MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
TUESDAY. JANUARY . 18(3
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The Medical Roundup
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Emeritus Consultant la Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Emerltui Profeasor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
(Redster and Tribune syndicate,
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Gas on ih Stomach
There are so many causes
for gas on the stomach that
when I am asked what can be
done lor it,
cannot answer
my c o r r e s -
I pondent be
i cause I do not
know what
cause is work
ing on him.
Also, when a
person says
he has gas, I
Alvarei OOn I Know
whether he is belching, or is
passing gas, or is just bloat
ing. Constant belching of gas is
just a nervous bad habit; the
person swallows air and
brings it up again. The pass
ing of much gas from the
bowel may be due to the per
son's having eaten something
indigestible, like a salad, or
it may be due to constipation.
Bloating may be due purely
to nervousness.
A real excess of gas In the
bowel may be due to the eat
ine of some food to which
the person is sensitive or al
lergic. Many people get gas
from eating onions, or food
containing onion. Milk and
chocolate are other common
offenders.
Many of the persons with
gas in the lower bowel get it
when they are constipated.
The gas backs up above the
material which is stagnating
in the lower end of the large
bowel. The minute the person
has a good bowel movement
or cleans out his bowel with
an enema, he loses the gas,
also perhaps his abdominal
pain, gurgles coming up his
gullet, and sometimes some
heartburn, or a feeling of
waves coming up against his
jnidriff.
Advised lo Keep Record
I advise people with much
gas in the bowel to keep a
record of unusual foods eaten
shortly before they start pass
ine much gas. Often, to their
oreat surprise, on looking at
the record, they find they are
sensitive to some food such as
milk or chocolate. If I were
riKht now to cat a little
chicken fat. or a bowl of
chicken soup, I would soon
bloat up like the proverbial
"poisoned pup," and would
suffer much abdominal pain
for hours. I discovered this
sensitiveness only by keeping
a record of foods eaten be
fore I bloated.
To see if some food is
cause of a patient's daily dist
ress. I ask him to eat lor
or 3 days nothing but lamb,
rice, oatmeal, canned pears
butter and sugar. If his
trouble is due to an allergy,
on this diet he is likely to be
comfortable. If so, then every
day he should test an extra
food, keeping a record to see
how well it sets.
Manv older persons who
suffer from much gas have
gallstones, and sometimes
when these arc removed surg
ically, the person is less
gassy.
Quite a few nervous wo
men will bloat until they look
7 months pregnant. They will
say that the bloating comes
up during the day and goes
down at night without any
passing of gas. Sometimes
there is abdominal pain with
the bloating. An X-ray exam
ination, when the woman is
bloated, will show that she
has no abnormal amount of
gas In her bowel. Her bloat
ing is due to a contraction of
muscles in the back of the
abdomen, which pushes the
contents forward. With a few
whiffs of an anesthetic, she
will suddenly go flat without
the passage of any gas.
Why Burn Skin With
Carbolic Acid?
In recent years, a number
of women without medical
training have been charging
large sums of money to per
form what is sometimes called
chemical face-lifting. Gen
erally, what the woman docs
to paint the skin of the
patient's face with carbolic
acid. This causes the super
ficial layers of the skin to
peel off, and with this, the
wrinkles are supposed to go.
Women are now asking me
if I think this treatment is
safe. From what I know of
carbolic acid and its actions,
am sure I would never let
anyone burn my face with
this powerful stuff. I have
read statements made by
some of the patients who said
that they were much dissatis
fied with the results obtained.
The cost for the treatment
was high, and it took 10 days
or more.
I think the strongest evi
dence to indicate that would-
be patients who want this
treatment had better wait
bit, is that the U.S. Govern
ment health people have re
cently gone after these op
erators, and have threatened
to put them in jail if they do
not quit their practice. Evi
dently, facts in the possession
of the Federal officers have
led them to believe that this
sort of treatment should be
stopped.
Gallbladder disease is seen
three or four times as often in
women as in men, says Dr.
Alvarez in his 25 cent book
let, "Gallstones and Gall
bladder Disease. ' You may
obtain a copy of this helpful
little booklet by sending 25
cents and a self-addressed,
stamped envelope with your
request to Dr. Walter C. Al
varez, Dept. MMT, The Reg
ister and Tribune Syndicate,
Box 957, Des Moines 4, Iowa
Driver School To
Meet at Medford HS
Tonight's session of the
Jackson County Driver Im
provement school will be held
at 7 o'clock in the new lec
ture room at the Medford
High school.
The school formerly met in
the courthouse auditorium,
but the move to the high
school was recommended re
cently after the school and
its instructors were evaluated
by Tomas Schuyler, high
school speech instructor.
The school consists of four
classes, held the first four
Tuesdays of each month, and
is taught by members of the
Medford police department
and Jackson county sheriffs
office.
Night's Black Mantle Covert
Man And Creatuie, All Alike
The flying squirrel, deep in
the cavity of the hollow tree,
does not have to look up at
the entrance of his home to
see that the daylight is gone.
He knows by some wild rea
soning, when the night has
come and it is time lo be
abroad.
The wild birds of the for
est increase their actions as
the afternoon light begins to
fade; they too know that the
day is failing and that they
must seek a safe perch before
the darkness becomes com
plete. All the wild things, ac
cording to their kind, react
to the falling light or the garn
ering darkness.
Creatures of the jungle,
plain, field or forest are not
alone in their reaction to the
night; man, too, hesitates. He
may not make a conscious
preparation for the coming
dark, but he will react in
some small measure to it.
Darkness is one of the uncon
querable conditions over
which he has never exerted
any great degree of control; it
still reigns nearly as absolute
as when the human race first
started.
Night a Mystery
From the very first the
night has been a time of mys
tery and fear, when man and
beast cowered in the farthest
corner of their cover and wait
ed for the light of day to dis
pel the fear that came with
the darkness. Probably the
campfire was the first minor
control over the night, follow
ed by torches, candles, lamps
and later electric light globes.
Even these modern light giv
ers are feeble and ineffective,
except in extremely restrict
ed conditions. We can light a
football field or a hall; we
can light to some extent
roadway and cause light to
shine on the pavement and
cast a glow on nearby build
ings. We have streets in the
city that we proudly say are
as light as day, but ovcrnead
and all around is the dark.
crowding in, always ready, to
rush in whenever some me
chanical thing fails or some
one pulls a switch. .
Man has tried hard to do
something about the weather
(every generation has had
hopes and has been fed many
promises) but no system has
been worked out and it will
probably be a very long time
before it is; neither has man
done anything much about
the power of darkness.
Peculiar Fact
A peculiar fact about day
and night is that the Arctic
and the Antarctic regions,
with their long winter nights,
probably have no more night
than the equatorial regions.
The total length of the nights
for a given locality equals the
total length of the days for
the same locality and is prob
ably the same for all parts of
the world. At least half the
world is always at dark.
For man, night is the natu
ral period of rest. Some ani
mals equipped for seeing in
half light became active only
when the shadows are black
est. Nature endowed them
with eyes that adapt them
selves to the faintest light.
Some nocturnal animals are
distressed if caught abroad in
full daylight. The owl. night-
hawk, bat and flying squirrel
frolic best when the light is
dim.
We use the word "night" to
designate periods of intellect
ual ignorance. The poets speak
of its sorrow. The night
watchman looks on night very
different than does the bank
clerk. The power of darkness
is a potent force with which
man has to contend; there is
very little chance that any
thing stronger than an electric
light globe will ever lessen its
worldwide scope.
The founder a-1 executive
director of Youth Adventures
Inc. discussed his organiza
tion's work with juvenile de
linquents at Hillcrest School
for Girls and M c C 1 a r e n
School for Boys at the Mon
day noon meeting of the Med
ford Chamber of Commerce
Roundtable.
The speaker, Howard
Busse, said that In order to
reach the delinquent young
sters, it was necessary "to
Nehru Continues
Pressure To Seat
Red China in UN
New Delhi-OiPD-Prime Min
ister Jawaharlal Nehru still
is in favor of admitting Com
munist China to the United
Nations in spite of Peking's
armed invasion of Indian
territory.
Nehru, in an interview with
United Press International,
also said he could not pre
dict whether India would have
a change of heart on the issue
in the future.
'Our approach to this
question has been that China
should be in the United Na
tions whether we like it or
not because she's a very im
portant nation and any really
important questions like dis
armament can hardly be solv
ed without China being a par
ty to the agreements," Nehru
said.
You can t disarm every
where else in the world and
leave China out of it. There
fore, at present, my view is
that she should be in the
United Nations."
Only First Step
Nehru said he expected a
period of four or five years
in which India must be pre
pared for "incipient conflict
with Communist China. He
said the Colombo proposals
by the nonaligned Afro-Asian
nations are only the "first
step" toward settling the
Sino-Indian border dispute.
Asked if he believed India
and China ever will regain
their former friendship, Nehru
said "I don't think that's
likely to happen."
find some common interest
with them."
Youth Adventures Inc. sup
plies that common interest by
taking selected groups of
youngsters from two deten
tion homes on week-long pack
trips in the high Cascade
country in the vicinity of Mt.
Hood.
Carefully Structured '
The outings are carefully
structured both organization
ally and in terms of provid
ing opportunities for break
ing down the youngsters' old
feelings of hostility and rejec
tion and supplying them with
new concepts of teamwork.
participation and a sense of
belonging.
Despite dire predictions
that there would be "run
aways, Busse and his assist
ants obtained permission last
summer to take two groups of
about 40 boys each from Mac-
Laren on the pioneer trip,
A similar group of about 40
girls from Hillcrest was also
given a week's outing in the
rugged mountain country. No
state or federal funds were
used to finance the trips; con
tributions from private
sources solely support the
venture.
The youngsters were divid
ed into teams ot five and a
counselor was placed in
charge of each group. A spirit
of competition was instilled
among the youngsters by hav
ing them vie with each other
in the performance of a vari
ety of tasks and sports and
other activities.
Points Were Awarded
Points were awarded on
the basis of the competition
and Indian coup feathers were
awarded to teams for every
10 points they earned.
Each youngster carried his
own gear on the trip, and sup
plies for the group were load
ed - 150 pounds each - on
six burros. Communication
between the head and the rear
of the column was maintain
ed by two-way radios.
After a morning's hike of
between 5 to 8 miles, the
group paused for a lunch of
dehydrated foods. After lunch,
Busse talked with the young-
District Salesman
Arrives for Shell
Richard E. Dadey, who ar
rived in Medford this month,
has been named general dis
trict salesman for the Med
ford, Grants Pass and Cave
Junction areas for Shell Oil
company.
The announcement was
made by R. F. Upson, Port
land, district sales manager
for the firm. Dadey replaces
C. A. Smith, who retired Dec.
31, after 33 years of service
with Shell.
Dadey was transferred here
from Astoria where he held
a similar position. He started
with Shell in 1958 as a dealer
salesman in Seattle. A gradu
ate of Gonzaga university,
Spokane, Dadey is married
and the couple has a young
son. Dadey is a member of
the , Elks lodge and Toastmas
tcr club. He and his family
are living at 356 Havana st.
Ballot Tampering
Probe Recessed
St. Helens -WPD- The grand
jury investigation into alleged
ballot tampering in the Co
lumbia county sheriff's race
was recessed Monday until
sometime next week.
Dist. Atty. David B. 'Wil
liamson said only that some
items were to be studied be
fore the jury reconvened.
More than 25 witnesses
have been heard in the in
vestigation which started
Thursday.
The probe started after two
circuit court judges threw out
the results of a recount in the
sheriff's race and declared
Republican Roy Wilburn
elected. The judges said some
one had altered a number of
ballots between the Initial
canvass Nov. 6, which showed
Wilburn winning, and the re
count, which was won by
Democratic incumbent Spen
cer Younce.
sters, relating the things that
had happened to them on the
trail that morning to life.
We tried to make them
realize that while life Is not
bed of roses, they had to
face up to whatever situation
life had put them In," Busse
said. "We told them that a
faith in God should be the
cornerstone of their lives."
Devoted to Recreation
Afternoons were d oted to
recreation and organized
sports. Group activities call
ing for working together as
a team were stress '.
'Most of these youngsters
were loners. They were used
to thinking of just them
selves," Busse said. "So we
tried to impress them with
the necessity of thinking of
the rights of the rest of so
ciety."
Swimming, fishing, a burro
rodeo, log-rolling and tree
climbing were among the ac
tivities enjoyed by the young
sters. The boys were also giv
en instruction in the use of
firearms, and some time was
spent practicing on a firing
range.
Busse said the youngsters
responded in a most encour
aging manner to the experi
ence. Both his wor" rs and
the authorities at tl.e deten
tion homes were able to see
real changes in the attitudes
and behavior of many of the
young people, the speaker
said.
Nobody has ever loved me
like you people have loved
me," one girl from Hillcrest
told him at the end of the
camping trip.
Find Them Jobs
Youth Adventures Inc. also
works with the youngsters
after they are released from
detention by helping place
them in foster homes and by
finding jobs for them.
"Some 80 per cent of those
boys who are discharged from
MacLaren are ultimately able
to adjust successfully to life.
Busse said, "but unfortunate
ly it's the other 20 per cent
that the public hears most
about."
Both institutions are doing
effective jobs, he said, but
both are over-crowded. Mac
Laren will have more than
500 boys sometime within the
next 80 days, he predicted.
Hillcrest now has more than
200 girls, an all-time record
high.
Busse said his organization
has plans to construct a per
manent camp on an 80-acre
site in the Cascades, Including
a mock pioneer wagon train,
an Indian village and a pio
neer fort. Donations are being
accepted toward the construc
tion of the camp.
"As an organization, we
have no desire to g big as
such," Busse said, "but we
do want to be in a position to
provide the best possible help
to these disturbed youngsters,
and we think the cam;, will
enable us to do a much more .
effective Job."
14 Roasons Why RAMBLER '63 Wins
Motor Trend Magazine's Award as
"CAR OF THE YEAR"
Thur.,Feb. 14
217 1. Main,
Medferal, Ore.
Rambler won this great
distinction over all other
cars. How come? Read
these comments from the
Motor Trend experts who
and Ambassador:
1. You get room for six 6-foot-ers.
"Interiors of both Classic
and Ambassador are roomy and
comfortable . . . plenty of leg
room." 2e "Classic and Ambassador
have cleaner, more functional
design . . . apparent from almost
any angle."
3a "The basic-engined Classic
gave an overall average of 23.1
miles per gallon."
4e "The Ambassador V-8 is a
sportier, more performance
oriented vehicle" (test car had
opt. 270 HP V-8. 250 HP std.).
5. "Rambler is now one-up on
every other car"... with its new
sports-car option, Twin-Stick
Floor Shift with overdrive.
6e New Advanced Unit Con
struction . . ."results in a unit
so strong it'll take punishment
longer and, naturally, hold its
resale value."
7e Rambler's exclusive "reclin
ing bucket scuts with headrests
are options well worth the
extra expenditure."
8. "Rough roads can be
stormed with conlidence. There
isn't any pilch or choppiness
noticeable." -
9 All Ramblers have, in effect,
"two separate braking systems
for the front and rear wheels.
If cither one should suddenly
fail, the remaining one can bring
the car to a sale stop." Self
adjusting brakes standard.
10. "Quality has always been
oneof American Motors' largest
selling points and continues to
be in the new models."
lie The sedans' trunks are .,
"large with a good amount of
usable space."
12. "We've never seen a heater
that produced more heat At its 1
maximum it should be up to
any climate." ;
13 "In addition to long-rcc- ,
ognized owner-appreciation fea
tures. . . the factory has doubled ;
the new-car warranty to 24 ',
months or 24,000 milest."
14a Rambler's "an even better
buy this year," according to :
Motor Trend experts. Here are
some outstanding examples: the
American 220 for $1846, the
Classic Six 550 for $2055.
the Ambassador V-8 880 for
$2465 (all 2-door sedans).
' 'Manufacturer's suiiested retail price for IMS
Rambler model indicated. Optional equipment,
tranaportatlM.staleand lecaltara.llany.eitia.
RAMBLER '63
Winner ot Motor Trend Magazine Award
"CAR OF THE YEAR"
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Palm Desert, Calif. -HJPH-Mamie
Eisenhower was "near
ly recovered" today from a
virus infection. She was tak
en ill shortly after she and the
former president arrived here
I Jan. 7 for the winter.
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of those drugs that may be' of a deductible nature on
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bought it.
When you buy it from us, you get that proof. But
when you buy it at the corner grocery, or in a depart
ment store, or in a restaurant, you are likely to forget
about it.
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antiseptics, cough and cold preparations, laxatives, and
so on.
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of a complete record of all purchase of a deductible
nature.
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February) which tells them how much they spent on
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'first class meeting. The courses are scheduled for an eight week pe
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insufficient enrollment are cancelled and no refunds are made after the
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