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TUESDAY. MAY 21. 1963
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
The Medical Roundup
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Tht Hospitalised Child
I am pleased with an ar
ticle by Dr. Willis J. Potts,
pediatric surgeon of the
Children's Memorial hospital
in Chicago, in
which he ob
jects to the
cruel
treatment of
little children
in hospitals
because of a
too strict at-attention
AJvaru to rules ana
regulations. Dr. Potts tells of
a boy of four who, one night
had to be rushed to a hospi-
tal for an emergency opera
tion. As he says, "For some
ghastly reason, the doctor re
fused to let either of the par
ents stay with the child" dur
ing the next few days. .The
doctor maintained that the
boy would be better off if
left alone, and this in spite of
the fact that the mother had
been a trained nurse. She
begged to be allowed to stay
and help care for the child,
but she was refused. Worse
yet, she was allowed to be
with the boy for only two
hours a day.
What happened was that
this sensitive child cried him
self into exhaustion every day
and every night, and as a re
sult, he left the hospital emo
tionally injured. Dr. Potts
says that today, four years
after this terrible experience,
he still has nightmares, and
cries out in his sleep. He will
not go to bed unless someone
is in the room with him; he
refuses ever to be separated
from his parents; and he is
haunted by a growing fear of
being left alone.
Many a child has had this
sort of experience, In many
hospitals all over this coun
try. It would indicate that in
some Institutions, rules that
have come down through the
years mean everything, and
a little kindness and under
standing to a frightened child
seem to mean nothing.
Pariod Exlandad -
Dr. Potts says that for years,
hospital visiting hours have
been limited to one hour a
day. and this still holds (or
many children's wards. For
tunately, in the hospital in
which Dr. Polls works, the pe
riod has been extended to
from 10 In the morning to 7
at night. This permits mothers
to stay a while, and It allows
fathers to visit their children
after their return from work,
and thill the children love,,.
It used to be the attitude
that if mothers were allowed
In a hospital, they would
, "clutter up the place," and
would Interfere with the
nurses' work; but this turned
out not to be true. Actually,
the nurses found It was rath
er handy to have a mother
around to help bathe the
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child; to feed him and per
haps to change his diapers.
But Dr. Potts says that in
many places, it Is still going
to take some time to break
down the old prejudices of
superintendents and head
nurses against adequate visit
ing hours.
Many and many a time I
have been distressed when pa
tients of mine have told me
that when their child was op
erated on, he had to go up to
the operating . room ail by
himself. Neither parent was
allowed to go with him, or to
stay with him until he was
under anesthesia. Such un
kindness to children is unnec
essary. I can Imagine that many
medical people will say, "But
you can't have a non-medical
person in an operating room
where everything has to be
kept sterile." My answer is,
"You could start the child's
anesthetic in his bedroom, or
better yet, you could give
him a dose of some strong bar
biturate that would cause him
to fall asleep quietly and
without fear. Or you could
let the mother go up with the
child to the operating - room
floor and there have the an
esthetic started in a room re
served for this purpose. There,
the mother could hold the
child's hand."
No Memory
Actually, two years ago
when I had a big operation,
I was given so big a dose of a
barbiturate when I was in
my room that I now have no
memory of going up to the
operating room, and I have no
memory of being given an anesthetic.
The great trouble, as I have
found it in this world, is that
people generally want to cling
to some old method of doing
things. They are extremely
distrustful of ideas that are
new, even If one can show
them that It will make their
work much easier and more
satisfactory.
Thank goodness that now
in many hospitals, kindly su
perlntendcnts and head nurses
have taken charge - people
who are kindly and eager to
earn the good will and gratl
tude of all the sick people and
their relatives who come Into
(he place. They want good
public relations, and they are
getting them.
Major Legislation in Congress
Many persons have a ten
dency toward migraine with
out ever having had a severe
attack. You may learn a great
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and avoid migraine head
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booklet on the subject. You
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Washington- IUPU -Status ol
major legislation in Congress:
Income taxes President
asking rate reductions and
some income-tax boosting re
visions to give a net cut of
$10.3 billion in individual and
corporate rates over three
years. House -hearings com
pleted, Ways and Means com
mittce considering at closed
door sessions. Senate await'
ing House action.
Mass transit Kennedy pro
posed $900 million in subsi
dies to improve city rail, bus
and subway services. House
Banking committe approved
bill, awaiting Rules commit
tie clearance. Senate Ap
proved $375 million program.
Education Kennedy re
quested $3.3 billion across-
the-board school aid program.
House Education committee
approved $1.2 billion build
ing aid program limited to
colleges and graduate schools;
hearings under way on other
aid proposals. Senate Hear
ings In progress on ommm-
bus bill.
Health insurance Presi
dent wants hospitalization
program for persons 63 and
older financed through social
security. House Ways and
Means committee hearings ex
pected this summer. Senate
Awaiting House action.
Foreign aid Administra
tion is asking $4.5 billion.
House Foreign Affairs com
mittee hearings under way.
Senate Nothing scheduled
yet.
Madical schools Adminis
tration asked long range con
struction aid for medical-dental
schools, loans to students.
House Passed three-year pro
gram that would cost $236
Judges Ask for
Job Reclassification
Circuit Court Judges James
E. Main and Edward C. Kelly
have asked the Jackson coun
ty court and budget; commit
tee for a Job reclassification
for the circuit court secre
tary, Mrs. Willie Eugene My
rick, Phoenix.
In prior years, the circuit
court made a practice of keep
ing their secretary's salary
even with those of compar
able personnel In the court
house. The circuit court
judges were not aware that
the one-step pay increase
would widen the salary gap
until they read the printed
county budget, they explain
ed n their letter.
They propose to raise the
secretary's salary from $319 a
month to $371 a month as now
obtained by the principal
clerk In the district court, the
circuit court Typist III, and
the clerk-stenographer In the
district attorney's office.
The county court referred
the request to the county bud
get committee and will make
further study of it.
NEWS CONFERENCE
Washington -IUPU- President
Kennedy will hold a news con
ference at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Kennedy held his last press
conference May 8.
America says, "That's forme!"
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million. Senate
scheduled.
Military pay Administra
tion asked $1.2 billion annual
pay and benefit boost for all
servicemen, reservists and re
tirees. House Passed modi
fied version to cost $15 mil
lion less and providing no in
crease (or 832,000 draftees
and enlistees in their first
two years of service. House
included controversial $30.5
million "recomputation" fea
ture for those retired before
1958. Senate Hearings not
yet scheduled. -
Youth employment Ken
nedy asking new $100 mil
lion youth conservation corps
for outdoor work in forests
and parks; home town youth
corps for local civic projects,
House Education committee
has approved, awaiting Rules
committee clearance. Senate
Passed.
Domestic p a c a corps
President asking for new or
ganization of 1,000 to 3,000
skilled volunteers to carry out
work in this country similar
to Peace Corps projects
abroad. First year cost, $5
million. House Education
and Labor subcommittee hear
ings start this week. Senate
Nothing scheduled.
Mental health Administra
tion wants long-range, $717
million program for commun
ity health centers; research
on and treatment of mental
retardation. House Com
merce committee hearings
completed. Senate Labor
and Public Welfare subcom
mittee approved with revi
sions.
CiTll rights President
asking speedup in voting suits,
more protection of Negro vot
ing rights, extension of civil
rights commission. House
Judiciary committee hearings
under way. Senate Hearings
scheduled on commission ex
tension today or Thursday.
Cotton - House Democratic
leaders have developed a com
promise version of adminis
tration's subsidy plan for
providing cheaper cotton to
U. S. textile mills; the com
promise includes lower sup
port prices and potential re
laxation of planting restric
tions for large-scale farmers.
House - Agricultural Commit
tee plans to vote this week.
Senate-Cotton hearings start
this week.
Women workers Admin
istration - backed bill would
require equal pay for women
workers who do the same
work as male employees;
new rule would apply to
workers covered by mini
mum wage hour law (about
one-half of non-farm work
force), Senate-Passed. House
- Education and Labor Com
mittee approved, awaiting
Rules Committee clearance.
Silver - To combat short
age of silver for coins admin
istration asked authority to
Nothing replace existing silver-backed
$1 bills with gold-backed $1
bills. House - Passed. Senate
Banking Committee appiov
ed. Wilderness - President
wants to establish a national
program to preserve public
lands in their natural state.
Senate - Passed, with provi
sion covering 8 million acres
immediately and possibly up
to 35 million acres eventually.
House - No hearings set.
Nation debt - Administra
tion backed legislation
would boost legal limit on
the debt to $307 billion
through June 30 and to $309
billion during July and Aug
ust. The temporary limit now
is $305 billion. House - Pas
sed. Senate - Finance Com
mittee expected to vote
Thursday.
Action Completed
F d grains - Kennedy
wants to continue the - pro
gram of paying farmers to
hold down surplus corn and
other feed grain production.
Congress approved , two-year
extension. President expected
to sign bill this week.
Draft - Kennedy asked
four-year extension of selec
tive service and doctor draft.
Congress approved; bill sign
ed into law.
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
J- comes from the deep South and reveres its every tradi
tion, was taken aback a bit when, early in World War H,
the son of a fine old
family she knew was
drafted. She rallied, how
ever, when she heard
that he was receiving his
basic training in Fort
Bragg, North Carolina.
"How nice for him to be
in that part of North
Carolina," she nodded,
"at rhododendron time!"
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John Straley tells of a
perpetually hungry couple
on a. cross-country motor
trip who stopped at an in
viting inn, stuffed them
selves to the 011s, and then drove over for a look at the Grand
Canyon. "That certainly was a marvelous gorge," said the hus
band as they backed away from the rim. "That's right," agreed
his wife, "but between you and me, I wish I'd had room for one
more portion of that delicious pie a la mode."
Charles Chaplin, in an unusually mellow mood in Switzerland,
told an interviewer, "A comedian must never let his audience
feel that hs himself thinks he's being amusing. The audience is
PEEKING at him. He's got to play his part seriously and hon
estly or he'll soon be forgotten."
O ISO, by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by Kins Teaturee Syndicate
Light Plane Flown
Over North Pole
Kapovik, Barter Island,
Alaska - tUPI' A young Swed
ish pilot and his employer be
lieve they have become the
first men in history to fly non
stop over the magnetic north
pole from Norway to the Unit
ed States in a small singlu-cn-gined
plane.
Sigurd S. Haillstrom and
Olaf Ringstrad, both of Stock
holm, landed at this village
on a tiny Arctic coast island at
6:13 p.m. (pdt) Sunday after
flying nonstop from Bodo in
northern Norway. The men,
traveling in a 250-horsepower
Piper Commanche, were in
the air 21 hours.
They appeared to be in
good spirits but were tired.
Both of them viewed the feat
wit1- casual modesty.
A SCOOPFUL
New York 4UPIt Americans
will consume 500 million gal
lons of ice cream in 1963, one
maker of ice cream containers
predicts.
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on sentences today. They
pleaded guilty to rustling
dairy cows and selling them
to a slaughter house. The
court specified the men must
pay for the cows they stole.
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