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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1974)
ier I'h]'. ie, Aly ( Paycosl!, ‘d its m - v iewai ofconj 5 tain ini;, sial i »g thei, Cominiiiji records s Fund. 1 to deti in soinei al 1 code. To assist in anesthesiology THE BATTALION Page 5 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1974 Experimental drug erases offensive experiences WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctors are experimenting with a memory erasing drug that can rid a surgical patient of unpleasant recollections about the operating room. Called lorazepam, the drug still is experimental and available only for medical research. When administered intraven ously before surgery, a patient can remain awake in the operating room under a local anesthetic and not re member the experience. “Anesthesiologists frequently are QA| SKAGGS \ ; Del monte, Talbertsons faced with a situation where they prefer to have patients awake while anesthetized with a regional block technique. However, the patient desires to have no recall of the operating room or even leaving the hospital room,” said Dr. David V. Heisterkamp of the University of Colorado medical center in Denver. Heisterkamp and Dr. Peter J. Cohen, also of the University of Colorado, reported Tuesday on their research during a meeting of the American Society of Anes thesiologists. The doctors said the drug is under consideration by the Food and Drug administration. If it eventually becomes more widely available, Heisterkamp and Cohen said it might find other ap plications in medicine where block ing recall of the trauma connected with medical treatment would be nefit a patient. The drug has been available ab road under the trade name Atiban for several years, the doctors said. It has been used largely as a sedative. The Colorado doctors have studied nearly 100 patients. Their report Tuesday was about results with the first 69. Patients were given the drug 45 minutes before surgery. Thirty mi nutes later they were shown a dou ble size picture of a dollar bill and asked to describe it. Then they underwent surgery in yvhich they remained awake under a local anesthetic. During surgery the patients were asked if they recalled DRUGS & FOODS DEL MONTE ROUND-UP TWIHoi SPECIALS GOOD WEDS., THUR., ERI., SAT., OCT. 14,17,1», 1», 1974 ROUND STEAK U.S.D.A. CHOICE BEEF FULL CUT FRESH GROUND 70% LEAN mm ^ r GROUND BEEF 78 LEAN BEEF CUBES BONELESS STEW $1 08 BONELESS TOP ROUND STEAK ™. *1 48 BONELESS BARON OF BEEF ~ $1 38 BONE IN RUMP ROAST *1 18 LEAN NO WASTE CUBE STEAK ”.. $ 1 78 H0RMELS LITTLE SIZZLERS ':Z 78 C JANET LEE CREAM CHEESE i39 c BONELESS FILLETS REB SNAPPER $129 U.S.D.A. GRADE"A WHOLE CUT-UP ,45 DELICATESSEN-SNACK BAR fmA rnurno hickory smoked ruvor’ nUII klcvrlvX produced erom us da. Dull mi LllO GRADE A FRYERS ,. $ i m MACARONI & CHEESE —— „69 c ALL MEAT BOLOGNA >-"'?«■ >r BBQ SANDWICH JB 6 DEL MONTE (KEEN BEANS CUT OR FRENCH SLICED % I SPINACH 4i; $ l TOMATO JUICE " 2i,89 c POTATOES * 4£ $ 1 CATSUP •*!?!?■ i: 39 c fRQZxN FOOD SPECIALS SPARETIME KEF, CHICKEN, TURKEY * OZ. PKG. MORTON 10 01 PKG. GREEN GIANT 10 OZ. PKG. FAD DETERGENT 49 OZ. BOX 88‘lAJAX MINI DONUTS 6T COOKING BAGS 4 IANQUET •am All VARIETIES J> | 5 OZ. PKGS. BROCCOLI SPEARS S WESTPAC I OZ. PKGS. CARROTS 44 c POWDERED CLEANSER 14 OZ. TIN WE WELCOME U.S. FOOD STAMPS Ifhe dollar bill and again 24 hours later. A group of control patients not given lorazepam also were shown the dollar bill and asked to recall it. Those administered the drug at 5 miligram doses had no recall at all. Most of those receiving 3 miligram doses also had no recall. Control patients had perfect re call, the doctors said. Still uncertain is what side effects the drug might have. House approves Amtrack WASHINGTON (AP) — Con gress finished work Tuesday on bills authorizing a $200-million federal grant for Amtrak trains and ending auto-safety belt interlocks and con stant buzzers which force motorists to buckle up before their cars will start. The House, by 299 to 35 on the Amtrak bill and by voice vote on a comprehensive motor vehicle and school-bus safety measure, passed the Senate-approved compromise packages and sent them to Presi dent Ford. The $200 million authorized in the Amtrak measure is in addition to the $359 million Amtrak already has received in federal subsidy and the $197 million being provided by par ticipating railroads. The legislation also would boost the ceiling on federally guaranteed Amtrak loans to $900 million from the present $500 million. The loans go to finance improvements in equipment for the National Railroad Passenger Corp., Amtrak’s formal name. | Bulletin Board j TONIGHT PENTAGON AREA HOMETOWN CLUB will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 502 of the Rudder Tower. MOTORCYCLE CLUB will meet in room 203 of the MSC at 7:30 p.m. Everyone going to Cameron Saturday should attend. ALPHA LAMBDA will meet at 6:30 p.m. in room 225, MSC. ARTS COMMITTEE will present Rob Inglis in his solo rendition of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales at 8 p.m. in the Rudder Theater. Admission is 50c for students. BRYAN COUNCIL OF STUTTERERS will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Brazos Valley Rehabilitation Center. THURSDAY MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION will hold a Eid-ul-Fitr prayer meeting at 7:45 a.m. in the All-Faith Chapel TAMU HORSEMAN’S ASSOCIATION will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 215 of the Animal Industries Bldg. CIRCLE K will meet at 7 p.m. in room 228 of the MSC. GREAT ISSUES will present a speech entitled “Con- trasumers: A Citizen s Guide to Resource Con servation,” at 8 p.m. in room 601 of the Rudder Tower. SOCIETY OF AMERICAN MILITARY ENGINEERS will meet at 7:30 p. m. in room 209 of the Harrington Center. WOMEN’S AWARENESS WORKSHOP will meet at 8:30 p.m. in room 402 of the Rudder Tower. BOWLING CLUB will hold a constitutional meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the MSC Bowling Alley. FRIDAY TOWN HALL will present Trapeze and the Hues Corporation for a special presentation at 8 p. m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Everyone must buy a ticket. BASEMENT COMMITTEE will continue its Tree tunes’ program from noon to 4 p.m. at the MSC fountain. PLANTS POTS BASKETS HANGERS CBOORATING VOUR STUDY ROOM MAKE EDUCATION A PLEASURE (ALMOST). TRY HARDY GARDENS FOR THE BEST SELECTION! Hwy. 6 So. 2303 Texas College Station 1127 Villa Maria Bryan