The Medical Roundup
by
Emeritus
Consultant In Medlclna,
Mayo Clinic
Imerltni Professor of Medicine,
Mayo Foundation
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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