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I 12 A MEDKORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEOKORD. OREGON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1063 The. Medical Roundup MMAILILY MANY By IP lit i. 1 Emeritus consultant lit Medlcln Miyo Clinic Emeritus Professor of Medlelntt msyo i-unic (Iteillter and Tribune Syndicate, 1861). Cirrhosis of the Liver According to the statistical bulletin of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, each year in this country some 20,000 deaths are caused by cirrnosis of the liver. Most of these deaths comes between the ages of 45 and 64 years. There are half as many cases again in wnicn cirrhosis is a contributory cause of death. : Of late, there has been an in crease in the mortality from cirrhosis of the liver, and this mav be due to the greater ire quency of a severe form of hepatitis (inflammation of the liver). The greater frequency of this type of hepatitis is due probably to the presentday great fondness we doctors have for giving transfusions of blood. In perhaps 30 per cent of the givers of blood, the person carries the virus of serum hepatitis in his body. Strangely while it does not bother him, it often kills the older person who receives a pint of his blood. In the U. S., in 1961, only about one-third of the deaths from liver cirrhosis were in alcoholics. Not Necessarily Alcoholics Back in 1905, when I was an intern in a big city and county hospital, our impression was that most of the people who had severe cirrhosis were alcoholics, but later it became evident that less than half of the cirrhotics had drunk heavily. According to the statistics, in spite of all the advances in the surgical treatment of some cirrhotics who tend to bleed severely, plus the use of anti biotics to control the tendency to infections, there has been no definite improvement in the re sults obtained in the treatment of these patients. The sad fact is that when most of the liver cells have been destroyed, and only fibrous tissues, blood ves sels, and bile ducts are left, there is little in the way of a cure that a physician can prom ise. He cannot build a new liver. One of the sad features of the disease is that many an alco holic who has been told that, more drinking is likely to finish him off, keeps going on benders! ' Deaths on the Highway In an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine I read that in 19G2, UV a was in this country a considerable in- ' crease in the number of highway tragedies. J lie number of deaths reached 40,500, and in addition 3,345,000 persons were injured. We often forget these 3W mil lion people who were injured some ot tnem so terribly that they will never walk or work again. The commonest cause of these accidents appeared to be too much speed. This killed nearly 13,000 persons and injured 1,145, 000. Noteworthy is the fact that drivers under 25 years of age averaged two accidents to the one that people over 25 did. Worse yet, I have seen insur ance statistics which showed that boys of 16 had some three times as many accidents as did boys of ages 17 or 18. Sad is the fact that automobiles killed 7,100 pedestrians in the year, and injured 244,200. I often think that if we were to read some morning that in a battle somewhere 40,500 Ameri man soldiers had been killed and 3.345.000 had been wounded, we would all rise up in wrath, and demand that such a disaster never again be permitted to happen; but because the 40,500 were killed two or three at a time, or even 400 on one week end holiday we think little about it, and very rarely do any thing to improve matters. The Tired Housewife Every physician with half . a century of experience must have a vivid picture of the very tired wife who for years has had a household of children and no maid. No wonder she is tired with tasks that can never be finished, even when she stays up ironing and sewing on but tons and mending until mid night or later. Many a time when In the of fice I have seen a woman all worn out with overwork, I have had to examine her thoroughly to rule out. some serious dis ease. Wlicn i could not una any oh how I would wish that some well-to-do member of the family could set her free for a few weeks to rest and sleep and catch her breath. I think of these women when ever I read an old epitaph which runs like this: "Here lies a poor woman who always was tired; She lived in a house where no help was hired; 'Don't mourn for me now, don't mourn for me ever, "I'm going to do nothing for ever and ever'." I am sure thousands of my readers will understand, and will sympathize with that poor soul. What causes high blood pres sure? What is normal blood pressure? Why shouldn't you have your blood pressure tested too often? These questions and many more are answered in Dr. Alvarez' booklet, "High Blood Pressure." To obtain your copy send 25 cents and a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your request to Dr. Walter C. Alvarez,. Dept. MMT, Box 957, Des Moines, Iowa 50304. Western Oregon Fairly Good Winter Area for Various Kinds of Birds CORVALL1S - M i 1 1 i o n s of birds migrate from Oregon to warmer southlands each fall, but lesser numbers (still count ed in millions) come to the state from the north for the winter, an Oregon State University zo ologist has pointed out. Western Oregon is a fairly good winter area for waterfowl and some small birds. Storm noted. Starlings overwinter here in tremendous numbers from the Plains States, for example. Most Oregonians would be will ing to sco them go someplace else, storm said, because they are becoming a serious nuisance. Several sea gulls that nest in northlands, such as Alaska, mi grate down to the Oregon Coast area, he reported. The common gull of Eastern Oregon also moves to the Coast for the winter. And the common sea gull of the Oregon Coast, the Western gull, stays here all year. Several Gulls Present That means that several kinds of gulls are present on the Oregon Coast during the winter. Only an expert can tell Second Issue of Journal Published CORVALLIS The second Is sue of the new Oregon State University journal, "Northwest Business Management," will be distributed this week. The quarterly j o u r n a 1 was started in August as a service to owners and managers of small and medium-sized busi ness firms. Since the first Issue was pub lished, the journal has drawn wide attention, according to Jack L. Rettig, assistant profes sor of business administration who is editor. Subscriptions have come from businessmen throughout the Northwest. them apart, according to Storm. Other birds that migrate here for the winter include the rough-legged hawk, shorebirds, pipit, and several sparrows. uregons bird migrations start in August and probably reach a peak in late September and October but continue well into December. Those that leave Oregon for warmer climates in clude the turkey vulture, night hawk, fly catchers, swallows, and most warblers. A sizable number ot w e 1 1 known Oregon birds don't mi grate at all. These include the meadow lark, blackbirds, jay, song sparrow, most Western Or egon hawks, and probably rob ins mougn rooms apparently do some shifting of areas from season to season. Quails and pheasants poor long-distance fliers stay the year round in Oregon. Only I'uslng Through Some birds are only seen In Oregon when they're "passing through," the zoologist ex plained. These include whistling swans and snow geese. Few people realize the tre mendous number of birds in volved 1 n migration flights. Storm said. Oregon's most used migration roule is up and down the Coast, but other common migration routes extend along uie vYiiaimeue v auey ana north south across Eastern Oreuon. Migrating birds navigute by sun and stars with apparent un canny sense and a phenomenal homing Instinct, the expert em phasized. Birds return lo about the same areas each winter and summer atlcr traveling hun dredssometimes thousands of miles. The litle humminchird. for example, goes clear to Mex ico trom Oregon for winter slnv. Most birds keep relatively close lo the ground in migration and travel rather slowly usually, though some may cover 200 lo 300 miles a night. Storm said The low-level flights sometimes send birds crashing into build ings, towers, and other high objects. " SATURDAY -9 to 9 SUNDAY 1 to 6 f LOWEST PRICE EVER V, $95 ffl "PRIZES! rAmnlatA With TV I I ii-iw i w ww a a a w uvMsfi III W . II CAPTIVATING COLONIAL See Many Other Outstanding T'rS! 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