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Operations For Stomach
Ulc.rt
The more patients I see
with an ulcer - and I have
been seeing them for 58 years
- the more
reluctant I am
to let one of
them be oper
ated on. S o
often I can
give the man
perfect relief
if I can only
get him to
stop worrying
and to ease
up on the strain of his life.
He may even have to change
to a less tense or exacting Job,
or he may have to get away
from a boss who is constantly
driving him or fussing at him.
A few hundred times, a
man with an ulcer has said
to me, "You know, Doctor,
it's the strangest thing; for
the past few months I have
been walking the floor every
night with pain. And then
the day I locked my desk and
bought a ticket to come and
consult you, I lost the pain.
For the past week I have
been sleeping like a baby and
eating everything I want to
cat without any distress.
I maintain that when a va
cation or a let-up of strain
can do so much for a man
why should one cut out most
of his stomach and perhaps
leave him more or less of a
physical wreck, perhaps with
a new ulcer? Why put him on
a strict diet?
Why not, instead, try to se
cure for him mental peace?
I could tell of dozens of cases
in which a patient had a flare
up of ulcer pain lust because
something went wrong In his
business or in his home.
For Instance, ' a boyhood
friend of mine was perfectly
well until his early fifties
when his adored wife found
out she had a cancer of the
breast. With this, he got
bad ulcer for which someone
operated on him. He was well
until his wife's cancer came
back when again he got a bad
ulcer and a surgeon removed
more of his stomach. He was
then well until his wife died
when he had a terrible flare.
up of ulcer symptoms. After
that, he was well enough un
til he got into a nasty law-suit
over his wife s estate - and
again he got a very painful
ulcer.
There are cases, of course,
in which an ulcer cannot be
kept under control, and then
the man is glad to try an oper
ation. But I have seen many
of these men who, on return
ing to their work and strain,
got their ulcer pain back
again, fn one of the worst of
these cases the man could not
be helped at all - even after
an operation - because he
lived with an avenging con
science which would not
leave him alone.
I often say to a man with
severe ulcer, "If an oper
ation would surely cure you,
or if it would surely do you
no harm, I would gladly let
you be operated on. But there
is a considerable percentage
of persons who are not cured
by an operation, and are even
made worse.
A number of them get a
new ulcer that usually is more
painful and more dangerous
than the original one. Many
a consultant sees so many of
these poor or bad results of
surgery for an ulcer that he
hates ever to have one of his
ulcer patients operated on.
A while ago, I read a fine
report by Dr. Everett D.
Kiefcr of the great Lahey
Clinic in Boston who told of
the results obtained by 572
patients who had most of
their stomach removed for a
duodenal ulcer. This Is the
operation usually performed
today. The surgeon s nope is
that with the removal of most
of the stomach there will be
so little gastric Juice formed
that the old ulcer will heal,
and a new one will not develop.
But unfortunately, a o m e-
limes a new ulcer docs de
velop. Four of the Lahey
patients promptly died from
the operation, and 2 per cent
more died soon afterward,
which shows that the oper
ation, especially In the cases
of older persons, Is not to be
accepted throughtlessly.
Dr. Kiefcr and his assocl
ales studied the surviving pa
ticnls some 10 yeara after the
operation to see how they
were getting along. Twelve
per cent, or one In eight, said
that the operation had not
completely controlled their
symptoms.
Eight per cent were suffer
lng from what Is called a per
sistent "dumping ayndrome"
which means that every time
the person ate, he waa much
distressed, perhaps with nau-
a fecting of bloating,
fevcrishncss, chilliness, sweat
ing or a need for moving his
bowels.
Naturally, such persons
read to eat; some go down to
skin and bones and stay very
thin. Without much of a stom-
h, 34 per cent of the Lahey
Clinic patients had trouble
keeping their weight. Such
persons, if their work is hard,
may find it impossible to go
back to their old job. Eighty-
two per cent found that they
could eat normal-sized meals
without distress.
Obviously, the ideal opcr-
tion for an ulcer has not yet
been devised. This is why, in
my experience, physic i a n s
nd surgeons with ulcers al
most never permit anyone to
perate on them.
My esteemed and learned
friend, Professor Owen Wang-
enstcen of Minneapolis, is
now trying to cure ulcers by
freezing the lining of the
stomach, and I surely hope
this idea works well. If the
freezing can stop the stomach
from secreting acid the ulcer
should heal.
If you have "hunger pains"
n the pit of the stomach or
just to the right of it before
meals, you may have an ulcer,
For a list of symptoms which
usually are NOT due to an
ulcer, send for Dr. Alvarez's
booklet, "Ulcers of the Stom
ach and Duodenum." Just
send 29 cents and a stamped
self-addressed envelope with
your request to Dr. Walter C.
Alvarez, Dept. ' MMT, Box
9S7, Des Moines 4, Iowa.
Novel Seat Belts
Made in Sweden
New York - 'UPD - A unique
auto seat belt, a combination
lap and chest type that is
anchored at three points in
stead of the usual two places.
was demonstrated here re
cently.
The three-point belt, which
is standard equimcnt on all
Swedish made Volvo cars sold
in the United States, consists
of a single band extending di
agonally downward over the
chest and across the hips.
The band is anchored to the
car on the door pillar above
the shoulder, on the floor be
low the door and on the drive
shaft tunnel where the single
catching device of the belt
locks into place. Tests have
shown the belt can withstand
a force comparable to 8,000
pounds.
When not in use. the bell.
which the Volvo company
says exceeds all current med
ical and technical safety re
quirements, hangs at the door
pillar so that the strap does
not clutter the seats or floor
of the car
Paintings by Bend
Youth on Display
Salcm-flJPIl-Paintings by a
Bend youth are beine His.
Diavcd here in an unusual nnp.
man show in the Capitol cof-
tee snop.
The arlist is Charles O'Brien
Donley, 10, who paints from
a wheel chair.
Donley was stricken with
muscular dystrophy in grade
school.
POPULAR ITEM
New York - IUPII - Consump
tion of latex foam rubber in
the United Slates is expected
to rise to 157 million pounds
in 1963. a 10 per cent increase
over the domestic total - of
last year, according to the La
tex Foam Rubber council.
Army Weans Missile
From Launching Pad
The U. S. Army is weaning
its maturing Pershing missile
from the launching pad.
Within a few weeks, the
sturdy little rocket should be
ready to take over Its Job of
replace the Army's Redstone
missile in the European de
fenses this year.
Redstone is reliable but It
Is cumbersome and uses
diftlcult-to-handle liquid fuels.
bolstering the ballistic missile Pershing is considerably light-
striking force on the European I cr and uses comparatively safe
continent. solid fuels.
Pershing then will have
shed Its reliance on the DAALIA. fl'iuAr
of UUUIVICO WIU
launching pad. This Is one
the last steps toward making
It combat-ready. So far, the
results look good.
Monday night, missile ex
perts wheeled a Pershing mis
sile off the concrete firing pad
and shot it from a mobile
transporter-erector, launcher
parked at a slight angle on a
sand bank.
The nccdlc-noscd missile
bolted from the vehicle and
struck out on a successful 200
mile shot to a target area in
the Atlantic Ocean. The Persh
ing thus racked up its 41st
success in 4D shots from the
cape, a record unequalled
among ballistic rockets being
tested here.
Braak Dependence
Army experts are anxious
to break Pershing from de
pendence on a launching pad
because the missile was de
signed a "shoot and scoot"
weapon that could be carted
around a rugged countryside
and set up and fired on a few
minutes' notice.
Pershing, In effect, is the
mightiest field artillery piece
ever developed, at least In the
Free World.
The two-stage missile will
Workers Advice
White Plains, N. Y. - (UN) -How
much radiation can the
human body safely absorb?
What pimple measures can be
taken by workers engaged in
industrial radiography to
eliminate radiation hazards?
What Is the differenc- be
tween a "curie" and a "roent
gen?" These are some of the
questions answered in a 53
page brochure, "Safe Hand
ling of Radioisotopes in In
dustrial Radiography" Just
published by Picker X-Ray
corporation. Radioactive iso
topes such as cobalt 60 and
Iridium 192 are now used for
"x-rjylng" steel pipe, struc
lual welds, missile compon
ents, auto engine parts and
many other products to spot
hidden defects. They can be
handled without danger to
life or limb, the booklet says,
but you have to know how.
The safest time to drive a
car is between 9 and 11 a.m.,
according to Dodge safety
engineers.
raw i m
CLOCK THROUGH WINDSHIELD-Tlme stood still In Bes
semer, Ala., Tuesday when a tornado tossed a Jewelry Iter)
clock Into a truck windshield. The ornamental watch no mil
ly hung outside the store. (UPt)