Do you remember Dr. Elton Oxner?
Back when cigarette smoking was advertised as manly and even good for your health, Dr. Oxner showed us a black lung from a smoker and a beautiful pink lung from a non-smoker. He pointed out that the condition of the black lung can and can lead to cancer. Seeing this, some people stopped smoking.
I was reminded of this when watching a TV ad from a large tobacco company. The ad contains information to help people stop smoking. More importantly, for a company that cannot advertise its smoking products, it gives them brand recognition, which is very important for large companies.
The FCC, which has not learned to control TV grease, allows the company to openly manage these ads. The tobacco company has the FCC in a dim cramp. I learned this from Fred Slodcroft. Fred is the janitor of the Ftc Office Building in Gettysburg.
I said, "Fred, how are things going to the FCC?"
He confidently leaned over to his broom and said: "These advertisements about tobacco are dim to us."
“Why, Fred? Ads tell people they don't smoke. That's good, isn't it? ”
“Yes,” said Fred Slodcroft, “but it also gives recognition to the brand of the brand.”
I do not think that any of us are in a dim vision of the damage caused by Katrina.
I spoke with Sandra Murphy at the Oshner Foundation in New Orleans. “For nearly 60 years, Oxner has cared for residents in the newer communities in New Orleans.
“The Ochsner main campus, which includes a hospital and clinic, is located in a suburb of Jefferson, Louisiana, but the Ochsner Clinic Foundation (OCF) has 24 clinics located throughout the region, including the North Shore and Baton Rouge.”
Sandra told me that three cataclysms were lost for Katrina with serious damage to the hospital and other clinics. Read about the Foundation at http://www.ochsner.org/. You will find interesting stories about the Clinic's response to the storm and the subsequent conditions.
The Fund now has basic financial needs for the provision of medical services needed in the area. They also raise money to rebuild their employees.
I had to wait a long time to contact the registrar at the Foundation because of the high demand for their medical services.
You can contribute to the Ochner Clinic Fund by sending a donation:
Ochsner Clinic Foundation (Jones article)
1514 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA 70121
1-800-874-8984
1-504-842-3000
I am an old man, but I knew that tobacco causes cancer, because my parents taught me so long, until Dr. Oxner showed us the black and pink lungs. But Dr. Oxner really bought danger for everyone.
He was born in 1942 in Kimble, South Dakota. He graduated from the University of South Dakota and the Washington School of Medicine in St. Petersburg. Louis (where my son number 2 is a pediatric anesthetist). At the age of 31, he became chairman of the surgical clinic at Tulan University.
Sandra said he died in 1984.
Remember Dr. Elton Oxner and the people of New Orleans and the surrounding area!
They still need extra help.
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John T. Jones, Ph.D.
Copyright © John T. Jones, Ph.D. 2005
