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MEDKORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEOKORD. OREGON
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1063
The. Medical Roundup
MMAILILY
MANY
By
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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.
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