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Emotionally Disturbed Women
Get More Operations Than Others
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By DELOS SMITH
United Press Scienct Editor
New York (U.R) In weal
thy, fashionable Westchester, a
suburban area adjacent to New
York City, the women who are
emotionally disturbed have man
ged to get many more surgical
Operations than the women who
rent.
Dr. William A. Triebel looked
intd the situation carefully. He
couldn't know, of course' whe
ther all the women deserved all
their operations but he was
frankly suspicious that many of
the women with disturbed emo
tions had hoodwinked their sur
geons into futile slicing.
Dr. Triebel, of the staff of
New York Hospital - Westchester
division in White Plains, had
been roused by a 26-year-old nur
sery school teacher. Her symp
toms, as she described them (and
as she acted them out physical
ly) all pointed clearly to a mal
formed stomach.
Normal Stomach
This was confirmed by a ser
ies of standard gastrointestinal
tests. Confidently, the surgeon
opened her and found a quite
normal stomach. In retrospect,
said Triebel, one could see that
her stomach troubles had all ori
ginated in her mind. Yet she had
produced symptoms and signs
which fooled doctors and tested
positive.
So Triebel took 300 women
who had been patients in phy-
In and Around Jacksonville
Jacksonville Sgt. Verne
L. Vincent has completed visit
I in Jacksonville with his aunt,
Mrs. Anna Rumley, and his
cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Lamb. Sergeant Vincent is the
U nephew of the late W. C. Kass-
hafef, Saras Valley and Jackson-
ville.
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3 He has completed his second
9 (Overseas tour in the Far East
2 (ince 1950, and is planning to
make the Air Force his career.
His next assignment is the 3rd
(Strategic support squadron,
Shreveport, La.
" u Miss Simonne Petard, daugb
(Jer of Mr. and Mrs. Auguste
Petard, Jacksonville, returned
Aug. 1 from a three month trip
to France. Miss Petard flew over
and home by Pan-American Air
lines, and from New Ydfk to
Medford by United Air lines.
'She visited in Paris, .Havre,
c Mentes and spent most of her
;.: time with her aunt and uncle,
f Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Pousseur,
at Colombes. At the harbor in
Havre she visited the Ship Lib-
o erte. After Paris, Miss Petard
stated, even New York's sky-
S scrapers remained unimpressive,
Dr. Patmont, who was a guest
& at the H. L. Berntson home for
s several days last week, left last
a. Jfbnday by plane for Seattle
From there he was to go to
& Alaska and distribute New Testa
ments printed in the language
of the native Alaskans. Dr. Pat-
01 mont speaks 22 languages.
Philip Kano, a native of Japan,
Q was also a guest several days last
week with Bcrntsons.
Here for a two week visit with
3 Mrs and Mrs. Tom Burnell is
q their son and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Burnell and twin
daughters, Jane and Judy, 4
months old. They're from Havre,
Mont., at the Air Force base
there, Mrs. Louis Burnell's moth
er er, Mrs. Aevermann, is with
0them.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Zempke,
'Beason lane, Medford, were af
ternoon., visitors at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bailey last
week.
0 Mrs. Irwin R. Boyd reported
this week that they had killed
two large rattlesnakes in their
yard on upper South Third st.
One had eizht rattles and a but
ton and the other nine rattles
isand a button. They were both
about two feet long. Residents
in that locality should be on the
lookout for snakes as they may
be coming down low in search for
water.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wall and
grandchildren, Judith Ann and
Kenneth Flett, Toppenish, Wash.,
were guests of his brother, Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin E. Wall, last
week. While here they all mode
a trip to Klamath Falls and
Lake O' Woods resort where they
called on Mrs. Edwin Wall's
daughter, Mrs. Tom Neeley. The
George Walls enjoyed a tour of
the pioneer cemetery and a visit
to the Museum as well as other
spots of interest in Jacksonville.
Also guests at the Edwin Walls
over the week end were Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Alexander and
children, Susan and Steven, The
Dalles, Ore.
The Walls also had a family
picnic in the Ashland park a
week ago Sunday. Those attend
ing were Mr. and Mrs. James
Knapp and daughters, Linda and
Dona May, Medford; Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Houston and children,
Craig and Karen, Mr. and Mrs.
George R. Huston and Mrs. El
enor Watkins and daughter Bar
bara, Medford; Mrs. Elsie Turn-
bough and children, Valorie and
Glade, Phoenix; John Davis, Tal
ent, and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin E.
Wall and daughter, Thelma,
Jacksonville.
Seventeen persons were pres
ent at the monthly potluck sup
per at the IOOF hall in Jack
sonville Friday evening. Out-of-town
guests were Mrs. J. H. Hos
kins and granddaughter, Roberta
Rogers, Blackfoot, Ida. Mrs. Hos-
kins is Carl Hoskins' mother.
Guests from Medford were Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Newell of Bear
Creek Kennels, South Pacific
highway, Medford. j
Surprising Mrs. Carl Hoskins
on her birthday Aug. 4, were
guests from Blackfoot, Ida,
James Hoskins, her son and his
two children, Steven and Treasa.
Also calling at the Hoskins
home on the 4th was Mrs. H. E.
Griffith, Auburn, Calif.. They all
remained to see part of the Jack
sonville Jubilee and James Hos
kins, his son Steven, and Carl
Hoskins went to Crescent City
and surf-fished Saturday. They
got a nice catch of sea trout.
About 400,000 automotive pa
tients have been issued in the
United tSates since 1896, the in
dustry estimates.
chiatric hospitals or had been
treated by psychiatrists. Each
one of the 300 he matched .with
a woman of the same age, mari
tal status, and social and econom
ic setting. The second 300 wom
en were his controls not one
had ever been in a psychiatric
hospital or treated by a psychia
trist. Of the first 300, 129 had had
major operations. Of the 300 con
trols, only 69 had had major ope
rations. The 129 had had 183
operations among them. The 68
controls had only 83 operations.
He had his 300 emotionally
disturbed women sub - divided
into categories according to the
nature of their disturbances. Of
the neurotics among them, 65
per cent had had operations
while only 23 per cent of their
matched controls had had opera
tions. In the other categories, the
relationship was about the same,
save that for schizophrenia. Here
there was no significant differ
ence between the disturbed and
their controls.
Triebel, in his report to the
New York State Journal of Medi
cine, could offer only a series of
"perhaps" in trying to explain it.
Perhaps, he said, emotionally, ill
persons might have some "constl
tutional inferiority." Or perhaps
"events" in the mind had effects
in the body. Or perhaps emo
tionally disturbed persons made
much more of symptoms than un
disturbed persons, and conveyed
this enthusiasm to their doctors.
Or perhaps surgical operations
have great psychic value to the
emotionally disturbed and they
determinedly seek operations.
Of course, there must never be
any surgery for other than or
ganic disease, Triebel said. Yet
"in the area of a surgical emer
gency the benefit of the doubt
should certainly be on the side of
the existence of organic disease."
But he suggested that surgeons
give "careful consideration of
the elective surgical procedures
. . . from the psychological point
of view."
McLeod
Martin, Lewis Reach
Working Agreement
Hollywood U.R) Dean Mar
tin and Jerry Lewis, the nation's
highest paid comedy team, re
mained "cool" toward each other
today although reaching a
"working agreement" to con
tinue together in pictures and
television.
The comedians, who recently
split over a misunderstanding,
were brought together yesterday
by Paramount studio head Y.
Frank Freeman after a lengthy
conference and agreed to fulfill
their outstanding obligations as
a team.
"Maybe in time we will get
back to the old friendship," Mar
tin said after the conference,
indicating their personal differ
ences had not been settled de
spite the working agreement.
Grange
Griffin Creek Grange
Griffin Creek Grange will
meet Thursday, Aug. 11, at 8
p.m. The Farnsworths and Lar
sens are the refreshment committee.
McLeod Dinner guests at
"Harding's Paradise" on Mon
day, Aug. 1, were Mr. and Mrs.
Dewey Lorton, Lynwood, Calif.
They also visited Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Dahak, Eagle Point, and Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Reed; Eagle
Point.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Dussen
berry and twin sons were din
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur Hume and twin daughters
Wednesday, 'Aug. 3.
The community extends its
heartfelt sympathy to Mrs. Mur-
tha Schnider in the loss of her
father, Angus Scongale, on Aug.
2.
Mrs. Donald Vaughn and Mrs.
Leo Hoeg were dinner guests of
Mrs. Jim Clevenberg in her
home at Ashland Tuesday, Aug.
2.
St. Martha's guild of Prospect
and St. Martin's guild of Shady
Cove are holding their annual
"Buck-a-roo" breakfast Sunday,
Aug. 14, from 7 to 11 a.m. in
the Upper Rogue Grange hall
with church services by the Rev.
Robert Greene of the Episcopal
church of Prospect. The public
is invited.
Col. and Mrs. John Richardson
of San Francisco have been the
house guests of the former's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Richard
son.
They all attended the plays
at the Shakespearean Festival
in Ashland.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harding
Sr. spent the week end of July
30 visiting relatives in Roseburg.
Ray Gillespie has gone to
northern California on business.
: House guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Herb Carlton are Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Booth, Fresno, Calif., and
Claude Garrett, Ashland, their
grandson.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Anderton
were hosts to a dinner party at
their home on Rogue River Sun
day, July 31, honoring the birth
day of Harvey Anderton. Those
present were Mrs. Harris and
son Richard, Mrs. Pearl Adair,
Shady Cove, and Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Alworth, Medford.
House guests of Mrs. Audrey
Collier are Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy
Collier and family, Creswell,
Ore.
Monte Axtell and Bob Congor
have been deep sea fishing on
the Oregon coast with good
results.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Scott, San
Francisco, are visiting at "Fir
lough Lodge" on Rogue River,
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Young. On Friday, Aug. 5, din
ner guests were Mr. and Mrs.
J. Dreffer of Portland.
Mobile Blood Bank will be
in Medford Aug. 10. All ladies
who want to go from Prospect
may contact Mrs. George Hub
bard, i
BOY SCOUTS
Den J. Pack A
Cub Scout Den 15, Pack 6 of
Washington school visited the
Boy Scout camp at Lake O'
Woods last Tuesday.
Those making the trip were
Steve Cox, Jack Groves, Bruce
Kaye, Boby Fish, Dick John
ston, Bobby Stearns, Dwayne
Turpin and Eddie Lesnowicz.
They were accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. David Stearns and
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cox and Pa
tricia Ann Cox.
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday:- 10 a.m. Monday for
Monday; other days 5:30 previous day.
Tuesday, August 9, 1955
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Panama, C. Z. (U.R) A cow
held up traffic in the Panama
Canal Monday when it was dis
covered swimming in the Gatun
Lock chamber. Officials towed
bossy from the lock and sent her
on her way by land.
Des Moines, la. (U.R) Polk
County Auditor Harold Anderson
said one Iowa taxpayer appar
ently really scraped the bottom
of the barrel. The citizen sent in
a $10 gold certificate, out of cir
culation for 22 years.
u'NDY'S STORY FILMED Brig. Gen. Charles A. Lind
bergh (right) one of most rarely photographed of our
famous men, chats with producer Leland Hayward at
Zahn's Airport in North Amityville, N. Y., where the latter
is engaged in filming "Spirit of St Louis," the story of
Lindy's flight across Atlantic.
A Nichol's Worth of . . .
Comment On This and That
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Pr chir Writer
Washington (U.R) Mrs. Jose
Figueres impressed me because
she acts like a parent which,
it turned out,
she is.
I rapped at
the gate of the
Costa R i c a n
E m ba s s y. A
maid said Mrs.
F. would be
down in min
ute. Mrs. Figu
e r e s happens
to be the
American wife
Human Michol of the presi
dent of Costa Rica. She was in
the country to show off her new
baby to her folks in New York.
"I have a baby," she said, "he
is seven month sold. He weighs
over 22 pounds and he's a doll."
I expected the blue-eyed blond
beauty, who was born in West
chester County, N.Y., to act like
an ordinary parent. Whip out a
picture, maybe. She didn't.
"Just a minute," she said. And
up the steps she went and down
she came, cuddling Jose Jr. A
doll he was too.
"He cries in Spanish," Mrs.
Figueres, the former Karen Ol
sen, said. "Want to hear him?"
Junior didn't feel like crying
but a small pinch of the diaper
by his mommy started him into
action. The cry came out some
thing like "oooo-Eaa-Ah." .
"See?" said the mother "that's
Spanish. Isn't it wonderful?"
It sure was. Jose Jr., was car
ried back to the Embassy crib
reserved for visiting juniors and
Mrs. F. and I had a little talk.
It seems that she met her fa
mous husband while she was
studying architectural engineer
ing at Columbia University in
New York. Jose at the time was
lecturing at Columbia."
Time moved along and love
came in. And Jose went back to
Costa Rica and eventually Karen
Olsen became his wife.
Karen has managed Spanish
pretty well, she said, but she
wonders who thought up the line
that she is a "whizz" at it.
"I still have trouble," she told
me. "Particularly with the vow
els and some of the nouns. But
we get along."
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