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CATARACTS
Many old. persons, or their
relatives, ask me what will hap
pen if they have their cataracts
operated o n.
Usually,, first,
they ask if
there is any
medicine that
they can take
to dissolve thg.
opacities.
Some have
heard of a
quack who
Alvarez says his medi
cine will do the trick. But I am
sure there is no such medicine,
ao4 1 always tell people not to
wiite their time trying drugs.
Fortunately, the operation is not
at all dangerous to life. It is per
formed under local anesthesia so
that it won't hurt at all. A skill
ful ophthalmologist (eye doctor)
can perform it in a matter of
minutes.
With a delicate knife he makes
a cut in the upper half of the
cornea (window of the eye) and
through this cut he squeezes out
the opaque lens. If it comes out
clearly, if there is no complica
tion, and if the seeing part of the
eye (retina) is normal, the per
son later should have good vis
ion. I have known men and
women who, after the removal
of cataracts had better vision
than I have. After the cataract
is removed, usually a big thick
glass lens is worn. This takes
over the function of the lens that
was removed. Today, a few peo
ple are using a contact lens
which is not visible.
Many persons ask when they
should have their cataracts out.
Obviously, this decision must be
left up to their ophthalmologist.
Sometimes the doctor has to
wait until a . soft cataract has
become hard enough for remov
al. Incidentally, I am assuming
that everyone knows that a cat
aract is the lens in the eye which
has become frosted and opaque
so that the person cannot see
through it.
Against Operating
Many persons who have a cat
aract in only one eye and have
good vision in the other ask if
they should go ahead and have
the bad eye operated on. I have
asked a number of the best oph
thalmologist in the United States
about this and they have all told
me that they are against operat
ing in these cases because, so
commonly afterwards, the two
eyes cannot be used comfortably
together. Several people have
written to tell me that they
could get by by using a contact
lens on the eye that was oper
ated on, but I have in my files
a lot of letters from people who
said that, after having the one
bad eye operated on, they were
very sorry. Now, in order to
read, they have to wear an opa
que cover over the eye that was
operated on. They just can't use
the two eyes together the images
that reach the brain from the
two eyes are of such different
sizes that they cannot be fused.
If an old person lps bad cat
aracts in both eyes, and if he
wants only enough vision so that
he can read a bit and move
about his house or go for a walk,
he can have only one of the eyes
operated on. But if he uses his
eyes a great deal, he will do well
to have both cataracts removed.
Loss of Smell and Taste
Some elderly persons want to
know why, suddenly, they lost
much of their sense of smell and.
with this, much of their sense of
taste. Usually, on talking to
them, I suspect that what they
had was what I call a small
stroke. A little blood vessel sup
plying part of the smelling-area
of the brain plugged up, much as
a small artery plugs up in the
heart of a man who has what is
called coronary heart disease.
Naturally, if this is what hap
pened, there im't much that any
one can hopeto do with any
medicine. The area of brain de
stroyed will not grow again.
Fortunately, in some cases, after
a while the sense of smell re
turns, probably because other
parts of the brain have taken
over the work of the area that
was injured.
I have seen a few cases in
which the sense of smell went
when the patient had a mild de
pression. Later, when he was
cheerful again the sense of smell
returned.
For Some Diseases There Is
As Yt No Treatment
Whenever I admit in this col
umn that there is no known
treatment for some disease, such
as most types of feebleminded
ness in children, a number of un
happy mothers of such children
write to scold me bitterly. They
say this is no way to talk, and,
so far as they are concerned,
they are going to keep traveling
about the country spending
every cent of the family's sav
ings, trying to find some phy
sician or some quack who knows
the cure. I would love to give
these mothers the hope they de
mand but, first, I must be honest.
I was pleased recently when
in the book, "Your Child and
Mine," (Harper's New York), on
retarded children by O. E. Hood,
an expert on the treatment of
such children, I found him say
ing that one of the most unkind
things we doctors do is to keep
telling mothers of children with
a bad injury to the brain to go
on hoping and searching for a
cure, when we know that no
one can hope to rebuild that
brain.
Dr. Alvarez hopes his readers
will understand that it would be
impossible for him to answer re
quests for information or to at
tempt to diagnose by mail.
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate. 1957)
INDIAN EXPERT DIES
Randolph, Vt. (IP) Dr.
Charles Russell, 64, educator and
expert on Indian affairs, died
Sunday after a brief illness.
AVON PRESIDENT DIES
dLos Angeles RP Joseph
Meyers, 59, president of Avon
Publications, New York, died
Saturday while visiting here.
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Court Records
DISTRICT COURT
arrell Foster Wallace, failing- to
dim lights, S10.
Thomas Elder Deckhard, overload
(twice); S133: S50.
BiUie L. Green, no operator's
cense. ?10. nail.
Neal William Roberts, inadequate
muffler, $5.
Frank Andrew Benson, failure to
stop at red light, S10.
Donald D. James, shooting from
public highway. S30.
Lona Louise Bishop, failure to obey
traffic control signal. $10.
Bernard Emil Andrew, failure, to
stop at stop sign. S10.
Donald Dean Goyette, one license
plate, 56.
CIRCUIT COURT
Alice Marie Butler vs. Barton Bal
lard Butler, divorce complaint.
Clair Margaret Fogel vs. Edward
Joseph Fogel, divorce complaint.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS
Robert Clyde Lake. 430 North
Grape St., and Sheyla Rae Thompson,
4850 South Pacific highway, Medford.
Family
Council
Bertram S. My mother-in-law
tells the children lies about
the facts of life.
Mrs. N. M. You've got to
start lying somewhere.
Bertram S. I am a young
widower with two children, 7
and 5. We all live with my mother-in-law,
who undertook 'the
care of the children when my
,wife died.
My mother-in-law is a good
woman, but extremely old-fashioned
in her ideas. She believes
telling the children all kinds of
nonsense about the stork or the
doctor bringing the babies is the
right thing to do.
I have been reading a lot on
this subject and I feel they
should be told the true facts
from an early age. Besides, all
children today are told the truth.
They must know it already from
their friends.
When I have tried to explain
certain things to the children,
my mother-in-law jumps in and
says, "There's time enough for
that." She says as long as the
children are in her care she's
going to see they are "protect
ed." How can I make her see
the light?
Mrs. N. M. My son-in-law
acts as though I am an idiot or
something. I have read things
too, and I know that modern
psychology is wrong about a lot.
They change their minds every
day about the right way to bring
up children.
All I know is that I've brought
up six children all healthy
and all happily married. They
didn't have any complexes and
they didn't get into any trou
ble. A child of 7 believes what
ever he is told. It is not neces
sary for him to know anything
else until he is 12 or so. My son-in-law
has frightened the chil
dren with some of the things
he has told them. I told them
not to believe it or anything
their friends- tell them. They
have confidence in me and are
good and happy children.
The way I see it, one question
is bound to lead to another.
Somewhere you've got to start
lying. Why bring things to this
point?
The Council: These children
are in a very difficult spot, in
deed. Bertram is right that "all
children today are told the
truth." Their grandmother may
be able to reconvince them of
her story for a while, but it
won't last long. They will cer
tainly lose all the confidence
they have in her when they
realize she lied.
Mrs. N. M. ought to know it
is not only "modern psychology"
which propounds the idea of
slowly, leading the children to
the truth about life from the
time they are old enough to ask
questions. Educators and religi
ous leaders are unanimous in
this view. There has been some
discussion as to how and where
this teaching ought to take place,
but it is generally agreed today
that the best place is in the
home from parents who are
both well jnformed and at ease
with the subject.
Since neither Mrs. N. M. nor
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Exposure Blamed
In Death of Child
Ventura, Calif. OF) A seven-year-old
"girl, lost overnight in
the freezing and snowy weather
in Los Padres National Forest,
was found dead Sunday in ex
tremely rugged terrain.
Sheriff's deputies said the girl,
little Jill Hatch, apparently had
died of exposure sometime early
Sunday. Her body was found
nearly 28 hours after she wan
dered away from the fishing
camp of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. William Hatch of Santa
Barbara, Calif.
The girl, wearing only light
clothing, disappeared in the
Reyes Creek area, about 50 miles
north of here off state Highway
399. She had been the object of
a huge search by 400 men, aided
by airplanes and bloodhounds.
The frantic hunt was conducted
by Air Force and Navy person
nel, forest rangers, deputies and
volunteers.
Bertram know to handle it prop
erly, they should take up the
problem with their clergyman.
He will be able to suggest some
good books on the subject. There
is absolutely no excuse for
frightening the children.
Mrs. N. M. ought to realize
there is really nothing modern
or newfangled about this view.
In earlier days children learned
the facts of life by observing
animals. The children, cut off
from nature and brought up on
lies and fantasies, needs to be
straightened out.
(Copyright 1957,
General Features Corp.)
Ike, Nixon To Meet
Republican Leaders
For Policy Review
Washington HP President
Eisenhower and Vice "President
Richard M. Nixon will get to
gether with other Republican
leaders for a high-level GOP
policy review next month.
The meeting was called at the
same time that there were re
ports the President has come
under considerable pressure to
adopt a more conservative legis
lative program next year.
Informants said some influen
tial Congressional Republicans
have warned him he will get less
cooperation from GOP congress
men unless he does so.
Meeting Called By Alcorn
Republican National Chair
man Meade Alcorn announced
Sunday night he has called a
meeting here of the Republican
National committee for Dec. 6.
The 72-member executive com
mittee will hold a session the
day before.
The leaders probably will as
sess, among other things, the
political impact of Russia's re
cent satellite-missile triumphs,
the Little Rock, Ark., integra
tion dispute, the state of the na
tion's economic health and the
rise in living costs.
Alcorn said the main purpose
of the meetings will be to ob
tain "a frank appraisal of the
status of the Republican party
and its organization."
Eisenhower also will meet
with GOP congressional leaders
at the White House in Decem
ber to discuss his 1958 legisla
tive plans. GOP sources said
some Republican leaders will
make a strong protest at the
meeting unless the President
takes a more conservative tack.
Eisenhower is being urged, in
formants said, to hold his budg
get below last year's $71,800,
000,000 spending proposals, to
curtail new federal spending
programs and to drop his feder
al aid school program.
Alcorn said Eisenhower was
invited to confer off the record
with national committee mem
bers at a Dec. 6 breakfast ses
sion "and he has enthusiastical
ly accepted." He said Nixon
will meet with committeemen at
a luncheon the same day.
NEW BORN VOLCANO
Horta, Faial Island, Azores
(IPI A new islet was rising from
the surface of the sea today
amidst volcanic explosions less
than a week after another disap
peared. The Faial underwater
volcano has gone into renewed
activity and has hurled ash and
molten rock high into the air. In
nearly a month of earlier activ
ity,, the volcano built a new islet
which last week sank into the
sea and disappeared.
There are about 21 million
bicycle riders in the U.S.
SUBCONSCIOUS URGI
Chicago (IP) Arrested for
selling part of a 30,000-pound
shipment of watermelons he was
transporting from Henderson,
Texas, to St. Louis, Mo., Chicago
truck driver James O. Clark, 40,
told police "I hate watermelons."
About 60 per cent of the
earth's crust is made of silica.
SWBDM 1UILD MTStf L3
Stockholm, Sweden Wg
Sweden has built a guided mis
sile which is being tested by two
destroyers, it was announced to
day. The missile is fired by
rocket and powered by a jet en
gine, and can hit a target in
any kind of weather, the an
nouncement said.
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