Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1937, Page 9

BRAN OPGRATION ENDS BACK PAI Bedfast Two Years, D. C. Woman Walks Again After SurgeryL, BY THOMAS R. HENVRY. An operation on the braim which Trelisved an intense pain in the Lack and enabled a woman who hafd been bedfast for 17 months to whlk was Teported to the fedisll Socieky of the District of Columbia at its annual scientific assembly here ay by Drs. James W. Watts and Walger Freeman. ‘The operation was that known as prefrontal lobotomy,, “first performed in the United Statgs by the two Wash- Ington surgeons last year for the relief ot purely mepfal symptoms which simulated, and probably were actually dentical with.! those of various psy- ehiatric diseasies. Previously this operation had been performed only by the Portuguese surgeon who originated it. The pro- cedure was widely heralded at the time as onec of the holdest and most original steps in the! history of sur- gery, throwing open ‘to the knife of the operator some of/ the deepest re- oesses of human personality. The interactions bgtween mind and body still constitute ‘the most obscure fleld of medicine. 'The case reported by the two surgeons today was that of a Washington woman who had bad 10 operations iny 5 years. Finally she came}» Gallinger Hos- pital with a conditin which appeared to be a combination of rheumatic heart disease and Arthritis, After a temporary improvement she sank into & coma from whiGh she recovered, but was unable to leave her bed. Experienced Sexere Pain. She. complained of itability to move her legs and of an almost constant, extreme pain in her lower back. This was s0 sensitive that @t the slightest touch she went into spasms of scream- ing. The operations performed by Drs. Watts and Freeman have lent much validity to the view that the part of the cerebral cortex, lor top of the brain, which lies direttly behind the forenead, is the motor of intelligence, the center of those higher human qualities of imagination, will, ambi- tion, foresight, etc. It is evolution's latest and most advamced venture. When it becomes overactive or gets | out of adjustment with the rest of | the pattern of personality almost any- | thing can happen The operation of prefrontal lobot- omy consists of boring two holes, one on each side of the skull, at the line where the prefrontal lobes join those | areas of the bi-lateral brain where | are located specifically the centers of | voluntary movement, and then, with | 8 specially designed instrument, cut- | ting loose from the white matter of | the brain 12 marble - sized cores. These remain in place but are com- pletely severed from all surroundipg | tissue so that they have no further function. The white matter underlies the lay- ers of gray matter which make up the cerebral cortex. It is made up of nerve fibers over which impulses | travel. The cutting of the vores from the nerve roadways running from the prefrontal lobes to the brain areas behind them is like throwing up bar- ricades across a road which do not! absolutely stop traffic but slow it down TSe overactive frontal lobes—mer- ciless bosses of the personality—have their irresponsible authority curbed. Hitherto the operation had proved markedly successful—although ad- mittedly some of the results have been indifferent—in cases of extreme nerv- ous tension and erratic behavior, some of which seemed to cross the line into definite insanity. Trouble Traced to Mind, Now the patient was not “gff.” To all outward appearances she| was a physically, not a mentally, sickf person. She benaved about as would oky other normal invalid. Yet the trouple, all other sufficient causes being 'selimi- nated, could be only in her ming. She couldn’t walk because of her mh%d, not because of her legs, although h¢r legs collapsed whenever she tried to jstand on them. i The surgeons decided to try the prefrontal lobotomy. The thir day after the operation she was able, with a little assistance, to walk across the ward. The next day she walked again but sprained her ankle. It was natur- 8lly rather weak after nearly two years in bed 3 Ivrdldn't worry her any more. No taxi; no traffic~ your train to THE GOMMODORE “New York’s Best Located just a few steps from 2,000 large, restful, outside rooms —all with private bath—from $3.00 Frank J. Crohan, President After it was strapped she kept on try- ing to walk. ‘The operation was performed five months ago. She has not been in bed a day since. Hard pressure on the area in her lower back where once a mere touch caused pain now causes only a slight tender feeling. Inauguration of a campaign by the Washington College of Surgeons to reduce appendicitis deaths in the Dis- trict was announced before the so- ciety yesterday by Dr. Harry H. Kerr. The vital factor. he said, i early operation. A recent study showed that a person with complicated appen- dicitis has nine times more chance with dying than one with an uncom- plicated form; one operated on 24 hours after the onset of the disease is more than three times as likely to die as one operated on earlier; one who has taken a purgative is twice as | likely to die as one who has not, and | OH, SIS, DO YOU SUPPOSE WE REALLY CAN MAKE THIS CAKE TO SURPRISE MUMMY ON THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTOX, D. C., THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1937. if the purgative has been repeated the chances are tripled. N Central Office to Be Opened. With the active co-operation of the District health officer, Dr. Kerr said, & central office is to be opened soon under Dr. Warren W. Sager and an active campaign of education will be conducted before achools, clvic organ- izations, etc. Druggists will be en- listed to co-operate in not selling pur- gatives to persons who come to them vomplaining of pains suggestive of appendicitis. Such s campaign recently conducted in Philadelphia, Dr. Kerr said, re- sulted in a notable decrease in the death rate. Statistics show that while the number of persons cperated upon for this malady in Washington hos- pitals during the past few years has risen greatly, the death rate has risen proportionately. Appendicitis, Dr. Kerr said, makes SURE WE CAN! MOTHER'S DAY ? An:ru-cnuum shorten- ing—what in the world is that, you ask. It’s the biggest help in cake-making you could possibly find. Itmeansthat Spry is creamier than any other shortening you ever used. It means that Spry will blend easier with other ingredients and give you the lightest pos- sible cake, the most velvety. So make this delicious Moth- er’s Day Cake with Spry, and marvel! Your batter is mixed its greatest inroads in young adult life about the time a boy or girl is finishing achool. ——— HOUSE WILL INVESTIGATE OIL LAND SITUATION By the Assoctated Press. The House Naval Affairs Committee yesterday ordered an investigation to determine whether further legal action should be teken in an effort to recover | approximately 23,000 acres of ofl lands held largely by the Standard Ofl Co. of California. Chairman Vinson appointed a seven- member subcommittee to explore the possibilities. The subcommittee will report by June 1. Most of the land in question is located in California’s Elk Hills and Buena Vista Hills regions. MUMMY SAYS Spry MIXES SO EASY A CHILD CAN DO IT i, R LOCAL WAGE LAW ENFORCING DELAYED Return of President Awaited as Commissioners Consider Legislative Step. Moves to enforce the District's old minimum-wage law, which was re- vived by & recent ruling of the Su- preme Court, and decision on possible revision of the act will be delgyed until President Roosevelt returns to Washington, according to reports at the District Building. The Commissioners have taken no action in the matter since the Presi- dent wrote to Vice President Garner and Speaker Bankhead about & month ago, stating he had asked the Com- | missioners to withhold appointment YES!-Spry cives LIGHTER CAKES, FLAKIER PASTRY, IN HALF THE MIXING TIME e Spry Friep FoODS ARE CRISPER, TASTIER, SO DIGESTIBLE A CHILD CAN EAT THEM Swowy-white and delicately flavored ate white cake ,Make one —it’s $0 easy with in half the time, yet your cake is light as a feather. And the flavor...ah-h-h...um-m-m... vou’d think you'd used the cost- liest cake shortening. Yet see how much less Spry costs! With Spry it's easy to get tender, flaky pastry, too— crisper, tastier fried foods as casy to digest as if baked. For Spry is ALL-vegetable, purer — so pure it keeps without refrig- eration, stays fresh on the pan- try shelf. Get Spry today—noz/ COSTs LESS T AN THREE Al cup Spry teaspoon salt 114 teaspoons vanilla or 14 teaspoons almond extract and 34 teaspoon vanilla 134 cups sugar 234 cups siited flour (cake flour preferred) 3 teaspoons baking pov-der cup milkc 15 cup water 4 egg whites T. Combine Spry, salt and vaniila. Add sugar adually and cream until light and fluffy. Sift fl;ur and baking powder together 3 times. Add small amounts of flour to creamed mixture, alternately with combined milk and water, beating aiter each addition until smooth. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry and {old caretully into mixture until well blended. No wonder Spry cakes are light and fine-tex- tured with a smooth. flufly batter like this! Pour batter into two 9-inch pans greased with Spry. Bake in moderate oven (350° F.) 25 to 30 minutes. And remember, it's only with a pure white shortening like Spry that you can get such a snowy-white cake! Spread Toasted Almond Filling between Tayers, and your favorite boiled frosting on top and mdes of cake. TOASTED ALMOND FILLING *{ cup brown sugar 14 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons water 2 egg yolks, slightly beaten 3{ cup almonds, chopped and toasted Combine brown sugar, salt, butter and water in top of double boiler and heat until sugar is dissolved. Pour over egg yolks, return to double boiler and cook until thickened. stir- ning constantly. Cool. Add almonds. Spread between layers. Makes enough filling for two 9-inch layers. All measurements in this recipe are level TRIPLE -CREAMED! of a wage board until Congress had time to consider new or broader leg- islation. The present act applies only to women and minors. The city heads were asked to de- lay action until May 1, but they have not regarded that date as a deadline and from indications given today do not intend to attempt to hasten congressional action. Congress, it was explained, has been engrossed in the question of revision of the courts and with budget prob- lems, and the Commissioners have —_———— been deeply involved in their own budget and tax programs, g Ls Col. Cloke to Retire. Retirement of Col. Harold E. Cloke, Coast Artillery Corps, from the Army has been ordered by the War De- partment, effective May 31. Col: Cloke gave his residence as the Dis- trict of Columbia. Col. Cloke will attain the age of 64 years on May 12. He will be relieved from his pres- ent assignment at Fort Scott, Calif., May 31. A9 Sets RATS on Fire! showo by Comre- strustive, Wy ] - % o bosss, $1.00. STEARNS'sacrac PASTE Winfleld | SaLs mavs, mos, ReASNES, ANTS, WATEOVES MORE FLAVOR/! W . ; ESSKAY HAM YL Bone- m \;_ ye wneo’ \ ot Y o and 15 % st v INSPECTION A joy to cook—to serve—to eat —Esskay Boneless Smoked Ham, with all the natural juices sealed in. Cooked in its Tee-Pak casing, you get all the fine natural flavor of this choice ham, plus the frag- rance and aroma of real hickory. Try this Eskay product today. QUALIT Y Boneless Rofled SMOKED HAM THE WM. SCHLUDERBERG--T. J. KURDLE CO F YOU want to know about beer, ask the old-timers I —an oldster with a memory reaching back before prohibition days. They’ll tell you that the real beer drinkers’ beers were dry and beery. Those sweet concoctions of prohibition still make them shudder—‘“home brew” and “needle” beer made by actually adding sugar or raisins to malt and hops. They nearly ruined the taste for real beer in America. Even after repeal, many brewers thought they had to cater to that taste for a sweet beer. But gradually, all over the country wherever a good dry, beery beer was sold, it became the favorite. In Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Chicago and other cities, the dry, beery beers are leading sellers. And in this part of the country Gunther’s is the outstanding leader. It will be your favorite, too, when you have tried it. It’s dry. It’s tangy. It’s pleasant with meals because it’s light in body, the type that doesn’t fill you up, or spoil your appetite. An old brewmaster describes Gunther’s best. He says, “It’s a dry, beery beer like the good old brews."” And if you don’t know what beery means, take a tip from an oldster: Try a case of Gunther’s and find out. ’ GUNTHER'S % BEER