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BEST COPY AVAILABLE 4 Section 3 Chicago Tribune, Wednesday, June 25, 1980 Boston study sheds some new light on impotence: It may not be all psychological By G. Timothy Johnson, M.D. men who complain of impotence have a endocrine (hormone) function. Thirty-three of screening for testosterone levels on all impotent men may discover many more endocrine abnormalities. The researchers also stressed that ordinary physical examinations, in which the patient is found to be physically "normal," don't rule out all possible endocrine abnormalities.

Although this research clearly needs to be repeated, I think it stands as a warning that we may soon have to correct our past medical bias. How to keep well George Cleveland, Ohio Impotence refers to a man's inability to achieve reasonably consistent erections. Sex researchers Masters and Johnson define impotence as the inability to achieve erection at least 25 per cent of the time when intercourse is attempted. Standard medical wisdom has been that most psychological or emotional burden as the cause. This bias has sometimes led us to overlook some possibly treatable physical causes of impotence.

The conventional wisdom was shaken recently in a report from Beth Israel Hospital in Boston on 105 impotent men screened for blood levels of the major male hormone, testosterone. The Boston researchers found that 37 of these men had abnormal levels of testosterone. This then led to the discovery of abnormalities in the 37 men were treated successfully. Also, the researchers noted, several of these men had shown some evidence of occasional sexual function, such as early-morning erections "evidence" usually taken to mean that lack of function could not be attributed to physical causes. The researchers were careful to point out that their results may not be applicable to the majority of men who complain of impotence.

They do suggest, however, that routine EAR UK. JOHNSON: Would you please comment on news reports that 1 medical scientists have discovered that impotence Isn't usually an emotional or psychological problem? I've always been told, when I complained of inability to function satisfactorily, that the problems were all in my head. I'm not sure I believe it, because occasionally I am able to have satisfactory sexual Intercourse with my wife. mm McQueen's 'Enemy debut a miscue Dear Abby TRIBUNE MINI-REVIEW: Dutch mistreat "AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE" By Abigail Van Buren Isa Produced And tftftctod tav 0oras SchMtori wfMnotev bv Jacob based on the Arthur Miller adaptation of the Htnrtk fcm play; photographed by Paul Lohmenn; muete by Leonard rteaanman; a Wamar era, releeee. Rated PO.

Birthday 'wake' kills family's party mood TM CAST By Gene Siskel Movie critic DN ONE OF the most unusual accidents in film booking history, Steve McQueen's appearance in Henrik Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People" a film thought to have been shelved permanently by Warner Bros. had its Chicago-area debut last week at of all places the Hammond (Ind.) Twin and 1-80 (Tinley Park) outdoor theaters. You read that right McQueen playing Ibsen at two drive-ins. What gives? "It was a mistake," concedes a local Warner Bros, executive. "The theaters needed a film to fill out their programs, and one of our bookers looked on her sheet and gave them An Enemy of the It shouldn't have happened.

Originally we tried to put together a few theaters for a wide release of the Ton Stodimenfi Stava McQueen Mra. Andereeon Chartaa Oumtrtg A. Dmart Mayoi Asia -MlehaalCrlatophar EAR ABBY: By the time you receive this Hovaund Morton Capt. Hloolne Bradford the party will be over, but I would like your opinion. My father-in-law will turn 50 on Sunday, picture, but so far no theaters have shown any a 1 4 a4 fWnl interest.

Lately we would have been willing to give it to an art house for a couple of weeks, but still no takers. Still, this wasn't the proper way to release the picture." Essaness Theaters, a large local chain, booked "An Enemy of the People" as a back-up feature to Clint Eastwood's "Bronco Billy." It went on the 1-80 screen during the weekend at 10:45 p.m., before "Bronco Billy." That caused quite a ruckus in the Steve McQueen in "Enemy of the People." boring tannery. When he tries to publish his findings, he is met by resistance from his brother, the mayor, and even from a supposedly radical newspaper publisher. Encountering a "What's bad for the town shouldn't be made public" attitude, the doctor attempts to speak out at a town meeting only to be shouted down and branded "an enemy of the people." In a concluding series of speeches, the doctor lashes out at those people who are blinded to the truth because of their own vested interests. WHEN IT WAS made in the fall of 1976.

"An Enemy of the People" caused quite a stir in Hollywood, because McQueen grew a Frontier Fremont-type beard and ballooned to 200 pounds. That and the idea of "Bullitt plays Ibsen" caused the film to be scorned even before a camera rolled. McQueen had said at the time that he didn't want to make "ordinary movies at this stage of my life" and that he chose the Ibsen play because, "I thought he was wonderful and what he said was wonderful." McQueen is not bad in the film. Even shrouded in a beard and granny glasses, his piercing blue eyes speak with a passion equal to Ibsen's words. The main problem is the physical look of the film and its lumpy direction by George Schaefer.

The film has the hollow feel of an amateur play on TV. Schaefer has the habit of ending too many scenes with cute remarks. Oddly enough, this straight-forward production might actually have some usefulness in grammar and secondary schools. It's quite easy to follow, frequently bordering on the melodramatic. Bibi Anders-son is not given much to do in her role as McQueen's wife, and Charles Durning plays the mayor a little too fiendishly for my taste.

Chances are, however, you will not be seeing "An Enemy of the People" in your local movie theater. The film repeatedly has failed in test bookings wherever it has played. And obviously Warner Bros, doesn't seem too concerned about how it is handled. A McQueen premiere at 10:45 p.m. in a Tinley Park drive-in? theater, with a dozen people asking for their money back because they didn't want to wait until 12:30 a.m.

to see "Bronco Billy." The theater often books its features that way in order to increase refreshment sales. Said one theater employe, "If we had played 'Bronco Billy' first, most everyone would have left." (Back-up films typically are rented on a flat-fee basis to drive-ins for a $300 to $500 charge, which means Essaness got quite a bargain for a first-run, Chicago-area premiere.) BUT BASED ON McQueen's name and the title, a number of unsuspecting souls must have been lured into the theater hoping to catch action hero McQueen in what must have sounded liked a cop picture "An Enemy of the People." What the unsuspecting audience saw was a rather stuffy version of the 1882 Ibsen play about an idealistic doctor (McQueen) who discovers his town's mineral springs resort has been poisoned by a neigh and he has been slightly upset about attaining this milestone. To help him through this traumatic birthday, his daughter decided to give him a surprise birthday party. The theme of the party is a "wake" for her father's youth. She will have a coffin on display and have the place decorated like a funeral parlor.

My sister-in-law keeps assuring my husband and me that several of their friends have had similar parties with this theme, and they were all great parties. My husband and I find the whole idea very morbid. Are we being stuffy and narrow-minded? I'd be interested in your opinion. Repulsed in Colorado Springs Dear Repulsed: This fake wake strikes me as sick, tasteless, and strained. But now that it is over, I'd be interested in knowing how the idea went over or under.

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are at odds over a family problem. A friend recently asked if he could spend the weekend at our home, as he was. coming to town on business. I told him I was sorry, but we would not be in town. Then he asked if he could stay at our home anyway.

I said, "No, I would be uneasy having anyone in our home during our absence; but perhaps you can make it another weekend when we can all be together." My husband agreed with my response, as this man was not a very close friend. Where we disagreed was with regard to relatives and close friends. My mother-in-law is coming to town, and she has asked for access to our home in our absence. My husband says that's fine; but, Abby, I am very uncomfortable with the idea. We don't get along with her as it is, and I think it was presumptuous of her to ask.

I am a very private person, and I don't want anyone in my home when I am not there. If she (or anyone else) is too cheap to spend the night at a motel, I will pay for it. It will be well worth it to me. I feel this way about my own family and close friends as well. What is your opinion? No Absentee Hostess Dear No: Some persons cheerfully allow friends and relatives to use their homes in their absence; but since you aren't one of them, it's your right to feel as you do.

So stick to your guns and don't apologize or feel guilty. Confidential to F.B. in Longvlew, Secondhand smoke irritates me, and so does the smoker; but I find that the more I like the smoker, the less the smoke irritates me. Do you hate to write letters because you don't know what to say? Thankyou notes, sympathy letters, congratulations, how to decline and accept invitations, and how to write an interesting letter are included in Abby's booklet, "How to Write Letters lor All Occasions." Send $1 and long, stamped (28 cents), self-addressed envelope to: Abby, Letter Booklet, 132 Lasky Beverly Hills, Cal. 90212.

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