JULY FIFTEEN 1936 CENTS
SHOULD YOU DRINK COFFEE AND TEA? SEXUAL WEAKNESS IN MEN . PAVLO'V - MAN AGAINST GREED by PAUL de KRUIF D,EATHFROM THE WATCH DIAL
DOC HE~RSTIPRESCRIBES Also Vital Information on POISON IVY.STRAIGHTENING CROOKED TEETH EXERCISE • HAIRY, LEGS • SCIATICA C]Jurely Personal I N T HIS ISS U E BACK on the back cover you'll find all those books on health you've been asking , July, 1936 How Interested Are You? about. A good many of our doctors stayed up all night getting up a list which VOLUME 4- NUMBER 1 ON JUNE 4, because of the lack of seating space, 1,000 people they think is tops. They're not technical and have all the information you want. Workers' c
PAVLOV By Workers' "Tired Feeling" MAN PAUL The Menace of ALTHOUGH ployers as a class suffer very little by such habits AGAINST Occupational Diseases the problem of of thought among their workers. de KRUIF industrial disease has With the enormous reserve of unemployed been a grave one for who can be drawn upon to replace the poisoned GREED many decades, it is only in the past year or two worker, employers have discovered that profits that public interest has been awakened to its can be increased by discharging the worker as Paul de Kmii, author of the stirri1tg bool? gravity. T~is interest has been aroused by the soon as evidence of poisoning is detected. For rrWhy Keep Them Alive". startling exposures in the working-class press of its detection, the finest medical tests are em OR years I've been getting ready to try to peasants you've ever seen pictures of, only he the miserable health conditions prevailing in ployed, tests worked out by scientific medicine write about Pavlov the liberator of man looked much older, and not so gaudy. At industry today. After the death and crippling which should be used for early detection and F kind and I'm still a long way from ready. this meeting in the Pasteur Institute his son, of hundreds of tunnel-diggers by silicosis at treatment of the poisoned worker, but instead What tempts me now to try this crude little who spoke English very well, was there, and if Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, these exposures are utilized to toss the worker onto the scrap sketch is the honest little piece about him that I'd had the brains or experience it would have were powerful enough to force a perfunctory heap or place him on' the blacklist warning recently appeared in HEALTH AND HYGIENE. been possible, through that interpreter, for me Congressional investigation. other employers not to employ him. Now that he is dead you can find plenty of to have found out that he was a man against The extent of industrial poisoning shows eulogies about him in scientific periodicals, tell greed. But in those days, cocky, ignorant, and itself very rarely through such dramatic tra-' Lives of Workers THE State and Federal ing how he discovered the nervous control of scientifically snooty as I then was, it would gedies as that of Gauley Bridge. It is well at Stake governments h a v e the digestive juice" of the stomach and how his only have got a horse laugh from me if any known that for every case of sudden death in done next to nothing in conditioned reflex researches have illuminated body, including that old Russian saint of sci industry there are thousands of cases of chronic tackling the problem. Only six states have the mysteries of memory, of sleeping, of neu ence, had told me that the spit dripping into the illness which may reveal themselves only Bureaus of Industrial Disease and they are so rasthenia, of thinking, and of how he won the little tubes attached to his dogs' faces would vaguely by a general feeEng of ill health, the organized that Labor has nothing to say about Nobel Prize which of course makes him a great one day help to build the foundation for a cause of which remains undiagnosed. In the their operation. whale of physiology. But you won't find much practical Utopia. So I just sat there being im United States there are about 1,000 occupa And what have the trade unions been doing in .the highbrow scientific magazines about his pressed that I was sitting in the same room tions that carry definite danger. The effect about all ths? Much too little. Here and there being the Pasteur of the human brain and heart. with Pavlov. on worker's health of poisons, dusts, poor ven they have attempted to put some teeth into To dilate upon that angle of Pavlov would be N ow the old prophet is gone for good, too tilation, extreme temperature and humidity legislation to combat the evils of industrial poi to show a passion for social justice which would late for me to hear his fantastic new scientific variations in and around the place of work is soning: for the most part they have stood by not be seemly in an American scientific pub gospel preached by him in his own, living words. graphically illustrated in a set of statistics pub silently, allowing the captains of industry to lication. But some way, somehow, I've got to try to do lished by the Metropolitan Life Insurance hamstring any attempts to improve workers' It took me a long time to understand that a full length portrait of him, and this necessity Company. These investigations reveal the ap health conditions. Pavlov was much more than a mere physiolo which might easily lead to my downfall as palling fact that the industrial worker lives The trade unions must take over this serious gist, that he was more than a man without a prosperous American citizen, forced itself on seven years less than workers otherwise engaged problem out of the hands of the employer. The greed-as most searchers are. It took me thir me in a curious manner. It happened because and that, age for age, the death rate among lives of workers are at stake. A Farmer-Labor teen rears to see that he was the first scientific I got sore, and am getting more and more sore industrial workers is from one and one-half to Party could elect Congressmen who would man "against greed. It is to my shame that I about today's frustration of our science. Here's more than double the rates of the non-indus force the enactment of the proper legislation must confess to have written two magazine an example. trial worker. In some industries the rate of for the prompt control of industrial disease. squibs about this greatest of all men of science, Today there are in our country thousands tuberculosis and pneumonia is as much as ten This can be done! France has shown us how years before I understood what he was up to. of diabetics who are suffering pain from a lack times as great among workers as among the it can be done. A report in the New York I had the honor of meeting the old gentle of blood in their legs and feet. They are in general population-. Times on the strikes in France contained the man only once, and that was at the Pasteur danger of death from gangrene from this blood These figures should surprise none. Let us following significant item: "The demand for Institute in Paris. He didn't know English and starvation of their lower members. Except in not forget that workers spend more than one an improvement of the health conditions in I couldn't understand his German, so I just a relatively few hospitals where the Pavaex half of their working hours in the unhealthful shops and factories is being granted in all sat there looking at him and he looked just glass boot has a chance to help them, they have surroundings of the shop. Yet by high-pressure settlements." If the People's Front in France like the Russian peasant in Balieff's C hauve to spend months in hospitals, taking exercises advertising they are often deluded into thinking can achieve this, we in America through a Souris revue, the old fellow who sits clapping that mayor may not restore their blood circu more about non-existent "acidosis conditions" Farmer-Labor Party can do it as well. Ameri his hands while his daughter whirls round and lation. And what can be more tragic than this, when they feel ill than of what is often the real can labor must become alive to the great im round in a skit making out that she is a human pointed out by the dean of diabetes doctors, cause of their ill health-the bad health condi portance of the health conditions under which music box. Pavlov looked exactly like that Rus Eniot P. Joslin- tions under which they work. Naturally, em- it works, and must fight for their improvement. sian peasant who looked like all the Russian That the expense of trying to set up this
JULY, 1936 HEALTH and HYGIENE 3 new blood circulation to check the gangrene oping the attitude of any brain toward life." danger is so great that, for the common people, Tests on the brains of dogs that Pavlov has it is really more sensible, cheaper, and more made over a period of thirty years have proved "economically sound"-to have their legs cut that the ordinary fears are responsible for what off than to run into debt to try to save them! we call the nature of the animal. Pavlov took DEATH FROM THE WATCH DIAL two puppies who were litter brothers. Both of them had the inborn fears that beset any THIS proves that, :in our dying economic human being. These fears are hereditary, partly. Radium poisoning attacks again order, money is actually scarcer than hu And partly they're due to a lack of knowledge man legs, and that's a laugh, but how long will when they are faced with certain events that HE recent deaths from radium poisoning as far back as the turn of the century to sys people go on laughing, when they once get it penetrate to their brains, through their eyes, of nine young women employed by the temdically shield themselves against radium clear that they are victims of a system where their ears, their noses, and sense of feeling .... T Radium Dial Co., in Ottawa, Illinois, poisoning, the substance was turned over to engraved pieces of paper must be kept scarce And this way those two puppies are brothers brings again to the attention of the public the workers in factories without any explanation as at the expense of good human blood, bone, under their skins with all human beings. . . . ravages of this horrible industrial disease. One to its nature and dangers. Employers did not nerves and muscle? But my tory friends an Now Pavlov began experiments with these little also ~ remembers that twenty-seven girls em see fit to utilize for the benefit of their em swer: yes, granted, it's deplorable, but remem dogs. He made one of them realize his fears ployed in painting luminous watch dials in New ployees scienti£c knowledge which has been ber human nature; you can't change human were unfounded. Exactly opposite, he caused met the same fate since 1922. available for three decades. One notes with dis nature. It is human nature to be acquisitive, Te~sey this £rst puppy's brother to become prey to . That radium is a dangerous and destructive may that, whereas medical science has learned greedy. That is at the bottom of what is called fears- ' subgtance has been known since its discovery by to radium so as to use it for the cure of enterprise. Without it how are you going to ~ontrol "These are the fears ... which are respon the French scientists, Pierre and Marie Curie. cancer, industry, which has refused to learn make the wheels of our ,production machine go sible for so much misery, both mental and Radium has two properties which make it dead round? these lessons, has contributed to the causation of economic, in the world today," said Pavlov. ly. First, it constantly gives off invisible rays cancer in its unprotected employees. In hundreds of nearly-all-nightrag-chewings which destroy body tissue. Secondly, once ra Radium Eghts up in the dark. A small quan I've tried to answer these pessimists by mere O this grey-bearded old Light of the North S dium O'ains entrance and is stored in the body, tity added to paint provides a luminolls effect. arguments. I've asked them: Of the people you has 9.iscovered the way to change, not hu its des;ructive infl. uence persists throughout life. A -substance split off from radium, mesothorium, know, how many are predominantly greedy? man nature, but to alter the human heart Furthermore, the substance remains so potent is sometimes used for this purpose and pos How many, if they knew that they might through the human brain. that even at the end of 1,5 00 years only one sesses the same harmful qualities a<:; radium it choose between piling up scraps of paper that This science, in plain little words which are half of its strength is lost. In the course of its self. Radium-containing luminous paint has go by the name of securities, bonds, at the ex the only words that the mass of the plain men breakdown, radium gives off several types of been used for some years on dials and numbers pense of legs being cut off or children dying- and women of the world can understand, is rays which are called by Greek letters, alpha, of v,ratches and clocks. In New Jersey, Con Between such tragedy, and a cushy living what I now want to get to the bottom of, and beta) and gamma. The· first two rays, alpha necticut, and recently in the Illinois f actorie~, for just themselves and their own- to try to tell, in the form of a story that'll and beta, are exceedingly destructive to both young' women have been employed for thIS How many people that YOll know would act keep people up nights. To do it I'll have to go normal and diseased tissues. In the treatment ~ork: The work is simple, consisting of apply like pitiful old Mr. Rockefelled to Pavlov's native country, which is also the of cancer both these rays are eliminated by ing the paint with a very fine camel's hair brush. This is a swell argument, but the hell of it only country where Pavlov is understood. filterinO' through a1uminum, a process known In order to work effectively, the girls soon is it has remained just an argument, and this Once more my tory friends will remonstrate as screening.b It is the ability of 1'a d'mm to learned that the brush had to be drawn to a is what has brought me to the necessity of tell with me. Don't you know, they expostulate, desrroy cancer cells which makes it one of the very fine tip. Being totally ignorant of the ing the whole story of Ivan Pavlov, because that Pavlov was the bitter enemy of the present most valuable substances in the treatment of this paint's ingredients and its dangers, they devel it is his science that is going to give us the Russian government. He hated it and de disease. Here, however, the substance is used oper! the habit of bring the brush to their lips chance to change this sinister greedy human nounced till the day he died! with precautions thereby preventing any adverse and moistening it with saliva. The brush had nature. After all, the men of greed who now No, dear friend~, not till the day he cli"'~. effects on the body in general. to be pointed hundreds of times during the day's rule us are in the immense minority. And their In the last year of his life he made as brave and Our knowledge of the effects of radium work and the paint remaining on the lips and greed is, fundamentally, nothing at all but fear. famous a recantation as ever you'll fird made comes from sad experience. Many brilliant tonO'ue was swallowed. It has been estimated And that fear is not inseparable from human by any human being, let alone by an immensely scientific investigators have died either of tha;' over a six-month period, approximately nature. It is now eradiCable. famous scientist-and famous scientists aren't cancer of the skin of the hands, or of severe 4,000 microO'rams of radium or mesothorium . For this new knowledge we have to thank famed for public recanting. At ont: of the last anemia. These deaths occurred soon after the were swallo~ed by each worker. Scienti£c I van Pavlov, and that's why he is a man against scienti£c congresses Pavlov honored with his discovery of radium in 1898, when nothing studies have shown that it only requires two greed, and that's why he's the Pasteur of the presence, he got up and said, toa::ting the Soviet was known of the deadly effects of the invisible microO'rams of these substances stored in the human mind and heart. Through unrest, war, government- b rays which the substance gives off. However, body to eventually kill. starvation, the revolution, living on half-rotten "I am an experimentalist from head to foot. the radium investigators soon learned how to potatoes and moldy bread with no £re to keep All my life has consisted of experiments. Our screen off these rays and to utilize them cnll IN the. New Jersey plant, between 1917 and him warm, this grand old man built up his government is also experimenting, but in an tiollsly in the treatment of disease. 1924, 800 girls were exposed in this way. fundamental science of human nature. "My incomparably higher category. I passionately Recently, radium has been put to use com Signs of poisoning did not appeal until years experiments with dogs prove conclusiveIy,"'said wish to see the successful achievement of this mercially as luminous paints for watch dials after employment had started and, in some in Pavlov, "that fear is the primary factor devel- social, historic experiment." and airplane parts. Though scientists learned stances, had terminated. In 1922 to 1924,
4- JULY, 1936 HEALTH 1711<1 HYGIENE 5 ;" nine girls, who had been working in the fac been made by the company which grants the tory) died., No investigation was undertaken workers a pension for as long as they live if to learn the cause of death. , During this time they prove that they have radium poisoning. EXERCISES FOR PEP signs of poisoning appeared iIi a number of No mention is made of mesothorium in this girh. The girls were treated by, private physi settlement, which, as we know, is also poisonous. Stretching and bending for health cians who did not realize the significance of the Following these investigations the New Jersey symptoms. The young women developed pain company took the necessary precautions. Ten ful swellings of the jaw bones with subsequent years later, in 1936, we find a reptition of the "\~~ THERE is a widespread belief DUl;ing exertion the heart also beats that stl enuous exercise is neces- destruction of these bones. Many suffered same negligence on the part of the employers Ai{ more rapidly ard forcefully pumpina an sary for attaining and keeping spontaneous fractures of the bones of the hands in the Ottawa, Illinois, factory. increased quantitr of blooci' thrcmQ:h':::' the good health. Faddists promise a 10nO' and body in a given 'period of time. This is and feet which would not heaL Others de • 0 b VIgorous life to those who adhere to some veloped nasty infections of the gums and mouth. ~HERE is no way of determining how necessary not only to bring to the muscles particular cult or follow a given routine A frequent sign of poisoning was the develop many more workers of the 800 who were additional food and eXyO'en. b , but.... also to remove ment of severe anemia. The chemist who was expo~ed °in New Tersey or of the 200 exposed of exercise. Prof essional "muscle-builders" the relatively large amounts of waste substances employed by the New Jersey plant to prepare in Ottawa will die of radium poisoning inas warn men that if they would win the favors which accumulate in active muscles. much as signs of poisoning may appear many of charming women, they must acquire the the paint solutions died of this uncontrollablle l From what has been said, it is clear that muscles of a longshoreman and the chest fatal anemia. Two young workers developed o years after exposure. exercise imposes additional burden on the heart expansion of a bull. Exercises for developing highly fatal bone cancers. It is important now to warn of further pos ar:d lungs. It is for this reason that one should muscles are also recommended for the reduc Once the properties of radium are known, sibilities of radium poisoning. There are solu not engage in the more severe and exhaustive tion of overweight and for the "building up" it can be readily understood why this occurred. tions of drinking water containing small quan sports without periodic medical examinations to of the underweight. Everywhere there are The radium swallowed by the workers was to a tities of radium called "radium waters" and determine the ability of these organs to per large extent eliminated from the system by way radioactive waters containing radium decom advertisements for mechanical and electrical de vices which pull, rub and vibrate; they are also form the extra work. It must also be remem of the bowel, urine, and mouth. However, a position products called "activators." These bered that the term "normal organs" is a advised for the tired business man, the indolent smal1er quantity remained in the body, deposit nostrums which net ;heir manufacturers hand relative one. What is normal for a man of ing itself in the bones, especially those of the' jaw some profits have absolutely no beneficial effect society woman and anyone whose way of life differs from that of tbe Spartan warrior. fifty might well be abnormal for a youth of and extremities. Here the radium and meso and hold the possibility of radium poisoning. eighteen or twenty. And exercise, therefore, thorium continued to give off their destructive One such solution is called "Radio thor." While it is obvious that the life of past generations required more physical activity than must be graded accordingly . Young people raYh The body is able to rid itself of the ra Furthermore quacks and ignorant physicians are resist fatigue more easily and recuperate more is the case today, it remains to be shown that dium deposited in the bones very slowly and using solutions for injections which contain ra rapidly than middle-aged pe.ople. For the lat dium or its derivatives for various disorders. the human race is doomed because of its rela only to a slight extent; medical science knows ter, such sports as tennis, squash and handball of no way of assisting this elimination process. These, too, have no therapeutic value and are tive inactIVIty. In fact, it has been pointed out that certain animals which move the slowest are too exhausting, while walking, swimming In the meantime the destructive action of the dangerous. or skating are healthful without subjecting the and obtain the least exercise, such as turtles and radium continues undiminished, eventually kill In order to prel"ent radium poisoning, all organs to undue strain. ing the individual. known methods of shielding the deadly rays elephants, live for hundreds of years, while In 1924, one of the young workers from from the people who might be exposed to them very active animals like the dog or the rabbit Competitive and recreational sports, espe New Jersey was examined by a New York must be utilized. Workers should have fre have a life span of about ten years. cially if performe.d in the open, are far su dentist for a swelling of one of the jaw bones. quent blood examinations, since it has been lVluscles do become firmer and stronger perior to the "daily dozen" type of exercise: This dentist was the first individual to suspect found that a reduction in the number of white ' as a result of regulated and intelligent U nf ortunately such sports are idle dreams for radium poisoning. There followed a series of blood corpuscles is one of the first signs of ra exercise. In sports the individual learns most workers. The day's work-for those protests and demands for an investigation, dium poisoning. Tests for radium in a sample J',. to coordinate muscular activity more skill fortunate enough to have employment-is especially by the Consumers League of the of air exhaled by workers, as well as of the fully and accurately. With many recrea- usually sufficiently tiring to prevent much addi Oranges. The newspapers also took up the atmosphere of the workroom, must be made tional exercises there is a feeling of exhilaration tional exertion in leisure time. Another factor, issue and the situation received wide publicity. at least once a month. conducive to a sense of well being. The pleasure equally important, is the lack of park or play The U. S. Public Health Service considered the One thing is certain: the Ottawa, Illinois, and relaxation obtained from sports are as valu ground facilities with instructors and sports matter, but did not investigate. In 1925, the tragedy demonstrates that workers cannot de able to the participants as any benefits derived equipment. company called an investigating committee of pend upon employers to effect safeguards directly from the muscular exertion involved. so-called experts who hid the real issue by re against radium poisoning or any other industrial In addition to the strengthening of muscles, porting the possibility of zinc poisoning and the disease. The trade unions are making studies physical activity has an immediate effect on cer N 1935, the writer spent several general hygienic conditions in the plant. This and should cont:nue to make studies of health tain vital functions of the body. Muscular ,:t:, ~ I months in th~ Soviet Union and was is known as the Castle-Dreiher report. In conditions in the shop. Furthermore, a strong exertion, digestion, life itself, are dependent on struck by the emphasis on sports in the 1926, two young workers died of radium poi Farmer-Labor Party will force the enactment the burning of oxygen (air) . The more daily routine of the people. In the soning, and the families brought suit against of health legislation to prevent such industrial vigorously one works, the more oxygen he late afternoon and evening the canals the company. The case was settled out of disease tragedies which result only fro'm negli needs. Therefore, during exercise breathing is and rivers of Leningrad and Moscow are court, and the families of the workers received gence and not from any lack of scientific deeper and more rapid in order to provide for filled with boats and canoes as workers pre very little. Since then a general settlement has knowledge. this additional need. pare for tournaments or simply row for their
6 JULY, 1931) IlE.\LTH IIJ/d BYGIEr\E 7 own enjoyment. Factories have their own knees until buttocks rest on heels. Return sports fields and equipment. In some factories, slowly to erect position. SEXUAL WEAKNESS IN MEN over ninety per cent of all workers participate 7. Assume squatting posItIOn, place actively in one or more games supervisoo by ~ hands on floor in front of toes. Holding instructors who work closely with the factory's hands in place, spring backward with APID ejacula60n (ejaculatio precox) is pressed about it. Sometimes he wondered medical staff. dlJ both feet, placing toes on floor so that a very common thing especially with whether the masturbation of years be±" ore had body is now straight and supported by R young men who are having their first anything to do with it. He thought perhaps he Failing such a society, however, and tiexual experience. A majority of men experi was having intercourse too frequently and cut realizing the necessity of some type of hands and toes with arms straight. Spring back ".)nce it at the beginning and then later get over it down from three or four times a week to exercise, the fo]lowing routine will be of to squat position. it. Some develop it later when a difficult situ once or even less, in an effort to save his value. About fifteen minutes should be 8. Lie on back, arms extend~d overhead. ation arises. It is due most often to a kind of "strength." But this did no good. sufficient time to devote to them. Lift up to a sitting position on floor without raising heels from floor. Return to horizontal fear or h:ck of confidence and not to anything 1. Stand erect. Extend arms overhead. position. wrong with the genital organs, so that the WHA~ has happened r N ow that he is treatment must be directed toward overcoming Rise on toes and stretch as if trying to reach 9. Lie on back, hands at side. Raise legs marned and m love he cares far ninl"l' the ceiling. Stretch vigorously. the lack of confidence. The way to do this is what his partner thinks of him; he is anxious about thre~ inches from floor. Bend knees, to find out why the individual lacks confidence, and over-anxious to please her, to bG an ideal 2. Stand erect, arms hanging at sides. Al bringing them to chest. Straighten legs and re and what he is afraid of. The following is an mate for her. Any failure hurts him deeply ternately swing arms to extended position over . turn to original position. example. and makes him lose confidence in himself. head, keeping body straight. Swing force 10. Stand erect. Feet together. Hold on A young man with this complaint consults Since he sets his ideals so high his chance of fully. to chair, table or door knob for support. Al a physician and gives the following story. He living up to them becomes less. None of us is ternately kick hard with left and then with is twenty-five years old, recently married, and perfect, and we should not demand perfection 3. Stand erect. Feet about eighteen inches right leg forward, sideward and backward. apart, arms extended overhead. Bend trunk, unhappy because when he has intercouse his of ourselves. All we should demand is that we Run in place, raising knees high and keeping knees stiff, and touch the floor with 11. ejaculation comes so quickly that his wife fails do the best we can. If Jim Jones, a well pointing toes to the and taking about fingertips. Roar 120 to get an orgasm (climax). When he is asked developed fellow weighing 150 pounds, sets steps per minute. Continue for one and a half to give the history of his sexual experience he as his ideal to be as good a fighter as Joe Louis, 4. Stand erect. Feet about eighteen inches minutes. reports that at the age of twelve or thirteen he he is going to turn out a failure in his own apart. Hands on hips. Bend trunk to the left 12. Stand erect, hands in back of started to masturbate occasionally and continued eyes no matter how good he is. If he sets out and then to the right as far as possible. neck, elbows touching in front. Move this for several years. He always felt guilty just to do the best he can he will never be elbows back as far as possible. Try to ".. 5. Stand erect. Feet about eighteen about doing it and at the time worried whether a failure in his own eyes, nor in the eyes of make should~r blades touch. Return to inches apart. Arms raised sideward to or not he was harming himself. He heard that anyone who really knows him. If he thinks his position. ~ shoulder level. Keeping legs and hips masturbation led to loss of manhood, to insan wife can only be satisfied by Clark Gable's stationary, twist trunk at waist to the left and 13. Stand before open window. Deeply ity, was responsible for pimples, a worn out looks, then of course he cannot satisfy her. But then go to the right as far as possible. and slowly exhale and inhale about ten times. feeling, and so forth. When he was about if he stops and thinks 3: min ute he ~ill see that In the beginning repeat each exercise about seventeen or eighteen he had his first sexual she fell in love with him and not with any 6. Stan~ erect. Feet about six inches apart. five to six times and then gradually work up to experience and at this time ejaculated almost of the others, and he will then realize she likes Hands on hips. Rise on toes, then slowly bend twelve repetitions. before he began intercourse. However, after him for what he is and not for what he might a few experiences of this kind his ability im be if he were all the others rolled up in one. proved and he had no further trouble except To satisfy her, all he has to do is to be himself on rare occasions. He continued having more and do the best he can. When he stops worry or less regular sexual relations with different ing about not being the ideal and just goes girls. When he was about twenty-four he fell ahead being Jim Jones he doesn't have to be in love and stopped going out with other women. afraid any more and, his fear gone, his ability After several months he became engaged and in intercourse will improve. There is nothing then after a few more got married. During his Eke fear to keep a person from doing his best. Beginning in August engagement he had no sexual relations, al though he saw 'his fiancee several times a week RIG H T at the beginning, when our pa- A series of articles on alcohol and alcoholism. Should you drink moderately if and as a result of their love making they both tient in his first relations with his wife had often became excited sexually. By the time some difficulty, he at once began to think that at all? What are the physical and psychological effects of alcohol? Can the they got married his sexual tension was at such he had made a fool of himself in her eyes, that chronic drunkard be cured? A new approach to the problem. Don't miss a high pitch that when he first attempted inter she would think he wasn't much of a man. course ejaculation occurred before he inserted Therefore, on the next attempt, instead of this series. his penis. The next attempts were somewhat being more relaxed because of the relief of the better, but the ejaculation always occurred very pent up tension of so many months abstinence, quickly. He was beginning to feel rather de- he was more tense because of fear of a second
JULY, 1936 HEALTH and HYGIENE 9 failure. If 11C had looked at the first failure as masturbating in adolescence (from about 12 only the result of the tremendous tension de to 15 years of age), and there is no reason why veloped because of.. his long abstinence, and not he should feel guilty about something as na NEW SLANTS ON MEDICINE as evidence of his own inadequacy, he would tural as masturbation unless he had been warned ha ve waited half an hour and then, being more against it previously. FrOI1z, time to ti1ne 'Ule will publish brief accounts of SO?lte of the newer ji1zdings i1t medici1te as reported i11- the medical jou1·1tals. It is to be understood that these relaxed but still passionate, tried again and jiudi1zgs a1'e 1tot Jlet fully prove11, or widely accepted by the medical professiQ1z. been more successful. A few weeks of this and They are to be read as 1tCWS (lCC01l1ttS altd 110t as accepted or reCD1n11z.1!1tdet! addition to the early childhood training the his intercourse would have been normal. In IN methods of treatme1tt. warnings are often repeated during adoles stead, each failure to achieve perfect results cence, but now the emphasis is all placed on the right from the beginning made him think less INFANTILE P ARALYSIS possible harm he may do himself. Even though ARTIFICIAL MENOPAUSE and less of himself and he concentrated on there is no actual scientific reason for the be GREAT epidemic of infantile paralysis living up to the impossible ideal of masculinity A THE Massachusetts Medical Society is in lief that masturbation is dangerous or harmful, has recently ended. Many mothers want he had set himself, and in reality was trying favor of bringing about an artificial meno the belief is widespread and all parents con rather to prove to himself he was something to know if there is any way of vaccinating pause or "change of life" in women with can sider it their duty to instill the belie f in their he wasn't, than just to give expression to his against infantile paralysis. Poliomyelitis or in cer of the breast. This is in addition to the children. (See Dr. Williams' article on mastur natural sexual instinct and his love for his wife. fantile paralysis is caused by a virus, a germ too usual treatment by operation, X-ray or radium. bation in the November,1935, issue of HEALTH His attempt to save "strength" by having in small to be seen even with a microscope. Otht:r It is claimed that the change of life tends to AND HYGIENE.) Warnings about the dangers tercourse less frequently had, of course, the diseases caused by viruses are smallpox, sleeping make the cancer less active. X-rays are applied of venereal disease are also usually given, and opposite effect; it merely increased his sexual sickness and rabies. Some claim that colds and over the ovaries which throws them out of while these particular dangers are perfectly tension. Sexual intercourse does not require any commission and bring about a change of life. real, the end result of all these warnings, fears, influenza are also caused by viruses. The dif particular muscular strength, or "sexual and moral admonitions, is to make it hard for ficulty in vaccinating again~t infantile paralysis strength," it requires only the instinct, and some FOR PAINLESS CHILDBIRTH the average person to have a natural common has been that killed virus, when injected into the self-confidence, and it improves with practice. sense attitude toward sex. It is hard for him to body, has no power to produce immune bodies DIETS without salt have been urged in Another fear beside the fear of failure is drop overnight all the ideas 0 f shame, guilt, against the disease, while the living organism, many diseases, including epilepsy, certain the fear of doing something wrong. We see and danger that he has always associated with no matter how weakened, was still dangerous. diseases of the kidney, heart failure with swell this in the patient described above, although the sex for so many years. Even though he con In the case of smallpox, pas~age of the virus ing of the body and so forth. Dr. Karpati of fear is somewhat disguised. He was afraid that sciously tells himself that sexual relations with from a calf, so weakened the germ that it could Budapest now reports that women kept on a f,ome of his trouble might have something to a woman he loves are not wrong, he of ten be used to vaccinate man. In man it sets up a salt-free diet during the last two months of do with the fact that he had masturbated when feels that there is something shady about it, harmless "disease" that cures itself in a few pregnancy have shorter, easier and less painful he was a boy and young man. What does this and feels that he is doing something wrong or days and then gives protection against smallpox labor. Doctors Hofstein, Petrqui!l,,~nd Reeb of mean? In our childhood we are all brought up dirty with her, and thinks that, though he can for about seven ye;'{rs. Strassburg report similar results. This still re rather strictly in regard to sexual matters; we see that she also is passionate, she also feels that Recently several vvorkers in this field claimed quires a lot of convincing evidence, and in addi are told that it is wrong to masturbate, to think way and may love him less for it rather than that they had found a solution to the problem tion the effect of this diet on the growing factus (unborn child) must be carefully determined. about sexual things, and not only that it is more. of vaccination against infantile paralysis. Dr. wrong but also dangerous. These warnings are These two fears-of failure and of doing William Park, of the Ne\v York City Health accompanied by punishment, often of considera wrong-are at the bottom of most difficulties Department, claimed that he founei a way of DIABETES ble severity if we are caught. It is literally true of sexual adjustment. The way to overcome killing the virus with formalin, yet retaining its DIABETES is most often caused by a dis- to say that it is dangerous for a small boy to them is to look honestly at one's self, see how vaccinating powers. Dr. Kolmer of Philadel ease of the pancreas, an organ which llilakes masturbate, because if his father or mother they originated, see what the actual facts are, phia, claims to have found a \vay of keeping the the insulin we need in order to be able to buril ('atches him, he gets punished; but that doesn't and then act accordingly. If one is trying to virus alive yet harmless and incapable of pro up sugar for energy. The discovery of insulin mean that the masturbation itself hurts him. lIve up to an impossible ideal, let him stop such ducing disease, and capable of giving protection. was a great step forward in the treatment of The masturbation doesn't hurt him; the foolishness and just be himself. If one, despite Kolmer treats the vaccine with products derived diabetes. It has the disadvantage of being used mother or father who catches him at it does the the actual facts, is still looking at sex as some from the castor-oil bean. Doctors Flexner, up quickly. In the normal body small amounts hurting with a strap or hairbrush or whatever thing dirty, dangerous, and immoral, let him Olitsky, and Cox of the Rockefeller Institute of insulin are constantly being made and given comes handy. Or sometimes they do the hurt look back at his past experiences and see how he have denounced both of the~e methods of vac off by the pancreas as needed. Dr. Hagedorn, ing in another way: they say that they don't developed such beliefs and then after throughly cination. 'I'hey say that Park's killed virus is of Copenhagen, announces the discovery of .. love ·an yone who does things like that; that understanding how they developed, discard harmless but also \vorthless. Thev claim fur new kind of insulin, "Protamine Insulinate," otten hurts even worse than a licking. This them. This is often difficult to do alone. ther that Kolmer's vaccine gives j~nmunity but which the body uses up more slowly, so that the training takes place in early childhood, and Frequently one or a few talks with a psychiatrist can also give the disease to a susceptible indi conditions following an injection more closely is usually largely forgotten as far as' conscious will help. Some cases will require more extensive vidual. They claim that only living poliomy~ resemble those in the normal body. Another memory goes, but that some warnings of the treatment. Not aU cases follow the mental litis virus has immunity-producing powers, and advantage i~: that "insulin shock" caused by the kind have been given is shown by the fact that mechanisms outlined in this article. Future that no method exists at present for making the sudden fall in the percentage of sugar in tll<' even though the person can not remember it articles will take up these other aspects of the living virus harmless. Our ach'ice to our readers blood, is less common. rrhe product is as yet he still feels guilty and afraid when he starts problem. is to await developments. available only to special diabetes research C{,I1-
10 JULY, 1936 HEALTH Ilnd HYClIEt\E ters. Unfortunately, the product is already single main stem, or it appears as a bush, when been found that a breeze carrying pollen which patented, which will keep up its price, just as it grows with rich luxLlriousness. This pest has passed over poison ivy. may carry particles the price of insulin is kept up by the patent held rarely grows in the deep woods. It is along old of the poison liquid which would irritate the by the University of Toronto. stone and rail fences and up stalwart trunks of skin in the person in the way of the breeze. A trees that poison ivy trails and flourishes and person who has touched poison ivy may touch WHA T CAUSES DIABETES? BEWARE does most damage. his face or the face or hand of another and vVhen young, the trailing vine is of course transf er some of the liquid. Clothes may have T is fairly well agreed. th~t inheritance :s thin, with little hairs searching for a spot to some of the poison on them and another person I often one of the factors 111 dIabetes. What IS OF hold tight to. As it grows, it becomes thicker may touch the clothes and wonder some days inherited IS not the disease, however, but a and the hairs, red in color, sometimes cover the later, why, though not having been in the coun tendency to get it. What brings on this ten entire stem and branches. Many trees and try, he or she should be suffering from ivy dency? F or years it has been suggested tha,t POISON IVY bushes have been killed because poison ivy has poisoning. the overuse of sugars and starchy foods IS completely covered them, overwhelming them partly responsible. To prove it statistics were After a day in the country a good preventive and shutting out sunlight and air, in its mad against this skin inflammation is the very care published showing the rise in sugar, consum.p scramble for space. tion during recent years, together WIth the nse ful scrubbing of the body, preferably under a How to recognize the poison ivy Poison ivy always has three lea'ves on a stem. shower, with yellow kitchen soap or washing in diabetes. It was proven, also, that diabetes There may be one branch from a main stem, was much more common in fat people, and it plant and what to do if you powder. People have carefully bathed in tubs though usually there are many, but always the and still suffered from ivy poisoning a few days was believed that their stoutness was due to catch the rash leaves are in threes. The leaves are smooth, later, because the poison liquid, :floating on top too much sugar and starches. Now Dr. H. P. that is, they have no tiny fuzzy hairs. They are of the water, touched the body. Himsworth of the University College Hospital, usually shiny, but sometimes dull. The leaves The time it takes before the little pimples London, says just the opposite is true. He claims may be a luscious green, deep and rich, but or chains of pimples erupt varies with different that the way to avoid diabetes is to eat lots of HE season is beginning for that dread not always. The green varies from a light individuals and even with the same person. carbohydrates (sugars and starches) and less scourge of the camper and country vaca green with a tinge of yellow to a darker green. T After a couple of days, the pimples become fats. He claims that in countries where people tionist, ivy poisoning. This is the most Sometimes the leaves are smooth around the da.. gerous of all seasons for anyone who can filled with a light yellowish fluid and may eat the most starchy foods (like rice ea6ng 1i1 edge) sometimes with one or two irregularities. not recognize this leafy pest. As the warmer burst. Sometimes they become renewed and Japan and potato eating in Ireland) there is No matter what the shape or texture or weather comes on and the sap runs freely refilled with fluid. the smallest amount of diabetes. He says fur color, stay away from all three-leaved plants, through the plant, the leaves-always in threes At a recent meeting of the New York State ther that race is not a factor because when the until you are certain they are not poison ivy. -come out to take up more space. With the Medical Society, it was reported that a specific same Irishmen come to the U. S. and eat more There are not very many such plants and one coming of fall and cold nights, the leaves take cure for poison ivy has been found. It is not a fats, they get more diabetes. Everyone who fa Can quickly learn to distinguish them. Black on the most gorgeous and riotous colors, so new remedy but merely a modification in the vored the old theory pointed to the fall of dia berry is a thrcc-Ieav2d plant, as is raspberry, but that those who gather armfuls of colored method of making and using the alcoholic ex betes in Germany during the war and claimed both are rough-leaved, not smooth, like poison leaves for decorating their drab city apartments tract of poison ivy leaves. Local treatment is it was due to the decrease in sugar consump ivy. As a rule these plants grow freely, that is, usually find themselves in bed, swollen and un often helpful. Excellent results were obtained tion in general. Dr. Himsworth claims that in unattached to trees or fences, and instead of comfortable. in more than a score of children at camp by Berlin, where the fall in the diahetic rate was tiny ;.ir rootlets or hairs on the stem they have There is only one sure preventive for ivy applying a 2 per cent potassium permanganate greatest, fats were very scarce and the people thorns. Virginia Creeper and Boston Ivy are poisoning-learn to recognize the plant and solution at the very first sign of an ivy poison ate more carbohydrates. In the U. S. the fat t\VO vines commonly mistaken for poison ivy. stay away from it. Under no circumstances ing pimple. A paste of sodium bicarbonate or consumption is high ann the rate of diabetes is Both have five leaves growing from each stem. take a dare or follow the example of the brave a solution of calamine has also brought relief. the highest in the world. Dr. Himsworth fur The fruit of poison ivy i-. a clump of sickly but foolhardy fellow who rubs the leaves on ther claims that over-eating has nothing to do looking greyish berries. Poison ivy can be eradicated by pulling up with diabetes, if the fats arc kept down. his face or eats them and advises you to do like all these plants. For those who can rid an area, wise to become immune. There have been in the following suggestions will be found help- i INSTEAD OF COUNTING SHEEP numerable examples of people who have been • pOISON ivy has a liquid in its leaves and f uI. Rubber boots and rubber gloves are almost immune for years, but who in moments of stems :lnd roots \vhich does the dirty work. a necessity, because they are easily washed be FEW years ago Emile Coue grew rich and A bravado have eaten or rubbed poison ivy During the winter, like most plants, poison ivy fore removing without touching the skin. Pull famous by getting mjIlions of people to leaves on their bodies only to get painfully sick. lies dormant and so does the liquid, except in up the plant by the root, and follow all the repeat, "Every day in every way I'm getting Follow the advice of Charles Beard, the his the roots. All spring, summer, and late in the root ramifications till you have raised even the better and better." He has just come out with torian, about William Randolph Hearst, and f all this poison I iquid is busy with its nasty work. tiniest beginning of a root. Place the ,pulled up a new claim. He says that people can fall dun't touch poison ivy with a ten-foot pole. lVlany people believe that an ill wind blowing roots and branches on a rock and cover them . asleep easily if, while lying in bed, they stop Despite variations in the plant, poison ivy is over a vine and then onto their bodies will give with a slab or stone so they won't blow away, thinking of other things and try to think of how easy to recognize after a few minutes' study them ivy poisoning. Another comm011 belief and allow the sun to dry them. Do not burn they look while sleeping. Dr. E. Hitschmann of its important characteristics. is that it is contagious. Neither of these is cor poison ivy for the smoke may carry the vapors of Vienna says it works like a charm in many Poison ivy usually grows as a vine, although rect. One must first get some of the liquid on of the poison liquid, at which time it is distress cases. We have tried it without any success. it sometimes sprouts out of the ground with a the skin be fotc it takes effect. It has, however, ingly dangerous.
12 JULY, 1936 HEALTH ami HYGIENE !STRAIGHTENING CROOKED
TEETH A sal1tple of what modern
OCK teeth. Crooked teeth. What is their To prevent the decay and loss of these first dentistry can do. Notice significance mechanically, psychologically teeth, they should be kept very clean, and cav B and from the point of view of facial ities should be filled as soon as they appear. beauty? Cavities can be detected by a dentist before they the woman's jaw and teeth At first glance, it would certainly seem that are observed by the patient. If a baby tooth is the mechanical problems are the most impor lost despite treatment, the child should be fitted before treatment - and a tant. They are, indeed, very important. If the with a simple device called a "spare retainer." teeth have grown improperly or are improperly If a permanent tooth is lost, either a spare re year later - after placed in relation to each other, a variety of tainer or a bridge must be constructed to pre physical ills may occur. Chief among these are serve the normal relation of the teeth in the digestive disturbances. Badly formed teeth ren arch (jaw). A correct diet also helps to keep t1"eat1nent. der proper mastication of food difficult. the teeth healthy. Foods requiring crunching, Scarcely less important than the physical ills such as hard breads, crackers, cereals, fruits and w 11ich may result from improperly placed teeth nuts, should be included in an early diet. Too are the psychological effects upon the person much sugar and candy are considered bad for suffering from unsightly maH ormations of teeth the tee tho The basis f or such future difIicul ties or jaw. Protruding teeth, receding chin, as poor teeth and malformations of the jaw is crowded mouth, cause self-consciousness and often laid while the child is still carried by its Pictures tram DCJltal Cosmos shyness in the sufferer. With particularly sen mother. The diet of the pregnant woman-an sitive persons, this self-consciousness may. easily adequate supply of calcium (found in milk), may prevent dental dis.figuration. When, how cannot even begin to think of sending his chil become a real social handicap, resulting in in sufficient sunlight or the use of cod liver oil ever, the cause is congenital, or the damage is dren to a private practitioner. Schools and clinics when sunlight is not available-will enable her feriority feelings and psychic suffering. already done, the situation is still not hopeless. are able to reduce the cost appreciably; but even Perhaps the most general cause of crooked to provide the unborn child with the proper 01·thodontia is the name of the science which here, owing to the time involved in treatment teeth is the prematurf; loss or removal of the materials for the formation of good teeth buds. deals with the correction of irregularities of the and in the construction of intricate appliances, IE the mother has received the proper diet dur child's first, or milk teeth, and of the six year jaws and teeth. By means of fine wires and the fees are too high for the average patient. ing pregnancy, the child will be much less molars. A first tooth should never be pulled rubber bands, as well as many ingenious devices, The lack of professional dental care was until the second teeth are definitely on their likely to lose its milk teeth pre-maturely. the teeth are slowly forced into the places where stated more specifically by Dr. Harlan H. Another frequent cause of badly formed way. Parents ought to know the number of they function most advantageously. Frequently HOfner, Assistant Commissioner for Higher teeth a child should have, and approximately teeth is the presence of enlarged adenoids or changes take place in the entire structure of the Education, at this year's convention of the New when they erupt. There are 20 milk teeth, 10 tonsils. When these arc present the chUd is face; the nose, eyes and even ears may become York State Dental Society. Dr. Horner de forced to breathe through the mouth. The arch in the upper jaw, and lOin the lower. They more symmetrical and better related to each clared that only 25 per cent of the population (jaw) becomes elongated and too narrow to erupt between the ages of six months and two other. This is a slow process and requires the are now getting regular dental care. Just con years. At the age of six years, the .first penna allow the teeth to form normally. A physician cooperation of the patient. Satisfactory results sider it-three out of every four people do not nent tooth erupts. There are four in all, two should be consulted if the child breathes through are very general, and sometimes remarkable receive dental care. Another report given at the mouth. in the upper jaw, and two in the lower. These transformations are achieved. the convention by the oral hygiene committee Excessive or protracted sucking of the thumb six year molars, as they are called, come in The best time to start orthodontic treatment noted that approximately 90 per cent of school or a pacifier, and certain other oral habits, such directly behind the last milk teeth; none of the for girls is approximately at ten or eleven years, children throughout New York State have some milk teeth should have been lost yet. From the as tongue and cheek-sucking, or lip-biting, may and for boys, between eleven and twelve. At dental disturbance. occasionally impair the proper shape of the jaw. age of six years to twelve, all the baby teeth these periods of rapid physical development, the These two deplorable situations should serve should have been lost and replaced by the per Another possible cause of badly formed teeth pressure of the mechanical appliances produces as a challenge to dentists, their allied profes is congenital malformation of the jaw (the re manent or last set of teeth. All this is done the greatest results. While it is generally con sions, and to the public, and stir them into ceding jaw, the undershot jaw) or an abnor very methodically and carefully by nature. But ceded that corrective treatment is most suc remedying them. The responsibility for caring if anything interferes with this methodical shed mally small jaw in which the teeth are crowded cessful· in childhood, adults up to the age of for all persons in need of dental or medical ding and replacem~nt, then crooked teeth usu when they develop to normal size. . thirty-five, and even older, may take this treat treatment must be placed directly on state and ally result. Tooth decay, which generally leads ment provided their general health is good. federal agencies. The money allotted for bat to extraction, is the cause of the early loss of pRECEDING paragraphs have indicated Because orthodontic treatment requires so tleships could be easily diverted into providing most baby teeth. Accidents, such as falls, also that certain measures (the care of the milk much time and expert specialization, the fees funds for the millions who have never been in take their toll. teeth, the removal of adenoids, and so forth) are unusually high. The average wage earner a dentist's office.
14 JULY, 1936 HEALTH and HYGIENE 15 T CRI E N elV li4..f!,'bt 011· Al1Zeyica's chief fascist
F}. ·OU.. are a~l old reader yo. u can.. skip this ill,trod uction, but if ,:his i~ t,he sells not only to manufacturers or rdativdy harmless fakes such as Alka I fir~t ropy (If HEALTH AND HY(;IENE yuu n;nL~ l'l':d, you Wlt! nb:.,,\.'J VL' Seltzer, Fleischmann's Yeast and Ovaltine, but also to the makers of drugs on the back cover ~1 Est of recommc!Hied health hooks. They are all and cosmetics that may be dangerous. Hearst also sells space to the quack good books, but there is one of which we are p:trticubrly. fnnd- physicians and "specialists" whose boasts fill large sections of his news 10(),DOO,OOO Guinea Pigs by Arthur Kallet and F. J. Sdllink. This book papers and who cheat unwary readers of their health and money. was one of the first comprehensive accounts of how the American people These statements are sober calculated assertions based up~n surveys pay millions of dollars p:arly for thousands of tons of fraudulent and of all Hearst newspapers and magazines. TIll: writer's desk is covered poisonous fOOfis and drugs. '1'0 call the American people guinea pigs was with several layers of advertising clippings of patent medicines and quacks a pardonnhle flgure of speech, hut when a physician sees tht~ enormous taken from many of Hearst's twenty-four newspapers and eleven maga amollnt of advertising space in magnines and ne\\'spap(TS devoted to the zines. These advertisemellts can be roughly grouped into three main glorification of poisonous rubhish that is profitlhly :-;01d :IS cosllwtil'S, f(lfd types. So roll up your sleeves with me and we'll first wade into the tripe or drugs, he wnndcrs whether the anthors have not pCThaps been too c11.' artists. These include the quacks ,md "specialists" who urge you to con g:tnt in their characterization of Aml'rieam;. 'The sncial-minded physician sult them for every variety of disease from acne to sexual impotence. They ~ec5 the other side of the mtdal and would prefer to title the Kallet and use the title doctor but few deserve it. It is impossible to give in detail Schlink book 1,000 Vultures, or how leaders of American industry ant1 the crimes of each, but something of their character may be obtained from finance willfully wreck the health of our people. A consitll'rahlt~ s!:ctiol1 an investigation of Chicago quacks undertaken some time ago and which of this book could be devoted to the pollutions of the King Vulture, \Villiam revealed the following facts: Randolph Hearst. That probably some of the quacks are at least morally and probably The hosts whom Hearst has plundered arc beginning to turn upon I11tperial Willie, the mmt bchhtd LtI1td01l legally g.uilty of killing patients. their parasite and damn him with the verdict that socially-minded people That a number of quacks maimed patients for life by malpractice. have passed on Hearst since the beginning of his publishing career. Anyone That some of the quacks operate their business under assumed names, with a grain of decency who has examined the life of Hearst has been and leading double lives, practice swindling in the city while posing as revolted by his methods, his standards of public morals, his lack of rever respectable doctors in outlying districts. ence for the truth, the treatment of his own employees, the extent of his That many sell their professional "services" to men higher-up who economic greed. His newspapers and magazines, filled with the most own the offices and who push the advertising campaign. degrading aspects of life, stand as a clay monument to his lust for power. Although these facts were unearthed in Chicago, the methods of Distinguished educators, writers, and the best of our labor leaders, have quackery are everywhere the same; and the most fruitful medium for all endorsed the verdict Dr. Charles \V. ElirJt, of Harvard, once pro advertising their swindles and quackery is the Hearst press. nounced upon Hearst-banishment from civilized society. Perhaps the most notorious of the quac1<:s who now advertise in the Unfortunately, Hearst refused to be banished. Although his influence Hearst press is Dr. L. Zins. In 1913, he practiced in Chicago and adver on the American people is steadily weakening, he is still a serious menace. tised extensively as a specialist in nervous diseases, blood poisoning, stomach His activities ao-ainst the working class, the labor movement, teachers and troubles, rheumatism, bladder, kidney and "lingering" diseases. He progressive ele~ents, his hare-faced IY'ing about the Soviet Ynion, all indict worked a very obvious "come-on" game in which he was helped by his him as the most Vic1C)uS reactionary in this country. Ferdmand Lundberg assistants. His plan was to frighten the patient into believing he had has summed up the evidence in his biography, Imperial Hearst. It is not some disease and then fleece him. An investigation was conducted by an so well kno\vn, however, that Hearst has been instrumental in poisoning independent paper which exposed the quacks that were killing, plundering the hodies as well as the minds of Americans; that he helped in the crip and crippling the Chicago people. This newspaper sent a perfectly healthy pling of Cfllll1tll'SS Americans through his newspapers and magazines. reporter to Dr. Zin5' office. Dr. Zins pretended examining him and then told the reporter that he had syphilis and gonorrhea. Zins refused to pATENT medicine advertisements are a great part of the advertising proceed with any ((treatment" until the reporter had assured him that he , in most periodicals and daily papers. Few publications censor these \vould be able to return with ten or fifteen dollars as an initial fee. Zins advertisements. The patent medicine and food manufacturers are a power gave the patient a bottle to be filled with urine and asked him to return as ful group and can command all the space they want to exploit drugs, soon as possible with the money so that the treatment which would save Heal·st', the 100 per elmt Americtl1t, leses cosmetics and foods with fraudulent claims. Hearst leads all other pub Mltssolh:i's fascist i1tSig1tia, the fasces, to his life could begin at once. The reporter filled the bottle with colored am lishers in the quantity of space he sells to the patent medicine frauds. He ml~strate an advertisclItent monia water. The water was tested by Dr. Zins' :assistant who reported that
16 JULY, 1936 HEALTH and HYGIENE 17 the specific gravity (the weight of one cubic carrying their notices are accomplices to the ing with pulmonary tuberculosis are probably fraudulent products. A reaction to the futility centimeter as compared with water) was 1.001. crime of exploiting the people. The H'earst taken in by the advertising blandishments oj of the law compelled the present administration The reporter was informed that his case was yellow sheets make no pretense at censorin (J Kelpamalt, proclaimed as a remedy for the to propose a new Pure Food and Drug Bill. m?re ,~erio~ls than ever, that he was suffering patent medicine advertisements. Hearst~ "skinny, worn out, weak and nervous." The This was intended to compel advertisers o-f ~Ith specliicus gravitus." He urged the pa newspapers are filled with "remedies" for over~ government has already prosecuted the makers patented and canned products to be as truthful tIent to get $50 at once so that he could be weight, ~nderweight, skin troubles, kidney dis of Kelpamalt for misrepresentation. Yet Kel and accurate in their advertising as the present ~ured. of the serious diseases that were destroy eases, hIgh-blood pressure, sexual disorders pamalt advertisements continue in the Hearst food and drug act compels them to be on their mg hIS organs. The exposure of his quackery coughs and weakness (frequently due to tuber~ publications. A disease which can be cured by package labels. At this point we introduce Dr. by th~ newspaper forced Zins to leave Chicago, culosis and cancer), and so forth. Hearst is medical and surgical measures is permitted to Royal S. Copeland, Senator from New York, and SInce April, 1921, he has been practicing :nai~tainjng the reputation he acquired early get out of hand because the sufferer has been stooge for William Randolph Hearst, and doc in New York City. 111 hIS career when the New York Journal car~ persuaded by cunning advertising to treat these tor of medicine. Since 1922, Senator Copeland All the facts about Dr. Zins and others of ried more advertisements for fake cures than symptoms with worthless tablets or solutions. has been a radio speaker and "health" expert his kind are available and known to the Hearst all other New York papers put together. There are dozens of other fakes that fittingly for Hearst's publications. He has endorsed many publications. Still the Hearst papers are always . Hearst's publications have also printed adver~ find a place in the Hearst sheets. of the f .lkes advertised in Hearst publications. open to these swindlers for their advertisements. tlsements of patent medicines that have heen Another source of misinformation is Doc As soon as the new food and drug bill was Dr. Zins now advertises in at least one New responsible for paralysis and blindness of many Arthur Brisbane, Hearst's office boy and editor introduced in the Senate, Dr. Copeland York Hearst paper as a consultant in the treat people. In AprIl, 1930, an ointment known as of the infamous column Today. \Ve have attempted to amend the bill so thn its whole ment of "Blood, Skin, Nerves, Stomach and ~oremlu was laun~hed in this country. The gathered a few jewels of medical nonsense purpose would be destroyed. .A combination of Rectal ailments, General Weakness and other omment ;vas advertIsed as a depilatory, capable from his column. "Keep away from quacks Hearst, Copeland, representatives of. pharma diseases." He occupies an entire house at 110 of removmg superfluous hair without any harm of all kinds," says Doc Brisbane, "unless they ceutical, proprietary, patent medicine, canned East 16th Street, New York City. to the user. This ointment contained thallium make you cheerful." "Next to ,the X~ray and goods and ad ver6sing associations, the Ameri acetate, a drug which not only removes hair but the surgeon's knife comes cheerfulness." "The can Newspaper Association, and various maga zine publishers' associatl0ns, exerted pressure on THE second group of coin extractors and al~o causes paralysis, ~evere kidney damage, n~w energy of the blood destroys cancer." blIndness, and death from respiratory failure. "Cheerfulness increases blood energy." "When Congress and sabotaged the bill. As a sub health wreckers appears in the shopping stitute they produced the final Copeland bill col umns-a two-column feature that appears The U. S. Department of Agriculture and the you sneeze you kill germs just as you would American Medical Association warned all de be killed if an elephant stepped on you." Co~ which even the American Medical Association three times weekly in the New York Daily calls an ('impotent monstrosity in which the Mirror, Hearst tabloid. Here we find the ca partment stores which sold Koremlu and all the ment on such twaddle is unnecessary except that publications which carried its advertisements the ~mi1lions who read him should be warned procedure is so long and wearisome and the joling of international beauty authorities penalties are so inadequate that the forces of "h d I ""1 d . ' that Kertmlu was deadly. The sale and ad against this Hearst oracle. And in. passing we c arm eve opers, s en enzers," "hair Quackdol11 may ravage the sick and ailing and colorers," and professors of the "infrascope" vertising of Koremlu continued, however. By might well mention the name of Bernarr Mac January, 1931, hospitals throughout the coun fadden who rivals Hearst and Brisbmle in reac retire with their booty long; before the process ~ystem. We don't know what an "infrascope" of investigation .1l1el proseclltion catch up." :s, but we urge our readers not to worry about try had beyn receiving patients sufferino- with tion and the advertislng of fraudu1ent It. Tomorrow we may see it advertised by th~l1ium poisoning, with paralysis of their:='limbs, products. 'The Tugwell bill as first proposed woukl bh~dness, severe abdominal pain, and loss of all another name with new miraculous properties. EARST'S role in the public health legisla- have given protection to the consumer) would hall'. The American Medical Association re I-I The final and largest group consists of the tion of this country has been notorious. have meant the difference between life and ported many of these cases. Despite the fact patent medicines and food frauds whose adver We can trace it from the very beginning of his death, between health and illness to hundreds that :he crippling and death-dealing properties tising occupies from two inches to a one-half career. The period after 1880 witnessed the of thousands who get so little education in of thIS drug was well known, Hearst's Cosmo page in the Hearst publications. These fakers rise of the patent medicine and food industry. health matters that they become ready victims politan Aiagazine carried advertisements of are guaranteed to cure or relieve a thousand Hundreds of firms were springing up and sell to the lies and deceit of food and drug man1.1- Koremlu in December, 1931, at least eleven an~ one ailments ranging from sinusitis to piles. ing poisonous rubbish in the open market. f acturers. This progressive legislation was months after publicity about the drug had It IS true that almost all American newspapers Agitation for the federal supervision of the scuttled because it threatened the profits of our begun. and magazines carry advertisements of fraudu patent medicine and food industry began to patrons of poison-.. the manufacturers, and the ~ent medicines. The better sort pretend to re The Hearst publications are read by from mount. Hearst, who always posed as the publishers who sell space to them. Because Ject the more sensationally ballyhooed fakes and twenty to thirty millions Americans. These people's friend, never took up the issue. He Hearst sells more of such space than any other those known to be poisonous. In past issues readers are fed not only a daily ration of smut openly defended the patent medicine manufac publisher, he took the lead in squashing the bill. of HEALTH AND HYGIENE it was pointed out lies and perverted news, but also laro-~ turers because they \vere paying him large sums This was perfectly cOl}sistent with all that he that the nationally advertised products such as volumes of fraudulent drug adyertisemen~s. of money for advertising space. Nevertheless has done in the past. He has always been Alka-Seltzer, Ovaltine and Fleischmann's How many respond to these advertisements we the Pure Food and Drug Act was finally passed faithful to his position in. society, a defender Yeast (which. are accepted by the best papers) do not know, but there must be thousands of in 1906. This law forbaqe manufacturers of private property. The swindling ad vertise ments in his publications, his association with are not a whlt less fraudulent than the lesser Americans suffering, with infectious diseases , from making fraudulent claims in or on a trade fry among patent medicines, and that this tuberculosis, cancer, and heart disease who are package. but permitted them to make claims patent medicine mannf actllrers behind the so-called selection is sheer hypocricy. Most ruining their health or wasting pr'e~ious time they wished in their advertisements. Copeland bill all represent Hearstism at its patent 11J.edicines with hardly a single excep "curing" themselves with the worthless trash Since 1906, it has been obvious that this lav" best and worst-always a blight on the Amer tion make fraudulent claims and newspapers advertised in the Hearst press. Persons sllffer- does 'very little to protect the consumer from ican people.
19 18 JULY, 1936 HEALTH and HYGIENE COFFEE AND TEA Removing Hair from Legs DRUGS OR BEVERAGES?
For tbe l1ta1ty readers uiho have been asking questions regarding Do these stimulants cause nervousness? the cttre of the ski1t and hair', rrHealtb altd Hygiene's" ski1t special ist will discuss such problems eve1-y mont". All questions 1nust be signed and acC'ol1tpanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. AFFEINE, the active ingredient of tea fee substitutes from cereals. In addition, roast and coffee, as well as its relatives is con ing does the following to the coffee bean: it ITR the coming of summer, ad vertis on a small area of skin in order to find out C tained in numerous plants which are makes the seed easier to grind, permits more ing copy writers are working overtime whether your skin is sensitive. widely distributed over the tropical regions. substances to be extracted by water, and lends W devising schemes to sell depilatories Another method of removing leg hair is by Wherever these plants are found ancient peo the brown color. Grinding also exposes a (hair removers). Hair on legs is declared a so using abrasives such as pumice. These abrasives ples learned of the stimulating qualities pos greater surface, permitting easier extraction cial liability. The stuff must be sold and any are effective where the hair is very fine. You sessed by beverages prepared from them. The and preparation. At the same time it permits method that works is fair. Making people self must remember, however, that if you have a most primitive form of use consists in chewing more exposure to the air, leading to a rapid loss conscious is always a successful way to sell them delicate skin, rubbing will cause irritation. the seeds or leaves of the particular plant. " of volatile substances as well as other changes. something. The blemishes of a few are made The wax depilatory is another that is well The use of the roasted coffee bean can be Hence the fad for "dated coffee." Coffee is in.to the blemishes of a nation. There are some advertised. This is usually melted, applied and traced hack to the Ethiopians, who subse not infrequently adulterated with sugar, chicory, women who have excessive hair on their legs allowed to harden. Then it is lifted off, taking quently introduced its use to the Arabians and dandelions and numerous beans. Coffee may and these women find it necessary to remove the hair with it. It is somewhat painful and Egyptians. The first widespread use in be so treated as to remove most of the caffeine the growth. However, it is not necessary for may cause dermati6s (inflammation of the Europe seems to have been toward the end of without destroying its other properties. The the great majority of women, most of whom skin). the sixteenth century when a coffee house was process is neither as difficult nor as expensive as have a slight or moderate downy growth which None of these depilatories will prevent a re established in Constantinople. Tea has been the retail prices of decaffeinated coffees, such is normal, to subject themselves to the expense growth of the hair. They must be applied at used from the earliest times in China where it as Kaffee-Hag and Sanka, would lead one to and possible dangers of depilatories. regular intervals depending on the rapidity was introduced from Korea. Its use in Europe believe. The caffeine in this process has a wide It seems to us that a strong educational cam with which the hairs reappear. All of them was coincident with that of coffee, the first tea use in medicine and chemistry for which a paign is necessary to undo the damage wrought may cause, in sensitive individuals, severe in house having been opened in London in 1657. handsome price is charged. The percentage by avaricious manufacturers. Each of their flammations 0 f the skin. Cola, a preparation of dried seeds containing of caffeine in coffee varies but the following claims must be refuted and the dangers exposed. caffeine, has long been used by natives of table represents the average contents: It would be well to inform our readers of the FOR those who have only a small amount Africa who introduced it wherever they were C hloro genie nature of the commonly used depilatories. of hair on the legs our advice is to do noth taken into slavery. C afJeme 11 em N eet) DeMiracle) Snow) X -Bazin) Delatone ing about it. If you undertake the unnecessary Coffee plants, of which the Arabian variety is Average Java Coffee 1.2 % 11.37% Cream Hair Remover, and Zip Dep,ilatory expense and expose ourselves to the possible most widely cultivated, are both beautiful and G. Washington ...... 4-.96% 48.0 % Cream are examples of depilatories that act by dangers of depilatories you are only following fragrant. The beans or seeds are obtained Fairy Cup Instant Soluble 4-.48% 45.4-8% dissolving the hairs. Most of the compounds sheepishly a fashion clictated by those who have from the purple fruit. Analysis of the beans Kaffee Hag ...... 0.03 % no figures used for this purpose contain either calcium sul to gain by the self-consciousness they have shows them to contain, amongst other things, DeKafa ...... 0.13% no figures phate, arsenic sulphate, or barium sulphide created in you. A moderate amount of hair is the following two important substances: caf The instant soluble coffees, which are so pre made into a paste with warm water. This normal. feine and chlorogenic acid. The process of pared as to contain about four times as much paste is applied for about ten minutes over the Those who have a large amount of hair on roasting, which consists of heating the beans to caffeine as ordinary coffee, require about one hairy surf ace and is permitted to remain until it the legs should follow the safest course. De a temperature of 482 degrees Fohrenheit, adds fourth as much to prepare one cup of beverage. dries, frequently producing a sensation of heat pilatories do not remove hair permanently and a third product, caffeol. This is the brown For beverage purposes coffee is best prepared and burning. It is then rapidly scrape off and may, in some cases, severely irritate the skin. oily substance which gives coffee its character by percolation or "drip" methods. In this way the skin is thoroughly cleansed with warm To a void this danger, we suggest that you istic odor and flavor. Caffeol, one drop of less irritating substances are extracted. -Boil water. Cold cream or some other soothing blt:ach the hair with peroxide. This will render which will fill an ordinary room with a de ing only serves to drive off the caffeol and ex ointment is then applied. Though many wom the hair inconspicuous. Add about ten drops of cided coffee odor, is produced hy changes in tracts substances which are irritating to the en use these depilatories with no harmful effects, ammonia to an ounce of hydrogen peroxide and the bean skeleton during roasting. Sub stomach. One cup of coffee made from a anyone, of these depilatories is liable to cause a app!y this mixture. stances somewhat similar to caffeol are formed tablespoonful of ground beans has in it most of severe inflammation of the skin if it is sensitive. If you insist on removing the hair, shaving when other seeds or grains are roasted and this the caffeine (about 2 grains) ~nd a large part All of these depilatories should first be tried will be least expensive and least dangerous. is the basis for the preparation of various cof- of the chIaro genic acid.
20 JULY, 1936 HEALTH and HYGIENE 21 I l'here are several factors in the preparation their ingredients and so these will be C011- completely, and with greater power. They adults, are in no need of stimulation under or of coffee which strongly affect its flavor. sidere d separately. are less easily fatigued and appear to re" dinary conditions. The llse of coffee and tea Freshness is extremely important. This is lost C aff col. This substance behaves like other cover rapidly following activity. This bene lessens the child's response to fatigue and he or rather rapidly after the coffee beans are roast condiments or appetizers. By mildly irritating fit is too often abused when incomplete she may not secure adequate rest. Children ed, and especially if they are ground. Stale the lining of the stomach more blood is sent to rest is taken, and in this case caffeine has \ "ho drink coffee steadily have been found to ness is delayed if the coffee is sealed in a that organ and it also becomes more active. tens the fatigue 'process which has begun. be below normal in weight and strength. Since vacuum immediately after roasting and grind The hot water adds to this effect, vVhile ordi Excessive use of caffeine may produce a these beverages, aside from the sugar and milk ing. But even the vacuum sealing does not narily this is not an undesirable state, and may condition resembling fatigue. It is the or cream used in their preparation, have no preserve the flavor indefinitely. "Dated cof even be beneficial, over-indulgence in coffee property of stirn ulating muscles that makes fOod value, their use in a child's diet only cuts fee" cannot be depended upon for freshness; may lead to over-irritation or "nervous dyspep caffeine a good stimulant for the heart down on the amount of milk which should be it is no great task to replace one dated label sia" ushered in by belching. In people with muscle under certain conditions. taken daily. with another. Frequently "dated coffee" after "nervous stomachs" and ulcers of the stomach 3. By relaxing blood vessels together with its Chronic coffee and tea poisoning are well it has lost its "dated" freshness is repacked and there is already a state of irritation and there action on heart muscle, caffeine favors a known conditions brought about by over-use of sold under a cheaper brand name. fore coffee, even decaffeinated, only aggravates more abundant blood flow over the body. these beverages. In,~e average person this con The cleanliness of the coffee pot is also im the condition. 4. Either by increasing the blood flow or, as dition is produced' ~ the drinking of five or pOl'tant. This is especially so with metal uten Chlorogenic I1cid is thought to interfere with some still think, by actually affecting the more cupfuls daily. Many people are affected sils. Such utensils should be emptied of coffee digestion and cause foods to remain in t~e in kidney, caffeine causes a greater amount of by less. The first warnings that show them and thoroughly cleaned as soon as possible after testines for a longer period than normal. urine to be excreted. selves arc belching, fullness in the stomach and use. Tannic 11 cid. The ordinary use of tea does uneasiness after meals, a feeling of weakness The drip method of preparation preserves not introduce enough tannic acid into the body IS THE drinking of coffee and tea harmful? and dullness. This is then followed by restless the flavor better than does the percolator. This to be harmful. However, amounts contained From what has already been said, it can be ness and nervousness, unsteadiness ·of the hands, method requires a pot in which boiling water in six or more cups are InJurious. 'I'he lining seen that this is a question which cannot be an disturbed sleep, loss of appetite and headaches. flows only once through coffee ground to a of the intestines are "toughened," similar to swered in one word. People differ in their In tea drinkers, due to the tannic acid, there powder. Regardless of the method .of pre tanning, thereby interfering with the digestion individual abilities to withstand the stimulating may be constipation, while in coffee drinkers, pm'ation, coffee should !lever be bOIled for and absorption of foods. 'I'he results are "in effects of the caffeine and the irritating effects due to the caffeol, there may be a laxative ef more than a half minute at most. If a strong digestion" and constipation. This "toughen of the oils. A highly strung nervous person fect, Another common symptom is the aware beverage is desired, more than the customary ing" or precipitating action of tannic acid is may be so affected by one cup of coffee or tea ness of the heart beat. Often this is associated tablespoon per cup should be used. made use of in the treatment of skin burns, before retiring that he will toss about for the with shortness of breath which leads the indi diarrhea and certain poisonings, for all of rest of the night, while another individual not vidual to suspect actual heart trouble where it which strong tea may be used. so nervous, will sleep soundly after two cups. does not erist. This condition usually clears EA is prepared from young leaves and i,s of Caffeine. This white powder is the principal A person with an "irritable" stomach to begin up when the use of caffeine is stopped; a mat T two kinds, black and green. These dIffer active ingredient of both coffee and tea. Pos with can only expect additional irritation by ter easily accomplished since caffeine is not a only in the methods of preparation. tea Bl~ck sessed of many actions, it finds a widespread use using coffee and tea and thereby increase the "dope" in the sense that morphine and cocaine is permitted to ferment thereby removmg the in medical practice. Chief among its actions chances for indigestion. In the latter case these green coloring matter. The final flavor of tea are. are: chances are not always cut down by the use of leaves depends on further treatment. Often expensive decaffeinated coffees since these still It may be safely said that for the average the leaves are perrnitted to remain in cO.ntact 1. Nervous System Stimulant. The moderate contain the other substances which may be irri adult two to three cups of coffee (one table with different flowers such as orange and Jessa use of caffeine (2 to 3 cups of coffee) pro tating. spoonful to the cup) or tea (one teaspoonful mme. In addition to caffeine (one-third per d llces a quicker and clearer flow of It is pretty well the concensus of expert opin of leaves to the cup) daily can be taken without cent) tea leaves contain an aromatic oil and thought; increased concentration of ion that children, who are more active than harm. about 10 per cent tannic acid, Often the thought; greater sensitivity to the environ o-reen leaves, are adulterated so as to improve ment; greater mental efficiency; and a les ~h~ir color. The amollnt of raffeine and tan sening of any tired feeling. Thus it is that Lie acid present in a cup of tea depe~~s largely during nervous f atigue, when the action of FREE MEDICAL CARE ( n its preparation. Just pourin~ bOllmg water caffeine is especially noticeable, many peo over tea leaves extracts practically all of the ple drink coffee or tea which may even None can say that the rich City of New York does not give caffeine some of the oil and little of the tannic serve to ward off sleep. \Vith larger medical care to the people on relief. Dr. C. F. McCarthy, of acid. If the leaves are permitted to remain in amounts, more than 3 or 4- cups, stimula the Emergency Relief Bureau of New York, stated·· that 81 per contact with water more than 2 to 4. minutes tion increases to such an extent as to pro cent 0/ the 1,500,000 people on relief in New York City received much more tannic acid is extracted which is not duce nervous excitement which overcomes free, or almost free, medical and nursing care during the last desirable. A cup of tea made from one tea any benefits that might be derived from the eight months of 193 5. "The average yearly allowance per patient spoonful of leaves has about 11/2 to 2 grains of use of caffeine. In addition there may be trembling of the hands and fingers. in 1933 was $11.03. In 193 5 this pri1'tcely figure was cut almost caffeine. in half to $6.65 a person for the entire year. The effects produced by the use of tea and 2, Caffeine so mcreases the efficiency of coffee as beverages are largely the effects of muscles that they act more readily, 'more
JULY) 1936 22 HEALTH and HYGIENE 23
\ CONSUMERS 'BtGE .. As a regular feature;, this department will give i1tformation 01~ foods, drugs mId • cos1netics which l1take false advertising claims, or are da1t-gerotts, defective or adulterated, or which sell for a price erJttirely disproportionate to the actual cost of the product. NJ (1totice of judgment) plus the file number i1tdicates that The doctors of the Peo1ple's Health Educational League, including the i1tformatio'lz. is derived from the Federal Food and Drug Ad1ninistrati011; specialists in almost every field of medicine, will answer reader's FTC, frol1t the Federal Trade Com1ll,issio'nj PR plus date, fro1n questions on health and personal hygiene. All questions must be a press release of a federal agency. signed and accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Cocoa Pluto Water in a form known as sulphurated Infected Tonsils year, I have made about a half-dozen visits to three hydrogen gas. Actually there is not a trace of Binghamton, N. Y. doctors. After the usual examinations, all three COCOA prepared and~istributed by the this chemical in the concentrate sold in bottle DEAR DOCTORS: claimed they could detect the odor but could not Chas. H. Phillips Ch.emical Co. (New form. Recently I became ill with a supposed glandular find anything wrong. Two said that no soaps or York) was analyzed by government chemists disturbance and a swelling on the side of the neck liquids would help, but that I should be "non who report "that it contained an added poison Cold Creams accompanied by high fever and pain. A doctor chalant." The third prescribed some patent ous and deleterious leads." (N] 24589) Read diagnosed it as an ulcerated tonsil and also a devi remedies as "Non-Spi" and "O-do-ro-no," which ers of the article on lead poisoning, in a recent the Y. Times of May 13, 1936, B. ated septum. After a gargle of "bi-carb" and salt succeeded only in ruining almost a dozen shirts. IN N. and also a sedative, the pain subsided. In a few issue of HEALTH AND HYGIENE) will recall There was no more success with other such remedies. Altman & Co., one of New York's best days, swallowing became easier. Nonetheless, I was What would you suggesd-F. B. A. that lead, taken in small quantities over a period known department stores, advertised Colonial quite weak. The doctor advised removal of the Answer-For excessive perspiration accompanied of time, accumulates in the body and has effects Dame.r All-Purpose Cream at $1 a jar. The tonsils in six weeks or two months. Now, if it is by offensive odor, we suggest that you sponge the which are both widespread and serious. advertisement describes the cold cream as "ac so serious as the doctor declares, why is it possible affected parts with a 2 per cent solution of for tivated with Vitamin D, to cleanse and clarify to delay without serious con~quences? I am maldehyde. If this irritates the skin stop using it. Tomato Catsup the skin." This is quackery and fraud of a puzzled because only within the last year I was Alternately with this sponging, wipe the armpits low level. There is not the slightest evidence informed by another doctor that my tonsils are dry and apply ordinary talc or cornstarch. pURCHASERS of tomato catsup will be practically non-existent. Do not waste your money on the preparations in terested in the f allowing description of that vitamins in cold cream have any beneficial effect on the skin. To state or imply the con I am thirty-seven years old and have always been you mention. Snider's C a'tsup: "adulterated, decomposed, in pretty good physical condition. I have never trary is charlatanry. * * * moldy." More than two thousand cases were had any nose or throat operations. If you think re Spermatorrhea condemned in a single month (N] 244-17 and Gimbel's, another large N ew York depart moving the tonsils advisable, what is your opinion Portland, Ore. 24590). The catsup of Libby, McNeill and ment store, recently advertised a similar fraud, of electrical treatment? -G.S. DEAR DOCTORS: Libby contained "fragments of the bodies of Vita-Ray Cold Cream. This cold cream fraud Answer-The reason that operation was delayed several weeks in your case was that it is considered Will you please answer these questions. What worms and insects, small insects and hair" (N] was endorsed by Hearst's Good Housekeeping are the symptoms of spermatorrhea? What is the 24460). Libby, McNeill and Libby was also Bureau of Standards. The Federal Trade Com dangerous to operate on the tonsils while they are inflamed or ulcerated because of the possibility of best treatment? Can it be cured at homer-D. J. fined $35 for giving short weight on a jar of mission ordered the company selling this cold extending the infection through the tissues sur Answer-Spermatorrhea is the involuntary dis olives. Scott Brand Tomato Puree (Morgan crea m to stop its false advertising claims. We rounding the diseased tonsils, and so cause a general charge of semen when no orgasm has occurred. Packing Co.) was so moldy that 183 cases had are still waiting, however, for Hearst's Good infection which might be dangerous to life. The Usually this happens while moving the bowels) or to be destroyed (N] 24-4-40). This same com Housekeeping Institute to withdraw its en proper time to remove the diseased tonsils is after at the end of urination. It is, in most cases, a sign pany's tomato catsup was decomposed (N] dorsement. recovery from the acute infection. Then it be that there is some infection in the prostate, or 24456 ). comes a routine tonsil ()peration without any addi seminal vesicles, or both. ((Grove's Laxative Bromo tional hazards. If this infection is eliminated, the symptom, «Pluto Water" The electrical treatment has been discarded by spermatorrhea, will usually disappear. The most Quinine" effective treatment is massage through the rectum, 'THE Pluto Water which you buy in ninety- throat specialists as a method of removing tonsils. It is a long, unreliable process which, in the opinion of the prostate, and the seminal vesicles. Diathermy manufacturers of this preparation make nine out of a hundred stores is not the THE of the best authorities, never results in the complete may be used as an aid. Obviously these procedures natural product of any spring. What you buy a number of claims which have no scien removal of the tonsils. It requires as long as three can be administered only by a physician. is actually a concentrated solution of two salts tific basis. It is true that the advertising copy months to complete, and when that is contrasted The outlook in these cases is' usually good, and Epson and Glauber) together with small make interesting reading, but we prefer our with the fifteen minutes of time required for the period of treatment brief. quantities of ordinary table salt, calcium sulphate fiction in other forms. The Federal Trade surgical removal, the shortcomings of the electrical Constipatioll* * in Children* and magnesium carbonate. The Bureau af Commission, whose function is to check on method are apparent. In addition, electrical re Investigation of the American Medical Asso fraudulent claims and misrepresentations of moyal is hardly less painful than ordinary surgical Rockford, Ill. ciation says that the claim of the manufacturers various products, charged the company with removal. * * * Dear Doctors: Perspiration Odor I would like some advice concerning my five of Pl:gto Water "range from gross exaggera making such unfounded claims. Readers are Greensboro, N. C. year old girl. She looks well, but her bowels do tion to positive falsehood." The advertising warned against wasting their money on this DEAR DOCTORS: not empty well even with three large spoonfuls of "blurb" stresses the importance of sulphur in preparation. (FTC Press Pelease, 2771.) I suffer with perspiration odor. During the past mineral oil emulsion each day. She is bothered
24 JULY, 1936 HEALTH and HYGIENE 25 wi th gas and the stool promptly becomes hard and certain amount of petting is normal actIVIty of way so that half of the water in the milk has been The illness is sometimes' difficult to treat and dry if the oil is omitted. Diets have not helped young people, a natural stage in sexual development. evaporated. It is therefore twice the strength of cure, and even after satisfactory relief of symptoms and regular toilet habits c:mnot be taught as she is However, it can be overdone and can become a fresh whole milk. there may be a relapse. The condition, however, unwilling to cooperate. There is usually a red pen~icjous practice. It is not at all true, as many claim, that evapo represents no special danger. and itching condition of the vaginal canal and the The first important point is discrimination. Pet rated milk is usually obtained from the milk that * * * anm (rectum). Fruits, vegetables and bran in her ting should be an expression of affection between is left over nor that the milk is poor in fat content Macfadden Institute diet make very little difference. What is the people. If indulged in indiscriminately it loses its now that it consists of milk from which portions Bronx, N. Y. came' and cure of these troubles? meaning and renders wh.lt should be important, of the whole cream has been removed. It is made Dear Doctors: -D.H. something trivial and without emotional signifi from a good grade of whole milk in which the fat I am a young man with one year of college A?zswer-Constipation is a common and some cano.:. Petting should develop as a sign of mutual .(. content (as required by law) ranges around 4- per work. I have recently read about the Bernarr Mac times troublesome symptom. It is important to re affection after people have been friends together, cent. It is a little more than double concentrated fadden Institute for the training of laboratory member that mere infrequency is not constipation have worked together and had fun together. It mil k in that the caloric value per ounce is 43, technicians. 1 have also read in the May issue your if the stools are perfectly normal. It exists where should not be a substitute for an introduction, nor while that of whole milk is 20. analysis of Macfadden's methods for treating can the stools are harder, drier and less frequent than yet;; way of getting a man interested in one. The Although fresh cow's milk is preferable to evap cer. The article seems to establish the fact that normal. mutual interest should come first. The second orated milk yet there arc occasions when the latter the Macfadden health systems are far from scien The commonest and most important causes of point is the nature of the petting. If carried to a is·llsE'd. Prdmature babies who cannot obtain breast tific. In the light of your article, 1 would like to constipation are general weakness (relaxed condi poiut of great stimulation it becomes a substitute milk and who cannot take sufficient amounts of know what you think of the Macfadden Institute. tion) of the intestines and of the wall of the abdo for sexual relations. Such a substitute can even milk because of their small size, will thrive well -S.O. men, improper diet or defective training. Muscu tually cause one to obtain more pleasure from the on evaporated milk. The quintuplets, for example, Answer-For detailed information about the lar flabbiness of the bowel and of the abdominal substitute than from the act, and this can lead to we':e fed evaporated milk. In addition, there are Macfadden Institute we refer you to the June wall can be improved by exercise and massage and the development of some degree of sexual frigidity. babies and children who are sensitive to the fat of Prouress, an excellent journal for medical and hos by improving the child's general vigor and tone. The third point is about frequency. If indulged slightly boiled cow's milk, who will tolerate evap pitai employes published by the Joint Council of The diet must be a well-balanced diet containing in frequently and for prolonged sessions it can orated milk. Lastly, if one is uncertain of one's Association of Hospital and Medical Professionals. neither too little nor too much fat and one having evelltually lead to nenrous symptoms such as rest milk supply or cannot afford to buy good milk or is The writer of the article in the Prog1'ess makes the plenty of roughage which is found in brown or lessness, irritability, inability to concentrate, a ten travdling, then it is advisable to use evaporated following points: whole wheat bread, raw fruit (figs, raisins and dency to worry over little things, and even milk. 1. The Macfadden Institute is not supervised prunes), coarse vegetables (spinach, lettuce, tomato, diminished potency in the man and partial frigidity * * * by the New York State Board of Regents as are string beans, asparagus, rhubarb, carrots, etc.). In in the woman. Of course, the point can easily Sciatica all reliable medical schools and colleges· in New addition, one should drink a great deal of water. be exaggerated. Only years of intense, active pet Racine, Wis. York State. This alone would indicate that Mac The formation of a habit of having th bowels ting are likely to bring about all of these symptoms; Delr Doctors: fadden's school has no academic standing among moved regularly is ,rery important. It is always beside3~ people vary greatly in their ability to My problem is a pain running fro111 the left hip reputable authorities. desiritble that the child go to the toilet regularly stand such strains on the nervous system and some joint down the back of the leg; can't stoop or sit. 2. The Macfadden Institute pictures the pros aft('r breakfast. This, and all the other morning don't seem to develop these symptoms very readily. I spent six weeks in bed and it contantly felt like pects of jobs after graduation as being very good. duties, must be so arranged that the child is not Petting can become for young people a kind of the flesh was tearing loose inside .... I could 110t Graduates are also told that they could command unduly hurried with this important one. The drug~ a method of escape from facing the problems sleep nights for the pain even with the strap the a salary of $3,000 a year. The simple fact is that nonnal llabit of having the bowels emptied regu of life. If one has interest and activity which are doctors put on, which did not even relieve me. there are many laboratory technicians with college larly is often interfered with by the child's oppo impcrtant and vital one does not need ;uch escapes. -G.V. degree who are unemployed, and the majori~ of sing attitude. To do away with the latter mental This brings us to the most important point of all. those employed do not earn more than $60 a month. A1tS\7tler-Yoll arc probably suffering from the attitcde, the parent must display no concern, anxiety All of these problems arise from our present The Macfadden Institute does not award degrees condition commonly known as "sciatica," which is or fussiness. One should, therefore, first resort t~ vicious system of society. Sex is distorted, made to its graduates so what chance would you have an inflammation, or irritation of one of the main a small enema to establish a regular habit and by ugl , j sinful or forbidden. People nm from it or 1 nerve" to the lower limb. The causes arc numerous, of getting a job in a competitive market where proceeding in an off-hand manner giving the child lose them~elves in it. Early marriage is impossible. such as, arthritis, inflammation of joints, especially hundreds of laboratory technicians with degrees the proper diet, water and exercise, they will finally The bearing of children is an act of dread and the joints of the lower part of the spine and hips, from highly reputable schools are without work. attain their end. '. terror rather than the joy it should be. A proper infe.ction, injury and many others. The treatment 3. The writer of the Progress article toured the * * * attitude toward sex, or a solution to the sexual Institute's two classrooms and noted that the "in problem is imposs'ible under capitalism. We is generally: Petting 1. Rest ill bed during the early and acute stages cubators, sterilizers and autoclaves were conspicu need not be ascetics, but we must not lost ourselves out by their absence (unless they have collapsible South Bend, Ind. in over-indulgence. of the illness. Dear Doctors: 2. Baking applied twice a day to the small of ones). Needless to say there is a gymnasium. In I would like to have your opinion on petting. * * * the b3ck and the involved limbs. fact a large part of the catalogue is devoted to I am .a young woman who frequently goes to parties, Canned vs. Fresh Milk 3. Deep heat applied electrically (diathermia). pictures of half-stripped students standing on their heads." Perhaps Mr. Macfadden's school will try and It seems that the only way I and the other South Orange, N. 4-. Medication for the relief of pain (aspirin, J. to build up the muscles of its students so that girls can interest the boys is to pet with them. Dear Doctors: etc.) . they can destroy germs by beating them. Some girls refuse to pet, saying that it is unhealthy Kindly inform me as to the differences between 5. Sometimes fixation of the spine and hip by Our advice is that you continue with your college and abnormal. I would also like to know how canued milk and fresh milk. Is it advisable to feed the application of a cast or brace. This produces much. netting is normal? a baby evaporated milk. complete and ideal rest for the irritated parts. This work. -V.G. -C.N. treatment is used morc commonly in prolonged * * * Sodium Perborate Amwer-It is not possible to give a formula as Anrwer-There are two kinds of canned milk. and chronic cases. ' Boston, Mass. to the amount of petting that is normal and l1ealth One is condensed milk with sugar added to it. ,6. Occasionally, for the relief of pain, inj ec ful and to indicate the exact point at which it be Thi'j one is not recommended. The other is evapo tions about the tissues of the nerves (done only by Dear Doctors: Do you consider sodium perborate :111 efficient C'Omes harmful. In general it can be stated that a rated milk-milk that has been heated in a special a nerve specialist in a hospital).
27 26 JULY, 11)36 HEALTH and HYGIENE ·dentifrice? Does it have any bad effect on the comfort in my feet. My job requires that I stand that a tying of this cord will also cause a shrinkage The book is a very frank discussion of the love enamel due to its great strength? all day and at the close of the work day I am of tl1is testicle. I am to be married soon and am drama-limited practically to the sex union. -0. F. utterly exhausted. My arches are flat and the terribly worried. Please let me know if I can If you could discuss this somewhat in detail I Amwer-Sodium perborate should not be used as shoes I wear may add to the pain and discomfort. escape this operation. would appreciate it. a regular dentifrice. Continued use of perborate Are there any shoes I can wear that will give me -G. A. If Rossiter is sincere, if his book is sound in will not effect the enamel, but it will cause a burn relief? -So P. Anszoer-There would certainly be no ill effects every respect, if his book is honest and above all on the gums and will produce a rough coating, i.e.) Amwer-The immediate way of getting relief resulting from your marrying, simply because you true, I think: that it is a book you should recom "furry" tongue. is by wearing proper shoes. For your weak feet are suffering from a varicocele. Unless the varico mend to al1.-J. S. Sodium perborate in invaluable in the treatment the flattened metatarsal arches, a high orthopedic cele i:, very large, operation is usually unnecessary, J. S.-We have received the following informa of Vincent's disease or trench mouth. But only shoe will give you the greatest comfort. We would and your condi tion can be considerably relieved by tion from the American Medical Assodation con at the advice and care of a physician. If the drug strongly advise you to get a high shoe because it wearing a suspensory. If an operation is performed, cerning The Torch of Life. is used over too long a period, the germs causing will support your ankle as well as your arch, and the spermatic cord is not tied, but the enlarged This is another of the volumes developed re veins are simply removed. trench mouth will get used to it and the beneficial anyone who stands long hours on his feet certainly cently as a guide to the newly married in the effects of sodium perborate will be lost. requires the greatest amount of support. * * * technique of sex performances. The author has * * * The orthopedic shoes can be bought in any shoe Hives attempted to treat the subj ect with delicacy, but in Dust Sensitivity store. When you buy the shoes, have the shoe his desire to make beautiful a matter that is essen l\:Il)un~ Vernon, New York. Brooklyn, N. Y. maker wedge the inner margin of both heels one tially anatomic and physiologic he waxes lyrical. Dear Doctors: Dear Doctors: quarter of an inch. That will raise the shoe slight He gives accurate descriptions of the sex organs and I have been bothered by giant hives for the My boy is fourteen and a half and weighs 125 lyon the inner margin and thus relieve the tension pictures the love drama as a performance in which past six months. I am employed by the telephone pounds. Since infancy he has suffered asthmatic that generally falls on the main arch of the foot. the male is primarily responsible for successful company and ....,,'ork very hard, become excited when attacks which doctors called bronchial asthma. Metal arches do not cure and relieve weakened consummation. He discussed as usual the various we are bawled out about the poor service. The These attacks stopped about two years ago, but he and :flattened feet. These arches are often heavy postures and regions of excitation. The concluding hives pop out all over me and I feel quite embar was left with a nasal condition which becomes an and cumbersome and instead of relieving the pain, chapters deal with the first night and various esthetic rassed. The telephone company doctor told me to noying to himself and those . around him. His often aggravate it. Arches have been widley ad relationships. The book seems to be as good as any take calcium lactate, also Vitamin B yeast tablets. breathing through his nose is noisy, his speech is vertised by their manufacturers or by shoe stores of those that have recently been made available for There is no improvement at all since I have taken nasal, and the nose has a clogged feeling nearly simply because they bring huge profit to them. the purpose and not a great deal better. always (tonsils and adenoids removed). About a A good method to relieve tired, aching feet is these. My daughter, aged eleven, weighs ninety pounds. * * * year ago, a skin test showed a sensitiveness to dust, to bathe them in warm epsom-salt solution every Dr. Locke She has an enormous appetite. Would you advise and a physician gave him inoculations. His breath night. Put from one-third to one-half cup of St. Louis, Mo. a diet at her age?-Tvr. T. ing seemingly improved after twelve inoculations epsom salt in a basin of "Warm water and keep your Dear Doctors: Ans:"oer-It is often difficult to determine the in twelve weeks. During the summer he discon feet in it at least twenty to thirty minutes. In one of your previous issues, you promised cause of hives. You should give the calcium a good tinued inoculations and hasn't gone back yet. If an expose of Dr. Locke of Canada or something * * * trial. It sometimes happens that some particular I had more information about these inoculations, it Styes to that effect. I have been watching for it. I food predisposes to an attack. If you will try to would encourage me to take the boy back and con Macon, Ga. know several people who are as interested as I recall everything that rOll have eaten in the forty tinue. The doctor said h·e may need two dozen. Dear Doctors: am.-N. D. eight hours preceding an attack, you may eventu more. Each visit to the hospital means about $2, so For the past year I have been suffering with eye Answer-The manipulations of Dr. Locke are ally find the one food or constituent of a food you see this comes to a big sum for a worker to pay. styee. I have one now and they keep on recurring. worthless and part of a general quackery that has that brings it on. -B.H. What must I do to free myself of them. I am been repeatedly exposed, but evidently not enough. You should have a bowel movement every day. Answer-Most likely, the inj ections which were slightly anemid -2. L. He treats all cases that come to him by manipulat Milk of magnesia and mineral oil in doses which given to your son were extracts of house dust. Or Anszoer·--The causes of styes are varied and ing the feet, no matter what the ailment. Remem you will determine by your own experience are the dinary house dust, to which your son is sensitive, numerous. To begin with, if your general health ber that the feet are treated in this manner even laxatives, if you should need one. Read the article making him sneeze and clogging his nose, is treated is poor, which is suggested by your low hemoglo in cases where the illness has no relation to the on Constipat"ion in the JUl1(! 1935 issue of HEALTH with chemicals so that certain proteins are extracted. bin (anemic), you would be subject to slight in feet. In addition, he refers the people so treated AND HYGIENE. Try to avoid excitement if you can. Inj ections with this extract reduces the sensitivity fections, i.e., styes. If it cannot be attributed to for shoes bearing his name and turned out by vari your son has for dust, and therefore the improve your general health, one must look for a local cause Stringent diets should not be used for growing out firms. children. However, you should train the child to ment. It would also be of help to see that the in the eyes. We have no way of telling whether he gets a conf1ne her eating to three regular meals a day, rooms in which he works and sleeps are thoroughly The commonest local cause is an error of re percentage on .the shoes so sold. Obviously, there is to avoid sweets betvveen meals, and encourage the dust free. The walls and backs of pictures and fraction, i.e., need of glasses. If you could have no special virtue in the shoes advised. If you have eating of vegetables instead of cakes, bread, and furniture should be washed. No heavy curtains or both these factors investigated, the cause of your weak feet, you need orthopedic shoes especially rich desserts. Avoid making the child self-conscious draperies should hang in these rooms and no car styes would probably be: found. prescribed by one skilled in the examination and pets should decorate the floors. of her weight. At maturity, careful dieting may treatment of orthopedic conditions. The fee of $2 which the clinic charges is * * * be advised, but the discipline of regular and well Varicocele exorbitant. The average clinic charges 50 cents for balanced eating habits and avoidance of self-indul * * * such a treatment so it is evident that your hospital Long Beach, Cal. gence can be started now. Regrets is profiteering at the expense of the worker. Dear Doctors: I am young man twenty-three years old. For * 't:: * Health atzd H ygiette regrets the publication of a The Torch of Life * * * the past two years I've been suffering with varico a picture of Mr. Macfadden and two accompanying Flat Feet cele. I visited a doctor and he said it will cause Ne\v York, N. Y. illustrations, which appeared on page 16 and 17 Pontiac, Mich. an atrophy of the testicle if I married, therebr be Dear Doctors: of the May issue. Through error, the picture and Dear Doctors: coming impotent. The only possible cure is to have I would like to get your opinion of the book ell illustrations were reproducrd without obtaining For some time I have been having pain and dis- the spermatic cord tied. I read in a health book titled The T01'ch of Life by Frederick M. Rossiter. permission of their copyright owners.
28 JULY, 1936 HEALT}l {md HYGIENE 29 I Indigestion, causes & cures. Oct. '35: 24-26. Pavlov and medical research in Rus -"Wet dreanls." Lett.er, Dec. '35: HEALTH and HYGIENE INDEX sia. Apr., '36: 16~20. 31. Industrial Diseases and Problems: P~~~~ir:.tiOn of hands. Letter, Feb. Sinus trouble. Feb. '36: 23-25. For your convenience, we list alphabetically the articles, with dates and page -Industrial disease tragedies. Edi torial, March ' 36: 2. numbers that have appeared in Health and Hygiene from October, 1935, Physically handicapped can worl{. Sldn and Scalp Conditions Rn(l Diii -Lead pOisoning in industry. Feb. Letter, May '36: 30. through May, 1936 '36: 10-13; and April '36: 11-14. orders: -Poisonous diseases & conditions. Pneumothorax treatment of T.B. Oct. -Carbuncles, treatment. Letter, March '36: 13-15. '35: 10-11. May '36: 29. Abortion and Pregnancy. April '36: -Sleeplessness: "How to Overcome Flthflr lJ.nestllesia. Nov. '35: 13-16. --Color due to sl(in pigment.. Lettl~r, 23-25. Sleeplessness," by Chas. Weschke. Ex-Lax poisoning danger. Jan. ':Iii: Insomnia (sleeplessness). Nov. '35: Poisoning in occupations. March '36: Jan. '36: 32. 26-27; and MILrch '36: :11. 13-15. (See also Industrial disea.ses.) Jan. '36: '!. Acne (bl::1Ckheaf1s and pimples). 15-16. -Hair can't be 111£1.(1e curly. Letter, -Tuberculosis: "1,000 Questions & I~l~et~~~cy and abortion. April '36: March '36: 21. (Also letter, Jan. Fads, Fal{es, QUIl·ck Remedies and ,Taundice ("yellow skin") caURes. Jan. '36: 2. '36: 2). Answers." by Dr. F. H. Heise. Racl\:ets: Dec. '35: 26-27. March '36: 26-27. -Rings under the eyes. March '36: -"Alka-Seltzer" fraucl. Feb. '!lG: Pregnancy, sig'ns and tests. Dec. '35: 28. "Admiraclon," falee hair remedy. -Women'li: "Modern Motherhood," 12-13. (Jetter) Nov. '35: 32. by Claude E. Heaton, M.D. Nov. 5-7. Kidney function and stones. May '36: -Spots on the skin. Dec. '35: 30. Alcoholism, notes on cures. (letter) '35: 28. -Anemia rackets (letter). Oct. 'il5: 10-11. Also letter, March ':~6: 32. Psoriasis (skin disease). Letter, May ~Sweating feet, proper and falte 22. '36: 31. treatment. Nov. '35: 32-33. Ja.n. '36: 28. Bunions, advice on (letter). Feb. '36: -Cancer "cures," fakes. Feb. ':{6: Lung Diseases and Disorders: '35: 26-27; "Alka-Seltzer," fraud. Feb. '36: 5-7. 32. Pyelitis ~1ddney infection). Letter, Sleeplessness. Nov. letter, 21-22. -Coughs, causes and treatment. Ma.rch ':16: 32. -Chiropractic, fnJ;:e healing cult. March '36: 31; and boole review, .Tan. Anemia rackets. Oct. '35: 22. Cancer cures, real & falre. Feb. '36: ,Tan. '36: 5-10. '36: 32. -Anemia treatment. Oct. '35: 21- Oct. '35: 5-7. -PneUmonia, caURes an.l treatment. R heuma tic fever. Letter, March '36: 23. 21-22. -Diet fads (lettel'). Dec. '35: 30. "Social diseas~." (See Venereal dis -Cancer of lip. March '36: 9-10. Jan. '36: 11-13. 30. -"Feminine Hygiene" falte~. Feb. ease.) Anesthesia. Nov. '35: 13-16. Carbuncles. treatment. May '36: 29 Rheumatism, types and treahnent. '36: 14-19. ~Iarrillge Probl('IllR (Sef' nlf>o Sex and Speech defect clinics in New York. Anginn. pectoris (pain in chest). (letter) . -"Fleischmann's Yeast." fal;:e March '36: 11-12. '36: 29. Nervous & Mental disorders) Dec. '35: 32. (letter). March Cereals, Idnds of. Feb. '36: 32 (letter). claims. 1\1:arch '36: 3-5. Rupture, treatment. Letters, Dec. '35: A rterial hard ening (·arteriosclerosis). -Macfadden, grand faddist. May -Marriage and absent ovaries. Feb. 31; and April '36: 31. Spleen enlargelnent. Letter, Feb. '3 G: Change of life (menopause). May '36: 2. Dec. '35: 16~19. '36: 16-19. t !16: 32. 28 (letter). -Marriage and sex problem. Jan. Arthritis of bacIt. March '36: 24-25. -";-'farmola" is cl:Lngerous. April Russian lIealth and Medicine: Syphilis. Oct. '35: 18-20. Childbirth, diseases and deaths. Feb. '36: 4-8. '3 (): 17-18; and letters, Feb. '';:6: Syphilis, treatment in U.S.S.R. Nov. Auto accidents, whose fault. Dec. '36: 26-28. -Osteopathy, healing cult. No\,. 20. -Emergency treatment in Russia. '35: 22-23. ':15: 10-12. -Childbirth pain. Oct. '35: 14-16. '35: 6-7. Masturbation, Facts and Fallacies, by Jan. '36: 19-21. -"Ovaltine" bed-thue stories. May -"Science and Labor," by V. M. Backache. March '36: Chillhen's Disellses llnd Disorders: Dr. F. E. Williams, Nov. '35 :18-22; Tongue, coating of. Apr. '36: 31. ..--B'l thing tIle baby. April '3": 30. '36: 4-5. also March '36: 29-30 . :M:olotov. Oct. '35: 8-10. Back-sprain (Jetter). Oct. '35: 29. -Diets of babies (letter). li'eb. '36: "l~eminine Hygiene" facts and fal Menstruation, painful: Letters, .Tan. -Syphilis, treatment in U.S.S.R. 'l'uberculosis. Bntlling the bady (letter). April '36: 2. lacies. Feb. '36: H-1!J; also (let '36: 32; and May '36: 30. Nov. '35: 10-12. 30. -Feeding the infant. Dec. '35: 5-9. ter). Oct. '36: 29. -Home treatment and care of Moles and slrin blemishes. May '36: Blindness, operations for. March '36: -PILmphlets on child health. Jan. Fevers, what to do for them. April T.B. Letter, May '36: 28. '36: 25. 24. Sanitarium treatment of T.B. Oct. 6. '36: 21-22. '35: 13. -Treatment and advice. Oct. '35: -fjex education of children (letter). Mouth hygiene. Oct. '35: 28. 10-13. Feb. '36: 4. Food for infants and badies. Dec. SeCUrity, need for mental and phys Blood Diseuses and Disorders Multiple sclerosis (N euroligical dis -SI;:in disorders of children. .Tan. '35: 5-9. ical. Editorial, Feb. '36: 3. -Anemia treatment. Oct. '35: 21-23. ease). May '36: 31. ,raccine treatment of "Colds." Dec. -Blood contents in health and dis- '36: 29-30. Septicemia (Blood poisoning). Jail. -Thumb-suclting. Dec. '35: 19-20. '35: 30. ease. April '36: 25-27. Gonorrhoea, pl'evention & tre:1 tment. Naphthalene poisoning. March '36: '36: 22-23. -Vomiting in children. Nov. '35: Nov. '35: 22; and May '36: 6-9. Venereal disease, prevention and -Blood poisoning (scepticemia). 13-15. Serums and Vaccines, Oct. '35: 16-17. Jan. '36: 22-23. lfJ-17. treatment. :r.lay '36: 6-9; and letter, -"'Worms" (letter). March '36: 31. Hair clyes, good and 1I[1d. Peb. ':1f,: Nervous and l\Ientul Conditions and No\·. '35: 22. -Hardening of arteries (areterio Disorders: sclerosis). Dec '35: 16-19. Chripractic. Oct. '36: 5-7. 29-30. Sex 'l'oplcs and Problems: Viruses, their nature. Letter, Nov. -Hermorrhage, Use of post-mortem Coitus interruptus is harmful (letter). Hairiness (lettor). ]I,Larch '3G: ::!!l. -Epilepsy, nature and causes: -Sex education in chilo.ren. Feb. '35: 33. blood in. .Tan. '36: 19-21. Jan. ' 36: 2,1-5; 'rrcatment, March ':l6: 4. Dec. '35: 31. Hand infections in ind tlstry. Dl·C·. ':~ 5: -High blood pressure. Nov. '35: 23-26. '36: 22-3; Apr. '36: 30. -Sex 1Jl'oblem before marriage. 23-25. Also (letter) May '36: 29. "Colc1~" in children. April '36: 9-10. -Nerve-System, how it worlts. Mn.y \Vomen's Diseases and Disorders: -rommon COld, treatment. Nov. .Tan. '36: 17-18; and letters, Feb. HeaduulleS, severe (Mig·ruine). J,ptU'r. '36: 26-27. '36: 20. -Maternity,conllnement) care. Oct. nOORS AND REVIEWS '35: 8-10. Also (letters). Dec. '35 May '36: ~1. -Nervous 'I'witching. Dec. 'il5: 32. '}15: 14-15, 13, 30. -Sexual frigidity in women. Mar. -Diet: "Diet and Die," by Carl -Sex acts cause worry. Dec. 'a5: '36: G-!l; May '36: 22-24; and 'Vorms, in children. Note, March '30: Compensation for injury at work. Ma.y Malmherg. Dec. '35: 27-28. :Health und l\I"llicnJ l'roblcms in tEw 32. letter, .Tan. '36: 2. 31. "Foundations of Nutrition," by '36: 12-14. Mary Rose. Oct.'3 5: 3 O. Cons'umel's' Union, what it is. (edi tillitell Stutes: "Rtl'eamIine for Health," b}" toria.l). May '36: 3. -Doctor-Patien t relIttionship. May Phl1lp Hawl\:. Dec. '35: 27. Can vulsions (fits). See letter, April '36: 25-26. -Exercisl': "Individual Exercises." '36: 30. -Health Insurance, true Hnd fak ... by Stafful'd, DeCool.: and Picard. Dec. '35: 20-22. May '36: 15. Coughs, C:luses and treatment. .Tan. -Industrial poisoning. ;\[I~l'Cl1 ':Iii: "A walee your sleeping beauty," by 'a6: 5-10. 13-15. TA. JVtalmstead. May' 36: 15. -Maternity care and welfare in 'Secret of keeping fit," by A. Dandruff. April '36: 28-29. U.S. Oct. '35: 14.-15. McGo,·ern. May '36: 15. Deafness and hard of hearing. Dec. -Medical condition:;; in t l!f.' e. s. '35: 10-12. Also letters, .Tan. '35: (Editorial). Dec. '35: 2. BUILD A HOME HEALTH -Heart: "Livhlg along with heart -"Pla.gue" in U.S. is JlusHihl,·. Pl'l·. disease," by Lewis Levin. Oct. lS; March '36: 31. '35: 31. Dental Discnses and Disorders: '35: 3-4. -Security, need for !l1f'ulal :;nd "What you should know about -Decay of teeth or caries. Oct. '35: 26-28. physical. (Editorial). April ':~I.~: ENCYCLOPEDIA heart clisense," by H. m. B. 8. Pardee. Dec. '35: 29. Diabetes. seriousness of infection in. -Slums. their mena.ce to health. -J\IIarria.ge: "A Marriage Manual," Jan. '36: 23. (Editorial). Aprill '36: 2-3. by Drs. Hannah and Abraham Diets: -Tuberculosis, menace of. (Editor Stone. Nov. '35: 28. -Babies' diet. Dec. '35: 5-9; Feb. ial) May '36: 2. • -Osteopa,thy: "Common sense '36: 2. shortage of beds & hospitals. health," by Lucien Bush. Oct. '35: -Cereals, kinds. Feb. '36: 2. Dec. '36: 4. 31. -Diets and Unemployment (edi- -Undernourishment & une11lvloy Back issues of Health a1~d H:ygiene (except April and May, -Psychology: "Guiding child thru torial) . .Tan. '36: 3-4. me nt, (Editorial). Oct. '35: 4. formative years," by W. de Kok. -Diets for the sicl\: . .Tan. '3G: 26-28. Hearing difficulties. Dec. '35: 10-1~. Dec. '35: 30. -Meat is essential. Feb. '36: 8-9. 1935, a1~d February, 1936) a1"e available for your library_ Order "Psychological Racketeers," by -Reducing diets are dangerous. Heartburn, whut it is. May '36: 9. Dorothy Yates. Dec. '35: 29. April '36: 4-8. -Socio-Medical: "Economic prob Douching and menstruation (letter). Heltrt Discn,ses amI Dism·d.-rs: copies at the special rate of 3 for 25 c; 6 for 50c. Over 200 inval lems of medicine," by A. C. Chris Oct. '35: 29. tie. Feb. '313: 31. -Angina pectoris. March '3G: ~:I. Drunh:ennE'ss. treatment for (letter). -Rheumatic fever & heart c1isE':'St'. "How Soviet citizen keeps well," March '36: 30. uable, frank, honest articles 01'£ almost every phase of health. by N. A. Semashlm. Dec. '35: 28. Jan. '36: 28. "Why keep them alive," by Paul Electrical health-machine racl;:ets. Hemorrhoids (piles). I,elter, May';],,: deKruif' (re'\'. by Granville March '36: 16-20. 30. Supply of back issu.es limited. Order now. Hicks). May 26: 20-1. Encephalitis, epidemic ("Sleeping Hernia ~'rupturE') tl'eHtinent. I/pt'. '::[,: -'foothpastes: "Paying thru the sickness"). Dec. '35: 14-15. :n and April '36; 31. teeth," by B. B, Palmer. Feb. '36: Epilepsy, causes. Jan. '36: 24-25. High blood pressure. Nov. '35: 2:.)-25; 30. treatment of. March '36:.22-23. and May '36: 29.
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