Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-23

vary 50 much in the type. An
individual. for example. who 4
|a so-called early candidate foz
|coronary thrombosis, with . very
high serum cholesterol-which
the President doesn't haye--is
much more a candidate for an
other attack than the President
Is. for example.
In other words, the rough
overall estimate in a thousand
cases would not be adequate,
You would have to break them
down into the types of patients
who have coronary thrombosis
So. it isn't an easy answer.
@. After you have had cor
onary, would you be more sub
ject to having a second one than
somebody who hasn't had one?
DR.. White--I think that would
be hard to answer. 1t is quite
possible that that is true.
Discusses Heart Surgery
On the other hand, of course,
all people who have coronary
thrombosis the first time have
never had one before daughter)
And there are a great many such
people. So ! think we win have
to wait on that question until
there has been a more accurate
appraisal Of the types of people
who have coronary thrombosis.
Mr.. Hagerty-You have one
question pending. doctor. on that
surgery.
DR.. White-Oh yes, about the
surgery. Well. this is a long
story, and 1t started many years
ago. with attempts to bring new
blood supply to the heart muscle.
in view Of the frequency with
which the coronary arteries are
affected. And most of these early
attempts proved to be unsatis-
factory. And many of the early
we're abandoned
I well remember DR.. Onslaught
messy (pronouncing it shock
and when I called him DIR.
O'Shaughnessy" (pronouncing 1t
shaw one time in a meeting.
He Is a surgeon and he
called me--he came from the
other side and he said, mfr.
O'Shsughnessy. DR.. White"
tpronouncing it sort of "shock') !.
Well, he was one who introduced
an early operation to bring new
blood supply to the heart by
bringing the omentum up
through the diaphragm and at
it to the outside OF the
heart. That was tried for a
while and given UP.
@. About when. doctor, lust for
q time date?
DR.. White-That was in nine
teen--when was the-when was
the famous battle-early battle
In the second World War-when
the troops
DR.. Snyder-You mean Pacific
theatre2
DR.. whitehall was in the
not in our-British
DIR. Snyder-oh. the first
World War?
DR.. White-No, second World
War.
Q. Dunkirk?
DR.. White-Dunkirk. That was
in 1910. wasn't it7
@. Yes, 1910.
DR.. White - O'Shaughnessy
was killed In the battle Of Dun
kirk. so It dates q little before
that. you see.
Q. Do you know his FIRST name.
doctor?
Powdered Tale Used
Dr.. white--No, / don't. And
would have to look that up.
Well, that was part Of the early
beginning OF the attempts. and
since then various types Of OPP
srations have been done. They
have put powdered tale on the
pericardium. They have tried to
bring vessels especially with
Beck's operation to supply the
heart muscle with more blood.
and sometimes they seem to be
effective.
But we have to remember that
many patients with coronary
heart disease do very well with
put any particular medicines or
surgery. due to natures own
curative process. And as time
goes on. one gets q little skep-
teal about these procedures until
we have adequate proof.
And I think the proof-ad-
equate proofs still needed. ]
am In favor Of further attempts
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