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The Medical Roundup by Emeritus Consultant In Medlclna, Mayo Clinic Imerltni Professor of Medicine, Mayo Foundation 3 m" - I The) Removal of a Cancer of the Colon Many people wonder how they will get along after a cancer of the large bowl is removed. Much f vpp ip m depends on wnere xne xu mor is and whet her the rectum can be saved. The per son is most for tunate when his rectum can be saved. S o m etimes it or Alvarez cannot, and then for the rest of the person's life, the waste matter must come out of a hole, in the abdominal wall. This is usually covered by a rubber pouch. Many people get along well with it, and go on with their usual life. Sometimes a cancer of the bowel can be removed and the two ends can be sewed together in the one operatiuon. In other cases, there .has to be a first operation, in-which an artificial anus (hole in the abdominal wall) is made, and then later at a sec ond operation the tumor is re moved. Fortunately, in recent years,the technics for doing this work have improved trernend ouslyand the mortality has been greatly reduced. It is sad that so many people with a cancer of the bowel go on for months after they are having rhythmic colicky pains, noisy gurgling in the bowel, constipa tion (for the first time in their life), perhaps bleeding from the bowel, and perhaps much anemia and loss of weight and strength. By the time the man does go to a surgeon, the cancer cells have grown up into his liver, and then only a palliative operation can be performed, one that will keep him from dying with intestinal obstruction. So often a person is too pessi1 mistic about a cancer of the bowel. He thinks "What is the use of being operated on? I'll (iwrong. If people would only go for an x-ray examination of the rectum and large bowel the day symptoms of trouble appear, they would have perhaps a 75 j per cent chancn of getting well and staying well. Better yet, ! after the age of 40, they should go every year for a check-up with the ppctoscope (tube for looking intothe rectum) and the x-ray. Then if tumor is found, they will almost certainly stay well after its removal. Enlargement of the Prostrate Gland q Many men past 60 or 70 have ome )the prostrate gland re moved so that they can urinate properly again. They can suspect they are needing an operation when they have difficulty urinat ing, and when, after they think they have emptied the bladder, they can go back in 20 minutes and pass a large amount of "residual" urine. There are several types of operation for the removal of the excess gland. The one I like, when it can be performed and it usually can be performed is the transurethral resection. In this operation the excess tis sue is removed through an electrically-lighted tube that is pass ed down through the urethra, or tube by which the urine leaves the bladder. There is practically no mortality to this operation, and often the patient is up and about the hospital the next day. Many men want to know if they still can be potent after the op eration, and in most cases I think they are. Chronic Leg Ulcers People want to know if they can get their chronic leg ulcer healed without skin grafting. I have seen it done, but it takes a lot of time, and the patient has to stay in bed for weeks. I haverrt dealt with such ulcers since I was an intern in a big county hospital. There, I saw many of them. What I did was first to get the surface of the ulcer clean and in good condi tion, and then my Chief would skin-graft it. Usually, within 10 days or so, the patient would be well. After that he or she was asked to wear a supporting bandage, or elastic stocking. Usually, the basic trouble in these cases is poor circulation due to varicose veins. I will never forget one quiet little old lady who came in with two bad leg ulcers. When I had them cleaned up, I said we could skin-graft them next morning. Aft thinking a while, she sent for me and said she did not want the operation. I asked why; was she afraid of it? "No," she said, "But how long will it take for me to get well?" I said. "Probably within two weeks." "No," she said, "Don't be angry with me or laugh at me; but you know, I have been, nursing those ulcers along for so many years, I couldn't lose them that sudden; I'd miss 'em too bad:" A Hairy Hole on th Chin Women ask what to do for a hairy mole on the chin. This is one of the easiest things to cure that I know of. A skin spe cialist can burn it off in two minutes with very hot electric sparks. He will first inject a drop of procaine under the nodule so that the operation will be painless. Soon the charred area will drop out, and then there will be a little white scar which, later, will become inconspicuous. 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, 1357) Quigg's Cat Gets Hangcat Look as Sputnik Dog Gets Break During National Cat Week By DOC QUIGG United Press Correspondent New York IP Well, what are you gonna do, in the face of what's happening, but just sit here and eye the zenith, which gives promise soon of being all a-beep with a mad whirl of sat ellites, both dogged and un dogged. My cat, a long - haired gent named Adam Hemingway Quigg, has been padding around with a hangcat look on his puss. Here it is "National Cat Week," a time when felines world (and other world) wide should be meowing up a storm. National Cat Week and what happens. A shaggy dog goes up above the world higher than anybody, and may even become a fixture above us, like the dog star. It has not been announced whether this particular dog vol unteered for the assignment but, be that as it may, he is certainly having his day. Cosmic Cat Nap Cats of the world arise! I use the verb advisedly. Once they have risen, they will orbit with an aplomb unmatchable. There has been some worrying in print about how man will react when his space - travel day ar rives to becoming weightless in space, since he has always been dependent on gravity to hold him, and his food, down. This weightlessness would be somewhat comparable with the plight of reaching the top of a springboard dive, or the top of the arc on the garden swing not going Up and not coming down and just staying afloat there with even your hair stand ing weightlessly on end. The question is, what will it do to the psyche of man and dog accustomed since the begin ning to having their bunions planted firmly on the ground to find their feet planted in noth ing whatsoever but just waving around wantonly. In this clutch' of nothingness, I ,give you the cat. Other breeds' psyches may run amuck in gravity-shorn space. Men amy scream and dogs bay at what ever moons chance to be passing. But the cat, in space, will mere ly yawn, float over onto its back, and catch another nap. Like Disney Movie In its waking hours, it will go nonchantly about adding more planks to the space platform, or damning up holes punctured in the hull by whizzing motes of Stardust. Of all our creatures, the cat is ascendant in mental ability to meet the challenge. You know darn well that it has exhibited out-of-this-world detachment for centuries. My cat gets so detached from his surroundings that he thinks he is not anywhere at all. In this cat-nirvana mood, he is likely as not to walk right off a table, in complete disdain of the force of gravity, like a creature In a Dis ney movie. The United States has been sending up monkeys and mice in rockets for space - flight - tests. They seem to have come through with wits unscattered. If mice can do it, so can men. And when man goes, he'll need a calm com panion that just can't be both ered by environment, stuff or vacuum", swirling about him. Gentlemen and ladies, let us salute, on this, his week, the noble cat, ideal space pet. May his naps last across the light-years. ILLINOIS VALLEY Fire Extinguished at Home By HELEN BOTTEL Cave Junction A Halloween prank which could have caused a major disaster was reported at the Loyd Burnett home Thurs day. Opening the door for a group of trick or treaters, Mrs. Burnett found a flaming newspaper, wadded into a ball and thrown on the front porch. The fire was extinguished with a bucket of water and no damage resulted. Several mail boxes were re moved from posts, Deputy Sher iff Les Tythcott said, and other instances of minor vandalism were reported Friday morning. Marie Breckenridge was elect ed president of the O'Brien Parent-Teacher association recently. While PTA members conduct ed a short business session in the new school building, Bob Breck enridge showed films and pro vided games for some 40 cos tumed children in the "old school room." Mr. and Mrs. Eob Perske and daughter, Debbie, former resi dents of the valley, v;sited Mr. and Mrs. Hugh White here last week. They were en route home to Snider ranger station, Port Angeles, Wash., where Perske is employed. They left the Illinois Valley ranger station more than two years ago. Roy Z. Terney, grand master of the International Order of Odd Fellows, will make his offi cial visit to the Kerbyville lodge Nov. 12. Spending a recent week end in Eugene were Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Piller and son, Tony, and Miss Kathy Tycer, who visited Mike Piller, a student at the university, and Mrs. Piller's parents. Polio booster shots were given to 270 children Tuesday morn ing at Kerby school. The clinic was conducted under the aus pices of the Josephine County Medical society. MSgt. Stanley Liput of the Medford recruiting station will spend Wednesday, Nov. 6, in Cave Junction, where he will interview young men interested in entering the Army. Mrs. L. L. Owings of Kerby entertained her aunt, Rose Dy gert, of Alturas, Calif., last week. Representing the Illinois Val ley Chamber of Commerce at a timber industry conference in Eugene Thursday was M. A. Sprague of Selma. Members of the Illniois Valley High school band will not be able to make the trip to Berke ley, Calif., Nov. 9, where they have been invited to play at the Oregon State-University of Cali fornia game. Some S600 are needed for housing, meals and other ex penses. Although several local organizations have pledged money to aid the trip, Principal Vernon Larson said time is too short to try to raise the rest of the money. A reunion with a brother and other relatives Mrs. Bill Wein gart had not seen in 40 years was one of the highlights of a three weeks' visit in the east made recently by Mr. and Mrs. Weingart of Cave Junction. The couple returned Tuesday from a 6,000 mile trip that took them to Wisconsin, Iowa and other points. At Merrill, Wis., Weingart saw his sister, Mrs. Ja cob Volz, for the first time in more than 25 years. At Arling ton, Iowa, Mrs. Weingart's birth place, she visited her older brother, C. W. Squires, and oth er relatives she had not seen for 40 years. Presentation of three 50-year pins will be a highlight of Re bekah Marguerite lodge friend ship night Nov. 13 at the IOOF hall in Kerby. Noble Grand Leone Weingart urges all members to be present, and out-of-town lodges have been invited. A Bible study group, using as its theme, "Paul's Letters to Lo cal Churches," was started Sun day, Nov. 3, at Immanuel Meth odist church. The meetings will continue through six Sundays, and will be led by the Rev. Rob ert Kingsbury. The Intermediate Methodist Youth Fellowship taffy pull has been postponed from Nov. 2 to Nov. 9 at 7 p.m., because of a conflict in dates with the Kerby PTA carnival. The United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was increased about $30 Thursday night when Immanuel Methodist church youngsters asked for coins instead of candy on their costumed rounds, and later gath ered at the church for - games, prizes and refreshments. A cancer fund benefit is planned at the old O'Brien school house Friday, Nov. 8, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Resi dents are asked to bring rum mage, white elephants or items for a baked food sale. Proceeds will be used for local cancer aid. Members of the O'Brien Birth day club, who are sponsoring the sale, met at the home of Fay Snider Monday to plan the event. 0 NOW-CHRYSLER BUILDS A NEW LUXURY CA IN A LOWER-PRICED FIELD ! O SEE THE ALL-NEW CHRYSLER WINDSOR FOR 1958! ADVANCED New Flight-Sweep styling! GIAMOROUS Roomy new "Luxury Look" interiors! irvflY-fcew 10 to I Compression ratio! WONDERFUL New Torsion-AIre Ride! No extra cost! SMOOTH New TorqueFlite transmission! SAFEST New Total-Contact brakes! , MODERN New Pushbutton controls! IASIEST New Constant-Control power steering! SCENIC New Compound-Curved windshields! RELIABLE New slip-proof Sure-Grip differential! IXCIUSIVE New AutO-PilOt! noAiionCMT TV It the year you can easily afford the Chryslerl Why drive a small, so-called "low-priced" car when, for practically the same money, you can now own the all-new Mighty Chrysler Wind sor! A quality-built car designed to run for less . . . and re-sell for more! A glamorous car with such luxury features as Torsion-Aire Ride . . , Four-beam dual headlights . . . Total Contact Brakes . . . yours not at extra cost but as standard equipment. -v So why buy a smaller car . . . why pay higher o prices for other big ones? See your Chrysler Dealer and his all-new Chrysler Windsor today! Thre Groat Now Series In Throe Price Classes... WINDSOR SARATOGA NEW YORKER o WALT'S LITHIA MOTORS 56 - 60 North Main Street Ashland HAMLIN MOTOR CO 8th and Front Streets Medford Wedneidajr. NoYmber 8, 1937 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREB V SINCE THIS IS A HOUSE tNiMII ice rviCt7INOi IrllNIS IT WILL BE IN OP?DEF? TO CH4RSE THE CLUB FOR A little refreshment' TheyH Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo OH,NOyOU DONTSOI?I7y' BUT EVERYBODY PAYS FOR THEII? OWN THE TRE4SURY Honest johm was the watch' doo of the CLUB Tf?E4SUI? AUD, OHMOW HE COdrD WATCH I r'U i . - " - - ' ' J v J - . : WpTr-rU.r vmn TOUI?NElVTRE4SURER i : ir ? rp fELL.THfS HE'S PRESIDENT, AfiU MY.' HOW HIS OUTLOOK . HAS CH4N6ED. TliJWX AND A TIP Of ze HAno HAr To CH45. HEtMSTETTER, 38- RICHMOND AVE., 4 MOTHER ROUND, BRUNO KEEP 'EM rCOMlN&-THEH WEiL H4VE DINNER-THIS WILL BE A lOm MEETlNGv4ND-UH" THISJS ON THE CLUB-'XLL OK4Y THE CHECK-4ND. BRING A BOX OF tt A (Si . I o Presley Families Harassed Daily Memphis, Tenn. (IP) Getting rock 'n roll singer Elvis Presley on the telephone is just ' about equivalent to climbing Mount Everest his number here is un listed, and only two or three friends are let in on the secret. But while Elvis is at peace in his newly - acquired southern style mansion, 31 other Presley families are finding themselves harassed daily. The calls are mostly from teen-agers, but older folks try to get in touch with the singer, too. "Being the first Presley in the telephone book, I get a large share of the calls," Mrs. A. W. Presley said. "Even when the caller is con vinced Elvis doesn't live here, the party insists 'you are proba bly a cousin and know where I can locate him," Mrs. Presley said. Mrs. Presley said she has even gotten collect long-distance calls from Texas, Florida and Cali fornia. Many insist, 'Aw, c'mon, we know Elvis is there," she said. James T. Presley said the number of calls aren't what they used to be. "They would ring my number at least once a night," he said, "and would often wake me up at 2 or 3 a.m." "I can always tell when Elvis is in Memphis because the calls start coming in again." Mrs. H. P. Presley thinks Elvis "ought to put up with what we other Presleys have to put up with." It isn't so bad when the callers are nice or don't call in the early morning hours, she said. "I don't have anything against the boy, but I do wish there was some way for his callers to call him and not me." Three of the most important rye producing states in America are Minnesota and North and South Dakota. War R, Korean Vets Uf Educational Aid Salem OP) Moif) World War II and Korean veterans have enroled in school under the Oregon veterans' education al aid program this fall than f! any time since 1949, the Depart ment of Veterans' Affaif) re-1 ported Tuesday. o Giant "sausage skins," 60-feet long and made of nylon, could boost the capacity of oil tank ers. The tubes could be loaded with oil until four-fifths sub merged and towed, theh rolled up and stowed aboard the tanker for the return trip. LOU L. MARTIN, Public Accountant, Announces tho Removal Of Hit Offices to 411 . MAIN ST. Phont SP 2-4274 o Tlxe SE oilman' s IDlstying Satixtal Yes, your mailman's playing Santa this week. He's busy deliverinaf) Christmas Savings Club checks from U. S. National nearly a million dollars' worth! These gay checks mean wonderful, qarefret holiday shopping for U. S. National Christmas Club members. If you aren't receiving one of these checks, be sure you do next yfcf by joining our 1958 Christmas Club now. You savg;g) littB1 each week throughout the year from 50 cents to 10 dollars. Then, come next November, the entire amount is yours plus interest. YouS really enjoy being Santa with money in your pockets and no after Christmas bills to worry you! O o o MEDFORD AN J& hi 6 Ci ( fM n1"'," lMwg&f Mi l txr i Lx O Now INTEREST on your 1958 Christmas Club savings JOIN U.S. NATIONAL'S 1958 CHRISTMAS CLUB Deposit Receive Next Weekly November .50. 25.00 $ 1.00 $ 50.00 $ 2.00 $100.00 $ 5.00 $250.00 $10.00 J500.00 Plus Interest O O THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK OP PORTLAND Mmbr ftdtnl oport tntunne Corporotfwi o o o o o O o o
