MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
THURSDAY. JULY 25. 1963
QUESTIONS REFUSED-William Gallacher, 81, head of the
British Communist Party, is shown as he arrived at Chicago
after a flight from London. He refused to answer most ques
tions asked by reporters, at left. The U. S. State Department
granted him a "compassionate" visa so he could visit his
ailing sister, Mrs. Agnes Wilson, 75. (UPI)
The Medical Roundup
by
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Emertuu Consultant In Me dicta
Mayo rilnle
Emeritus Professor of Mediclna
Mayo Clinic
(Refister and Trlbun Syndicate.
1963)
Varicose Veins
Only 14 years ago the opera
tion for varicose veins was so
poorly designed that failures
outnumbered
successes by
at least two to
one. Now, an
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an excellent
icauu in sume
95 per cent of
cases.
As some
Aivarei people know,
there are valves in the veins
in the legs which help the
blood to keep flowing upward
against gravity, until event
ually it reaches the right side
of the heart. It is probable
that some people inherited an
incompetence of the valves,
or even a lack of valves in
their principal leg vein. Often,
one can see the same type of
large convoluted leg veins in
a mother and her daughter.
It is recorded that in the
second century A. D., Galen,
(the great physician whose
ideas dominated medical
thought for some 1500 years)
tore out some of the varicose
veins with a blunt hook. I
read also that in 1906, Dr.
Charles H. Mayo devised what
is called the "stripping meth
od." In this type of operation,
a small cut is made in the skin
near the ankle, a stripper,
which may be a long rod with
a loop at the end, is fitted
over the cut vein, and the loop
is pushed up around the vein
to the groin, where another
. nick is made in the skin -through
which the vein is re
moved. Sometimes this type
of operation cannot be per
formed because the veins are
so corkscrew-like. Such a
vein has to be dissected out
through a fairly big incision
In the skin.
Leg Raised
To test the efficiency of the
valves in the long vein in the
leg and thigh, while the pa
tient lies on a couch the af
fected leg is raised above the
level of his heart until the
veins are empty. The leg is
then quicklv lowered and a
tourniquet of soft rubber tub
ing is applied in such a way
as to compress the upper end
of the long vein. Then, when
the patient stands, if there is
backflow, the sudden taking
off of the tourniquet will
quickly make the varicosities
prominent, all the way down
the leg. The vein will fill with
blood in a few seconds, and
any incompetent valves can
quickly be located. There are
other such tests that can be
made.
In some cases, the veins are
Injected with a substance
which makes them visible
with X-rays, while in a few
cases, only a surgical explora
tion can tell what their condi
tion is.
The person with bad leg
veins can get help by sleeping
with the foot of the bed raised
a few inches. In many cases,
the varices can be controlled
well enough by an elastic sup
port, such as a knee-length
bandaee or stocking.
If bad varicose veins are
left for a long time, an ulcer
may form on the inner side
of the ankle-an ulcer that is
hard to heal.
Varicose veins can show up
during a pregnancy, or they
can be aggravated by a preg
nancy. The varices usually
diminish in size after the
woman has her child. Usually
then she can be greatly helped
with one of the new elastic
stockings now on the market.
When a stout, middle-aged
woman comes in with varicose
v e i n s, and complaining of
pain in her legs, it may be
hard to say whether her pain
is due to the big veins or to
her flat feet, or to her bunions,
or some arthritis. The diag
nosis will become clearer if
the use of elastic stockings or
bandages gives relief.
Air Conditioning Makes
Hay-Fever Milder
In a Tecent paper, three
Philadelphia physicians re
ported that in a home
equipped with central air-
conditioning, there is a ten
fold decrease in pollen con
centration in the air, com
pared with the non-air condi
tioned home next door. More
remarkable, there is a hun
dred-fold decrease in the
amount of pollen in the air
conditioned home as compared
with the outdoor air. Counts
of the bacteria and the molds
don't show much difference
in the house and outside.
What happens, apparently,
that much of the pollen
falls out with the water which
condenses on the cold fins of
the air-conditioner.
This means, of course, that
the people who suffer during
the summer months with hay
fever should be much more
comfortable in an air-condi-t
i o n e d home, than in one
which is not air-conditioned.
Quotes From the News
BY UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Hollywood Actress Janet Leigh, commenting on the fall
fashions now being introduced in Paris:
"The Paris moguls of mode are like little boys playing
with ryo. the way they trifle with our skirt lengths; up.
down, up, down."
London Gallery director Robert Katz, reacting to a city
council decision to close the one-man show of Dr. Stephen
Ward's paintings:
"We will fight. This is bureaucracy gone mad."
Chicago The Rock Island Railroad, in a letter to off
train employees warning that their jobs would be abolished
if operating employees strike in protest to proposed new
work rules:
"You are notified that your position is abolished effective
upon completion of the last tour of duly which can be com
pleted before 12:01 a.m. July 30."
Social Security Recipients Reminded of Payments
"Knowing when to stop so
cial security checks can be as
important as knowing when
to start them," Edward B. Ja
cobson, social security district
manager in Medford said to
day. "Whenever monthly bene
fits are being pHid there are
events which must be report
ed to social security. We de
pend on the people who get
benefit checks to let us know
when such events happen. If
they don't, an overpayment
can result. Under the law that
money must be repaid."
Jacobson said that most
overpayment of benefit cases
involve the retired beneficiary
who returns to work but fails
to notify the social security of
fice; the widow or child ben
eficiary who marries; and the
widow who gets monthly
checks for herself and a child
under 18, but fails to tell the
social security office when
the child leaves her care. He
added that there are other
cases, too, and that it is very
important that anyone who
gets social security checks
knows just what events do af
fect their right to benefit pay
ments. Receives Instructions
Each person who applies for
social security benefits re
ceives instructions on what
events should be reported to
the social security office. The
Social Security administration
regularly encloses reminder
notices with checks that are
mailed out Even so, the social
security office sometimes finds
that a beneficiary has been
overpaid because he or she
did not report events that stop
or temporarily suspend ben
efits. Such overpayments
must be repaid, or deducted
from future benefits.
Jacobson urged persons to
contact the social security of
fice when in doubt about the
need to report a return to
work, marriage, etc. They can
tell immediately and perhaps
save unnecessary worry about
it. The best way. though. Is
to be sure to know beforehand
what events affect the bene
fits being received and how to
report them as they occur.
The social security office is
at 1017 North Riverside ave.,
Medford.
AIMS TO PLEASE
Madison, Wis. OJPft The
"dean" of the University of
Wisconsin's food service, Beu
lah Dahle, had a few tips
today upon announcing her
retirement. The way to keep
students happy, she said, was
to serve cold dishes cold, hot
dishes hot and give them what
they want, if possible.
B 3
North Bend Man
Held in Arkansas
Little Rock, Ark.-flJPD-Her-bert
Earl Trest, 35. of North
Bend, Ore., was held in Little
Rock jail today on $500 bond
after being charged with ar
son in a fire Monday night
at a duplex.
Trest, whose case is set for
a preliminary hearing in Lit
tie Rock Municipal Court
July 31, was arrested shortly
after the fire, which caused
minor damage.
Trest allegedly told officers
he set the same building on
fire Friday night.
There are no magic secrets
to weight reduction-so none
are mentioned in Dr. Alvarez'
booklet, "Weight Control."
You may like to have a fa
mous doctor's comments about ;
this important subject. You
may obtain his booklet by j
sending 25 cents and a self-1
addressed, stamped envelope .
with your request for it to Dr. j
Walter C. Alvarez, Dept. ;
MMT, Box 957, Des Moines ,
4, Iowa.
Leads Lacking in
Search for Killer
Gooding, Idaho - OTP - Offi
cers were short on leads here
today as they continued ef
forts to solve the shooting
death of a Portland, Ore.,
salesman near Hagerman
Monday night.
The victim was positively
identified Wednesday as Rich
ard A. Herald. 31, of Port
land. The Identification was
made by Herald's employer,
George Owen, Portland.
Sheriff Keith Anderson
said he has no more leads
in the case.
"We're hoping for informa
tion from some motorist who
may have been passing by
when this occurred," Ander
son said.
Herald was found in his
pickup truck at a roadside
rest area on U. S. 30 near
Hagerman. He apparently
was shot twice in the head
while asleep. The sheriff said
robbery probably was the motive.
Salem 1PI A Salem boy,
Wesley Horton Chase. 17, has
been named Oregon's out
standing Order of De Molay
member.
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