‘ Native Indian children at B.C.’s cannery row in

The
forgotten people

This forest where I roam, was the home once of the Forgotten

Northern B.C.

People.

his their stream, and salmon rising to the falls, where I build
L my eagle nest, on stolen land.
and of forest, stream and river,

Beautiful yet,

But marked with the thieve’s hand.

One are the Forgotten People.

here their paddle roamed rowes my boat now. .

Mine the fish, the beach, the tides

ti t swirl upon the oyster reaches.
me the whales and gulls and curving finn.
ut when I anchor in, I see the poles

Of the Forgotten People.

waves curl in along the beach.

a &ulls scream high along the shore,
nd where the cedars fringe the strand,

Poles of the forgotten stand.

ute and grey in the rain swept trees.

he crash of the surf and the cry of the rain.
anthem of the gale torn beaches,

he dirge of the Forgotten People.

—Anne Royle.

By DR. A. GUEST

7 here are many bacteria which
can cause infection and dis-
ease, These organisms have dif-
fering sensitivities tothe various
antibiotics, The problem in medi-
cal practice is to choose the
appropriate antibiotic totreatthe
particular infection.

Ideally, when a patient has an
infected part, a sample of that
tissue or its product should be
taken and cultured, The results
of these cultures can be available
in 18 to 36 hours,

If the infection is mild, one
can await the result of the culture
before instituting therapy, If itis
severe or life threatening, one

- can begin treatment using drugs

that are effective against the
most likely organisms in that
region,

If a patient has a kidney or
pladder infection, a culture
should be taken of the uriné; for
pneumonia a culture of the spu-
tum is appropriate; for bone in-
fections a needle aspirate of the
pus in the bone should be done;
and for tonsillitis a culture of
the exudate on the tonsil is in
order,

These. procedures are not
simple laboratory exercises,
They are an integral part of ade-
quate patient care, Too often a
patient is just examined and an
antibiotic is prescribed without
any cultures being taken, Fora
“number of reasons this is in-
adequate,

Without culturing and checking
the results, one is treating blind-
ly, It is very possible that the
bacteria is totally resistant to
the antibiotic chosen and the in-
fection will proceed unabated,

More commonly, however, the
antibiotic used will not be the.
most effective one and it will be
necessary to continue treatment
for a longer time to destroy the
bacteria, This will expose the
patient to antibiotics longer than
needed and not only is an addi-
tional expense but can be danger-
ous, as will be discussed shortly.

Antibiotic therapy without cul-
turing the infected part results
in their use in many vital ill-
nesses, Viruses arenot sensitive”

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tn book, The Open Society,
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It is hoped that in the near fu-
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For those looking for back-
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to antibiotics, These are medi-
cines effective only against bac-
teria, This practice is to be con-
demned because it causes agreat
overuse of antibiotics, which is
unfortunate for many reasons,

Harmless, non-infective bac-
teria line many of the membranes
of the body, They are found on
the skin, in the nose and throat,’
and in the large intestine, Anti-
biotics destroy these as well as
the infective organisms,

These naturally-occurring bac-
teria are part of the body’s de-
fense mechanism and help to
prevent overgrowth by virulent

HEALTH

organisms, When the membranes
are cleared of all bacteria it is
-not at all uncommon to have in-
fections begin from recoloniza-
tion of the membranes by viru-
lent bacteria,

Inappropriate use of antibiot-
ics for this reason alone should
be avoided, ;

—Bulgaria (Sofia)

ANTIBIOTICS: their use
can be either good or bad

Some of the antibiotics can
cause allergic reactions which
are very severe, These may oc-
cur at the first injection or may
never ~ happen, Penicillin can
cause rashes or in more severe
cases a generalized constriction
of the airways which results in
suffocation of the patient, Other
antibiotics cause different al-
lergic responses,

Antibiotics though having their
primary effect on bacteria also
have some toxicity to humans,
It is therefore reasonable that
any use of an antibiotic should
be justified by culture results
showing that it is the most effec-
tive drug against the causative
organism and should be for as
short a time as is consistent with
curing the infection,

Thus, the key to effective treat-
ment of bacterial infection is the
culture to determine the safest
and most appropriate antibiotic
in each situation,

Culturing is a delicate pro-
cedure and can be quite expen-
sive, Today, in most areas, it is
done in private laboratories
which function not primarily for
patient care but for private profit,
These are small businesses set
up to produce a profit for the
entrepreneur by furnishing this
important ancillary medical pro-
cedure,

In a society where medical
practice was based on patient
care, these services would be
furnished and operated by the
community for all who needed
them, But this enters into the
larger question of the social or-
ganization of medicine, which
we shall discuss at a later time,

by William Kashtan

by Jacques Dofny

by Andrew Walker

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