MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEUFORD, OREGON
The Medical Roundup
Entfritus Consultant In Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Emerltui Professor or Medicine
Mayo Clinic
(Register and Tribune Syndicate,
1963).
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Alcoholic Must Wish
To Be Cured
I get scores of letters from
unhappy women who say that
their home is a Hell because ot
the husband's drinking. When
he comes home drunk he yells
at his wife and the children.
Often, hardly knowing what he
is doing, he strikes his wife and
beats the children. Often the
children have to run and hide
somewhere until their father has
sobered up.
So many of these women ask
me if there isn't some drug that
they can put in their husband's
food or drink that will keep him
' from drinking, but I don't know
of any which is likely to work.
There is a drug called antabuse
"which can make a man sick if
he drinks, but I think the man
would soon get onto the Tact
that his wife was putting it into
his food, and then his only re
action would be to give her a
good beating.
Can Win Out
All my life I have been read
ing articles and books on alco
holism; I have in my library
most of the autobiographies ever
.written by alcoholics, and after
reading them my impression is
strong that few alcoholics can
get rid of their curse until some
time perhaps years after they
have hit bottom. Then, if they
decide they very much want to
get well, they can win out. But
so long as they say, "I am no
alcoholic and I can handle this;
I do not need any meddling in
my affairs" nothing can be
done. It is impossible to cure
a man against his will. That is
why I never waste time exhort
ing a man to quit alcohol, or
cigarettes, , or an excessive
amount of food. Like the very
. wise people in that great organ
ization, Alcoholics Anonymous,
I wait until the man comes in
begging for help. Then I will
be glad to do everything I can
do to help him.
Similarly, I feel that it is
utterly useless for a wife to
exhort the man to quit. He will
swear on his dead mother's
Bible that he will quit, and next
day he will go on a bender. An
alcoholic is a weak man often
an almost insane man. He must
be psychotic to give up every
thing worth while in life for a
bottle that makes him sick, and
often kills him. There is some
thing wrong with his brain. I
do not blame him any more than
I blame a crazy man when he
misbehaves. He is mentally ill.
Should Leave
As I have said several times
in this column, I think that
whenever a man's alcoholism
makes life unbearable for his
wife, and especially for his chil
dren, they had better leave him.
But that has to be their de
cision; I never urge them to do
anything. What I know is that
often, after the wife does leave,
the children say, "Mother, you
should have taken us away long
before you did."
When, as often hapens, an al
coholic man repeatedly threat
ens to kill his wife if she leaves
him, I think the only way of
handling the situation is for her
and the children to disappear
and to drop out of sight. They
should go somewhere where the
man cannot find them; they
must not correspond with rela
tives and friends at home, be
cause someone then is likely to
tell the man where to go to find
his family and then there will
be serious trouble.
Examination of Breast
Back in 1930 Dr. Stafford L.
Warren showed that many a lit
tle cancer can be found by
X-raying the breast of a woman.
Recently, in the last year or
two, a few roentgenologists have
been emphasizing the import
ance of this technic. Dr. Hob
ert L. Egan had a good article
on the subject in "The New
Physician." As he and others
have pointed out, an X-ray study
of a breast will commonly re
veal the shadow of a nodule,
with either the smooth outlines
of a benign (harmless and non
cancerous) type of lesion, or it
may show a shadow with the
rough edges typical of a cancer.
An important point is that X-ray
examination of a woman's
breast may show cancer long
before there are any symptoms
or signs of trouble. In some 94
per cent of cases studied, the
X-ray man's diagnosis agreed
with that of the pathologist who
examined the nodule after it
was removed from the breast by
a surgeon.
Some other X-ray men are not
so enthusiastic; in their exper
ience the technic is not ideal for
the finding of cancers in the
breasts of hundreds of women
who are "screened" for the find
ing of unsuspected cancers.
Many people who go to a doc
tor thinking they are sick are
simply suffering from nervous
ness. Dr. Alvarez has written
helpfully about this subject in
his 25-cent booklet, "Triumph
Over Nervousness." You may
order it by sending 25 cents and
a self-addressed, stamped enve
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Dr. Walter C. Alvarez, Dept.
MMT, Box 957, Des Moines,
Iowa 50304.
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Nikita Believed Anxious To
Personally Assess Johnson
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1963
Bv STEWART HENSLEY
WASHINGTON (UPI) -If,
as rumor has it, Soviet Premier
Nikita S. Khrushchev is anxious
for an early "get acquainted"
meeting with President Johnson,
he undoubtedly plans to avoid
the errors he made in assessing
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the late John F. Kennedy after
their initial confrontation.
Khrushchev, at Vienna in
June 1961, mistook politeness for
timidity, good breeding for
weakness. He told his aides he
could not understand why Ken
nedy, head of the most power
ful nation in the world, rose to
his feet when Khrushchev en
tered the room.
The Soviet leader obviously
got the impression the young
President could be pushed
around. The chilling nature of
his demands on Berlin and
other issues, and the insulting
manner in which he presented
them was obscured by Ameri
can officials for the time. How
ever, the conclusion Khrushchev
had drawn soon became evident.
He whipped up the Berlin is
sue to new crisis proportion and
tightened the diplomatic squeeze
around the world. But his mis
reading of Kennedy's character
became quickly apparent.
Ihe young President took
rapid steps to increase U.S. mil
itary might in Europe. He made
it clear he was ready to fight
for Berlin if necessary. And,
possibly most important, he let
Khrushchev know that the Unit
ed States, despite any public
confusion on the subject, knew
that it had vast superiority in
nuclear weapons over Russia.
Ihese switt responses by Ken
nedy to crude Soviet pressure
convinced Khrushchev he was
up against no weakling. They
made it possible for Kennedy to
force Khrushchev to back down
on the Cuban missile issue by
the skillful application of a
graduated series of pressure
steps and implied threats which
the Soviet leader had good rea
son to respect.
Since that crisis there ap
peared to have been a sort of
tacit understanding between
Khrushchev and Kennedy about
the point beyond which neither
would go witout risking nu
clear reaction.
Soviet Deputy Premier Anas
tas I. Mikoyan, during his talks
last week with Johnson and
Secretary of State Dean Rusk,
showed extreme anxiety for re
assurance that Johnson would
not react cither more or less
violently than Kennedy had.
It is doubtful that reassur
ances on the "continuity" of
American policy satisfied Khru
shchev. He knows that the na
ture of the individual inevitably
alters the application of policy,
even when policy remains the
same.
For this reason, it may indeed
be true that Khrushchev would
like a chance to make a per
sonal assessment of Johnson the
man. Although U.S. officials op
pose such a meeting in the fore
seeable future, world opinion
could force it.
If it comes about, there arc
obvious lessons from the past
to be borne in mind by both
participants.
Jury Selected
In Harney County
Land Fraud Trial
PENDLETON (UPI) - The
mail fraud and conspiracy trial
of seven Illinois and California
men moved into its second day
in Federal Court here today.
A jury of seven women and
five men was selected as the
trial got under way Monday.
The prosecution and the defense
then read their opening state
ments to the jury.
ine men were associated with
the Harney County Land Deve
lopment Co., which promoted
the sale of land in the Lake
Valley area south of Burns.
The defendants are Abraham
Koolish, 70, and his son, David,
42, both of Winnetka, 111.; John
Phillips, 38, Evanston, 111.; Jack
Cherbo, 37, Chicago; Richard
Dale Walker, 40, Los Angeles:
George Isaacs, 30, GlendalC,
Calif., and Maurice Hall, 39,
Beverly Hills, Calif.
Said Desert Land
Federal Judge John F. Kil
kenny is presiding. The trial is
expected to run two to three
weeks.
Acting U.S. Atty. Sidney Le
zak described the area as "va
cant desert land" and charged
the defendants were engaged in
"an artifice to defraud" buyers.
Lezak told the jury a large
part of the purchasers lived in
Hawaii.
Defense attorneys described
the 6,919 acres as "fertile land"
and said it represented an hon
est effort to develop the area
under the private enterprise
system.
The land is located about 20
miles south of Burns.
Judge Kilkenny told the jurors
"the indictment is no evidence
of guilt" and each defandant "is
presumed to be innocent" at the
outset of the case.
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Assistant Engineer
At Eugene Resigns
EUGENE (UPI) - William
Newell, assistant city engineer
for Eugene, has resigned. He
will become the city engineer
for Beaverton.
Wife of Portland
Businessman Dies
PORTLAND (UPI) -Funeral
was held today for Mrs. Bernice
Mori, the wife of a promjjiont
businessman here.
Mrs. Mort, 68, died at a Port
land hospital Friday. Ralph D.
Mori is vice president of the
Metropolitan Printing Co. and is
a partner in the Binfords and
Mort Publishing House.
Council
Editor's Note: The Famllv Colin
til cousins ul a jwije, a psychia
trist, three clergymen, a netvsnaper
editor, a women's editor, and two
writers. Kain artlrle Is a sUL.marv
nl an aetu.il case history. The
t-ouncll reports on problems that
nave been dealt with bv respon
sible asem-tes and counselors.
(Cnpyrtchl 1963
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Mrs. J. T. Now that there's
a 'legacy, she wants him back.
Sidney T. She'll bring sta
bility into my child's life.
Mrs. .1. T. If my son takes
Lily back, 1 wash my hands of
him forever. They were just
divorced after a year of mar
riage marked by endless bick
ering. But Sid's bachelor uncle
died last month and Lily found
out there's an inheritance com
ing to him. After a few fast
dates, Sid foolishly plans to
marry her again.
Sidney T. My eyes are sud
denly opened. My mother is the
problem in my life, not Lilly.
My first marriage fell apart
and looking back, I see where
I listened to Mother more than
I should have. I was left with a
thrce-ycar-old daughter who
craves a "mommy," so I mar
ried Lily. My mother never
gave us a chance. Now 1 intend
to try again with Lily.
The Council: Mothers might
not grow into ogres if husbands
and sons weren't jellyfish. What
Mrs. T. needs, and is getting at
last, is an adversary with a
backbone. And if Sidney's has
enough steel in it (a big if),
Mama won't be an adversary a
few years hence, but a proud
partisan. For Sidney will have
thrown off the shackles o f
momism, which bind a son
through tears, threats, flattery,
indoctrination, to a mother who
can't bear to let go. Of course
the son must be "blindablc
that is, naive and blind. Sidney
was fair game through two mar
riages and parenthood. Now,
perhaps infused with strength
from his ex-wife, Lily, and love
for his little girl, bandied about
by three mothers or mother
figures, Sidney seeks to salvage
what he can from the past.
Catching up the loose ends of his
home with Lily and his
daughter, he must not be dis
tracted by his mother s Impre
cations, if there's to be more
money this time, Mrs. T., what
of if; Lily probably deserves it
lo soothe some of the scars.
Salem Man Killed
In Logging Accident
SHERWOOD, Ore. (UPI) -
John Brickley, 66, Salem, was
killed in a logging accident here
Mondav.
Brickley was crushed while
unloading logs Irom a irucK at
the Brickley Sawmill. Ho op
perated the mill with his brother.
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