The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-31
MEDICAL PROGRESS
AIDED BY PA7lEV1SS
BY EDWIN P Jopn,.

by EDWIN P. JORDAN .
+;s4s Everyone cry, knows that a ,a, D.
hs1nad f}s5T and research workers Sflsa, 5sa.
Sanltatlon Wb;aa o. and medical ll0uens en-
soa1: mn1cn is possible todsv Gare
t1ents ts;n themselves have ''Id5a aiJasp pa
this medical advance, 'loed n
DR.. Douglas Guthrie h.,
tribute to several imnor4a ,.aS paid
tlents who have aided }na5;p, }r,.S pa,
progress. Alexis St. Msrt;s .tteolcal
probably the most cejabroT l IN was
these patients. When ',so Of
Alexis 4. was shot in the abdouag d5ouag
at close range on June F6'OIoea 6 men
at the age of 10. he laid tbs y, t.' toz2
datlon for much Of our no5slr lgaA'
knowledge on the actions slooern os :,
stomach. '' ol the
He recovered from the n,.,,
but was left with a s4o,oooy ~I0no'
posed to view. nr. WiIIiam ,' p. !, ex'
mont, a United States Arro,. neda'
geon, took advantage Of t5o 'a.' u.
cldent to observe the process sne &c,
d'gest'on in St, Martins sts stono ol
ach over a period Of Years ''O"
This was a difficult Job: AIex;,
was not always Cooperative aes, as,
frequently dis appeared +,o fnr
months or years at a time, vor lUi
ever, the results Of these ct1,S;s, WV.
have been Of enormous tS"Iss baras;s
to mankind. Incidentallv g.
Martin lived to be SO in snit0 w. y,
his handicap. '''s o
Another patient who sar,,.,
medical science was Mrs ru 1sSa
Todd Crawford, on whom ~
Ephraim Mcdowell performed
the first ovarioto'ny, which is AN
operation for the removal NJ
cyst OF tumor of the ovarv.
From her remote farmhouse n
the wilds of Kentucky, she went
on horseback to the town Of Dan.
vile, where the operation wa,
performed in December. 1909 A.
that time, neither doctor nor IA.
tient recognized the importsnc.
of the operation to coming gAn.
erations.
QUESTION: I have been TAX.
ing "a mg. a day of thjam;re
hydrochloride for a slight deaf.
ness, and | am feeling weak and
nervous since I have been tak;r7
it. Do you think this is an ovor.
| dose?
GIN
ANSWER: I do not see Row
the vitamins you have been
taking could be responsible for
your feeling of weakness and
nervousness. Probably some.
thing entirely different is respon.
sible for the symptoms Of which
you complain.
be impossible to rehabilitate
western Europe if the Middle
East is lost; or to bring the So
viets to terms if thew have China
in their grip, and thus can hope
for all of Asia.
This will demand carefully
planned political and economic
measures in long series Of 10
cal situations--at Athens at An.
kara, at Tehren and Baghdad
at Damascus and Cairo and
Nanking. Furthermore, in all
these local situations, other
western nations, and especially
Great Britain, are also directly
interested. Our measures must
be concerned with their meas
ures, for the sake OF economy
| if for no other reason.
AS a minimum, the organlza
ton of a combined Anglo-AmeI,
lean political and economic stan
is plainly essential. But IN tr9'n
the problem is even large than
this. Success in the operation 70
rehabilitate Western Europe re-
quires that the western world be
mobilized economically Success
in the operation to hold the lloe
against Saviet aggression eouai'
" requires the political mobIll'
cation of the whole western
world.
Time. and Soviet actions VIII
make these necessities only 100
apparent. They are alread7 III
the minds of the leaders Of 'o'
men who make our policy Ihev
will shortly be recognized MOI. ft..
widely. Because great EMU. In.
are now needed, however tne-,
is no reason for fear. 1t IS wa. &
to realize that failure in the 'aSt az,
ahead will imperil the t't,'re ~. "
this country and the world. D ba. u,
it is also vital to realize 'aa. 10.
there is no reason on earu' ~. ~,
failure, if the people ol ,,,, nn
United States are sober ,..,,. .l-,.
and untiring, wise and oe'''
mined and strone.
Copvright. 1947, New foFS
| -, NJ .t.u,a Enr