SUNDAY. JULY 3, 10
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
The Medical
U
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Influence of Heredity
On Ttnnyion
I recently rend thu Inter
esting Klury u( tliu 111 health
of Alfred l.iird Tennyson, who
throughout his
long life kept
going Into do-
prcnitliinn. Hi'
was thofiiurtli
of 12 chil
dren, liln fiith
or, n scholarly
I) ii t lompcrn-
mental minis
ter, suffo red
from mood of
deep depression. In them ho
would hike to drink, mid
would become violent. In
school, Alfred mid his two
older brother were hrlllhinl.
All three could write good
poetry. One of Ihein, Charles,
lieciiine nddlcted to opium.
Annum the younger brothers,
Kdwurd win noon eoniniltted
to ii menliil hoiiiltiil. Arthur
luid In he treiited for alcohol
Ism, mid Scptlmui win de
pressed. When Arthur lliillnm
died, Alfred heroine depressed
mid suicidal. For n while, he
drunk heavily, liln tinier also
went Into ii nervous break
down. After losing nil of his
money, Alfred spent more
thiin u yenr In n hospltiil with
ronsliiiil panics and horrors,
'rhronijhoiit the rest of his
life, "he hud frcipient phuiKcs
Into deep inc hiiu'holhi."
One would think Unit men
tal disease appearing In six
out of 12 of the children of un
alcoholic and violent father
Would suggest that heredity Is
in Important factor In pro
ducing psychoses, but today
the taboo analn.it such an ob
vious conclusion Is very
troiiK. Psychiatrists usually
ussure me that In these cases
the home environment Just
must luive been bad. My an
swer to that Is to nsk why,
then, did half of the children
escape Its Influence? They re
mained perfectly sane. The
finswer some psychiatrists
iilve to this Is that the father
mid mother must early have
decided to ruin the minds of
one or two of their children!
1 once had n professor of psy
chiatry tell me this nbout a
family of four children of an
eminent man when, early In
life, the eldest child went in
sane. The psychiatrist's con
viction that the parents had
planned to ruin this child did
not seem logical to me. It
seemed entirely dlsproven
when, later, two more of the
children cracked up mentally.
My Impression was that three
out of four of the children had
Kone insane because both of
their parents showed u mild
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Medford reported 14 cases
of measles, while Central
Point hud 4, Shady Cove 3
and Phoenix 1.
Other cases reported Includ
ed pneumonia, Medford 1;
chicken pox, Medford 1; rheu
matic fever, Medford 1;
mumps, Medford und Ashland
1; meningococci meningitis,
Ashland 1; Influenza, Medford
4; German measles. Central
Point I: and whooping cough,
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One Injured in
One of Four Auto
Accidents Friday
One person was Injured In
one of four accidents occur
ring Friday lis the July 4 holi
day wool, end got under way,
state police reported.
Knlhleen Houston, 17.
Trail, was reported In fair
condition Saturday in Rogue
Valley hospital. She was be
ing treated for head und buck
Injuries following u Jeep acci
dent on the Tiller-Trull high
way. She was taken to the
hospital by Medford Ambu
lance service.
Slate police said the acci
dent occurred about 11 a.m.
Friday nbout n hulf mile up
the Tiller-Trail highway. The
Jeep went over a hank and
onto some rocks, the ambu
lance service attendant said.
The girl Is the daughter of
Oragc Houston, Trail.
About 3:30 p.m. Friday, a
station wagon driven by Ben
jamin William Zlcglor, 34, of
Albany, Ore., struck n boat
and trailer near Miller's
Gulch bridge north of Gold
Illll.
Stale police said Raymond
Karl Finley, 40, Crescent
City, Calif., lowing the boat
on the trailer, started to pull
onto the shoulder as two oth
er vehicles slopped In front of
him on Highway 00. The Zicg
ler ear collided with the boat
and trailer.
State police Informed Zleg
ler that he would be charged
in Gold Hill Justice of the
pence court with following
too close.
Highway 99 Mishap
Another accident occurred
nbout 4 p.m. on Highway 09
opposite Bear Creek Orchards
parking lot. Although none of
the three cars involved touch
ed, the Incident caused one to
drive Into the highway ditch
and up against a fence to
avoid collision, slate police
said.
Cars Involved were driven
by Stephen Newman Black
more, 51, Cave Junction,
Richard Raymond Lowry, 51,
Prospect, nnd Janet Louise
Martin, 2B, of 482 Walker
ave., Ashland. The Lowry enr
pulled to the right to avoid
collision und the Mnrtn car
was forced into the ditch to
avoid collision.
Stnle police Informed Blnck
more he would be chnrged
in district court with fnllure
to yield right of way.
Another accident Friday
occurred on Crater Lnkc high
wny nenr Four Corners, stale
police said, nbout 6:30 p.m.
David Marion Chnndler, 41),
Prospect, was trnvellng north
on the hlghwny when he nt
temptcd to overtake nnd pnss
three other northbound vehi
cles, state police said. One
wns making a left turn into
a private driveway, nnd Chan
dler drove Into the ditch to
avoid collision.
Bank Debits in Area
Show Slight Decline
Eugene - Bank debits for
Curry, Jnckson nnd Josephine
counties decreased by 1.2 per
cent In May compared to
April, and Increased by .1 per
cent over a year ago, accord
ing to the University of Ore
gon. Debits for May totaled $91,
5fi4.8(IH; for April, 19(10, the
total was $92,705,353; and for
May, 1959, the total was $91,
430.318. Bank debits represent the
dollar value of checks drawn
agninsl the deposit accounts of
Individuals nnd business firms.
Bank debits nre considered
good Indicators of current
business activity. Each month
the bureau of business re
search at the University of
Oregon collects dntn on bunk
debits from Oregon banks nnd
branches.
MOVE OVER, ROVER-Jerry Heater of Indianapolis takes
his dog, Hamlet, to work with him each day, but it's a
tnii"(lc. 'lis snorts car gets more cramped as Hamlet keeps
growing. So fur, Healer has managed to retain part of the
uriver s seat us his own. (UPI Telephoto)
'Rescue Breathing'
Planned for Show
"Rescue Brcnthlng
film
showing the enactment of
step -by -step procedures In
saving lives, will be featured
on the Jackson County Tuber
culosis and Health ussocia
llon's television program at 3
o'clock this afternoon.
The bi weekly program,
presented by the association
in cooperation with the Jack
son County Medical Society
and the television station, is
based on presenting authori
tative health education.
Mrs. C. Ivan Burton, mod
erator of the health series
known as "Adventures in
Medicine," pointed out that
the film has been called the
most important safety film
ever released. It is so simple
that even a child can learn o
save a life through the film,
she emphasized.
Now Recognized
In "Rescue Breathing"
mouth-to mouth resuscitation
is lemonstrated-a method of
artificial respiration now rec
ognized as the most successful
and satisfactory. It has been
officially adopted by rescue.
medical, health and safety or-
use in reviving suffocation
victims of all ages, and is said
to be taught and practiced by
all branches of the armed
forces.
This safely film has been
literally hailed by the Amer
ican Medical association Jour
nal as having "unequivocal
superiority over all manual
methods in all age groups."
It has been officially ap
proved and endorsed as a
teaching film by the New
York Society of Anethcsiolo
gists and the American Socie
ty of Anesthesiologists.
In telling of Ihc film, Mrs.
Burton stated that it was pro
cured locally by the Califor
nia Oregon Power company
for use on television. Mrs.
Burton will introduce the
film.
COUNSEL DIES
Clifton Springs, N. Y.-U'PD-C.
Lloyd Fisher, 63, associate
defense counsel for Bruno
Richard Hauptman in the
Lindbergh kidnap - m u r d e r
trial in 1936, died Thursday.
If teat.
Number of Physically
Handicapped Employed
By VA Shows Increase
The Veterans administra
tion, as of last October, cm
ployed I), 200 physically han
dicapped persons, an Increase
of about 1)53 more than on the
same date in 1958, Henry C.
Herzog, manager of the VA
Domiciliary, White City, has
announced.
Approximately 6.2 per eent
oi me tun lime employees at
the VA were physically handi
capped. This, Herzog contin
ued, represents a ratio of one
full time handicapped em
ployee to every 17 full time
"non hand i c a p p e d em
ployees." In order for federal agen
cies to determine who is being'
considered physically handi
capped, the civil service com
mission has set up major cat
egories of disabilities.
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Included are disabilities
from deformity of limbs, ar
rested pulmonary tuberculo
sis, amputatios, compensated
organic heart diseases, blind
ness in one eye, deafness, and
total blindness.
New Divisions
Three new divisions for re
porting have been established
for this year's report, Herzog
noted.
They are controlled dia
betes, adequately controlled
epilepsy, and persons with his
tories of emotional or be
havior problems requiring
special placement efforts.
The Veterans administra
tion has, with few exceptions,
had physically handicapped
employees in all categories of
physical disabilities. Excep
tions are in the department of
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insurance reports where no
employees are Industrially or
totally blind, and the central
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deof, according to the admin
istration. Largest Number
Disabilities and deformities
of limbs and body is the cate
gory which contains the larg
est number of our physically
handicapped employees, Her
zog noted. Almost one-third of
the VA handicapped em
ployees are in that group, he
added.
The administration said that
handicapped people are util
ized in all fields of employ
ment with heaviest place
ments being made to the posi
tions of nursing assistant, food
service workers, physicians,
laborers, clerical positions,
nurses, fiscal operations, sup
ply, contact representatives,
therapists, radiology techni
cians, adjudicators, and attor
nies. Herzog said the care and re
habilitation of the physically
handicapped is their business
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