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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON TUESDAY. APRIL 24. 1962 The Medical Roundup ft f . Emeritui C Emeritus Consultant Id Medicln Mayo clinic Emeritus Professor of Medlclnt Mayo clinic (RegUter and Tribun iyndicaU, 1962) mi Person Who Cannot Take Thyroid Substance Hundreds of people write to say that their doctors got a report irom tne laboratory that either their basal m e t a b o lie rate, m e a s ured by a spe cial breathing apparatus, or their "protein bound iodine," measured by a chemist, was low. Some times, the person writes to aay that his metabolic rate was minus 12 per cent, and he is being treated for this. I think most experts would agree that 12 per cent is well within limits of nor.-nal and needs no treatment. I have known doctor friends who had a basal metabolic rate of mi nus 20, and who were perfect ly comfortable and not ill. The important point, that few of us doctors seem ever to have been taught in college, is that if we give 2 or 3 grains of thyroid substance to a per son, and all he does is to get jittery and nervous and ready to jump out of his skin, he fairly obviously does not need the stuff. Hence, if I had or dered it, I would tell the pa tient to quit taking it. If a woman past 40 has be come slowed up mentally; if she goes to sleep in her chair; if she has gotten stout and pudgy in the face, with thick ened eyelids; if she feels cold; if her skin is dry; if her hair is brittle and if she has lost all interest in sex, then the giving of thyroid substance in good-sized doses is likely to make her feel like a new woman. She probably will have to keep taking it all her days. Felt Mora Narvout Some women write to say that they had a goiter cut out; and then they were given thy roid substance. The fact that this only made them feel more nervous makes me doubt if the report obtained with the breathing machine was cor rect, we physicians commonly forget that the girl who runs the machine can make a mis take, or her machine can be out of order, or the calcula tions she has to make can come out wrong. Before the measuring ma chines were redesigned, I saw many estimations of basal me tabolic rate which proved to have been incorrect. Today, it is fashionable to rely on measurements of the "protein bound iodine," but this can easily be wrong because the normal amount is about 4- thousandths of a milligram, which is such an extremely tiny amount that only an ex pert chemist can measure it. As I write this, a friend comes in to tell me that her "basal metabolic rate" came out much too low, while her protein-bound iodine came out too high. The probability is that one of the reports is wrong. A point that all women who have had a toxic goiter re moved surgically should re member is that they are likely to be somewhat nervous for the rest of their days. People write to ask if there is any home test for thyroid deficiency and I say "Yes." If a woman (it is usually a wom an) feels slowed-up, sleepy, cold, tired or weak; if s h e doesn't perspire much, and if she goes to sleep in her chair, her thyroid is probably func tioning poorly. Her doctor might do well to try giving her a few grains of Uiyroid substance a day. On the other hand, if her thyroid gland is over-working, she will feel warm, jittery, nervous and un able to sleep. She will per spire much; she will kick off her bed clothes at night; she probably will blink her eyes Equalization Board Meets The Jackson County Board of Equalization held its first official meeting of the year Monday to consider the assessor's proposed posted ratio. County assessment ratios for 1962 were posted April IS. By law, all counties, except those under reappraisal and Multnomah county are re quired to assess property on the basis of at least 25 per cent of market value. The 25 per cent of market value gives the assessed valuation on which taxes are figured. Now is the time for tax payers to examine the asses sed value of their property to determine the accuracy of the assessment, county officials advised today. If the taxpayer has a reasonable doubt he should contact the assessor first, then if satisfactory agreement is not reached, the taxpayer may appeal to the county board of equalization. The equalization board will convene May 14, and petitions may be filed prior to that date with the county clerk, but in no event later than May 21. Petitions must be in writing, giving the facts and the grounds upon which the petition is made, and verified by oath of the petitioner or his attorney. If the taxpayer fails to se cure relief from what he con siders to be over assessment or inequity, he may then ap peal to the newly created tax court in Oregon. often; she may have a fine tremor in her hands; she may lose weight, and she may have some diarrhea. I usually can make the -di agnosis in a moment simply by reaching out and feeling the woman s hand. If her skin is warm and feverish, her thy roid gland usually is working too fast. Sometimes, then, one will find a little goiter, and perhaps slightly bulging eyes. WINNER Laura May Noble, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Noble, Brophy rd., Eagle Point, has placed tenth in the jun ior division of the Pinto of the Year and Top Ten Award for 1961. She will accept her award in Nome, N. Y. this week end. With her is her pinto, "Senorita Cindy." Eagle Point Girl, Tenth In National Competition Eagle Point Laura May Noble, 15, of Eagle Point has placed tenth in the junior di vision of the Pinto of the Year and Top Ten award for 1961. Miss Noble will go to Rome, N.Y. April 28 and 29 for the awards dinner and presenta tion of trophies honoring the top ten pinto horses and riders in the United States and Canada during 1961. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Noble of Bro phy rd. Her pinto is named "Senorita Cindy." HOMES LACK BATH London-fflPD-Nearly 5 mil lion homes in Great Britain still are without a bath, Frank Allaun, a Labor member of Parliament claimed Monday. you've seen the overhung ones the underslung ones... Linfield Schedules Annual Campus Day McMinnville - The invita tions are out for annual Cam pus day at Linfield college on April 28. This is the day when high school seniors have the opportunity of seeing what campus life is like at Linfield. Linfield students have ar ranged a full day for the vis itors. They will be able to meet professors, visit classes, and participate in college ac tivities. Miss Noble has been taking the 4-H horse club project for six years and is a member of the Lake Creek Rancheros horse club. She started break ing and training her pinto for a 4-H project last year. The girl is the granddaugh ter of Vern Matthews, Here ford cattle ranclicr in the Eagle Point area, where she began her first years of riding at the age of six. Today dur ing branding season she drives cattle to and from the range, and is a contestant in the gymkhana events. In addition to the riding career, she is a sopohomore at Eagle Point High school, belongs to the Pep club, girls athletic association, plays in the school band, and is work ing on a 4-H beef club proj ect. She attends the Apostolic Faith church. DATE REVISED Salem - IUPH - The Oregon Highway Department said Monday that it has revised the proposed completion date for the S24 million Astoria-Meg-ler bridge, extending it from the spring of 1965 to the sum mer of 1965. Week's Sewing Buy V v-I 1 mm Small Worlds Around Us By LYNN M. W ATKINS (Register and Tribunt Syndic). 1962) Plant Monitar Sundew Doesn't Look The Part We were disappointed when we found it. We had expect ed a vicious monster, a mini ature ogre. But we discovered an innocent looking little rosette of bright, shiny leaves snuggled down close to the soggy ground of the swamp. We located it by the jewel like leaves. They shone and sparkled in the sun like tiny diamonds. It was nearly hid den by low-growing grass, but it shone so brightly we could hardly miss it. It was about two inches across and barely an inch in height. This was a sundew, one of the so-called monsters of the world of plants. It didn't look the part. From the rosette of slender leaves several bristly hairs extended. On the tip end of each was a tiny dot of purple. We ad justed a magnifying glass and established the fact the pur ple spots were actually small glands. Here was a plant that trapped living flesh, digested it, and thereby extended its own simple life. Some astonished observers who have studied this plant credit it with a low order of "plant reasoning," or "veg etable intelligence" because it can reject that which is not flesh. . No Nitrogen The sundew grows in a swampy or marshy environ ment and in a sour soil almost devoid of nitrogen an ele ment ordinarily necessary to plant growth. To gain neces sary nutriments, it must re sort to the securing of flesh flesh in the form of insects for its continual survival. Having located the tiny and we hoped hungry plant, we settled down to wait. Care fully we removed the obstruct ing grass blades, and adjusted a magnifying glass on the little plant. We wanted to see a plant trap cat a living victim. It didn't take long. A small fly came sailing in to hover over the meat which we had placed near the plant. Before it settled to ground level it aparcntly noticed the shining jewels of the nearby sundew. The fly left the meat and flew close over the waiting plant. Settled Down Evidently the glistening substance that shone so brightly was attractive, for the fly settled down right in the middle of the rosette of slender leaves. It was alarmed for it tried to fly off again, but its feet were stuck. The more it strug gled, the tighter it was held.ced animal ... a juice power- 3 Its frantic movement excited the plant, which poured out more of the sticky substance. The bristly hairs, with their attached glands bent inward, enfolded the helpless insect like tiny, loving arms. Time moved slowly now for us as we watched. A chemical action was slowly digesting the fly; the plant had made a : kill. That shiny fluid was very I similar to the gastric juices in ' the stomach of a warm-blood-1 ful enough to digest flesh. turning it into a liqud. The plant ogre was assimilating its meal, and we were eye-witnesses. HURRYI HURRYI Hubbard Bros. BIG SALE Ends Sat., April 28 Home Rule Forum ' Scheduled on TV A county citizens' forum on home rule will be held Thurs day. April 26, on station KMED-TV, Channel 10, at 10 p.m. The program will be con ducted live and Is designed to provide an additional oppor tunity for interested citizens to air questions about the pro posed Jackson county home rule charter. An admittance fee wl charged to help pay produc tion costs, it waa stated. DOWNTOWN LAUNDROMAT "-"a-STEWART WEST A STREET ..be oduc- Now look at the great one! Mercury Meteor'62 Size-wise it', the wife size. The new Mercury Meteor has everything you would ordinarily find in a big car: luxury, etyli'h design, roominess and top performance- And still it's priced below many compact, handles and parks like a dream, ie tops in economical operation. 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