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TUESDAY. OCTOBER 23. 19S2
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
The Medical Roundup
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Kmtrltus ConialUnt In Medieln
Mayo Clinic
Emerlttu Profennr of Medicine
Mavo Clinic
Regliter and Trlhuna Syndicate,
1962)
Stokes Adimi' DiiM.t
Recently I wrote of Stokes
Adams' (or Adams Stokes ) at
sease with its very slow pulse,
and its occaS'
sional spells
of uncoil'
sciousness
due to a mom
entary failure
of the heart
to beat and
to keep send
ing the neces-
j s a r y amount
Alvarea 0 1 0 1 0 0 d
coursing through the brain.
Then I told of the little
electric pace making appa
ratus which surgeons are now
placing under the skin of the
chest of such a patient to keep
his heart beating regularly
The little apparatus sends out
perhaps 80 stimuli a minute
stimuli which go down
through the chest wall
through wires that end up in
the heart muscle. They cause
the heart to beat normally,
and with this, a previously
very sick man may go back
to his old job.
People are writing me to
ask how they can find, In
their neighborhood, a surgeon
who will do this type of work
and I think a good way might
be to write the American
Heart Association people at
44 East 23rd St., New York 10,
NY.
Now I read that Or. Louis
Tobian of the University of
Minnesota (in Minneapolis)
has found that the giving of
the drug chlorothiazide
ually will put a stop to the
unconscious spells of Stokes
Adams' disease. A patient's
physician might care to try
it. Another method of handl
ing the disease is to inject a
"storage dose" of a certain
drug which resembles the
thyroid hormone.
Ultrasonics and Spinal Cord
A woman writes to say that
she is going to a quack who
is treating her spine with
ultrasonic waves. She wants
to know if that is a good Idea.
All I can say is that I have
another letter here from a
woman who went to a quack
who gave the upper part of
her spine an ultrasonic treat
ment. When she returned on
crutches to say that her legs
had become very weak, the
quack said, "Another treat
ment will fix that." He gave
the treatment, and now the
woman Is paralyzed and
in a wheel chair.
Ultrasonics can be very
dangerous, and they can do
great harm to the spinal cord
ignorant quacks should not be
using such powerful rays that
can destroy nerve tissue,
One day Blind Raftery said
to Hilaria, "There is a death
that comes to all of us in life,
as came to me when was taken
from me the sight of my eyes
. . . and we sit a little while
by ourselves in an apart dark
place, and we learn truths of
how certain things one be
lieves to be good are but vul
gar seltish tnings, ana now
certain things the small think
evil are but futile accidents.
And we learn to be kind; such
wisdom comes when we are
dead.' And those who have
never died in life, Hilaria, are
pleasant shallow people, soul
less as seals.
Brown Spots on Skin
Often an elderly woman
writes begging me for help
with getting rid of the brown
spots that have appeared on
the skin of her face. I have
asked my good friends the
skin specialists, and some say
that what they try is the ap
plication on several days - for
a few minutes - of a little
poultice made of dry ice. This
causes the skin to peel, and
sometimes, with the peeling,
there comes away some of the
pigment. Sometimes it docs
not come away. I know of no
medicine to take by month
that will change the situation.
Many women go to a drug
store asking for the dry ice
poultice but the druggist has
none. This treatment must
be given by a skin specialist.
Ever . notice little floating
spots before your eyes? They
are nothing to worry about -but
other symptoms of eye
trouble are. You can learn
much about them by reading
Dr. Alvarez' 25-cent booklet,
Kow To Safeguard Your
Vision." Obtain it by sending
25 cents and a self-addressed,
stamped envelope with your
request to Dr. Walter C. Al
varez, Dept. MMT, The Regis
ter and Tribune Syndicate,
Box 957, Des Monies 4, Iowa.
The Family Council !
Filttor'i nnr: Th. Family Counrtl cnmlltl of a ludce, a
phychratrlkt, three clergymen, three armors and a women's editor.
Kai-h arUcle li summery of a family disagreement presented to the
Council. The Council deals wllh problems, major and minor,
encountered bv guidance counselors and social workers. Edited by
by Sirs. Alma Denny (Copyright by fienirU Features Corp.)
Jules H.-It's like a bomb
shell to learn they can't af
ford to send me to college.
Mr. H. H.-I thought things
would get better. I didn't
want to burden him.
V
Jules H.-I'm 16 years old
and, like all my friends,
counting on finishing high
school and leaving home to
attend a good out-of-town col
lege. To my horror the other eve
ning, when I mattor-of-factly
remarked to my dad that I
can't pick a favorite among
Amherst, Princeton and Dart
mouth, lie told me to forget
them all, He said we're living
beyond our means now, and
if I go to college at all, it
may have to be at night and
near home.
1 had no Inkling that things
were tight. We have two cars,
a boat, a summer place. My
mother has maids. But they
can't afford college for me.
Why didn't they tell me the
truth long ago?
Mr. H. H.-As Julcs's father
I didn't want to worry him
over the precarious state of
my finances. Most of my
money was in the stock mar
ket and some of my holdings
had been bought on margin.
During the recent upsets I got
caught badly. Because I still
have good credit, I ve been
able to keep things looking
right on the surface for Jules.
And, with new irons in the
fire, I may be able to recoup
in a few years. But not in
time to fork out $4,000 a year
for a fancy college for him.
I m sorry the true picture
came out so bluntly. 1 was
glad that Jules was able to
keep up with his friends. I
didn't want In make him feel
different. I planned to break
things to him gradually.
The Council - While Mr.
H.'s intention was good, it's
another one of the kind that
paves the road to you-know-what
for a young man. The
intention was to spare Jules j
the truth, because the truth '
was painful. But truth has a
way of creeping in from a
side-spur, and the pain is
doubled because of shock and
lack of preparation.
Nowadays parents are ad-
vised to level with a child ;
when it comes to life's prob-'
lems, rather than shield him
completely. Of course, this :
doesn't mean to knock the !
pinnings out of his sense of ,
safety and protection. Cush-:
ioning the facts about his fi-
nancial reverses with assur- j
an ccs to Jules that together
the family would work things '
through, Mr. H. could have !
given his son a wholesome !
and valuable encounter with !
reality. Now it's a head-on !
collision.
Jules has been permitted to
dally in a dream world. With
out the solid resources of the
Joneses, his dad wanted him
to keep up with Jones Jr., to
"belong" where he really
didn't belong. He has lived
In the wrong neighborhood,
aspired to false goals.
The job at hand now Is a
cards-on-the-t able f a m i 1 y j
talk. What "showy" items '
must be renounced? What
basic holdings must be saved? I
What future treasures must
be striven for? From such a j
clear-eyed assessment, plans I
for Jules's college education
can emerge. i
If, as seems likely, there's
no parental handout availa
ble, Jules has many re
courses. Besides jobs on
campus, there are scholar
ships and loans to see him
through. He can send for the
1962 edition of "Undergradu
ate College Scholarships"
from the U. S. Office of Edu
cation, Fourth and Independ
ence sts.. Wash., D. C.
For Mr. H. there's comfort
in a line from Helen S. Arn
stcin's book, "What To Tell
Your Child." "In the long
run," she says, "a crisis met
honestly . . . can become a
strengthening force in the
life of the family."
EPISCOPALIANS MEET
Corvallls-lUPII-Orcgon Epis
copalians opened their 74th
annual convention here Sun
day night.
VOTE
(X) Al Bradford
Democrat for
STATE
REPRESENTATIVE
Serving Hit Sixth Year at
Medford City Councilman
Bradford for Representative
Committee
Russell DeForesr, Chairman,
Franklin Bldq., Medford, Ore.
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