The Medical Roundup
by J7
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
Lmeritui Consultant In Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
(Register and Tribune Syndicate.
1963)
Child With Runny Nose sensitive to some dust or
Many a mother knows that j chemical which his father
there are children who suffer i brings home from work - per-
lrom a runny,
stuffy, itchy
or uncomfort
able nose. A
p e d iatrician,
Dr. George B.
Logan of the
Mayo Clinic,
said the prob
lem of finding
o u t exactly
what is wrong
with such a
child and
v hat to do for him is so great
haps on his clothes. If the
child lives on a farm, there
are many things there that
can give him an allergic sen;
siiiveness.
Skin Tests Suggestive
Sometimes skin testing will
give the doctor a hint as to
what is wrong, but no one
should depend entirely on
such tests. They are only sug
gestive. Often, what I call
"home detective work'' does
better. 1 am glad to sec that
that often a physician is glad j Dr. Logan says that skin lest
if the mother leaves and ing seldom helps in findina
doesn't bring the child back. out what food is causing an
Of course, the doctor may 1 allergic reaction,
quickly prescribe nose-drops! Sudden changes in the hu
or an antibiotic syrup, or an 1 nudity and temperature of the
antihistaminic agent or an in-1 home can cause a nose to
A'varez
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
jection of penicillin, but
many a case no one of these
treatments will work.
The physician who is most
likely to help the child is the
one who can make an exact
diagnosis as to what is Wrong.
A temporary runny nose can,
of course, be the result of a
cold. In that case it should
dry up in a couple of weeks.
The physician must keep
remembering that a small
child pokes something - per
haps a small peanut - into
his nose and this can give
rise lo a discharge. Every
pediatrician must be expert
in the use of a head-mirror
and a speculum, which will
enable him to look into the
nose and the ear.
Some small children who
keep having trouble in the
nose have adenoid tissue be
hind the nose - tissue which
should be removed. This lit
tle operation will often open
up the airways so that a child
can breathe much better at
night.
Must Look for Allergy
Dr. Logan said that often
the pediatrician must keep
looking for an allergic cause
of the trouble. It is, of .course,
wise to get a good nose man
to examine the child to see
if he has a chronic sinusHis,
or some obstruction that keeps
a comfortable amount of air
from going through his nose.
Sometimes the septum be
tween the two halves of the
nose is deviated. Usually, one
has to wait to operate on this
until the child's face is well
developed.
Especially when there is a
chronic sinusitis, one side of
the nose may contain polyps
which are little soft white
nodules. These can easily be
removed, and they should be
removed so that the child can
breathe with comfort. Some
children develop trouble in
their nose because of a too
zealous and long-continued
use of nose drops.
When one suspects an al
lergic cause, the first thing
to do is to find out whether
the trouble lasts all year or
whether it always comes at a
certain time of year, as in
the fall, during the main hay
fever season.
The answers to such ques
tioning will immediately tell
the doctor whether ihe trou
ble can be due to some pollen,
or whether it is likely to be
due to some house dust, or
some hair from a dog or a cat,
or some mold, or some com
mon food.
Occasionally a child will
become sensitized to chalk
dust, or something else that
arsails him when he is at
school. Dr. Logan tells of a
child who used to have trou
vith his nose each week end.
Why? Because the teacher re
warded the "good children"
by letting them clean the
erasers on Friday afternoon.
Occasionally the child will be
choke up. If a child's nose is
found to be sensitive to his
dog, the parents ought quickly
to get rid of the animal. The
family must remember that a
severe nasal allergy can even
tually change into an asthma
that could ruin the child's
life.
Also, sometimes if a stuffy
.lose keeps involving the open
ing of the so-called Eustachi
an tube - which runs from
the middle ear to the side of
the throat - the child can lose
some of his hearing.
If a child is highly sensitive
to house dust, the mother
must make every effort to
keep his room clean. The
room should, then have a mo
nastic simplicity-without rugs
and draperies. The bed pil
low may have to be covered
with a thin plastic envelope.
An electric air conditioner
takes much of the pollen and
dust out of the air that comes
into the room. Sometimes an
antihistaminic drug will help
the child. Perhaps this can be
combined with ephedrine.
Only rarely should cortisone
like drugs be used.
A BACKWOODS circuit rider in Kentucky had one vanity:
a spirited, superb horse on which he made all his rounds.
One morning a follower asked him jovially, "Parson, no
offense, but how come
your horse's coat always
looks so much better
than yours?"
"That's an easy one,"
shot back the circuit
rider. "You see, J take
care of my horse; my
congregation takes care
of me!"
Three short shorta from
Minneapolis' jokestcr lau
reate, Mox Llndquist:
1, "This coffee," a wait
ress explained to a custom
er born in Sweden, "comes
here from a place even further away than Sweden. It is imported
from Brazil." "What do you know?" marveled the Swede. "It's
till varm!"
2. A very stout lady at a seaside resort noticed a weighing
machine with a sign attached proclaiming, "I speak your weight."
She put a nickel In the slot and stepped on to the platform. Sure
enough, a voice spoke up: "One at a time, please!"
3. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Borge met Sonja Heine, the retired
skating queen, at a party recently. "My!" whispered Mrs. Borge.
"Doesn't she look young?" "Why not?" countered Victor. "She's
been on ice most of her life."
C 163, by Bennett Cert. Distributed by Kin Fe&turea Syndicate
Additional help with this
problem is in Dr. Alvarez 25
cent little booklet, "Allergy,
Hay Fever and Asthma." You
may obtain a copy of it by
sending 25 cents andv a self
addressed, stamped envelope
with your request to Dr. Wal
ter C. Alvarez, Dept. MMT,
Box 957, Des Moines 4, Iowa.
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Runyon Completes
OSU Short Course
Corvallis - George Runyon
of the Jackson county health
department completed a spec
ial three-day vector control
short course at Oregon State
university.
The course, which empha
sized mosquito control, was
jointly sponsored by the OSU
depart ment of entomology;
state board of health; and the
U.S. public health service.
Instruction covered mos
quito control, mosquito-borne
disease, biology of mosquitoes
and mosquito identification.
Use an old shaving brush
to remove dust from pleated
or ruffled lamp shades.
Measures Passed
By Legislature
Salem -HOT- Measures ap
i proved Wednesday by the leg
islature:
By the House:
HB'2057 - Limitation and
appropriation of expenditures.
HB2062. 2078. 2098 - Budg
ets for Military Department,
Public Employees Retirement
board. Water Resources board.
HB1181-Dcpartment of Em
ployment. SB118 - Deposit of money
by state treasurer.
SB181 - Life insurance.
SB302, 303 - Veterinary
medicine.
By the Senate;
SB203 - Insurance.
SB321 - Continuous sub
stantive law revision.
SB41S - Excluding compen
sation payments to Japanese
from gross income.
HB2022, 2034, 2103-Budg-cts
for Columbia River Gorge
commission. Slate Fair com
mission, and aid to certain
children.
HB1046 - Highway use tax
es. HB1054 - Inheritance tax.
HB1403 - Teachers ccrtifi-
I cation.
THURSDAY. APRIL 11. 1963
SIGN OF SPRING University of Tulsa coed Betty Lawson
inspects the blooms of a pink dogwood tree to make sure
spring really has arrived in Tulsa, Okla. She is a freshman
music student. (UPI)
Soak cauliflower in salt
water at least 30 minutes be
fore cooking.
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Pawlowski Receives
Foundation Grant
Corvallis - Norman E.
Pawlowski, route 1, box 8,
Jacksonville, has won a S2,
400 National Science Founda
tion fellowship to continue
graduate study in 1963-64 at
Oregon State university.
He was one of eight OSU
graduate students chosen for
the coveted national study
grants. Pawlowski is working
for his doctorate degree in the
department of chemistry.
Sexfon Receives Funds
For Continued Study
Corvallis - Harold C. Sex
ton, 2536 Lyman ave., Med
ford, has won a $2,400 Na
tional Science Foundation fel
lowship to continue graduate
study in 1963-64 at Oregon
State university.
He was one of eight OSU
graduate students chosen for
one of the coveted national
study grants. Sexton is work
ing for his doctorate degree in
the department of chemistry.
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