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10 B FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1961 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. The Medical Roundup Consultant In Medlcin Mavo Clinic Emeritus Professor uf Medlclna Mayo Clinic ; (Register and Tribune Syndicate 1961) ' f Some Posl-Menopausal Symptoms: Can Bt Du To a Depression If I had to examine a young doctor to see if he was quali fied, I could tell in an hour if he had ac quired wisdom as well as knowledge. I would just pick out for the test a woman suffer ing from a mild mental b r e a kdown, who had a few gallstones which occasionally caused a little stomach-ache. If, after the doctor had studied the woman's problem for an hour, I found him blam ing all her troubles on the gallstones, I would be disap pointed in him; but if he said, "Most of her symptoms are due to her inborn tendency occasionally to go into a depression-some are due to her anxiety over her husband's drinking, and a few are due to inflammation In her gallbladder"-! would be delight ed with him, because I would know that he was a wise phy sician. I thought of this today when I received a thoughtful letter from an obviously able, sensi ble and fine woman. She rec ognizes the fact that although some of the nervous distresses which followed her hysterec tomy were due to the loss of her ovaries, and can be some what relieved with small daily doses of Stilbestrol, some of her distresses are due to her basic emotional instability. For a while, 10 years ago, she was so bad she had to spend thousands of dollars on psy chiatric care. Goes All to Pieces She still is unable to get complete relief with the help of ovarian extracts. She still cries easily; she has some com pulsions to do silly things; she has trouble making up her mind about things, and every so often she "goes all , to pieces," like a typical manic depressive person who, after having been for a while "on top of the world," will slump and for weeks will feel tired and utterly miserable. My cor respondent confesses that her disposition is so unpredictable that at times she will scold even her much-loved son. And yet, with all this, by means of will-power, each day she goes to her office and holds down a highly responsible job. Which brings out what to me is a fascinating fact - a hundred times observed that a person who is full of the distressing symptoms of mild psychosis can still carry on so well as to fool the peo ple about her. No one will Suspect that she is perhaps sleeping nights in a mental hospital Actually, this duality of many a person's character is a helpful thing: because it en ables a woman like my cor respondent to say,. ."Yes, I know that right now I ani a bit manic, but I am still able to keep myself so well in hand that I won't do anything that will get me locked up." In thousands of cases, for a lire time, the good, sensible half of the person's mind will keep her "crazy" half under con trol. Tremendously Impressed Most people today are so hipped on the effects of en vironment that they won't agree with me on this, but after 50 years spent in study ing mildly psychotic persons. I am tremendously ImnrpsspH by the fact that in the case of almost all of these odd per sons whom I sec. I can find other eccentric members in family. On the other hand, in the families of well-balanced and well-adjusted people I rarely find a psychotic ances tor. One able newspaper edi tor, now a bit depressed, tells me he knows of no definite insanity in his family but, as he says, his people "arc as eccentric as they make them." Getting back to the letter of my able correspondent, I fear that no psychiatrist can quickly make her over Into a stable persons, With a com fortable and well-adjusted per sonality,. In many of these cases 1 frnr the woman will have to keep struggling all her days to stay sane. I would not expect her to become a "run of the mill" person any more than I would expect her to change the color of her eyes from blue to brown. But as she grows older. 1 can imagine her temperament becoming more even and less stormy. I admire her deeply for what she is doing: she is a good j citiren. It Dexedrint Sole? Many stout people who are 1-1,:.... r,..v4iA n b .nl.lafl flrug in oroer io cm oown on their appetite write to ask me If the medicine is safe. So far as I can learn, the drug is; not harmful, but I have heard ; of peoplc-and I know a worn-! n-ho got habituated. These ! people were taking up to 100 tablets a day. Obviously, any woman who starts taking the drug because she feels a great desire for the "kick" it gives had better ask her doctor to help her to get free. .: A mental disease is not al ways immediately recogniza ble. For information about symptoms and what can be done about them, send for Or. Alvarez' booklet, "When Men tal Illness Strikes a Family." It may be obtained by sending 25 cents and a large, stamped self-addressed envelope with your request to Dr. Walter C. Alvarez, Dept. MMT, The Reg ister and Tribune Syndicate, Box 957, Des Moines 4, Iowa. WIFE TOOK ADVICE Los Angeles - (UPD - Mrs. Elizabeth V. Green got a smart lawyer as her husband advised and Thursday won a default divorce and $137,000 in cash from wealth Los Angeles car dealer John L. Green Jr. "I'm divorcing you and we're through. You'd better get yourself a smart lawyer," the attractive former New York model quoted her husband as telling her. Parents Warned Not To Leave Children Locked in Vehicles Medford city police view with increasing alarm the many instances in which par ents usually mothers leave their small children unattend ed in parked cars while they are shopping in the downtown area.. - ; Besides being illegal, police warn that there is a grave danger of something happen ing to the child while he is left alone. The seriousness of this practice came to the fore this week when meter patrolman Elroy Erickson came upon a 3-month-old baby boy who was locked in a California stationwagon on a downtown Medford parking lot. Obtains Coat Hanger Erickson said the baby had apparently twisted and turned in his crib until some of his clothing had become wrapped around his neck and he was crying and appeared in danger of choking. Because the car was locked Erickson had to obtain a coat hanger, loop it through a window and unlock the car from the inside in order to get to the child. He then straightened out the child's clothing and sat down to await the parents. Within a few minutes, the mother of the baby came back to the car. When confronted by the officer and told of what had happened, she was very sorry and assured Erick son it would not happen again. She said in her defense that the child had been asleep when she left and she had only been gone for a jhort time. But, it could hava been just long enough for the child to choke to death, police said. Registration Open For YMCA Camps Registration for three camps which will be operated by the Medford Young Men's Christian association this summer is now open,- YMCA officials have announced. The camps are the day camp for 7 and 8 year old boys, Diamond Lake camp for boys and girls 8 through 14, and two family , camp week ends for families. About 2,400 boxes of candy mints have been sold by boys and girls earning their way to camp, YMCA officials said. Many of them have already earned two weeks of camp ing, and one Doy nas sum enough to go to cimp for throe weeks, officials said. Children wishing to attend camp during a particular week this summer are asked to register as soon as possible to insure ot auenaancu. Dates for the boys camp at Diamond lake will be July 16 to 22, July 23 to 29 and July 30 to Aug. 5. Girls camp is duiBD Xea ZI oi 9 '8nv "JOJJ will be June 19 to 24, and June 26 to July 1. Family week ends will be over the Fourth of July and Sept. 2 to 5, Labor Day week end. Additional information may be obtained from the YMCA at SPring 2-6295. , WELCOME HOME Atlanta - (UPD - Automobile salesman Larry Yates picked up the phone Thursday and the man on the other end said: "Do you see that white car parked out front? Well, it's yours." The caller then hung up. 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