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The Medical Roundup Emtritm Cantnlunt In Medleln. Mr. jo Clinic Emeritus Professor of Medietas. Mayo Citato if 4 in Wfr Varicose Veins Many people with varicose veins in their legs want to know whether they should be operated o n . I cannot tell, because I don't know how much trouble they are having with their veins -per naps pain on walk ine. or DrTAJviFei mucn swemng of the ankles, or perhaps beginning ulceration on the inner side of the leg just above the ankle. If; the veins are not bothering much, and not getting steadily larger and more troublesome. I see no iirepncv aUnut havina an oper ation. Many a stout woman of 50 has had large veins ever since, after having a child, she had a milk lee. - This is due to a phlebitis or inflammation of the lining of a vein, witn some plugging-up with a clot of blood. After a while, the xlot may get enough holes in it so that the swelling greatly decreases and the person can walk far without pain. - If I had large veins in my legs which were causing me "distress or pain or swelling, I gould go to a surgeon who has considerable experience in Half-Size Favorite IJ 77' this field of surgery. He would have particular skill in using tests that would help him de cide what should best be done. The common operation done today is called a stripping operation. In this, the diseased veins are separated from the surrounding tissues and pull ed out through small holes in the skin. Then the blood goes through the deep veins in the legs. These veins are rein forced and supported by the muscle around them. Experts tell me that they are not at all enthusiastic about trying to plug up the veins by inject ing into them some irritating drug that will cause the walls to stick together. Some phy sicians are afraid of doing harm with this technic. Emphysema Many people, and usually men and heavy smokers past middle age, write wanting to know what can be done for is 9250 SIZES 1454-24 Half - sizers tell us "The skirt-waist always looks ..ight so smart, so easy to wear." Enjoy this one any season -slim with graceful back pleats. Tomorrow's pattern: Misses' dress. . Printed Pattern 9250: Half Sizes 14V4, 16, 18, 20, 22. 24. Size 16 takes 3 vards 35-inch fabric. - Printed directions on each pattern part. Easier, accurate Send FIFTY CENTS (coins) for this pattern - add 10 cents for each pattern for first-class mailing. Send to Marian Mar tin. Medford Mail Tribune, Pattern Dept., 232 West 18th St.. New York 11. N.Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS with SIZE and STYLE NUMBER. their emphysema, which causinsr them perhaps to be asthmatic and short of breath Thev are often "barrel chest . ed," and the muscles in their neck are contracted, trying to lift the chest wall, up so that as much air as possible will get into the lungs. Sometimes the man has been suspected of having heart disease because he is so short of breath. He may get along fairly well at times: and then perhaps, when he gets a cold, he will be so distressed that each breath will be an effort. Sometimes the man develops an anxious face and a ' dusky skin - so typical that with his big cnest I can recognize his disease when I see him half a block away. Unfortunately, I cannot out line treatment for him in a column like this because this must vary in different cases. If I had emphysema I would like to be studied and treated for a while by an expert m lune diseases. He might be able to help me a bit. I would n't for a minute expect him to cure me, because in em physema large numbers of the tinv all-essential air -sacs in the lung have ruptured, one into the other, and so the lung is no longer a highly efficient organ for aereating the blood. Because the lungs have been seriously damaged, I would not expect anyone to cure me in the sense of giving me a good set of lungs again. I was readme the other day some statistics that indicated that many a heavy smoker with emphysema could help himself tremendously by throwing away his cigarettes. Heavy smoking usually brings on a chronic bronchitis with a "cigarette - cough" and this favors the development of as thma. It is the asthma which causes most of the misery of an. emphysematous person. Many men with severe em physema eventually get so short of breath that they have to give up their work. Hernia Operations Some men who have a huge rupture nerhans one that came after an abdominal oper ation or that came back after an effort of some surgeon to repair a large rupture in the groin write to ask me if it is all right for the surgeon to put in a piece of metal screen to re-enforce the tissues. Not being an expert in this field, I can't discuss it in detail. What I know is that metal screens have been used in this way, and hence if I had a her nia and a good surgeon want ed to put in a metal re-enforcement, I would cheerfully take his advice. Multide Mveloma Many people want to know what is multiple myeloma, it is a form of cancer of the bones which often causes a Theyll Do It Every Time - By Jimmy Hatlo Wr4EM MPS. RJTELESS IS DPtVlNS FRIEND HUBBY BEMOANS WHAT SHE'S DOING TO THE FAMILV BUS - But how does HE TREAT IT WHEN HE'S ON A FISHIN6 OR HUNTING TRIP? THAT'S . DIFFERENT.' HEY.' -this XJm IS THE LIFE, HUH ? I WE'LL BE THERE WATCH THE TIPES ON T HUNTING TRIP. ORSO THIS BACK S THE CUQBS! SOU WENT Z THAT'S , I TI2AIL SAVES US IP RIGHT OVER A ROCK DIFFERENT.' AfS TEN lZs Iffel BACK THERE-' yOtLL O, V MINUTES A' 2 " 1 I 'm?' j 1 S? 1959. iting Featum Synd1M. Ine, World nghti rw ...For Privacy, Protection INSTALL In the Future We Will Be CLOSED SATURDAYS Our Regular Hours: 8 to 5 Monday Through Friday U FREE ESTIMATES U UIGH'S Construction 111 North fir Phone SP 2-2461 Small Worlds Around Us , By Lynn M. Watkins The Story of A Lazy Liltle Dog It was always a source of amazement, later actual con cern. The little doe, when taking her frequent naps dur ing the day, assumed the most awkward positions. Often her entire rear section was left hanging off the edge of the pillow, chair or footstool, or whatever she was sleeping on. Her back-section threatened to dislocate itself. Yet, in spite of it she slept soundly. The most ridiculous position was the suspension of both rear legs, hanging de jectedly, threatening to pull her center of gravity so far back she could fall back to the floor. . - Sometimes she assumed the position of a wish-bone; the body sharply curved, the head almost touching her hips and flat on her back; her head turned to one side to keep the body from rolling like a log. Then To Sleep She would start to get on a low footstool but stop be fore her rear legs were on. There she would go to sleep, her back- legs partially sup porting her. She seemed a creature with two distinct and separate sections, each section at odds with the other. The family observed there was never a time in which the little dog arranged her rear quarters in what would seem to be a comfortable position. The family concurred in the idea that the dog certainly lacked coordination, for some unknown reason. She might even be afflicted by a partial paralysis or at least lacked muscular control of the back section of her body. They de cided to take the dog to a veterinarian. The' complete and thorough examination however, failed to find any organic or other trouble. Dur ing the inspection of her per son the little dog left one leg hanging dejectedly from one side of the examination table. 'Just Laxy' "Nothing wrong," said the vet. "Perhaps she is just lazy. Maybe," the doctor mused, "shs is conscious of the at tention she is ' receiving, so she is playing it up for all it's worth." great deal of pain and dis ability. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any really curative treatment for it. If I had it, I would probably rely mainly on a drug like metha done a synthetic morphine like drug which might keep my pain under fair control. - Dr. Alvarez' booklet on al lergy and asthma may be ob tained by . sending 25 cents and a large, stamped, self-addressed envelope with your request to Dr. Walter C. Al varez, Sept. MMT, The Regis-" ter and Tribune Syndicate, Box 957, Des Moines 4, Iowa. (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1959) Toastmasters Meet At Jackson Hotel James Foster was toastmas ter for the evening at a meet ing of Medford Toastmasters Monday at the Jackson hotel. Speech topics were given each member by the man sit ting next to him. Sherman Holt evaluated the topics. Five minute speeches were given by Dr. John T. Weisel, who spoke on "Sun bathers, armories and old age;" Otto Kennasto, "30 pieces of sil ver"; and Clif Oulette, "Ed ison's Invention." Dr. Jack Welch, evaluated Weisel's speech; Dan Hull, Kennasto's; and a guest, Charles Dean, Oullette's. Dwight Wilson was general evaluator for the evening. Bill Barker also was a guest. The family returned home, the dog draped awkwardly over the front seat's edge, both legs hanging in mid-air. Her human friends finally came to the conclusion that should have been obvious from the first. The little dog was just downright careless. She couldn't be obthered by arranging two ends of what should have been taken care of by one end. She worked on the theory that her front end, being the most , important, should be controlled allowing the rear end to shift for itself. It had to go along or else. And so far it hadn't been doing so good. She had decided not to "pick up the loose end."' (Released by The Reigser and Tribune Syndicate, 1959) Pre-Fair Scheduled At Gold Hill Ranch Gold Hill-The annual sheep pre-f air of the Gold Hill Live stock 4-H club "will be held at the Gailand ranch on High way 99, north of Gold Hill, Wednesday, July 22, begin ning at 10 a.m. Norman Gail is leader of the group. There will be sitting, show ing and judging. All other clubs in the county are invited to participate. Mothers of the Gold Hill club will serve lunch. Those bringing animals must have them weighed in before 10 a.m. Batzer Bids Low On Warehouse Batzer Construction com pany submitted the apparent low bid for construction of a maintenance shop building for the Medford school dis trict. Bids were opened and taken under consideration by the 'school board Tuesday. Batzer bid $72,252 for a masonry construction build ing to house the district's bus repair shop and warehouse near the Jackson school. Other bids were received from Don Jacobs Construc tion company, $73,195; Har old W. Salter, $74,384; Bess onette Construction company, $76,558; Stanley G. Parrish, $78,780; and Wiley company, $80,300. . The warehouse and shop building is the final structure planned under the two-year building program approved by the voters. The program included two new elementary schools, additions to other schools including the high school, and renovation work in some schools. William Barker was named chairman of the school board at Tuesday's meeting and Ed ward Branchfield was select ed vice chairman. Frank Bash,! former chairman, who was reelected to the board this year, was accepted as a new member. REPUGNANT TO 'EGGHEA Chicago - (UPD - Scholastic Magazine said a poll of 5,000 high school students showed that it made one-third of them mad to be caleld "egghead." Second worst word to call the polled students is "spend thrift," the magazine said, but that only gets up the dan der of 11 per cent. Price With All Equipment DOWN $4950 per month This is the beautiful SIMCA Super Deluxe. The low est priced car that's so big, so heavy, so powerful and so beautifully made. No extras, nothing else to buy. Thii low price in cludes heater, defroster, reclining deep-foam airliner seats, direction signals, whitewall tires, electric wipers, windshield washers, oil filter, undercoating . and beautiful trimmings throughout. Come fn, see this great car today. SIMCA is one eco nomy car that REALLY costs less, and REALLY js a beautiful, roomy family car. SIMCA DICK KNIGHT CO. Plymouth DeSoto Simca 33 SOUTH RIVERSIDE at 8TH STREET 8 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. A Friday, July 17, 1959 BOWLING CLASSROOM Chicago - (UPD - Russian visi tors to the American National Exhibition in Moscow this summer -will have an oppor tunity to try out the latest in classroom furniture while they learn about bowling. The exhibit is being sent to Moscow by the" Brunswick-Balke-Collender company, which will supply the furni ture as well as a film in which champion bowler Don Carter will explain the fine points of the game.' Armed Services OK's Nomination Of James Stewart Washington-(UPD-The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved the longdelay ed nomination of movie star James Stewart to be a briga dier general in the Air Forces Reserve. Approval came only after the Pentagon changed his mo bilization assignment to a desk job. Chairman Richard B. Rus sell (D-Ga.) said the committee was unanimous in approving the reserve promotion after it was disclosed that the World War II bomber pilot would be assigned to public relations, in any mobilization emerg ency, rather than to the Stra tegic Air Command's 15th Air Force as chief of staff. Smooth Sailing Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (R-Maine), who led the de laying action against the Stew art promotion, was present at the session. The unanimous action indicated smooth sail ing when the appointment goes before the Senate next nomination, first sent to the Congress in Feb ruary, 1957, was approved at a 21-hour committee session which dealt almost entirely with reserve promotions. Among the approved pro motions was on which would make Sen. Barry M. Gold water (R-Ariz.) a brigadier general in the Air. Force Re Edam cheese is named for a town in The Netherlands. We Give GREEN STAMPS CENTRAL REXALL DRUG Main and Central . .A ( l tjonTrned premium-priced I gasoline any mores on every gallon maybe waiting for ymrtignf at this pumpj j v I I .N 8 I Try f he Wests highesf-ocfane regular Is your car among the 4 out of 5 which will give knock free premium performance on Unions New 7600? If it is, you can save up to 4 cents a gallon over premium priced gasolines! Try it today -a whole tanMul, preferably. 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