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2 Adjusting to New Body Image Important ELECTED—Or. Samuel L. Katz, W.C. Davison Professor of Pediatrics, has been installed as President of the Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairmen. The organization includes department chairmen from 130 universities in the United States and Canada who nneet regularly to consider undergraduate and graduate pediatric educational programs and policies. (Continued from page 1) whatever they v^ere doing before surgery, with minor exceptions like contact sports,” she said. For instance, ostomates can swim, play tennis, ride horses, ski and have children, whereas 30 years ago, before the surgery was available, people with these illnesses would have died. The association aims to help people realize as Raynar Isackson, an ostomate who has worked in Central Supply Services for 30 years, said, “What might have been, might have been beautiful, but what is, is beautiful too, because we're all alive." "Education and support are the primary goals of the association," James said. "The United Ostomy Association has a visitation training program so a person can leam how to visit someone who has had or is going to have an ostomy." Moral and Technical Help Worthy added, "The association Visitor To Speak on Biofeedback The uses of biofeedback in controlling problems of the heart and other organs will be the topic of a talk by Dr. Bernard T. Engel, chief of the National Institute on Aging's Laboratory of Behavioral Science, at the medical center on Tuesday, April 5. The talk, "Biofeedback: Operant Conditioning of Visceral Responses," will begin at 4 p.m. in ONTOURTODAY The health occupations class from Fairmont (N.C.) High School is touring the medical center today. Their teacher is Grace J. Britt, RN. Room 1504 of the Gerontology Building. Engel, who holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, has spent his career in teaching and cardiovascular research. He is a pioneer in the use of biofeedback techniques that try to teach patients to control high blood pressure, heart beat irregularities and other physiological disorders. He is also associate professor of behavioral biology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Md., and a pak president of the Society for Psychophysiological Research. Engel's talk is being sponsored by Duke's Council on Aging and Human Development. Trading Post You may send ads to "Trading Post," Box 3354, Hospital no later than one week prior to publication. Ads are printed free, but we do not advertise real estate, personal services or commercial enterprises. Please give your home telephone number. Duke extensions will not be listed. FOR SALE—1976 Shasta camper — 25 ft. Has been used three times; has all the extras including air, full size refrigerator, TV antenna, tub in full bath, awning; sleeps eight. Must sell due to death in immediate family; we rww have two campers just alike. Call 493-2306 after 5:30 p.m. FOR SALE—One piece of fine Eskimo sculpture. Call 383-4100 after 6 p.m. FOR SALE—Like new white pants uniform; double knit; 3/4 length sleeve; size 7, $20. Intercom is published weekly for Duke Uni versity Medical Center employees, faculty, staff, students and friends by the medical center's Office of Public Relations, Joe Sigler,'director; David Williamson, medical writer; William Erwin, Comprehensive Cancer Center medical writer; Miss Annie Kittrell, secretary. Editor Mrs. Ina Fried Public Relations Assistant John Becton FOR SALE —1967 Chevy station wagon. Runs well, new battery, good tiies, $325. Call 489-9401,6:30-9:30 p.m. FOR SALE—Victorian solid mahogany gaming (card) table and sideboard china cabinet, price negotiable. Walnut drop leaf small table, $45. Two redwood shelving boards with bricks, $14. Metal floor lamp, $12. National Geographic Atlas, 1975, $8. Assorted Sheffield silver plate cutlery, $40. Other assorted items like potted plants. CaU 383-4310. CARPOOL—Looking for riders to Burlington Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Call 227-7892. FOR SALE —Reuger "Blackhawk" single action. .38/.357 cal. pistol with western style gunbelt, holster and ammunition, $140 cash or trade for small automatic pistol. Call Mr. Dombrowski, 732-8522. FOR SALE-1968 Impala SW, automatic with radio; excellent exterior and mechanical condition; can be • examined by any authorized Chevrolet dealer, $680. Call Mr. Dombrowski, 783-8522. FOR SALE-1969 Ford Ltd. Call 489-1138. BARN SALE—Old scythe hand hewn; wheat straw, cheap; old wood stove, $5; 26" girls bike, $15; 7' hand cratJced turning lathe, poor condition, $25; builap bags, 10« eadv 20" x 34" like new metal dump cart, $M; loads of other items, tools, lumber. Call 383-2565. FOR SALE—Fiberglass dome; 25 ft. in diameter; ideal for vacation cottage. Call 489-5106, evenings or weekends. FOR SALE—Honda 350 motorcycle; excellent condition; $375. Call 489-5506 after 6 p.m. helps you find out about different j appliances and methods for putting, them on. You can give each other the; moral and technical help you need, and it does all the members a lot of good to feel like they're helping others," The association is open to ostomates, their families, medical personnel and others interested in helping ostomates. It is co-sponsored by the American Cancer Society and the United Ostomy Association. In addition to President Worthy, officers are vice president. Dawn Dewar of Dewar's Jewelers; seCTetary, Marilyn Floyd, I^; and Mary Satterwhite, RN at Durham County General Hospital. For more information call Inez James through beeper 599 or at home, 383-1787. OARS Founder Takes Position With Aging Institute in Denver Dr. Eric Pfeiffer, professor of psychiatry at the medical center and associate director for programs of the university's Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, has resigned to accept a position as director of the Davis Institute for the Care and Study of the Aging in Denver, Colo. The 41-year-old physician, who has been on the Duke faculty since 1966, also will hold the title of professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, according to the Davis Institute president. Dr. A. J. Kauvar! Pfeiffer's task will be to develop the research and treatment facility which was founded last spring after Denver oil man Marvin Davis gave $5 million to establish it. Since coming to Duke, Pfeiffer has achieved a national reputation for his work on the relationship between mental health and aging. He founded Duke's Older Americans Resources and Services Division (OARS), an information, counseling and referral service for senior citizens that has become a model for similar programs elsewhere in the country. Current chairman of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare Committee on Mental Health and Mental Illness of the Elderly, Pfeiffer has served as acting director of the Davis Institute since last July. DR. ERIC PFEIFFER The Week on Campus April 1-8,1977 Place E. Duke Music Rm. E. Duke Music Rm. E. Duke Music Rm. Page E. Duke Music Rm. Event and Time MUSIC (684-4059): Fri. (4/1). 8:15 p.m. Faculty recital: Claudia Erdberg, . violin, with Barbara Lister-Sink, piano, and Giorgio Ciompi, violin Sat., 8:15 p.m. Seniorrecital: Christian D. Hege, piano Sun., 8:15 p.m. Senior recital: Elizalieth Maxwell, mezzo-soprano Thurs., 8:15 p.m. Duke Jazz Enseml^ Fri. (4/8), 8:15 p.m. Senior recital: Patricia Long, flute RELIGIOUS (684-2572): Sun., 11 a.m. Worship service: Rev. Dr. James T. Qeland, Chapel dean of the Chapel, emeritus Mon., 7 p.m. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Service Chapel Thurs., 7:30 p.m. Maundy Thursday Service: Rev. Helen G. Crotwell Chapel PERFORMING ARTS (684-4059): Fri. (4/1) and Sat., 8:30 p.m. Hoof'n'Horn: "Camelot" Page (Admission Charge) Tues., 8 p.m. Lotte Goslar Pantomime Circus Lecture/ Page Demonstration. Performance Wed., 8 p.m. Thurs. and Fri. (4/8), 8:15 p.m. Duke ^yers: "Happy . Branson Theatre Birthday, Wanda June" (Admission Charge) SPEAKERS (684-4059): Fri. (4/1), 9 a.m. Martin Luther King. Jr. Spring Lecture Series: Dr. Rudolph R. Featherstone, chairman. Black Studies Dept., University of Massachusetts at Boston Mon., 7 p.m. Canterbury Cathedral Lectiue/Slide/Music: Kathleen Brooks Wed., 8 p.m. Dr. Bruce A. Corrie: "The Olympics and the Olympic Academy" Wed., 8:15 p.m. Roundtable on Science and Public Affairs:. Dr. Garrett Hardin, professor of human ecology. University of California, Santa Barbara, "The Tabooed Topic of Immigration from an Ecological Standpoint" ATHLETICS (684-3213) Fri. (4/1), and Sat., 3 p.m. Men's baseball vs. Maryland Sat., 10 a.m. Lacrosse Clinic Lacrosse Field Sun., 2 p.m. Men's baseball vs. Virginia Thurs., 3 p.m. Men's baseball vs. Delaware Thurs., 4 p.m. Men's lacrosse vs. Cortland State FILMS: Fri. (4/1), 7, 9:30 and midnight "Kasper Hauser," Bio. Sci. Aud.; Sun., 6 and 9 p.m. "Three Sisters," Page; Mon., 5 p.m. "El Bosque Del Lobo," Page; Mon., 6,8,10 and midnight "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean," Bio. Sci. Aud.; Tues., 7 and 10 p.m. "The Gold Rush" and "I'm No Angel," Bio. Sci. Aud.; Thurs., 7 and 9:30 p.m. "Alphaville," Bio. Sci. Aud.; Fri. (4/8), 7,9:30 and midnight "Potemkin" and "Weekend," Bio. Sd. Aud. (Admission Charge) York Chapel York Chapel Varsity D. Rm., Indoor Stadium Gross Chem. Aud.
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