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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1962)
A V Dr. Robert A. Kuhn holds dye gun he invented. Injected dye exposes any blocked neck-blood vessels on X-ray film. name is cerebrovascular angiography a medical jaw breaker for "brain blood-vessel pictures." Following the accurate diagnoses which angiography makes possible, today's brain specialists bring people back from the brink of death, or worse, the living death of uselessness by judiciously combining (1) improved anticoagulants to keep blood from clotting, (2) amazing new chemicals that actually dissolve blood clots when they have formed and caused a stroke, and (3) something heretofore unheard of in stroke cases : routine surgery. One OF the most valuable discoveries to emerge from this all-out assault on our biggest killer of people in the prime of life is that, in at least 10 percent of stroke victims, the blockage of blood supply to the brain occurs not in the brain itself but in the neck . A fatty growth called an atheromatous plaque cause unknown narrows one or more of the four neck arteries through which the brain receives its enormous require ments of blood (20 percent of the body's total supply, or a complete change of freshly oxygenated blood from the lungs and heart every six seconds'). You can feel this surge of blood in the two arteries which rise on either side of the neck below and forward of the ear. The other pair, called vertebrals, hug the spinal column. Since all four are easier to get at than the brain itself, skilled surgeons can now safely remove fatty plugs from these arteries to restore mind and body function in people whose condition was formerly thought to be hopeless. There is growing support for the view that many cases of "second childhood" in oldsters stem from fat-plugged neck arteries. When Grandpa starts acting foolish, it sim ply may be a sign that his brain is not getting enough blood. In such cases his family may find that by persuad ing him to let a doctor investigate for blockages in his neck arteries the.site where they occur most commonly they have given him a chance to enjoy his sunset years in full possession of his faculties. How does a doctor "investigate neck arteries"? Laymen seldom see surgery, but for more than a year I have regularly had the privilege of watching Dr. Kuhn, a pioneer in this field, perform his miracles on the ailing human brain with a dye gun and a scalpel. (Continued on page 12) Family Weekly, May 6, 1962 11 COLLECT YOUR MOTHER'S DAY REWARD 1 FINE NYLONS the best stockings made... and only 99 f Precis gift... the sheer flattery of Fruit of the Loom Fine Nylons in perfect-fitting proportioned lengths and fashion's favorite hues. She'll never guess you paid only 99ft per pair! Fruit of tin Loom Fin Nylons an manufactured by Diamond Mills Ctrl., license, 417 Fifth Avenue, N.Y.&, and featured at MEIER t FRANK GO, DOWNTOWN 1 LLOYDS, PORTLAND, OREGON: RHODES, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON and othtr fin stores Including: Idaho Bolsa Claire's Uniform Shop, Franklin's, Matthew's; Caldwell Clrllo Style Shop; Idaho Falls C C Anderson Stores; Lawlston Mary's Clothing; Meridian Tha Cash Bazaar; Moscow Thrifty Variety Store, Trl State Store; Orofino Ruby's Specialty Shop; Fayetts Roe's ladles Shop Oregon: Eugene Tiffany Davis Stores; Klamath Falls Bogatay"! Shoasi Med tord Noble's Shoes, Rath's Apparel; Satan Kay's Apparel, Munkre'a Variety Stores Washington Bellingham The Golden Rule; Walla Walla Wilton's Shoe Store; Wenatchee Ross' Shoes, Ruby's Millinery & Yam Shop, Trosper's Shoes Utah; Bountiful Tha Co-Op; Logan Allen's, Beck's; Nephi Edna's; Provo -Smart Shop; Spanish Fork Mildred's Nevada; Reno La Nina's Slioppo, Randal's ( i i ) iiLH'inw,'jiii J y I t I . ....
