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MEDFORD.
WTribune
Your Money's
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By SYLVIA PORTER
Copyright, Hall Syndics', Inc.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 6, 1963
The Medical Roundup
Era.rltus Consultant in Medicine
Mayo CUnle
Emorltae Profeiiur ol Mtdlctn
Mayo CUnle
(Keiuter ud Tribune Isradlcate,
1J)
THE PAIN OF GOUT
For hundreds of years, we
physicians have wondered
why a gouty man should de
velop such extreme pain in
one of his big toe-joints. Now,
Drs. James S. Faircs and Dan
iel J. McCarty Jr. of Phila
delphia, report that they have
found that by injecting crys
tals of sodium urate into their
own knee-joints, they could
produce a very painful gouty
arthritis. The pain w?s,so bad
that for three days, 1hey had
to go around on crutches.
We still don't know why oc
casionally urate crystals will
drop out of solution in the
blood, and we don't know
why they should so common
ly attack the big toe-joint of
one foot. Any man who wakes
at two' in the morning with
almost unbearable pain in
his big toe-joint can know
that he has, the gout. To find
this out, he doesn't have to
consult a doctor.
A leading authority on gout,
my friend Dr. John H. Tal
bott, was recently asked
about the uses of colchicine
and Benemid, drugs which
are used in the treatment of
gout. Dr. Talbott said that
colchicine is of value in treat
ing the acute and painful at
tacks of gout, and in prevent
ing the recurrence of the at
tacks. No Immediate Effect .
Curiously, the colchicine
does not have any demonstr
able effect on the body's han
dling of uric acid, . and cur
iously, the drug Benemid has
no immediate effect on the
terrible pain in a big toe
joint. What it docs, perhaps
after it has been taken for a
few months, is to reduce the
amount of uric acid in the
body that the gouty person
has fewer attacks or none at
all.
Dr. Talbott recommends
that all persons severely af
flicted with gout take each
day 1 or 2 tablets of both
colchicine and Benemid, for
a minimum of 1 to 3 years.
Then the dosage can be re
duced. In his years of experi
ence, Dr. Talbott has not
seen any bad side-effects from
giving these drugs.
Skin Irritation -
Dr. George Waldbott of
Detroit, in his book, "Contact
Dermatitis" (Thomas, 1953),
says that very annoying itch
ing of the crotch can be due
to the eating of certain foods,
such as walnuts, which con
tain oil which irritates the
skin of some persons when it
comes out through the bowel.
Nursery Education
Meeting Scheduled
The third annual meeting of
the Oregon Association of
Nursery Education will be
held at Colleen Hope's Studio,
45 Hawthorne ave., at 8 p.m..
Monday, May 6.
All persons interested in
education for the five-year-old
are invited to attend.
Dr. Phyllis Butler. Southern
Oregon college, and state
chairman of the standards
committee of the association,
will speak on "Today's Kin
dergarten. Mrs. Wilbur
Bushnell, also Southern Ore
gon college, will speak on the
importance o f kindergarten
instruction.
Exhibits of materials and
activities will be provided by
kindergarten teachers of the
southern Oregon chapter.
Additional information may
be obtained from Mrs. Paul
Ashby, area vice president, or
Mrs. Dale Coverstone, chapter
president.
WEDDING COSTS $1,850
London - (UPI) - Prime Min
ister Harold Macmillan said
Thursday that Princess Alex
andra's wedding at Westmin
ster Abbey last week cost the
British government $1,850
most of which was spent on
decorations of The Mall on
the route of the wedding procession.
There are certain fatty sub
stances and antibiotics which
can also cause such irritation.
Persons suffering from this
can do some "home detective
work" to see if it is caused
by a certain allergy to some
food or soap or other chemi
cal.
In rare persons, itching can
be due to the use of colored
toilet papers, and to certain
cathartics and suppositories
containing cocoa butter. Some
times there is a fungus infec
tion of the skin.
In many cases, the difficulty
is due to a slight leakage of
intestinal contents through a
sphincter (ring of muscle)
which does not hold tight. In
these cases great relief can
be obtained if several times
a day the itching skin is
cleansed and perhaps then
protected with a thin coating
of a soothing powder or some
ointment. Similarly, in the
cases of women, a slight va
ginal discharge can help to
keep up the itching.
Itching Clears Up
In many cases in which the
person is a highly nervous
woman, I haye seen the itch
ing clear up quicKiy wiien a
worrisome psychic problem
was solved or perhaps a defin
ite decision is reached.
Always when a person suf
fers severe itching, the blood
must be tested for an excess
of sugar - or in other words,
a beginning diabetes. Also, if
a person develops an itching
skin after he has started to
take some drug, like a bar
biturate, he should stop if for
a few days to see if by chance
it is the cause of the itching.
One of the most distressing
symptoms a man can have is
shortness of breath. Emphyse
ma, a common cause of this
symptom, occurs five times
more frequently in men than
in women. Dr. Alvarez's
booklet on "Pulmonary Em
physema talks about other
symptoms of the disease and
lists some of the treatments
now available. To obtain a
copy of this booklet, send 25
cents and ' a self-addressed,
stamped envelope with your
request to Dr. Walter C. Al
varez. Dept. MMT, Box 957,
Des Moines 4, Iowa.
STEEL PRICE RISE IS GOOD THING
The modest, "selective" increase in steel prices is among
the good things that have happened to the U. S. economy so
far in 1963 - on four counts.
It indicates that prices of industrial material? and non
food wholesale prices finally are firming up. The relative
weakness in these critical price areas has been a drag on our
economy throughout the entire 27 months of this expansion.
It is another important signal that our economy is
strengthening. We are moving off the plateau into a new
upturn.
It will not significantly increase the pace of rise in
living costs in 1963 and this year's rise still is authoritative
ly estimated within the Hi per cent range. Price increases
could accelerate in 1964, though, and become a problem
again.
It is a distinct contribution to business confidence. This
confidence is a fundamental factor in industry's willingness
to boost its spending for plants, equipment and inventories.
No one at the policymaking level in Washington
will say this publicly, but in private talks many of
them admit they welcom iho steel move. In Wall
Street the approval is unmistakable, but hire too the
attitude is the less said th better, in view of the poll
- tics involved and th stl wag talks. This pric do
volopmont demands much dooper analysis than it has
- rocoivod, though, and hort goes.
On Count One: The index of industrial materials prices is
one of the 12 "leading indicators" selected by the National
Bureau of Economic Research as most valuable in forecast
ing turns In our economy - meaning an upturn in this index
usually signals in advance an upturn in the economy and vice
versa. This index reached its peak at 104.4 (1957-59 equals
100) back in May 1961, was below 95 last month. Of course,
this prolonged slide has been a depressing factor, but now
at last prices are firming, the increases are spreading out far
beyond steel - an encouraging signal for the economy.
The index of non-food wholesale prices is one of ithe
NBER's nine "coincident" indicators - meaning this index
usually turns up or down with the economy as a whole. It
hit its high at 100.9 last October, was at 100.5 last month.
Now it too is showing signs of turning, more prices are rising
than are falling - an encouraging sign of business' health
today.
On Count Two: If the economy wercn t strengthening,
the price hikes in steel and other industries would'nt stick.
But the economy is strengthening and most price increases
are sticking. The comparative stability of prices during the
27 months of the 1961-63 expansion to date has been extra
ordinary. The firming of prices now is more typical of an
economic upturn and the implications of this to jobs, pay
checks and profits are all on the bright side.
On Count Three: Yes, we will pay higher prices for many
goods. There's no doubt that the cost of living will reach
an all-time peak this year. But while prices of a long list of
goods may be moderately higher, the rate of rise in the cost
of services has slowed perceptibly and the odds remain that
the consumer price index will only creep upward by 1V4
per cent or so. If tax reductions lead to sharply increased
business and consumer spending next year, the price outlook
could change and then action to control inflation would be
appropriate. But a clamp-down would not be in order now.
Now is the time to encourage our economy to pull off the
plateau, not to restrain it.
On Count Four:- Both industry and the administration
handled this steel price boost magnificently - a plus for all
of us. The increases are "selective." The laws of supply and
demand in the marketplace are operating. The President has
not intervened. The industry's profit squeeze has been recog
nized. Business has been given incentives to invest in plants
and equipment, will be given more.
The confidence these facts have created is and will be a
vital factor stimulating our growth.
Today's price hikes can't be compared with the spiral of
the 1950s. Rather, today's telegraph a renewal of upturn in
an economic expansion already at the "bid age" of 27 months.
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