MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOR; OBJEOOT
FRIDAY. AUGUST 24. 1962
Dennis the Menace
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The Medseal Roundup
by
(Register
Consultant tn
Mayo Cltntc
Professor of
Mayo Clinic
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A Hiatus Hernia at 77
A 77-year-old man writes to
say that sometimes he has a
little pain in his chest. X-ray
studies hia've
shown that II
he lies down
and s t r a ilns
hard, an inch
of the top of
h i s stomach
will slip up
alongside o f
his gullet. It
will do this in
Alvaru thousands of
people who were born with a
larger than normal opening in
the midriff where the gullet
goes through. Almost all of
these people lived all their
lives without being bothered
by their little peculiarity, and
they never even knew of it.
Why they should now be oper
ated on for it I do not know.
The old man who writes me
says his surgeon insists on
performing the big and dan
gerous operation - required to
tighten the hole; but he, the
patient, does not want the
operation, and wonders what
I think about it. He says his
good old family doctor is
much against the idea. In the
first place, the family doctor
is not sure that the "hernia"
is producing the occasional
slight pain the man has in his
chest; second, the pain is
easily bearable; and third, the
operation could easily be fol
lowed by a fatal result.
I am all in favor of the
advice given by the old doc
tor; I agree heartily with him.
As he says, in his long life
time he has seen many an
operation performed to re
move some little defect which
wasn't causing symptoms; also
there was no certainty that
after the surgery the patient
would be any better off. I
always admire greatly the
eminent surgeons like Dr. Isi
dor Ravdin or Dr. John Cline
or Dr. Norman Miller, who
will get up in a big meeting,
and say "Let's cut down on
the amount of operating that
is of questionable urgency."
Many Girls Sad
I get many sad letters from
girls in high school who say
that they are much distressed
with constant teasing because
of a squinting eye, or droop
ing upper eyelids, or an ugly
or overly large nose, or flar
ing ears, or a mouse or Andy
Gump type of lower jaw, or
breasts that are much too
small or much too large.
These youngsters tell me
that they are very unhappy
and highly desirous of having
the defect corrected by a plas
tic surgeon, but their family
only jeers at the idea, or they
say "you have no money," and
this is a most unkind thing
for them to do. If I had a
child with some facial de
formity, I would have it cor
rected as quickly as possible,
even if I had to work over
time every day in order to
get the money.
I wish I could talk to the
parents of these young people
to convince them that it is
tremendously important psy
chologically to have a defect
corrected. Women with an
ugly defect have told me that
because their overly religious
fathers refused to let them
have the much needed oper
ation, they grew up unloved,
unmarried, bitter, and angry
with the whole world. The
women's lives were ruined,
and made most unhappy be
cause of the parents' lack of
u n d e r s t anding. sympathy,
kindne", and good sense.
One difficulty, of course, is
that plastic surgery usually
costs money, but I have
known some kindly surgeons
who would charge a youngster
little for a much-needed oper
ation. What I say to all of these
youngsters who write me is,
"Do not let your family talk
you out of it, or jeer you out
of it. Work hard, evenings if
necessary; save all you can,
and then try to find a kindly
plastic surgeon who will cor
rect the defect."
Although every patient
would not be able to have it,
there is an operation for
Parkinson's disease and Dr.
Alvarez tells you about it in
his new booklet, "Parkinson's
Disease or 'Shaking Palsy'."
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 Trib
une Syndicate, Box 957, Des
Moines 4, Iowa.
Mailing Mistake
May Cost Job for
Ceylonese Envoy
United Nations, N.Y. -IUPD-A
secretarial slip-up in hand
ling diplomatic mail may
have wrecked the Ceylonese
ambassador's chances of win
ning the 1962-63 presidency
of the General Assembly.
Diplomatic sources indica
ted Wednesday night that a
document reported to have
been written by Ambassador
Gunapala Piyasena Malalase
kera has raised some eye
brows among the delegations
of the Western powers.
The document, intended for
Ceylon's Foreign Ministry as
inside information on United
Nations affairs, was sent by
mistake to eight foreign em
bassies in Ottawa, the sources
said.
Touring South America
Malalasekera currently is
touring South America to pro
mote his candidacy. He was
not available for comment on
the situation.
The errant diplomatic sec
retary telephoned Canadian
officials and asked that the
Activity Starts in Huckleberry City; Roads Said Good
Huckleberry city started to
bustle with activity during
the week as the huckleberry
crop started to ripen, accord
ing to the weekly recreation
report from Rogue River Na
tional forest officials.
Roads throughout most of
the forest are in good condi
tion, but motorists and other
recreationists using the forest
have been asked to use fire
with care since the fire dan
ger is again high.
The recreation report by
district:
Applegale district: All roads
are in excellent condition, but
the last two weeks of hot, dry
weather has made the heavily
used roads dusty.
All trails, except the Stur-
gis Fork trail, are open. Log
ging is in progress below Big
elow Cabins and the trail has
been obliterated through the
unit, but will be restored as
soon as logging is completed.
All campgrounds are open
and receiving heavy use.
Many lost items have been
turned into the Ranger Sta
tion; they can be claimed with
proper identification.
No reports have been re
ceived on fishing.
The station is open from 8
a.m. until 5 p.m., seven days
a week, and any information
regarding a specific road or
trail can be obtained at the
station.
Athlnd dstrict: Stream fish
ing in the Dead Indian area is
reported good. Fish lake was
stocked with legal size fish
recently.
Construction work on the
highway in the vicinity of
Fish lake has progressed to
the extent that travel conai
tions are improving. Portions
of the new construction have
been cindered.
The Mt. Ashland Loop road
and Mt. Ashland Itself are still
fresh and inviting for a senlc
outing. The public is welcome
to visit the districts two look
outs. Both are manned seven
days a week.
Robinson Butte lookout is
accessible by road, just two
miles off the Big Elk rd. The
view from this lookout in
cludes Fish lake, Mt. Mc
Loughlin, Brown Mountain,
and the canyons of the North
and South Forks of Little
Butte creek.
Wagner Butte lookout is ac
cessible by a one hour trail
hike. Directions for getting
to Wagner Butte may be ob
tained from the Forest Service
office in Ashland (telephone
482-3333). The new lookout
building was airlifted to Wag
ner Butte by helicopter last
year.
The view from Wagner
Butte is majestic and well
worth the hike to the moun
tain top. The Ashland Water
shed, the Siskiyou Mountains,
Bear Creek Valley, Table
Rocks and the Cascade Range
are all spread before the view
er in a sweeping panorama.",
Berry pickers have been
moderately successful in the
vicinity of Robinson Butte and
the North Fork campground.
Bulla Falls dislrict: Huck
leberries are starting to ripen
at the higher elevations. Both
Blue Rock and Rustler Peaks
should have good picking if
the scattered patches having
berries can be located.
Most of the district camp
grounds have received new
entrance signs. Road work has
started on Whiskey Springs,
Fourbit and Snowshoe camp
grounds. The new facilities at
Fourbit and Snowshoe camp
grounds will be ready for the
hunting season this fall.
The district office at Butte
Falls is open weekends from
1 8 a.m. to S p.m. and direc
tions to the various recreation
facilities can be obtained.
Maps of the district also are
available.
All district roads are dry
and in good condition. Heavy
logging traffic may be en
countered on the Lodgepole
road week days.
Prospect district: Tempera
tures have been 80 to 90 de
grees during the day with cool
evenings. Fishing continuing
to be good in the upper
branches of the Rogue due to
recent rains. Good catches of
8 to 10-inch rainbows in the
mornings to evenings on flies
have been reported.
Huckleberries are now ripe
in Huckleberry Gap and
should be plentiful fjr the
next two weeks. All roads to
the huckleberry patches are
open and in good condition.
Union Creek district: There
is a hint of fall in the air and
the leaves on the vine maple
and dogwood are just begin
ning to color.
All campgrounds, roads and
trails are open except there
are broken bridges over wet
areas on the River trail. There
is danger of horses breaking
legs if ridden on this trail. The
trail is posted "Closed" where
the danger exists.
The days are warm and
sunny but the nights are cool
this time of the year.
Huckleberry city is bustling
with activity as the huckle
berry crop is beginning to
ripen. The huckleberries are
plentiful this year and larger
than usual due to the mid
August rain. There are ripe
blackberries in the clearcuts.
There is heavy logging traffic
on the Mill Creek rd approach
to Huckleberry city. The
Grouse Creek rd. is safer.
The fire danger Is again
high and visitors are urged to
use every precaution to pro
tect our forests.
COURSE FOR MEN
Louth, England-OT-A new
course at Louth Evening In
stitute is called "survival for
men." It deals with cooking,
laundry and mending.
THE BIBLE Q
SPEAKS
TO YOU
Sunday, 9:00 a.m.
K-SHA-860kc
This Hflefc'i Chritliitn Scienct program
"Maintaining a
Happy Marriage"
SECRET BALLOT
Sydney - The Australian
ballot system of secret voting
was originated in Australia in
1856. It was later adopted by
the U.S. and the first state to
use it was Massachusetts in
1888.
AUSTRALIA STATUS
Melbourne - Australia was
once known as New Holland.
It did not become a part of
the British empire by a formal
act until about the year of
1770.
documents be returned un
opened to New York. But cop
ies were made, diplomatic
sources said.
The commentary on the be
havior of the world powers
contained, according to the
copied documents, such phras
es as "military overlords of
the Pentagon." It referred to
Austria, Finland and Sweden
as "the so-called neutrals."
A recent speech by United
States Ambassador Adlai B.
Stevenson in the Security
Council was labeled in the
document a "cold war tirade "
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