Medford mail tribune., April 15, 1963, Image 8

MONDAY. APRIL IS. 19B1
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
The Medical Roundup
titi.y 1
EmcrltUB ComulUnt In Medicine
Myo Clinic
rmentui Profetiur of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
(Reenter and Tribune Syndicate.
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Although psoriasis can of
ten be kept under control
with the help of some one of
i several types
o f treatment
(according t o
Dr. Ashton L.
Welsh of Cin
cinnati, Ohio.)
it cannot be
cured, in the
sense that it
will never re
turn. What is
unfortunate is
that the cause of the disease
has not yet been determined.
Many doctors do not ap
prove of the use of x-rays; al
though they often help, such
rays must be used In small
dosage, and with care and
skill. The so-called "Grenz
ray" is effective, and much
safer, but even it should be
used only by an expert
Although psoriasis seems
often to be associated with
an abnormal amount of fat
In the blood, the results of
trying to lower the blood
cholesterol (fat-like substance)
level have been disappointing
one can lower the cholesterol
level, but the psoriasis can re
main troublesome. Psoriasis
cannot be cured with a diet.
In one form of treatment,
the patient uses on the red
pots an ointment made up
of perhaps crude coal tar (2
per cent), pulverized zinc ox
ide (2 per cent) and corn
Actually, as many health
officers have recently pointed
out, there are thousands of
lay people who, when they
hear of some new "wonder
drug," insist on having it,
even when the physician re
fuses to prescribe it because
it can be very harmful.
Also, many people go on
refilling a prescription for
weeks or months after they
no longer need it, and in this
way some come to grief.
Others run up the dose.
Increased Dotage
Recently I saw a woman
whose physician had given
her a drug to help her reduce
weight. When it did not take
off enough weight to suit her,
she ran up the dose until her
husband found she was taking
100 of the pills a day. Then
she had to spend some time
In a "hospital" in order to get
"off the stuff."
There is another danger run
by the woman who has just
become pregnant, and this is
the danger of getting German
measles, or possibly some
other viral Infection. It is to
be hoped that soon there will
be a vaccine availuble with
which we all can be protected,
and especially the pregnant
woman, from ever gelling
German measles. Such meas
les (not the common or se
vere lype of measles), if they
should attack a woman in the
first six weeks of pregnancy
Grant's Gamble for Vicksburg
GRANT ORDERS MOVE On the night of
April 16-17, 18B3, from his headquarters
across the Mississippi river, Gen. U. S.
Grant ordered a new try to capture the
Confederate bastion of Vicksburg, Miss. He
proposed to run empty transports past the
city's batteries, march his army south along
the opposite bank, then use the transports
to ferry the troops across the river. The
plan worked and Grant had won the first
hand in the big game of poker for Vicks
burg. This drawing, from the Library of
Congress collection, shows the headquarters
of Grant before the plan was put into ef
fect. (UPI)
starch and white petrolatum n ult ln, ln;, bearing of
i n hasp. The hodv s then " iu who is u.iwu u, uc.t
exposed to ultra-violet light. or otherwise maimed.
This is a modification of the
well - known Goeckerman
treatment, devised long ago
by Professor Goeckerman, for
merly of the Mayo Clinic.
Ointments containing tar are
available in drug stores, sold
under several names.
Thqre is also popular lotion
which appears to be helpful
in many cases. A skin special
ist reported that a little over
half of 214 patients were help
ed by the lotion, reinforced
with ultra-violet rays.
Another expert, Dr. Lionel
A. Dick ol New York Univer
sity Postgraduate Medical
School, says that lliere are
lour types ol treatment: (1)
lotions and ointments, (2)
shullow injections ol hormon
nl substances into the red
patches, (3) the giving of the
substances by Injection or Dy
mouth and (4) radiation
What causes ulcers? What
symptoms are usually not due
to an ulcer? why do ulcers
form in some persons and not
in others? These questions and
others are answered in Dr.
Alvarez' booklet on "Ulcers
of the Stomach and Duoden
um'.' To obtain a copy, send
25 cents and a stamped, self
addressed envelop with your
request to Dr. waiter C. Al
varez, Dept. MMT, Box B57,
Des Moines 4, Iowa.
He warns against the use of
cortisone-like drugs. They rim
bring on serious troubles. Ex
posure to the summer sun can
help. Diets and vitamins are
useless, but tranquilizers are
of doubtful value. Coal tar is
Mill the good old standby.
D igi During Pregnancy
The recent tragic experi
ence with the drug thalido
mide has called to the atten
tion of all of us physicians,
and most laymen, the tact that
no woman should take any
drug - especially any drug
new to science and especially
in the first six weeks of preg
nancy - unless her physician
insists that she must have it.
If all women had known this
fact a few years ago, and had
followed the rule, today none
would be struggling to bring
up a deformed thalidomide
child.
Winner of Speaking
Contest Is Noted
Yreka Linda McAllister,
17. daughter ot Mr. and Mrs
Jack McAllister, Yreka, won
the Lion's club regional spcak-
(Ing contest at Greenhorn
Susan Hoberg, Weed High
school student, and Judy
Johnson, Fall River High
school, winners from two
other zones, competed by us
ing the same subject "Con
formity, a Real Challenge to
Me," a subject picked by the
club for all entrants.
Miss McAllister will now
compete witli winners from
three other regional contests
in northern California. A
scholarship award will be
given at the contest s state
level.
She is a high school senior,
is an honor roll student and
past president ol the Cali
fornia Scholarship federation
at Yreka High school. A col
lege career nt the University
of California is planned for
next year with a major in
mathematics.
Maj. Gen. Olysses S. Grant
gambled for Vicksburg on the
night of April 16-17, 1863.
Twice the Union general
had failed against the biggest
Confederate bastion on the
Mississippi River, once by
land and once by water
through the bayous north of
the city.
This new try was for keeps.
If it failed - and President
Lincoln, Secretary of War Ed
win M. Stanton and Army
Chief Henry W. Hallcck in
Washington were watching
every move - Grant's job as
department commander was
in jeopardy. If it succeeded -
well, time enough for that.
The fortified city of Vicks
burg, Miss., sat on the east
bank of the river, 200 feet
above a hairpin turn. Its
strong batteries raked the
river.
Now Grant proposed to run
empty transports past the bat
teries, march his army south
on the west bank of the river,
use the ships lo ferry his
troops to the east bank and
take Vicksburg from that side.
It was a good plan if it
worked.
Arranged for Boats
Grant arranged with Rear
Adm. David D. Porter, who
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A U. S. Army Nike missile
will be on display at the Med
ford Young Men's Christian
association this week as part
of the annual YMCA member
ship drive, according to Mrs.
Paul Due. drive chairman.
The missile will be set up
in from of the YMCA build
ins at 822 West Sixth st., Mon
day through Thursday. Mem
bership activities get under
way Monday.
"The missile is intended
and constructed as a weapon
of destruction of enemy air
craft and Is one of our weap
ons in the arsenal of weapons
that help insure peace for
America,'' according to Capt.
Donald Burrell, advisor to the
U. S. Army Reserve.
TUl in With Miitlon
"This type of display also
ties in nicely With the mision
and purpose of the YMCA.
The YMCA's purpose is to
help build physically, mental
ly and spiritually strong
citizens," he added.
The Medford YMCA will
be open lo the public between
5:30 and 8:30 p.m. this week
to show facilities and the
missile.
Drive goal is 400 new mem
bers. Captains of the 10 mem-
: bership drive teams are Jack
; Crawford. Don Hernrd. Joyce
Culbertson. Cathy Cook. Hus-c
Brown i Dean Norman, l.anell
Wilkes. Hob C.rant. L. L.
(Bills) Swyr and Jo Marshall.
commanded the fleet, for gun
boats to run the batteries with
the transports. Then he called
a council of his generals and
told them what he intended
lo do. Most of them objected,
Maj. Gen. William T. Sher
man being one of the chief op
ponents. The army would be
too far from its supply base,
he contended. Grant listened
and said:
"f have considered your ar
guments but continue in the
same opinion. You will be
ready to move at ten o clock
in the morning."
For this first venture three
transports the steamers Sil
ver Wave, Forest Queen and
Henry Clay - were shored up
with captured cotton bales.
The three towed a dozen
barges loaded with coal.
Six gunboats preceded the
transports, Porter on the Ben
ton in the lead. Another fol
lowed. Just before 10 p.m. the lit
tle fleet cast off and started
down stream.
Grant with Mrs. Grant and
two sons, Frederick and Jesse,
stood on the hurricane deck
of the headquarters ship and
watched the start.
Maj. William E. Strong, of
Grant's staff, described the
scene.
rhc night was well chos
' he wrote. "It was (as)
black as the bottomless pit.
The wind, which was blowing
fresh at sunset, had died away
and not a breath of air fanned
one's cheek.
Lost in Gloom
"The signal was given and
one by one, at intervals of ten
minutes, the boats dropped by.
Like grim specters they one
by one loomed up on our star
board quarter, came close,
swept on and were lost in the
gloom and mist and darkness.
Nothing could be seen but the
dim shadowy outline of each
transport as it drifted by with
the current. There were no
nights, no escape from steam
pipes, no ringing of bells, no
throbbing of piston rods, no
clang of machinery, no voices
above a whisper . . ."
When the last ship passed
the headquarters boat, it fol
lowed. "There was nothing in
Grant's manner," Strong con
tinued, "to indicate anything
unusual was about to occur.
Cool and collected, he stood
there, anxious without doubt
but apparently quite uncon
cerned. "Five, ten or perhaps fif
teen mmules passed, when
suddenly from across the Big
Bend came a single musket
shot from the enemy's picket
boat, This was followed by a
rattling volley, and then a
rocket nf immense size shot
out into the darkness, and
then another, and still an
other
guns were sharp, clear and
very distinct; the flashes from
guns and rockets lighted up
for an instant the embattled
heights of Vicksburg. We
knew the critical moment was
at hand.
Deafening Report
"Five minutes, possibly ten,
passed, when a flash came
from one of the 8-inch guns
at the upper water battery,
followed by a sharp, deafen
ing report. One after another
in quick succession the guns in ;
this battery went into action
Those from the lower batter
ies joined rapidly in the can-
onnade on the approaching
vessels, all of which now were
rushing along at their utmost
speed.
"From the batterie along
the river to the crest of the
Vicksburg hills all was a mass
of living flame.
"As the fleet approached
the city, and passed it, fire
was opened from batteries
which had hitherto to be un
able to bring their guns to
bear. Field batteries were
hurried into position on the
main streets near the river
and on the sloping hillside,
until it seemed as though
every square foot of soil pos
sessed a gun. Heavy bodies of
infantry along the levee and
wharf kept up a deadly fire
upon the boats . . .
"Houses and barns on the
shores were set on fire, and
the bright glare, added to the
incessant flashing of the guns,
made the night as light as day
. . . A storm of solid shot and
shell . . . poured on the fleet.
Ball on Progress
"A grand ball was in prog
ress in Vicksburg at the time
. . The ballroom was quickly
deserted, the officers hasten
ing to their respective com
mands, and the ladies in ball
attire rushing into the street
to witness the grand spectacle.
"The fleet was under fire
for two and a half hours. But
at length; the blazing bon
fires burned low, flickered
and went out. The heavy guns
ceasea tiring, me silence once
leagucred city."
Grant's boat turned and
went back up the river to
headquarters a t MllUken'l
Bend. Young Jesse, who had
been sitting on the lap ol Lt.
Col. James H. Wilson, Grant's
engineering officer, was terri
fied and his father sent him
to bed. Young Fred never took
liis eyes off the scene.
The next morning at New
Carthage, La., on the west
bank below Vicksburg. Porter
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Anniversary Event
The Kenton school in Port
land will celebrate the 50th
anniversary of the school's
founding April lf and invita
i turns have been extended all
persons who attended t h r '
school and all former teachers
j in the school.
The observance Is sponsor
I ed by the Parent Teacher as
sociation of the chool.
Mrs. Robert Grovom, 1627
j North Terry t . Portland, has
, askiM that all former students
and former teachers consider
: the press announcement a per
sonal invitation. The hours for
j t h e anniversary celebration
(at 7 to 10 30 p.m. A
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and Grant took stock. One
transport, the Henry Clay, had
been sunk. Most of the gun
boats had been hit but none
was damaged seriously. Not
a man was lost. Fourteen
were wounded.
"The enemy's shot was not
well aimed;" Porter said, "ow
ing to the rapid fire of shells,
shrapnel, grape and canister
from the gunboats."
He and Grant pronounced
the expedition a success and
planned to send six more
transports through the gaunt
let. It would take at least that
many to ferry Grant's army
across the river rapidly, and
speed was of the essence.
By April 22 the transports
i were ready. Barges lashed to
' each side of the steamers car-
! ried 40 days of coal per ship.
The steamers also carried
', 100,000 rations each for the
; army.
Jake Wilkin of the 130th
j Illinois Infantry was on
! Grant's headquarters boat
i that night when the trans
ports began the run and he
summoned up the drama of
the situation like this:
"If those boats failed to
reach the army below, it
would be without provisions,
without forage, and, still
worse, without adequate
means of crossing the river
and gaining the necessary
footing on the east side. If
the boats were sent to tnc
j bottom . . . thirty thousand
! or more men would be help
less upon the west bank . . ."
The transports ran the bat-
tcries as successfully as the
previous ones. One was lost,
the Tigress. The crew was
saved.
Grant watched this run, too.
"I don't remember hearing
General Grant speak a word
that night." Wilkin reported.
Grant had won the first
hand in the big game of poker
for Vicksburg and still had
a buff or two up his sleeve.
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mine-clearing mission in Al-
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It had been known for
: some time that Soviet soldiers
I were in Algeria, purportedly
to defuse land mines.
Moscow Radio said today
j that 20.000 mines have been
I destroyed and "the de-mining
j operations are being carried
out free of charge."
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