The Medical
Treatment of Ruptures
Many people these dayi say
that they are faced with the
need for having a second op
eration for a
big rupture in
the groin or
in the abdo
men or in the
navel. They
say the sur
geon plans to
strengthen the
place with a
piece of wire
aium screen, ana
they wonder if they should
permit this.
I am not a surgeon, so I can
not say from personal exper
ience, but I know that, for
years, surgeons have been us
ing such reinforcing material,
and I am sure they wouldn't
have gone on doing it if they
hadn't gotten good results, and
rarely any bad result. The
metal used is one that is well
tolerated by the tissues.
What happens to some per
, sons is that they let a rupture
; go so long that it gets so large
that when the surgeon oper
ates he can't find much mus
cle or fascia (strong fiber) on
either side of the hole-muscle
or fascia that he can bring to
gether and fold over like a
double-breasted coat. If there
is enough strong muscle and
! fascia, usually the operation
is successful. But if there isn't
enough muscle and fascia left
to work with, the rupture may
break out again. It can break
: out again if the wound should
: happen to get infected.
It takes a good surgeon to
repair a very large hernia so
firmly that It will stay re
paired. As I was writing this.
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man remarked that hit wife
who has recently been oper
ated on has a rupture in her
operative wound. I asked If
she was a chain smoker and
he said, "How on earth did
you know that?" Then he
went on to say, "Yes, she is a
chain smoker, and has a bad
cigarette cough. She j u a t
couldn't bear to. cut down on
her smoking and so after the
operation she coughed and
coughed until she ,tore the
wound open.
Trichomoniasis in Woman
Hundreds of women write
begging for help because of a
vaginitis due to a microscopic
organism called trichomonad.
Sometimes, this can be killed
by vinegar douches or by vag
inal suppositories, but in
many cases, the parasite hides,
perhaps in some of the glands
around the vagina, or it gets
into the bladder. Worse yet, in
many cases, the husband is
carrying the infestation, and
so he keeps reinfecting his
wife. I fear that some doctors
forget this possibility and
don't attend to it.
Today, I read that 87 per
cent of the women with this
disease can be cured by treat
ment with metronidazole,
which must be prescribed by
their physician. This also can
cure the disease in the hus
band. Both the woman and
her husband should take 250
milligrams by mouth, twice
day for 10 days. The woman
also can use a vaginal suppos
itory containing 600 milli
grams of the drug. These are
used once a day for the 10
days. With this treament,
douches are not used. Usually,
the woman is much better
after from three to five days.
Of 214 patients studied from
one to 14 months, all but five
were cured with one course of
treatment with the new drug.
Occasionally, there are un
pleasant side effects, such as
a skin rash, a brownish coat
on the tongue, or a dry
mouth, slight nausea or dizzi
ness. 75 Major Criminal
Cases Reported
A total of 75 major crim
inal nffenses were reported to
Medford city police in April,
according to Chief of Police
Charles P. Champlln.
This is 13 fewer than the
same month last year when
88 were reported. Some 83
were reported In 1960,
Nearly two -thirds of the
major offenses reported in
April were larcenies ana
thefts involving amounts less
than S50. Some 46 such cases
were handled by the depart
ment.
Thirteen cases of burglary
were reported in the city dur-
ing the month, and i like num
ber of thefts and larcenies of
amount in excess of $50 also
were reported.
Among miscellaneous of
fpnsn the reDort noted there
were 156 violations of road
and driving laws, an increase
nf four over the same month
last year. Some 3,585 parking
violations were also nanaiea
by the police department.
ABOARD FARHAGUT
Two Rogue Valley men are
serving aboard the guided
missile destroyer leader USS
Farragut, which was the first
vessel to reach Astronaut
Navy Lt. Cdr. Malcolm Scott
Carpenter and his Aurora 7
space craft.
The men are James N. de
Place, fire control technician
third class, USN, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Eric dePlace, 1392
Poplar dr., Medford, and Har
old I. Payne, boilerman first
class, USN, son of Mr. and
Mrs, Lerter F, Payne, route
2. Gold Hill.
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The Family Council
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Council. Tea Council deals with problems, major and minor,
encountered fey guidance, counselors and social workers, edited fey
Gayle M. - His drinking
gets him fired from job after
job.
Jeffrey M. - She won't let
me drink at home, so I drink
after work.
o
Gayle M. - Three years ago
I married for the second time.
I have two young sons by my
first husband. Jeff is a con
struction worker and often
spends Monday - to - Friday in
hotels near the sites. How
ever, no job lasts long for
him because he's an alcoholic,
a fact that became clear to
me after our first year to
gether. That's when 1 left
him, but I returned when he
joined my church and prom
ised never to drink again, in
accordance with my faith.
But he still drinks when
ever he's away from home. He
gets into bar fights. Recently
I was called at 2:30 a.m. be
cause he got his head cut. He
gets very mean to my boys,
and his promises are useless.
Then, to make, he buys me
Then, to make up, he buys me
showy things like air condi
tioners and a $700 ring, when
we need food. Between jobs
we live on unemployment or
child welfare checks. My legs
are going numb and the doc
tor says It's because half of
me wants to run away and
half wants to stay. I'm sorry
for Jeff,
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Jeffrey M. - Gayle Is just a
prim blue -nose. She won't
join me In any fun over the
week ends, and she has a fit
if she finds out I had a little
diversion after work on the
week days. I don't butt in on
her and I think I have a right
to do as I please while on the
job. As long as I bring home
the money she's supposed to
get, what I do is my affair,
I've begged her to come
along with me on week ends,
to go dancing and have a
drink or two. It would do her
a world of good, make her
more fun. If I knew I could
look forward to her company,
I wouldn't drink at all during
the week.
But the way things are, she
drives me to drink. And
when I try to show her my
lovs by buying something
nice, she sniffs. She says It's
for show, not for love, and
not to waste money, I wish
her religion made her more
loving. All she cares about is
church, money and her chil
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alcoholic's money if it up
to him - is for only two
things, liquor and peace offer
ings. Food isn't Important to
him and he may not consider
it important for his family
either - not nearly so impor
tant, say, as a big glittering
b r a c e let for saying "I'm
sorry,"
But this difficult marriage
isn't improving matters for
anyone, the alcoholic or his
family. Evidently Jeff was a
non-drinker or a mild social
imbiber when Gayle married
him, and Ms descent to over
drinking indicates his effort
to escape or to find some
satisfactions from a bleak life.
At the time of marriage,
Gayle may not have been so
rigid an adherent of the no
dance, no-drink tenets of her
religious sect. At any rate,
the extreme positions each
has taken now - he for fun
only via drinking and danc
ing, she for milk -toast so
briety - could not have been
present three years ago. Else,
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they'd not have married each
other, since they were pre
sumably sane then.
The present impasse ap
pears insoluble because each
is asking the other to do
something Impossible, Jeff
can't stop drinking, Gayle
can't go dancing and drinking
with him. He's caught in the
alcoholic spin, and she's bouno
by her religious scruples. But '
a smack-up's around the cor
ner unless each seeks help,
whether via A.A. (for Jeff) or
Al-Anon (for Gayle) or a men- i
tal health clinic. i
A direct word to each, here
with; Jeff, if you were a
burglar would you ask Gayle
to be one, too? You imply
you'd love her more if she'd
become an alcoholic like you. .
No, respect her nualms. With
help you'll find enjoyment In
other kinds of fun, some of
them Gayle's kind.
And Gayle, a recent study
turned the spotlight on (he
wives of alcoholics and found
them to be frequently to
blams for the condition, en- i
joying the martydom of hav
ing a problem mate, doing
nothing constructive to help
him achieve control. Show
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