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EIGHT MEDFORD (OHEGOID MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday, June 12, 1958
Renewed Medical Science
Interest Spurs Popularity
Washington U.R) New in
terest in medical science, height
ened by President Eisenhower's
heart attack and by the Salk
vaccine discovery, has spurred
the popularity of a relatively
unknown government museum
here.
Known simply as the Medical
Museum, it has huddled quietly
in the downtown section far
away from the capital's show
place area. Ignorance of its ex
istence kept the building low on
the rubbernecking list.
But new interest in medical
science almost doubled attend
ance at the museum last year.
It is now drawing sightseers
away from some of the. better
known tourist spots.
The museum is the only one
of its kind in this country in
which a layman can. "just walk
in and look around." Real life
specimens of injury and disease
are displayed without technical
confusion in an effort to attract
and educate the general public.
Frequent Changes
A museum official said the
public's eye is now on medical
progress. He said the "shocking
Auto Industry
Design Trends May
Boost Plastics Use
New York (U.R) Design
trends in the auto industry may
be a born plastics manufactur
ers, a Chrysler Corp. executive
enaineer said today.
H.irry E. Chesebrough. chief
of Chrysler product planning,
spoke at the Society of Plastics
Industry's annual conference.
He predicted that continued
effort to reduce car weight and
(he trend toward increased use
of transparency in auto styles
might mean "a tremendous po
tential market" for plastics.
"Plastics are not yet com
petitive with steel for body
shells, but the auto industry is
not wedded permanently to the
use of any one material, he said.
Cost Biggest Hurdle
"Cost is the biggest hurdle
facing the plastics industry," he
said. "Yet the progress in solv
ing this problem has already
resulted in about 250 car com
ponents being made wholly or
in part of plastics."
Chesebrough described the in
dustry's goal as "a low cost,
durable plastic that could be
formed as readily and easily as
steel."
The trend toward life-time
parts was cited as another op
portunity for the plastics indus
try. "We are looking for com
ponents requiring less serving
and replacement," the Chrysler
executive said.
"Plastics manufacturers have
already given ui just such a
component in the self-lubricating
speedometer drive pinion made
of ii ion."
Federal Property
Here to be Sold
A tract of land at the corner
of Delta Waters rd. and Old Cra
ter Lake highway owned by the
federal government will be sold
at auction at 2 p.m. Friday at
the Umpqua hotel in Roseburg.
The 2.2-acre tract formerly
used by the Air Force is one of
11 parcels in southern Oregon
which will be sold by the Gen
eral Services administration, i
Stephen A. McDonald, vice-
president of Joseph P. Day, Inc.,
of New York City, will be auc
tioneer. He and Bernard P. Day,
president of the firm, will be
available to provide additional
information on parcels Wednes
day and Thursday.
The Medford property has
about a 1.300-foot frontage on
Delta Waters rd.. and a 75-foot
frontace on Old Crater Lake
highway.
Also being sold is an eight
acre portion of the Roseburg
Veteran's administration hospi
tal, five tracts totaling about 120
acres adjacent to the Cottage
Grove reservoir in Lane county
and four parcels totalling 19
acres at the Dorena reservoir
in Lane county.
The sale is the first of four
in the northwest. Other sales
will be held in Portland, Walla
Walla and Seattle.
aspects of medicine such as
leprosy and syphilis are losing
their attraction.
"People are more interested in
the various stages of cancer, tu
berculosis and heart disease," he
said.
Most of the exhibits are
changed monthly or annually.
However, there are some perma
nent displays dating back to the
1800's.
Two of the permanment ones
are human development from
embryo to birth and the medi
cal aspects of the assassination
of Lincoln.
The largest and most com
plete collection of microscopes
in the United States takes up a
wing of the museum. About 550
linstruments from the earliest
to the latest accurately show
development of this invaluable
tool.
Civil War Origin
Generations of doctors and
medical students have made use
of material which the museum
loans for study.
The museum was founded by
Dr. William Hammond, Civil
War surgeon general. He real
ized that war emergencies forc
ed many doctors to treat wounds
and diseases they had never
seen.
Attempting to study ways to
decrease the toll of war, Ham
mond established a collection of
preserved material. He made it
available to military doctors and
later opened the doors to the
public.
The collection then began to
grow. Orders went out to medi
cal officers telling them to make
complete records of injuries and
diseases. Almost immediately, a
flood of material was added.
Even though Europe had its
Pasteur and Lister at this time,
a Frenchman was prompted to
remark that the United States
had done more in the field of
anatomical - pathological preser
vation in years than "Europe in
century.
The Army Medical museum
expanded and originated the
world-famous Armed Forces In
stitute of Pathology. Now part
of the Institute, "Army," has
been dropped from its title.
Northwest Rivers
Carrying Greatest
Flow in History
Portland (U.R) Pacific
Northwest rivers carried some of
their greatest flows of water in
history during May this year
and the main Columbia river
was at its highest volume in 36
years on record at Grand Coulee,
the U. S. Geological Survey re
ported today.
Other Northwest rivers which
had their greatest May flows on
record were the Kootenai and
Salmon in Idaho and the Green,
south fork of the Skykomish,
Klickitat, Chelan. Wenatchee
and Yakima rivers in Washing
ton.
The Boise river at Twin
Springs. Ida., and the St. Joe
river at Calder. Ida., carried
their second-greatest volumes of
water on record for May. The
Snake at Heise and Payette at
Horseshoe Bend carried the
third-greatest flows on record
for May.
The tremendous volume of
water flowing downstream filled
the. Northwest's seven major
power reservoirs, which are the
Kootenai, Hungry Horse, Flat
head. Pcnd O'Reille, Coeur
d'Alene, Franklin D. Roosevelt
and Chelan.
Total May-end storage in the
big reservoirs was about 18,375
000 acre feet of water, compared
with about 14,801.000 acre feet
last year and a 10-year average
May-end storage of 15,035,000
acre feet.
Iceland Wants US
Defense Treaty Revised
Reykjamik, Iceland - (U.R)
Foreign Minister Kristian God-
mundsson disclosed today he
had notified U.S. Minister-John
J. Muccio that Iceland wants a
revision of her treaty with the
United States for the island's
defense.
He said he does not expect the
revision to start until Aug. 1
By then both governments
should decide where and when
the task should start, he said.
Rotten Roll??
Never. They're all good on
Barker's clam bake. Tuesday's
TV at 9:30.
Cherry Spraying Is'
Recommended By Agent
Spray should be applied to
all sweet, sour and seedling
cherry trees no later than June
15, according to Cliff B. Cordy,
county agent for horticulture.
He said farmers spraying trees
with TEPP should spray at five
or six day intervals until after
harvest. Those spraying - with
methoxyhlor only need spray
their trees at two week inter
vals, he said.
Use Mail Tribune Want Ada
Medford To Host '57.
Chin Up Convention
Medford was picked as the
site of the Chip Up club's an
nual convention in June of next
year when the organization of
physically handicapped persons
held its national convention in
Portland over the weekend.
Two Medford members of the
Jackson county chapter were
elected to national offices. Mrs.
L. E. McMurray was named sec-
PACIFIC VISITOR Vice Adm. Herbert G. HopwoorTs flagship, the heavy cruiser USS
Toledo, leads a 15-mile-long parade of U. S. Navy First Fleet warships through the
Golden Gate into San Francisco Bay. In the background are the Marin County hills,
gateway to famed Pacific Coast Redwood Empire. It is the most powerful armada
ever to enter San Francisco Bay for a weekend recreation program.
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