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Show Professional advice Ophthamologists meet at SUSC, hear medical ideas discussed congestive heart failure ho expressed the opinion that edema symptpms do not necessarily nec-essarily call for radical treatment treat-ment unless the pulmonary system is invilved. Local physicians and nurses nurs-es were also invited to attend the medical sessions which were co-sponsored by the Ophthalmologists Op-hthalmologists of Utah and I the Southern Utah Medical Society. Other guests included a number of medical doctors from out of state, and wives of participants. Dr. J. Garth Chatterley, Cedar Ce-dar City ophthalmologist was coordinator of local arrangements arrange-ments with the assistance of the SUSC department of Public Pub-lic Services. Dr. Reed W. Farnswprth, president . of the Southern Utah Medical Society Socie-ty conducted the Friday meetings. meet-ings. Thursday and Friday evenings eve-nings the participants and their wives attended performances perform-ances of "Love's Labour's Lost" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" being staged on the SUSC campus as part of the annual Utah Shapes-pearean Shapes-pearean Festival. Other play in the summer triad is "Othello". Some' 40 Utah Ophthalmologists Ophthalmolo-gists met at Southern Utah State College Friday to hear advice on a variety of medical medi-cal problems from four noted professional discussants. Dr. T. Ray Broadbent, president presi-dent of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and a member of the executive committee of the International Confederation of Plastic Surgery, presented three illustrated lectures on plastic and reconstructive surgery. sur-gery. In discussing the techniques tech-niques of wound repair, cosmetic cos-metic surgery, and treatment of injuries of the hand, he cautioned physicians to retain as much of the damaged portions por-tions as possible for optimum functional and cosmetic effects. ef-fects. He also stressed that patience must be observed in assessing final results, which are often seemingly slow in materializing. Dr. Lester T. Jones, clinical professor of ophthalmology at the University of Oregon Medical Med-ical School described the lacrimal lac-rimal apparatis and its treatment treat-ment in two lectures, the latter lat-ter of which dealt primarily with obstructions in the lacrimal lac-rimal execretory ducts. Dr. Lemuel T. Moorman, clinical professor of ophthalmology ophthal-mology at the University of Colorado Medical School in Denver, presented slides and discussion on the current evaluation and treatment of diabetic retinopathy. He stated stat-ed that diabetic blindness is becoming mora common because be-cause of the longevity of diabetes dia-betes owing to improved management man-agement 01 the disease. He said this type of blindness accounts ac-counts for about 20';,' of all sight loss in the United States and added that the average age of those offlicted by the sight disabiliay is 35 years. Dr. Moorman also Showed the conference participants various techniques used in color flourescein photography Shock and heart failure were discussed in two lectures by Dr. Hiroshi Kuida, chief of the cardiology division at the University of Utah Medical Medi-cal School and professor of medicine and physiology. He said the mortality rate for shock is still from 509o to 90',;) despite a number of new treatment approaches. In discussing dis-cussing the management of |