MKDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MUDFORD, OREGON
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1963
The Medical Roundup
Emerltui Consultant in Medicine 7
Emerihii ProlM.or of Medicine
(Reenter and Tribune Syndicate.
1963). '
SEVERE PAIN IN FACE
Because I get so many letters
from people asking what they
can do for a severe pain in the
face, I was much interested in
an article on such pain by N.
P. Goldstein, M. D., J. A. Gibi
lisco, D.D.S., and J. G. Rush
ton, M.D., of the Mayo Clinic.
These doctors classified 61 pa
tients under two diagnoses;
one, neuropathy, and the other,
neuritis. They used the terms
trigeminal neuropathy and neur
itis because pain in the face is
felt .through the fifth, or trigem
inal, nerve. It is called trigem
inal becuase on each side of the
face, it has three branches: one,
that comes out just above the
orbit of the eye, one just below
the orbit of the eye, and the
other near the chin.
By neuropathy, the doctors
mean a condition in which there
is more or less prolonged dis
order of sensation, such as a
steady pain or ache. It may be
confined to one side or is may
be on both sides. Neuritis is a
form of neuropathy in which
there is probably an inflamma
tory reaction in the nerve.
Commonly, the word used is
neuralgia (pain in a nerve).
The syndrome (group of
symptoms) of trigeminal neur
algia is characterized by brief
attacks of a sharp, knife-like or
needle-like pain. Often the pa
tient says she feels as if a hot
or electrified needle were be
ing driven into her face every
minute or so. In contrast with
these brief paroxysmal attacks
of severe stabbing pain, the
pain of neuropathy is more like
an ache or a burning, boring,
pulling, drawing, or even at
times a feeling of pressure. This
may remain for hours or days
or weeks.
Causes, Treatments Different
It is important to differentiate
neuropathy from neuralgia, be
cause, the causes are different,
and the treatments are differ
ent. The usual treatment for
trigeminal r.euralgia is an in
jection of alcohol into the nerve,
or some operation on the gan
glion (nodule at the root of the
nerve up under the base of the
brain).
The treatment for the neuro
pathy varies with the causes of
the. disorder. Some of these
causes are fairly minor, while
others are very serious. The
doctors separated their 61 pa
tients into six groups, each one
with distress based on a pre
sumed cause. In 21 cases the
trouble had followed dental sur
gery: in eight cases the cause
appeared to be the pressure of
a denture (plate) on a nerve;
in eight the cause seemed to
be an injury to a nerve sustain
ed during a surgical operation
not on the teeth; in seven cases,
the person's facial misery fol
lowed the taking of a drug call
ed hydroxystilbamidine (used in
some places but not at the Mayo
Cllnci to treat trigeminal neur
algia); in 10 cases there were
a number of different causes;
and in seven cases the cause
was unknown.
Among the 21 patients who
had trouble after a dental proce
dure, in 17, the pain followed
the removal of a tooth, and in
four more it was due to injury
to a nerve when it was punctur
ed with a hypodermic needle
(as the dentist was injecting
procaine).
Twelve of these patients had
distress only in the region of the
lower jaw on one side. In nine
cases in this dental group, the
pain followed removal of an im
pacted third molar from the
lower jaw. It is a wonder that
during the oi -ration,- injury to
the nerve does not happen more
often because so commonly the
roots of the third molar appear j
to have grown into the canal
through which passes the lowest
. branch of the fifth nerve. In
many of these cases there was
pain, but in some there were
iust tineline, crawling sensa
tions, or pins and needles.
Grinding Worked Cure
Among the eight patients In
whom the distress was due to
pressure of a denture on a
branch of the nerve, there were
four who experienced pain. In
some, the diagnosis was easy
because, o.i removing t'.ie den
ture, the pain disappeared. In
these cases, grinding off some
of the denture worked a cure.
Among the persons whose
fifth nerve had been lacerated,
one man had had his face badly
torn in an automobile accident;
another man had been kicked in
the face during a football game;
one woman had been hit In the
right eye and forehead, and
another woman had been struck
on the upper lip. In seven of
these eight patients, the dis
tress was constant.
The patients who were suffer
ing the unfortunate effects of
stilLamidine tended to suffer
also from distress in the neck,
and the upper half of the body.
They had a distressing numb
ness Of the invnlvoH rairinnc.
with a wooden or dead feeling;
aiso sensations ot crawling, tin
gling.' huminrr chnnttner
electric - stimuli. These symp
toms tended to last for months
or years. Nn nnro ic oc i.nt
known for this drug - induced
misery.
I have seen cases in which a
Dain in the far urns nf nevnh,.
origin. One woman was mental
ly oisiurDea; another got her
Dain when a fnrmor hoan ith
gre t cruelty, flung an insulting
oiusauun in ner lace.
Head noises mn ho annnuinn
and upsetting. Dr. Alvarez tells
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his booklet, "Head Noises and
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send 25 cents and a self-addressed,
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ues moines, lowa 50304.
Goldwaler Brass
Claims 500 Votes
WASHINGTON MTPT1' nl-
O'Donnell, chief of the National
Draft - finlriwalpr
estimated Saturday that Sen!
carry ooiowater already could
count on the support of 500 del
egates fn thp 'QRi Ramiklinnn
National Convention.
A total of 655 is needed to win
the GOP, presidential nomina
tion.
O'Donnpll Tpvac Pan,,ki;..n
chairman and chairman of the
National Draft - Goldwater com
mittee. nrpsiHpH Saint-Haw
closed session attended by rep
resentatives oi uie Dratt-Uold-water
movement in an statoo
The meeting was called tn dis
cuss campaign organization and
nnancing.
There was disagreement
among those Dresent. O'Dnnnpll
reported, about whether the
anzona senator snould wait un
til January, as he plans to do,
before announcing whether he
is a candidate. But they recog
nized, tne cnairman said, that
Goldwater must fix his own
timetable.
"Our objective is to convince
him that he has sufficient sup
port to win the nomination and
election," O'Donnell said. "I
think he can."
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Tri-County Meeting
Slated by Society
A special tri-county meeting
for volunteers from Jackson,
Josephine, and Klamath County
American Cancer Society Units
will be held at the Rogue Valley
Country Club Tuesday, Nov. 19.
A no-host luncheon will be at
noon followed by the Jackson
County Executive Board meet
ing with Dr. Abner Clark, presi
dent presiding, at which time
summary will be given by com
mittee chairmen of the Cancer
Control Program being carried
out in the county.
R. D. Ford, county crusade
chairman, will moderate the
panel for the Crusade workshop
at 1:15 p.m. with Ed Bergstrom,
Assistant Crusade Director from
the National Society in New
York as the guest speaker.
Others participating will be
Mrs. Wilber J. Falloon, execu
tive director for Oregon, Frank
Mangelsdorf, Crusade director,
and Bus Leonard, field repre
sentative for Oregon.
It will be an open meeting for
anyone interested in learning
more about the three-fold pro
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and service which is being car
ried out by more than 3,000
units in the United States. Res
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Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. W ATKINS
(f Mtr tmi TrikuM)
Sytulkatt
PAPERS STRUCK
TOLEDO, Ohio (UPI) The
American Newspaper Guild lo
cal went on strike Saturday at
the Blade Publishing Co., pub
lishers of the afternoon and
Sunday Toledo Blade and the
morning Toledo Times.
Panthers on Loose
"n San Fernando
SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.
(UPI) A search for two black
panthers reported running loose
in the brush-covered Stone Can
yon area near this San Fernan
do Valley community was ex
pected to be resumed early to-dav.
The hunt was called off at
nightfall Sunday with no sign of
tne Deasts. ronce ana city ani
mal regulation officers had
looked all day through the brush
for the panthers after excited
telephone calls from residents
of the heavily populated area.
Here's One Sport With
A Future Not So Ducky
There is mystery and excite
ment in the arrival or departure
of the far-flying wildfowl. Wild
ducks or geese, high overhead
in the darkness of night or in
the mist of a foggy dawn, bring
a tingle of excitement to the
most staid of earthbound hu
mans, whether the watcher
hides in a blind with a gun or
listens to the wild cry in the
comfort of his own fireside.
From out of the mists of
morning, the flocks come hur
tling in to land with a skidding
splash in the cold water of the
quiet pond or salt marsh. Once
water-bound they shake their
respective tails and gabble nois
ily with one another. Thousands
of generations of ducks have
preceded them; all have fol
lowed the same, unmarked path
through the sky over the estab
lished flyways.
No one who has had any ex
perience with wild ducks can
deny the fact that these birds
display something very near in
telligence or reasoning. Ducks,
both wild and tame, do many
things for which there is no
ready explanation.
The hunters who feel the
warm glow of excitement at the
prospect of duck hunting are
legion. Come late fall thousands
undergo cold, frosty mornings,
icy water, and the discomforts
of early rising to spend the day
in a swamp or duck blind. A
great many of these folks are
content, when the day is done,
to return home with empty
game bags, because they have
enjoyed the sights and sounds
that are present when the ducks
are flying. They have enjoyed
the thrill of seeing hurtling
forms through the eerie mists
of early morning
Morse Threatens to Block
Senate Approval Of Report
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By YVONNE FRANKLIN
Alall Tribune
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON (Special) -Sen.
Wayne Morse has threat
ened to block Senate approval
of the conference report on the
$1.2 billion college classroom
construction bill until House
conferees agree to come to
terms of the Vocational Educa
tion bill.
Administration sources say
there are enough Senate votes
to pass the bill if only Morse
would agree to allow it to come
up for a vote. The House passed
the final bill last week and it
needs Senate approval to go to
the White House. The Senate is
currently tied up on the foreign
aid bill. However a conference
report is "privileged" and can
be brought up at any time dur
ing the debate.
Morse is chariman of the Senate-House
conference on the Vo
cational Education Bill, but af
ter serving his ultimatum last
admit, reluctantly, that the time
has just about arrived when
something must be done if this
great sport is to be preserved.
There are, of course, many
agencies controlling the number
of wildfowl that will wing over
the shooting grounds this year
or next. Some of these prob
lems seem uncontrollable. One
is the extensive and wholesale
draining of the wetlands.
Lakes, ponds, creeks, swamps
and marshes are being filled in
at an alarming rate. Many of
us seem to think that a marsh
or pond is a disgraceful thing.
Some of our informed citizens
seem to think these areas are
breeding grounds for snakes, or
act as wet places where mos
quitoes can lay their eggs.
Ponds and lakes are filled in by
real estate developments, hot
dog stands, oil stations or billboards.
wild ducks cannot land on
a pavement; they cannot feed
in a parking lot. They must
have water. When ponds
lakes become nonexistent, the
ducks naturally congregate in
greater numbers on available
waters. By their very numbers
they foul the water expecially
in shallow lakes, and fall prey
to disease and sickness. At
times thousands of birds die
from this pollution.
"Duck disease" someone call
ed this sickness ... a direct re
sult of accelerated bacterial
growth from decaying animal
matter. Over areas where ex
tensive shooting has occurr-i,
many birds will die from swal
lowing quantities of lead pellets
the shooters have fired after
flying birds.
Regardless of how optimistic
the yearly reports happen to be,
the honest sportsman must ad
mit that all is not "loo ducky"
Inter-American
Plan Approved
SAO PAULO, Brazil (UPD
A U.S.-backed plan for the cre
ation of an inter-American com
mission headed by a Latin
American to coordinate the Al
liance for Progress aid pro
gram had the approval Thurs
day of five nations at the Inter
American Economic and Social
Conference.
At least two expressed quali
fied approval while two others
were opposed.
Delegation chief Averell Har
riman told the delegates
Wednesday that the United
States "supports enthusiastical
ly" the creation of such a com
mission to "Latinize" the aid
program and make it more ef
fective.
Most serious duck hunters as to the future of this sport.
Election Costs To
Be Reimbursed
The Jackson County Court
Friday signed an order direct
ing that the county elections de
partment be reimbursed SB,-
366.22 for cost of the special
election held in October.
I County Clerk Marvin Madden
said the county will be reim-
nnrt btu id by the state since money
for the tax referendum election
was voted by the state legisla
ture earlier this year.
A copy of an itemized state
ment sent to Jack F. Thompson,
Salem, director of elections, was
sent to the County Court last
week by the county clerk. This
was to explain the reason for
the present status of the elec
tions department fund for pay
ment of personnel. In an earlier
statement County Judge Earl
M. Miller noted the department
had overdrawn $202.88 for personnel.
FACES UPSURGE
PORTLAND (UPI)-The Met-
ropolit Youth Commission has
been warned that the Portland
area faces an upsurge of juve
nile gang activity with racial
undertones.
week he postponed another con
ference meeting until next week.
A Major Breakthrough
The Vocational Education Bill
is a major breakthrough to up
date such education to prepare
young people for the changing
job market in business and in
dustry, looking toward new
methods of training to meet the
challenge of automation.
Since its inception in 1917 the
program has been geared to an
agrarian culture and the federal-state
funds have been spent
primarily for education in agri
culture and home economics.
Both versions of the bill allow
for a shift to meet the change
to an urban society, yet allows
for continued study in agricul
tural subjects, broadening the
base to Include food processing
and occupations related to agri
culture. It is estimated that only
10 per cent of youth now on
farms will make their living in
agriculture in the future.
Morse and his committee
chairman, Lister Hill of Ala
bama, are in conflict with Rep.
Edith Green and other House
conferees from urban areas, ov
er the method of allocation of
funds. The House bill contains
a new formula, allocating
money based on the student
population in the States.
Contains Allocation
The Senate bill contains the
traditional allocation of money
based on the per capita income
formula, which has been used
in all previous education bills
and which favors the poorer
Southern States.
For instance, the Senate bill
would give Alabama $2,369,000,
the House version $500,000 less.
Mrs. Green contends that Ore
gon would lose money using the
benate tormula, as would west
ern and northern states with
heavy urban growth. Oregon
would receive $868,318 under the
House formula, $845,300 under
the Senate, or $23,016 less using
the Ssenate method.
The House bill calls for spend
ing $450 million per year for
four years and $180 million a
year thereafter, and the Senate
would spend $702 million per
year for four years and $243 mil
lion a year thereafter
The House conferees maintain
that the Southern States such
as Alabama are losing popula
tion to the west and the largi
urban centers of the North due
to the migration of poorly edu
cated and unskilled Negro and1
white rural people.
They say this Is a major
cause of school troubles in these
large cities, such as Chicago
which has over 50 per cent Ne
gro enrollment, and Washington
D.C., whose Negro enrollment
in the last decade has risen
from 33 per cent to 85 per cent.
Mounting Discontent
They say that the overcrowd-
ced northern schools with para
lleling rising joblessness for
voung people and the popula
tion explosion Itself are causing
mounting discontent nationwide
in the cititcs.
Mrs. Green pointed to Negro
discontent in Portland over al
leged inferior schools and rising
juvenile delinquency as exam
ples of accelerating frustrations
in the big cities over unsolved
problems, many of them center
ed in the schools. She said her
position on changing the formu
la was based on this growing
need of the cities.
Morse's refusal to meet with
House conferees until the bitter
end of Congress last year con
tributed to the defeat of the 1962
higher education bill according
to other conference spokesmen.
This could jeopardize the fate of
this year s bill if the lack of
agreement over the Vocational
Education Bill drags into the
holiday season.
DENOUNCE MOVE
WASHINGTON (UPI) Sen.
ate leaders Saturday denounced
Argentina's nationalization of
American oil firm interests.
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