This will be the final piece on -- my trip to the Peopl's Republic of China as a merober of the American Medicai sAssoeiation’s official delegation. When the 16 of us met (some “for the flrst time) on TWA flight - 745, fo Hong Kong, E knew we - were in far-an exciting ad- venture, but in retrospect, . I view those three weeks as the —Ubrill. of “a lifetime, an in- . comparable . learning ex- perience, a mind-bending ad- venture, ° oo Did [belleve what the Chinese told us? For the most part, yes. |. Naturally, they. tried ta show . their best face. But don’t we do the same: when foreign dignitaries visit us? We take them to the Field Museum, the *. Art! Institue, and Michigan - Avenue, We sieer them away . from the South Side slums. © In :two decades China has defeated ‘malnutrition, plague, cholera, typhoid fever, V.D., drug addiction, alchoholism and , ~crime.. There are virtually no bullet or knife-wound patients to’ treat, Life, for the masses, is ; Still, ‘not; everyone loves (he. People's - Republic. At least 300 a month infinitely better. - risk their lives tryping to escape by swimming to Hong Kong wia Deep or Mirs Bay. Although the party. line is, “All people are equal," 1 .. discovered that: some were more equal than others. : Take vacations, for example. Certain ~ individuals ‘get’ a month's > vacation with pay, but the vast “majority of workers “get six days off year-Mao's birthday, | : Liberation Day, ete. “I questioned several physiclans about the mentally — Food Sense in Canada- _ | gradients, wirition. ° he food. : all-Doughnuts.-..°: “Bakery Foods : the Court, ~~ Ann Landers ‘gg Squares, Individual: Frui ill and received an odd assort- ment of evasion’. I asked several times if | could meet a psychiatrist but I never met one, although I - know there are psyehlatrist in .. The People’s Republic. Our delegation was most impressed with their high rate, of survival of severely burned patients, and the way they handled fractures, - Instead of plaster casts they use simple slats, which ‘are. much more comfortable, allow. mobility. of the joints and eliminate stifi- ness, eT , : . Dr. Claude Welch, Harvard professor .. of: . acknowledged their superiority in the ‘replantation of severed - Limbs, especially legs. He said, “The reason is probably because of all'the bicycling. - Their vascular systems are in “better shape than ours, And,” Dr, Welch added, ‘‘Their manual dexterity: in sewing - -blood vessels and tendons is fantastic.” 1: learned. something about’ ‘minding my own business, too, which seems to “be an~ old ‘Chinese custom... 1: made several ~-inquiries his. third or fourth?’’ 1 asked. ‘(Actually she’s- his “third) No. one could tell me'a single thing about .- Mao’s'-" previous marriages.) 0.0! : > When I tried to pump’ a woman 1. knew to be extremely knowledgeable, I was put in my” place.” “The Chinese are not interested in-the sex lives of their public figurea,’’ she replied crisply. ‘Unlike ‘ Americans, they don't discuss the private. affairs of their, leaders." . Try this informal:method for your summer. entertaining. Iti - gaily. an all-purpose approach, to be used al luncheon,;tea, ”: lipper or snack lime. Don't invite more than eight guests and,-. ou can eat outside on the patio, porch or apartmen| balcony. “sShopping .and preparation should. be done: first thing-in-the at Up trays, for gach quest ‘and just betore ‘serving arrange , sa this. menu. guide for ‘a Small__sumimertima party: Mints)» > ced’ Tea/Gotd Milk, Cucumber Ralls, Minced’ Ham Triangles. . tand Cheese Basket. and Smail,... - District Notice of Court of Revision 1974: Municipal Electors list. - -. The: Court of Revision ta hear complaints and to correct or -. :yevise the 1974 list of electors, will sit in th the Terrace Municipal Building at 10:00 0% - on’ Tuesday, October 1, 1974. ° * Acopy of the 1974 list of electors Is pos viewing at the Municipat Office, 3215 Eby Street, Terrace, B.C., ee during regular office h 2%. through Friday), . . “All persons entitled to have i answers--mostly ° surgery, . ‘about - Chairman Mao's wife, ‘Is she ‘permitted. -. of whieh include: . + e Council. Chamber of clock in the forengon’ ted and Is available'for " ours (8:30-a.m. -. thelr narne entered on the list. , should check to determine whether or not. they have been 1! gmitted or incorrectly recorded, : ire . All complaints should be addresse : 3215 Eby Street, and be And they have something - ta teach us about-.personal in- tegrity. The People's Republic of China is the only country in the world where one can leave his hotel room door unlocked, place his jewelry and wallet on the dress and take a walk al night without: fear of being burglarized or mugged. 1 know of. no other. country where, a foreigner. can. hand. a salesperson or a taxi driver o handful of bills, say, ‘Take what it cost," and nol worry about being shorlchanged. This was demonstrated most dramatically when cur group was about lo board the plan “from Tientsin to Shanghal. .A messenger “from the “hotel - rushed up ta Dr. John Cowan, AMA’s Director of International Medicine, who was in charge of our“ delegation’s ~.travel arrangements, The messenger said breathlessly, ‘'Someone left this in his room.” Dr. Cowan apened the neatly tied package with .eager . an- ticipation. It contained one blue -sock and a dime-store pocket. comb. Copyright 1974 “Field: - Enterprises, Inc. - | Thought For Food Cheddar Puff Casservle Cut ono loaf Italian bread into 4s.inch slices, Brust{ with 4 cup melted. butter or margatine, Ar- range bread, %4 pound grated sharp cheddar cheese und 2 table- spoons finely dried onion in loy- ers in a 1-quart souffle dish or oven-proof casserole, Combine 4 well ‘beaten eggs, 3 cups milk, 3 tableapoons Worcestershire sauce and % teaspoon salt, Pour over bread mixture; cover and tefrig- erate 6 hours, Bake, uncovered, in a preheated’ slow oven ~325F one hour and thirty minutes or until puffy ‘and brown. Serve six Immediately.” a Consumers’ Corner Antacid bee Food and Brug Administration recently releaded final regulations requiring cvyer-the-counter antacid products to meet new standards for safe and effective Ingredients as wellas for‘ dosages to he ‘main on the market, but fibeling, - Uonal ‘claims may be changed ‘ .wmnder the new rules, highlights’ (Labels must carry a “section” "galled “Drug Interaction Precau- ’ fons” that, will) tell consumers what drugs’ react. unfavorably. wilh the ingredients in the. ant- acid, : tes _ =_Manufacturers must Hmit: the “claims far the ‘antaeld’s effective- 2, -mesa.to heartburn, sour stomach a indl, ew farning.when it is-cool. You need enriched whita. rye and ot and ack indigestion. vHolawheat breads to make It all work. Tageiher with the meat egg: .in- tha -flillngs, “they'ra® chock*a-block : fut!’ of good: — Antacids’ may be combined -- with an analgesic (pain rellever) . only if the product's label says it: dant Is d to relleve h + + for example — cs well as acid“ indigestion, " . + aeLabels listing ingredients will be required. Ve Decause 9,000 antacid products ‘are invalved in the regulation, changes.: 4:30 p.m. Monday d to the Municipal Clerk, In bls hands prior to the first'sitting ot Further Iriformation may be obtained by telephoning the: Municipal Office --635-631l. .... ok re © J. AC Hardy . ‘Clerk-Adiministrator a ee cae PR arTLAES mel p eR ME ee eT aH Ber : _ Game over! Bouncy btue 100% cotton corduroy salopette with red (pocket and big red buttons hold up the works. Played with amateh-° 100% cotton. . THE HERALO, Wednesday, Saplember.25, 1974, PAGE 83. : . “by injections and various : > taghniques;~ it will return unless’ the underlying prob- lem is corrected: 8 You can-have lhe same. 9; = problem with sitting ‘if one side of your pelvis is smaller than the other. Bad beds and bad chairs, usually the too- soft variely, can also puta strain on weak back muscles. © When a dise is the problem * ‘you can. sometimes get results with conservative _ Management, and your doc- ‘tor has taken this approach. Since you state it has’ nat worked you need to see the arthopedic surgeon again, He needs to know this. It might be. important in deciding: if you ‘need an operation. If it were my back I would go back to the orthopedic surgeon: and let. him. know that still needed help. There . is a lesson in this for all peo- ple. If-your doctor starts you __and hit the sore spot. When I yelled he chuckled:ard said it's a degenerative disk with low back sprain (he had al- ready looked at the X ray). He gave me a corlisone injection: and sent me to his physical therapist who went through. exercises. I’ve done them, - more or less, regularly, and the condition. is definitely worse. An hour on my feet is about all | can take. Two and a half’ sends me home’ to booze, which is the only thing * thal relieves the pain. If this was your back what would: you do with the darn thing? ‘DEAR READER — You have lots of company among my readers, I'm sure... <- The first and most impar- tant thing to do aboul a bad- back is to find aut the cause, ; ome are muscular. spasms aire have. peter and can he’ relieved -with episodes since, triggered by good hee a Peed by i dumb things like bending SOME Dr uk hte caused bY on a program and you don’t .. ; over to tie.my shoelaces. underlying prot ems pute _ get resulls, don’t go doctor i It'seems like every time F *. 47 ba rey es oO mus- ‘shopping immedialely. He yen . have another “attack” the : cles along the spine. One ex ‘may have needed this infor- By Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D. DEAR DR. .LAMB — I know back problems are the subject of great cantroversy and hate to admit to having one, but it's there and I don't. know how to handle it. In dates back to three years ago when I was changing a tire. Something snapped, and I.couldn’l, Stand up. 1 panicked; and the pain was something that. defies description. Someone. helped me back hame.where I whim- pered and. shuddered, tryin _ to figure out what happene . After ‘a few days it got beller, mini florals all in htoom by Gay Togs Is climbing up the fashion ladder. Red ricrac trim swageers around a curvy kangaroo pouch -“ ing red cotton shirt, Off you go now for a tumble tumble Fail day in onger. I'm never without — tem. Jf you have a short leg, it best -treatment:.for’ you. Go | Il eee “getting better’ process takes . ample. is the short leg prob-~ ‘mation to decide what is the ' -sivings lo keep the: hoard from decreasing, ~ ind i . pain, and every-day isa “let’s tilts the pelvis, this causes the” back and give hima chance cea ; .| ~ see - how -i’'s- going-to-be- spine to shift like a crooked. (0 use this information to help Fern tess! | “today” situation, My normal slack of sominoes. Even the you 0% 7 5 SEEDS — ‘routine has been greally cur- ~ shoulders change position ie Send your questions to Dr. Te, - : ets! tailed. . and finally the head sits to ’ Lamb, in care.of.this newspa- . 1 went to an orthopedic one side or the other, Al- er, P.O. Box 1551;-Radio ily tation,.New York, N.¥. 10019. . cee though the immediate mus- Many Bohemians wanld sprinkle ‘fern seed in wilh their cular spasm can be relieved surgeon (highly recom- mended). 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