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o 52nd Yea? M EDFORD Price 10c Tribune United Cresa uaX0 Wit United Press Full Leased Wha Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 1, 1957 Pages 1-1? Unspecialized Physician Using Hypnosis Cures Asthma, Eczema iff -BELOfi SMITff United Frese Science JMitepr r.ew York 'W An unspecial ized phcian using only hyno- ia ,iiu suggestion curea nine out of 12 cases of asthma, two out of three cases of eczema, but had no success with one case of wart j. Another unspecialized physic ian using the same tools did quite as well with asthma and skin conditions, and he also enabled a few of his patients t give up cigarets, including a woman who smoked four packs a da. Net Conclusion 0 Between them, these two tried out hypnosis and suggestion on 161 human beings whose ail ments had not yielded to pills or other conventional medical treat ment. Their net conclusion was that hypnotism was a mighty handy tool for a doctor, that it wasn't too difficult to use, and a doctor didn't need to be specialized in psychiatry or anything else to employ it. They are English doctors. The English generally are more will ing to admit being unorthodox than Americans. Their findings and viegji were published by the British Medical Assn. In this country, there are a scattering of unspecialized phy sicians who employ hypnotism now and then on medically re calcitrant patients but they don't report on it because their col leagues might be shocked. Generally speaking, hypno tism has no standing in general medical practice either here or in Britain but in Britain there is a movement afoot to. give it gtandng. This has the friendly backng of the BMA'i technical journal. "Problem patients" of the gen eral practitioner, said Dr. H. Sta jart, ar "patient who have gone' frora consultant to consult ant nd from ouVpatiet depart ment to out-patient department and have ended with the label 'incurable' of 'functional,' with a regular bottle of medicine or Faiorable Water Supply Reported Irrigation districts in the Rogue valley Saturday reported favorable water supply outlook despite recent lack of rainfall Officials at the Talent Irri gation district said a larger sup ply than usual was available at the start of the season and the district is "getting along nicely" now. Snowfall about a week ago at Hiatt lake was an unexpected water supply "bonus." Harold Sexton, secretary- manager of the Rogue River Valley Irrigation district, which obtains its water from the sam source as the Medford Irriga tion district, said the outlook is "very good." No material water shortage is anticipated, he said. and an adequate supply of water for all users is, expected. Ranger Finds Young Girl Safe in Yosemite Yosemie, Calif. W A Ran ger Saturday chanced upon 4-year-old Shirley Ann Miller who was "as happy as she could be" after wandering for three nights in the wilds of the upper reaches of Yosemite National park. Ranger Jack Knowland found $he girl sitting on a log not far from the camp grounds above famed Bridal Veil falls where she was last seen late Wednes day. tablets." He tried out hypnosis and sug gestion on 41 such patients and got what he called "cures" in 23. In seven he got "partial cures": in 11 he failed. His "cures" were largely in the dis orders which are known to have a psychological component upon which suggestion might work; his failures were largely in the frankly neurotic disorders. Dr. A. Fry reported results from 120 patients with assorted but unyielding to conventional treatment complaints. Of this number, 57 "fully" improved, 26 "partially" improved and the re mainder were "resistant." He did not use the word "cure." Conservative in Appraisals Both doctors were conserva tive in appraising their results. Stewart said hypnosis was "valu able when other methods have failed." Fry said it was not a panacea "but far more can be done with it than has been supposed." The BMA also published the academic sanction of Dr. Alex ander Kennedy, professor of psychological medicine. Univer sity of Edinburgh. He said there was a place for a treatment hyp nosis which would remove physi cal symptoms bothering people even if the treatment didn't get to the deeply buried states of mind which caused the symptoms. 'If something is to be done about the enormous number of psychoneurotics who clog the wheels of civilized intercourse, it may be that our therapeutic sights should, for the majority of patients, have a more concrete aim of relieving symptoms and making them more happy and less troublesome to and less de pendent on their fellows," he said. ,4i' liTil.iiiiil-i il RUTHLESS RED Premier Janos Kadar of Hungary warned his Socialist' Work ers Party that he would "ruthlessly" purge members who fail to toe the old Stalin ist line of Communism, radio Budapest reported. Rivers Crest in Many Midwestern States By UNITED PRESS Flooded rivers crested in sev eral Midwest states Saturday and mopup operations began in Indiana-Illinois areas where flash floods were created by rains of Hurricane Audrey. The Mississippi river, fed by the turbulent overflow of the Minnesota river, was expected to crest Saturday at St. Paul about three feet above flood stage. 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Turkey said an autopsy showed Nancy's death was due to brain injuries resulting from a blow or blows or jarring of the head." He said the child's arms, legs and body bore massive bruises, some of them old, some new. She also had an ugly wound on the cheek. Nancy weighed only 80 pounds. An exceptional student, she graduated only two weeks ago from junior high school. When Nancy's body was car ried from the Blakely's modest stucco home, Blakely told po nce, "There goes a million bucks." Nancy led a secluded life, Her parents did not let her play with other children. Her mother took her to school and called for her. Her schoolmates said she was pleasant and intelligent. The argument that led to Nan cy's death began when the fam ily returned from church. Blake ly asked her about a man who had sat next to her. He did not recall her reply. Pushed Her Down "I pushed her in the hallway and her head struck the floor," he told police. "She rolled over and loeked up at me and started i crying. I thought she was putting j on an act. I picked her up and i carried her into the bedroom." ; Then, he told police, he or- i dered Nancy to "snap out of it." When she failed to respond, police said, Blakely "got a head- lock on her and squeezed her , against his chest until her eyes bulged out." "Blakely noticed the child was looking at him with a fixed j stare. He said he felt her heart i and that it was beating rapidly," i officers said Mrs. Blakely had another j story, however. She told police her husband picked up the child I PAINTING CLEANED Pittsburgh (IPi Carnegie In stitute sent the famed painting, "Sarasate," by James McNeill Whistler to a New York City art recovery expert to have the last traces of Pittsburgh's smog era removed. The city is now smog free, thanks to smoke control regulations. and threw her across the hall, cracking her head against a cor ner of the wall. The parents became alarmed and called an ambulance. Nancy was dead by the time it arrived. 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