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FIRST POWERED FLIGHT-A "Little Joe II" launch vehicle,
positioned 85 degrees from horizontal, is ready for its first
powered flight test to verify its performance. A dummy
Apollo command module, simulating the size and weight of
the payload with escape tower, is mounted on the solid fuel
vehicle. The test is the first in a series at White Sands Missile
range. New Mexico, in the development of the Apollo proj
ect. (UPI)
The Medical Roundup
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Emeritus Consultant In Medicine
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Emeritus Professor of Medietas
Mayo Clinic
(Register xid Tribune Syndicate,
1963)
Increased Incidence of
Cardiovascular Disease In
Women Without Ovaries
Drs. N. Higano, and R. W.
Robinson, and W. D. Cohen,
Ph D. tell us that in a group
of premeno
pausal women
with both
ovaries re
moved, they
found a four
fold increase
of heart dam
age due to ul
ccra t i o n of
the arteries.
I n addition,
during the two years follow
ing a partial hysterectomy
(removal of the womb), more
new coronary attacks came to
the completely castrated wom
en than to the women in a
similar group who had been
allowed to keep one or both
ovaries. Also, less disease of
the arteries developed in the
castrated women who were
given estrogen (ovarian hor
mones) every day than in the
castrated women who were
left untreated. These observa
tions add to the evidence ob
tained from other sources
all showing that to some ex
tent estrogens can protect
against the development of
heart attacks.
Because of these observa
tions, when a surgeon re
moves a woman's womb he
should make every effort to
save her ovaries. In the past,
many surgeons have routine
ly removed the ovaries with
the idea that this would save
the woman from some day
getting an ovarian cancer.
One fact these surgeons ig
nored, was that many a wom
an who has lost her ovaries
also loses her sexual interest,
her sexual feeling or her joy
in life that her marriage goes
on the rocks. Some women
become decidedly depressed,
and many suffer terribly from
flushes. What the surgeons did
not know until recently was
that even the shrunken little
ovaries of a menopausal wo
man secrete a certain amount
of estrogen an amount suf
ficient to help in protecting
her arteries from the disease.
Anesthesia For The
Pains of Childbirth
A number of women have
been asking me about present
day methods tor the relief of
the pain of childbirth. I was
just reading an article by Drs.
A. J. Kobak. M. S. Sadove,
and A. J. Kobak, Jr., of Chi
cago, who say that at the be
ginning of laoor. wnne me
cervix (the neck of the womb)
is being dilated, they inject
near it a local anesthetic
which will relieve the pain
produced by such dilation.
Later, when labor is further
advanced they inject a local
anesthetic into the muscles of
the floor of the pelvis. Also
they may give sedatives by
mouth shortly before the child
is to be born. Some anesthe
tists usp what is called a
"saddle block'' in which a lo
cal anesthetic is injected
around the nerves that come
out through the sacrum the
bone that lies between the
two hip bones.
Early Cancor of the Womb
It is sad that some 65 per
cent of the women who nowa
days come into a big clinic
with a cancer of the neck of
the womb have neglected the
situation so long that they
have a tumor so large that it
no longer can be removed
surgically. It has grown into
surrounding organs. F o r t u
natcly, in these cases power
ful radiotherapy often helps,
and helps a great deal.
It would be much better If
all ' middle- aged and older
women, at least once a year,
would get a so-called Papani
colaou (Pap test) test which
can be obtained so easily and
without the least discomfort.
I was just reading an article
by Dr. J. H. Ferguson and
Sergio Leon who tell of the
smears that they made on
nearly 4,000 women as they
waited in the emergency room
in a big hospital. One of these
women had her life saved
simply because she happened
to have sprained her ankle.
While she was waiting to have
it x-rayed, one of the doctors
asked her if she had ever had
a "Pap test," and when she
said, "No" and that she would
like to have one, it was made.
It showed cancer in a stage
in which no ulcer or tumor
could be seen. But when her
womb was removed, and cut
open, there one could easily
see plenty of cancer.
Among the many women
who had the test, 6.6 per cent
were found to have a cancer.
The important point which
all women past the age of 30
should note is that in 43 cases
in which the smear of mucus
obtained from the neck of the
womb showed cancer cells,
there was as yet no ulceration
to be seen.
A Urethral Caruncle
Many aging women have a
urethral caruncle which is a
tiny red tumor which grows
in the outer end of the urethra
(the tube that carries urine
out of the bladder). It is not
cancerous and the cause is un
known. It appears usually
after the menopause. There
may be some slight bleeding,
or occasional pain.
In most cases, the caruncle
can be ignored. If it becomes !
troublesome, it can be destroy
ed with a silver nitrate stick,
or with electric sparks (after
injection of a little procaine).
Large caruncles may have to
be cut out.
Did you know that vou
should not get your blood
pressure measured too often?
Dr. Alvarez' booklet "High
Blood Pressure" gives you all
the facts about high blood
pressure and its treatments.
To obtain your copy, send 25
cents and a stamped, sclf-ad-dresscd
envelope with your
request to Dr. Walter C. Al
varez. Dept. MMT, Box 957,
Des Moines, Iowa 50304.
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, 1963)
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