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o MEDFOHDMAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, C&EGON The Medical Roundup (Vf - Imerlliu c Emertliu Cmcrltuk (Rcglslrr oniulunt In Medirtae Mayo clinic Prulewor of Medlclna Mayo clinic and Tribune Syndicate. 1962) According Miehlke of spoke at a to Dr. Klaus Germany, who recent doctor's meeting in the city of Wash ington, Euro pean statistics show that "muscular r h eumatism" ranks fourth among com monly - made diagnoses. The Aivataa main symp tom is localized pain - the cause of which may not be clearly understood. Many physicians think it due to a tension state, but Dr. Miehlke doubts this. From 125 patients with "muscular pain," the doctor took "biopsies'' un der local anesthesia - in other words he cut out little bits of muscle, and studied very thin sections of them under a mi croscope. He found no microscopic abnormality in 23 of the cases, but in the rest of them, he found changes which he Special Introductory Offer! 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In 46 of his 102 patients, it look ed as if the person's main trouble was "fibrositis," which is a sort of a mild relative of arthritis. At intervals throughout the patient's life, this disease can affect the tis sues around the joints. Fortu nately, it does not damage nor deform the bones. I have had this disease ever since I was 7 years old. Occasionally, it gets so bad that for days or weeks I have pain in a wrist, or a shoulder, or I may limp because of a sore hip joint or a sore ankle, but I have never taken any medicine for it, and always within days or weeks, the pain has gone, and I have been well. Unlike arthritis, this disease does not cause the "red blood sedimen tation rate" (a simple labora tory test) to go up, as it does so decidedly in cases of rheu matoid arthritis. Seven of Dr. Miehlke's pati ents appeared to have what is called a diffuse collagen dis-ease-a puzzling illness some thing like rheumatoid arthri tis. Four had rheumatic fever. From his studies, Dr. Miehlke concluded that, in most cases of supposed muscular pain, the diagnosis should be "fibrositis." Surgery for Arthritis A patient of mine, a beau tiful woman who, for several years, had suffered greatly with rheumatoid arthritis, got well without any treatment. The disease calmed down all by itself, as it sometimes does, but it left her with her hands and feet badly deformed so badly that she could hardly walk and could hardly pick up a spoon. Then, a friend of mine, an able orthopedist, remodeled both her hands and her feet so that, again, she could walk fairly well and she could use her hands. Now I read that, today, more and more often, orthopedists are going ahead to do this sort of work for arthritics whose disease has calmed down, but has left their joints deformed. Dr. Alvarez has more in formation on treatment for and causes of arthritis in his booklet, "Arthritis and Rheu matism." To obtain it, send 25 cents and a stamped, self addressed envelope with your request to Dr. Walter C. Alvarez, Dept. MMT, The Register and Tribune Syndi cate, Box 957, Des Moine4, Iowa. THURSDAY, Tht LallHandtd Child People write asking me if they should try to train a left handed child to use his right hand. Often someone objects, saying that a change-over will cause trouble: it may cause a mental disturbance or it may cause stuttering. Actually, I have read a good deal on this, and my impression is that it is a good idea to train a left handed child to use his right hand as well as his left. It would be a wonderful thing if he could use his right hand for writing, even though he might still use his left hand for throwing a ball, or for hammering a nail into a board. I have a left-handed grandson and I never thought of fussing at him, and certain ly I never thought of doing anything to make life unhap py for him. As we all know, hundreds of thousands of able people write very well with the left hand. It can be an advantage to some men to be able to use either hand about equally well. My old professor of sur gery, Dr. Emmctt Rixford, used to go to the blackboard and draw excellent pictures of broken bones, using both hands at the same time. So far as I can learn, a left-handed boy can change over and use his right hand without getting into trouble with stuttering. Lcfthanded peo ple are so commonly seen that I Imagine their peculi arity is seldom commented on or jeered at by their right- handed fellows. MAY 17. 1962 O - Dairy Show Set in Grants Pass May 19 Grants Pass - The Junior Spring Dairy show sponsored by the Rogue River Jersey Cattle club has been sched uled May 19 beginning at 9 a.m., at the Josephine county fairgrounds, Grants Pass. The annual event is open to boys and girls of all ages in both Jackson and Josephine counties, and to all breeds of dairy cattle. A dairy judging contest will open the show, followed by dairy demonstrations and show manship contests. A plaque or trophy will be awarded to the champion In each division. Highlight of the show is the coronation of the 1962 Rogue River Valley Jersey Princess. Miss Karen Jossy, the 1961 princess, will announce the winner and crown her succes sor. Area residents may attend without charge. Lunch will be available at the grounds. Add more healthful poly-unsaturates to your diet. ..without adding extra calories! NEW! GOLD-N-SWEET BRAND safflower Zi products You hear so much these days about the health advantages of poly-unsaturated fats., Many doctors as well as the American Heart Association believe that meals should include foods high in poly-ttnsaitirates to help "balance off" the saturated fats so prevalent in our diets. Safflower oil is nature's richest source of essential poly-unsaturates, higher by far than even corn oil. 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