TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, February 16. 1938
The Medical Roundup
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Emtrltm Consultant In Medicine,
Mivo Clinic
Zmtritni Profrisor of Medicine,
Mayo Foundation
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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
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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.
Police said they also ar
rested George Richard Sand
ers, 30, of 3194 Newtown
st., Carol Ann Heavilin, 20,
of 33 South Front St., in con
nection with charges of ob
taining money under false
pretenses.
Iron .rails for tramways,
mainly in collieries, were in
troduced by James Outram in
Sheffield in 1776.
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