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HOW TO CARE
FOR
YOUR HEART
REATMENT FOR
SICK NERVES
BEWARE OF
SHORT CUTS
TO HEALTH
HEMORRHOIDS
YOUR TEETH
AND GUMS
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Life &Health
THE NATIONAL HEALTH JOURNAL
thy heart with all diligence,"
said the wise man. This practice is necessary to spiritual life, and necessary
also to physical life, for this tireless
worker, the heart, is often given added
burdens to bear—but read this information on the heart. Page 4.
THE health officer has brought germborn diseases under control to a great
extent, but those diseases which the individual himself can control, from which
he can protect himself by his manner of
living, have not decreased. See "It's
Easy to Keep Well, but Beware of Short
Cuts," page 6.
IF you would be fastidious, know the
satisfying feeling of a clean, healthy
mouth. Page 8.
WHAT really causes hemorrhoids, and
how are they best treated? These questions which many ask, are answered on
page 10.
SOME little Johnnies and Marys are
like Topsy, who "just growed;" but
thoughtful parents want Johnny and
Mary to grow well. Good health rules
for growing children are found on
page 11.
ONE'S nerves affect one's health, as we
have found in this series on nervousness.
The article in this issue gives the only
sure and effective treatment for sick
nerves. Page 12.
FRUITS make delicious eating, and they
also have real medicinal value. Page 15.
BEEF was once thought necessary for
brawn and vigor. But science says the
vegetarian diet is adequate, and better
by far. Page 16.
"KEEP
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CAN YOU ANSWER THESE?
1. WHAT caused
night blindness among
the Russian troops during the World
War?
2. Who inaugurated the modern sanatorium for treatment of the insane?
8. Who is Dr. Alice Hamilton?
4. What is the origin of sun glasses?
5. Out of every 100,000 white male
babies, how many will live to the age
of 74?
6. What was the "English coffin"?
7. Who was Theodor Kocher?
8. What caused the greatest number
of deaths in the Civil War?
9. Is it safer to open a blister with a
needle than with a pin?
10. Who was C. L. A. Laveran?
(Answers on page 30)
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Premature Old Age and Death
N article in a leading medical journal declares: "Certain diseases that
ranked high in mortality forty years ago are not important now. Diseases
that now assume a high position in the mortality list were not included
at the beginning of the twentieth century. In the first five years of the century,
tuberculosis led all other diseases by a large margin, with a death rate of 184.7
a thousand. By 1925 to 1929 this disease had fallen to sixth in rank, with a death
rate of 77.2 a thousand. Organic heart disease, which was third in order at the
beginning of the century, is now the leading cause of death.
"In only one respect has modern sanitation and medical science been able to
effect any improvement in mortality from cardiac disease. There has been a
considerable drop in death rate among children and in adults up to the age of
forty-five, but in the older ages the rate has greatly increased. Most of the
progress has been achieved in infants and young life. Little has been accomplished in the improvement of health and mortality in older persons. Under
present conditions, thirty-three out of every 100,000 people in the United States
may expect to live to their one hundredth year. Most people fall by the wayside
between sixty and eighty years of age. At the later periods of life, mortality is
chiefly due to degenerative diseases, such as hardening of the arteries, chronic
nephritis, heart disease, and cerebral hemorrhage."
At a meeting of the American Public Health Association held in Buffalo,
John Sundwell, professor of hygiene and public health of the University of
Michigan, referring to the importance of impressing upon students the need of
intelligent concern for' their physical efficiency, not only for today, but for thirty
or forty years hence, said: "I am reminded of Forrest Dryden's statistics, which
are something like this: Take one hundred young men in America at the age of
twenty-five, sound in body, and feeling no need for health teaching and supervision. Let us project their lives forty years hence, and see what will be the state
of affairs at the age of sixty-five. Only sixty-four out of the one hundred will be
living, one third of them will have died. Out of the sixty-four living, one will
be rich, four will be well-to-do, five will be working and thereby supporting themselves. So much for ten of the sixty-four. The other fifty-four will be dependent
wholly or in part on relatives and friends, or on society in general." It is evident
from this statement that something is radically wrong, that the human race is
going down in spite of our knowledge and the care that has been exercised in
improving the sanitary conditions and preventing the spread of infectious and
contagious diseases.
Several years ago we were invited to speak at a banquet given to the businessmen of a certain city. We naturally formed a mental picture of the audience we
would have before us. We expected there would be a number of men along in
years, men who were gray-haired. We were surprised to see the tables surrounded
by men between twenty-five and forty-five years of age. We expressed surprise
at the absence of older men, and then told them that it reminded us of the young
man who was sent to this country from England to study business methods. In
going from one large business concern to another he was surprised to note the
absence of old men. Finally he ventured to ask: "Where are your old men?"
He was pointed to the hillside cemetery. The old men were either dead and
buried, or else they were prematurely disabled.
Next month we shall consider some of the reasons for increased mortality.
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Information About Your
HEART
That May Save Your Life
LEROY E. COOLIDGE, M.D.
who bear heavy burdens and
HE heart is one of the
who take part in strenuous
most important organs
athletics, and in those unof the body. Since we
fortunate persons who in
are all conscious of the work
early childhood are crippled
of the heart, naturally many
by an organic disease of the
fears arise as to its proper
heart.
function. Some are based
Since proper functioning
on facts, but usually the perof the heart is necessary to
son with a real heart dissustain life, it is fitting that
ease has less fear than the
from earliest childhood menervous person with a functiculous attention be given
tional disturbance or a norto its care. The heart musmal heart action.
cle must work regularly and
The heart is a hollow mustherefore should have proper
cular organ of a conical
nourishment. If proper food
shape located between the
is not supplied, the muscle
lungs and endosed with a
will become weak; and as
protective covering called
its action weakens, all the
the pericardium. The heart
other parts of the body will
is in the chest cavity under
suffer. The use of various
the breastbone, about two
H. A. ROBERTS
drugs, such as alcohol, tothirds of it to the left side
What Parents Lightly Call "Growing Pains" May Be Rheumatic Fever, Which
bacco, tea, coffee, and
of the mid-line. This organ
Often Results in an Organic Heart Disease. Prolonged Bed Rest Is Often Essential
others, necessarily will cause
normally weighs about
damage to the heart muscle
eleven ounces in a man
and from eight to ten ounces in a woman. pump an amount of blood which weighs and its delicate nerve supply.
All types of infection play a most imThe heart is divided into separate com- from seven to ten tons. As it must pump
partments. The left side pumps the blood it into vessels which are already under portant role in the organic disease of the
to the entire body except the lungs. considerable pressure, the load is increased. heart. This is especially true of certain
The right side forces the blood through In normal health we are not conscious of diseases that are common in childhood.
the lungs. Each half of the heart is this heart action. It takes about twenty- It is most unfortunate for a growing child
divided into two sections which are sepa- three seconds for blood to make a com- to be handicapped by a defective heart.
rated by very delicately adjusted valves. plete circuit of the body. At each heart- It not only prevents his proper physical
The heart is composed of muscle tissue, beat the blood in the right side of the development, but often is. a cause of prewith the necessary blood vessels and nerves heart is forced into the large vessels and mature death. Many of these conditions
to make it function. The muscle is very into the lungs. Here it loses the impuri- can be avoided by proper medical superstrong, and the fibers run in many direc- ties from the different organs of the body vision, and the others can be greatly imand takes up oxygen. It then returns to proved.
tions.
Rheumatic fever is the most important
The heart can be compared to an elec- the left side of the heart, from which it
tric pump that works constantly to force a is pumped to the different parts of the infection that is directly related to the
needed amount of water through a com- body, supplying the necessary oxygen and development of heart disease as a causal
plicated series of pipe lines. Under or- food elements. Then it returns again to factor, partiCularly in younger people.
St. Vitus's dance, or chorea, is included in
dinary conditions the heart beats seventy- the right side of the heart.
The Creator has endowed man with a this group. Rheumatic fever is rather
two times a minute, and pumps ,from two
to three ounces of blood at each beat. Ex- heart that not only has sufficient strength common in childhood as well as later in
ertion increases this movement. In a day, for a normal lifetime, but has a tremen- life. This is particularly true in northern
under ordinary conditions, the heart must dous reserve. We note this in those people sections of this country. Also, it is more
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apt to occur in the early spring months. It
is estimated by some authors that 50 per
cent of all cases leave permanent heart
damage. This disease is not hard to recognize when the child has swollen joints,
high fever, and marked pain, but frequently many of these symptoms are lacking. The child may be underweight, and
may complain of pain in joints and limbs,
or have frequent nosebleed or vomiting
attacks. Any one or all of these symptoms
may be present. The parents consider
these aches as "growing pains," but there
are no pains due to normal growth. Also,
the other symptoms are thought to be due
to some mild condition, or are disregarded.
The child may finally recover, but at a
subsequent examination by a physician
he may be surprised to learn that he has
an organic heart disease. It is estimated
that in a certain type of organic heart dis:ase that is caused by infection, fully 50
per cent give no history of an acute attack
of rheumatism or chorea. If a careful history is taken, very frequently it is learned
that these mild symptoms have existed
at some time.
The nervous child who is unable to sit
still, drops the dishes, and is generally
irritable, may have a mild chorea which it
not treated may cause permanent heart
damage. These children should have careful supervision by a physician, with proper
treatment. This includes an adequate
diet especially rich in vitamins, proper
rest, and removal of all focal infections,
especially diseased tonsils and teeth. If
signs of acute heart disease have developed, prolonged bed rest is essential.
Many times the children resent this, and
the parents, failing to realize the importance of following the physician's order,
do not do so, and the results are most unfortunate. I have seen deaths due to progressing lesions of the heart which probably were entirely the result of this lack
of cooperation by the parents.
Many other infections cause heart damage, but usually these are under the
supervision of a physician, and the necessary medical treatment is followed to relieve the situation.
Statistics show that the number of deaths
due to abnormal conditions of the heart
and the blood vessels is on the increase.
Chest Pain May Be Due to a Minor Ailment of It
May Be a Danger Signal of a Serious Heart Attack
No entirely satisfactory explanation has
been found. It is known that the average
length of life has been greatly increased,
owing to the better care in infancy and
childhood and the prevention of infectious
diseases. Thus more people survive to
middle age and are subject to the hazards
of heart failure. This is not sufficient to
account for the entire increase of these
premature deaths. Probably the strenuous competitive business and professional
life without relaxation and physical exercise are real factors.
The disease which causes many of these
deaths is due either to angina pectoris or
to coronary thrombosis. The latter condition is due to a disturbance of the blood
supply to the heart.
The causes of angina pectoris are not all
entirely understood. It appears more frequently in certain families. It is seen
more often in the vigorous individual.
Many that develop this condition often
remark that they have not had a sick day
in many years. The attacks come on most
often in men past fifty years of age. The
pain may be very severe over the left chest
(Continued on page 26)
KEYSTONE VrEW
MAY, 1940
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NTIL the end of the eighteenth century moss scraped
from the skulls of criminals hanged in chains was used
as a stimulant for nervous exhaustion. Putting messy salves on
the bayonet which caused the
wound was said to bring quick
relief. The wound was cleansed
with water, which was considered
magic in healing. Gadgets and
charms were sold at high prices,
even to the intellectuals.
A few of the superstitions of
the Dark Ages still persist in our
day: such as the wearing of asafetida around the neck to ward
off disease germs, taking sassafras
tea in the spring to purify the
blood, eating sulphur and molasses in springtime to counteract
dietetic errors of winter months,
and knocking on wood when
boasting of good health.
There is a theory even today
that dislocated vertebrae are the
sole cause of diseases. Another
system of healing would make the
mind responsible. The mind, it
is claimed, can regulate the condition of the body, whether the
affliction be measles, a broken
bone, or childbirth.
One of the most sensational recent healing devices was an electromagnet shaped like a drum. A
drop of the patient's blood applied to this was all that was necessary for diagnosis.
Only yesterday a
pale, malnourished
woman came into my
office, stating that her
doctor had told her
she had amoebic dysentery. He had made
no microscopic examination of her stool;
only a drop of blood
had been taken from
the ear! The strong
medicine she was taking was thrown away,
and after a thorough
examination she was
given a good, wholesome diet.
In one of our States
in the golden West,
where nature has
bountifully provided
everything t ha t is
"pleasant to the sight
and good for food,"
there is a great turning to spiritualistic
healing. M ir a cl e
workers and clairvoyants flourish at the
expense of the afflicted.
It's Easy to
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KEEP WELL
But Beware of
SHORT CUTS
A
EDNA F. PATTERSON, M.D.
The human race want to eat as they
please, drink as they choose, and defy all
the laws which govern the human body;
then when nature demands a payday in
the form of sickness, the one cry is, "I hope
I am not going to be sick long;" "Get me
out as soon as you can"—so that the cycle
can be repeated.
What we need to understand is the
laws which regulate the human body. But
there are no laws of curing disease; there
exist only conditions of cure. 'the health
officer cannot dispense health; neither can
the physician do a great deal other than
assist nature to help herself. But health is
up to you, and you. It lies within your
power, to a great extent, just when your
next sickness will come and how long it
will last. Many depend upon Providence
for health and then feel punished when
sickness overtakes them. One writer well
states:
"Many expect that God will keep them
from sickness, merely because they ask
Him to do so. . . . God will not work in
a miraculous manner to preserve the
health of persons who are, by their careless inattention to the laws of health,
taking a sure course to make themselves
sick."—"Christian Temperance," p. 108.
Modern customs, habits, and fashions
are at war with nature.
Even in the days when the medical profession was still groping in the dark, one
observing physician counseled the younger
doctors, "In treating your patient, let
your first thought be to strengthen his
'natural vitality.' If you weaken it by
remedies which you use, you always work
harm." This man recognized that the only
true healing must come from within.
Alexis Carrel has for years kept a section of a chicken's heart living and growing outside the animal's body by simply
washing away the poisonous waste products and giving simple nourishment. He
says that the cells seem almost immortal.
The slogan of the profession during the
days of George Washington was, "Do thy
patient no harm." However, bleeding the
patient, purging with calomel, and giving
nasty-tasting medicines were the order of
the day.
With the discovery of the disease germ
in the middle of the nineteenth century
by Louis Pasteur, antiseptic surgery was
R. A. ROBERTS
It May Be Easier to Take Something in a
Bottle, but It Is Not Better
LIFE AND HEALTH
perfected and an enlightened era dawned.
Treatment with serums, vaccines, and antitoxins saved thousands of lives which
formerly would have been sacrificed. We
are proving Pasteur's own words that "it
is within the power of man to rid himself
of every parasitic germ disease."
In the twentieth century we have gone
a step farther, and endeavored not only to
cure disease, but to prevent it. In the
future, doctor and family will cooperate
in a better understanding of the human
body and the laws which regulate it. We
will not wait until sickness has overtaken us.
You say, "Have we not made a great
deal of progress in conquering disease?"
Yes, we have; but with all the material
progress in the radio, airplane, and automobile, has civilized man progressed in
proportion to his knowledge of diseases
and their cause? Let us examine a few
figures.
Scarlet fever has been reduced 99 per
cent; diphtheria, 95 per cent; and tuberculosis, 93 per cent.
These are germ-born diseases and are
under the control of the health officer.
But for those diseases which are under the
control of the individual, and those in
which diet probably plays a large part, we
have the following:
Cancer has increased 176 per cent; high
blood pressure, 663 per cent; diabetes,
1,150 per cent.
America spends two and a half billion
dollars each year for sickness—doctors,
nurses, hospitals, and loss of time to the
patient. These great losses come in the
face of our full knowledge of the cause of
the condition.
In the seventeenth century the expectancy of life was twenty years. Today a
man may hope to celebrate his sixtieth
birthday. But length of days is not the
ultimate goal. It is to be physically fit
and nientally alert. No one wants the
epitaph placed over him, "Died at fifty;
buried at seventy."
The ingredients of good health are very
simple. Enough food to nourish our body,
sufficient clothing to keep us warm, shelter, work, and faith in God and our
fellow man.
Water. Water has always played a vital
part in the life and health of mankind.
In fact, 75 per cent of the human body is
water. The blood, the spinal fluid, the
digestive juices, are all liquid. Most of
the waste products of the system must be
in solution before they can be eliminated.
Water is very vital externally. One of the
requisites of the American of today is
"a room with bath." Yet a century ago
the bathtub was unknown as a household
feature. Everyone knows the sedative effects of a warm bath, but few have experienced the tonic effect of a cold shower.
This should be begun gradually or preceded by a warm shower, but one can
work up great tolerance for it. A brisk,
cold sponge bath will often build up
MAY, 1840
year, if health is to
be maintained. One
I, A . 110111.112T,
Doctors Today Endeavor Not Only to Cure
Disease, but to Prevent It
a reserve protection against taking colds.
Americans spend annually $386,000,000
for beauty preparations to apply on the
outside, but how much better results might
be obtained by internal baths, external
cleanliness, and tonics, such as a walk in
the open air.
Food. Dr. H. W. Wiley, who is chiefly
responsible for our pure-food laws, says:
"I believe I would not be far out of the
way if I should say that diet may be said
to be a factor in every disease to which
man is heir."
During the last few years the American
people are including in their diet 75 per
cent more vegetables than were previously
eaten. This is the most radical change
which has come in dietetics since the day
the can opener was invented. This great
improvement may be attributed to our
present knowledge of those elusive, lifegiving substances—vitamins.
With our modern methods of transportation and refrigeration the utmost corner
of the United States has been made accessible to the garden spots of our country.
Green peas picked in California on Monday may be served on a New York table
for dinner the next Sunday. No longer
do we have to wait until Christmastime to
get a few oranges stuffed into the toe of
our stocking. Every school child today
may have his daily glass of fresh, golden,
sun-kissed juice if he wishes. These are
our protective foods, and they must be included in the diet 365 days out of the
cannot consume a
"dead" diet three
fourths of the year
and then hope suddenly to rebuild his
energies by an annual spring cleaning.
Since foodstuffs are
the materials of
which man is made,
great care should be
taken in selecting
them. If foods are
eaten which contain
excessive poisonous
products, disease
germs, and animal
parasites, they can
only convey these to
the consumer. Foods
which putrefy easily
in the intestinal tract
produce autointoxication and poison
which only add a burden to the eliminative organs.
Meat is one of the
foods most subject to
putrefaction. We
quote the following
from Dr. Irving
Fisher:
"Even the most ardent advocates of a meat diet cannot produce any scientific evidence to
show that intestinal putrefaction
to high degree is in any way beneficial to the organism; hence, in
seeking the best form of diet,
meat as a source of protein may
well be excluded and the requisite protein secured from milk,
nuts, cereals, and vegetables."
Elimination. After the ingestion and assimilation of foods,
there are always waste products
which must be eliminated by way
of the intestinal canal. Doctor
Metchnikoff maintained that
length of years depended upon
the colon. With good colon hygiene we could keep perpetually
young. His prescription was buttermilk. Another states that constipation can be cured by water
drinking. Habit plays a vital
part. Fruits and raw vegetables
are nature's laxatives, and they
should be included in the daily
diet. Constipation is to blame
for much of the so-called liver
trouble. Many complain that the
liver is "out of order," when in
reality the liver is one of our
most faithful organs, acting as the
great clearing house for the waste
products in the blood stream.
(Continued on page 31)
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How to Care for Your
P
RIMITIVE people suffer very little
from tooth and mouth trouble until
a government store, or some other
direct contact with civilization, supplies
them with highly refined, soft foods, concentrated sweets, and the like. The defects
which appear after only one generation
under such conditions are most astounding. So, in the natural state, nature's
own provisions for mouth cleanliness and
stimulation, such as the shape, arrangement, and covering of the teeth, the fluids
of the mouth, the movements of the
tongue, lips, and cheeks, and the excursion
of food in mastication, together with the
outdoor life and the natural food supply,
are sufficient, but the demands of our
modern living conditions seem to make
some form of extra month care essential
for most of us.
The dentist is frequently asked the question, "Doctor, how often should I clean
my teeth?" The correct answer of course
is, "Whenever they become soiled," which
would be after each meal, with an additional cleansing of the entire mouth on
rising in the morning. In the daytime the
various movements of the mouth during
conscious activity have a tendency to disturb bacterial growth, but at night there is
a period of from seven to nine hours' relaxation which favors the undisturbed
growth of germs in the oral cavity. Hence
the most thorough work of cleansing
should be done after the evening meal, or
at least before retiring, and every vestige
of food should be removed from around
and between the teeth.
Despite our best efforts along this line,
bad breath or a bad taste may be present
in the morning, because of excessive bacterial growth during the night. This necessitates another cleansing on rising, or
at least before breakfast. This, however,
is more of a general mouth cleansing than
a' mere tooth cleaning, including the surfaces of the tongue and the folds of the
soft tissue. Then, after breakfast and
after lunch the mouth should be given
such attention as is practical, even if all
one does is slip away to some private nook
and carefully use a good, smooth, polished
toothpick.
Decay may affect any part of the tooth,
and gum trouble may also occur in various places around the necks of the teeth,
but these conditions usually attack those
areas which are the most secluded and
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TEETH
and
GUMS
A GERALD MITCHELL, D.D.S.
therefore often poorly cleansed and stimu- hidden from view, and the individuals
lated. Then, too, there are defective spots are often largely unconscious of the actual
in many teeth which break down more conditions existing until some dentist who
easily than the normal structure. Irregular happens to be especially interested in
or "crooked" teeth tend toward gum irri- mouth hygiene gives them a graphic pictation and decay because of misplaced ture of their own mouth. When once a
contact points between the teeth, unequal fastidious person has the feel of a clean,
division of the force applied during masti- healthy mouth, nothing short of that concation, and the uneven line of the teeth dition will ever satisfy again. Offensive
themselves, making cleansing and stimula- breath may be caused, of course, by other
tion by either natural or artificial means conditions, but it should certainly not be
more difficult.
tolerated when it results from particles of
Germs require proper warmth, moisture, food which have been left to decompose
and food for their growth and multiplica- in and around the teeth.
tion. The condition of many mouths
You have probably observed that we
makes them a virtual incubator for bac- speak of stimulating the soft tissues of the
terial growth. In suitable places these mouth almost as much as we do of cleangerms are bred in profusion, and unless ing the teeth themselves. Lack of exercise
controlled, they may tend to destroy the from chewing tough, hard foods a suffiteeth and infect the gums, and even the cient length of time results in soft, spongy
tonsils, the stomach, and other parts of gums and nonresisting mucous membrane.
the body. Not all bacteria are disease pro- This membrane is the inner skin which
ducing, but from 20 to 35 per cent of those lines the inside of our mouth, throat, and
which grow in the human mouth are, and alimentary canal. The gums and the
are therefore a constant menace to com- mucous membrane are examples of end
fort and health.
circulation, and often, because of stagnaIt is amazing that so many people who tion, they do not receive a sufficient fresh
are otherwise careful about their person blood supply through the small blood
will allow their mouths to become so vessels of the extremities to keep them
positively filthy. That is a severe word to vigorous and healthy.
apply to anyone's mouth, but nothing
When this tissue becomes so weak as to
milder seems adequate. We have often permit easily the outward passage of
concluded that such a situation arises be- stagnated blood (bleeding gums), it is
cause the mouth and the teeth are partially only reasonable to believe that mouth
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bacteria may also pass inward through the soft tissues artificially by the correct use
lymphatics of the same opening, since the of the toothbrush, dental tape, various
blood cell is larger than the microbe. Thus forms of interdental or between-the-teeth
there is danger of infection of the inner stimulators, and other adjuvants that
body itself from microorganisms living in might be suggested by your dentist, is
the human mouth. Since investigation strongly urged for all.
Mouthwashes and dentifrices can only
has shown that even an apparently clean
mouth is microscopically teeming with aid in keeping the teeth and mouth clean.
bacteria, it requires very little imagination They will hardly retard the progress of
to picture the population of the neglected, pyorrhea, much less cure it,' or stop defilthy mouth. This blood stagnation, caying teeth; and none with flavoring or
caused by irritation, lack of exercise, and perfume will remove the cause of bad
retarded circulation in the tissue, may be taste or breath, or bad breath itself, excontrolled to some extent at least by arti- cept for a short time while its odor lasts.
As a cleansing agent the dentifrice depends
ficial stimulation or exercise.
And so a thorough and systematic cleans- entirely upon the efficiency of the brush
ing of all surfaces of the teeth, together that applies it, and a toothbrush cannot
with proper stimulation of the adjacent clean a surface of a tooth or massage the
MAY. 1940
surface of the gums unless it actually
touches it. One-half teaspoonful of common table salt to a glass of warm water
makes as fine a mouthwash as it is possible
to obtain for daily use in the healthy
mouth, as a means of keeping it healthy,
and any dentifrice that bears the seal of
acceptance of the Council on Dental
Therapeutics of the American Dental Association is acceptable.
"Tartar" is the layman's term for salivary dental calculus, those hard, gross deposits which form on the teeth when
they have been neglected. This can be
largely prevented by a thorough brushing
of the teeth every twelve to twenty-four
hours. When a longer period has elapsed,
the initial soft, creamy deposits harden
into a mass that resists ordinary brushing,
and after several days this mass becomes
so hard that instruments are required to
remove it. The kind and amount of
dental calculus present vary in different
mouths, probably because of differences in
diet, amount and quality of the saliva,
degree of mouth care, etc. At best, it is
an irritating foreign substance, and should
not be allowed to accumulate around the
teeth.
The use of dental floss is necessary to
remove food particles from between the
teeth. The wide, or "tape," type is best,
and its use should precede brushing. It
may be forced carefully between all the
teeth, and with a short, nonirritating
stroke, passed around the necks of the
teeth just under the free margin of the
gum. Care must be exercised, however,
not to saw into the surface of the tooth or
against the gum. Dental floss is very helpful in cleaning these areas which are difficult to reach, but, like the brush and
other agents for mouth cleansing, it must
be used properly, and in strict harmony
with instruction received from your dentist. Otherwise, needless damage may be
done.
Various agents, such as the ordinary
round toothpick, rubber points held on
the end of your toothbrush or in aholder,
triangular-shaped points' made of ',softer
wood, and the like, may also be used for
cleansing and stimulation between the
teeth, and may serve a useful purpose because they may be carried around easily
in the vest pocket or handbag, and are
therefore available when toothbrushes and
floss are not.
The shape and the size of the toothbrush
itself are important. The small brush is
best, two bundles of bristles by six being
the most widely accepted. When beginning a thorough brushing program after
a period of neglect, the softer bristle
brushes should be used, and a somewhat
stiffer bristle gradually adopted as the gums
(Continued on page 31)
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HEMORRHOIDS-Their Cause and Treatment
A
CLYDE A. HAYSMER, M.D.
HE structure of a part of the body
is closely related to its diseases.
Therefore, in considering the subject
of hemorrhoids, we must first consider the
structure of the rectum and the anus. The
inner lining of the rectum is composed of
columnar cells, while the lining of the
anus, being a modified skin, is formed by
flattened cells. Hemorrhoids which occur
above the line where these two forms of
lining meet are called internal; below this
line they are called external.
External Hemorrhoids. External hemorrhoids are of several classes. The most
common are skin tabs and so-called thrombotic hemorrhoids.
The former are of little importance except as they interfere with cleanliness. If
they cause trouble, they can easily be removed surgically. The so-called thrombotic hemorrhoid is really a hemorrhage
into the tissues from a ruptured vein. The
cause is almost invariably straining at
stool. As it is the pressure from the hemorrhage that causes the pain, if the condition is treated early, great relief can be
obtained by a comparatively minor procedure—opening the area and evacuating
the blood clot.
Internal Hemorrhoids. Internal hemorrhoids are in many ways closely related
to varicose veins. Just under the lining
membrane of the lower rectum is a network, or plexus, or veins. From this network the blood passes to the heart in
several ways. By one route it passes
through the liver. In the other channels
the blood does hot have to pass through
this organ.
As the tissues in which the plexus of
veins is embedded are loose, the walls of
the veins are poorly supported. Thus any
condition that causes an abnormal increase
in the pressure of the blood in the veins
causes them to dilate and become tortuous.
Undoubtedly constipation, with the resulting straining at stool, is the most important factor. Not only is the general
pressure in the abdomen raised on straining, but the hard fecal mass passing down
forces the blood ahead, thus increasing the
pressure in the veins. From this it can
be seen that one of the most important
considerations in the preventive treatment
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Constipation Is an Important Factor in Hemorrhoids. The Office Worker Should Include
Exercise in His Daily Program
of hemorrhoids is to treat the associated
constipation. On the other hand, hemorrhoids tend to make the constipation
worse. Therefore, the treatment of both
conditions must be associated.
There are many other conditions that
increase the pressure in the veins and thus
cause hemorrhoids. Pregnancy is a factor
here as well as in varicose veins. As one
channel for the returning blood from the
rectum is through the liver, any disease of
that organ that obstructs the flowing of
the blood, such as alcoholic cirrhosis, is of
importance.
Cancer of the rectum, by hindering the
return of blood from the rectum, frequently is a cause of hemorrhoids. This
is very important, as bleeding from the
bowel is a symptom of both cancer and
hemorrhoids. The grave danger is that in
looking for the cause of the bleeding, the
hemorrhoids are found and the cancer is
missed. For this reason even if hemorrhoids are found, the examination must be
carried farther to ascertain whether cancer
exists.
The dilated veins protrude into the
bowel. As the natural action of the bowel
is to empty itself, there is a tendency for
the hemorrhoid to be pushed out. It thus
becomes elongated and one end prolapses
or passes into the anus. In the early
stages the protruding mass can usually be
readily replaced, but if neglected, this becomes more difficult. As the hemorrhoid
prolapses it is grasped by the powerful
muscles, and the circulation further suffers,
which leads to ulceration and occasionally
to severe bleeding. An internal hemorrhoid rarely causes much severe pain before it prolapses, although there may be
a dull ache or sense of discomfort. However, when a hemorrhoid prolapses severe
pain occurs.
Treatment. The treatment must be selected to fit the particular conditions
found. Enough has been said to indicate
the general line of treatment for external
hemorrhoids. Internal hemorrhoids, being dilated veins, are treated much the
same as varicose veins. If the condition is
mild, great benefit may be secured by the
injection treatment. The solution causes
the formation of scar tissue, which closes
the veins. The advantages of this method
are that it is practically painless and does
not require a prolonged stay in a hospital.
As hemorrhoids have a strong tendency
to get worse, it is important that they be
treated early while this simple method is
successful. The injection treatment should
never be used for external hemorrhoids.
The more severe cases require surgical
removal.
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Good Health Rules for Johnny and Mary
LEONORA LACEY WARRINER, R.N.
I
IOW old is your little "runabout,"
if you are fortunate enough to have
one? Or perhaps you have more
than one, with ages ranging from two to
six. If you have, there are some things
that child specialists have to say about
children between these ages that should
interest you.
While it is true that never before has so
much been written and said regarding the
care of children and the influences which
affect their normal body growth and mental development, yet the sad facts are that
a recent White House Conference survey
showed more than 5,700,000 handicapped
children in the United States. In the light
of the outstanding accomplishments of
science in regard to the knowledge and
care of children, that is a really appalling
figure.
Of this number 3,000,000 children suffer
from impaired hearing, 1,000,000 from
weak or damaged hearts, another 1,000,000
from defective speech, 450,000 are mentally retarded, 300,000 are permanently
crippled, and 14,000 are blind and thousands more have some defect in eyesight.
Is there anything we can do to lower
these terrible figures in the years to come
instead of ignorantly increasing them?
There most certainly is!
While it is true that many of these
"handicapped" children are victims of the
sins and indiscretions of one or both of
their parents and of other prenatal influences, many of these little sufferers
might be well and happy today if the
proper care had been taken of them during those vital years which take them out
of infancy into childhood.
We will let someone else tell you about
the important prenatal period and the
first two years of a child's life, and confine
ourselves to the equally important years
that lie between two and six, when he is
no longer really a baby, but has become
the noisy, active little "runabout" who
keeps you on the jump every minute of
his waking hours.
How you do hate to see him grow out
of your arms, and what a temptation it is
to encourage him to keep his endearing
"baby ways"! And yet by treating your
two-year-old as though he were still a
baby instead of a sturdy runabout, you
may do him actual harm by hindering
his normal mental and physical development.
Dr. William Palmer Lucas, author of
"Health of the Runabout Child," says:
"What your child will be at twenty-one will
depend so much on what he is at six that
not one hour is to be wasted. Home is
his world, and these early years in his home
are the parents' chance to give him a good
start in life. Give the child the right food,
the proper clothing, a chance to play in the
fresh air and sunlight, a home in which
he may develop those qualities which build
character—love, unselfishness, honesty, loyalty, purity, truth."
Living conditions and life in general are
very different now from what they were
when we were children. Therefore methods that were quite successful in our early
bringing-up may not be at all suitable for
the runabout of 1940.
What do we mean when we speak of a
"healthy child"? We mean one that is
well in mind and body, who can do all
the things that the, average child of the
same age should do. His flesh should be
firm, his muscles well developed, his skin
smooth, his cheeks and lips rosy, his eyes
clear and bright, his posture correct; he
should have a good appetite and good
digestion; his bodily functions should be
regular and normal, his sleep natural, his
disposition sunny, and his energy boundless.
That may sound a bit too idealistic, but
it is a condition well worth striving for,
isn't it? So many, many factors enter into
the achieving of the desired result that
we can discuss only the most important
ones. There is the question of proper
food, dress, exercise, sleep, right surroundings, regularity of program, formation of
right habits, safeguarding the child's
health, and a score of other vital things to
consider.
The preschool years from two to six are
packed full of new sensations for the little
runabout. Almost every hour of the day
he sees new things, hears new sounds,
meets new experiences, and thus he develops as the months fly by.
But we must remember that children do
not all develop in the same way, and the
fact that your runabout may not weigh the
same as the one of the same age next door
is no proof that he is not developing
normally. Perfectly healthy children vary
greatly in height and weight from other
equally healthy children in the same age
group. However, if a child does not show
a satisfactory growth in height and weight
for several months, he should be carefully
examined by a physician. During the
years from two to six about two and a
half inches should be added to the child's
height each year, with a corresponding
increase in weight. At two years of age
(Continued on page 25)
The Little Runabouts Are Ready to Go,
and How Far Their Little Feet Do Travel!
H. A. ROBERTS
MAY, 1940
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THE TREATMENT FOR
SICK NERVES
PART V
How Your Nerves
Affect Your Health
CHARLES H. WOLOHON,
M.D.
N
0 matter in what one is interested,
or about what' he is writing, there
is a tendency for the subject to loom
so large that he loses his sense of proportion. We must not forget to view things
in their relative values. To lay emphasis
on the emotional side of illness does not
mean to neglect the physical. Every nervous patient should have a complete physical examination to eliminate organic disease, and all possible advantage should be
taken of every means of treatment which
offers a prospect of help. "These ought
ye to have done, and not to leave the other
undone." Many times there are conditions which call for surgical care, such as
diseased tonsils, thyroid trouble, gallstones.
But here a note of warning must be
sounded. Nervous patients have a low
threshold for pain, and because of their
autonomic imbalance they will experience
seizures and symptoms which simulate diseases that are treated most expeditiously
by operative procedure when such are not
really present. I knew one poor neurotic,
and this is not an isolated instance, who
had seventeen operations. Truly, like the
woman in the Bible, she "had suffered
many things of many physicians, and had
spent all that she had, and was nothing
bettered, but rather grew worse."
Yet it is inescapable that those who are
nervously unstable, in common with humanity in general, do at times have organic
disease, and they should therefore be scrutinized with care. We may talk to them
of learning the art of living, or of cultivating mental serenity; yet if they have
tuberculosis or severe anemia, we shall be
missing the mark. It is impossible even
for a while to smile away peptic ulcer or
to successfully laugh off an attack of kidney colic. In the treatment of nervousness, it is therefore a great mistake if physical defects which need correction are
passed by. But many times the patient refuses suggestions, and frequently he balks
at any examination at all.
Often, in spite of all our examinations
and careful research in the realm of the
physical, the chemical, and the X ray,
nothing may be disclosed. Such proPAGE 12
cedures, of course, will certainly throw
no light on the patient's cares and anxieties. Thus it is only by searching questions into the person's mental and emotional life that one obtains a correct viewpoint of the situation. After the case
study has been completed, the doctor will
interview the patient to review the findings and chart the course for the future. If
at this authoritative interview he reports
that the tests and investigations do not
show organic disease, it does not mean that
the patient is shamming or that he does
not suffer. These people do have aches
and pains. They suffer torment of the
worst kind. However, it is also true that
at the present status of our knowledge,
these aches and pains are no sign that the
patient has organic disease, but rather are
the reflection of an abnormal emotional
state.
Though I shall not have space to write
of all possible angles in such a brief paper
as this, it is fundamental that the nervous
person, in order to get well and stay so,
must obey the laws of health. He must
have a well-balanced diet, and the food
must be eaten (so many do not eat it, you
know). Sufficient rest is absolutely essential, and sometimes this means rest in bed
for a period of time.
Sleep, too, is important. But many times
nervous people cannot sleep. They will
lie awake and fret and fuss. The next
morning when the physician makes his
rounds, they will enumerate the hours they
were awake and saw the clock, and will
tell him just where the hands were when
they did thus and so. It seems to me that
clocks should be banned from the bedrooms of such persons. Because they cannot sleep, they toss and roll and, figura-
tively speaking, "tear their hair." But
Morpheus is not wooed or won in such
fashion. We cannot compel ourselves to
sleep, any more than we can make our
organs function. Here the only attitude
that avails is one of nonchalance, a resolution, without worry, without frustration,
to lie down and rest, whether one sleeps or
not. If we adopt an unemotional, I-don'tcare-if-I-don't-sleep attitude, bolstered by
the reflection that at the worst an hour
of rest is equivalent to a half hour of sleep,
the anxiety element will be taken away,
and we will sleep. Our attitude should
be that of the psalmist: "I will both lay
me down in peace, and sleep: for Thou,
Lord, only makest me dwell in safety."
Ps. 4:8.
Robert Louis Stevenson's formula for
employing the day will at the end bring
the gift for which he prayed: "The day
returns and brings us the petty round of
irritating concerns and duties. Help us
to play the man, help us to perform them
with laughter and kind faces; let cheerfulness abound with industry. Give us to
go blithely on our busy way this day, bring
us to our resting beds weary and content
and undishonored, and grant us in the end
the gift of sleep."
Now in answering the lament of our
nerves, it seems to me that religion is the
most wholesome and beneficial influence
that can be brought to bear. But you
need not take my word, for I shall call
other witnesses. And these are no ordinary medical men, but are among our
greatest contemporary doctors.
Doctor Richard Cabot of Boston, in his
little book, "What Men Live By," has
said that a normal, well-balanced personality should divide activity into four fields
—love, play, work, and worship. Worship, of course, is religion. And again he
says: "In describing the impotency of the
physician to effect through his technical
skill or knowledge much that he would
like to do, . . . 'encouragement is one
third the business of the physician; but
if it is to be permanent and not a mental
cocktail, we must give the patient good
reason for being encouraged, which usually
means religion or its equivalent.' "
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And another, Dr. W. J. Mayo, worldfamous surgeon of the Mayo Clinic, at a
recent Interstate Post-graduate Medical
Assembly held in Cleveland, said: "Religion deals with the emotions.. . . It carries
spiritual comfort to the afflicted when
human power fails, and some form of religion is necessary to the happiness of mankind. . . . There is a tendency of the time
for a group of intellectuals, that is, persons who have been educated beyond their
intelligence, to underrate the value of religion as the universal comforter in times of
physical or spiritual stress, but to the mass
of the people, religion has the same potency
that it has had for two thousand years. The
sick man needs faith, faith in his physician;
but there comes a time when faith in a
higher power may be necessary to maintain
his morale and sustain his emotions."
In a personal letter, Dr. Howard A.
Kelly, great surgeon of Baltimore, in
speaking of the value of religion, said: "I
do believe that Christian faith would cure
a lot of nervous ills and a good many
more serious ones which follow on at the
end of periods of constant worry and fussing and anxiety. It certainly does cure
criminal instincts, and the criminality of
our population would be vastly reduced
if earnest Christians were brought into
close contact with nascent criminals."
Again, I quote a few lines from the pen
of Dr. T. B. Hyslop, recently deceased,
who was considered to be one of Great
Britain's great physicians. In an address
before the British Medical Association, he
said:
• "The best medicine which my practice
has discovered is prayer. The exercise of
prayer in those who habitually practice it
must be regarded as the most adequate
and normal of all the pacifiers of the
mind and calmers of the nerves.
"As one whose whole life has been
concerned with the sufferings of the mind,
I would state that of all the hygienic
measures to counteract disturbed sleep,
depression of spirits, and all the miserable
sequels of a distressed mind, I would
undoubtedly give first place to the simple
habit of prayer.
"It is of the highest importance, merely
from a physical point of view, to teach
children to hold daily communion with
God. Such a habit does more to quiet
the spirit and strengthen the soul to
overcome mere incidental emotionalism
than any other therapeutic agency known
to man."
The testimony of these leaders in medical thought clearly indicates that religious faith is most necessary. But really,
if you come to think of it, we
do not need anyone to tell us.
If we will analyze our own hearts,
we ourselves will know that it is
true. It is a fact that by nature man
is inherently religious and that he
will worship something. If it is not
the God of heaven, it will be the
gods of his own creation—the silver
or gold of the.civilized heathen, or
the crocodiles and pigs of the primitive savage. Some will even make
irreligion a matter of religion, and
glory in, and bow down before it.
It seems reasonable to suppose,
since a kind God created us in the
beginning and it is His purpose that
we should be happy here on earth
and later live with Him in heaven,
that it is absolutely obligatory upon
Him to provide the way and the
means to attain these ends. This He
has done in the religious desire implanted in our souls and in the
Bible placed in our hands.
The Bible, then, is the inspired
message of God to man for today.
But how can it fit into our mentalhygiene program to help the fearful,
the nervous, the heartsick? What
does it have to offer here? It discloses a way of life, a way of peace,
a pattern to follow in character
building, the most serene and beautiful life the world has ever known.
However, it does not divulge its
treasures to the curiosity seeker, to
the hypocrite, or to the halfhearted.
But how can religion be put specifically to work to settle the emotional problems that you and I encounter? If the examination has
been thorough and it has been
shown that the patient's symptoms
are not on an organic basis, then
the treatment of nervousness resolves itself under three main headings: (1) mental catharsis, or cleansing; (2) giving the patient an insight; (3) reeducation, both (a)
physical and (b) mental.
)111r1,1 •
In Each Life There Should Be Love, Play, Work, and Worship. Only When This Is So Can We
Be Emotionally Stable. The Kind God Who Created Us Would Have Us Live Happily and Worthily
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Conducted by
LUCILLE
J. GOTHAM. Dietitian
This department serves as an aid to our readers in their dietetic problems. For
information regarding some particular food or diet, address: The Dietitian,
Chicken Soup
I wonder if chicken soup thinned with
water to take away the grease would be
good for me?
The meat broths contribute nothing of
value to the diet, unless it would be the
satisfying of the taste. Their use is to be
discouraged, because they take up the
space which should be given to nourishing food. A carefully blended combination of vegetables makes an appetizing and
nutritious broth which contains no poisonous extractives. In the use of vegetable
broths there is no danger of imbibing
disease-producing germs, as is the case in
the use of chicken broth. Soups should
be prepared without fat. A little cream
or evaporated milk may be added for extra
nourishment.
Chronic Constipation
My little girl, four, has been constipated
since birth. Can you suggest something I
could do for her?
It is a good plan to start by having the
child drink more water, because in practically every case an insufficient amount is
taken. Give her water regularly, just as
you would water your plants. Have her
take a full glass upon arising, another at
ten, and at three, and before retiring.
This, with proper attention to training,
may be all that is necessary. If not, check
her diet and make sure that her cereal is
of the whole-grain variety. It may also
help if you increase the amount of fresh
fruit in the diet, and the old stand-by of
stewed prunes for breakfast or supper is
worth trying.
Malnutrition
I have a granddaughter nearly nine
years of age who is no larger than a child
should be at six. She weighs only fortythree pounds. The doctor says there is
nothing wrong but malnutrition. What
would you suggest?
In order to help you the very most with
this child's diet I would need to know
what she eats. It is possible that there is
some particular deficiency, such as an insufficient amount of vitamin B. Children
require a large amount of this vitamin
during the growth period. You should
make sure that the child has genuine
whole-grain cereals and bread at all times.
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Her eating habits should be checked, and
care should be taken that nothing is eaten
between meals. She may have the candy
habit. Some undernourished children
have the chocolate-milk habit, which is
very pernicious. It destroys the appetite
for common, substantial foods.
I would eliminate all fancy and sweet
foods and supply an abundance of plain,
nourishing foods, such as bananas, wholewheat zwieback, baked potato, wellcooked vegetables, cream, dried fruits
which will satisfy the craving for sweets,
and spaghetti cooked with tomato, which
most children thoroughly enjoy. You will
think of other foods which the little girl
likes and which are wholesome. Even the
natural sweets, such as the dried fruits,
should be given at the close of the meal.
Perhaps I should emphasize bananas, for
they are particularly good for children.
Dr. Mary Swartz Rose of Columbia University says that two or three ripe
bananas a day will accomplish almost
mirades for overcoming malnutrition.
It is possible that the child's condition
is not caused by a dietary error, but rather
by a lack of sleep. A child of this age
should sleep the clock around; that is,
from seven to seven or from eight to eight.
To Gain Weight
Can you mention some really easy way
to gain weight?
One of my teacher's favorite prescriptions for weight gaining was one tablespoonful of olive oil with each meal. Just
doing this adds a great many extra calories
to the day's rations and will often result
in a gain of two pounds a week. Another
favorite method which results not only in
an increase of weight, but also in greater
stamina, consists in taking four to six raw
egg yolks daily. They may be taken in
milk or fruit juice.
Digestibility of Vegetables
Is it true that vegetables are hard to
digest?
It is true that many foods digest more
rapidly than vegetables, especially the
fibrous vegetables. When the stomach is
in a weakened condition, it is often advisable to put them through a sieve to
remove the coarse parts. It is also advisable to avoid vegetables at the evening
meal. According to the rate of food di-
gestion, we have, in order, rice, sago,
tapioca, barley, beaten raw eggs, sweet
apples, baked potato, bread, carrots, cabbage, beans. The rice requires only one
hour, while the vegetables take about
four hours.
Awkward Age
My young daughter is at the awkward
age. Is there anything I can do to make•
her more graceful and beautiful?
You may obtain inspiration from this
recent quotation from the notable Sir John
Boyd Orr, of Scotland: "If we could ensure that every person had a good diet, a
great deal of ill-health would disappear,
and we would rear a race of children with
sound constitutions and sound teeth. They
would not only be healthier children, they
would be more beautiful children. Their
strong bones and vigorous musdes would
give them graceful movements and an erect
carriage. They would have clear skins,
clear eyes, and glossy hair. As a matter of
fact, real beauty is merely the outward reflection of inward health." Some of the
most important objectives are to supply
the young girl with an abundant diet of
simple foods attractively served and free
from knickknacks, at regular hours. Special emphasis should be placed on the use
of fresh fruits and leafy vegetables because
of their superior vitamin and mineral
values. Be sure to add to this diet plenty
of exercise in the open air.
Skimmed Milk
Please inform me what nourishment is
in skimmed milk compared with whole
milk, as I live near a dairy where this is
sold for five cents a quart.
Skimmed milk can take an important
place in the diet with benefit, as it is just as
rich, in fact a trifle richer, in the eight
chief minerals found in milk. It is also
just as rich in high-quality protein and the
valuable milk sugar. Skimmed milk is of
course lacking in fat and the important
vitamin A which is associated with the
fat if the cows have been properly fed.
The fat may be furnished by some other
food, for instance, peanuts; and the vitamin A may be supplied by parsley and carrots. Because the fat is removed, the
skimmed milk is much lower in calories.
It would take almost twice the amount to
equal whole milk in this respect.
LIFE AND HEALTH
•
Fruit Is Appetizing,
Delightful, and Has
a Definite Favorable Action Upon
the Digestive Tract
•
he
MEDICINAL VALUE
of
URELY no homemaker need be told
of the value of
fruit in the diet. Everyone in this enlightened
age knows that fruits
contain an abundance
of vitamins and minerals, and have a valuable laxative property.
They are an excellent
By LUCY A. WINEGAR, Dietitian
regulator, especially
famed for their alkalizing effect.
In the past, fruits
have not been accorded
their proper place. It is only recently that turn to us ample dividends by increasing
their real nutritive value has been estab- our vitality.
Not only is the exquisitely flavored acid
lished. Fruits are considered to be comparatively expensive, but regardless of fruit an appetizer and a delight to the
price, no one can afford to omit them from palate, but it has a definite, favorable
action upon the digestive tract. It is a
the diet.
The caloric value of fruits lies in the stimulant to the gastric and intestinal
carbohydrate which they contain. We find glands, increasing the flow of the digesdextrose glucose in the fruits, and closely tive juices. Fruit acid also has a derelated to dextrose and practically of the cidedly antiseptic action in the digestive
same chemical composition is levulose. canal.
The vitamin content of fruit is perhaps
These two simple chemicals make up what
is called fruit sugar. So we find that we its most valuable asset. Fruits may well be
have a naturally predigested food which, considered nature's medicine. The citrus
together with the bulk of cellulose, forms fruits are very valuable for their juices,
which are good for everyone, and espea natural laxative.
We find many alkaline elements chemi- cially for invalids and children. The
cally combined with fruit acids which act citrus fruits rank high in their mineral
as natural laxatives by promoting the ac- salts and vitamins.
Any sugar added to cooked fruit should
tion of the secretory glands. Fruits are far
superior to cereals in regard to the chemi- be cooked with the fruit. In this way the
cal content of potassium, calcium, iron, heat and the acid of the fruit tend to
and phosphorus, the elements in which change the cane sugar to a predigested
dextrose, which is more natural and which
most of us are deficient.
Fruits, because they keep the blood makes a more easily digested combination.
alkaline and in a normal condition, Stewed fruit never quite takes the place
should be given first place in the selec- of fresh fruit.
Many who cannot eat fruit can take
tion of our foods. They are the foods
which are most conducive to health and fruit juice. In places where lemons and
oranges are expensive, tomato juice is a
longevity.
Fresh fruits do not possess the high nu- wonderful substitute. Tomatoes may be
tritive value of the more concentrated classed with the fruits as well as with the
cereals, legumes, or nuts, but they are, vegetables. They are rich in the three bestnevertheless, indispensable for maintain- known vitamins, and are also rich in mining health and vitality, and money spent erals. They have the fruits' refreshing
on fruit is a good investment that will re- juiciness and acidity. We are quite accus-
S
tomed to drinking orange, pineapple, and
grapefruit juice, but many do not know
the value of tomato juice. When strained,
chilled, and seasoned with a little salt and
lemon juice, it makes a delicious drink
with which to begin the day. It is very
healthful and lacks the sweetness which to
some is objectionable. Besides its refreshing quality, pleasant flavor, and healthfulness, it is an economical beverage.
Next comes the tempting
fresh flavor of the pineapple.
Even the canned fruit gives a
new zest to everyday foods.
This good year-round fruit has
its share of body-building and
regulating minerals. This luxury fruit of yesterday is now
among our most inexpensive
foods, and deserves to appear
▪ frequently on our tables.
•
Apples, oranges, and bananas are the obvious standE bys. The banana has acquired a new prestige these
days. It has much nutrition
and a goodly supply of vitamins for growth, but be sure
that it is ripe, and serve it
with a caution to chew it well.
•
Then come the delicious
dates. Dates are particularly
valuable for their natural
sugar and minerals. They are
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIi
rich in iron. An ounce of
dates supplies one third more
iron than an ordinary beefsteak. Dates
with milk make a nearly balanced meal,
and the suger is easily digested.
Fruits contain salts and acids, some
vitamins and sugars, and a large amount
of water. No other food gives these valuable substances which keep the blood purified, cool, and "tuned up." Most of them,
though acid to the taste, are really alkaline in their effect upon the blood, and
are very valuable to counteract the acidity
of the blood caused by the eating of meats
and starches.
Fruits are not only the most delicious
of foods, but in them the Creator has
stored wonderful medicinal and healing
properties. The acids of fruits are effective germicides, as well as nourishment.
Following are some simple recipes for
utilizing the sweets of nature at the harvest
season.
FRUITS
MAY, 1940
=_
Cranberry Foam
1 cup cranberries
3 egg whites
1 cup sugar
Wash cranberries, and add sufficient hot
water to cover, and bring to a boil. Let boil
for five minutes. Put through a fine colander. Add sugar and heat to boiling point.
Pour over egg whites which have been beaten
to a stiff froth.
Grapefruit and Orange
Delight
3 grapefruit
3 oranges
2 tablespoons sugar
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PAGE 15
When the supply of staple foods is such
as to ensure excellence of mineral and
vitamin values, the protein supply will be
furnished with even greater relative abundance."
Now the tables are turned, and we have
most conclusive proof that the real danger
of inadequacy of diet lies in vitamin and
mineral deficiency, not in lack of protein.
What is needed today is not more proof of
this fact, but wider dissemination of "laboratory knowledge" even as Doctor Heiser
asserts.
So let us ascertain what Doctor Sherman
SPINAC
OR
SPARERIBS
A Doctor States the Case for
Vegetarianism
A
GEORGE K. ABBOTT, M.D.
J. O. ALLEN
Meats Are High in Protein and Acid in Ash, Factors That Tend to
Increase High Blood Pressure
EGETARIANISM owes its existence
to the alleged harmfulness of meat
eating. This is an important matter,
if meat eating be really harmful. But on
the other hand, it is alleged that a vegetarian diet is not adequate to support life
in its fullest health and vigor, that it is a
fad which results in physical weakness.
These are the claims and counterclaims
which it may be well to investigate. Of
course, mere assertions amount to little,
and precedent or custom proves nothing.
Scientific research on diet has reached such
a stage as to make it possible to bring these
claims to a tribunal where all the main
questions under dispute can be settled by
the facts of scientific research. Nevertheless, reasoning man is by no means always
scientific or reasonable. Says Dr. Victor
G. Heiser: "Impounded rats, eating perforce what they are furnished, may thrive
and grow vigorous. Reasoning man, with
laboratory knowledge at his disposal, remains a slave to dietary habits, sacrificing
his health and sometimes even his life."
What is this laboratory knowledge of
which Doctor Heiser speaks? Up to the
twentieth century it was taken for granted
that what men ate was what nature required for their health and vigor. Thus
an analysis of their habits gave a supposed
natural requirement for so much of each
of the then-discovered dietary elements—
protein, fats, carbohydrates, and minerals.
This fallacy was of course doomed to topple and fall under biologic research.
It was previously believed that protein
was the most important element of nutrition and that there was grave danger of
V
PAGE 16
not getting enough of it. Inadequacy of protein was claimed as
a sure defect of a vegetarian diet,
in view of the assumption that a
meat diet was necessary in order
to supply the large amount of
protein then supposed to be
needed for physical stamina. So
thorough has been the scientific
demonstration that this is an entire fallacy that when the World
War came, this bogy had been
entirely disposed of. H. C. Sherman of Columbia University well
states this conclusion:
"During the World War the
Inter-Allied Scientific Food Commission set minimum standards
for calories and for fat, but refrained from suggesting any corresponding standard for protein,
because it was believed that with
a food supply adequate in energy
value, there would be no practical
danger of protein deficiency.
This view is strikingly confirmed
by the study of actual American
dietaries, of which hundreds have been
examined without finding one which was
of adequate energy value but too low in
protein."
And he says further: "For the practical
understanding of the relation of food to
health, it suffices to remember, regarding
the proteins, that they are so widely distributed among foods of both plant and
animal origin that it is hard to conceive
any danger of a protein deficiency in a
dietary adequate in other respects. . . .
RAr1,31
N .FAERV. FRC,
1,12,
ING
The Protective Diet Includes Fruit, Vet
means. It is summed up in the now familiar dietetic phrase—the protective diet
of fruit, vegetables, and milk. Upon these
sources of nutrition modern science puts
its greatest practical emphasis as the crucial test of a healthful diet which promotes
longevity, vigor, strength, endurance, freedom from disease, and in every way the
betterment of the race. Even certain
most desirable behavior factors have also
been shown to be greatly promoted by the
application of this light on foods and diet.
LIFE AND HEALTH
A review of recent research literature
reveals over ninety different diseases which
are principally due to lack or relative
deficiency of vitamin A. Many of these
have generic names and cover several distinct maladies and various germ diseases.
Speaking of one scientist's researches into
diseases caused by civilized man's diet, Dr.
G. W. Wrench in 1938 said, "The list is,
comparatively speaking, almost as complete as the list of contents of a stately
textbook of medicine."
The disease consequences of only one
vitamin deficiency are a whole host of
vitamin A. Even the vitamin A of milk,
dairy products, and eggs is from the green
feed eaten by the cow and the hen.
Of what use is this vitamin A in the
body? All the epithelial structures of the
body are dependent upon vitamin A for
their reproduction in the maternal body
in orderly form so as to develop a perfect
new organism. They require an adequate
supply of it, and this must come from
plant food. Their development, growth,
perfect structure, and perfect function are
likewise dependent upon it.
The parts of the body which are built
of epithelial tissues are the skin
and its appendages, the hair and
the nails, the sweat glands and
the oil glands, the mucous membranes of the nose, mouth, sinuses, throat, trachea, bronchial
tubes, and air sacs of the lungs.
The enamel of the teeth, the
salivary glands, the mucosa of the
esophagus, the stomach and all
its glands, the intestines and its
glands, the liver, the pancreas,
the tubules of the kidney, the
kidney pelvis, the ureters and
bladder, all the ductless glands of
the body, the nervous system, the
brain and spinal cord, are also
governed in their development,
structure, and function by vitamin A. For these reasons, a deficiency of vitamin A produces a
host of diseases—over ninety main
types with many more subtypes,
and many infections—which are enabled
to gain entrance to the body because of
the breakdown of the entrance barrier
presented by the skin and the mucous
membranes.
The animal is dependent upon plants
for its vitamin A. The store in milk,
dairy products, and eggs is from the fresh,
green plants which the animal eats, and
even that in the liver of all animals and
fishes comes from plant life. So men, as
well as animals, are dependent upon plants
for their supply of the vitamin which has
the greatest influence and governing power
over the greatest number of tissues, structures, and organs of their bodies. We
might go over all the other known vitamins and find the same story. They come
from whole grains, fruits, vegetables, dairy
products, and eggs. Civilized man eats
mostly muscle meats, and these are secondary sources, if sources at all.
In order for one to be well and have
full physical stamina, a very large proportion of his food—at least 75 to 80 per cent
—should come from fruit, vegetables, and
milk. Add to this moderate quantities of
whole grains, nuts, and eggs, and every
needed nutritional element is supplied
without meat and in far more ample measure than is the case when much of muscle
meats is used. In fact, to make a meat
diet at all complete and adequate for
health, the most important element, the
vitamins, must be secured by eating the
internal organs of animals in which these
vitamins are stored, such as the brain,
eyes, liver, pancreas, adrenal glands, and
kidneys. The body stores vitamin C in
the adrenal glands, vitamin A in the liver
and the eyes, vitamin B. in
the heart and the kidneys,
vitamin D in the liver, vitamin G in the liver and the
kidneys. All these are found
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Green and Yellow Vegetables Furnish Vitamin A,
So Necessary in the Deve,opment, Growth, and
Perfect Functioning of the
Body
and Milk. But Meat Is Not Necessary
40tit,
maladies, and the first one named is "lack
of physical stamina." This lack of vigor
is not charged to deficiency of protein or
to absence of meat in the diet, but to a
vitamin deficiency. This deficiency is undoubtedly the largest single factor in disease and the loss of physical stamina. Let
us see if this lack comes from vegetarianism. Green and yellow vegetables are the
ultimate source of vitamin A. The animal
organism is dependent upon this yellow
pigment, carotene, from which to make
Conducted by
CAROLINE EELLS-KEELER
Homemaking—A Career Packed Full of Adventure, Love, and Work.
Waging War on Kitchen Insect Pests
ONE summer the ants decided to raid
our kitchen. "Where do these ants come
from?" I asked one morning in exasperation. "Why, don't you know?" asked
Johnnie; "from Antioch." There must be
a great number of Antiochs, and these
little black or brown fellows come in battle array, to get food, of course. The first
thing to do in taking up arms against this
foe is to see that food is securely covered,
that no garbage remains in the kitchen
longer than necessary, that outside garbage pails are covered tightly. And then
there are other things we can do to rid
the house of ants and of other insects that
may appear. The Bureau of Home Economics recommends the following methods of eradicating these insect pests:
Ants
essary to try several kinds before finding
one that the ants like and will take back
to the colony for food. Some ants like
sweets—others prefer greasy foods.
Put the bait in the places where the
ants ordinarily come for food—or along
the line of march from colony to food—
moving it closer to the colony each day.
As a safety measure, put the bait in perforated pillboxes that only the ants can
get into. Or put it in a tin can pounded
full of holes, with the lid hammered on
so tightly it can't come off. Saturate a
piece of blotter with the poisonous sirups;
then put that in the can or the box.
There are three poison-bait formulas
that should be effective in killing the ants
most common in kitchens. One is, Dissolve four ounces of sugar in one quart of
water and stir in one-half ounce of tartar
emetic. Another is, Dissolve one-half
pound of sugar in one pint of hot
water, and add one-seventh ounce of
sodium arsenate. Bring to a slow boil
and strain. And for ants that do not like
sweets—try working small quantities of
tartar emetic into some form of edible
fat.
The ideal way to get rid of ants is to
find the colony where the queen and the
young ants are, and destroy it. However,
often either the colony cannot be found
or it is inaccessible. Then it is necessary
to resort to sprays, ant powders, poison
baits.
In the meantime, until these take effect, Houseflies
one way to keep ants off tables, refrigerHousehold insect enemy number one is
ators, and other movable furniture is to the fly—carrier of at least thirty different
set the legs of the furniture in shallow disease organisms. Probably of biggest
dishes with a little kerosene in them. help in keeping him away from the famAnother is to wrap poison ant tapes ily's food are well-fitted screens on all
around the furniture legs.
doors and windows. Screen doors should
Sprays will seldom wipe out a colony, open outward. Although a screen with
but they are useful for killing ants that fourteen meshes to the linear inch is fine
come out into the open in large numbers. enough to keep out houseflies, one with
The ordinary kerosene-pyrethrum sprays at least sixteen meshes to the inch is
on the market are excellent for killing better, because it keeps out smaller insects
ants that can actually be hit with the as well.
spray.
Homemade flytraps are a help in conBoth ant powder and poison baits trolling flies that are swarming near the
should be used carefully so that they don't house waiting to come in. For flies that
get into food and so that children and buzz around the kitchen door in numbers
pets do not get hold of them. Sodium- a spray of kerosene-pyrethrum mixture is
fluoride powder, which is poisonous to effective. This spray may be used inman as well as ants, is a cheap and easily doors, also. Close the room, and spray
applied control for ants—if the ants take the mixture into the air until there is a
to it. Sprinkle it about window sills, good floating mist. After half an hour,
drainboards, foundations, and other places open the door, and air the room. All the
where ants crawl, but where it will not flies in the room will be dead or stupefied.
interfere with housekeeping operations.
Brush up the flies and burn them.
But if the ants keep coming on in spite
When flies are not so numerous, a conof this dusting of powder, try a poison stant swatter campaign and the use of
bait. No one bait can be depended on to the various commercial fly poisons and
kill all kinds of ants. And it may be nec- papers will be sufficient to keep them
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under control. In late fall, although
there may be fewer flies around than
there have been all summer, there should
be no let-up in the war on flies. These
hangers-on are the ones that hibernate
over winter and come out in the spring
to lay eggs for the coming generations.
Cockroaches
Cockroaches hide during the day—
come out to forage at night. Finding
their hiding places is often the key to
controlling them. To locate them, go
into the room suddenly at night, and
watch to see where the roaches scurry.
The best all-round remedy is sodiumfluoride powder, the same poisonous powder useful in destroying ants. Put this
around in the evening with a duster or
small -bellows—back of shelving, drainboards, into the hiding places. Leave it
there for two or three days. Repeat the
application after a week or two. Usually
two or three thorough dustings will be
enough.
Pyrethrum powder used in the same
way is an alternative remedy. But if the
cockroach doesn't get a good dose of this,
he's likely to revive after a few hours.
Then, unless he's swept up and destroyed,
he'll crawl back to his hiding place to
recuperate. However, pyrethrum powder
is not poisonous to man. It should be
fresh, and finely ground. It loses its
strength rather soon. Sodium fluoride remains effective as long as it doesn't cake
over.
Kerosene-pyrethrum sprays are effective
if they hit the roach. But since cockroaches are notably fast on their feet,
these must be sprayed into the hiding
places to do much good.
Phosphorous pastes that may be bought
at drugstores are useful—especially in
damp places. A convenient way to put
this around is to spread some on a piece
of flexible cardboard, roll this up with
the paste on the inside, and fasten with
a string or a rubber band. These may
be put about at strategic points without
soiling anything.
After the cockroaches have been overpowered, watch closely to see that others
don't follow them into the house. Examine all food supplies and laundry that
come in. If any roaches are hiding about
(Continued on page 23)
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Conducted by
BELLE WOOD-COMSTOCK, M.D.
Questions for this department should be addressed to The Mother's
A Six-Year-Old and Too Much
Grandma
We have two children, girls, two and
six years of age. I do not have much
trouble with the younger as yet, for she
has a somewhat different disposition.
Then, too, we lived farther from my
mother when the younger one was a baby,
and mother couldn't come running over
every time she cried too much to suit her,
as she did when the older girl, Lulumay,
was a baby. Consequently the two-yearold doesn't demand so much attention, except as she copies her big sister. The older
girl is not as active and full of vitality
as the baby. Baby cannot be still for any
time, except when she is asleep. She is
hard to handle in church, and if she were
given the opportunity she would outshout
the speaker, she gets so tired of being
still. But Lulumay is different. She hasn't
a firm handclasp; she's "floppy." She
doesn't feel like standing straight. She
can be quiet a long time, although at
times she likes active outdoor play and
noise. But without special inducement
she will stay inside and color, write, cut,
and play with quiet indoor things. On
the whole, she doesn't have any pep. She
cannot be out and run and play all day
in the sun and shade in summer without
becoming almost ill, or hot, feverish, and
excited.
Lulumay has no playmates. We live in
a little place with close neighbors, but
most of the children who are near her
age are boys—a whole group of rough
and rowdy boys. She has played with
some of them occasionally, but I cannot
let her run with them.
She is tall for her age, compared with
the average, and she weighs forty-three
pounds. She is bright, likes to study, and
for a long time has begged to be taught to
read and write. I don't feel that I can
keep her out of school longer than until
next fall unless there's a good reason,
although I had not planned to send her
until she was eight. She knows nearly all
ordinary numbers, is learning some words,
and reads a little. She has had a few
piano lessons, but just when she wanted
to and was feeling best. I have taught
her myself.
At the age of two and one half she had
an attack of appendicitis, but she has not
been bothered since to any great extent.
PAGE 20
Counselor, LIFE AND HEALTH,
Then my mother read in a health journal that children shouldn't have roughage
and raw vegetables much before they are
six, and she began to think that the child's
trouble had been caused by eating too
much roughage. Lulumay likes raw vegetables and fruit very much, and she has
had a large amount of these. Mother
thought that she shouldn't have wholewheat bread and whole-grain cereals, etc.,
and from that time I think we all got to
talking too much about her eating. Lulu-
LITTLE GROWING THINGS
There Is such joy in little growing things:
Tight little buds that open into flowers,
Golden minutes to make up sunlit hours;
Tiny flecks of green upon a willow tree,
And lovely notes that make a haunting
melody;
In greenish pools there swim the polliwogs
That lose their tails and grow to croaking
frogs:
A clover field, sweet in its crimson aftermath,
Daily walks that grow into a friendly winding
path;
Little homes that grow and glow because of
love and laughter,
Full of treasured household things from cellar
up to rafter:
Little cuddly baby boys, and dimpled baby
girls,
With cunning little wisps of hair that someday will be curls:
Little confidential talks that make of one a
friend—
The joy of little growing things never has an
end!
Caroline E. Keeler.
may has always had trouble with constipation, but she always seemed to get better
with every change of foods or laxatives
that the doctor suggested. These were
various forms and combinations of mineral oil, agar, magnesia, etc., but her improvement never lasts. The doctor advised
brewers' yeast tablets, for she was so pepless and had dark spots under her eyes.
The yeast helped for some time, even her
constipation.
It doesn't seem that her misbehavior is
entirely due to her health. She receives
every attention when she spends a few
days with my parents; then when she
comes home, when we sit down to a meal
Takoma Park, Washington, D.C.
she slumps down and says, "I don't know
what I want," especially if the things she
likes best are not on the table or are not
to be had. I've tried paying no attention
to her and have insisted upon her leaving
the table when the rest of us had finished,
but then my folks come to dinner, and
she does it all over again. If she goes without a meal, she doesn't seem to miss it
until time for the next meal.
I've thought all children should have
some part of the homework to do after
they were big enough. So Lulumay has her
own toys and things to put away, helps to
get in the wood sometimes, and does errands now and then. But she soon gets
tired and sets up a howl of one sort o)
another every time when she must put
away her things or do something for us.
My dad does everything she wants, and
thinks we expect too much of her. Lulu,nay was the baby four years, which was
perhaps too long, but it cannot be helped.
When her way is crossed she begins to
sniff or pretends to cry, or grunts, frowns,
and scowls. I've tried isolating her, but if
she thinks we can hear, she screams loud
enough for the whole neighborhood to
hear her. We've tried everything we ever
heard or read of, but nothing seems to fit
her case exactly.
It is true that two children in a family
are often of very different dispositions.
This of course is very natural, as different
sets of gene-and-chromosome combinations
are passed out to different individuals, and
amazingly different traits which have been
handed down from various ancestors may
be and are manifested in children of the
same family.
Your description of Lulumay suggests
that she might be a little short in her
glandular background. It is possible that
she needs a little thyroid, but this should
be decided only by a physician. It is possible, too, that she might be deficient in
her vitamin intake.
Unless she has been having cod-liver oil
in ample amounts recently, this should be
added to her daily program, and you
should no doubt continue the brewers'
yeast. It is possible that she did not get
enough when you gave it to her before.
If she takes the tablets, be sure that she
takes at least six daily or two or three
rounded teaspoons of the powdered yeast
every day.
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LIFE AND HEALTH
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And Why Not?
With delicious Bakon-Yeast on
crisp buttered toast, or sprinkled
generously over scrambled or
poached eggs. For a family with
lagging appetites, wise mothers
use Bakon-Yeast, for yeast is the
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ANSWERS QUESTIONS
We do not attempt to diagnose or treat disease by mail, or to take the place of
your family physician. Always enclose three-cent stamp with your question, and
address The Query Editor, LIFE AND HEALTH, Takoma Park, Washington, D.C.
Winter Itch
"In the winter my skin, mostly on my
limbs, itches very severely at times. It
never bothers me in the summer. Itch
remedies do no good. What would you
suggest?"
You undoubtedly have pruritis hiemalis
(winter itch). This is in large measure
due to the vitiation of the air of its moisture by artificial heat, which in turn robs
the skin of its moisture and oil. Add to
this the hot baths, with plenty of soap,
which most of us take, and we have difficulty. Take no more than one deansing
bath a week. If you still have trouble, rub
your body with an oily preparation after
you get out of the bath, and perhaps at
other times.
Substitute for Fresh Fruit
and Vegetables
"If one cannot get fresh fruits and vegetables necessary for iron, minerals, and
vitamins, are there any substitutes, any
tablets containing these vitamins and
minerals, that you would recommend?"
Why can't you get the fresh fruits and
vegetables that contain the vitamins and
minerals? They are more reasonable in
price than any capsules you could buy,
and I would certainly recommend that
you eat apricots, peaches, strawberries,
melons, tomatoes, and all the other fruits
and vegetables in season. Canned or
dried fruits and vegetables make a fairly
satisfactory substitute for the fresh ones.
A good diet, along with sun baths, outdoor exercise, freedom from worry, etc.,
are the things that are really helpful.
Of course you should have plenty of milk.
I am herewith sending you a normal
dietary.
The services of the Query Editor are restricted to bona fide subscribers. All
questions are answered by personal correspondence. Only questions of general
interest will be answered on this page. Please be explicit and brief.
exercise in the fresh air and sunlight are
also essential. In other words, one should
follow a good hygienic program. For
the attacks, inhalation of 100 per cent
oxygen has been found helpful in some
cases of migraine. Other measures, such
as darkening the room, taking a cool
enema, and applying an ice bag to the
head, are often helpful. A thorough examination by your local doctor, being
careful to eliminate eye troubles, sinus
disease, and brain tumor, is advocated.
Vitamin Capsules
"Are the vitamin capsules what they
are recommended to be?"
Yes, if you use a reputable brand, vitamin capsules are just exactly what they
are represented to be. This does not, of
course, say that they will accomplish any
wonders. They will only do what vitamins are supposed to do. They will not
grow hair on billiard balls. If I were
you, I would use the ABD capsules and
have your child get his vitamin C by
drinking a glass of orange juice once or
twice during the day.
Grapefruit and Stomach Ulcers
"Is grapefruit all right for one who has
stomach ulcers?"
Grapefruit and other citrus fruits are
not commonly given during the first few
days of treatment of ulcer of the stomach
or duodenum. They should not, however, be left out of the diet for long. It
has been found, on the contrary, that
even when the ulcer is acute, if the case
is handled right, they can be taken very
soon, even from the start in some programs. Milk, of course, forms the bulk
of the diet, but one milk feeding is replaced by a fruit-juice feeding.
Headache in Region of Eye
"What causes headaches in the region
of the eye? Things become indistinct,
and I feel dizzy and sick at my stomach."
Numb Feeling in Legs
Headache accompanied by a sick-at-the- •
stomach feeling is most likely to be what
we call migraine. This may be induced
by worry or by other factors which are
not well understood. Between the attacks; relieving nerve strain and tension
and taking special pains to get an extra
allotment of sleep and relaxation are very
essential. Proper dietary and outdoor
This may be due to a disturbance of
the circulation, the arteries having become thickened and hard. Or it may be
due to neuritis or other factors. Anemic
conditions might even tend to produce
this feeling. I would suggest that you
go to your doctor and have a physical
checkup to see if he can discover what
is the cause of your trouble.
PAGE 22
"What causes a numb feeling in the
legs below the knees?"
Poison Oak
"What can I do for poison oak?"
Paint the part with 1:500 solution of
potassium permanganate once a day, and
two or three times a day apply a lotion
composed of fluid extract of grindelia,
four drams, and calamine lotion enough
to make four ounces.
Chilliness
"I suffer with chilliness, though my wife
tells me that my body radiates heat. What
causes this?"
A general run-down condition might
cause you to feel chilly, as might also a lack
of thyroid secretion or a mild infection,
etc. I would suggest that you see your
doctor. Lump in the Throat
"I have a lump in my throat which
causes me to swallow constantly. One doctor told me that it was nerves."
Time after time these complaints prove
to be globus hystericus, a nervous imbalance which ties the muscles of the throat
up in knots and gives the sensation of
lumps. The change of life, through
which you are passing, aggravates the
nervous instability and enhances the
trouble.
Insomnia
"I can drop off to sleep easily during
the day, but I lie awake two or three
hours at night before going to sleep.
My health is good, and I am eager to
know what causes this."
Oftentimes one will not sleep for a
night or two and then he will worry because he has not done so. This adds fuel
to the flame, and he will then be unable
to sleep on account of his anxiety. The
moral is that worrying and undue anxiety
with respect to sleeping are not conducive to sleep. Morpheus must be wooed,
and not taken by force.
Often the secret of the trouble is lack
of exercise. One will get tense and nervous about his work during the day and
not have enough physical exercise to make
him tired enough to sleep. Forget about
it. If you do not sleep for a night or
two, do not let that alarm you. Remember that an hour of tranquil rest is equivalent to half an hour of sleep.
LIFE AND HEALTH
A Six-Year-Old and Too Much
Grandma
properly. In this case, as in any other, it
is a matter of too many cooks spoiling the
broth.
(Continued from page 20)
Her treatment from a psychological
Insect Pests
standpoint is very important. Her emo(Continued
from page 18)
tional environment is too mixed up with
the attitudes of her elders. She is conscious the clothing—or among the packages of
that her parents and grandparents are dis- food—kill them, and then patronize roachturbed by the things she does, and she free establishments.
Another effective aid, especially if
no doubt gets a great deal of satisfaction
in playing up to this situation. Because of roaches are coming into the room from
this she is developing a self-consciousness adjoining apartments, is to fill cracks with
which is most unfortunate. She should putty, plastic wood, or plaster of Paris.
be in a happy, cheerful environment which Fill all the cracks about water and steam
will turn her attention away from herself. pipes that pass through floors, cracks leadIf it is impossible for her to have play- ing to spaces behind baseboards and door
mates (which she should have), then her and window trim, and any others that the
interests must be developed in home com- cockroaches may use as avenues of escape.
panionship: helping mother take care of Pantry Pests
baby sister, playing games, yes, even with
In the pantry or food cupboard, various
her grandparents, and she must stop hear- beetles and moths may do damage. The
ing herself discussed. She will no doubt saw-toothed grain beetle, numerous flour
be much better off at school than at home. beetles, the Indian-meal moth, the drugThe only way to bring up a child suc- store beetle, and. the cigarette beetle are
cessfully is by concerted action on the part only a few of the offenders. They infest
of the older members of the family; so cereals and cereal products, dried fruits,
your husband and your father and mother nut meats, and spices, especially when
should cooperate with you fully in your these have been kept on the shelves for
plans for Lulumay. Your plans for her several months, and are untouched dursound to me like very sensible ones, and ing the summer months.
I do not think that you should take too
When any stray beetles are found about,
seriously her personal peculiarities.
examine all stores of food. Some place
There is no reason in the world why there is an infested supply. Take this outshe should not have ordinary fruits and doors and destroy it. Then examine
vegetables and whole-grain cereals. The other supplies carefully. Those that are
chances are she is getting too much con- only slightly infested may be salvaged by
centrated food. Her digestive attacks sug- sifting them, spreading them in a thin
gest that. I believe it would be a good layer in a baking pan, and heating them
plan for her to eat at her own little table thoroughly in the oven at a temperature
for a while. This plan may be made a of from 125° to 130° F. Put them into
very attractive one for her. Let her set tin cans tightly covered, or in unbroken
it for herself; then put before her the paper sacks with the tops folded back.
food you think she needs. Let her have
While this supply inventory is going
that and nothing more. If she doesn't eat on and everything is off the shelves, wash
it, do not appear concerned. She should the shelves thoroughly, giving special athave fruit freely for her breakfast and tention to cracks. If there are many
supper, with vegetables for her dinner, and beetles out free-lancing, use a little keromilk at every meal. Give her butter spar- sene or boiling water to kill the ones
ingly, and do not add fatty seasoning to that may be in the cracks back of the
her vegetables. She may have fruit juices shelves.
between meals. But do not argue with
her about her eating. Do not worry about
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Spinach or Spareribs?
(Continued from page 17)
in rich supply in the plant life of one
or several of the vegetables, fruits, whole
grains, or in milk, dairy products, and eggs.
Egg yolk has such a rich supply of vitamin
D that it may be used to cure rickets and,
of course, to prevent it. Butter fat has
some vitamin D, though it is not a rich
source. Nature evidently intended that
vitamin D should be made in the animal
body by the action of sunlight upon the
substance ergosterol as it is "irradiated"
in the skin. Where foggy, cloudy weather
prevails, as in winter, or smoke and dust
cut off the sunlight, fruits, milk, and eggs
should be supplemented by the use of codliver oil in the mother, the infant, and
the growing child.
Fruits are mentioned here in connection with rickets and vitamin D because
the alkaline citrates and tartrates which
are found in rich measure in the citrus
fruits and in grapes have been found to
neutralize or in some way counteract the
rickets-producing tendencies of a diet high
in cereals and lacking in vitamin D. This
fact seems not to be very widely known,
and therefore deserves prominent mention
as an important factor in the vegetarian
regime. Much more might be said about
the vegetable sources of calcium, potassium, phosphorus, iron, etc. With the fact
that "physical stamina" is primarily a matter of vitamin and mineral sufficiency, and
that this means a very high proportion of
the protective foods, fruit, vegetables, and
milk, it is no longer scientific to question
the adequacy of the vegetarian diet.
("Vegetarian diet" is here used in the
generally accepted sense as including milk
and eggs.)
If meat is used at all it must occupy a
very minor place; that is, a very small percentage of the entire food supply as it appears on the table. To be more specific,
H. C. Sherman of Columbia University
says that in his own carrying out of this
protective diet he uses daily one quart of
milk and nearly nine servings a day of
fruit and vegetables. This looks like a
thoroughly scientific vindication of the
adequacy of the vegetarian diet.
A few direct evidences of the adequacy
of a vegetarian diet will be in order. In
Yale University soon after the turn of the
century it was shown that the reduction
of protein in the diet from previous averages down to one third to one half these
proportions resulted in a gain of 100 per
cent in the strength of a soldier group,
and in an athlete group a gain in strength
of fifty per cent. In other experiments in
which meat-eating athletes were pitted
against vegetarians, there was shown a
most remarkable superiority of the vegetarians over the meat eaters in the matter
of endurance.
"The first comparison [for arm holding]
shows a great superiority on the side of the
flesh abstainers. Even the maximum rec-
ord of the flesh eaters was barely more than
half the average for the flesh abstainers.
Only two of the fifteen flesh eaters succeeded in holding their arms over a quarter of an hour; whereas twenty-two of the
thirty-two abstainers surpassed that limit.
None of the flesh eaters reached half an
hour, but fifteen of the thirty-two abstainers exceeded that limit. Of these,
nine exceeded an hour, four exceeded two
hours, and one exceeded three hours."—
"A Fleshless Diet," by Buttner, p. 139.
In another test done in Brussels by use
of the ergograph, endurance in vegetarians
was from three to five times that of meat
eaters. By the same test use of the ergograph, Irving Fisher showed that the recovery from complete fatigue of a single
musde group in vegetarians took only two
minutes, while in meat eaters it took ten
minutes.
Just ten years ago at Harvard it was
shown that a meat meal, such as a cat
would eat, actually caused the heart to
overwork an equivalent of the heart's
total performance during three or four
hours under fasting conditions. This was
under most rigid control, so that no other
factor was operative. It means that the
heart of a meat eater must needlessly expend a really considerable amount of additional energy just pumping the blood
around the body because of meat eating.
Add to this the experimental work done
at the University of Michigan which shows
the damage done by meat to the kidneys
(Bright's disease) and blood vessels (arteriosclerosis) in both flesh-eating and
nonflesh-eating animals. Add also the
demonstration by many Russian researches
from 1908 and 1912 onward, confirmed
also in America, that the chemical substance which is responsible for hardening
of the arteries comes principally and in
predominant proportions from animal
tissues and animal fats. The conclusion
becomes increasingly clear that the use of
animals as food is the chief cause of the
degenerative diseases of the heart, blood
vessels, and kidneys.
Not only are muscle meats decidedly
harmful, in the production of Bright's disease and in furnishing the chemical elements which are large factors in the production of hardening of the arteries and
high blood pressure, but by these they
also indirectly produce degenerative heart
disease. Then, if in order to obtain the
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Lard and suet contain four times as much
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Besides this, meats of all kinds are both
high in protein and acid in ash, and these
factors tend to increase blood pressure;
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and high blood pressure and acid ash are
the two factors which force cholesterol
into the artery wall. This is the first stage
of hardening of the arteries, and the result inevitably follows. With a diet of
meats combined with modern• refined
foods, such as cereals, breads, sweets, desserts, etc., and but little fruit, vegetables,
and milk, the diseases produced are legion.
A vegetarian diet made up of whole,
unrefined grains, with an abundant proportion of fruit, vegetables, and milk, and
with eggs moderately, constitutes the best
diet for physical stamina and freedom
from disease. Scientific research has
spoken. Let us be no longer slaves to
dietary habits and prejudices, but with
this laboratory knowledge at our disposal,
let us grow vigorous. Why let scientifically
fed rats have better health than we have?
most children weigh about twenty-eight
pounds, depending upon their height,
which for that weight should be around
thirty-three inches. Weight-height tables
may be obtained from your physician or
from any health center. Children should
be measured and weighed at regular intervals and a record should be kept for reference.
Weigh your child without clothes if possible, recording pounds and half pounds.
When you measure him, stand him against
a straight wall, his shoeless feet flat on the
floor, and his head, shoulders, buttocks,
and heels touching the wall. Usually twice
a year is often enough to measure a child.
He should be weighed once a month.
Girls usually weigh a few ounces less
than boys and are perhaps half an inch
shorter. In comparing a child's height
and weight with any given standards, race,
nationality, family, and body build should
be taken into consideration. Naturally a
child of slender build with small bones
will not normally weigh as much as another child of the same age who is broad
and has big bones. Don't think, though,
that just because a child measures up to
a standard weight-height scale, he is therefore up to par in all particulars.
In addition to the signs that we have
already given you that a child is healthy,
the Children's Bureau of the United States
Department of Labor booklet has this to
say in describing a healthy child: "He is
active, alert, and interested in everything.
He plays vigorously, creeping, running,
jumping, climbing according to his age.
His mother may find him a strenuous
companion, with his never-ending desire
for activity. He is probably a bit noisy,
getting pleasure out of banging and shouting and singing. But when it is bedtime
he sleeps like a log. He is hungry at
mealtimes and needs no coaxing to make
him eat. His bowels move daily. He has
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no abnormal discharge from eyes, ears, or
nose. His teeth are dean and not decayed.
He breathes with his mouth closed. He
does not have pains or aches." Really a
little runabout, isn't he?
In this artide we cannot go into detail
about some of the specific things that help
to build a healthy mind and body for
your little runabout, but must close with
a few generalities.
First, avoid making a child "health conscious." If you do not, you are making a
lot of trouble for yourself later on and for
everyone with whom he comes in contact.
That's the finest way to make a neurasthenic of him when he gets older. Watch
him without letting him know it; provide him with the right conditions for
normal growth; take him at least once a
year to a physician or to a health center
for a good "checkup," and oftener if
necessary. Keep a sharp lookout for any
physical defects—poor eyesight, bad teeth,
defective hearing, wrong posture, adenoids, diseased tonsils, discharges from
eyes, ears, or nose. See that his bowels
move regularly, that he sleeps normally,
breathes with his mouth closed, is not unduly fretful or nervous, and is free from
aches and pains.
Well, a little runabout can be a great
responsibility, can't he? But he is well
worth the trouble it takes to give him his
chance in life. Here's success to you in
caring for yours!
[Further counsel on the care of the runabout will appear in early issues.—Ernroxs.]
The Medicinal Value of Fruits
(Continued from page 15)
Cut out the grapefruit carefully, preserving
the "shell" intact. Remove all seeds, and dice
in small pieces. Peel oranges and dice.
Sprinkle the fruit with sugar, and mix well.
Refill the grapefruit shells with the fruit, and
pour over the top a spoonful of fruit dressing.
Strawberry and Banana Cocktail
1 pint strawberry juice
cup lemon juice
1 cup ice water
cup sugar
2 bananas
Dice the bananas into the glasses. Mix the
juices, sugar, and water, and pour over the
diced bananas. Serve cold.
Cherry Pie
1 cup red cherry juice
1 cup sugar
cup cornstarch
1 cup cherry purée
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Heat cherry juice to boiling, and add sugar
and lemon juice. Moisten cornstarch in a
little cold water and add to boiling juice,
stirring rapidly. Cook until clear. Pour into
a previously baked pie crust and cover with
beaten whites of two eggs to which has been
added two tablespoons of sugar. Brown in
oven.
Banana and Tapioca Pudding
1 cup strawberry juice
1 cup fresh strawberries
cup pineapple juice
2 tablespoons sugar
cup tapioca
cup water
3 bananas
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Heat the strawberry juice, water, and lemon
juice. When mixture reaches the boiling
point, add the tapioca and cook until transparent. Add the sugar. Cool and pour over
the sliced bananas and strawberries.
Fruit Cup
1 grapefruit
4 slices of pineapple
1 orange
1 cup sliced strawberries
Dice the grapefruit and orange, add the
berries, and mix all together. For dressing
add the orange juice. Garnish with unstemmed strawberries.
Golden Nectar
cups orange juice
11 cups pineapple juice
cup lemon juice
cup sugar
3 cups water
Add sugar and water to fruit juices and set
on ice to chill. When cold it is ready to
serve.
Brown-Betty Pudding
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup water
2 cups chopped apples
1 cup toasted bread crumbs
cup sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup chopped raisins
Mix the apples and raisins together and fill
a pudding pan with alternate layers of fruit
and bread crumbs, starting with a layer of
fruit and ending with a layer of bread crumbs.
Pour over it the lemon juice, water, and
melted butter. Cover and bake in a moderate
oven for one hour, or until apples are done.
Remove cover and brown slightly. Serve with
lemon sauce.
Information About Your Heart
(Continued from page 5)
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severe. It is located in the middle of the
chest and may last from an hour or two
to several days. The patient appears sick,
and recovery is very slow.
It is well to remember that there are
many other less serious conditions that
cause chest pain. If a careful physical
examination is made by a competent physician, he can determine whether the pain
is due to a minor ailment or is the danger
signal of a serious heart attack.
Periodic general physical examination,
especially after the age of forty, would
do much to determine the predisposing
factors to these serious conditions and thus
prevent or postpone a serious attack that
frequently ends in death.
Since we have so many newspapers and
other types of news services that inform
the public of the sudden death due to
heart disease of some friend or prominent
official, it is not surprising that nervous
persons imagine that they have a serious
lesion of the heart. Very frequently the
patient informs the physician that he
knows he has a dangerous heart disease because "it skips beats," or "there is a sudden
jump or chopping sensation in the throat."
Again he complains of shortness of breath
while at rest, with no other evidence of
disease. During the examination he may
take a deep breath and say, "I just can't
get enough air." If on examination there
is no evidence of disease, the patient can
be assured that there is no fear of any
heart disease.
There is another group that, under
strain or stress, as in military life, develop
a rapid heart action, weakness, pain in
the chest, etc., with no evidence of any
disease. This condition is of nervous
origin. It may be a hereditary tendency,
and any unusual shock, such as the sudden
death of a friend, may begin an attack.
Often a nervous mother instills the idea in
her daughter that she has a weak heart
action. If she should be unfortunate
enough to have a rather hurried examination by a physician, and he advised her
that she has a weak heart and should rest,
she will probably become a semi-invalid.
This type of patient should have a careful
examination, and if there is no heart disease, should be advised to do anything
she wishes even if it does cause moderate
fatigue. Of course, the general health
should be improved and there should be
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There is no organ in the body that
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Mrs. Redheaded Woodpecker Loses Her Baby
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T was a warm evening in late May, and the
Monroe family were enjoying being out on
the porch again in the evening. As usual,
the twins wanted a bedtime story before going
up to bed.
"Daddy, you tell us a story tonight, please?"
begged the Little Jays.
"Tell them about the Woodpecker family,"
suggested Mother Monroe.
"When I was 4 boy we lived in northern Wisconsin," daddy began, as the twins curled down
beside • him in the porch swing.
"We lived in a two-story house, and at the back
of the house was a one-story summer kitchen. My
room was at the back of the house, and the window
looked out on the roof of this summer kitchen.
"The brick chimney was of regular size, and
fastened to it was a tin chimney, large and square
at the bottom and small and round from there
on up. It was as tall as the second story.
"One rainy morning I slept late, as it was vacationtime.
"Two or three times I seemed to be awakened
by a tap-tap-tapping on that chimney. I did not
pay much attention to it, but it was a strange
sound.
"Later, when I was lying there wide awake,
dreading to get up and dress, I heard it again.
As I watched out the window, I saw a beautiful
redheaded woodpecker come and peck and peck
at the tin chimney.
"I thought, How foolish that poor woodpecker
is! Doesn't he know the difference between a
tree and a tin pipe? Does he think he can get
worms out of a tin chimney? But I soon found
out that he was a very wise bird indeed.
"Tap-tap-tap, tap-tap-tap, came the sound again.
Then as I watched, he would pause and seem to
turn his head to one side as if listening.
"He would then start his tap-tap-tapping more
vigorously than ever. Soon I saw Mrs. Woodpecker perch on the top of the chimney, and she
had something in her mouth.
"I jumped out of bed so that I could watch
more dosely and see her better. In a little while
back she flew, and dropped something that looked
like a worm down the chimney.
PAGE 28
"I called mother, and we watched for about
half an hour. Back and forth they both went,
and almost every time they brought worms or
bugs and dropped them down the chimney. Then
sometimes they would pause and tap-tap-tap again.
"They had a family of four half-grown babies
who were just beginning to use their wings; so
we decided that one of the babies must have tried
to perch on the top of the tin chimney, and
lost its balance and fallen in.
"As we listened, we thought we could hear a
little fluttering sound against the inside of the
chimney. As soon as the roof was dry enough
so that mother would let me climb up on it, I
got a ladder and climbed up and loosened the
wires which held the tin chimney.
"Mr. and Mrs. Woodpecker were very much
concerned about what I was doing, but they
seemed to realize that I was trying to help them.
"As I tilted the tin chimney to one side, with
a startled flutter out flew the baby redhead.
"He flew down on the lawn, and you should
have heard the chittering and chattering and excited flutterings as Mr. and Mrs. Woodpecker and
the three babies welcomed the lost one. They
rubbed bills and acted as if they were very happy.
It was a most joyous family reunion."
"One time," said mother, "a flock of blackbirds
were on their trip south in the fall. They paused
on our front lawn, and as we watched them we
saw that one of the birds had only one leg. It
was hard for him to balance himself when flying,
and he tired very easily. And all the birds paused
until he was rested.
"While he was resting, the other birds hovered
around, some bringing him water, others bringing
him food. They fed him just as they would a
baby bird. I think they stayed more than half
an hour. By that time the bird seemed to feel
rested; so after talking it over in bird language,
they all flew away together toward the South.
"I think it is bedtime for two little Jay Birds,"
concluded mother. "You know birds always go
to bed early."
And so with good-night kisses, the Little Jays
were off to bed.
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experiments of Dr. Martin Henry Dawson, of the Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, in using gold therapy in the treatment of arthritis. Many theories as to
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perhaps the most widely held being that
it is due to a streptococcus infection.
Some believe it to be due to a foci of infection such as infected teeth and tonsils,
others believe it is an allergy, and others
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American physicians have been slow to
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far from my window is a modest
home which has been made
attractive by a man whom the doctors at one time considered hopeless.
This man had spent his life's savings in
medical institutions trying to regain that
most coveted gift, health. After many
months he returned to his wife and family, to live as happy a life as possible under
the circumstances. His wife was informed
by the physicians that it might be necessary for him to be confined in a State
hospital.
Mr. Health Seeker, as we may call him,
had read a book in which he found a statement to the effect that much might be accomplished in restoring health to mind
and body if the patient could be encouraged to keep out in the sunshine, and at
the same time work with his hands among
the plants and flowers.
His home was located on a large lot, and
there was a spacious back yard. Although
the plot was a bit small for a garden, he
determined to use it for this purpose. Adjoining his house on the left was a vacant
lot which he decided to buy with his depleted funds. He talked with the owner
of the lot and told him of his desire to
regain his health by coming close to nature, and was informed that the lot might
be used without cost to him. However,
Mr. Health Seeker was sure that after a
summer's cultivation the lot would be far
more valuable. Therefore, he purchased it
and began operations.
A sketch of the garden was made, and a
plan was worked but on paper. The first
thing to be considered was a fence. What
kind should it be? wire or board? No,
neither of these would do. He must grow
a fence. Therefore, a hedge was selected.
After consideration, he chose barberry.
Doubtless he chose the barberry because
it is a low hedge, and the passers-by could
behold his beautiful garden, rather than
because it is a true hedge plant.
In the corner next to the house was an
ideal spot for a rock garden and a pool.
These also were first planned on paper and
then finished according to the sketch. The
rock garden contained those flowers which
are best suited for it, and the pool was well
planted with attractive lilies and an occasional cattail. A sundial was placed near
the center of the garden. To the right was
a well-planned rose plot, filled with the
daintiest varieties. Beyond the rose plot
and toward the back was a pergola which
Mr. Health Seeker had made with his own
hands and of which he could be justly
proud. This was covered with a climbing
rose which, when in bloom, attracted many
admirers. A short distance from the pergola was a weeping birch which added dignity and grace. Occasionally there was a
shrub, and here and there an evergreen.
On one side provision was made for annuals and perennials.
Within seven months from the starting
of the garden Mr. Health Seeker had been
handsomely rewarded. He had found in
the making of his garden that which he
had sought and failed to find elsewhere.
Instead of being confined to a State institution, he returned to his former occupation. He not only found health and happiness for himself, but he contributed a
place of beauty to his community, and
shared with his neighbors its charm. He
learned the lesson of self-forgetfulness,
which is so necessary to good health.
One writer on mental hygiene has said:
"Those who have overtaxed their physical powers should not be encouraged to
forgo manual labor entirely. But labor,
to be of the greatest advantage, should be
systematic and agreeable. Outdoor exercise is the best; it should be so planned as
to strengthen by use the organs that have
become weakened; and the heart should
be in it; the labor of the hands should
never degenerate into mere drudgery.
"When invalids have nothing to occupy
their time and attention, their thoughts
become centered upon themselves, and
they grow morbid and irritable. Many
times they dwell upon their bad feelings
until they think themselves much worse
than they really are, and wholly unable to
do anything.
"In all these cases, well-directed physical
exercise would prove an effective remedial
agent. In some cases it is indispensable to
the recovery of health. The will goes with
the labor of the hands; and what these invalids need is to have the will aroused.
When the will is dormant, the imagination
becomes abnormal, and it is impossible to
resist disease."—Ellen G. White, in "Ministry of Healing."
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1. A deficiency of vitamin .\ in their diet
caused night blindness.
2. In 1751 Philippe Pinel was given two
great French asylums to administer. He
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to be chained and caged like wild beasts, as
was then the practice, but would respond to
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3. She is the only woman member of Harvard's faculty and is an authority on bacteriology, immunology, and industrial poisoning.
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4. As far back as 2300 B.C. a Chinese emperor, we are told, watching the flight of birds
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5. According to latest statistics the surviving.number will be 22,720.
6. It was one of an extraordinary collection
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of lunatics in the "Fools Tower" of Vienna.
The English coffin was a favorite form of discipline, and was regarded as an excellent
thing. "It makes them ashamed of themselves," said a writer in dealing with the treatment of the insane.
7. He was professor of surgery in Bern,
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Nobel prize, 1909. In 1878 he devised the
operation for removal of the thyroid gland,
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By his investigations the nature of this gland
and its relationship to the functions of the
body were established.
8. In the Civil War, when protection against
germs was unknown, more soldiers died from
disease than were killed in battle.
9. This superstition has no foundation in
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10. A distinguished French physician who
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toughen. Procure new brushes often, for
it is an absolute waste of time and energy
to use a worn-out toothbrush.
For ordinary brushing of the average
mouth where there has been no mutilation
by disease or loss of teeth, the following is
recommended: a combing or sweeping
motion, starting well up on the gums and
dragging toward the chewing surfaces of
the teeth, being careful not to injure the
soft tissue by scraping with the ends of the
bristles. Always have the feeling that the
bristles are cleaning in between the teeth
and around the gum line. The only place
where scrubbing is permissible is on the
chewing surfaces. The brush should always be rinsed well, and after all the
water possible has been shaken out, it
should be left in the sunlight preferably,
if your bathroom permits it. Do not keep
your brush in a container; rather, keep it
out in the open where it will dry quickly.
General instructions such as the above
are helpful, but detailed care for each
mouth and its peculiar problems should
always be suggested by your dentist. If
you are faithful in doing all these things,
you will not have a great deal of dental
work to be done. However, periodic visits,
every three to six months, to your dentist
for examination and such work as may be
necessary, are indicated and essential.
Prevention is always simpler than cure.
MOUNTAIN
Sanitarium & Hospital
At Fletcher, near Asheville
In North Carolina's Beautiful
LAND OF THE SKY
In the heart of the Blue
►
Ridge Mountains, where
thousands annually come in
search of health. You too
may find health in the homelike surroundings of this
rural sanitarium. All departments necessary for scien-
tific medical care and treatment. Well-supervised diet,
physical therapy, X ray, and
clinical laboratories. Tuberculous patients not accepted.
OPEN ALL THEYEAR.
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MOUNTAIN
SANITARIUM
& HOSPITAL
Fletcher, N.C.
Air Invigorates
Where Mountain
It's Easy to Keep Well
(Continued from page 7)
Too much sweets, fried foods, and alcohol
may cause permanent liver damage.
Drugs. Drugs have almost gone out of
style, with our modern methods of hygiene
and attention to proper dietetics. The
effects of drugs on the human organism
may be to stimulate, depress, or irritate.
Drugs may change the form of a disease,
but they do not cure it. And in addition
nature has two poisons to eliminate instead of one.
Mental Health. Nearly one half of the
hospital beds in the United States are occupied by mental patients. The economic
loss due to mental illness costs more than
$700,000,000 annually.
The superintendent of a large mental
institution states that lack of discipline in
childhood inclines to lack of self-control in
the adult. He has not schooled himself
in mental adjustment, and when adversity
comes, the mind breaks.
Surely it behooves one to check his
mental health habits and see if the nerve
fibers are giving way.
Temperance in all things is a good
slogan in this day of excesses. Confidence
in Divine Providence can calm frayed
nerves and take away much of our anxiety.
Resist
Costly Colds
COUGHS, BRONCHITIS, PNEUMONIA
and other dangerous winter ills
throne h the germ-killing, bloodbuilding, body-toning power of
ULTRA-VIOLET
and
INFRA-RED
Sixteen happy, nerverelaxing minutes under our U-7 SUNARC
equals one hour's June
noon sunshine. To this
healthful, CONCENTRATED sunlight is
ADDED a soothing irradiation of INFRARED RAYS for the relief of congestion and
pain. A sanitariumapproved health lamp
—at direct-from-factory price. Write for
users' opinions.
MPANY
al& Cited EQUIPMENT
Creek,
Dept. L-50
Battle
Michigan
BATTLE CREEK EQUIPMENT IS USED BY
HUNDREDS OF HEALTH INSTITUTIONS..
ALL OUR PRODUCTS ARE CORRECTLY
ENGINEERED AND PRICED AS LOW AS
QUALITY ALLOWS
PAGE 31
YOUNG AGAIN
0
WORN old world is young each spring.
Its youth manifests itself in emerald
lawns, golden daffodils, flaming red tulips, blue violets,
snowy dogwood blossoms, and miraculous growth on
every hand. But the old world knows how to rest, and
sleeps each winter under a mantle of soft white snow.
Perhaps this is the secret of her youth, the reason why
each spring on her cheek appears the lovely blush of
blossoms.
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wAsHinGron SAMARIUM
AND HOSPITAL
TAKOMA PARK, WASHINGTON, D.C.
In beautiful Takoma Park, only eight miles from the Nation's Capitol.
We are young when we are well. It is sickness that
makes us feel old and weary. We need to cease our
busy activity, and rest. And with youth in our hearts
as well as in our bodies, growth and achievement may
be ours.
IJ Do you feel
Then it', health von need. A
medical checkup will point the way to health. and a
regimen of rational living will work wonders for von.
Mental and contagion
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