MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OREGON
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 21, 1962
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Dr. Turner Named
President of Local
Cancer Group Unit
At the fifth annual meet
ing of the Jackson County
Unit of the American Cancer
Society, Dr. R. M. Turner,
Ashland, was elected presi
dent for the fiscal year.
Dr. Abner Clark will serve
as president-elect with Ken
neth Wright, treasurer, and
Mrs. Robert von der Hellen,
secretary, all of Medford.
County Unit board mem
bers are J. R. Whitney, Mrs.
Robert von der Hellen, Rob
ert Ford, Robert Cronkhite,
Mrs. Tom MacLeod. Ray Sor
enson, Dr. James Quinn, Dr.
Florian Shaskey, Dr. Ralph
Odell, Dr. Otto Emig, The
Rev. Robert W. Tull, all of
Medford, and Phil Huntley,
Ashland. Delegates to the
Oregon Division annual meet
ing elected are Dr. Clark,
Kenneth Wright, Mrs. T. C.
Groomes, all of Medford, and
Phil Selby, Ashland.
Report on Palienti
Mrs. Ray Frisbie reported
that 58 cancer patients in the
county had received dressings
and sick room supplies from
the local loan closet during
the past year. Dr. Clark re
ported that 75 films on can
cer were phown last year and
that a new film "Is Smoking
Worth It" is now available,
which brings teen-agers new
scientific evidence pertaining
to lung cancer.
Dr. Alfred C. Hutchinson,
Portland, who was the guest
speaker reported on the six
day session of the Internation
al Cancer Congress in Mos
cow, Russia, which was at
tended by 4.500 cancer ex
perts from 67 nations.
Much of the discussion was
about the roll virus plays in
producing cancer and some
new ideas were presented as
to how it br:..gs this cell
change about. Also discussed
was the importance of DNA,
which has been isolated from
the virus, and how it is en
dowed with the property to
produce cancer. "To date
there has been no definite
break-through in a cancer
cure," Dr. Hutchinson said,
adding that "The approved
treatment for cancer still re
mains surgery and radiation."
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NEW FOOD COUNTER - Officers of the tendants to give instant service al this popu-
Veterans Administration Domiciliary are lar rendezvous for veterans, employees and
first to try the new system of self-service, visitors. Harry Caion, memoer cierK, snap-
The improved facilities help member at- ped this picture before the food disappeared.
The Medical Roundup
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Nodules in Front
Of Ear or on Neck
I the gills of fish.
I Physiotherapy and
. I Parkinson's Disease
Quite a few persons auk me
APOLOGY FOR PROGRESS
Boston-lUPII - The following
sign appears on the back of a
crane raizing a building to
clear the way for a downtown
office building owned by a
British company:
"Sorry to be making a bit
of a mess. Office building com
ing. Progress you know."
what should be done for a
nodule or little teat cither
in front of the
ear, or on the
side of the
neck a nod
ule made of
cartilage (gris
tle) or a little
sac that was
there at birth
and perhaps
recently has
Alvarei enlarged a bit.
In some cases, especially if
the nodule causes disfigure
ment, it is well to have It re
moved by a surgeon. In some
cases there is a slight danger
of cancer developing in t h e
cyst (little sac).
Microscopic examination of
the nodule after its removal
often shows that it is a rem
nant of a so-called branchial
cleft. Such clefts appear on
each side of the neck of the
tiny embryo in its mother's
womb, where they resemble
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Dr. Lewis J. Doshay recent
ly pointed out what probably
few of us physicians know,
and this is that with physio
therapy many patients with
Parkinson's disease, who
might otherwise become bed
ridden or in bad physical con
dition, can be kept on their
feet and active. The results
obtained with 100 patients
chosen at random, and treat
ed with medication alone,
were compared witii the re
sults obtained with 100 pa
tients who had had the benefit
of both medication and phys
iotherapy, with massage, exer
cises, manipulation, special
baths, etc.
The records showed that
three years after the onset of
illness, there was not a single
patient among the group treat
ed with physiotherapy who
had partial or total disability.
While in the group treated
with medicine alone, there
were four cases of total dis
ability and 11 cases of partial
disability. Ten years after the
onset of the illness, in ths
group treated with physiother
apy there were found only
five cases of total disability,
and eight cases of partial dis
ability, as compared with 24
cases of total disability and 31
cases of partial disability in
the group treated with drugs
alone. This shows that it can
be highly advantageous to a
patient with Parkinson's dis
ease to get good physiotherapy-
Plastic Pipe Plumbing Is
Forecast in Homes by 1970
By DOROTHEA M. BROOKS
United Preis International
New York-UPI-The promise
of rigid plastic piping in home
plumbing should be realized
to some extent this year and
by 1970 all-plastic installa
tions should be common, ac
cording to the trade.
The pipe and fittings al
ready are available. How soon
they can be installed in most
U. S. homes is going to de
pend not so much on the
manufacturers, who are
geared for production, but on
the speed with which nation
al standards groups and state
and local building code au
thorities act to facilitate its
use.
A Louisville fittings manu
facturer, Tube Turns Plastics,
Inc., affiliate of Chemetron
Corp., says some installations
of all-plastic piping in home
plumbing will begin to ap
pear this year in areas where
special building code excep
tions can be obtained. "Best
guess by manufacturers is
that city or state-wide ac
ceptance of plastics will be
gin snowballing in a year or
two, starting in areas that
have been most progressive
in the past about recognizing
new building materials," the
company said.
Most recent developments,
and the ones that have made
complete plastic piping sys
tems feasible, are those of the
first plastic pipe that can
handle hot water economical
ly, and a line of fittings that
are slimmed down from bulk
ier industrial proportions
and designed expressly for
household hot-and-cold water
service at municipal water
pressure, Tube Turns said.
Chief benefit of the thero-
plastics as far as homeowners
are concerned, is the likeli
hood that plastic pipings
probably will outlive the
house as far as corrosion is
concerned. According to Tube
Turns, all are capable of with
standing indefinitely indus
trial corrosion attacks far
more severe than home condi
tions, without incurring pin
hole leaks or rusting at the
joints.
In addition, the plastics are
light in weight, running
around one-sixth that of met
als. They will not conduct
electricity, can be joined in
a manner that makes them
permanently leakproof and
impervious to encroaching
tree roots In outdoor loca
tions. They have low heat
conductivity and minimize
possibility of accidental burns
and moisture-dripping, and
smooth internal surfaces that
reduce the likehood of
clogged waste drainage lines.
Although initial cost of ma
terials probably will run
slightly higher than for com
parable metals. Tube Turns
estimates that this will be
onset by immediate savings
of 30 to 40 per cent in the
cost of installation and fur
ther by reduced maintenance
costs.
Lower over-all costs will
reflect in good measure the
ease and speed with which
new pipe and fittings may be
assembled. For instance, Tube
Turns pointed out, a plumber,
working from scratch, can
make a joint in less than one
minute, in sharp contrasts
with the difficulties that often
arise in the threading of
steel, sweating of copper or
caulking of cast iron joints.
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A d d i l i o n al information
about Parkinson's disease is
available in Dr. Alvarez' book
let, "Parkinson's Disease or
Shaking Palsy." You may or
der it by sending 25 cents and
a self-addressed, stamped en
velope with your request for
it to Dr. Waller C. Alvarez,
Dept. MMT, The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, Box 957,
Dcs Moines 4, Iowa.
ENTOMOLOGY PROJECT George Gilman, a senior in bio
logical science at Southern Oregon college, works on a pro!
ect sponsored by the National Science Foundation. He is
studying entomology, doing population sampling and re
searching relationships between climate and flies. His work
is being coordinated with that of five others. The goal of the
group is to integrate findings on flics, plants and mammals
in the Bear Creek watershed area of Jackson county. The
undergraduate science education program provides special
opportunities such as this for students of high ability to
advance through independent research and study. Gilman
is the son of Lester H. Gilman, 482 Beall lane, Medford.
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So You've Got Troubles-
Pity th. Poor Woodpecker
Baby woodpeckers born to
day must live their lives in a
much different world than the
one their ancestors knew.
They must adjust themselves
to a new and much more diffi
cult environment.
For one thing, their be
havior pattern, established by
millions of generations of
woodpeckers, must be dras
tically alerted to meet differ
ent conditions.
Always, an upright tree
trunk has been the recognized
place for any of these birds to
land. The dead wood of a tree
or a softened post is the right
location for a nest. Under the
bark of a tree, or in the rotted
wood of a post is the place
where insects can be found.
There, too, are insect eggs and
insect larvae so delicious to a
woodpecker's taste.
Something, however, no
woodpecker knows anything
about is what we call "urban
sprawl," whereby cities be
come bigger, suburbs run out
farther and forests are des
troyed: more houses, more
people, fewer trees.
Occasionally, in a tree
which happens to escape the
axe, or in a suitable pole, an
adult woodpecker may ham
mer out a nest cavity in
which, on a rough bed of wood
chips, a trio of babies are
born.
Mama and Papa Woodpeck
er feed and care for their
city - born youngsters. Later
they take them on training
trips and teach them to fly.
Naturally, all the young are
born with the yo-yo system of !
flight, sort of a looping motion ;
typical of a woodpecker clan. '
The flight pattern Is care-'
fully timed so that the bird
j will come to rest on the verti
cal tree trunk at an upward
curve at the end of its flight.
Already the young are equip
ped with feet adapted to this
kind of flying technique, with
tail feathers stiffened to act as
a prop, or as a tripod arrange
ment that holds the birds up
right on the tree. All these
things, too, are covered In the
lessons the parents teach.
But one of the things, not
covered by parental instruc
tions or even by instinctive
behaviorism, is the difference
between a wooden pole and a
steel one.
One of the youngsters,
proud of his ability to remain
in sustained flight and with
the show-off complex of the
inexperienced youth, sailed up
to a tall, steel light pole at
full speed, expecting to come
to a graceful, easy stop. But I
he found that his feet were not i
fitted for such landings. With
a squawk of fright, the young
, bird, unable to hang on, fell j
i head over heels to the ground, :
i a much surprised woodpecker, i
With feathers ruffled and
body bruised, the youngster
shook its head and launched
itself wildly into the air. It
had blundered Into a problem
in woodpecker knowledge. No
faintest trace of Instinct equip
ped It to meet such a "booby
trap" as a steel pole.
Like Pop once said, "A little
learning Is a dangerous thing."
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