Medford mail tribune., May 06, 1962, Image 51

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STROKES
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A lean, good-natured Californian, Dr. Kuhn for almost
a decade has practiced and taught in the New York metro
politan area from a Morristown, N. J., base. By flying
his own airplane, he also spreads the gospel of accurate
diagnosis and surgical repair in stroke and other brain
damage situations to such places as Omaha, EI Paso,
Miami, San Francisco, and Mexico City.
FOR angiography. Dr. Kuhn prefers his own variation
of a method which British physicians have used with
out ill effect on 1,800 outpatients with stroke symptoms.
The doctor injects a dye solution into the patient's
blood stream. Since the solution resists penetration from
X rays, it defines the brain's blood-supply routes sharply
on X-ray film. During the six seconds the dye is coursing
through the brain, the X-ray machine shoots a -rapid-fire
series of pictures to get as complete a view of its blood
vessels as possible. That way, even the smallest trouble
making abnormality inside them shows up, too.
The dye itself is completely harmless. It causes only a
mild feeling of warmth that comes and goes in seconds.
isMany doctors still inject the dye directly into the neck
arteries, under local anesthetics. Dr. Kuhn has perfected
a more comprehensive method that is less awkward for
doctor and patient alike. He makes a tiny incision inside
the upper part of the arm, slips a small dye gun he in
vented into the artery of the arm, and injects the fluid.
He thus gets a complete picture of the brain's blood sup
ply from just above the heart on up.
In his recent book, "New Hope for Stroke Victims"
(Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1960), Dr. Kuhn says: "I am
convinced that regional stroke centers should be set up
during the next few years with the sole purpose of de
voting their facilities to the urgent problems of diseases
that affect the blood vessels of the brain. The dimensions
of the task are staggering, but it must be tackled."
He himself, cheerfully unstaggered, has just launched
a research foundation to get the ball rolling.
"Living costs have dropped llOth of 1 percenl
let's buy something!"
Family Weekly, May . 1962
KfiGETA&ED
for a mm
Mother's Day
Mother's Day is May 13th
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GLEAMING CIRCLE in copper or chrome finish.
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FACE LIGHTS UP. So will mother's when she
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Clock looks its best almost anywhere, tells time smart
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PIERCES AND OPENS CANS electrically! Has
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