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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER II. 1962 The tAedkal Roundup by t merit at Consultant In Mavo Clinic Emerttut Pmieior of Mayo Clinic (Reslster and Trlbuna f 1963) Maternity Care I education of couples in regard In the June 1962 number to childbirth, of the -Redbook" is an arti-j Dr. H. Lloyd of the ICEA cle which will interest all i says that the women who are !T"1 women a n d j well prepared h a v e , on the 1 y those who icr labor than do other worn expect before j en. Among the prepared worn long to have a i en, the obstetricians rarely had to use forceps - only 57 times in 4.576 deliveries -which is a remarkable record. The ICEA people do not urge a woman to refuse anesthesia. The decision about this should be left up to her obstetrician. Some of the association peo ple insist on letting the moth er nurse her baby, which to me sounds like good sense. To day most physicians immedi ately put the child on a "for mula." There are good reasons for believing that the child would be more healthy and less likely later to be allergic if he were to be nursed even for a week. Once when Dr. Corwin Hinshaw and I ques tioned with care 500 consecu tive patients of ours, we found that one in four was allergic to cow s milk. I imagine many of these people became sensi tized in their infancy when given cow's milk before their little stomach was so well de veloped it could handle a for eign material. A number of eminent physicians have pro tested against the illogical re fusal to let mothers nurse their children. A stamped, self-addressed envelope sent to the Mater nity Center association, 40 East 92nd street, New York 28, N.Y., will bring more informa tion. Also, a letter will reach the ICEA at 1310 North 26th street, Milwaukee 5, Wiscon sin. If a woman wants to know more about breast feed ing, she can write the La Le che league, 3332 Rose street, Franklin Park, Illinois. km Small Worlds Around Us By LYNN M. WATKINS (Register and Tribune Syndicate 1962) baby. Mr. and Mrs. Brecher begin by quot ing Dr. Nich olson J. East man, an a b 1 e Alvarei OOalciri- cian, who says, "The greatest weakness of American obste trics today is lack of emotion al support for the mother dur ing pregnancy and labor." One great difficulty is that In most hospitals the one per son in the world most likely to give the wife comfort and sup port - her husband - is not allowed to come near her. both ridiculous and cruel to keep my frantic husband pac inng up and down the 'dad dy's room' hour after hour while I was lying miserably alone only a few yards away. Merely by the repeal of an ob solete hospital rule we could have been together." There seems to be no ques tion about the advisability of this. But I can see why many obstetricians absolutely refuse to have the husband in the delivery room while the child is being born. I can imagine that such a man might be "a bull in a china shop" if some emergency came up like a big hemmorhage. Actually, no one should be in a sterile room un less he has some knowledge of bacteriology and the need for not touching anything. Touched Me ' As a husband wrote after he had been present at the birth of his little girl, "I felt tears rolling down my face for the first time since we were married. I felt closer to my wife than ever before. The birth of this child has touched me as nothing before ever has, and as nothing will again, un til we experience the birth of our next baby together. The whole delivery was beautiful beyond words. Not pretty, but beautiful in the sense of a God-given natural beauty." Today there are a number of hospitals in which the husband is permitted to be with his wife as she has her baby. Dr. Howard P. Taylor, chief of obstetrics at the Cleveland Clinic, says that they have been giving couples their choice in this matter, and in 87 out of 100 cases the woman was glad to have her husband present. I am sure many obstetri cians would say that child birth does not always leave a pleasant impression on the viewer, and it might even leave a bad impression on the husband. I am reminded of the story by Guv de Maupassant of the young man who was crazy about a girl. She mar ried another man and became pregnant by him. One day, as the former beau was passing her lonely farm house, she called to him, saying that she was in labor and all alone, and she asked him if he would please come and help her. He did; he helped bring her baby into the world; but with the mess'ness of the process he lost all his old love for her. - I can believe that this might happen. Hold Classes Today there are more than 30 groups of people interested In this problem, and some have banded together to form the International Childbirth Education association, or IC EA. This society encourages people to hold classes for the Tried Them All - Found Sorr Plants Would Heal It sure wasn't easy. Many must have aggravated their ailments while experimenting with a strange berry, root, bark, or herb, trying to find a particular one that would give some relief for what ailed them. They were the very early pioneers, unfamiliar w 1 1 n what plants mignt relieve a sickness.- There were no reference books pertaining to the sub ject; they couldn't ask anyone eUe, for no one else knew either. So they "cut and tried" and by trial and error tney learned. It was a slow, tedious and often painful process. If the baby continued to suffer with the earache, they administered various sub stances until they happened onto one that seemed to bring relief. Some earaches, as well as other afflictions may have "cured themselves", or some substances gave promise of a cure. If that happened they told their neighbors and folk medicine took a hesitant step forward. Other Discoveries In their search for remedies they naturally discovered oth er properties of common ma terials which could be ad vantageously used for other purposes. These too became common property and were handed down, by word of mouth, and gradually certain herbs, leaves, roots, or bulbs became recognized treatments for specific ailments or uses. Those early citizens were desperately short of other things, aside from remedies for sicknesses. Someone, while messing around for a "sure cure for something discover ed the root or bark they were using foamed and lathered The Lumber Problem Lumber Situation Expected To Get Worse in Northwest and sudsed in wet hands. He may have noticed the dirt on his hands came off easier with the suds along with the water. So he went on experiment ing; maybe excitedly tola nis friends, many of whom may have wanted to be cleaner themselves. So they too began trying various substances. Someone hit on a common weed,, one we now know as the "soapweed" whose leaves sudsed in water. Just stirring the leaves in a little water produced a soapy solution. He dipped his hands in and the dirt rinsed off easily. Other folks tried other things. The early American Indians discovered that the root of the yucca plant would also lather in water. Just a small piece rubbed between the palms of the hands, in water, produced a rich suds. It probably did not have the cleansing power of today's soap, but it was sudsy and soapy. At least they thought they had a cleaning agent. Once, a very long time ago, a young lady, anticipating a visit from her boyfriend, hap pened to rub a mullein leaf on her face; it felt smooth, cool and soft. Her complexion be came a little more radiant; cosmetics nudged forward an other step. Bad Breath may have been a problem back then too. Per haps the young man had a "friend that told him"; prob ably he chewed a piece of sassafras root just before the date and being close ceased to be a problem. He knew his breath was sweet and clean. We've come a long way. Editor'! note: The United Stales aoftwood lumber in dustry Ii in difficulty. Lum bermen blame srowin9 Can adian imports, ihe hiyh c0' of production and U.S. gov ernment timber policies. This ii the first of a three-part teriet analyiing the problems and the outlook for the future. One of the many booklets Dr. Alvarez has prepared for his readers discusses the caus es of head noises. If you would like a copy of the book let, send 25 cents and a stamp- e d , self-addressed envelope with your request for it to Dr. Walter C. Alvarez, Dept. MMT, The Register and Tri bune Syndicate, Box 957, Des Moines 4, Iowa. Logger's Safety Night Scheduled "Safety in the Woods" will be the theme of "Logger's Safety Night", Saturday, Sept. 15, at the American Red Cross building, 60 Hawthorne ave, Logging contractors and their employees, accompanied by their families, will meet at 7:30 p.m. with safety repre sentatives of the state indus trial accident commission in a joint effort to learn improved methods of reducing logging accidents in Jackson county. Loggers of Jackson county have been asked to take their families for the educational program aimed to minimize the costly as well as tragic accidents in the woods. There will be several awards for achievement presented by the industrial accident commis sion to contractors as well as workers for excellent no time loss injury records while on the job. Those desiring more infor mation should call 772-4988 IN SEPARATE CLASSES Streathnm, England - IUPD Teachers at the Bishop Thom as Grant school said today they have put four new pupils in separate classes to help identification. The pupils are the 11-ycar-old Coles quad ruplets - Marie, Patricia Frances and Edna. Counsel With ... Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan Portland-IUPD-Most streams in the Pacific Northwest had an average runoff in August, the Interior Department said Monday. By JAMES DOYLE Portland - iDPII - The prob lems of the Western lumber industry are a Gordian knot. They can be simply stated, but there are no easy solu tions. For the past two years the amount of Canadian lumber imported into U.S. markets has increased by more than 100 per cent Lumbermen say this is the major problem. They contend it will get worse because Canada has immensely more standing lim ber than the Western slates can produce il more cheaply ship it more cheaply and nan double its exports into u.s markets unless some protec tive measure is taken. Lumbermen have been groping in the halls of govern ment during the past several months for help. Shipi and Quotai Their pleas have centered on two points: A quota on Canadian imports above 10 per cent of the U.S. softwood market, and a change in the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 to enable U.S. producers to compete in intercoastal ship ping. The Merchant Marine Act, commonly known as the Jones Act, is a tough hurdle. Under its terms U.S. shippers must use American flag vessels un der conference rates. Canad ian shippers can ship in world carriers. The Jones Act de mands a cost of $36 per thou sand board feet for green lum ber. The same cargo costs i Canadian shipper $24. The results of this can be seen in two markets. On the East Coast of the United States, Canada has penetrated to 70 per cent of the market during the past two years. It has taken 100 per cent of the market in Puerto Rico. The U.S. used to have 70 per cent of that island market. Western lumbermen also -A 5 to Canada Next: Poiiible solution. $18,089 Collected In Cancer Crusade Reese Alexander, Crusade chairman of the Jackson Coun ty Unit of the American Can cer Society, has announced that voluntary contributions during the past year have to taled $18,089.14. The tumor registries at both Sacred Heart and Rogue Val ley hospitals are financed by the society, as well as educa tional programs and the serv ice program which provides free dressing and sick-room supplies to cancer patients, he noted. The Jackson County Unit will hold its fifth annual din ner meeting Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 6 p.m. at the Rogue Valley Country club. Dr. Alfred C. Hutchinson, chairman of the Oregon divi sion's professional education committee, and a member of the American Cancer Socie ty's National Committee on Professional Education, will be guest speaker. He will re port on the International Can cer Conference which was held in Moscow, Russia, in July, 1962. Program committee for the event includes Dr. Robert Tur ner and Mrs. Philip Selby of Ashland and Mrs. Richard Geary and Mrs. Philip Stans- bury, Mcdford. are losing the Hawaiian mar ket. The Northwest, during the previous 10 years had 48 per cent of the market. It dropped to 38 per cent in 1961 while Canada climbed from 16 to 38 per cent. Domestic Opposition Lumbermen now believe that the Jones Act will not be changed. There is opposition from every quarter. Southern pine producers, also hurt by Canada, say a change would enable North west shippers to further pene trate their markets in the East and Midwest. Shipping companies would lose money. Railroads would lose business. The unions side with their marine brother hood. Some large lumber com panies own their own ships. And other industries zinc, conper, iron would want to know whv they also cannot have lower cargo rates. A tariff or quota once was considered a hopeful area. But hope is dwindling. Canada has said It will not impose self-limitations and the Kennedy administration has shown no indication it will limit imports. Diplomatic Sensitivity But one is a country with diplomatic relations with the U.S. government, the other is an American industry a part, not the whole of an econ omic tapestry. Any agreement will have to come at the government level and Canada's ace in the hole is the bedfellow relationship of lumber and diplomacy. This pushes the ball game on to two separate fields and the U.S. government Is tiptoeing with some agony between the two. In the Northwest lumber in dustry some 14,000 persons arc out of work. Production dropped 1.3 billion board feet last year. The payroll loss in the Douglas fir industry alone was $23 million. But economic I exporting Jobs failure is a contagious mal-1 while importing its product ady. The recognized Job loss to related industries is six to one. That means 84,000 per sons drawing unemployment compensation. That's one segment, the Northwest. The American lumber industry, the nation's fourth largest industry, em ploys 3 million workers, and a quarter of a million of them are out of work. Policies under which the industry must work, includ ing the lack of a reciprocal trade agreement with Canada on softwood lumber, have the effect, lumbermen say, of Extra Work Made Easy! RENT Adding Machin. Typewriter Calculator VOIGHT'S 8th t Grape 772-4100 wf4 clean i(sfecH2GL For Your Convenience & Savlngt-Big Double load Washerf LAUNDROMAT . ii in - SiSTtWAlK crater , ""fes ""AVE 1km s kppfmiM: Call jour mother on ym birthhj FOR ALL YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS, SELECT A CERTIFIED INSURANCE AGENT. F. R. Brennan, C.I. A. 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