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Lymphedemi of the Legs
Drs. Alexander Schirger, E.
G. Harrison Jr., and J, M.
Janes o the Mayo Clinic
i-gw have reported
a stuay 01 jji
cases of what
is called lym
phedema o(
the legs. This
3 is a disease in
which one or
both legs be
come enor
mous, because
Alvares ' Df the accumu
lation in the tissues under the
skin of an excess amount of
the fluid which normally
bathes and nourishes the cells
of the body.
In many Islands of the
South Seas the disease is call
ed elephantiasis, and is due to
the introduction Into the tis
sues (by mosquito bites) of a
tiny worm which obstructs
what are called tne tiny
ivmph channels. Fortunately,
in this country we haven't this
form of the disease. Here,
lymphedema seems often to
be due to some inborn aeicci
in the construction of the
lymph channels.
A woman can quickly tell if
her leg swelling Is due to
lymphedema or to dropsy
due to a bad heart, bad kid
neys or perhaps bad veins. All
she has to do is to press her
thumb against the swollen tis
sue. If for a moment It leaves
a little pit or indentation, it
is probably a dropsy (edema)
while if it does not pit, it is
probably a' lymphedema.
In 123 of the 131 cases re
ported, the disease started ear
ly In life, and was probably
due to some congenital abnor
mality In the lymph vessels.
This type of lymphedema of
ten appears early In the per
son's teens.
Casts Fairly Hare
There is another rarer form
of the disease which comes
after the age. of 35. Only when
the disease comes after the
age of 40 or 50 does one ex
pect that a lymph channel has
been obstructed, as perhaps by
a cancerous growth. Such cas
es are fairly rare.
In all but a tew nf thrlr
cases, the Mayo physicians
treated the patient with only
a slrong elastic support. But
a number of women, for one
reason or another, gave up
the use of this mpport.
There is an operation In
which the thickened, swollen
tissue Is cut out and removed.
At the Mayo Clinic during
several years, only nine of
these operations were per
formed with good results
In eight cases.
Usually, I find surgeons re
luctant to perform this opera
tion, perhaps because there Is
often a good deal of shock to
It. and the results can be un
satisfactory. As one can easily
see, when the surgeon had to
remove all of the skin from ,
the enlarged leg, then all of .
the swollen tissue, and then j
must try to cover the huge
wound with skin, it is a big
and dangerous undertaking.
The Mayo surgeons operat
ed only in those cases in
which the size of the limb was
increasing rapidly in spite of
continued medical treatment;
or when the function of the j
leg was so impaired as to
make walking difficult; or
when troublesome changes
were taking place in the skin
of the leg, or when the size
of the limb caused it to be
unsightly. Much depended on
whether the person was old
or young. Naturally, a young
woman was far more distress
ed by an unsightly limb than
an old woman. I have seen
some of these young women
who have said to me that they
would rather die with an oper
ation than to go on living with
the dally humiliation caused
by their great big legs.
An Important point that
the women should know Is
that in these cases, removal
of somewhat enlarged veins
doesn't do any good. I have
seen a number of these pa
tients who were no better for
having some veins removed.
At the Mayo Clilic, a band- 1
age made of 100 per cent rub
ber has proved to be the most
satisfactory form of support.
Calcifitd Pineal Gland
Some people get worried
when an x-ray man tells them
they have a calcified pineal
bland, a gland located low
within the brain. Many men
have tried to demonstrate that
the tiny pineal body makes a
secretion that is valuable to
man. It makes a secretion that
has some influence on the sex
glands, but just what this does
for a person is not yet clear.
If an x-ray film showed that
I had a "calcified pineal" I
would not be at all concerned.
In rare Cases, a tumor forms
in the pineal gland one
that may have to be removed
surgically. It may cause a boy
to develop sexually in a pre
cocious way. The disease Is so
rare that one should not wor
ry about it.
Three-Engine Jet
Airliner Leaves
Boeing Factory
Rrattle (lirP Hoeing Tues
day rolled oi't the nation's
first three - engine airliner
since the days of the old Ford
tri-motnr its new 727 short
range jet.
It bore about as much re
semblance to Its 3.1. year-old
predecessor as a hurricane
docs to a house fan. Boeing's
latest jet-age entry, carrying
a MS million price tag, has
two engines mounted one each
side of the rear fuselage and
a third Inside the fuselage Just
below the tall assembly One
engine alone costs three times
as much as the entire S.MI.OOl)
Ford transport.
Test Flights Planned
Hoeing' historic rnll out
Involved the first rnntpMe
727 to come off the assembly
line here. Kvrutually. the
plane will be turned over to
United Air Lines but II will
be used in a grueling flight
lest program lasting through
most of nest year The sleek
though somewhat chunky jet
Is expected to make Its first
flight late In January follow
ing a $.10 million design and
development program.
Five airlines have ordered
127 of the new Boeings, which
literally will bring the speed
and comfort of a pure jet to
routes now flown by older
piston and prop-Jet airliners.
The 727 will rany between
70 and 114 passengers and I
fully loaded will oporale on ;
runways only .1.0111) feet long I
The new let Is about 37 feci
shorter than Boeing s famed
707 transport now ued on j
long-haul trans-Allantie and!
Uaosconlincnta' flights. j
Dr. Alvarez. In a little honk-
let called, "Ulcers nf the
Stomach and Duodenum," de
scribes Hie pains which may
indicate whether you have an
ulcer. If you would like his
helpful booklet, you may or-
der It by sending 25 cents and
self-addressed, stamped en
velope with your request for
It to Dr. Waller C. Alvarez, I
The Register and Tribune Syn
dicate, Dept. MMT, Box 957,
Des Moines 4, Iowa.
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