The Medical Roundup
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Mito Clinic
Em!iitu Professor of Medlcln.
Mayo CliBtc
What I a Normal Child?
Recently, Drs. R. Lapouse
and M. A. Monk, of the Uni
versity of Buffalo School
of Medicine,
reported a
study of the
behavior
characteristics
of 482 chil
dren, between
the ages of
six and 12
years, and
with the
Dr Atvwe sexes equally
represented. The doctors were
surprised to find how many
of the children presented be
havior which usually is sup
posed to be abnormal, and a
sign of mental disease. I sus
pect that these findings will
give some comfort to thou
sands of parents who are now
worried-fearing that a child
is "abnormal."
The writers say that 17 per
cent of the children were still
wetting the bed; 23 per cent
suffered from nightmares; 65
per cent showed signs of
nervous tension, and 36 per
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cent wanted to eat either too
much or too little. Twenty
seven per cent were nail-biters;
the mothers thought that
49 per cent were over-active
and into everything; 30 per
cent seemed to be too rest
less; 4 per cent stuttered; 12
per cent had some kind of a
tic or spasm of the face or
shoulders, and half of the
girls and a third of the boys
suffered from fears and wor
ries. Now, the authors plan to
keep in touch with these chil
dren to see what happens to
them in later years. How
often will the child outgrow
these troubles?
Som Blinded Boxers
Are Now Suing
I read that T. J. Nollet,
former lightweight boxing
champion of France is suing
the French Boxing Federa
tion for 50 million francs be
cause, af 23, he is blind and
old. He thinks that, some
where along the way, the box
ing federation should have
told him to stop fighting.
Similarly, Tino Cardinale is
suing for 10 million francs
because he lost one eye and
has saved only a little of the
vision in the other one.
These fighters suffered a
detachment of the retina (the
seeing membrane in the back
of the eye). It is not surpris
ing that, with the tremendous
blows that these men receive,
some of them lose their
sight. Another boxer in
France is suing a fight pro
moter because of the great
brain injuries he has suffered.
It is estimated that 300
boxers have died in the ring
in various countries, usually
because of a hemorrhage into
the brain. Many more have
lived on for years, mentally
and physically slowed-up. I
have seen such punch-drunk
men, shuffling around, pre
maturely aged, and unable
to do any work because of the
many small injuries suffered
by their brains in many a
fight.
I'll never forget my dis
tress at seeing one of Amer
ica's former, great fighters,
blind, and being led into the
Mayo Clinic with the hope
that something might be done
to restore his sight. '
An amateur boxer, when
he realizes that his brain is
being . seriously, -injured by
fighting will often quit, but
a professional, who knows of
no other way of earning a
living, will often carry on un
til he is so slow that almost
anyone can knock him out. I
am old enough to remember
when Jim Jeffries fought his
last fight. He was so "slowed
up, mentally and physically,
that those at the ringside
kept wondering if he was
drunk or drugged or ill, or
what.
Doubtless more often doctors-ought
to be stationed at
ringsides with authority to
stop fights in which a mis
matched man is taking a ter
rible beating about the head.
Multiple Sclerosis
Sufferers of multiple scler
osis will be interested to
know that in a recent com
munication, Dr. George E.
Seiden, working under a
grant from the National Mul
tiple Sclerosis Society (257
4th ave., New York 10, N.Y.)
reported that very careful
studies have failed to show
any signs of a virus in the
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blood or spinal fluid of a
number of the patients. As he
points out, this work of his
does not absolutely rule out
the presence of a virus, be
cause conceivably it could be
in the blood only during cer
tain stages of the disease.
A New and Very
Powerful Morphine
I recently read that a new
drug, 'labeled NIH 7519 has
recently been synthesized. It
is 10 times more powerful
than morphine, and appears
to have a much smaller tend
ency to produce addiction. It
is 50 times more powerful
than codeine. Already, the
drug has been tested on more
than 200 persons suffering
from severe pain. The drug is
being developed by Dr. Ev
erette L. May in collabora
tion with Dr. Nathan B. Ed
dy and several drughouses.
It is to be hoped (1) that
further tests will reinforce
the impressions that' the doc
tors already have about this
drug, and (2) that no bad or
dangerous side-effects will
show up.
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Eighth st. and Riverside ave., in the lo
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have been displayed will be used for off
street parking, store officials said. The
building was remodeled. Operating the
store are E. E. McGrew, president, and
H. A. (Mac) McCullough, manager.
Bump on Car Top
Startles Driver
Santa Monica, Calif. -(CPD-Reginald
Hawkins, 58, .said
he was driving his car and
minding his own business
Thursday when "I felt a
bump on the top of the car
and saw an airplane skid off
the hood."
A single - engine private
plane, out of fuel, smacked
onto the top of Hawkins' car
as the pilot, his engine dead,
tried to land on the street.
None of the four persons
aboard the plane was injured
nor was Hawkins. Said the
motorist after the freak mis
hap: "First accident I've had
in 35 years of driving."
Hubert Sharp Gets Science Scholarship
Corvallis Hubert Sharp,
teacher at Medford High
school, will do advanced
study next year at Oregon
State college under a special
National Science Foundation
program grant.
The grant includes a S3,000
stipend, plus all tuition and
fees, travel and book allow
ances, and dependent allow
ances in the case of married
teachers.
Fifty high school science
and mathematics teachers
from across the country were
named to study at Oregon
State, one of the 16 colleges
in the nation picked to start
the science teacher training
program three years ago. Next
year, 32 colleges will offer the
special work for the high
school teachers.
The National Science Foun
dation launched the national
program to "improve science
teaching and to increase the
U. S. supply of top quality sci
entists and engineers."
i 350.000 FOREIGN CARS
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U.S. last year came from
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350,000 cars, of which 36 per
cent came from Britain, 34 per
cent from Germany and 18
per cent from France. Of the
i balance, Italy supplied 6 per
1 cent and Sweden 4 per cent.
County Assessors
Attend Short Course
Corvallis More than 110
county assessors, deputy as
sessors and appraisers from
every section of Oregon at
tended the fourth annual Ore
gon appraisal training short
course last week at Oregon
State college.
Attending from this area
were Thad W. Hatten, chief
personal appraiser; Ray J.
Schumacher, assessor; Stew
art M. Penington, chief land
appraiser; and Chester H.
Wendt, county commissioner,
Medford; and Tom E. Hess,
appraiser, Central Point.
The five-day course was
started in 1956 under joint
sponsorship of the state tax
commission and the college to
provide a continuing training
program for appraisers and to
help bring about greater uni
formity in valuation of real
property across Oregon.
The effects on downtown
business property value of;
outlying city shopping centers
that are building up in many
Oregon cities came in for spe
cial study this year. Appraisal
of livestock ranches was also
emphasized.
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