The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 19, 1954, Page 7

New Drug Is Used Against Painful Tic By ALTON L. BLAKESLEE AP Science Reporter ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. ®—The “worst pain in the — nerd stopped by curious new drug de- stribed here. to the American College of Surgeons. The pain comes from a nerve ailment in the face—tic douloureux —fairly common after 40. Attacks ean_last steadily for two to three weeks. Victims can’t eat, or even shave. Some commit suicide from the agony. Many doctors “agree with: victims that it’s thé worst pain in the world: Surgery cutting the face nerve has been the best remedy. But that causes loss of all sensation in one side of the face, sometimes leads to eye complications and loss of an eye. A fairly new drug, stilbamidine, feems to paralyze or somehow strike at the face nerve causing all the pain. And it apparently acts only on that nerve. The clue that stilbamidine might be good came after it had been given to people suffering from in- For A Quick Loan 703 Duval Street TELEPHONE 2-8555 ternal fungus diseases. These pa- tients after atime said their cheeks felt numb, That gave Dr. George W. Smith, neurosurgeon of Johns - Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, and Dr. Jo- seph M. Miller, Veterans Adminis- tration Hospital, Fort Howard, Md., the idea of trying it against tie douloureux, The drug has ‘completely ban- ished pain in 15 of the first 16 pa- tients treated, Smith xia first patient so far has been free of pain for 25 montus. UL + 16 has had 80 per cent relief of pain, hut he may have some other eee besides the nerve trou- ie. How permanent the pain-killing | is remains to be seen. ‘the attacks usually comé every five or six months at least. Other medical treatments haven’t extended that freedom period much more than six. monhs. i Stilbamidine works in a curions way. Daily doses are given only for the first 14 days. After a week, the pain starts to go away, but it comes back after about two weeks. 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Although Stack will be at Augusta Thanksgiving|and his men at first do not know Day and the following day and| it, their Indian guide is the son of then will return to Washington for|Gray Cloud and determined they a series of engagements. a The President plans to get in some golf during the weekend va- cation at the Augusta National Golf Club. As usual, the Eisen- howers will stay in ““Mamie’s Cab- in,” located at the 10th tee of the golf course. The cabin was com- pleted a year ago by the club for use of the president and his friends. Absent from this year’s Thanks- giving dinner in Augusta will be the president’s three grandchildren —David 6, Barbara Anne 5 and Susan 2—and their parents, Maj. and Mrs. John Eisenhower. The major is stationed now at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.,. and will be unable to get to Augusta for the holiday. He and his family spent Thanksgiving .Day with the president and the first lady in Augusta last year. At that time the major was stationed at nearby Ft. Benning in Georgia. Montgomery now is deputy com- mander’ of the North Atlantic Treaty Forces. Glands From Dead Baby Aid Living Woman - By ALTON L, BLAKESLEE AP Science Reporter ATLANTIC CITY, NJ. ww — Glands taken from a dead baby are apparently still living and working two years later in a young woman’s body, two surgeons re- ported here. They are the thyroid gland and the parathyroids, little glands whieh ride piggy-back on the thy- roid. OIL PAINT . White 20-Gallon Phone 2:31 They are. apparently the first |). > ane + case of successful transplanting of these glands for this long a time. The dramatic case was described to the American College of Sur- geons by Doctors Julius A. Sterl- ing and Ralph Goldsmith, of Albert Einstein Médieal Center, Philadel- Dhia. The woman, now 31, had her own thyroid and parathyroids removed in 1941 because her thyroid was too active. Later, she began suffering from Tauscular spasms, tremors and pain due to lack of calcium, which is controlled by the parathyroids. An attempt, at another hospital, to transplant parathyroids in 1949 failed. She grew worse, had to go to the hospital as often as four times daily for ealcium injections. She also suffered from lack of thyroid hormone. . Just two years ago, she was given the glands from a baby who died at 21 days of age. The baby’s parents gave permission for re- moval of the glands from the in- fant’s neck within an heur after death, The glands were placed in the woman's groin. Blood vessels of the glands were, connected with her own blood vessels. She has been free of disease complications ever since, Sterling | said. Once in a while she takes | calcium pills, She no- longer needs | thyroid pills or other medicines. Nurse’s Plea Is | Answered By US. | TAEGU, Korea (#—The compas- |sion of an American nurse has | brought 1,500 pounds of warm elothing to the orphans and wid- |ows of war-torn Korea. | Capt. Anna M, Swope of the | Korea Civil Assistance Command, touched deeply by the bitter pov- jerty she found here, told of the | nation’s plight in a letter to her [home in Fredericksburg, Pa. | The tiny community of 800 gath- jered bundles of clothing. Capt. Swope toured orphanages, refugee camps,. widow’s homes and homes for the maimed and MOONSHINERS THRIVE TOKYO (#—Japanese moonshin- jers have taken a big bite out of | Japan’s tax revenues—about $5,- | 400,000 worth the government | complained today. It said 67% mil- Friday, November 19, 1954 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN at the Islander Theatre Fri-| SPECIALS White, Interior + Exterior - « $2.99 TOILET SEATS GARBAGE CANS . Saws Sharpened’ | KEYS... PIPE... FITTINGS PLUMBING SUPPLIES PAINT .. . HARDWARE . . . 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