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The Medical Roundup by, MEDFOHP MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, OREGON 1 II V I iBIMtui ConralUM la Meelclae Mayo clinic EBerltus Profauor of Medlcla Mayo CUnle (Reiuter u Tribuu traaicate. ItSJ) I. Shir H. M. Modern Obstetric AiMithw.it Those millions of women who ire in their child-bearing years would doubtless b in- terested in an article by Drs, D. M. line, Epstein and I E. Sey mour Burge, all o( Northwestern University -j Medical school in Chicaco. : Through the years, there nave been so ..lany changes from one type of obstetrical anesthesia to another, it is in teresting ' now to see what method has been use of late in. the big Evanston. 111., hos pital. From '1957 to 1960, over 2 600 so-called single injection caudal (near the . "tailbone") anesthetics Were given. These . represented 32 per cent of all the obstetric anesthetics given . during tnat period, in i860, a . little more than half of the pa tients were having deliveries 'with this single-injection tech I'nic, and it was becoming the favorite method of the ancs- vthetists and obstetricians. j After a woman has been T given the caudal injection, she ! t quickly' loses the ability to feet pain in the muscles that w are being dilated by the child; J the anesthesia then lasts for 90 -minutes. This means that the woman "experiences a I' painless termination to labor i 'and delivery." 5 A big advantage of this tech' nic is that because of the good relaxation, of the perineum, the head of the infant is not t subject to so much pressure i-and molding as is the case J wherfthe mother is not helped J witb a local anestnetic. 2 Declined in Popularity J During the four years when -.the, study was maae, z.uau " "spinal anesthetics" were giv en at. the. Evanston Hospital; - in the last nine years, the "low -spinal:' block anesthesia" has 7 declined In popularity for sev--eral reasons. 'Also, during the four-year 1 period, general anesthesia - in which the woman is uncon- scious was used in from 22 t to 27 per cent of the cases. In ' ? some 2 per cent of the cases, .-no anesthetic was given, either because the woman elected to thave -a "natural child-birth," - or because she had her baby p, so fast there was no time to ' give her an anestheticl 'Tie Doloureux ' - Tic doloureux (tri-facial neu- ralgia) is a fairly rare disease, but I do get many letters from -women asking me about it. -Persons with this disease, 1 from time to time, perhaps I after' eating or talking, have a brief paroxysm of excruciat ing pain, usually on only one Z side of the face. It appears to be due to a malfunctioning of ' the ganglion (nodule of nerve ' ' tissue) from which the three " parts of the fifth nerve run .I-out, to supply the face with '. sensation. Usually, the disease attacks women who are over 50, but 1 sometimes it attacks younger '1 people, and it can attack a " man. Usually, the first thing 'T that Is done by a neurosur geon is to inject gome alcohol ' into the. ganglion. This is like ')y to give relief, but it may be 'for only six months or so. If an operation is needed, ithere are two or three types which can be done. They gen erally give complete relief 'from the terrible pain, but :they are difficult operations, and hence, must be performed 'by. in expert nerve surgeon. ) .The original operation was bad in that it left one side of the face numb, and also left the front of one eye numb. Sometimes this "numb" eye was injured by dust or sand that got in between the lids. With the new operation, there isn't so much danger of injury tq the eye. Some years ago, a drug was found which some felt was the answer to the problem of cur ing this disease. It has a ten dency to injure the function of the fic'al nerve, and there by to cause relief of the pain in it. Often it does relieve the pain, but I have here a letter from Dr. John B. Erich of the Mayo Clinic, who specializes in this field, and he says that they have discontinued the use of the drug at the clinic. In their experience, the distress es which are left in the face are often regarded by the pa tient as worse and more an noying than the original pain. . Dr. Erich says he has seen several patients who, after taking the- drug, got these paresthesias (abnormal sensa tions) on rboth sides of the face, and are now complaining more about these feelings than they used to do about their pain. Dr. Erich went on to say that some doctors are still en thusiastic about the use of the drug, but at the Mayo Clinic 1 the neurologists have not been impressed with its usefulness. Parkinson's disease is a slowly progressive disease which arises in a certain part of the brain. It is characteriz ed by much stiffness of certain muscles with a resultant slow ness it. a person's movements. More information about this sickness may be found in Dr. Alvarez' booklet on "Parkin son's Disease or Shaking Pal sey." You may obtain a copy of this booklet by sending 25 cents and a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your re quest to Dr Walter C. Alva rez, Dept. MMT, BOX 937, UeS Moines. 4, Iowa. Portland Chosen for Legion Convention Portland - (ITPD - Portland got word Wednesday it has of ficially been picked for the 1966 American Legion nation al convention. The convention is expected to attract upwards of 40,000 persons. FREEDOM IS TOUGH London (l(fD Charles Per ry, 64, who found he couldn't adjust to freedom, was sent back to prison Wednesday for 12 years of preventive deten tion. Perry, who had been re leased from prison March 19, told police tie broke into a shop because he wanted to go back to jail. THURSDAY. MAY 1. 1983 BLM State Advisory Committee to Meet Irs Portland Monday Portland The bureau of I vase sales, and revised timhrr I harl boon niH mri i,nih . mm.. ..,m . , ., . ' A 3 land management's 18-mem-ber state advisory board for the Oregon and California Grant Lands will met in Port land Monday, May 6, at the BLM state office, Director Russell E. Getty has an nounced. Two members from the Medford district, Eric W. Al len Jr., and Mrs. Edward C. Kelly plan to attend. The board, headed by for mer Gov. Charles A. Sprague, will discuss with the BLM the emergency timber salvage program in western Oregon, possible changes in timber measurement methods on sal vage sales, and revised timber sale regulations for the O and C. Some of the current issues involving the O and C may be discussed, Getty said. More Than Allowable Cut About 1.5 biilioii board feet of timber was blown down on the 2.2 million acre O and C forest during the Columbus Day storm. This is more than a full year's normal allowable cut. Last November, BLM launched an intensive salvage program to get the blowdown cleaned up and out of the woods by the spring of 1964. Last week the bureau re ported that 300.436,000 board feet of storm damaged timber had been sold and another 976,489,000 board feet of salv age and intermingled green timber was ready for sale. A committee to investigate the two principal methods of measuring timber for sale, timber cruising and log scal ing, and determine which could be better applied to the BLM timber salvage program on the O and C was appointed at the last advisory board meeting in January. To Report Findings The committee Is headed by Darrell Jones, Clackamas county commissioner, and president of the Association of O and C counties. The com mittee will report its findings at the Monday meeting, ac cording to Getty. Most BLM timber is sold by tree measurement or timber cruising. Such sales are com monly referred to as lump sum sales because all of the merchantable timber Is paid for in advance. The other common method of selling timber is by log scaling. This involves the measurement of the timber as it is removed from the sale, and the timber is paid for as it is removed. Graham Said Eyed As GOP Candidate Dallas, Tex.-IWD-Billlonaire H. L. Hunt said Wednesday night he would "not now com mit myself as favoring any one for president in 1964." A Dallas newspaper said Wednesday that Hunt was anxious to boom evangelist Billy Graham for the Republi can presidential nomination in 1964. The Dallas Times Herald said leading Baptists in Dallas have confirmed that Hunt, who has sponsored con servative political activities for years, is "very much enamored" with the idea. Scaling, however, is used in cases where the timber is severely damaged or defective. THE , DANMOORE HOTEL 1217 SW Morriion St. PORTLAND, OREGON All tnniiant buiin. All tkM. wit. Mmr, return. 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The court of inquiry also was expected to go behind closed doors again today to gather classified evidence it hoped would solve the April 10 sinking of the submarine with 129 men aboard. At sea, 220 miles off Cape Cod, a six ship flotilla of Navy and oceanographic ves sels resumed the search for the Thresher's watery grave. Capt. Frank A. Andrews, in command of the search, said the same 10 square mile area would be covered again. Leighton, England-flJPD-The firm of George Garside, Ltd. is exporting sand to Egypt. A spokesman said it was "a very special sand" for use in cement for the Aswan High Dam. a marvelous variety of gifts to titillate her every whim. the Colonial House t Trowbridge Electric . Main at Fir A Sale As Great As Its Name ,. LAST Wash 12 lbs. hi Just 1 Load... 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