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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, February 16. 1938 The Medical Roundup . nr.. w. Emtrltm Consultant In Medicine, Mivo Clinic Zmtritni Profrisor of Medicine, Mayo Foundation V, r4 Or. Alvarez with some Uranium May Help Kill Cancer Ever since radio - active isotopes were discovered some years ago, research workers have nad tne nope that some day one of these chem ic a 1 s which gives out e m a n a tions which can kill can cer cells might be hooked up chemic ally substance for which cancer cells have great affinity. Then the radium like substance, when injected or given by mouth, would be come so concentrated in the cancer as to kill the cells pr stop them from growing. I thought of this as I just read of some research done by Dr. Robert E. Bases, work ing in the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. He has found a new compound of uranium and protoporphyrin, a substance which forms the basis of hemoglobin, which is the red oxygen-carrying sub stance in the blood. Most ur anium salts are very poison ous to the kidneys and hence cannot be used. But this sub stance, fortunately, appears to be non-toxic. Further stu dies on this point are being made. If the drug should prove to be safe enough to be given to men and women, it may be just what doctors have been looking for, be cause it tends to concentrate in cancer cells. Once there, it can be bombarded with slow neutrons which will then set off a small "chain-reaction." With this, the cancer cells may be destroyed. So far, it is only a hope, but it is a good hope. " Many persons assume that the search for a cure for can cer is pretty hopeless but I don't feel that .way because today there are so many ways in which the problem is being attacked, and being attacked -by skillful chemists and phy- . sicists and physicians. Quality Of Protein In Diet Many a short - statured im migrant from Europe must have wondered why his sons, born in America tower over grandsons are taller yet. My Spanish father, judged by American standards, was a short man; I am six feet tall; one of my sons is six feet two and a half, and two of my grandsons, in their teens, are already so tall they do not fit in an ordinary bed. Why this increase in height? I suspect that the big increase in-the first American genera tion was due to more protein and better protein in the diet. I doubt if, as a boy, my father was given much meat of any, kind, and he probably had no milk and but fw eggs. His protein came largely from beans, chick - peas and corn. In the Orient the people live mainly on a grain, such as rice or wheat, -plus a few fcraps of pork or fish. Why is protein so impor iant? Because proteins are so Reeded for our growth. Starches, sugars and fats are used for fuel. I was just reading about an address by Drs. Rene J. Dubos and Russell W. Schaed ler, of the Rockefeller Insti tute, world expert on infec tions. They were discussing why infections tend to attack some persons more than oth ers. They said that children who get too little protein, or protein that is of poor quality because it lacks several of the "building blocks" essen tial to health, may grow nor mally enough, but they may be highly susceptible to .in fections. If the amount of good protein in the diet is too low, a child's growth may be stunted. Because there is hardly any protein that contains all 'of the building-blocks, it is es sential that children be given proteins from several sources, such as meat, fish, poultry, eggs, milk, beans and peas. The defect in one protein will then be made up for by the good features of some other protein. Because proteins of vegetable origin are seldom as good as the proteins found in meat, I am against vege tarianism. It may be all right for adults who want to in dulge in idealism, but it is bad for children. I doubt if any athletic coach would per mit one of his trainees to go without meat. I am sure he would prefer to have him eat ing thick steaks. Measles And Distemper Appear To Be Related According to Drs. J. M. Adams, of Long Beach, and D. T.- Imagawa, of Los An geles, the virus that gives a child measles appears now to be much the same as the one that gives a dog distemper. In many ways the two viruses behave alike. As dog-lovers know, in the last 30 years or more, great efforts have been made to produce vaccines that will protect their pets against distemper. FIREMAN'S FUND Miller, S. D. OP More than 550,000 was collected in be half of eight firemen burned by an exploding fuel tank at Highmore, S. D., last Aug. 22. Four of the eight volunteers died, and the remaining four underwent long hospitaliza tion. Most of the money has been gathered through the ef forts of volunteer firemen. Tax Compulsory for Domestic Employees The social security tax on the wages of domestic em ployees is compulsory W. V. Nusbaum, manager of the Medford district office of the Social Security administration has pointed out. "All employers of house hold workers must pay this federal tax if they paid these workers S50 or more in a cal e n d ar quarter", Nusbaum said. "One half of the tax of (2V4 per cent of wages paid) should be deducted from the domestic's wages. However, employers and not em ployees ' are responsible for sending in the tax" he added. The report itself is quite simple, the manager stated. The Internal Revenue service sends out a brief envelope form to householders. On this envelope-form, the employer lists the name, social security number and wages paid to each househpld .worker; and encloses a check or money order for 4V4 per cent of to tal wages paid. The envelope form is sent to the district director of internal revenue at the end of each calendar quarter. Nus.baum said that employ ers who have not as yet been put on the Internal Revenue service mailing list for the regular mailing of these envelope-forms should request that this be done. A form for this purpose may be obtained from the Medford social se curity office. Nusbaum cautioned that on ly cash wages of household help are taxable for social se curity purposes. He also ob served that if a domestic is paid less than $50 in a calen dar quarter, the wages do not count toward social security benefits and no tax is paid on them. The proper reporting of the earnings of domestic employ ees is particularly important, Nusbaum added, because of the generally low wage scale of these workers and the great reliance placed upon social security benefits by the older persons in this group. Further information can be Ten million convention guests visit U.S. hotels every year, attending an estimated 18,000 meetings, the Ameri can Hotel Association an nounced here today. Each delegate spends in the con vention city an average of $93.69 in "new money." - obtained at the Social Secur ity District office 33 Nortli Riverside ave., Medford. " FlEMEY'S . 1 DOWNTOWN MEDFORD Dr. Alvarez hopes his read ers will understand that it would be impossible for him to answer requests for infor mation or to attempt to diag nose by mail. (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1958) Three Arrested on Check Charges Here Medford police ar.rested two men and a woman on charges involving checks Thursday. Lloyd Harold Garman, 34, of North Biddle rd., was bound over to the grand jury Thursday afternoon after ap pearing in district court on charges of uttering and pub lishing a false check. He was arrested by city police Thurs day morning on the charges. He waived an attorney and preliminary hearing. He is be ing held in the Jackson coun ty jail on $1,500 bail. 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