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O SIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) The Medical Roundup ADHESIONS Recently, I have had a num ber of people ask me if they should have an operation for adhesions. For a while I had been thinking that the diag nosis of adhe sions had gone into the dis card, together with diagnoses of inte s ti n a 1 autointox i c a- Aivarac iion, ente r o p- tosis, tipping-back of the womb, loose kidney, and chronic ap pendicitis. As I have often said in thi column, it may be that there rt such abnormalities, Snd it may be that rarely they give trouble; but in the past, I fear that many of us physicians have used these diagnoses largely to pleas woman who would have gotten angry if told the truth, which was that all her troubles were due to her nervous neiK, her bad temper, or her tendency to fuss at everybody Mnd everything. As to adhesions, all I can say is that in my 25 years at the Mayo Clinic I never heard of anyone there making that diag nosis, and I never saw a patient operated on for it. The surgeons found plenty of adhesions at many an operation, and at many an autopsy, but they never could feel sure that these ques tions had played any part in pro ducing the patient's symptoms. Usually, when at an operation for something or other, the sur geon found a lot of adhesions, he didn't bother to try to tear them all apart, because he knew that they would probably form again. I'll never forget one day when my old friend, Dr. H. E. Robert son, the great pathologist (ex 4? a'JWiai Or GRAND OPENING SPECIAL Give a Photograph for' a Gift Merle's Studios PORTRAIT ARTISTS Medford Hotel Building 400 West Main St. at Ivy Downstairs Special Christmas Offer CLIP HERE Briaj This Ad to Our New Portrait Studio and You Will Receive Ono 0x10 Silver-Tone Portrait gefular Studio Price 16.50 Ad. Nominal Service Charge Covert Insurance, Mailing, Handling en All Orders Plan Photographs for J 1 Jtff i.-ue ,-114 a,- MAIL TRIBUNE Emtntui Consultant 1b Medicine, Mayo Clinic Emeritus Profeunr of Medicine. Maya Foundation pert on diseases as found in a dead body) showed me the body of a man who had died of heart trouble. What was most unusual was that his abdomen was so full of adhesions that he had practi cally no abdominal cavity. Every loop of his bowel was fastened to some other loop. But strange to say, when Dr. Robertson ques tioned the man's wife with great care, she said that he had always eaten three square meals a day with pleasure and comfort; he hadn't known what indigestion was, an he had never had a stom ach ache! If I were still teaching under graduate or graduate students, I would devote much of my time each week to showing the young men cases like the one just de scribed in which tremendous ab normalities produced no symp toms. Then, perhaps, when a very nervous woman came in with some "butterflies" in her abdomen the young doctors wouldn't jump to the conclusion that her troubles were due to adhesions. Portland Man Jailed On Check Charges Alfred Smith Price Jr., 26, of Portland, was lodged in the Jackson county jail Friday after noon on charges of uttering and publishing a false check. Price told state police, who arrested him Thursday night for driving a car without tail lights, that he had cashed more than 140 checks in the Pacific North west during the past year. Police said he told them he cashed four checks totaling about $50 in Medford early in November. State police said Frice cashed the checks at grocery stores after selecting several articles. ONLY ONE OFFER TO A PERSON Two to a Family Miners Must Be Accom panied by Parents. Proofs must bt returned personally. Natural Life Poses - Generous Selection of Proofs No Appointment Necessary STUDIO HOURS: 11 A.M. to 7 P.M. Daily Sundays 1 P.M. to 3 P.M. This Offer Good for One Week Only Void After Dee 1st, 1957 Christmas NOW1 Summer Is Here Throughout the year! With a Westinghouse Electric Clothes Dryer The Westinghouse Electrie Dryer does more than dry. It fluffs, freshens and protects your clothes. It lets you wash in any weather. That means you need fewer wash ables! Only the Westinghouse Clothes Dryer has the Direct Air Flow System. It blows fresh warm air directly into the tumbling clothes. It is the only dryer with a handy Look-in Loading Door. Makes loading and unloading easy. Top of the Dryer Is always available as a work surface. STOP IN TODAY Big N. Pacific Highway In Big Y Shopping Center Phone SP 3-3052 ' Sunday, November 24, 1957 ILLINOIS VALLEY Drive Nets Over $1,200 By HELEN BOTTLE Cave Junction Over $1200, including pledges, has been col lected for the United Fund drive in the Illinois Valley, according to chairman Mrs. Harry Floyd. Volunteer workers in several outlying areas had not yet re ported as the drive reached its close, the chairman added. - Mrs. Floyd has also been ask ed to organize bloodmobile work to be conducted next month in the valley. The Red Cross unit will be at the Legion hall in Cave Junction Dec. 13, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Local quota is set at 125 pints. Until Nov. 1 of this year, says Mrs. Floyd, a total of 43 pints of whole blood has been used for Illinois Valley patients in Josephine General hospital. A benefit dance for the widow and sons of Shelby (Curly) Rob inson is being planned by the Kerby Eagles Lodge for Thanks giving eve, Nov. 27, at the American Legion hall in Cave Junction. Mr. Robinson was a charter member of the local lodge. His many friends in southern Ore gon and northern California are invited to attend the dance which will begin about 9 p.m. A Grants Pass orchestra has been se cured. Mrs. Robinson, her mother-in-law, Mrs. Ada Robinson, and her daughter Norma Fay Spen cer, returned to Fortuna Tues day with the two Robinson boys. Plans for the future are still indefinite. Bob Keller, who purchased the A. K. Smith property on the Caves highway last year, has built a series of trout ponds and is planning to put in around 75,000 eggs next month. He will raise fish commercially in the ponds which average 100 by 50 feet and are from nine to 10 feet deep. John and Emma Abernathy and their 10-month-old son, Douglas, were guests last week at the home of Mr., and Mrs. George W. Martin in Cave Junc tion. Abernathy, the son of Mrs. Martin, was publisher of the Il linois Valley News about six years ago. He is currently with the personnel division of Aer inks, Inc., Washington, D.C. The family, who lives at Kensington, Md., made the trip to the coast by air. Election of officers is set for Dec. 2, it was announced Mon day night at the regular meeting of Bethel No. 36, International Order of Jobs Daughters. Open installation will be held in January. Scott Turner of Cave Junction will undergo heart surgery next Wednesday at the University of Oregon Medical hospital at Port land. He has been in the hospital for two weeks, and must remain there for an additional two weeks following surgery. Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Dick Nealy of Grants Pass, Turner's sister, will leave for Portland Monday. Mr. and Mrs.Richard Eddy of Cave Junction were called to Corvallis this week by the death of Mrs. Eddy's uncle. Mrs. Don Smith is caring for the Eddy children during their absence. Mechanized cowboys and cow rtarO as Low as 149"fl veucAHti SURE ...irr Westinghouse (jp V Appliance Dept. girls in pick-up trucks herded some 100 head of heifers down the Caves highway and up to the Redwood highway to Rocky dale road Monday afternoon when an Illinois Valley dairy herd moved from its summer pasture on the Clyde Broeffle ranch to winter headquarters at the dairy. Ortis Seat was in Los Angeles last week, attending his brother, Orval, who underwent major surgery recently. Seat termi nated his summer work at the Redwood Highway inspection sta tion Nov. 13. The winter crew now consists of five men. TA Georee Jr. no longer be lieves in the basic goodness of man. Running out of gas around mMniPht Thursday, he trudged a mile for a refill. And returned to find the spare tire stolen from hi car. The theft occurred on the flats just north of O'Brien. Mrs. William Weingart en tered Sacred Heart hospital in Medford Tuesday for eye surgery which was performed Wednes day morning. A birthday dinner party hon oring Mrs. Olive Berkner and her daughter, Marilyn Sams, was given Monday at the home of Mrs. Berkner's sister, Mrs. Doris Boyd. Guests were Edna Hoskins, Frances Wilhelms, Audrey Lem mon,' Phyllis Wilber, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Wilber, Roberta Boyd and the honorees. ,. Dinner guests at the Earl Boyd home Thursday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Spitz and their son, Norman. Clifford Sowell, son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Sowell of Cave Junction, is home from Japan where he served as specialist third class in the Army Signal corps at Camp Zama near Tokyo. Now a member of the Army reserves, Sowell plans to stay in Cave Junction for the pres ent, assisting his father on the William Sowell Logging opera tions. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jansson and son, Leslie Roy, returned last week from Twin Falls, Idaho, where they had spent their vaca tion with Jansson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jannson. The elder Janssons returned with the family to Cave Junc tion where they will stay for two weeks. Home from Ashland is Mrs. Art Williams of O'Brien, who stayed with her niece and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. . Harry Kan nasto and daughter during Mrs. Kannasto's recent attack of Asian flu. Both Mr. and Mrs. Kannasto (Shirley O'Brien) are teachers in the Phoenix school system. Received as new members of the auxiliary of Veterans of World War I last Tuesday were Mrs. Mae Myers and Mrs. Maude Charlton. Art Kellert and his son, George, filled their elk tags on a trip to the ohn Day area. David Knight, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Knight of Westside road, has started work as a cus todian at Oregon Caves. He re- D-104 , ; TV COORDINATOR Honor Stansbury.sophomore student at Southern Oregon college from Medford, holds the newly estab lished position of student tele vision coordinator. She will work under Hugh G., Simpson, public relations director. As co ordinator, she will organize pro grams for the "College Hour" on KBES-TV Sunday afternoon, contact personnel involved and plan production of programs, Simpson explained. Saturday night she was crowned queen of the Winter Forest formal sponsored annually by the men's dormitory. cently recived his Army dis charge from Fort Ord. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cavyell left Atoka, Tenn., last last week for Cave Junction, where they will spend the Thanksgiving holidays with Mrs. Cavywell's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Crowl. Cavywell has graduated from his training course at Memphis Naval Air Base, and will be sta tioned at a California base. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Cornett of Kerby purchased the Will Benjamine home on Rockydale road last week, and moved in over the week end. A TIP TO THE HOLIDAY HOSTESS... 7? DELICIOUS TO EAT . . . SO EASY TO SERVE . . . 29-Minufe Film on Library To Be Shown "Books For All," a 29-minute film will be shown on KBES-TV Sunday, Nov. 24 at 2:30 p.m. The picture tells the story of one family recently moved into 1 a small community from a large j city, and how they learn the j county library can serve their j various needs. The rotating col-' lection of books and the inter-li-; brary loan are only two of the advantages of belonging to ' a larger system. "Books For All" was planned over a two-year period by a joint committee of the New York Li brary association and Library Trustees Foundation, under the ; chairmanship of Winifred K. j Harper, of the Buffalo and Erie County Public library, Buffalo, ! N. Y. j The Sunday showing in Jack-1 son County was made possible i through the interest of the state j library which lent the film to the Medford Public library for this j purpose. The presentation is a j final observance of Children's ! Book Week and "Know Your j Public Library Month." j WOMAN PROMOTED Tokyo (IB As another sign of changing times in Japan, the Ministry of Postal Services has elevated a woman to the post of section-chief for the first time in its history. Mrs. Yoshie Ooyone, 56, who has been working in the post office since 1917, was pro moted Friday on the recommen dation of vice minister of postal services. Mrs. Hideko Mogami who said she wanted to see more women holding higher positions. HELP US! We Need Clothing, Shoes, Dishes and Furniture. We Pick Up. HELP OTHERS! The Salvation Army SPring 2-4230 :":-- si7fi no n ruts i TO BUSY TURNPIKE Boston During the first 10 weeks of operation of the new S239,000,000 M a s s a c h u setts Turpike, motorists drove a total of 100,000,000 miles over it. btallpa (sfflff A jtx S j l Pre-Holidav FQa! SALE! Vo OFF I All Stock Patterns Both BIRGE.& IMPERIAL Make your home ready for holiday guests and parties and inexpen sively too! 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