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The Family Council The Medical Roundup
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ifarrv s T want to trade in
the expensive Bible they gave
we. ...
Mn. B. G.-He'll find it his
best friend when he's far from
home.
Harry S. When I asked
my aunt where she bought the
elaborate Bible she gave me
last June for my graduation
from college, she learned I don't
want it and would rather use the
$60 she spent on it for a few vol
vumes of good poetry. She's up
set, but I bet she never read
that so-called Good Book. It's
full of horror stories, cruelty,
bloodshed, and primitive super
stitions. Mrs. B. G. - Yes, I gave
Harry an ivory-bound Bible with
a solid gold clasp. I knew he'd
be leaving to do graduate work
in Greece and I wanted him to
have someting inspiring to trav
el with. Of course I've read my
Bible. I'm 73 and it's been my
nMr anrf cniiHn flnH comfort all
my life. Harry is still too young
and cocKsure to Know us irue
value. When trouble comes he'll
be glad he has it.
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The Council: It may sur
prise Harry to learn that many
Bible owner's and Bible lovers
have reservations like his as to
the Bibles's merits. That doesn t
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stop them from keeping a copy
within reach on land, sea, and
in the air! Even a Church of
England dignitary, Canon John
Pearce Higgins of Southwark
Cathedral, lioid.i that much in
the Bible, it taken literally, is
just "plain wrong." . . . Our
word to Harry: Don't be hasty.
The Good Book is really many
books some with debatable
history and parables, others
with uplifting poetry, maxims,
and eternal verities. Between its
covers (and they need not be
ivorv ones) lies the distillation
of centuries of ancient, tried
and -true wisdom. Okay, trade
in the "heirloom" volume if you
wish, but use the money for an
inexpensive Bible among the
poetry books you plan to sub
stitute. National Bible Week
was last week and this is a
good time to suggest that you
cling to your copy, if not from
faith, then from respect for good
literature and from wonderment
as to why so much of its "old
hat" teachings permeate our
laws and customs today. The
reasons are human, whether or
not the text is divine.
By
Cmeritus romuiunt in Medicine
Mao 4 limr
' Emeritus rrolkr of Mrdirinfj
Mayo ( linir
(Re Kilter and Tribune Syndic ale,
19bJ).
Leo the Lion's
Bite Doesn't Hurt
DES MOINES, Iowa (UPD
If Leo the Lion turns up, don't
be afraid, because "even if he
bites you it doesn't hurt much."
This was the word from Mrs.
Benjamin Sorscnscn, owner of
the 25 pound, 14 week old cub
who disappeared Tnursday
night for the second time in
three days.
On Tuesday, Leo broke a wire
link in his chain but was found
in ' a' yard two hours later.
The sorsensens plan to e n d
Leo's prowling days when they
find him. They said they will
put the pet in a wire cage at a
health studio they operate.
Kindness to llospitalizrd
Children
Several times in this column
I have protested against the
heartless regulations in most
hospitals which much restrict
the hours when a mother can
call on her sick child. Also, I
am outraged when I hear that
a much frightened child is sent
up to the operating room alone.
It would be a wonderful help to
such a frightened child if his
mother could spend at least tnc
first night in the hospital with
him, but so far as I can learn,
few hospital authorities will per
mit this.
They say they fear that a
mother in a hospital will be a
nuisance, but actually in me
few hospitals in which a moth
er has been allowed to go in
with her child, the nurses have
found that not only is the
youngster much easier to
handle, but because the mother
takes over much of his care,
her help is appreciated. Some
few mothers, of course, can at
first get in the way, but with a
little advice from the nurses,
they will quickly calm down and
behave well. I have read that
in some hospitals in which
mothers have been invited to
come in, the plan has worked
so well that the nurses would
never want to go back to the
old ways.
Shown in Article
That an effort is being made
in some hospitals to be kinder
to frightened children is shown
by an article by Dr. Morris A.
Messel and Nissa Simon in the
August number of the "Red
book." Dr. Wessel is a pcdialri-
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cian in New Haven, Conn.v and
a professor of pediatrics at
Vale. As he says, the hospital
rules that prevent a mother
from slaying with her child are
based on the sort of ancient tra
dition to which most of us hu
man beings love to cling like
grim death, long after the prac
tice has been shown to be not
only foolish and inexcusable, but
actually harmful.
Months ago, after I protested
against the cruel isolation of
children m hospitals, I received
letters from several lay people
and some physicians who said
that they knew ot children
whose mind had ben left dam
aged by their hours of terror
when their parents disappeared
and left them with strangers.
For months or years after
wards, the child had horrible
nightmares; he screamed in his
sleep, and he did not want ever
to let his mother out of his
sight.
As Dr. Wessel says, as long
ago as 1927, there were mother
child units in English hospitals.
In 1950, the British Ministry of
Health recommended that the
visiting hours for all children
in hospitals be restricted, and
that a provision be made for
mothers of children less than 5
In slay with them in order to
help in their care and to prevent
the distress of separation.
And here is a remarkable
fact: the British National Health
Service now feels that the
mother's presence is so impor
tant in the care of her child that
she is not asked to pay any
thing for her accommodations,
or her food, while she is in tne
hospital!
But, as Dr. Wessel now says,
progress is slow. A recent
article in "Pediatrics" reports
that only 28 of the 233 hospitals
approved for pediatric residency
training provide facilities for
parents to remain overnight
with a child. Dr. Wessel says
that this is as disturbing to him
as if only 28 of these hospitals
had lacilities for blood trans
fusions or treatment with
oxygen.
Would Have No ftlemiory
When a child needs an opera
tion, it would be easy to put
him to sleep in his bedroom,
wun his mother holding his
hand. Or he could be given a
good sized dose of some barbit
urate, and when asleep taken
to the operating room. This
would mean that the child would
have no memory of his opera
tion. That this procedure is
easily possible is evident to ir.e
from just one fact. When I was
operated on three years ago,
my good iriend and surgeon.
Dr. Charles W. Mayo, had me
given in my room some seda
tive, so strong that 1 have no
memory of going up to the op
erating room, or of going under j
the anesthesia. Since I have !
known several children and I
adults who died of fright in an
operating room before they I
they touched, or the anesthetic
started I am sure that the prac
tice of pulling people to sleep ,
in Ihcir rooms would he an ex
cellent one for all apprehensive
persons. It would save lives.
Many years ago. Dr. George
Crile saw so clearly the groat i
need for this type of thought-1
fulness that he' put his goiter
patients to sleep in their bed.
and Ihen look them up io the
operating room floor.
Changes often arc so mild
that for a while diagnosis of
Parkinson's Disease or Shaking
Palsy are missed. If you would
like information about the dis
ease, send for Dr. Alvarez'
booklet about it. Send 25 cents
and a self-addressed, stamced
envelope with your request' to
Dr. Waller C. Alvarez. Dept.
M.MT, Box 957, Des Moines,
Iowa 50304.
ial Declared in
Condemnation Case
A condemnation suit regard
ing properly south of Ashland
for construction of Interstate 5
ended in a mistrial in Jackson
County Circuit Court recently.
The suit, filed by the State
Highway Commission against
David and Aneta Curtis of Ash
land, sought property five miles
south of Ashland near Neil
Creek Koad and U.S. 99.
A mistrial was granted by
Judge James M. Main after
comments in the opening state
ment made by the state's law
yer were declared to be inad-missablc.
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Deadline Monday For Filing lor District Director
SUBMARINE LAUNCHED The fleet ballistic missile submarine
USS Von Steuben goes down the ways at Newport News, Va.,
after being christened. (UPI)
GRANTS PASS - With the ,
deadline for filing set Monday jff
at midnight, only one candidate '
has been nominated thus far for
each of three director posts to
be filled on the Grants Pass Ir-;
rigation District board, district :
manager Charles Dillon said p
Thursday. 1 W
Candidates for whom petitions : q
have been submitted are Roy ! '
Halcomb of Rogue River, Di
vision 1, three-year term; Lyle
Douglas, Division 2, two-year
term; and Paul Brandon, Divi-1,,
sion 5, three-year term. Brandon i
and Douglas are currently on "
the board as appointees, serving ,
out unexpired terms made va- i B
cant by earlier resignations.
Division 1 is a new division
resulting from an earlier par
doning of the district. It includes
the town of Rogue River and
other Jackson County acreages
which lie within the District
boundaries east of Savage Rap
ids Dam.
Division 2 includes all land
north of the Roaue Rivpr he-
tween central Grants Pass and I
the Savage Rapids Dam; and
Division 5 includes lands south
of the river between Grants Pass
and the dam and lands south of
U.S. 199 west of Gi ants Pass.
Election for the new directors
is scheduled Nov. 12.
The next regular board meet
ing, Nov. 5. will be held in con
junction with the district's Board
of Equalization, Dillon said.
A Tribute to
The Moose Lodge
of Medford!
The Medford Moose lodge and the City
of Medtord Parks and Recreation depart
ment deserve praise for their conlinuing
program in the interest of boys and girls
of this community during the Hallowe'en
season. Young folks, in order to participate
in the annual window painting contest
and the costume parade and theatre
parly, must sign the 'Youth Honor Day
Pledge Card" and must live up to that
pledge. Older boys and girls enjoy a
Halowe'en night dancing. Congratulations
upon a fine, wholesome and needed youth
programl
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