Evening star., 1955-11-08
Textof Dr.. Whites Report
On Eisenhower's Health

". WnaL 90 you mean py 3
few days?"
DR.. White-Probably three
days. II he gets there Friday.
the plan is for him to go to
Gettysburg on Monday. Is it all
right to say that-I am sure 1t
|is-that Mrs. Eisenhower will
have a birthday on Monday. So
they would like to be in Gettys-
burg for that.
DR.. Snyder will continue to fol-
low him-be with him-after his
return to Gettysburg. with DR..
Mattingly coming in periodically
have you any idea?-once q
week or SOTO check him up.
@. What was that DR.. Snyder
win do?
No Nurses Needed
DR.. WhiteDr. Snyder viii. be
with him after he gets to Gettys-
burg, but there win be no need
|of nursing care. And we can
|really--it's almost like discharg-
ing him now from active medical
-or soon-from active medical
and nursing care. He has
reached that stage Of his con-
|valescence.
@. There will be no nurses up
there?
DR.. snyder-we don't expect
to have any.
DR.. White-We don't think 1t
is needed now. There will be a
nurse on--at the White House
not necessarily to take care of
him. He gets around very well.
Went to the musicale last night
at the hospital enjoyed it,
lasted about an hour-shook
hands with the musicians, and
] could see that he enjoyed the
party very much.
@ Doctor. did you say that DR..
Mattingly would go to Gettys-
burg occasionally?
DR.. White--Yes. 4 He is at the
Walter Reed Hospital, and / viii
speak for him again in q
moment.
Friendly Advice
@. Aside from no nurses at
Gettysburg, no hospital attend
ants or anything else?
Or. White--I think not. No
need Of it now.
Now, projections for the
Much to Learn
When these questions were
asked last time-some of them
I attempted TO answer in the
article that was published in
the Sunday paper a week ago
Sunday In a few words in the
field Of preventive medicine and
surgery. our knowledge of which
is very incomplete. AS noted -
some people thought--in an
exaggerated way, in my Sunday
newspaper article OF a week ago.
People have said. DR.. White says
we don't know anything. That
is not quite true. ! didn't mean
to give that impression. We have
some knowledge. but there is a
great deal that we don't know.
And for that we need much
further study.
Now. taking up the points inI
order: The degree Of physical
activity: that is, projections for
the future and perhaps also
Of any man in par
Of you here
young and rniddle-aged. Degree
of physical activity. One needs
70 avoid the extremes Of too
little and too much.
The amount advisable OF
physical exercise physical ac-I
tivity-even II you are perfectly
well -this applies also to some
body who has heart trouble
will depend on the reaction toI
it. But Of course. il you are not
used to exercise, II you have be-
come soft, you have to. start
slowly and you can work up toI
q fair amount. Just because
your legs are tired and you get
a little short of breath and feel
as II you want to sit down after
walking q quarter Of q mile, I'll
doesn't mean you can't walk 10I
miles after q few weeks, If you
want to. I md that it can bel
done. And / would advise some
Of you to begin to learn to want
TO.
Elevator Existence
But Of course, this win also
depend on the reserve Of the
heart and the body as q whole !.
A chair or an elevator-I want
TO emphasize also, elevator
existence--is usually both tn-
necessary and unwise, even for
q cardiac patient.
And I refer again to my past
comments about the several ben
efits Of exercise, and although I
may be an advocate Of 1t, ! don't.
think / am an unreasonable adj
vocate Of It. I don't think it's
necessary to run a marathon
every week to keep In condition,
as have seen a few older people
do. But 1t is beneficial for the
nerves, for the decisive tract, for
muscle tone. and for the total
circulation-as / said recently,
the heart is not the whole-the
only part Of the circulation: The
heart is the most important