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Heart4.ung ''Machine, Opeei IHIeart Surgery Illustrate' Ireat Changes Antibiotics Are Responsible for Division Changes (Editor's note: This is the first in a series of articles on the research and publie service projects being car ried on by the state's col leges and university. The articles are written for the state system of higher edu cation by Mrs. Wilma Mor rison, longtime reporter of Oregon education.) By MRS. WILMA MORRISON "Who would have thought the open heart operation would create so many prob lems? Once the children with congenital hearts died. Now they live, and we must teach ... how to look for these heart-crippled kids. What learned in medical school has all been changed . . ." Dr. Richard L. Sleeter, di rector of the state crippled children's division at the Uni versity of Oregon medical school, was using the widely publicized heart-lung machine and the open heart surgery techniques developed at the medical school to illustrate the great changes that have taken place in the children's division. Most responsible for the changes-in kinds of patients and in the whole focus and method at the division-are the sulpha drugs and antibi otics which, since about 1940, have controlled bacterial dis eases. Nowhere are the unantici- MARSHALL'S Carpet Cleaning Aids A clean carpet Is a hand some carpet when cleaned by us with Ludox to retard soiling and brighten the original colors. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. Carpet Cleaning Furniture Cleaning Bob Marshall's Floorcovering Service 127 N. Riverside SP 1-4517 Don't be fooled! Buy a Quality Power .lower Built To Last! 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Now, with polio and TB on the wane, scurvey and rickets all but disappeared, and with the new drugs bringing longer life to the congenitally crip pled, the orthopedic is only one of five major programs carried on by the division, The other division pro grams all deal with congenital abnormalities-cerebral palsy, congenital hearts, premature babies, and the dental-plastic- speech children, the majority of them cleft lip and palate cases. Before the new drugs, many of the babies born with se vere malformations, includ ing the severely retarded, died of minor infections. So vulnerable were these handi- apped ones that even the common cold for tnem was often fatal. Now many more of them live. The new prob lem, the new challenge, that has grown out of the victory ovet bacteria, lies in helping these children conquer or live with their crippling handi caps. Laboratory Research As challenging to the crip pled children's staff as its job of helping these youngsters, is NOW Is the TIME To Us Scotts Turf Builder Plenty of FREE Parking QUALITY AT LOWEST PRICES! HOMfWAtfSI ' Phone SP 2-5201 bund STARTS EXAMS Jeanne Robison of Corvallis starts sol emnly on her day-long series of examinations by doctors, therapists and technicians at the Crippled Children's center at the medical school. Congenital defects such as Jeanne's murmuring heart, and the multiple aspects of cerebro palsy, have become almost the full case load of the division. the clinical and laboratory research in which they are in volved, on causes of congeni tal defects. "We now see . a tide of youngsters who are approxi mately 17, who are approach ing adulthood, but with their handicaps," Dr. Sleeter said. "Modern medicine has not had too much experience with these as young adults because we did not have the numbers of them before the antibiotic era." Since 1940, there has been a zo per cent decrease in the death rate of premature ba bies. This development alone has created a new preventive and research area in which the crippled children's divi sion is active. As more premature babies survive it becomes increas ingly evident that this group has a much higher potential for congenital malformation and disease than full-time ba bies. One-half of the addition al 25 per cent of prematures who now survive, surveys show, will have one or more crippling handicaps. Distinctive Procedures The fact that there are more severely handicapped children surviving now, and that the clinic staff believes they con stitute the greatest need, as well as being a vital research source for medical advance, accounts for some of the dis tinctive procedures followed by the division. One of these is the team ap proach. In each of the five clinic services, diagnoses and treatment recommendations are the result of examination and consultation of profession als in several areas. Besides the various medical and den tal specialists who take part in the cerebral palsy, congen ital heart, orthopedic, dental- 57AH CORN REMOVER Mrmg ocid mixture. Wmm ho. faiUd try m MM- Try m ImxIom ItW, wWctt ivJotm am, urmn swelling first or moiij Exclusively at WESTERN THRIFT clinic, the pool of specialists who consoli date their examination findings on Jeanne and others, to arrive at a diagnosis and program of treatment- plastic-speech, and premature clinics, there are physical and speech therapists, psycholo gist, medical-social worker, and in many cases a public health nurse. There are only two medical doctors who are on the full time clinic staff, Dr. Sleeter and Dr. Victor Menashe. But Pickin' Pears By WALTER TOWNSEND The dance Monday night in the station theater, spon sored by VFW auxiliary, drew an unusually large at tendance. Music was furnish ed by Doyle Smith and his Music Makers. Refreshments were provid ed by Lelia Birch, depart ment hospital chairman, for VFW. Seen at the dance "Cowboy" Tex Hatcher, merly of Camp White, was who has now returned. Recently he lost an eye, working as assistant foreman, on the "25 Ranch," Battle Mountain, Nev. Tex was gone for over two years, and is remembered by many people as a rodeo entertainer and trick rider in the silent movies. He was once with Tom Mix and Hoot Gibson; for several years was with the Miller Brothers "101 Ranch," and traveled over the world with that show. Tex, now 64, has all his life, been where things went on, and lived a life of ad venture. He. is an elegant ballroom dancer, and since returning to the station, is often seen enjoying himself at the Monday night dances. He scorns to wear a patch over his lost eye. "That's too obvious," he said. Wednesday, Sydney Cordi ner returned from a two months stay in Vancouver hospital, and the members were pleased to see him busy again in the. library. Recreation Specialist Mrs. Jessalee Malleliou, Oregon State college, Corvallis, will show slides on Korea Tuesday afternoon, March 1, in the Green Room. Candles were lighted on a EXPLAINS 'WORK-UP' Jeanne's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Robison, never take their eyes off Dr. Herbert Griswold as he explains, with aid of a heart model, the staffs "work-up" (diagnosis and recom there are 140 private doctors and dentists and doctors from the medical and dental school staffs who act as consultants. There are private practice consultants scattered through out the state. Division Since 1917 Oregon has had a crippled children's division since 1917 but not many know that it's establishment, virtually as a department of the University of Oregon medical school makes it a rare kind of oper ation among the 52 other state and territorial crippled children's divisions. Only three others, Missouri, Iowa and Illinois, are associated with universities. None of these is operating directly under a medical school. It is the crippled children's division's position as an ad junct of the medical school which gives Oregon a three way profit from the $600,000 a year that the budget has been costing in state funds. Here, in addition to caring for the state's severely crip pled children, the clinic is a training ground for medical students and a source of re search material and of gifts and grants that make for fu ture medical advances. It was the crippled chil dren's division's functioning as part of the medical school that brought the federal grants that paid for the heart laboratory and its develop ment of open heart surgery. "One of the criticisms par ents sometimes make," Dr. Sleeter said, "Is that doctors don't understand or care about the severely handi capped child. We believe one of the reasons for this is that the young doctor doesn't have News and Notes From Camp White very special cake February 17, when Oliver P. Longfel low, celebrated his 90th birth day. The nurses of the station provided this treat, which Miss Mayme Barrett, assist ant chief nurse, baked and presented. Longfellow invited friends to share his gift and party which was held in the solari ara of Section 5. Among those congratulat ing him, and extending best wishes were Henry C. Herzog, manager; Banks I. Paul, as sistant manager; R. W. De Shazer, section leader; E. W. Dietz, assistant leader; and C. D. Moody, member aide. Among those who argan ized the Writer's club in the spring of 1954, was Phillip Goss, a former editor of the Dominews. Tuesday, Goss came to the Writer's club and told of his adventures in Mexi co, a country he visited in many times, in the past few years. Editor Goss spoke of eco nomics of living in the re mote regions. In towns of 35,- 000, or less, he found aver age first class hotel rates to be 80 cents a day; ham and eggs, cereal, coffee, could be had for 80 cents. His chief problem was be PAINT WITH an opportunity to study these problems. And one of the reasons he doesn't can be an organization such as the crip pled children's division. If it is not closely tied with a med ical school it can stand in the way of the student and interne getting experience with these unusual cases." Develops Interest As he watched through a one-way window, a senior student taking the history of a cerebral palsy patient from an anxious mother, the direc tor said, "We have found that by making a senior responsi ble for the initial contact with the child and his family, he develops an entirely different and much greater interest than if the patient had been in the clinic many times and the student had been involved only as an observer." 'As the sutdent was over heard telling the mother that he could give no opinion about her little boy and that she would be given on the following day 'the opinion of a team of specialists, the clin ic head said, "This is some thing we feel strongly about. It is common for a senior stu dent or an interne to give an opinion. You see, this one has already gotten the idea that there is far too much to these crippling cases for one man to give an immediate answer." In Oregon the crippled chil dren's division is among many far-reaching public services which show up at biennial budget time under the state system of higher education's general category of "statewide services." About one-fourth of its total support since 1935 has come from the federal ing unable to speak the lan guage, he said. In Mexico City, good hotel rooms were $1.25 a day; ham and eggs, though, costs only 75 cents. No potatoes, unless they are asked for. Hotel men, taxi men in Mexico, cooperate with one another, often to i the v i s i t o r's disadvantage, Goss told his listeners. Bus : travel is in three classif ica- i tions, first, second, and third, j In one town of 10,000, he j found a very good hotel of ' medium price, catering to I tourist, 80 cents a night, and ! in the cafe, 50 cents a day ; for Mexican food. No Ameri-; can food available at medium ; prices. Mexican cigarettes , were 3 cents to 10 cents a ; pack. Shoes, hand made, were j SL50 a pair; sandals, 50 cents ' to $1.25 a pair. All beds in the hotels he ! saw, had clean, white sheets. I Covers consisted of one blan-1 ket and a spread, flashy and j colorful. Water at fountains' was good. He said all milk i had to be boiled. Yet to his surprise, whenj he returned to the border, i after six months, he had spent ' only $285. On that sum he ' lived, and traveled, and did things, enjoyed movies and other entertainment, and said : $40 a month, was adequate for a full life. i OLD-TIMER Braintree, Mass. -(DPB-"Mit-tens," pet cat of Mr. and Mrs. . E. Theodore Nokes, is 21 years old, equivalent to 147 years in a human. MEDFORD PAIIfT and Wallpaper Store Mi & Holly Diagonally Across from Post Office PHONE SP 2-9321 We Give S&H GREEN STAMPS mendations) for 6-year-old daughter, Jeanne. Also working with the parents is Mrs. Gladys Bell, medical social consultant for the heart clinic, through which 97 children have had open heart surgery in past year. children's bureau through the Social Security administra tion. From All Counties A breakdown of the about 2,800 children who are diag nosed or diagnosed and treat ed each year through the di vision shows that they come from all counties. Besides its close association with the medical school, Ore gon's crippled children's di vision is distinctive in at least two other ways. First, in lim iting its attention to the long term severely crippling dis eases rather than taking more of a charity role that would include tonsillectomies and other minor treatments.' Sec ond, in the division staff's ag gressive inclusion of private doctors in both the diagnosis and follow-up treatment of the majority of patients. On neither of these policies does Oregon's crippled chil dren's center have the unani mous approval of all social welfare agencies or of all medical men. (Second article will be: "One foot in the operating room and one in the lab," The story back of open heart surgery.) ATTENTION ALL FOOD CLERKS! ASHLAND MEDFORD GRANTS PASS Monday, February 22nd Medford Hotel 9:15 P.M. GUEST SPEAKERS WILL DISCUSS: local Union Operation i Health and Welfare Union Contracts This Meeting Sponsored by RETAIL CLERKS , LOCAL 265 A SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER WILL BE BROTHER H. L WEINGARTNER, FINANCIAL SECRETARY, LOCAL 1364, RETAIL CLERKS UNION, AFL-CIO OF REDDING, CALIFORNIA MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. GI GOATS Fort Jackson, S.C.-IUPD-The ammunition storage area at this Army base is far too ex plosive to permit the use of 14 OUR NEW MORTUARY NOW OPEN 2100 in Ui r- ui Z H Z a. ft v Thank You For The Wonderful Reception of Our Open House Last Week. Visitors Always Welcome. 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