The Medical Roundup
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
Emeritus Consultant tn Mtaiclna
.Mayo cunir
Emeritus Protestor of Mediclna
Mayo CHitic
(Recihter and: Tribune Syndic!,
1963)
Tenosynovitis
People occasionally ask me
about tenosynovitis. One wom
an, writes asking me to tell
her "all I know about it."
' l&&?ti Actually, I do
.-'i"rS n 0 1 know
r fyl much. "Teno"
' '. -t&!s relers to i
l&-2aSp4 tendon, which
J-.:,t corc' running
; - ' f
US,? 1 (usually) to a
..-JT 1 hnnp Fnr in.
r ' - I i " "
msS i s'ance, when
A" arM i want to grao
omething and hold it firmly
In my hand, muscles in the
upper part of my forearm
contract and pull on tendons
that run to the palmar side
of the several bones in my
fingers. As I now glance at
the back of my hand, I can
see four tendons running to
the backs of the bones in my
fingers. When muscles pull
on these tendons, they cause
my hand to open.
Around each of these ten
dons is a little sheath, lubri
cated with a fluid called
"synovia." Hence, tenosyno
vitis means an inflammation
of the shreath around a ten
don. Always, then, there is
some soreness or pain, and
there may be a . little swelling
and some reddening of the
skin over the inflamed area.
The next questions is, "Why
does the inflammation come?"
I imagine it comes most often
in people like me who for
all their days have spells of
"fibrositis," an arthritis-like
disease which causes some ir
ritation or inflammation of
the several fibrous tissues in
the body. In my case, every
o often I will have some
soreness around a joint, I may
have enough pain in a hip
joint or ankle joint so that
when I get up in the morn
ing, I will have to limp a bit.
When that happens, I take a
walk and usually after I have
gone three blocks, the pain
is gone for the day. A spell of
pain may last for three days,
a few weeks or, rarely, a few
months. Occasionally, I will
get a mild spell of tenosyno
vitis and it may hurt to move
my fingers. But usually, in a
few days or weeks, the dis
tress is gone. I never take any
medicinie for it. If it were to
produce enough pain to both
er me, I would take some
aspirin.
One of my correspondents
wants to know if he should
be operated on for his teno
synovitis, I do not know why
he should be. He could be if
he has a rounded soft nodule.
called a ganglion, on the back
of his wrist. This is usually
a little bag of synovia, attach
ed to a tendon sheath. It can
be cut out of if it is causing
too much pain or inconveni
ence or deformity.
The important point is that
tenosynovitis is rarely a seri
ous disease that should cause
worry. Without any treat
ment, a spell is likely to clear
up. It is possible that it would
go away sooner if the person
could have some expert physi
otherapy, perhaps with light
massage and contrast baths, in
which a hand or foot is shift
ed from cold water to hot
water and back again.
The term "arthritis" is used
to designate any one of the
several types of trouble in
joints. Fibrositis is often con
fused for the more severe
arthritis. Additional informa
tion is available in Dr. Al
varez's booklet on "Arthritis
and Rheumatism." To obtain
your copy, send 25 cents and
a stamped, self-addressed en
velope with your request to
Dr. Walter C. Alvarez, Dept.
MMT, Box 957, Des Moines 4,
Iowa.
Drowning Victims
Taken From Lake
Kelso, Wash.-tUPD- Skin-divers
Sunday recovered the
bodies of two of three drown
ing victims from the icy
depths of Spirit lake at the
foot of Mt. St. Helens 45 miles
east of here.
The bodies of Aaron Bur
ton Casad, 23, a teacher and
coach at Castle Rock High
school, and Allen Larson, 16,
Castle Rock, were recovered
after skindivers reported
searching in depths of as
much as 150 feel.
Skindivers and grappling
crews continued to search for
Larry Grubb, 18, the third
victim of a boating mishap on
the lake Saturday.
Four other Castle Rock high
school students, all members
of a Sea Scout troop, made it
to shore in life-jackels after
their 10-foot outboard sank
when it collided with blocks
of ice on the lake.
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Bootiack Took Oil Booh Thai
Protected Against Bootjack
The similarity between
what used to be a common
household object and the seed
of a common plant is actual
ly startling. Of course, if you
never knew about that sim
ple but necessary adjunct to
a man's wardrobe - the 'boot
jack" - you will only see
in the seed of the Spanish
needle plant a two-pronged,
flat seed that waits, along
with hundreds of its fellows,
to adhere to your clothing or
the fur of any passing ani
mal. That's the idea, a clever
scheme whereby this noxious
weed sends its seeds to start
new colonies far away from
the parent plant. The Spanish
needle's idea is well founded,
and effective.
Back a few generations ago
men wore boots, not the rub
ber boots today's firemen
wear to keep their feet dry,
but high topped leather boots.
The leather in those old boots
were not the soft, pliable va
riety we have today, but poor
ly tanned, heavy leather that,
when it was cold, was about
as "stiff as a board."
Boots Tailor Made
The well dressed gentlemen
of yesteryear probably had
his boots tailor made, and of
a rather close fit - so firmly
fitted, in fact, it required
considerable pushing and
stomping to get the feet snug
ly seated. This was often ac
complished by the man jump
ing up and down, acutally
driving the boots onto his
lower legs and feet. Every
thing was just dandy when
putting boots on, but when
night came and the man was
ready to retire, a problem
presented itself. If the man
lived alone he had to employ
bootjack. Otherwise, he
couldn't get his boots off,
which probably explained
why it was honorable to "die
with one's boots on:" dying
was easier than removing the
tight fitting footwear.
The bootjack was a simple
arrangement: just a board
with one end raised off the
floor a couple of inches, and
two prongs extending from
the higher end. The heel of
the boot filled in between the
two prongs. The man stood
on the board, placed the heel
of the other boot in the slot
and by muscular pull yanked
off the boot. He changed feet
and pulled off the other. So
simple was the idea, it was
silly.
Whoever the character was
that figured the silly thing
out in the first place probably
thought himself a genius.
Boots Protected Legs
The high, leather boots the
dandy of yesteryear wore also
kept the bootjack's counter
part, as well as namesake,
from cluttering up his lower
limbs, for the bootjacks that
are the seeds of the Spanish
needle plant couldn't send
their sharp pronged barbs into
leather.
It would have had to be a
pretty stupid individual that
didn't notice the striking sim
ilarity between the seeds of
the Spanish needle and the
old fashioned bootjack; they
look exactly alike. Because
the two prongs on the seer
of the plant are sharp, they
were named "Devil's boot
jack." The flowers that appear on
this common weed are showy,
;ven pretty, and are of a
golden yellow color or a pasty
white. The leaves of the plant
resemble those of the mari
gold. The seeds form a small
ball, the blunt ends imbed
ded in the flower base and
the sharp, two pronged ends
outward, where the Larbj cv.n
hook onto any passing ani
mal. Those folks who never saw
a bootjack often call the
seeds of the Spanish needle
"Devil's pitchforks,", especial
ly if the seed is equipped
with four barbs instead of
two. Less imaginative folks
just call them "stickseeds."
LEGAL NOTICES
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1SS3
NO. 1149
NOTICE OF SA1B OC
REAL PROPbRTV
IN THE CIRCl'lT COURT Or THE
STATE OF OREGON FOR JACK
SON COUNTY PROBATE DE
PARTMENT tn the Matter of the Estate of
IDA E DRESSLER. Deceased
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the undersigned will, from
and alter the 5th day ol March
1963. aell all of the right, title
and Inlereit of the above entitled
eitate tn and to the followtns de
scribed premnea situated tn Jack
son County. Oregon :
House and lot located at 34 Van-
couver Avenue. Medtord. Ore
gon, more particularly described
as:
TRACT A: The North Half of,
the East ins 63 feet of Lot Five
151 In L1NDLEY ADDITION to
the City of Medford. Jackson
County. Oregon, according to the
oflicial plat thereof, now of rec
ord. TRACT B: The North Half of
the following: Beginning at a
point 380 0 feet South of the
northeast corner of Block
- Nine i9i of MEDFORD HEIGHTS
ADDITION to the City of Med
ford. Jackson County. Oregon,
according to the olficial plat
thereof, now of record: thence
South BO.O feet: thence West
31.35 feev thence North 90 0 feet:
thence East 31.35 feet to the point
of beginning: beine a strip of
land 31.35 feet East and West hv
80.0 feet North and South, Ivtng 1
directly East of Lot Five (51 of
Lindley Addition to the City of !
Medford, Oregon. ,
House and lot located at 914
Reddy Avenue, Medford. Ore
gon, more particularly described
as: i
Beginning at a point which Is '
415.30 feet North and 19136 feet
East of the southeast corner of
Donation Land Claim No. 42 in
Township 37 South. Range t
West of the Willamette Meridl- '
an in Jackson Countv. OreRon-
thence East 52 0 feet: thence
North 138.44 fect to the south,
erty line of Reddy Avenue in
the City of Medford. Oregon;
thence West along said line 52.fl
feet; thence Soulh 138.41 feet :
to the point of beginning.
Said properly will be sold at
private sale for cash or credit j
at the office or DeForest oe Han- 1
sen. 228 Franklin Building, Med- !
ford. Oregon, subject to confir- 1
mation of the above entitled Court.
uaiea ana nrst published Feb-
ruary 11. 1963.
Arthur r . Dressier. Executor
NOTICE OF HEARINO
ON FINAL ACCOUNT
Notice is hereby siven to heirs.
creditors and others interested in
me tsiate ol Elmer L. Van Lmdi.
also known as Elmore L. Van
Llndl. and also known as e. L.
Van Lindt, deceased, a probate
proceeding In the Circuit Court of
the State of Oreeon fnr JnckKnn
County, that the hour of ten
o ciocx a.m. on Monday, March 11,
1963. in the Circuit Courtroom of
the Jackson County Courthouse at
Medford, Oregon, hss been set by
said Court as the time and place
for hearing on objections. If any.
to the final report of the Admin
istrator With The Will Annexed
determining heirs, and discharging
Jens Peterson,
Administrator With The
Will Annexed
Johnson, Telfer St Sloan,
Attorneys
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IN THK CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON FOR JACK
SON COUNTY, PROBATE DI
VISION In the Matter of the Estate
of
DOUGLAS IRWIN PETERSON.
Deceased
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the undersigned hat been
duly appointed by the Circuit
Court of Jackson County, Oregon,
executrix of the estate of the
above named decedent, and ail per
sons having claims RRainst said
estate are hereby notified to pre
sent same with vouchers duly ver
ified as provided by law to the
undersigned at the offices nf Havi
land & Clinkenheard. 1005 East
Main Street. Medfortl. Oregon.
within six months of the date ot
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creditors and other interested in
the Estate of Mary Leah Van
Lindt. also known as Mary Van
Lindt. deceased, a probate pro
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me aiaic m uregon (or jarKson
County, that the hour ot ten
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198A. in the Circuit Court
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and place tor hearing on objec
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LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE Or SALE
NOTICE IS IUREBY GIVEN
that on th 5th day of March.
1963. at the hour of B OO o'clock
A.M., 1 shall at public auction, for
cash to the highest bidder sell all
of the right tiUe, ait ate and inter
est ot Ernest E Gibson in the
following described real property.
to-Wit:
The Northeast quarter, the East
half of the Southeast quarter,
the Southeast quarter of the
Northwest quarter of Section 11.
Township 39 South. Range 2
East of the Wilhametle Merid
ian Jackson County. Oregon.
The Northwest quarter of the
Southwest of Section 12. Town
ship 39 South. Range 2 East.
Witliamette Meridian. Jackson
County, Oregon.
SAID SALE Is made pursuant
to an Execution Issued out of the
Circuit Court of the State of Ore
gon on the 3ltt day of January.
19f3 and a Certificate of Levy
filed January 31. 193. wherein
R I Bufbee if Plaintiff and Er
ne, t E Gibson ts defendant.
Dated February 4, 193
De Leigh. Sheriff
i Jackson County. Oregon.
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