MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 19633
The Medical Roundup
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Emeritus CoiuutUnt In Medicin
Mayo Clinic
Emeritus Profeiior of Medicine
Mayo clinic
(Befuter and Tribune Syndicate.
1963)
Arvftrez
Preparation for Skiing
We all know that skiing has
become one of America's fa
vorite winter sports, and
thousands of
people are
taking it up
U n fortunate
ly, many of
them wind up
with a leg in
a plaster cast,
the number of
a c c i dents at
one big skiing
r e s o r t is so
great that they must have a
hospital nearby with a good
surgeon in attendance.
A writer in the Journal of
the American Medical associ
ation recently said that many
of the accidents suffered by
skiers are due to the fact
that they go out the first day
in poor physical condition,
perhaps attempt too much ski
ing and remain out on the
snow after they get very tired.
Experts say that for 8 to
12 weeks before the ski season
opens, the person who intends
to go up on the hill had better
start strengthening his legs
with exercises squatting
down and standing up for 50
times or more, and much
walking on his toes. Impor
tant muscles that control the
movements of the thighs can
be developed with three ex
ercises: (1) lying on the back
and raising both thighs to
gether; (2) lying on the back
with the toes perhaps under
the bed clothes and sitting up
with the arms folded, and (3)
standing and raising a thigh
and perhaps moving it from
side to side.
All beginners should re
ceive some coaching, prefer
ably from a certified ski in
structor. The most important
rule is, "Never ski alone."
Freedom Awards
Won in Oregon
Valley Forge, Pa. -IUPD-Three
individuals, three
schools' and a radio station
from Oregon were honored
with awards by the Freedoms
Foundation today.
Roy Paul Nelson, journal
Ism Instructor at the Univer
sity of Oregon, received a
George Washington Honor
Medal Award for his cartoon,
"To Make an Opinion Coun'.."
Henry L. Slater, Burns, re
ceived an Honor Certificavc
Award for an essay, "Long
May It Wave."
R. Harlow Schillios, Lake
Oswego, received $100 and a
George Washington Honor
Medal Award for a public ad
dress, "Our Basic Beliefs."
Keizer elementary school
of Salem received an Honor
Medal Award and Richmond
school, also of Salem, a Dis
tinguished Service Award.
Forest Hills elementary
school of Lake Oswego re
ceived a Principal Award.
Radio Station KXL, Port
land, received a George Wash
ington Honor Medal Award
for "Message for Americans"
in the radio category.
Delegates Attend
District Assembly
Five delegates from the
Medford YMCA recently at
tended the Southwest Oregon
district pre-lcgislative assem
bly at Oregon Technical In
stitute at Klamath Falls.
The assembly, a prelude to
the YMCA Youth and Govern
ment sessions in the Oregon
Slate Capitol scheduled for
March 28-30 was highlighted
by buzz sessions on govern
mental problems.
Judge A. W. Piper spear
headed the refining of bills
in the discussion and com
mittee work session and Ed
win Geary, former member
of the Oregon legislature,
briefed delegates on what to
expect in Salem.
Attending from Medford
were Sherri Kee ic Janet
Kolkemo and Judy Kime of
Dodge Tri Hi Y, and Mike
Christian and John Dent of
Tornadia Hi Y. Bob Jones,
YMCA general secretary, and
Bud Geren, acting youth di
rector, accompanied the stu
dents.
Grazing Fees Noted
For Klamath Forest
Yreka - Forest Supervisor
Joseph F. Thornton of the
Klamath National forest has
announced that grazing fees
for 1063 on the forest are 61
cents per head per month for
cattle and 11 cents per head
per month for sheep.
Thornton said more than
S.800 cattle and 2.S00 sheep
from 80 ranches graze on the
forest for periods ranging
from April 1J to Oct. IS each
year.
Someone should be around
who can go for help in case
of need.
Also, the beginner should
ski only on hillsides that are
patrolled or supervised; he
should learn early how to
check his speed quickly when
need arises; he should quit
skiing as soon as he gets tired.
(Then is when the skier can
most easily fall and break a
leg.)
Diet for Kidney Stonei?
People often ask me for a
diet to prevent kidney stones,
but I am not sure that any
form of dieting will help. One
difficulty is that kidney stones
vary in their composition. An
other difficulty is that we
cannot always change the
amount of lime or phosphates
or urates (salts of phosphoric
or uric acid such as are found
in most kidney stones) in our
blood and urine by changing
our diet. The body has won
derfully efficient mechanisms
for keeping the amounts of
the several chemicals in our
blood within narrow limits
except in the presence of seri
ous illnesses.
One thing a person with a
tendency to kidney stones
must do is to have the amount
of calcium (lime) and pnos
phorus in his blood measured.
If this is done in all cases of
kidney stones, a number of
the patients will show signs
of disease in their parathyroid
glands. These are small nod
ules of peculiar tissue that
are found back of the thyroid
gland, below the Adam's ap
ple in the front of the neck.
They have much to do with
regulating the amount of lime
salts in the blood. Rarely, one
(or more) of these glands has
to be removed surgically.
As far as I know, there is
no good way of dissolving
kidney stones with medicine
or diet.
People with perhaps a large
"staghorn" stone, which fills
the cavity in one kidney,
should know that if tests show
that the kidney no longer has
any function, there is no sense
in operating to remove just
the stone and not the kidney.
The kidney might as well be
removed with the stone, be
cause its function, once lost,
does not return. Fortunately,
a person can live comfortably
with only one kidney.
Leukoplakia
People occasionally ask me
about leukoplakia. The root
leukos in Greek means
"white," and plakia suggests
a tiny "plate or plaque or
small flat thin patch of thick
ened tissue, or even a "spot."
Hence, the word is used to de
scribe white patches which
appear on the inside of the
cheeks, on the tongue, the
gums, the lips and the vulva
of women. Such patches are
common in the mouths of men
who are heavy pipe smokers.
I doubt if there is any medi
cine which will affect these
patches. Because there is a
tendency for cancer to grow
in them, if I had one in my
mouth or on my lower lip, I
would quickly get a surgeon
to trim it off.
According to a recent poll,
there are some 34 million
people in the United States
who are overweight, and one
third of them are trying to do
something about it. About 90
per cent of these persons who
are struggling against excess
weight are women. Dr. Alvar
ez maintains there is only one
scientific way to reduce in
his booklet on "Weight Con
trol." To obtain your copy,
send 25 cents and a salf-ad-dresscd,
stamped envelope
with your request to Dr. Wal
ter C. Alvarez, Dept. MMT,
Box 957, Des Moines 4, Iowa.
A View of the Volley
John Glenn Formally Commended For Aerial Look at Imperial Valley
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By DICK WEST
Washington-ATU-Many hon
ors have been heaped on Lt.
Col. John H. Glenn for his pi-
necring space
voyage a year
ago, but one
tribute was
rather long in
coming. Only
this week did
Glenn finally
receive for
mal commen
dation for
w' having been
the first American astronaut
to behold the Imperial Valley
of California while in orbit.
I do not know the reason
for the delay, but I, along
with millions of other Amer
icans, can rejoice with him
now that his achievement has
been fittingly acknowledged
and immortalized.
A plaque commemorating
his history-making glimpse of
the valley was presented to
Glenn by Rep. Pat Minor Mar
tin (R-Calif.) on behalf of the
Imperial Valley Development
Agency.
Its beautifully worded in
scription reads in part:
"Dedicated to Lt. Col.
John H. Glenn Jr. for his
historic flight through space
on Feb. 20, 19E2. wherein
he recognised Imperial Val
ley. California, its irrigated
fields. Salton Sea and El
Centro."
Incidentally, in a related
ceremony, the "Friendship
Seven" capsule from which
Glenn viewed the valley was
turned over to the Smithson
ian Institution for display in
its collection of aerial memor
abilia. The enshrinement of the
capsule was staged almost di
rectly under the "Spirit of St.
Louis," Charles A. Lind
bergh's famous old plane,
which hangs from the roof of
the Smithsonian.
Lindbergh, you may recall,
flew across the Atlantic Ocean
and therefore missed the Im
perial Valley by several thou
sand miles, which is a pity as
the development agency might
nave given mm a plaque, too.
He did, however, get to see
France, which is fairly scenic
itself although lacking in ir
rigation. Also hanging near the
space capsule was the orig
inal Wright Brothers' plane.
It barely flew far enough, to
get over an irrigation ditch.
One of the speakers at the
ceremony noted that only 59
years separated . the Wright
flight from Glenn's orbital
mission. His point seemed to
be that a lot can happen in 59
years, and I guess he's right.
By the time another 59
years go by, the Imperial Val
ley itself may oe ilying.
As I was leaving the Smith'
sonian, I noticed that it also
had ' on display an ancient
seaan cnair, winch is an
aerial vehicle of sorts al
though it rarely reaches an
altitude of more than six feet
unless it is being carried by
a basketball team.
wonoer it they would give
someone a plaque for crossing
the valley in that?
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New York - BPD - Various
writers have called the fight
game, Cauliflower canyon,
Tinear terrace, Resin ravine,
Gladiators gulch, Slapstrasse,
Belt boulevard, Battlers'
bund and Jacob's beach.
Properly Owners'
Problems Discussed
Ashland - The three basic
problems of concern to the
owners of rental property,
listed as fire damage or direct
damage insurance, rental in
come insurance and liability
insurance, were recently dis
cussed by Floyd Hart, Jr., at
a meeting of Jackson County
Rental Property Owners as
sociation at the Ashland li
brary. Hart told members of the
insurance available over and
above blanket liability insur
ance, vandalism insurance,
earthquake and flood insur
ance. The charter and bylaws for
the new organization were
read for consideration and
will be submitted to a vote
of the membership at the next
meeting.
Willard Richards, legisla
tive chairman, read informa
tion received on bills being
presented to the House and
Senate which are of concern
to property owners.
The next meeting of the
organization will be held at
Medford High school at 7:30
p.m. March 19.
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