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. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON WEDNESDAY, MAY 30. 1962 A 3 The Medical Roundup by Emtrliut Consultant In Medlrtnt Mavo clinic Emeritus pr(rsor of Medtctn Mayo Clinic UUgtsicr and Tribune Syndicate. 1962) 1 Some Treatments Htlpful For Only Certain Illness It is said that people so cling to a little hope that, commonly, in their eagerness to find a cure for theinloved one, they fail to read care fully an ar ticle that in terests them. For instance, recently I told of two very rare diseases Aivarn of infants, in which there is a chemical de fect which, if allowed to per sist, usually will destroy much ot the child's brain. As I said, if the needed diet is not start ed at birth, later, when the child is mentally retarded, nothing can be done. I am now getting a flood of letters from unhappy people. My heart goes out to them be cause they tell me of their child who is perhaps 10 or 15 or 18 years old, and Is in a school for the mentally re tarded. They want me quick ly to send them the diet for the defect I described. I am sad because I have to tell these poor people that I know, of nothing that can now be done for their child, except to teach him as much as he can learn. Similarly, because I have told here of things that a sur geon sometimes can do for a man who has recently had a series of peculiar little strokes, many people write asking where they can take their old father, who had his single stroke perhaps five years ago, and perhaps is still paralyzed and a bit childish. Obviously, such a man has had part of his brain destroy ed, and no one can build it back again, Flood of Letters A while ago, I told of the won derful improvement in hearing that comes to many people who have a "stapes" operation for a conduction type of deafness, with disease In their middle ear. Perhaps 1 did jiot emphasize the point sufficiently, but now I am get ting a flood of letters from people who say they went to a good ear specialist to get the operation. After making some tests, the doctor said, "Your trouble is a nerve type of deafness for which there is no operation and no medicine. Often then, not even a hearing aid will help." Some of these people tell me their ear man said, "Try to learn lip-reading. That could help you." But still people go on hoping, and so they write ask ing me to refer them to anoth er ear man who will cure a nerve deafness, or will oper ate for it, or will find them a good hearing aid. I do not blame these people because they haven't, in their mind's eye, llie picture of the exter nal car, the middle ear, the inner ear, and the nerve that runs from the inner ear to the brain. Without such a picture, and without knowledge of how the complicated hearing mechanism works, it is very I hard for them to understand why one man can be cured I with an operation, and anoth-1 er man can't be helped by 1 anything. I A Cyclothymic Parson ' People write to say that their doctors call them "cyclo. thymic" and they want to know what this means. There are thousands of able and in teresting people who are cyclothymic, which means that they are either up too far or down too far in their mood. One evening, a cyclothymic person may be delighting a group of people with his rapid and interesting and enthusi astic talk, and the next day he may be quiet and "down in the dumps." Ask him about this and he may say that all his life he has been having "hypomanic days" when he is merry and talkative and very friendly. On these days, his mind runs so fast and so well that he can perhaps dash off a maga zine article plus one or two poems. In a group of people, he may be very amusing, making up puns and limer icks. On another day. his friends will wonder what is wrong with him because he is so silent and slowed-up. Usually, when one finds a person of this type one soon learns that one or two of his relatives suffered from a more definite depression: perhaps one learns that some relative had one or two bad spells of depression in his or her life. Usually, a cyclothymic person needs no treatment because Oie maintains good self-control in both his manic and 1, depressed spells. Many, such people whom I have known as patients never knew what had been wrong with them, until I showed them the significance of their overly-wide swings of temper ament. . Are you nervous? Some people naturally are. To learn how to deal with your nerv ousness, read Dr. Alvarez' booklet, "Triumph Over Nervousness." It may be ob tained by sending 25 cents and a stamped, sclf-addrcssed envelope with your request to Dr. Walter C. Alvarez, Dept. MMT, The Register and Trib une Syndicate, Box 957, Des Moines 4, Iowa. Theyll Do It Every Time . By Jimmy Hatlo Jever notice when am actor IN A MOVIE LEAVES A RESTAURANT IN A MURRy WE Always throws down A Big IvAD OP RILLS 3 8UT GET A LOAD OF HIM THROWING MIS DOU&U AROUND THE ACTORS' CLUB TWnuLAMOATlPOP TH HATLO HAT TO GEO.COMMERFORD, 1444. SW4KEiPEARE -,, " f TUANKS,FAUN..I HOPE I'M IN TIME TO ) it 6 AT BiRCH rYJk H r- fHEV.' WHAT's (wEESnV-r IT rtrttLiMr.u.ijita.yBrUnt,-1irMtTrtJ 5-3o it yViam. V. Dennis the Menace UVtO Chance at Higher Education Should Be Given Seniors 'What could ya expect? l was the 0AD6W,' Thornton Political Campaign Expenses Listed as $3,079 Salem - lUPP - The Thorn ton for governor committee spent only $3,079 in its suc cessful drive to get Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton nominat ed for governor in the May 18 primary, according to a campaign expense report on file here. The committee also said it had about $4 left over. Thornton reported personal expenses of $2,000, setting his total campaign costs at just over $5,000. Thornton's closest rival for the Democratic nomination, State Sen. Walter J. Pearson of Portland, spent $10,825, and the committee that won renomination for GOP Gov. Mark Hatfield spent $13,877 -altough $3,300 of that was charged 'off to the November campaign coming up. Deadline Monday Expense reports of cam paign committees were due in the state elections division by law at 5 p.m. (PST) Monday. Candidates have until next week to get their personal ex pense reports in. Other filings included: Carl Fisher of Eugene, for the Republican nomination for Congress, fourth district, $6,609. Patrick Flynn of Eugene, for Democratic nomination to All high school graduates who can go to college and can benefit by higher education should be given that oppor tunity, William E. Ruck, chairman of the Medford High school sholarship committee said Tuesday in a luncheon address before the Medford Rotary club. Speaking at the Rogue Val ley Country club. Ruck told of the new programs of schol arships, grants and loans which are making it possible for many more to secure ad vanced education than was possible a few years ago. With many new jobs calling for young men and women with specialized training and expanded educational back- Congress, fourth district $1, 121. Charles E. Gilbert of Port land, for Democratic U. S. Senate nomination, $2,169. Norman O. Nilsen of Port land, Democrat for renomina tion as state labor commis sioner, $191. Charles O. Porter, Eugene, Democrat for Congress, fourth district, $5,517. Duncan's Expanses Robert B. Duncan, Med ford, Democrat for Congress, fourth district, $3,989. Robert W. Slraub, Eugene, Democrat for Congress, fourth district, $3,625. Robert Chandler, Bend Re publican for Congress, second district $96. Harold Livingston, Corval lis. Republican for U. S. Sen ate $2,383. Walter Norblad, Stayton, Republican for Congress, first district, none. William McAllister, Salem, for Supreme Court justice, $19. ground, the need for financial assistance is often urgent. Program's Philosophy The philosophy behind the scholarship program is pri mary responsibility on the part of the student's family, the speaker emphasized. Scholarship money should al ways be supplemental to fam ily ability to pay. The scholarship committee here utilizes the services of a Los Angeles organization that determines, by electronic com puter, the basis of financial aid after analyzing confiden tial family financial state ments and other pertinent data. Regular progress reports are provided to those indi viduals, firms and organiza lions sponsoring scholars, Ruck said. In the 1962 class here 81 students will receive grants and loans enabling them to at tend schools and colleges from Alaska to New York. 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