drink anything ice cold before retiring, especi ally ice cream. 5. Never listen to the radio in bed. 6. Never read in bed. 7. Provide a regular schedule "for the hobby, dog or wife or husband who interferes with your rest." 8. When you go to bed, "close your eyes and go to sleep." 9. If that doesn't work, try to recall in what position you awake in the morning, and as sume that position. 10. "Relax every nerve, muscle and thought. Patience won't kill you; sleeping pills may." Detroit, Apr. 22 (U.R) Mrs. Patricia J. Stephens won a di vorce yesterday because her husband "thought it was funny to kiss the dog goodbye and give me a pat every morning." Sunday, April 23, 1950 MEDrOBD (OHEOON) MAIL TMBUME FlfTEEH New Photo Equipment Camp White, Apr. 22 Keen interest is being displayed by member in the new photograph ic set-up now going into commis sion under the supervision of "Ty" Teorcy, in charge of the hobby shop and arts and crafts department. Two graflex cam eras and Que motion picture camera were uncrated last week. Commenting on the new fea ture, Teorey said, "This program is such that after the men take their pictures they can be Acquired at Camp brought in and developed. If enlargements are desired, plus coloring, we can do it. Instruc tion from the beginning to the end will be given. I know that this will be a very popular new hobby now in its infancy." Trips to Crater Lake, often arranged by Medford's civic organizations during summer months, will have a camera or two within the group, and there will be opportunity for action snaps during the ball games on Camp White fields. Petitions Ask Recall Of School Board Man North Bend, Ore., Apr. 22 IU.R) Petitions for the recall of Ernest Frye, elected member o the North Bend school board, were being circulated here to day. The petition charged Frye was "unfit for the office of a school director and that he has acted in an arbitrary, unreason able and dictatorial manner." We Invile Inquiries Regarding The California Oregon Power Company J; Common Stock A Prospectus covering I the common stock is obtainable I from the undersigned Blyth &Co.,Inc 222 PACIFIC BUILDING PORTLAND Telephone ATwater 3322 SAN FRANCISCO PORTLAND NEW YORK IOS ANGELES SEATTLE CHICAGO BOSTON . PHIIADCIPHIA Offices maintained' in twenty-live cin'u Stockholders get Sc from ccicDi HJinioin Q)il 1949 sales dollar v vcv COSTor 4fttu N D0,w mmm AM DPANSHW T7 AND REPLACEMENT I L&L ) 62JV J Cs&ksm, dk- V y 1 Out of ovary dollar paid In by Union Oil customers during 1949 the company made a net profit of 8lAt. ZVi of this was put into ex panded facilities to meet the growing demand for petroleum products in the West. 51 was paid out to the stockholders in dividends. Since these dividends were divided among 37,245 preferred and common stockholders, the payments aver aged $315 per stockholder. 3 Out of every dollar paid In by Union Oil cus tomers during 1949 the federal, state and local tax collectors got Vet. So the tax collectors got almost 4 times as much money as the own ers and 1 13 times as much as the employees. 'This figure repreaenU Uiea on ell our product fuel oils, aephalt, lube oil, greases and gasoline. When our eastomere buy gatolitu, 31 of each dollar they spend foe to the U collector. 4 "Cost of Doing Business and Expansion and Replacement of Facilities" includes following: Raw materials V&it Transportation IVii Supplies, power, exploration, selling expense, etc 14WI Interest Hi Expansion and replacement of facilities Wji TOTAL, 62l 2 Out of every dollar paid In by Union Oil customers during 1949 the employees received 141 in wages, pensions and other employee benefits. Since these wages and benefits were divided among 7,316 employees, they averaged about $4,700 per employee. VVIO OIL COliMY OF CALIFORNIA. INCOI'OIAMO IN CALIFORNIA, OCTOlll 17, It 71 1 leriet, tponeored by the people of Union Oil Company, it dedicated to discvsirinn of how and why American butineu function. Wt hope you'll feel free to eend in any tuoqeation or eriticiemt you have to offer. Write: The President, Union Oil Company, Union Oil Building, Loe AngeU IT, California,
