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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1963)
The Medical T,?,uid ,FeVCr StiU a Danger , When I was a boy, virtually ,,aa l sutler Irom typhoid fever, and many peo- i uu-q oi u, mis miserable illness lasted I for at least i six weeks, often taking the patient to j the edge of dealh. In the old days, peo-: pie living in a city on a i j river drank tile S P W a a o wnii.il was aumpea into the river by a city farther up, and, as a result, almost every- one suffered from hmlnM fever, dynstery and diarrheas. ' It took many years to con- Afvart .Uv. ui tnj laincrs mat it turned out to be the same wasn't nice or healthy to one whad had infected the drink sewage, and that it : other company, would pay to filter the river I read that recently a "Ty water and then to treat it phoid Gretchen" was found with chlorine so as to kill in an American Youth Activi the germs. Typhoid fever was ties camp in West Germany. common occurrence on I farms, where germs from the outside privy went through j the soil into the well. Some 40 years or so ago, with the introduction of the j proper handling of sewage, and the constant efforts of health officers to keep water j supplies free from deadly germs, typhoid lever almost disappeared; we physicians seldom saw a case of it. As our older people can remember, during our war with Spain almost all of the soldiers who died lost their lives not because of wounds but because of typhoid fev er. They died in the first camp to which they were sent. Typhoid fever used to be one of the worst curses of armies. Fortunately, a method of vaccinating against the dis case was developed at the time of World War I, and as a result, typhoid fever was seldom seen during that war, or in World War II. Due to Food Infection During the past 40 years, most of the outbreaks of ty phoid fever have been due to the infection of food by cooks who are carriers of ty phoid fever. Most carriers have a chronically diseased gallbladder which is always full of the deadly germs. The germs arc eliminated by the body, get on the carrier's hands and from them get into the food being prepared. Every so often I read in the papers that some 200 or 300 persons who went to a church luncheon came down with a violent indigestion. Later, some of the persons develop typhoid or para-ty- nlinirl flitcn tvtiniHl fovor tn those cases, the health author- ities find that some woman , who, the night before, pre- oared a bis dish of nerhaos ' spaghetti was a carrier of ty phoid fever, and it was she who infected the food. One interesting woman who played hide-and-seek for a long time with the health of ficers of New York State was a certain "'Typhoid Mary" ...U- .. 1,J 4V.- n.nillliu nnn. -i ...i,i, ,',.. ,. f, i,, '.;!- j U until, o u...o.t.D.. would report that out of 10 or 12 people on an estate, per haps seven or eight had come down with typhoid fever. A health department investiga tor would immediately go to the place to study the prob- lem, but Mary would see him coming dnu go v- i door. She would then drop out of sight until she started another epidemic on another estate. Eventually, when she got caught, she promised never to cook again, but she was hostile and did not keep her promise. Soon she was ojck at her old job of starting epi demics of typhoid fever. The second time the health of ficers caught up with her. they built on an island a nice little cottage for her, and saw to it that she remained there comfortable for th rpit nf her rlii vi a guest of the state of New York 2.,,j rarriers I was once a guest in the home of a former professor of public health at Harvard, h mlH me of a time a ten THIS COUPON WORTH ten $10 TEN DOLLARS s10 toward purchase of any new 24" or 26" bicycle ar TOY WORLD in Medford Shopping Center. limit of 1 per Bike . SjQ Gee. April 2 see- April 27 10 Roundup Emeritus Consultant tn Medlclna Mayo Clintc Ementui Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic (Register and Tribune Syndicate. 1963) b'S American-owned mining company in South America begged him to come down and help them; they could hardly keep going because most of their employees kept coming down with typhoid fever. My friend went to the mines and quickly found that their chief cook was a carrier: he was fired, and the epidemic stopped. No sooner had my friend gotten back to Boston when : he got a telegram from an-! other American corporation in Smith Amorin oawltiM Mint thev were paralyzed by epidemic of typhoid, what should thrv do? and The nfa.. ....t, .... your new cook's name is , j fire him." Their new cook I One day she made a potato salad big enough to serve 400 persons, and 60 of them came down with typhoid fever. Later, it was found that in 1945 she had been identified by the German health officers as a "Typhoid Mary," but like her namesake, she had escaped and had gone back to her old tricks. Unfortunately, there does I not seem to be any way of treating these carriers so that they will no longer be a dan ger, and so far it has been impossible to keep from going back to their work of cooking for people As I write this, I read of ( the severe epidemic of ty phoid fever in Zermatt, Swit zerland, due apparently to the leakage of sewage into the pipes carrying the city s wa tor. All people who have drunk that water should be tested for amebiasis. Many persons are puzzled by their blood pressure read ing. They do not know what a blood pressure of, say, 150 over 100 means. "High Blood Pressure," by Dr. Alvarez, is an informative booklet which will answer many questions on this subject for you. To obtain a copy, send 25 cents and a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your request to Dr. Walter C. Alvarez, Dept. MMT, Box 957, Des Moines 4, Iowa. Springfield Mill Closure Planned Springfield, Ore. - ftJPP -Georgia Pacific Corp. will close its Springfield sawmill after the day shift April 26 'he company announced weanesudy The announcement was made in a letter to all em ployees signed by sawmill manager J. O. Dixon. The closure will affect 214 employees. Dixon's letter said' present market conditions make it im possible for the mill to op- crate profitably. It said the closure will be permanent ... . , rain with only a day shift for sev eral months. Georgia Pacific also oper ates two plywood plants and a specialty board plant in the ' 8purchased the big mill pioneer Booth.Kel,y Springfield area. The com- Lumber Co. in 1959 Bash on Staff of Radio Observatory rrnrifie Hash cftn rtf f T Mr$ R c 'Bashi 1325 Bundy st., is now on the staff of the National Radio Astron omy observatory in Green Bank, W. Va. A radio astronomy major j at Harvard university, Bash i completed requirements for a ! master oi aris degree mum, ; and is listed among the ap- proximately 400 students who ' received mid -year degrees from Harvard recently. Bash has served as a scien- j list on the observatory staff since December. 1962. Duncan Opposes Duplicate Bills YVONNE FRANKLIN Mail Tribune Washington BulSSU Editor's note: This it the second in a series on legisla tion sponsored by Oregon's congressional delegation. Washington-Freshman Con gressman Robert Duncan (D Ore ), Medford, has introduced kl n V.I1I 2$ since his ar rival in the nation's capi tal, legislation to create a national s e a shore in the; Dunes area.' As he says, "I think il is ail. Iran Kiln . ly to print up all those extra bills at the expense of the government." He agreed with Rep. Al UU man (D-Ore.), that duplicate D'"s o ma-iQr legislation cut no mustaru witn congressional committees Duncan has been kept busy witn ns committee assign- ments. but he has managed a course in speedreading to help him cut through yards of material he must absorb to keep up with legislation. His past service as Speaker of the Oregon House of Rep- resentatives, gave Duncan sen iority over live other fresh men on his Interior commit tee. He also sits on the Agri culture committee and is kept hopping (two committee meet ings a morning, he says) by four subcommittees: Feed Grains and Manpower sub committees on Agriculture and Mining and Irrigation sub- committees on Interior. In an interview, Duncan gave tentative approval to a couple of Administration bills, the Youth Conservation Corps and the principle of federal aid to education, but express ed reservations about the Do- mestic Peace Corps. He thinks the country would be derelict in its duty if more money is not spent on education, if only to win the cold war. "Now we fight with test tubes and computing ma chines." he said. He aLso needled the Ameri- ' can Medical Association. Noting that they favored federal aid for construction of medical and dental schools and loans to medical students while opposing medical cars for the aged under social se curity, Duncan observed: "Apparently this assistance to doctors isn t socialistic Duncan's manpower sub committee has just voted out an extension of a law grant Red China, Russia Seen Fishing Threat Washington - (UPD - Red China and the Soviet Union may some day become "seri ous threats" to U.S. fishermen in the Pacific Ocean, the top U.S. fisheries officials warned today. The warning was voiced by Fish and Wildlife Commis sioner Clarence F. Pautzke in a statement prepared for de livery before a Senate Com merce Committee hearing con- ! ducted by Sen. Clair Engle (D-Calif.) to study Pacific trade patterns. Pautzke said that "at some future time, it is conceivable that Communist China and the U.S.S.R. could provide serious threats to both es tablished and potential fish ing grounds of developing na tions, as well as to trade pat terns," Pautzke said. The fisheries officials said "aggressive action" by the U.S. fishing industry would be needed to meet competi tion in expanding markets in the Pacific area. Medford Students Elect New Officers Steve Blackhurst was elect ed president of the associated student body at Medford High school for the coming year other officers chosen in the annual school elections were ec wimrjeny, vice presi- dent; Kathy Foley, secretary; Greg Gandee, treasurer, and Craig Savage, business man- ager. Dave Collins was chosen yell King and Sue White, yell queen. . MEDFORO ing United States farmers the right to import Mexican bra ceres for so-called stoop la bor. This legislation was op posed by the National Council of Churches and many other groups and supported by the Farm Bureau. The Council contends that the Mexican workers depress wages for do mestic labor, and the Farm Bureau maintained stoop la bor is unavailable otherwise. The administration wanted an extension for one year. Duncan joined in voting out a bill extending the life of the treaty for two years with restrictions similar to the old treaty, which reduced the r Smartest start you can make-protecting yourself right now against paying for carburetor "boil-out" repairs that can cost you up to $36! Richfield's exclusive Golden Guarantee is your assurance that Richfield Boron gasoline will clean your carburetor as you drive ... or Richfield will pay the labor costs of a carburetor "boil-out." In addition to this guaranteed protection for your car, you get protection for your car keys, too. Approximately 60 days after you've signed f. ',-. fit vr . ' J MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. number of braceros from peak of 445.000 workers in 1956 to 195.000 last year be cause American farmers must try to get U.S. labor before contracting for the braceros. 'I don't like the program." said Duncan, "It's the closest thing to indentured servants in this country, but we need it. If Jackson county fruit rots on the trees, we are hard hit. But the tendency to use bra ceros is down. I look forward to phasing it out." Reasonable Efforlt Claimed Duncan said Oregon pear ! growers had made reasonable j efforts to obtain local or do mestic people. The bill should HHiBffll cleans your carburetor and keeps It clean PUT THIS GOLDEN GUARAN TEE INTO EFFECT by signing and mailing the form - and driving with Richfield Boron for your next 2,000 miles. You will then be protected against carburetor "boil-out" repair costs protected against wasteful, harmful deposits. OREGON on Major be voted by the full commit tee later this month. Duncan wants to look at the big picture on trade relations with our allies. He was not in favor of an import quota on Canadian lumber; he wanted more "evidence" from the lumber industry of unfair competition, noting that one firm showed profits up S31? million over the previous year. He ruefully pointed to the pressures on congressmen to "wear two hats" on these mat ters affecting the economy. On the one hand, the lumber people want a quota on Cana dian lumber imports, where aF'JSSK I feW ffl cseaueiic -. GUASANTEE Legislation as the pear growers, who want to export to Europe have been adversely affected by a French ban on U.S. exports of fruit, want the government to retaliate in kind. "We must look al it in con text." Dunrnn said. "Canada is one of our biggest custom ers. People who generally are against government subsidies ought to know that quotas and tariffs are .subsidies un der another name, and it is the American consumer that enos up paying ior mem. 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