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Cataracts
A number of interesting
things about cataracts in the
eyes were written recently
Dy JJr Bianey
Leru an, of
the University
of Rochester,
New York. As
he says, the
lens of the
normal eye is
flexible
structure con-
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Alvarez oa per cem
water. With the passing of
years, the transparency of
of the lens tends slowly to
decline, and eventually, frosting-like
opacities called catar
acts can begin to form.
To focus the light rays on
the retina, or seeing-mem-branes
at the back of the eye,
there are two lens-like ele
ments; one, the cornea (or
transparent window of the
eye) and the other, the lens.
The refractive or clear lens
like power of the cornea re
mains essentially constant
throughout life.
When we want to see
something near us, like the
page of a book, the ciliary
muscle which surrounds the
lens contracts, and this en
ables the front face of the
elastic lens to bulge forward.
This makes the lens stronger.
The ability of the lens to
adjust to the distance of the
object to be seen, decreases
from a maximum of about 14
diopters (the unit measure
ment used for the refracting
power of the lens) in children
to only 1 or 2 diopters among
persons who are 40 or older.
The decline is due chiefly tb
a loss of elasticity in the lens,
but also in part to some aging
of the muscle.
Curiously, the lens of the
eye has no blood supply, and
hence has to depend on the
aqueaous humor - the watery
fluid which lies between the
lens and the cornea - for its
nutrients and the removal of
waste products. The lens can
easily be studied with ; low
power binocular microscope.
Can Be Incipient
I have always wondered
why an opacity of the lens is
called a cataract. Dr. Lerman
says that this word was once
used to describe either flood
gates or a portcullis - the
heavy iron gate at the door
or a casile. A cataract in the
eye then is a gate that can
come down t o shut out our
vision.
A cataract can be incipient,
immature, or mature. Once
it was thought wise to wait
for a cataract to mature or
"get ripe" before removing it
surgically, but this is no lon
ger true. Today, the operation
is advised when the person's
vision is so impaired as to
interfere with the work that
he has to do.
For instance, if the patient
is a watchmaker, he will have
to have an operation sooner
than if he were perhaps a la
borer. Also, the nearer the
opacity Is to the rear
of the lens, the more it
will interfere with seeing.
Occasionally, a cataract ap
pears first in the edges of the
lens. Then it may be very
slow to cause troul.lc. The
person who is told that he
has incipient (beginning) cat
aracts should not be alarmed,
because it T.sy be years be
fore they give him serious
trouble.
The surgical removal of a
senile cataract is a fairly sim
ple procedure, the operation
being performed under local
anesthesia. Usually the pa
tient is up within a day or
two. Even 90-year-old patients
can take the operation in their
stride. The doctor makes a
cut at the upper edge of the
cornea - a cut through which
he removes the frosted lens.
Before the lens can be re
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moved, the ligaments holding
it in place must either be
broken or quickly dissolved
with a ferment, called alpha-
chhymo-trypsin. As soon as
the wound is healed, the pa
tient is fitted with strong
lenses, usually eight diopters
or more in strength.
Useful Vision
Because removal of only
one cataract makes It impos
sible (with the old type of
eye-glasses) for the brain to
fuse the images from the two
eyes, ophthalmologists used
to be reluctant to remove a
single lens. They preferred to
wait until a cataract devel
oped in the other eye and
then both eyes could be op
erated on. Now it is possible,
by using a contact lens, to
operate on one eye alone, and
to give the person useful vi
sion.
For a while, an effort was
made to replace the lens that
was removed with a plastic
lens, but the result of this
type of operation have not
been altogether satisfactory
Some cataracts are congen
ital - a child is born with
them. Some are due to the
fact that the mother had Ger
man measles during the first
six weeks of pregnancy. A
child with glactosemia (an
inability to handle sugar of
milk) also can have cataracts.
It is unfortunate when a child
is born with dense cataracts
in both eyes, because when
these are removed he may
eyes properly. As we all know
never be able to focus his
cataracts are seen more often
in diabetics than in normal
persons.
Dr. Lerman hopes that
eventually, as we learn more
about the chemistry of the
lens of the eye, men will find
a drug which will keep cat
aracts from forming.
Many people become need
lessly worried when they see
floating spots as they look at
the sky. That, and some other
vision questions, have simple
answers which you will find
in "How to Safeguard Your
Vision," a booklet by Dr. Al
varez. You may obtain it by
sending 25 cents and a self
addressed, stamped envelope
with your request to Dr. Wal
ter C. Alvarez, Dept. MMT,
The Register and Tribune
Svndicate, Box 97, Des
Moines 4, Iowa.
Benefits Seen in
Tax Cut Proposals
Washington - WD - A White
House adviser has indicated
that tnxpayers In the lowest
and highest brackets will be
the chief beneficiaries of the
tax cuts President Kennedy
will propose next month.
Walter Heller, chairman of
the President's Council of
Economic Advisers, said Sun
day that the tax cut would be
"substantial" and would in
volve considerable relief for
lower Income brackets and
persons paying more than 65
per cent tax rates.
Heller sain a reduction in
corporate taxes also was in
the works. He hinted that tax
incentives for industrial re
search and modernization
would be recommended to
Congress by the President.
Heller declined to spell out
details of the administration's
tax plans. But he said "a sub
sttantial cut" is required and
"one of from $3 to $4 billion
won't do i.iuch good."
Winsford. England - 1'Pfl -
Police suspect the theif who
I broke into a local butcher
'shop 15 months ago and stole
a ham and a carving knife
was the same one who broke
into the shop Saturday night,
i This time he stole a ham, an
I other knife and a roll of
bandages.
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE.
By Jimmy Hatlo
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Small
Worlds
Around
Us
By
Lynn W.
Watkint
(Register & Tribune Syndicate, 1SS21
Miracle of Birth;
Hospital Gladly Helped
The family knew he little
brown and white dog was
very ',oon to become a mother
for the first time. A basket
with a soft cushion had been
prepared and the dog, as well
as the basket, came under
close and constant observa
tion. The human members of the
family were more concerned
than the little prospective
mother. "Jewel," the small
dog, treated the impending
event with bland unconcern.
The only thing that caused her
any nervousness was the ex
pectant way her mistress was
acting.
It was late one night, and
unexpected, when the alarm
in the form of a whimpering
cry alerted the household.
Jewel was about to become a
mother. When the house lights
were turned on, the dog's mis
tress found a tiny, feeble pup
on the living room floor. She
wrapped it in a towel. Then
something went wrong. The
next pup in line to be born
put in only a partial appear
ance.
Owners Frantic
At the end of an hour the
dog's owners were frantic;
neither knew what to do ex
cept telephone several animal
hospitals, but each time only
the monotonous sound of un
answered ringing echoed in
the receiver. No vet was on
the job at 2 o'clock in the
morning. In the meantime the
little dog -mother staggered
about the room whimpering
pitifully.
Something had to be done
and quickly. The head of the
household picked up the dog
and carried her out to the
family car. It was only a few
miles to the city. There was a
hospital there. They would
have to try; someone there
would know what to do. They
almost changed their minds
when they saw the lights of
the hospital. What, they asked
themselves, were they think
ing of? This was a hospital for
people. What would be said
when they walked In carry
ing a whimpering little dog?
A pitiful whimper from the
dog forced their decision.
Picking up the dog they car
ried her up the walk and into
the brightly lighted hallway,
to a door marked "Emergen
cy Room.
Not Surprosed
Two nurses, immaculate in
white uniforms, turned and
smiled. They seemed not at
all surprised at the sight of
the worried people and the
suffering little dog. Of course
they would help. After all,
professional help was often
needed in the miracle of birth.
With speed, kindness and ef
ficiency the situation was
quickly corrected. A tiny pup
was stillborn. It couldn't be
helped, but the little mother
was saved.
With a new appreciation of
human helpfulness and train
ed know-how, the folks car
ried the dog from the emer
gency room. They will always
remember what the nurse said
as she opened the door for
them-"No, there is no charge.
We were only too glad we
could be of service."
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Average School
Board Member Is
Subject 01 Study
Eugene - Encounter a local
school board member in Ore
gon and he is likely to be a
43-year-old man, married and
with children in the public
schools, the possessor of some
college education, holding a
professional or managerial
job, active in other communi
ty organizations, a Protestant,
and a Republican.
These are among the find
ings of a survey reported in
the December Bulletin of the
Oregon School Study council,
published by the school of
education at the University of
Oregon.
The study, conducted
among 23 school districts in
Washington, Multnomah,
Lane, and Marion counties,
was made by Dr. Sidney W.
Tiedt, who received his Ph.D.
at the University in 1960 and
is now a member of the facul
ty at San Jose State college.
Complex Values
Despite the general picture
which emerged from the
study, "school board members
are more complex in their
values and beliefs than has
been assumed by some writers
in the field, according to Dr.
Tiedt, and the members must
"be considered as individuals
rather than stereotypes if one
is to gain understanding of
this group," which is one of
the most important and influ
ential factors in public educa
tion. The study revealed that
school board members' educa
tional values and beliefs can
not be safely predicted from
a study of their political be
liefs. Members were evenly dis
tributed on the traditional, en
lightenment, and censure
scales designed to reveal edu
cational values and attitudes
toward public schools.
On the other hand, the tests
on general and political val
ues showed that the majority
ranked high on the authori
tarian, morality, and conserv
ative scales, and low on the
contemptuousness scale.
Might Be Modified
The indication is, according
to Dr. Tiedt, that educational
values are not as deep-seated
as general values and "might,
therefore, be more easily
modified to keep abreast of
modern trends."
School board members are
not representative of the gen
eral population, the study
showed, in that they tend to
be members of a higher socio
economic group with higher
incomes, higher educational
levels, and positions which
carry more prestige.
'.'School board members
view the purpose and main
function of the school with a
broad interpretation," Dr.
Tiedt wrote. Among the
school goals most favored by
the members were providing
a broad education, preparing
for adult life, and teaching
the three Rs.
When asked to list the
areas that should be included
in an ideal curriculum, the
members listed reading, re
spect for the rights of others,
and good citizenship as the
top three.
Ninety per cent of the mem
bcrs showed a high degree of
satisfaction with the present
school instructional programs,
and 87 per cent felt the
schools were doing a better
job than had been done
formerly.
Satisfaction
"One reason for this satis
faction appeared to be that
those areas in which school
board members felt that
schools do best - teaching aca
demic subjects, teaching so
cial skills, and providing a
broad education - were very
similar to those which school
board members selected as
being the main function of
the curriculum," Dr. Tiedt
said.
Female board members,
who accounted for only nine
per cent of those interviewed,
and members with the high
est degree of education, the
longest tenure, and the most
participation in other com
munity organizations had a
greater tendency to interpret
the ideal curriculum in terms
of academic goals, the report
said.
"Of all the variables exam
ined, level of educational at
tainment . . . appears to be
most consistently related to
both general and educational
values," Dr. Tiedt added.
Science and mathematics,
language arts, and foreign
languages were the areas
which most board members
felt needed improvement.
Findings in the Oregon
study showed "a high level of
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Try and
By BENNETT CERF-
IN PIERRE LA MURE'S new novel, "Clair de Lime," based
on the life of Claude Debussy, he includes a little lable
about a man who suffered a grievious disappointment in a
love affair, and swore
that he would never love
again. He locked himself
securely in his room, and
would see no one. One
day Love knocked on the
door, but was denied en
trance. When Love tried
to get in through the
window, the man board
ed it up and reinforced
it with a heavy steel bar.
Love then attempted to
enter via the chimney,
but the man lit a fire and
sent Love up the flue,
half-roasted. The man
now seaieo. every nuie in iuc muming cvwj ...
the floor. Love had no place left to enter. But neither could
(air. And a few days later they found the poor man dead on
the floor. The moral, says La Mure, is that man needs love
as much as air if he is to survive.
When young Mrs. Malona answered the phone. It was her
mother on the other end of the line. "I hate to Impose upon you,
my dear," said the mother apologetically, "but Dad wants to
take me out tonight to celebrate our twenty-fifth anniversary
, and I wonder if you and Tom can
children this once."
Prom an essay by a 10-year-old scholar in New Orleans: "I
hate Fidel Castro for two reasons: (1). He brought communism
to Cuba and (2). He invented Castro Oil."
O 1963, by Bennett Cert Distributed by Kins Features Syndicate
Grandpa's Claim of
Weather Bothering
Rheumatics Upheld
By DELOS SMITH
UPI Science Editor
Philadelphia - (UPD - The
weather was scientifically and
positively incriminated in one
common dis
ease today,
but was tenta
tively exoner
ated in an
other. Grand-
i pa is right
w h e n he
I c 1 a i m s his
"r h eumatics''
i worsen before
Ucloi smlih a storm nnri
this makes him an accurate
weather prophet. On the
other hand, people who blame
natural weather for worsen
ing asthma may have to
switch and blame man-made
"weather instead.
In these particulars science
touched on common phenom
ena of common people at the
annual meeting of t:. Amer
ican Association for lh Ad
vancement of Science. They
came out of the relatively
new science of biometeorol-
ogy - the effects of weather
on the human body.
Prof. Joseph Lee Hollan
der of the University of
rennsyivania, Philadelphia,
made himself a room - a "cli
matron" - in which he could
control all the elements of
climate. These arc tempera
ture, humidity, barometric
pressure, rate of air move
ment and ionization of air.
In this room he kept per
sons with rheumatoid arthri
tis and osteoarthritis, two at
a time for two to four weeks.
In all, 15 pairs lived in the
climatron."
Became More Painful
When Hollander changed
only one clement of weather
in this room nothing happen
ed to anyone's "rheumatics."
But when he dropped the
barometric pressure and at
the same time shot up the
humidity, arthritis became
more painful and athritlc
joints became inflamed
These are the changes
which precede storms of the
kind many victims of the
rheumatic diseases have
claimec' the ability to pro
phesy, merely fro i their sud
denly worsened state. Hereto
fore science has dismissed
their claims as "old wives'
tales."
i lie scientific news on
weather and asthma was more
puzzling and challenging than
informative. It began with an
expectation of Dr. Leonard
Greenburg and Franklyn
Field of Albert Einstein Col
lege, New York City, that the
weather conditions which
blanket cities with smog
agreement" with studies of
school board members con
ducted nationally and in oth
er stats, Dr. Tiedl said.
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possibly take care of your own
would afflict the asthmatics
no less than sufferers of
other respiratory diseases.
Proved To Be Untrue
But when they compared
the number of patients re
porting to New York City
asthma clinics during periods
of intense smog, this proved
to be untrue. Persons seek
ing relief from other respira
tory disorders increased dur
ing these periods. Greenburg
told the symposium on bio
meteorology that he couldn't
now explain why asthmatics
hadn t increased in number
too.
But quite unexpectedly
these studies indicated man
made "weather." Last Sep
tember in New York there
was a sudden cold snap which
brought about a sudden use
of the heating equipment of
office and apartment build
ings. During this period the
number of asthmatics report
ing to the clinics for emer
gency relief increased dra
matically. Investigation showed the
same thing happened In New
York in 1957 - sudden Sep
tember cold, sudden turning
on of heating equipment, sud
den increase in asthmatic dis
tress. "It is noteworthy that the
levels of air pollution and the
pollen counts were low dur
ing both of these periods,"
Greenburg said. "A more de
tailed investigation of this
problem is in progress."
Lone Survivor of
Quads Said Critical
Philadelphia - (UPD - A tiny
boy, the only surviving quad
ruplet, fought for life today
in an incubator at Jefferson
Medical College hospital.
Two brothers and a sister of
Baby B died Sunday night a
little more than eight hours
after the quadruplets were
born to Mrs. Vivian Spector.
23. They were 11 weeks pre
mature.
Baby B, who weighs about
1.5 pounds, was listed in crit
ical condition, which is nor
mal procedure in a premature
birth. But doctors stid the
first 24 hours would be the
most critical for him.
Three More Penguins
Die at Portland Zoo
Portland - HOT - Three moie
penguins have died at the
Portland Zoo, zoo officials
said today.
One died Sunday and two
died Saturday from an Infec
tion. The deaths brought to 15
the number of penguins which
have died since a group f 48
of the birds recently was
brought here following an ix
pcdltlon in the Antarctic.
772-6966
, .
The Wounded Banshee
Tax Deduction No Compensation
For Screeching of III Woodwind
BY DICK WEST
Washington-IUPD-The clarinet,
as the old saying goes, Is an
ill woodwind that nobody
blows good.
Even under
best of condi
tions, its mus
ical values are
marginal. In
the hands of a
young boy
who is trying
out for the
school band,
It can reduce
a normal,
to a pitiful,
Weit
healthy adult
quivering mass of ectoplasm.
Art Students
Gossett Have
Yreka Students of Lee
Gossett, teacher of the Col
lege of the Siskiyous art class
es adult program, had a show
ing of work accomplished the
past semester, at the new
Safeway building in Yreka
recently.
Media used Included water
colors, charcoal, pastels as
well as oils. Both Monday
and Thursday evening classes
were represented, as well as
few pictures done by mem
bers of the Siskiyou County
Artists association, who fall
in a more professional class.
Many of the works were of
fered for sale
Gossett and members of the
classes were present to ex
plain and help the viewing
public to enjoy the show.
Gossett, who has full day-
time employment in the area,
n accomplished artist in
his own right, having been
commissioned for his work In
four other countries, Canada,
Mexico, France and Italy, as
well as nine western states
In all he has done over
450,000 square feet of murals
and has received many thou
sands of dollars for a single
painting. He did the second
largest mural In the United
States. It is 45 by 42 feet and
is in a ciiurch in San Diego.
Gossett, in showing the
work of his 52 students, firm
ly believes that anyone can
learn to paint to his own sat
isfaction if he wants to. Class
es will continue next semes
ter, starting In February, with
the possible addition of one
in the Klamath river area
Many of his pupils had nev
er painted before starting in
his classes last fall. His help
and inspiration to develop tal
ent manifested itself in the
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JANUARY 345
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MONDAY. DECEMBER 31. 1962
The main trouble is that
clarinets are notoriously unre
liable. At times, they can be
downright treacherous.
I remember well the first
clarinet I ever owned. I treat
ed it as kindly as I could,
shined it regularly, gave it a
good home and all like that.
Yet every time that I took
It out of its case in public, it
would turn on me in a most
vicious way.
1 would be sailing along
through "The Half and
Quarter Note March," not
losing my place more than
once or twice, when sudden
ly it would emit a piercing
screech, known among
of Lee
Showing
results shown,
Gossett believes this area
is in great need of the devel
oping of talent. So much nat
ural beauty is found here for
subject matter. "There are
never enough artists," he
states. He is anxious to have
an art gallery established.
No Survivors in
Airliner Wreckage
Ajaccio, Corsica -fflPD- Res
cue teams reached the wreck
age of a French airliner in the
blizzard-swept Corslcan moun
tains today and found no sur
vivors among the 25 persons
aboard.
Police reports from the
crash site said the smashed
plane was located about mid
day high on a slope. Nine
teams of foreign legionnaires,
paratroopers and alpine
troops took part in the rescue
operation.
The craft crashed two days
ago. It was carrying 21 men
and women members of Cor
slcan basketball teams,
crewmen and a 3-year-old boy
Satellites To Have
Arabic Numerals
Washington -fUPD- All satel
lites launched in the future
will be designated with Ar
abic numerals rather than
Greek letters, the National
Academy of Sciences said
Sunday.
The first satellite of 1962
was 1962 Alpha, but the first
of 1963 will be known as
1963-1. The system is used to
register satellite and space
probes with the United Na
tions. cvrrt f rttt
Mt safari I.
Ml BlrVCC
A 3
members of our band as
"the cry of the wounded
banshee."
Friends, if you have never
heard the noise that a clarinet
reed produces when the
young musician's lip slips
then your flesh has never
really crawled and your teeth
have never really been set on
edge.
It is like no other sound
heard on this earth, although
piece of chalk drawn the
wrong way across a black
board will give a clog approx
imation.
The look of pain (hat it
caused to cross the face of our
band director is embedded in
my memory, but I did not
fully understand the extent
of his suffering until years
later when a young member of
my household began talking
clarinet lessons.
I recite this now by way o
emphasizing the justice that
was done this week in an in
come tax ruling handed down
by the Internal Revenua
Service.
It seems that an uniden
tified taxpayer had a son
with a rather severe dental
problem known as "maloc-
elusion" or "buck teeth."
He took the lad to an orlho
donist and was told that the
condition might improve if
the boy began taking clar
inet lessons.
The taxpayer thereupon
purchased a clarinet, enrolled
his son in music class and list
ed the cost of both on this tax
return as a medical expense.
After duly weighing tha
matter, the revenue service
concluded that it was a legiti
mate deduction and let it
stand.
I don't often lead the ap
plause for the revenue service.
but I think its decision in this
case is to be highly com
mended. A modest tax deduction can
never begin to compensate for
the horrors that poor father
must be experiencing by liv
ing within earshot of a buck
toothed boy practicing on a
clarinet.
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