The Medical Roundup
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Emerittu Consultant Is Medietas,
Mayo Clinic
Emaiitos Pro tenor of Mwtlrrno.
Mayo Foundation
Or Alvares
Nephritis, or Bright' Disease
Many people ask what to da
about kidney trouble, but al
ways I have to answer that I
c a n't make
any sugges
tion because
I don't know
what type of
the disease
they have.
Most ot the
p e o p I who
think they
have kidney
trouble be
cause of a backache really have
only a backache. So far as I've
ever been able to see, disease
of the kidneys rarely causes
backache. Such an ache is far
more likely to be due to fibrosi
tis or arthritis. It would never
occur to me to take a patent
"kidney medicine" for back
ache, but thousands of people
do. This behavior is based on
an old folk idea.
Many children get a form of
nephritis following infections
and particularly scarlet fever.
Today, with the modern anti
biotics, there is much less like
lihood of the child's being left
with a scarred kidney. Scarlet
fever seems now to be disappear
ing much as did typhoid fever,
smallpox, diphtheria, and a lot
o other diseases it is being
wiped off the face of the earth.
Some young women, especially
during pregnancy, get an infec
tion of the kidneys, and this
needs special care. Some people
get what is called a pyelone
phritis, or an inflammation of
the pelvis of the kidney, the
cavity into which the . HTme
gathers before it goes down the
ureter (tube that carries urine
o the bladder). Today such in
Sfections can often be cleared up
with antiftotics. Many infec
tions of the kidney are due to
the presence of stones. The in
fection can hardly be got rid
of antil the stones are removed
by a surgeon. o
Fairly Common
There is a special form of kid
ney inflammation called nephro
sis which is fairly common in
childhood. In this disease the
child's face and body can swell
up with e3ema (dropsy).
In older persons nephritis is
often associated with high blood
pressure, and a special form . is
associated with a diabetes that
has not been well taken care of.
A type of nephritis is due - to
damage to the tiny arteries in
the glomerulus (a tuft of tiny
blood vessels which takes the
poisons out of the blood and
throws them into the urine). In
some cases it is the tubules of
the kidney that are injured.
Obviously, anyone who has
nephritis shoirM be taken care
of by a good physician. The
patient should be watched at
intervals perhaps for the rest
of his days. Often, in the past,
when people found that they
had a little albumin in their
urine, they felt rather hopeless,
and the insurance companies
turned them down.
Today we know that many
persons with albumin in the
urine are not in a bad way at
all, and can live out a long life.
Sometimes the trace of albumin
is due to a little scar, and the
bulk of the two kidneys is nor
mal. We have tests, such as the
urea clearance, which give us
an Idea how much of the kidney
tissue is knocked out. If only
a small part is injured, and the
disease is not progressing, the
man should live long. If a man
Jives sensibly not overeating
or getting stout or drinking too
much and smoking too much
he has a good chance of living
long.
Trichomonas Vaginitis
Hundreds of women ask what
can they do to get rid of trichc
monads, the little single-ceil
parasites that wiggle around and
cause an inflammation of the
vagina and sometimes the urin
ary bladder. Sometimes they
cause a good deal of discharge
and itching. Ordinarily, the
parasites will die out by them
selves or they can easily be
killed with vinegar douches or
with vaginal suppositories of
various drugs, 4ut in some cases
the infestation is resistant to
any treatment. In such cases
much thoughtful care by a good
gynecologist is needed to rid
the woman of her trouble. If
the parasite gets into her blad
der, as wall as the vagina, it
will have to be cleared out from
both places at the same time.
Possibly at times the parasite
hides in the neck of the womb
or in some of the large glands
around the outlet of the vagina,
In many cases, the reason ths
woman doesn't get well is that
she and her husband keen
swapping the parasite back and
forth. Today there is' a medicine
which can be injected, and this
sounds like a good idea, because
then the drug may kill the para
sites wherever they are hiding.
Histoplasmosis
Many ask what is histoplas
mosis. It is a chronic disease,
slightly resembling tuberculosis,
and due to a tiny parasite. The
trouble is now being recognized
more and more often. In some
states it is common. The para
site infects many children, but
fortunately, most of them get
over the disease. A few are left
with the disease in a chronic
form. Because it is known that
the parasite occurs in some ani
mals and birds, it is probable
that we get our infection from
them. For instance, recently
several men cleaned out . a
church belfry which was full
of dung from the pigeons that
for years had lived there. With
in a couple of weeks all of these
men were down with acute his
toplasmosis. Evidently the dryed
dung was full of the parasites.
Efforts are now being made to
find some effective treatment
for the disease.
Dr. Alvarez hopes his readers
will understand that it would
be impossible for him to answer
requests for information or to
attempt to diagnose by mail.
. (Released by The Register .
and Tribune Syndicate, 1957)
flu Epidemic Deah
Toil Hits 46 in Chile
Santiago De Chile W
The influenza epidemic reached
a new peak here today with the
death toll reaching 46. Sixteen
persons died Sunday from the
struck 600,000 persons.
Despite important recent gains
in the fight against tuberculosis.
more than 50,000 persons die of
the disease annually in the
United States.
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Red Skelton Denies
Journey With Son
Made for Publicity
New York W Comedian Red
Skelton and his leukemia strick
en son returned to New York
today from Europe. Skelton vig
orously denied that the trip was
made tor publicity as charged
by several British newspapers.
With his arm around his boy,
Richard, 9, who said he was
"feeling fine," Skelton said he
bore no malice against the Eng
lish people for their press at
tacks. "It was really one newspaper
which was responsible for this
thing. A reporter from this news
paper approached me as we got
off the plane in London and ask
ed me to give him an exclusive
interview on the medical aspects
of Richard's illness," Skelton
said.
Could Write lo Doctor
"I told him I was not a doctor,
that I was not familiar with
medical terms and that I couldn't
give him such an interview.
However, I told him that if he
wanted such information, he
could write to my doctor.
"A little later, a number of
reporters asked me if they-could
come up to my hotel room for
an interview.
"The last man to arrive was
this man who wanted the exclu
sive interview. He asked me
'What about this adverse publi
city?' I said what adverse publi
city? This is not publicity. I took
my boy on this trip so that he
could see as much of the world
as possible.
First Publicity Remark
"We are living a normal life.
This was the first time that any
one made a remark like that
concerning publicity."
The TV and movie star left
Britain suddenly Sunday night
with "his son, wife, and daugh
ter, Valentina, 13. They had been
in Scotland and had planned
to spend several days in Dublin,
but decided instead to return to
America.
A sharply critical editorial in
the London Express Sunday cri
ticized Skelton for presenting
Richard at a "sickening display"
of "sickly run receptions and
publicity handouts."
"Take the boy home, Mr. Skel
ton," the newspaper said.
McDonald Wins Dairy
Showmanship Trophy
Jerry McDonald of Eagle
Point 4-H Club was named dairy
grand champion showman at the
Applegate Valley 4-H pre-fair
Friday at the Ruch grade school.
.Jerry was presented a rolled
leather halter following approx
imately a half-hour of competi
tion with the top showmen in
the county.
Grand champion beef show
man was David Woolfolk of An
telope 4-H club.
Gary Smith of the Applegate
4-H club was grand champion
swine showman. Gary was the
only local showman to win a
championship although many of
the Applegaters participated in
the championship run-offs. He
was presented a pig brush.
Another brush was presented
Linda Gibson of Westside 4-H
for winning the grand champ
ion sheep showman. .
Mary Anne Cantrell was
among the top placing showmen
of the Applegate Valley 4-Hers.
She won a dairy trophy from
Hunter and Best sawmill of
Ruch for placing first in her
beginners showmanship class.
' Madge Barker won the
sheep trophy from Riverview
Market of Applegate. The beef
trophy was won by Shirley Dun-
lap. It was donated by Sunny-
sicte market of Ruch. Gary
Smith won the swine trophy.
All trophies will be present
ed at the combined achievement
night for the Ruch and Apple
gate clubs- in November or De
cember at the Ruch gymnasium.
Nat Edsel was judge for the
contests.
Grange Notes
Upper Rogue Grange
Upper Rogue grange met
Thursday evening Aug. 1 with
Master Caroline L. Harding pre
siding. Brother Carlton reported
on agriculture and brother
Greive reported on" grange in
surance. Chaplin reported that
Sister Ditsworth has left the
hospital and is now at home and
sister Harding on crutches. Oth
ers reported ill were Sister Rena
Home, Leona Hughes and Esther
Simek.
The Master thanked tfie mem
bers for the cards and gifts she
had received while in bed with
a broken leg. The secretary was
instructed to write to our con
gressman in regards to retain
ing the National grange build
ing in Washington D.C. Lectures
program was community sing
ing and a Waltz solo by Sister
Gillispie of her own composi
tion, a skit by brother and sister
Richardson and a reading by
Caroline Harding after the busi
ness meeting. Home made ice
cream was served by brother
Bill Miller and Monte Axtell.
EDUCATOR DIES
Eustis, Fla. OrT Charles Mc
Cracken, 75, prominent educator
and author, died Sunday after a
prolonged illness.
France Facing Worst
Economic Turmoil
Since Days of War II
Paris (B France today is
facing her worst economic crisis
since the bleak days when she
was digging herself out of the
havoc of World War II.
After years of carefree spend
ing, Frenchmen have awakened
to a fact cf life no individual
or nation can spend more than
is earned.
The awakening has been as
sudden as it was brutal. The
reason is simple. For many
months past, government after
government has tried to keep
the unpleasant truth hidden. In
May, it began to come to light
and there was a fury of recrimi
nation between right and leftist
parties. '
But it couldn t do away with
the facts that the new premier,
radical Maurice Bourges Mau
noury, has now to be wrestled
with.
1. France has been living be
yond her means since 1945. No
post-war government kept the
deficit down to manageable pro
portions. 2. Until 1954, aid from the
United States tided the nation
over.
3. This aid no longer exists.
But, as new Finance Minister
Felix Gaillard put it, the past
governments acted as if Uhcle
Sam still was doling out millions
to finance reconstructions, mod
ernization and rearmament.
The deficit in 1955 was 660
billion francs 51,868,000,000.
Last year it skyrocketed to 1,500
billion francs more than $4
billion.
A strange accompaniment has
been that the gross national pro
duct, the total of all goods and
services produced, increased 20
per cent since 1955 but that
was pitifully small in view of
the budget deficit.
The Algerian war is one of
the main culprits. It costs
France almost three million dol
lars a day. It has rained 450,000
soldiers to Algeria and put a
servere load on a working popu
lation of only 12 million out of
a total population of 43 million.
Offer Higher Wages
Employers are offering higher
salaries in many trades to lue
workers. There has ben a buy
ing spree on the home market,
with wages up and many prices
frozen,- and this had led to im
port of more and more goods.
At the same time, no serious
effort was made to compete on
foreign markets.
Now Finance Minister Gail
lard has institued a .drastic cut
in the budget. It will be around
15 billion dollars instead of the
planned 17 billion. The cuts will
hit every department including
the army.
He has ordered an end to road
building and on many construc
tion projects. And the French
had a foretaste of the taxes to
be imposed when the govern
ment last week put an increased
sales taxes on 24 categories of
goods ranging from household
appliances to motor boats.
Monday, August 5, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
Nuclear Explosion
Opponents Plan
Demonstration
Las Vegas (W Participants
in a non-violent action against
nuclear weapons today set a tar
get time of 1 p.m. (p.s.t.) Tues
day to demonstrate "civil disobe
dience" by walking into the
atomic testing grounds north of
here.
The group plans open defiance
of the Atomic Energy Commis
sion in having its members walk
into the area near AEC head
quarters at Mercury, Nev., in
protest to testing of nuclear de
vices. Barbed Wire in Desert
A spokesman for the group
said one detail that must be
worked out is the miles of barb
ed wire which has been strung
into the desert recently, presum
ably -by the AEC.
Leaders of the group visited
the Mercury area Sunday and
found new barbed wire stretch
ing into the desert as far as they
could see.
Lawrence Scott, co-ordinator.
Cuba Army Orders Arrest of Strikers
Hevana, Cuba (OT The
government ordered "energetic"
action against opposition groups
who called a general strike in
Havana today. It warned against
possible violence.
The army ordered the arrest
of nine opposition labor leaders
including four Communists, and
said action would be taken
against anyone interfering with
trade and commerce. It said all
disturbing elements' would be
considered as "rebels" and treat-
who will lead the group Tues
day, has described their project
as depending "entirely on non
violence and the power of love
and good will."
Willing to Sacrifice
He said his group is willing
to suffer "loss of liberty by im
prisonment" and some members
'even loss of life if necessary,
in order to register our pro
test." 1
The group will begin a
"prayer vigil" at the entrance of
the AEC headquarters at 10 a.m.
Tuesday. After that the walk
into the desert is slated to be
gin. ,
ed as such.
The ministers of labor, com
merce and national defense
warned employers not to "coop
erate or contribute" to any
strike plan. 9
President Fulgencio Batista
said the government has taken
all the necessary steps to upset
the opposition plans to "foment
anarchy." He said industry,
commerce and Cubans in gener
al could rest easy because the
government was prepared to
cope with the "plans of saboteurs-terrorists."
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Heavy Rains Kill
115 in South Korea
Seoul, Korea (IP) Floods
caused by the heaviest rains in
30 years killed at least ,115 per
sons in South Korea, national
police headquarters said today.
It was said 37 others were miss
ing and 51 injured.
Police said 9,243 houses were
destroyed or flooded and more
than 45,000 persons homeless.
They reported nearly 100,000
acres of farmland washed away
or damaged.
The torrential rains started
Friday night after a month of
heavy, but intermittent, rain. It
stopped Sunday afternoon and
railway operations were partial
ly restored.
Slash fire Controlled
In Coos Bay Area
Coos Bay (OT A slash fire
30 miles south of here which got
out of control Saturday was
brought under control Sunday
without reaching green timber
a'ter it covered about 75 acres.
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