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"
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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 .
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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
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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
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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
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lumber industry of unfair
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firm showed profits up S31?
million over the previous
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the Trade Expansion Bill
passed last year to retaliate
against France if she con
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harmful effect on Oregon
fruit if France is successful in
barring American products so
that France can supply Europe
under a Common Market
agreement.
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