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1 THURSDAY. AUGUST 30. 1962 MtDKOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MLDrORD. OREGON The Medkal Roundup opiTTO SEAFOOD & POULTRY 0 by 773-8497 ' . I-- Z ) I J " Consultant In Mcdirln Mavo clinic Pmleiftur of Mediant Mayo Clinic and Trthun SyndlciU, ltt62) HI Alvarea milk every Duodenal Ulcer Many men write asking me whether they should have an operation for a duodenal ulcer. Often 1 cannot say be cause I don't know whether the ulcer is bothering the man at all, or whether h e can control his symptoms well enough by taking two or three hnnrs or whether he can avoid pain by calming down, and perhaps getting free from some annoyance. 11 is many years since I ordered an operation for a person with a duodenal ulcer. In the first place, our opera tions for ulcer have never been entirely safe or satis factory. Years ago surgeons used to make a gastroenter sotomy, with a new opening between the stomach and the bowel. Sometimes it worked perfectly, but there was so large a percentage of persons who promptly developed an even worse ulcer just outside of the new opening, that near ly all surgeons gave up the operation. The operation con tinued to be used for people with an ulcer of the stomach, or a cancer of the stomach, or for an ulcer in older peo ple, or for people with a per forating ulcer, or an obstruct ed ulcer. In their cases, the operation usually worked well. The surgeons then tried to help people with a duodenal ulcer by removing two-thirds or three-fourths of the stom ach. This operation was in some ways better than thai of gastroenterostomy, but still stomach specialists much dis liked it. Many people who lost their stomachs never had strength enough to work again, or they never could gain back the large amount of weight they lost. Some of them after every meal suf fered greatly from what is called a "dumping syndrome '; ns soon as they ate they felt nauseated, dizzy, sick, sweaty, somewhat shocked, with per haps a feeling as If they were going to have a diarrheic bowel movement. Still there were some who got a new ulcer. Oporalion Worked Badly Because surgeons soon saw that this operation was not en tirely satisfactory, for a while they tried cutting the two big vagus nerves that come down from the brain to the stomach. Theoretically this operation should keep harm ful influences from coming down Irom a worried brain to the ulcer, but actually the op eration often worked so very badly lhal perhaps most sur geons soon quit performing it. Sometimes it left a man with n badly dilated stomnch, which caused him to keep belching foul gases all Ihe time, or ca' ed him to suffer constantly with a diarrhea, or great abdominal misery. 1 certainly would never permit anyone to perform Ihe opera tion on me. It might work all right, but if it did not, my life might become almost unbear able. In my experience, few men have a duodenal ulcer so pain ful that it MUST' BE operated on. What is sad is that if a man has a very bad ulcer and is operated on. he is likely to be Ihe one who gets a new ulcer because in him the tendency to get an ulcer is so slrong. The older I gel and the more patients with ulcers 1 sec. the less interest 1 have In giving them either a diet or medicine or an operation. My first question always Lf "When this ulcer came, what had just happened to you to upset you terribly?" My im pression is that in the last ten years almost every time I have asked this question, the man has said. "My hemorr hage (or my abdominal pain) came the day after 1 had to f.icc a great sorrow, or a dis aster in my business (or im personal lifei." One man hhd a big hemorrhage from his stomach the day after he dis covered that, (or years, his partner had been stealing from him; another man bird heavily the niornini; aftrr he had a violent argument with his boss: another got an acute ulcer when he was fired: an other got a severe ulcer when gangsters tried to muscle in on Ins business; another got an ulcer when a big shipment of Christmas merchandise was lost, and he was threatened with great financial loss An other got an ulcer when he learned that his adored wife had cancer of the breast; an other got his ulcer when his important invention was re jected: another got a bad Hi rer when he was surd; an other got an ulcer when his company went bankrupt, an other when he overworked In tlie advertising business, and another when he got a "dry hole" in a wild-cat oil drilling venture. I could tell dozens of stories like that. Became Ulcerated Years ago Dr. Harold Wolff showed, in the case of a man who lived with a big hole in his stomach, that when the fellow was happy the lining of his stomach was thin and pink and healthy-looking, but when he got angry or worried, it became purplish-red and slightly ulcerated. The most remarkable thing I know about patients with an ulcer is that when a man who for mouths has been walking the floor at night with ulcer pain closes his desk and takes a plane to see a doctor half way across the country, he is likely that day to lose all of his pain. So 1 say to such a man, "Why have a big dan gerous operation, and one that may leave you worse off than you were before, when you can so easily relieve your pain by taking a rest and finding peace of mind?" Dr. Alvarez goes into great er detail about ulcers in his booklet, "Ulcers of the Stomach and Duodenum." To obtain your copy, send 25 cents and a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your request to Dr. Waller C. Al varez, Dept. MMT, The Reg ister and Tribune Syndicate, Box 957, Des Moines 4, Iowa. 1 ! - V , . 4 t " 'ty.-v "' l V- ATTEND MEETING Among officers and directors of Pacific Northwest Bell, which held a board meeting here last week, were Miss Myrta Otterdale, chief operator here; Jack Crcagcr, manager of the local office; Walter W. Stra ley, Seattle, president of Pacific Northwest Bell; Tom Bol gcr, Portland, vice president and general manager for Oregon; Sid Shaw, wire chief here; Frank McCaslin, Port land, and Marion Weatherford, Arlington, directors; Nor- iMiirlillirfifniililfTili' .tth'H. . t I . r inl-'iHi ir','-t'-t- man Gesslev. Seattle, vice president and director: Edwin C. Dwyer. Portland, and Raymond Rcter, Medford. di rectors. While in the valley the group visited Medford Corporation's new plywood plant, packing operations at Bear Creek Orchards, and Retcr Fruit company, as well as the Pacific Northwest Bell offices. Creager said lhal the directors and officers gained a new understanding of the Rogue valley and its telephone operations. FRESH STEAKS For Broil or Barbequs Spring Chinook SALMON . 79 ib. 59 Northern HALIBUT Alaska BLACK COD Columbia River STURGEON SWORDFISH (All White Meat) QjV 59 ib. ib. Striped SEA BASS LING COD Silverside SALMON ... Albacore TUNA Ib. 98 FISH FILLETS SOLE(Pctrale) ... 79c Ib. SEA BASS 55c Ib. PERCH 59c Ib. SNAPPER 39c Ib. ROCK COD 49c Ib. FLOUNDER 59c Ib. FRESH POULTRY DAILY! Fresh, Cut-Up, Stew Skinned CATFISH Ib. 59 lb Necks 10c Ib. 3-lbs. 25c; Fryer Gizzards and Hearts 39c lb.: FRESH JUMBO EGGS - 4-H News Rogue Saddle-lilei The executive meeting of the Rogue Sadcllc-lites 4-H Horse club was held al the home of the leader, Gail Ham mond. Gail Hammond handed nut Ihe records to new officers. Kathi Kula is president; Donni Jones, vice president; Mar lene Campbell, secretary; Marty Steeck, reporter, and Courtney O'Dell, song leader. We also planned our 4-H program for the next year. Our club is going to have a training scsion Sept. 8 at Ihe Medford Fair grounds 10 a.m. Marty Sleeck, Reporter. yjr t. bl i'lWl'illiiiMiH mti'jif Ittlli al ANNOUNCED RETIREMENT -President Kennedy an nounced Wednesday the re tirement of Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter (shown here in 1055) and the selection of Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg to replace him. -(UPI) TO RECEIVE VACCINE Washington - HW - Mem bers of Ihe National Guard will be given oral polio vac cine, probably beginning in early autumn. United Press International learned Wed nesday Hint the National Guard wi!l allot money to Ihe states to buy the vaccine for 470,(100 guardsmen. NUMBERS DECLINED Washington - UIPli - The number of persons on public assistance rolls dropped by more than 100.000 during June, the government said Wednesday. The Bureau of Family Services said season al job increases were believed responsible for the drop. Grange News Central Point Grange Colored slides of a study tour of Europe werp shown members of Central Point Grange preceding a recent meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wenrit. attended a conference and tour with county commission ers from other states. The meeting was held in July pri or to the tour of Europe which many of the commissioners and wives took. They met gov ernment people of several overseas countries and saw much that the usual tourist never sees. Articles brought from sev eral of the countries visited were exhibited on the dis play table by Mrs. Wcndl. Standing committee reporls were given by A. Bohnerl, B. Boyce, Delmar Smith and Ed Gebhard. Mrs. Walter Ricks gave the HEC report in the absence of the chairman Mrs. Morris Frink. Smith reported on prepar ing exhibits for Ihe Stale fair, following a report of the house committee hv Fred Kuest, chairman, members voted to rcroof the woodshed and entrance roots, and to do other minor repairs. 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