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Show October. 23, 1970 THE EUREKA (UTAH) REPORTER Page Four Randy Butler home on leave 0 o Randy Butler arrived home on Saturday morning from an 8 month tour of duty to Vietnam. He was greeted at the Salt Lake Airport by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Butler and his sisters, Sandy and Barbara and brother, Charlie. He will leave for the Seabees base at Gulfport, Mississippi on Thursday, where he will be stationed for the present. there are only two more regular registration , days left, Oct. 27 County Clerk A. K. Johnson reminds prospective voters who are not duly registered that and 28. On these two the days registration agents will be on MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS duty to accept registration - applications from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Anyone desiring to register on other days may do so at the county clerks office during the regular working day. Absentee ballots may also be obtained there if a voter will be out of the city on the day of election, Nov. Bertram S. Brown, M.D. Director National Institute of Mental Health District and family of Grantsville were in town over the week-en- d joining in the deer hunt. They were guests at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wellings manic-depressi- Mammoth McDonnell; bringing in deer were Fred Roberts, a nice spike; Ray Schow, a two pointer; Tim Hannifin; Kay Sorensen, Henry Wall, and the Laird family camped in Cow Hollow and broght in three nice deer. e Sorensen; Callao Ludeene Parker; district Callao district 2- - Louvina 1- enjoyed the outing as the weather was perfect for the hunt and made camping out a real Among the lucky deer hunters 1- district-LaVorn- Many families camped in' the West Tintic mountains for the three days, and even though some didnt bag a deer, they Schow. registration Tintic agents for the various districts follow: District - Ruby Bigler; District 2- - Virginia Cartwright; District 3-- Anna Promising QUA New Drag An ancient drug that may have been used as long ago as the fifth century has been resurrected from the scrap heap and shows high promise of being the most effective treatment yet discovered for certain kinds of mental illness. The old compound turned into a new drug is lithium, recently licensed for use by physicians as a prescription drug. The drug is the most specific agent available for treating the manic phase of psychosis, and maintenance lithium therapy may protect some patients from recurring attacks of both mania and ... Mr. and Mrs.' Fred Roberts 3. - Robybuck. t'hfc' Heres your credit card and receipt . . . also your trading delicious stamps, coupon on the T.V. set, a cup ot our hot coffee, your free litter bag, ball point pen, balloon, your pleasure. The American Automobile Association was formed in 1902 with the consolidation of nine earlier auto clubs. ve depression. Lithium as an element in nature was discovered by a young Swedish chemistry student, Arfwedson, in 1817, but there is some indication that it may have unknowingly been used long before as a treatment. The fifth century physician, recomCaelius Aurelianus, mended the use of alkaline spring waters, probably high in lithium content,' for the treatment of mania, a recommendation that became a tradition persisting for centuries. Not until 1949, however, lithium's psychoactive properties first described, by the . A X . ' . ' s - y . Afc 5 r ' W .' 1 4 ' - - v , - i S ' 4 4 4 Tfarnes 24tvtrt, t Va 4 , 4 x. AUTHORIZED SIGNATURES ere - '-- Australian psychiatrist, Cade, who found that it could restore manic patients to normal mood states. This stimulated great interest; and lithium seemed headed for wide, effective use. for This early promise lithium was destroyed when it turned out that the unrestricted dispensing of lithium salts as a taste substitute for table salt, particularly for patients with heart and kidney disorders, had led to a number of severe poisonings and some deaths. V Vi..: - 4.;$ : 4 ? T1 v 4 . Mh KAC 1b3 123HSb 18S 1 .si ' - ' . K - . - x X. '" V . A t . ..,?$ i vf a tvs. s T - T t. v i AM- sVfc jtvT v s The drug was restricted and practically abandoned and only in the last few years have of resignificant numbers searchers turned their attention to lithium. Supported and stimulated by the NIMH, investigators, such as those engaged in a large-scal- e NIMH-Veteracollaborative Administration study, have helped to clarify and soundly establish the clinical potentialities of lithium. usss,. ns Thus, a drug that has been known for many, many years has been rescued from oblivion. Extensive research investiga-tionof nature are continuing, both to establish firmly lithium's present uses and to explore potentials for wider therapeutic use. L5s.4 s in-dep- th . rhi ' f . j. |
