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FEATURE ARTICLES Page

YOUR HEART . PAUL DUDLEY WHITE, M.D. 10

ACNE—SKIN PROBLEM OF YOUNG ADULTS HERBERT LAWRENCE, M.D. 12

THE GREAT FACTS ABOUT POLIO TODAY . HART E. VAN RIPER, M.D. 14

ARTHRITIS NINA M. MUNSON, R.N. 16

CENTENARIAN CLUB—MRS. IRENE CHURCHMAN . 17

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT'S HEALTH SECRETS . J. DE WITT FOX, M.D. 18

FOR HOMEMAKERS MENTAL HYGIENE FAMILY PHYSICIAN 20 PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE 13

MOTHER'S COUNSELOR 22 GOLDEN AGE . 24

DIETITIAN SAYS . 28 FOR BOYS AND GIRLS HOMEMAKER HINTS . 30 WINGS OF HEALTH 26

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JANUARY, 1957 5 article "What Wives Don't Know About Sex"? I certainly believe the Journal is also high class and very widely read by health-conscious folk. Many other leading magazines are featuring sex articles. niete,t' I firmly believe more such articles on sex should be published. Sex has been a hush-hush topic too long. Our teen-agers as well as many older persons know little about sex, so they cannot tell their children what they should know. It is cer- MC tainly nothing to be ashamed of. Chil- dren should know how much trouble and unhappiness have been caused by a lack A VEGETARIAN MAIN COURSE CHILD TRAINING of proper sexual understanding. They should be made aware of the divorce ALWAYS APPROPRIATE DEAR EDITOR: I would like to say that your magazine rates, the troubles and the problems of young married folk, due to the lack of ALWAYS A FAVORITE LIFE & HEALTH is very fine. It contains some excellent information and reading proper knowledge and marital adjust- material. ment. I appreciate all I can read on the care We can't all be urologists or psychia- and proper health training of children. trists, so we must depend on such articles as yours. I, as well as others, am deeply MRS. NORMAN LAMBIE indebted to the author. I believe more Milwaukee, Wisconsin should be published to enlighten us. JOHN W. STEEN TOO MUCH SEX? Washington, D.C.

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Leland Stanford University. During the Nina M. Munson, R.N. ("Arthritis," last world war he was chief of the derma- page 16), a graduate of the New Eng- tology section of the 147th General Hos- land Sanitarium and Hospital School pital in Honolulu, from 1942 to 1945. of Nursing, Melrose, Massachusetts, has Dr. Lawrence returned to the private been connected with the Loma Linda San- practice of dermatology in San Francisco itarium and Hospital for the past nineteen in 1946. and a half years. She has served as med- An amateur violinist, Dr. Lawrence ical secretary, editor for seven years of enjoys sessions of chamber music with TPR (a College of Medical Evangelists friends in the San Francisco Symphony workers' paper), and during the four Hart E. Van Riper, M.D. ("The Great Orchestra. years of World War II, when interns were at a premium, she filled a gap in their Facts About Polio Today," page 14), is His article on acne is based on his re- medical director of the National Founda- cent book The Care of Your Skin, pub- ranks by taking medical histories on pa- tion for Infantile Paralysis, guiding, the lished by Little, Brown & Co., which in tients admitted to the sanitarium. professional headquarters staff who ad- detail goes into both the physical and On the side she has found time to do minister the research, professional train- the emotional aspect of the skin problem some writing. She considers it her hobby, ing, and patient care programs, which are of young adults. and would rather do it than work. Miss financed with March of Dimes funds. Dr. Lawrence is married and the fa- Munson's articles have appeared in religious magazines and a nursing journal The program of patient care, expanded ther of three sons. The Lawrences live in a world-famous suburb of San Fran- or two. From 1928 to 1934 she worked under Dr. Van Riper's direction and car- in the world headquarters of Seventh-day ried out by more than three thousand cisco—Mill Valley. Here the family is Adventists as secretary to, Kathryn Jen- National Foundation chapters in the kept pleasantly busy taking care of their sen Nelson. United States and its territories, assures grounds. swift aid to any polio stricken community and assistance in securing the best available treatment for any victim of the disease regardless of age, creed, or color. Dr. Van Riper is a native of Kirkwood, Illinois. He received his M.D. degree at the University of Pennsylvania, and interned at Cooper Hospital, Camden, New Jersey, and Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio. He was resident pediatrician at the Cin- cinnati Children's Hospital in 1933, and from 1933 to 1941 engaged in private practice as a pediatrician in Madison, Wis- PLASTIC SURGERY ALCOHOL AND YOU consin. BY W. C HANSEN, D.D.S., M.D. BY JOHN C. KRANTZ, JR., M.D. Dr. Van Riper was assistant director of The difference plastic surgery makes The United States has a serious maternal and child health in the U.S. De- to many people gives them a problem of alcoholism to combat. partment of Labor's Division of Health greater joy in living. Services from 1941 until 1944, when he became medical director of the Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida. Dr. Van Riper and his wife, the former NEW HOPE FOR HEARTS REGULAR FEATURES Mary Virginia Smith, of Washington, D.C., BY IRVINE H. PAGE, M.D., Pres- DIETITIAN SAYS make their home in New York City. They ident, American Heart As- have three children: Mary Hart, 17; sociation CHILDREN'S PAGE David Smith, 15; and Christine, 13. Modern medical research is get- MOTHER'S COUNSELOR ting closer to the solution of the * * * heart problem.

Herbert Lawrence, M.D. ("Acne—Skin Problem of Young Adults," page 12), is a San Francisco dermatologist. He was born in New York City, and obtained his B.A. and M.D. degrees from

JANUARY, 1957 7 hard and solid at room temperature The Editor Prescribes —you'd better cut down. These are the dangerous ones, capable of collecting in blood-vessel walls. The solid fats are difficult for the body to use. Oils, being liquid at room temperature, flow freely. They are more easily digested; do not elevate serum cholesterol. In fact, some of these oils have been found to reduce the amount of Oil for Your Heart cholesterol circulating in the blood. What are the solid fats? Meat fats, milk fat, butter, margarine, and the cooking fats that come in a can and are white and solid like ice cream are examples of solid fats. These, unfortunately, are the fats that Americans eat most generously. They are the fats of juicy steaks, French fried potatoes, potato chips, OLIVE OIL thick gravies, rich pastries, pies, cakes, fatty sauces and dressings, ice cream, SOYBEAN and candy. These are the fats the heart OIL patient should avoid, and by so doing can reduce his fat calories from 60 PEANUT STEAK OI L per cent to 30 per cent of his diet. What are the oils that are more RMAL HEART beneficial in the diet? Usually veg- CAKE etable oils that have not been hydrogenated, or made solid, are more healthful. Olive oil, peanut oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, sunflower seed oil, CORN OIL FRENCH FRIES and soybean oil.are beneficial, not only \tai in keeping a soft, well-lubricated skin, f intestinal tract, and glistening hair, but in actually lowering the blood FRIED MEATS cholesterol, it has recently been learned. Thus these oils reduce the danger of heart attacks and strokes. Dr. B. Bronte-Stewart and a team of HEART FRIED EGGS research workers of Cape Town, Union of South Africa, recently reported some startling findings in the Brit- ish medical periodical Lancet.* They found that coronary heart disease par- alleled the mean serum cholesterol levels of patients. This level was highest OO much fat in your diet or on learned that the higher the serum in Europeans who lived on a high eco- Tyour waist can cause a heart at- cholesterol, the more likely was the pa- nomic standard and regularly ate food tack. But oil in your diet may help tient to develop atherosclerosis. This rich in fat of animal origin. prevent coronary artery disease, ac- blood-vessel disease narrows the vital They fed a thirty-seven-year-old man cording to some rather startling new coronary arteries, which supply the a normal diet, then added olive oil to medical research findings. Vegetable heart itself. Eventually the arteries give extra fat. This oil did not elevate oil in place of animal fat in your diet become plugged with fatty choles- the serum cholesterol. They added prevents coronary heart disease, this terol, and coronary thrombosis or oc- butter, but the olive oil somehow pro- new research reveals. clusion occurs—bringing on the dread tected the man, and his serum choles- Some 600,000 Americans this year heart attack. terol still did not rise. will die of diseases of the heart and For some time doctors have been Olive oil had no effect on elevating blood vessels. The culprit causing most asking Americans to cut down on the serum cholesterol. But butter, meat of this death toll is atherosclerosis, the amount of fat in their foods. Ameri- drippings, tallow, and beef muscle fatty degeneration of arteries. It is cans get as much as 60 per cent of alone promptly raised it. this fat-plugging and the constriction their calories from fats, when it should To another person the scientists fed of vital blood vessels to the heart that be only 30 per cent. beef drippings, with the expected rise cause coronary heart attacks; to the Now comes the exciting report that in blood cholesterol. On their feeding brain that account for strokes; to the it's not so much whether the fat is the person sunflower seed oil, the cho- extremities that cause gangrene of from an animal -or a vegetable source, lesterol fell. To the same patient they the feet and toes. but whether it is solid or liquid. The fed ten eggs a day, with a rapid rise For several years doctors have amount of saturated and unsaturated in cholesterol level. It promptly known that cholesterol as found in fat is the important thing. B. Bronte-Stewart, et al., Effects of feeding dif- the blood was an index to the amount If your diet is too rich in the sat- ferent fats on serum cholesterol level, British of fat circulating in the blood. They urated fatty acids—the fats that are "Lancet," April 28, 1956, pp. 521-526. 8 LIFE & HEALTH dropped with the addition of sun- but that a colleague, Dr. Jack Wilt, white cooking fat, is a help to the flower seed oil, and pilchard or seal in a nearby area had many Eskimos housewife, but it makes the fat less oil was even more effective. with heart disease. When they com- easily utilized and later less easily In another study Drs. Meiross and pared notes on diet, they found that eliminated from the body. Peanut but- Wiegand of Sweden report in Min- the Eskimos with no heart disease ter, once a food rich in liquid peanut nesota Medical Journal that they have were eating fish and seal, whose fat is oil, is today hydrogenated; fn other reduced serum cholesterol levels in largely liquid; those with heart dis- words, the peanut oil that used to come patients having xanthomatosis (a disease were eating caribou meat—a on top and had to be mixed into the ease of disturbed metabolism) and heavy, solid animal fat that is largely peanut butter has been hydrogenated, hypercholesterolemia (a disease of a saturated fat. or made a solid fat, and whipped into excessive cholesterol in the blood) with Interestingly, American men in the peanut butter, so that it will not the use of corn oil. Japan and Korea during the Korean separate. Although this is an improve- Paul Dudley White, heart specialist war were found to have a high rate ment when it comes to spreading pea- to President Eisenhower, recently com- of atherosclerosis of the coronary nut butter on bread, it is a real hazard mented that overeating among leading arteries. The Japanese were found to to the blood vessels of the potential citizens as a cause of high blood pres- have one of the lowest death rates heart patient as well as to the skin of sure and heart trouble "may play even from coronary heart disease. The fact the teen-ager, whose pores are easily more of a role in the destiny of the that the Japanese diet is rather sim- plugged with the thick, more solid world than the undernutrition of hun- ple, consisting of fish, fish oils, and fat. dreds of millions." The high fats on rice, and low in the heavy fats of Processed breakfast foods are tak- the banquet tables of dignitaries can Americans, is thought by such noted ing the place of old-fashioned whole- cause early death, and change the investigators as Ancel Keys, Ph.D., cereal porridge. The natural oil in fates of nations. of the University of Minnesota, to be the wheat germ is lost from the Amer- In Sweden during World War II, an important factor. Japanese derive ican diet. when the fats and heavier foods were only 12 per cent of their calories from How can you tell whether you are scarce, the incidence of coronary heart fat, as compared with 40 per cent to eating too much fat? If you are over- disease dropped, only to pick up again 60 per cent in the U.S. diet. - weight, chances are you are getting when the richer diet was resumed at Coronary heart disease is not prev- that way by eating foods rich in fats. war's end. alent among olive-oil-eating peoples Eliminate fried foods, gravies, cream What does all this mean in relation such as Latin Americans, Spaniards, soups, fatty meats, ice cream, pie, to the reason that Americans have and Italians, nor in countries such as other rich pastries, candy, cookies, and more heart attacks than, say, the Jap- Africa and China, where maize, soy- cake. anese or the Eskimos? The Eskimo beans, and sunflower seed allow the How can you tell whether you are has less heart disease, yet he eats much liquid oils to exceed the solid fats in overweight? Besides noting the story fat. But 'it is an oily fat from seal, the diet. told by the mirror and the scales, pinch fish, and other marine animals, which Heart disease is prevalent in civi- the skin of your arm between your is primarily of unsaturated fatty acid lized and prosperous areas where ani- elbow and shoulder. If the double layer oils. mal husbandry is aimed at greater of skin gathered up is more than one Dr. John Judge, a friend of mine, priming of beef and greater yields inch in thickness, you are too fat. The recently told me that while working of eggs and dairy products. yardstick test is an easy one. Lie flat among the Eskimos of Canada he Hydrogenation, or the process of on your back on the floor. Balance a noted this scarcity of heart attacks, making liquid vegetable oils into solid yardstick across your abdomen from chest to pelvis. If it lies flat without one end sticking up in the air, you're just right. If it doesn't lie flat, but rocks up without touching the pubic bone and lower chest, you're too fat— PROTECT YOUR HEART and it's time to cut down. So for a well-preserved ticker, give ENJOY OILS EASY ON SOLID FATS it oil. Eat liquid vegetable oils instead (Salads, Cooking, and Baking/ of solid animal fats. You'll be doing much to prolong your life and prevent blood-vessel diseases from atheroscle- Olive oil Lard rosis. Better yet, you will notice a bet- Peanut oil Beef drippings ter skin and more glossy hair. Soybean oil Beef muscle, fat Oil for your heart is the new, excit- Corn oil Rich gravies ing medical research discovery that Sunflower seed oil Butter will bear watching in months to come. Any liquid oils—olive oil, corn oil, soy- Fish liver oils Hydrogenated vegetable oils bean oil, peanut oil, cottonseed oil, fish Fish oils Fried meat oils—are good for you. But take it Wheat-germ oil Fried foods easy on solid fats. Fatty meat Yours for better health, Whole-wheat cereals Eggs, especially the yolks Other whole grains Pastries Pies

Broil or roast fatty foods; discard the drippings, to reduce the fat in your diet.

JANUARY, 1957 9 Att. PAUL DUDLEY WHITE, M.D. Heart Consultant to President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Relax more and eat more sensibly, and you

may be able to avoid serious heart disease.

CHARLES CARLY NE of the most important kinds of heart CHEST pain may not mean heart trouble. You may only have indigestion. disease is the hypertensive, caused by high blood pressure. Common in civilized countries, it seems to be related to our modern way of life—nervous tension, overeating, and today's fast pace. Heredity may play a role, and kidney dis- It varies greatly, but often starts with brief at- ease is a cause in some persons. Unfortunately, the tacks of angina pectoris, which may radiate down responsible factor in many cases of high blood pres- the left arm. This may recur for many years, first on sure remains a mystery. overexertion and later when the patient is at rest. High blood pressure acts on the heart to cause Narrowing of the coronary arteries ultimately muscular enlargement and eventual weakness and leads to blockage and clotting of the blood in the small failure. It acts as a strain on the arteries of the body, arteries. This may produce scarring and damage to particularly the arteries of the kidneys, brain, and the heart muscle. A convalescence up to three months heart. may be required, but is often followed by an ex- Fortunately the heart has great reserves, and often cellent recovery. This is the heart attack of the news- there are many years of high blood pressure before paper reports, and it may end in sudden death. it fails. Physicians warn patients to reduce their Coronary heart disease is common to the business weight, change their mode of living, and slow their and professional man. In this group it all too often pace, in order to halt or delay the dangerous effects occurs in early or middle life. Later in life it is of high blood pressure. considered a part of the aging process. Hypertensive heart disease remains a serious Early hardening of the arteries to the heart is problem. It makes up about one quarter of all cases responsible for coronary heart disease. There may of heart disease in the United States. be a hereditary factor causing the disease. Body Although no absolute cure for high blood pres- build seems to have an influence, the heavily muscled sure is known, important advances have been made. man being an early candidate. The typical American One is the surgical cutting of certain nerves in care- diet, containing excessive fat, quite probably pre- fully selected cases to reduce the tension on arteries. disposes to coronary heart disease. The rapid pace of Another is the control of diet, in which the patient modern living also has a bearing. is advised to eat a low-fat diet especially limited in The so-called coronary, or heart, attack is re- salt. sponsible for many sudden and premature deaths. Coronary heart disease. comprises one fourth of In mild form it is common and often goes unrec- all cases of heart disease. It frequently hits persons ognized. Patients may survive many years if they are suffering from high blood pressure or diabetes. properly treated and are not too severely affected.

10 LIFE & HEALTH A common misconception about the heart is that —electrocardiogram (a heart tracing)—are all that once it is affected, there is permanent difficulty, with are necessary to establish a diagnosis of heart dis- chronic invalidism and early death. Nothing is further ease. Valuable as these tests are, in some patients from the truth. The rugged heart often makes an they are not conclusive. A careful history of the case excellent recovery in the course of time. A return to and a simple physical examination are far more im- full and almost complete activity and long life may portant. These can be made by a good family doc- be expected even when there are large scars on the tor without the aid of a specialist, who is needed heart. The exceptional cases, when the patients die for less than 10 per cent of patients. For the sake of dramatically, are the ones we hear about. Doctors future comparison, if a heart difficulty appears it is know of thousands of heart-disease patients who have wise to have routine heart tracings and chest X-rays improved or actually recovered. even though you are in good health. This applies even to the dread angina pectoris. Al- Leakage of the heart, which produces heart mur- though its symptoms are important, angina has been murs, must always be analyzed with care. Most mur- a bugaboo too long. It often may be reduced, and murs are unimportant and transient. Often loud with ordinary care and good luck patients can live murmurs are of least importance. Some of the worst ten to twenty years or more after its appearance. heart conditions have no murmurs. A second misconception about the heart is that Knowing the degree of heart disease is just as heart symptoms mean heart disease. Usually they do important as knowing the kind of heart disease pres- not! Heartache, shortness of breath, palpitation, ent. The simple diagnosis "heart disease" is woefully fainting, or even swelling of the feet usually is the insufficient. It is just as incomplete as to say that a result of something other than heart disease. The person has a respiratory infection, which may mean most common cause of these symptoms is a general anything from a simple head cold to fatal pneumonia. state of unfitness, along with a supersensitive nerv- A sound heart may support an active life to a ous system, known by doctors as neurocirculatory hundred years or more, as proved by normal electro- asthenia, soldier's heart, or effort syndrome. Al- cardiograms taken on centenarians. though the cause is obscure, we are quite sure it is Not long ago many cases of heart disease, es- not heart disease. Nor does it shorten life or lead to pecially coronary thrombosis, or heart attack, were heart disease. Swelling of the ankles is more often mistakenly called acute indigestion. In these heart- caused by poor circulation, as in varicose veins in the conscious days there is great danger of calling many legs, than to diseases of the heart. cases heart disease when actually they may be acute It is a popular fallacy that an X-ray and an EKG indigestion. It is still possible to have trouble in the abdomen that may mimic heart disease. A large heart does not (Turn to page 21)

RATHER than worry about a pain, see your doctor and be sure of what it is.

JANUARY, 1957 11 If your teen-ager is troubled by the pim- ple problem, this article is must reading.

Acne can be conquered. Here's how—

Sometimes enlargement of the oil gland itself will SKIN PROBLEM occur, forming a sebaceous cyst. These cysts are caused by the backing up of oil when the gland opening is obstructed. With long-standing severe acne there may be so much inflammation and infection that tissue destruc- of YOUNG ADULTS tion and scarring occur. Fortunately, much pitting and other forms of scarring disappear with time. The face, neck, chest, and back are the areas most commonly affected by acne in the order of frequency. Aitt, HERBERT LAWREFICE, M.D. Acne appears most often in the early teens at the same time that the adult body starts developing. It may stop by itself in the early twenties, or it may continue to the late twenties or early thirties. No one can pre- dict when it will disappear, so the advice "Leave it CNE, the complexion problem of young adults, alone, you will grow out of it" is not sound. While it is is a complex difficulty that has no one cause running its course, much psychological damage can and no single cure. The mechanism by which be done to the young adolescent. the skin lesions, or pimples, are formed is Many misconceptions still exist about the cause known. They are caused by overactivity of the oil of acne. "Bad blood," rich foods, infected tonsils, and glands in the skin, resulting in the plugging of the glandular disease are but a few of the many things openings to the skin surface. Whiteheads, blackheads, that have been said to cause acne. Many a tonsil has inflamed and infected pimples, follow in varying num- been removed needlessly, unwarranted self-imposed bers and sizes. diets have been suffered, and untold sums have been spent on false cures and complexion aids. Pent-up sexual feelings or masturbation have incorrectly been blamed for acne. From what we know, it is clear that this blight of youth is due not to any one cause but rather to a chain of interacting events. Foremost of the factors causing acne is basic to them all—the surge of hormone production that occurs at the time of puberty. In addition to their role in body development, these hormones regulate oil- gland activity of the skin. An excess of certain hormones can cause an overabundance of oil or sebum. Someday we probably will discover how to readjust the balance of hormones during this period of development to control the

This article contains a small part of the detailed information in the author's new book "The Care of Your Skin" CHARLI S CASEY (Little, Brown & Co., publishers), valuable aid to young people with acne, and THE lesions of acne are so disturbing to young people that their entire lives may be affected. their parents.

12 LIFE & HEALTH oil-gland secretion. At present we are not always PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE able to do so. In some young people but by no means all, specific foods such as chocolate, nuts, and pork appear to aggravate acne. It is more likely, however, to be a general inadequacy of a well-balanced diet and the effect upon the body as a whole. Too often the nutrition of growing young people fails to keep pace with the energy demands made upon their bodies. There is no time for breakfast in the hustle and bustle of getting off to school on time. There is a great rush to get luncheon down, do a few errands, and get back to the job before the whistle blows. Chronic substandard nutrition leaves the body unable to cope with the stress and strain of everyday activities and their physical and emotional energy requirements. Fatigue, unrecog- nized or unheeded, is often a consequence of this JOYS OF BEGINNING AGAIN inadequate diet; and emotional tension, although not the direct result, certainly may be aggravated by By H. M. TIPPETT fatigue. Of a certain modern book a reviewer said, "It was like Excessive oiliness of the skin is often seen during a ten-mile walk through a five-and-ten-cent store." periods of increased emotional tension. Recent medical He meant that the story took the reader on a tedious studies showed that the oiliness of the skin could be journey among cheap things, odds and ends of interest, temporarily increased by the production of emotional trite observations, and shopworn philosophies. The author tension in patients experimentally. Have you ever no- apparently had no plot, no goal or destination for his ticed toward the end of a hectic day or during a period characters. There was no development. of emotional stress that your face appears shiny or Unhappily, the lives of thousands of people are lived oily? on about that same level of experience. Life holds for them And so we have a chain of events—hormone im- no surprises, no thrills, no new beginning. There is no spiritual therapy more potent than to chal- balance, poor nutrition, fatigue, and emotional tension lenge the humdrum of each day with a new start, a fresh —resulting in overactive oil-gland secretion, and fi- view of familiar tasks, another look from a different angle. nally acne. One other factor should be added—factor Nine hundred and ninety-nine failures mean nothing X, or the unknown—sometimes referred to as the con- if the thousandth trial succeeds. It is the courage and stitutional factor. Some young people with all the stamina to try again that makes life progressively mean- qualifications just listed do not develop acne with any ingful. In the land of new beginnings, flushed with success, degree of severity. We are forced to conclude that we would find— there is some other specific cause of acne. Whatever "What had been hardest we'd know had been best, this factor is, it can make acne a real problem for And what had seemed loss would be gain." one child while all the others in the same family remain "Beginner's luck," which brings one the prize at the first trial, is a deceptive term. Often what seems luck is only free from acne. the result of much spadework, much trial and error behind Allowing for the constitutional factor, about which the grandstand, much toil and trouble getting the entry we can do nothing, we must recognize and understand onto the runway for the race. Charles Lindbergh's initial the factors about which we can do something. One solo flight across the Atlantic was a well-calculated risk. of the most important of these is the emotional adjust- His preparations took weeks. ment of young people. One reason for the many failures and false starts in One of the major adjustments each generation of every sort of enterprise is poor timing. Enthusiasm without young people must make is to the beginnings of adult preparation and well-considered planning too often ends sexual feelings. Adolescents are neither adults nor in crash landings of all we hoped to accomplish. Stephen Leacock's horseman who leaped on his steed and rode off children, but in most ways their sexual reactions re- in all directions is typical of many well-intentioned but semble those of an adult rather than of a child. Yet ill-considered enterprises. New Year's Day may not be the they are not ready to satisfy sexual feelings in an best time to make a resolution, lest it fail for want of adult way. mature consideration. Masturbation is a substitute that many young peo- On the other hand, many people fail while waiting for ple use for more mature forms of sexual gratification. the propitious hour for forward movement. They stand Masturbation was commonly considered the cause in suspended expectancy, waiting for inspiration. Inspira- of acne, which is untrue. But even worse, some young tion comes from effort, from harnessing our wills to set people with acne believe that the presence of pimples tasks. Then like California's blind poet, Irene Hardy, we on their faces is evidence of the fact that they mastur- can sing, whatever befall: bate. This has caused immeasurable unhappiness in "I follow the trail To find truth e'er I rest. terms of guilt feelings and loss of self-confidence and Some say I shall fail self-esteem. It is time in this scientific age that such In this measureless quest a completely wrong idea be dispelled. To find truth e'er I rest. Recently a sixteen-year-old boy who had been What though I should fail? under my care for some time (Turn to page 23) I follow the trail."

JANUARY, 1957 13 The Great Facts About POLIO TODAY

A HART E. unn RIPER, M.D. Medical Director, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis

.••••••••••••• VERY January since 1938 there has been a March of Dimes fight against polio. The Na- The picture of poliomyelitis may be a tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis E was founded by Franklin Delano Roosevelt truly bright one, as it appears now. to lead, direct, and unify the fight against the mys- terious and threatening disease polio. The tempo of these polio marches has increased with the years, especially the past five years, when the promise of eliminating paralytic polio through the Salk polio vaccine was coming closer to becoming a fact. Generous public support for the March of Dimes has been needed, and continues to be needed. The March of Dimes financial requirement for 1957 is $46.9 million. With cooperation of parents, the public, the medical profession, and public health agencies, the elimi- nation of paralytic polio in the United States by 1957 can be made almost a certainty. Children and pregnant women have received first priority. But now everyone in the United States up to the age of forty should arrange to get three injections of polio vaccine. The second injection should be given from two to six weeks (preferably four) after the first. The third, called a booster shot, should come at least seven months after the second inoc- ulation. Even one injection of polio vaccine has proved to be 80 per cent effective in preventing paralytic polio, and a full schedule of immunization is even more effective. The three-shot schedule should be about 95 per cent effective. No preventive measure can be expected to be 100 per cent effective, because of human variance. The rare failure of polio vaccine to protect a person should never be used as an excuse for de- laying vaccination. In the tragic near-epidemic of polio that struck Chicago in the summer of 1956 it is noteworthy that no cases of paralytic polio occurred among children who had received a full schedule of three doses of vaccine properly spaced. Polio vaccine is now plentiful in the United States. There are no more priorities on its use. The 100 millionth cubic centimeter of polio vaccine was released for use by the National Institutes of Health

14 LIFE & HEALTH FIGHT INFANTILE PARALYSIS

PHOTO, COURTESY NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST discussing pleasant things with a little polio patient under special treatment.

in the U.S. Public Health Service in mid-September, vaccine are destroyed by formaldehyde, and some- 1956. By September more than 40 million children times by formaldehyde plus ultraviolet radiation. and adults had received at least one protective in- In about one in five patients, the first shot does jection of Salk vaccine. Another 40 million were sup- not set off the immune mechanism, and does not posed to be vaccinated between Labor Day and Christ- cause the body to manufacture polio antibodies to mas, 1956. devour the polio viruses that may invade the body. Emphasis in the need for polio protection during For this one person out of every five, the second the last quarter of 1956 was placed upon preschoolers shot almost always acts as a stimulant to antibody and teen-agers in high school and college. These were production. Given two to six weeks after the first the most susceptible groups of those who had not injection, it can be considered an insurance shot. been fully reached by previous vaccine campaigns. The level of polio antibodies in the blood increases It is safe and advisable to begin giving polio significantly in seven to ten days after the first in- vaccine to infants about their sixth month of life. jection in four out of five cases. With the second in- Up to that time they are more or less protected by jection it goes up a little more, then gradually de- polio antibodies they get from their mother's blood. clines. For the one out of five in whom the first injec- The day is not far off when the immunization tion didn't take, the second injection acts as the first. of infants against paralytic polio will be completely When the third shot of polio vaccine comes along, routine. Every doctor taking care of infants and seven to twelve months later, it boosts the declining children will give polio shots just as he now gives level of antibodies higher than it was after the first smallpox vaccination and injections against diph- and second shots. This level of antibodies is usually theria, whooping cough, and scarlet fever. No Ameri- even higher than that observed in patients who have can infant need run anything but the most minimal acquired immunity to polio as a result of earlier, risk of paralytic polio. Vaccine is at hand to protect naturally acquired infection. everyone. A second attack of polio may occur, but it is rare, During 1957 adults up to forty years of age will because a first attack develops a high level of anti- get protection by vaccination, and it will be the year bodies. Similarly, attacks of paralytic polio in patients of the third shot for most children and young adults who have received a full schedule of three vaccine who got one or two injections in previous years. shots can be expected to be rare. The timing of the third, or booster, shot is im- Vaccination has a definite advantage over naturally portant. It must be delayed several months after the acquired infection, because it provides protection primary immunization in order to reach fullest ef- against all three known types of polio virus. fectiveness. A lapse of at least seven months is neces- How long will vaccine protection last? The exact sary, and a delay of twelve months or even more will answer to this question is unknown, but present indica- not lessen the booster effect. Here is what happens: tions are that it will last a reasonably long time. Cer- The first, or primary, shot usually sensitizes the tainly, booster shots will not be required yearly. Also, patient to all three types of polio virus, from which it must be recognized that there will be a variation in the Salk polio vaccine is made.. The viruses in the people as to the length of time vac- (Turn to page 29)

JANUARY, 1957 15 doctor, is like traveling on a merry-go-round. You pay the fare, go rqund and round, but get nowhere. Considering the different types of arthritis and the people who have twinges of pain (which may or may not be arthritis), it is worse than a waste of time, money, and effort to place faith in bizarre panaceas—many of them not too far removed from heathenism—that took So-and-so right out of the Aertitritt wheel chair. The agonizing nature of this illness puts the arthritic in a receptive frame of mind for anything that suggests relief, but chasing will-o'-the- wisps only gives the disease a head start. By twin m. munson, n.n. A specialist on arthritis compressed his many years of experience and observation in one terse sen- tence. Said he, "The treatment for arthritis is not some one item or method, but a program—a program carried on over a period of time." And a physician half a continent away echoed his opinion: "There just isn't any quick cure for arthritis." Modern medical research is directed upon Arthritis is a hill-and-valley experience. No arthritic needs to be told that! It has remissions, when arthritis with the hope of vanquishing it. hopes soar; and it bristles with flare-ups, when it seems that the battle is lost. But with proper treatment, preferably under a specialist who uses physical therapy, and the patient's utmost in cooperation, patience, and persistence, the valley experiences become less frequent. The general trend—as a graphic chart would show—is up. Nothing quick, sudden, or spectacular—but up. HEN Mrs. Smith tried to change her posi- The powerful hormones ACTH and cortisone have tion in bed, great stabs of pain pierced performed near miracles for the arthritic. Regrettably, every joint. "O-o-oh!" she wailed, gingerly they do not cure. They do relieve the pain, and this folding swollen hands across her chest. permits the arthritic to move (Turn to page 25) "Is anything more painful than arthritis! Maybe there are worse things to have," she said, "but it would be hard to convince me there's anything more torturing!" It would be just as hard to convince the other 10 million persons in the United States who are suffering the agonies of arthritic pains and trying desperately to adapt their lives to the unwelcome role of invalidism or semi-invalidism. There is a ray of hope discernible, however. In the past few years something has been done about arthritis. With a new interest directed upon arthritis by individual physicians—those who have come to know that its treatment consists of more than a waiting for the weather to change—and the work of the National Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation, it can be hoped that soon the cause or causes will be uncovered and the door opened to specific treatment. Arthritis may start suddenly, viciously, perhaps shortly after influenza or some other illness. Or it may come on insidiously, for no known reason—a pain here, a stiff joint there. Sometimes it does not go beyond this annoying stage, and spontaneously clears up. Again, it continues on and becomes worse, until the victim is helpless in its grip. Early treatment under a specialist cannot be too strongly urged, for it is the arthritic's greatest security against permanent deformity and invalidism after the acute stage has passed. Experimenting with "sure cures" overconfidently urged by self-styled medical advisers who consider A. DEVANEY themselves better qualified to treat you than any THE arthritis patient seeks ways by which he may relieve his pain.

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Show me a man who has lived beyond his span, And I'll show you a man who has lived for man.

Nine children—six girls and three boys—kept Mrs. Irene Churchman of Havre de Grace, Maryland, happy beyond the usual span of life. She celebrated her one- kh hundredth birthday on June 19, 1956, at her home in Havre de Grace, where she has lived for thirty-nine years. 1,2 She lives with her daughter, Mrs. Norris Watson. -v••• Mrs. Churchman maintains her interest in her family and her home. She lives a full and happy life with twenty- one grandchildren, forty-two great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren to .keep the family and her on the alert. She thoroughly enjoys visiting relatives and friends, and keeps up on the latest doings of her community. Mrs. Churchman was born in Zion, Maryland, in 1856, and was the youngest child in her family. She was married at nineteen to Mr. Amasa Churchman, and their six daughters are still living. She believes that she has a great deal to thank our heavenly Father for in giving her good health throughout her long and rewarding life.

JANUARY, 1957 17 Roulet'A, HEALTH SECRETS

J. De WITT F011, M.D. One of the women America calls great is

a living example of good health habits.

T WAS a quiet Fourth of July in Hyde Park, New York. As my car rounded the bend and entered the long winding road to Val-Kill Cottage, the Hyde Park home of Eleanor Roosevelt, I was impressed by the quiet detachment and serene atmosphere of her weekend and holiday home. Set quietly among the trees on a delightful knoll beside a small lake, her cottage is unpretentious but filled with many a historic treasure. Inside this house lives one of today's greatest women. When I rang the bell Mrs. Roosevelt herself came to the door. After a warm handshake and a glowing smile, she invited me into her living room. Attired in a loose cotton dress and low-heeled shoes, she was the picture of complete relaxation and happiness. As we sat and chatted, surrounded by her mem- orabilia of White House days, I was impressed by the true dignity and nobility of this woman. In the eleven years since the death of her President husband she has made a name for herself and has received per- MRS. ROOSEVELT travels often as she pursues her busy schedule. haps more honors and warm public affection than anyone else, short of Sir Winston Churchill. I could If anyone keeps active and interested, it is Mrs. not help agreeing with the Gallup polls, in which Roosevelt. In 1952 she made a trip to the Far East, nine out of ten conducted since 1946 have named her and she has spun round the world twice in the past the woman Americans esteem most. three years. She is still very active in the American Today, at seventy-one, Mrs. Roosevelt is gray, and Association for the United Nations. She has rare a bit thinner than she was a few years ago, for she ability to make friends for the United States. has lost some twenty pounds by careful dieting. To help in regulating her busy life she keeps three After seeing her contagious smile, zest for living, secretaries at her side. Maureen Corr, a little Irish sparkling eyes, and springy step, I asked her, "What girl, is her secretary in New York City at her three- is your secret for feeling so well?" room apartment in the East Sixties, where she lives "I think keeping active and interested in world alone. Miss Corr has accompanied her on two round- affairs may be the key to being spry," she said. the-world trips, and assists in keeping up her vo-

18 LIFE & HEALTH that she took some work under Elisabeth von Hesse of New York City, speech instructor of Dale Car- negie and of other notable personalities. It was then she learned breath control and to breathe with the diaphragm. Discipline yourself is Mrs. R.'s second secret of good health. This, she says, means to discipline your mind as well as your body, and to take good care of yourself. Mrs. Roosevelt has always enjoyed eating, and has no particular food idiosyncrasies. She can eat almost anything, but during recent months she had disciplined her diet and succeeded in losing twenty luminous correspondence on her daily columns in the pounds. newspapers and monthly columns in magazines. Before breakfast each morning she enjoys a glass Besides Miss Corr, Mrs. Roosevelt keeps a secre- of hot water with the juice of half a lemon in it. tary at her Hyde Park cottage and at her office at Breakfast is usually a dish of fruit in season, such the American Association for the United Nations. as fresh strawberries in the summertime or frozen (She is no longer the United Nations delegate for fruits in winter, a hot drink with no sugar, toast, the United States.) and cereal. Besides working on big causes such as the UN, In New York she frequently must eat in restau- Israel, or helping Presidential Candidate Adlai Stev- rants. She avoids excess sweets, and has to watch enson, Mrs. Roosevelt enjoys doing small kindnesses her diet a bit by eliminating starches, such as po- for her friends and grandchildren. Her New York tatoes and bread. She has a real sweet tooth, and apartment is decorated with numerous photographs has to guard constantly against candy, cake, and of her husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt; the world's cookies. "This is where the discipline comes in," she political figures; and her five children, nineteen says. Mrs. Roosevelt eats lavishly of fresh fruits, grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. On this and enjoys them in place of rich sweets and pastries. Fourth of July she was planning a picnic at the home When she is in New York she eats lunch at her of John Roosevelt, next door to her cottage. She was apartment if possible. It consists of crackers, cheese, planning potato salad, watermelon, and some cookies and salad. She frequently entertains guests at res- for the occasion. Christmas shopping is a year-round taurants in New York, where she orders a salad proposition for her, inasmuch as there are twenty- and toast, but no dessert. (Turn to page 32) nine immediate members of the Roosevelt family. Keep active is Mrs. Roosevelt's foremost health secret. She is on such an active program that many women half her age would be wilted by her schedule. During October, November, and December she ac- cepts speaking engagements that run close to one hundred yearly. During these months she spends only five days a month in New York; the remainder of the time she is on the road. She prefers flying, and often sits up all night on planes in order to meet speaking engagements. When Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., heard of this recently, he tried to slow her down, and asked her to take it easier. "Sweetie, I have no aches or pains. I am not tired. And I am perfectly happy," the indefatigable Mrs. Roosevelt replied. She likes to fly because it is the quickest way to get from city to city. She has no fears of flying, even though she showed deep regret over the tragedy of the two planes that collided in the Grand Canyon in June and killed 128 persons aboard. "When you get my age, nothing really worries you," says Mrs. R., as she is called affectionately by her friends. Fees from her lecture tours are devoted to char- ity. Last year her lecture manager was quite disturbed when she gave 10 per cent more of her lecture earnings than she needed to, and had to pay income tax on this amount. Mrs. Roosevelt's speaking voice and charm are readily evident on television interviews. It was after HARRIS SI EWING PHOTOS she had begun speaking, while in the White House, OUR vibrant lady makes her influence felt by radio and newspaper.

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Skin Cancer higher pressure is created within the is one that often arises. Frequently body. This higher pressure may re- in women about your age we find that I have had a skin cancer on the sult in blood-vessel rupture. the tumors are of only moderate size, side of my face for two years. It does A diet rich in minerals and vita- and as the change of life comes they not bother me, but I have been ad- mins or the protective foods is sug- become reduced in size, along with vised to have it removed. If it is taken gested. The free use of highly refined the rest of the tissue of the uterus. A off, will it cause cancers to break out foods, particularly of rich protein fibroid tumor is merely an overgrowth in the body? foods and fats, is discouraged. Over- of certain tissue in the wall of the Skin cancers on the face, unless they eating should be avoided. A simple uterus, and when this organ ceases are extensive, are often handled by diet with natural food is the diet of to function, all its tissues reduce in the application of radium. Actual Sur- choice. See to it that there is freedom size and activity. gery about the face—that is, the in- from undue worry and anxiety. Seda- If the tumor is large enough to cision of the skin and removal of the tive medicines may assist in lowering cause distressing symptoms, such as tissue—often is perplexing because of blood pressure, at least for a time. undue pressure upon the bladder or the presence of so many important rectutn that interferes with the func- structures just beneath the skin. tion of these organs, or is so large In my experience the majority of * * * in the abdomen that it is causing cases have been susceptible to treat- distress there, the removal of the ment by radium or X-ray with very tumor with the uterus is advisable. satisfactory results. Fibroid Tumors I am forty-six and had an operation three years ago, when my appendix * * * * * * was removed and the uterus straightened. A specialist examined me a few months ago and told me I had a Head Noises Slow Heart fibroid tumor and that my uterus I suffer considerably from head I have high blood pressure and a should have been removed when I noises, or a slow ticking sound in the slow, weak heart that seldom beats had the operation. The tumor is not ears. I am sometimes dizzy. I am al- faster than 50 times a minute. Please large, but bulges out and is very pain- lergic to drafts and cold water on my give me some advice. ful at times. Do you think I ought face and head. I am fifty years of age. A slow heart, beating from 45 to to have the uterus removed? What do you think causes these noises? 50 times a minute, may arise from The question of whether fibroid The head noises and dizziness you several causes, and the treatment tumors call for removal of the uterus experience are probably due to would have to be chosen in view of changes in the arteries of the inner the probable cause. If your heart is ear. You are at an age of life when regular, and dropsy has not appeared, hardening of the arteries is likely to it may function very well and sat- occur. As this disease appears in the isfactorily at the rate you mention. arteries of the delicate mechanism of High blood pressure is a state often the internal ear, certain vibrations observed in mature life. It is un- are interpreted as sound. The balanc- doubtedly influenced by tense nervous ing mechanism of the body may be states, exertion, and strain, but also interfered with, and thus the sensa- it may be the result of changes in the tion of dizziness results. Commonly, blood vessels that cause them to an elevated blood pressure is present harden. This' hardening will affect in hardening of the arteries. the functioning power of the kidneys, Any treatment that will tend to re- heart, and other vital organs. In order lax nervous strain and tension and to maintain a more nearly normal ease blood pressure would be bene-_ state of circulation in the organs, a ficial.

20 LIFE & HEALTH Your Heart Treat Your Family to (Continued from page 11) This Hearty Healthful mean a strong heart. Generally speaking, the smaller the heart, the Breakfast Favorite better the future. An enlarged heart With the Delicious shows that heart strain has already Nut-like Flavor ... occurred. DELIGHTFULLY DIFFERENT-Elam's Air flights are safe for most heart modern method of old-fashioned milling patients. Altitude up to ten thousand retains all the natural sun-ripened goodness feet is not harmful unless the heart is of fine quality whole grain as well as all the damaged to begin with. natural vitamins and minerals so necessary One of the best mild exercises for for body-building energy. persons of all ages, even those with eecuna Nothing Added-Nothing Taken Out heart disease, is leisurely climbing Just Naturally Delicious and Nutritious stairs. However, stairs should • be Always cooks up Firm and Chewy. Every- body loves that tasty nut-like flavor— avoided if there is real heart failure. grown-ups and children alike. Many patients with murmurs, large hearts, palpitation, or angina pectoris STEEL CUT itte /fa may use stairs if they don't rush. A number of elevators have been Pented9e THE FINEST DISH OF OAT- unnecessarily installed in private MEAL YOU EVER TASTED You're invited to try another product homes because some member of the of distinction: Elam's Stone Ground household had heart trouble. 100% Whole Wheat Flour; also A possible hazard in regard to the OATMEAL Cracked Wheat Cereal —Stone Ground PIONEERS IN THE FIELD OF WHOLE 100% Whole Rye Flour —Pure Buck- production of heart disease is the GRAIN CEREALS AND STONE wheat Flour —Stone Ground 100% Whole Yellow Cornmeal —Scotch Style motorcar. Its use is thought necessary GROUND FLOURS SINCE 1917 Oatmeal —Whole Wheat Pancake & by many overweight persons, even to 2625 Gardner Rd., Waffle Mix —3 in One Mix for Pan- go one block or around the corner. Elam Mills, Inc., cakes, Waffles, Muffins, Coffee Cake. This is a bad American habit, as most will agree. Another fallacy is that the use of the arms is bad for the heart. It is not. Nor does it hurt the heart when one lies on the left side. Aspirin does not hurt the heart.

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Boric Acid Safety ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sleeping Babies The question as to the safety of the Is it better for a baby to sleep on use of boric acid solutions continually Winter Jrees his side or stomach? arises. By LOIS M. VAN HOUTEN Usually the position a baby seems to To the reply already made to one prefer is all right for him. Some babies mother who inquired about the dan- The winter trees are pull themselves over on their stomachs ger of this old and tried remedy, in Stripped bare bones or even on their knees and sleep hud- which I attributed the tragedy of its Of themselves, dled up in little balls, tiny faces use to carelessness in allowing a baby Tough rooted skeletons turned just enough so that they can to inhale the boric acid powder, I Standing firm breathe. should like to add information ob- And tall. When a baby is too small to find a tained from an American Medical As- comfortable position for himself you sociation publication: Close intimates, may sometimes put him on one side "Boric acid is harmless in ordinary They know and then the other, and occasionally uses. The gross misuse of boric acid The winter sky— place him on his stomach. A change in has caused tragedies. . . . It should be Its cold, bright face sleeping position is desirable. emphasized that boric acid should not Or sullen, swollen A mother can usually tell the posi- be eaten or the solution drunk. The Scowl. tion her baby finds most comfortable. little bit that might be swallowed from There is no hard and fast rule as to using an eye wash is absolutely harm- Rising through which sleeping position is best for less. In infants full strength boric acid Bitter days baby. should never be applied to the skin. And brittle nights, Even in adults, if the skin is broken They watch the snowflakes * * * and inflamed over a large area and if Pass Like endless thoughts. continuous ointment applications are Floodlights and Eyes made, the chemical can be absorbed through the denuded areas. The same And never know, Would taking indoor pictures of applies to burns. Therefore in exten- Nor care, baby with the use of floodlights harm sive second-and third-degree burns or Nor ever doubt his eyes? in generalized skin disease where the The mindless, timeless I have consulted an ophthalmolo- surface has sloughed off, the patient Wisdom of their growth. gist on this question, and his comment should be treated by a doctor. Keep is that if the floodlight is not too close your boric acid powder safely put away and is not repeated too soon or too with the other drugs you don't want often, in his opinion there would be your children to eat. Care must be no danger. exercised with every medicine you My supposition is that the ordinary have. . . . From all the medical and distance in taking such a picture scientific evidence available you never would not be too close. need feel that the sensible use of boric acid is going to do you or yours any harm. It is as useful and safe today as * * * ever."--RESSELL S. FISHER, M.D., "How Dangerous Is Boric Acid?" To- Puncture Wounds day's Health, March, 1956, p. 28. (Ital- Whenever you prick your finger, ics ours for emphasis.) squeeze it and make it bleed if possi- Boric acid was never prescribed in ble. Immediately wash it well with the many ways it has been more or soap and water and cover with a ster- less carelessly and ignorantly used. ile bandage.

22 LIFE & HEALTH Acne to her. It also became clear to me (Continued from page 13) and later to her that her insecurity started before she ever had acne. She said that he wished to speak to me had been reared in foster homes of confidentially. With head bowed and the worst kind and had had many Tobin in an almost inaudible voice, he told hard knocks. me that he masturbated. He explained Under medical treatment her acne i)onep Senna that he knew it was causing his acne. gradually subsided. With a little un- As we discussed masturbation in its derstanding of the events of her child- TOWN HONEY FENNEL . . for proper perspective, there was a no- hood in terms of their effect on her winter coughs and throat irritations due ticeable lift in his morale. He began personality and present trouble, ac- to colds. to hold his head high, and his voice companied by sympathy and under- A blend of rich honey and the herb became normal—bodily expressions of standing, she took a brighter view of Fennel. NATURE'S COUGH BLEND. the rise in his spirits. He left the her marriage prospects and life in Excellent for children and adults. office looking as if he had just dropped general. No preservatives, artificial flavoring or a great burden. I saw him from time Counseling by parent, minister, coloring—JUST NATURAL. to time in succeeding weeks. Com- physician, or friends can be an im- Available at your health-food store. ments about school grades being bet- portant help to the young adult with Write for brochure. ter and having done well at the track acne. meet assured me that he was over There are general principles for Tobin jToob a hurdle in more than one way. the treatment of acne that most skin Another source of emotional ten- specialists follow. The treatment can (Company, 2Jnt. Box 546 sion in young adults is the emphasis be divided into two parts. First, the Vista California on getting along with other young treatment of the body as a whole; people. 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Youth is a period of adjustment to ularly in vitamin-B complex, as ad- higher levels of education and new ditional assurance that the patient work situations, with their increased is receiving the proper proportion of responsibility. These responsibilities these essential ingredients of good consciously accepted often uncon- nutrition. sciously cause anxiety. Dieting in the sense • of losing A young patient who had been weight is not indicated unless the working for about a year as a ste- acne patient is overweight. Acne, as nographer seemed sullen and de- well as general health, profits from a pressed on my first meeting with her. minimum of sweets. Adequate sleep, Her acne was of long standing, was rest, and physical recreation are im- Your own household severe, with considerable scarring. All portant to general health. Moderate stone mill grinds flour overtures on my part to get her into sunbathing is helpful in acne care. with superb flavor conversation failed. 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NE nerve-calming drug, on the that these pains began after an emo- trace out the cause. Perhaps it is the market less than a year, has tional strain. menopause, if you are a woman. It Obecome the fourth most frequently Men often drink to drown their may be that you are letting your prescribed drug in the United States. troubles. Troubles can swim in al- work crowd you and push you around, The popular magazines abound cohol without drowning, so they are if you are a businessman. Business is with articles about this new marvel sure to reappear worse than ever not so good, taxes are due, the pay- drug. One would be led to believe when the alcohol is gone. Drinking ments are too big for the income, that the stress and strain of modern is a social vice, to be frowned upon. and so on and on. life, with its nervous indigestion, A gentler method of getting rid of If it's the menopause, some hor- sleeplessness, and depression, can now trouble is to take a pill. Some of these mone shots or pills will help restore be safely met and conquered by this pills may turn on you. The public gland balance. They are natural to new pill. Don't you believe it. It's has a right to know these facts. the body, and won't hurt you. If it's not that simple. Neither this pill nor We doctors are sympathetic with financial problems, perhaps counsel- any other yet undiscovered will re- patients who suffer from nervousness. ing with your banker will help you store the abnormal individual to nor- If you have ever suffered from nerves to refinance, and thus ease your bur- mal nervous health. It takes more you will be still more sympathetic, den. If it's fear of something that than a pill to do that. for those little nerves can really give hasn't happened but that you are What is necessary to optimum you a bad time. afraid will happen, and it's beyond health is a healthy body; a sound, It is best not to go to your doctor your control, then pray about it. well-balanced mind ; and a sincere, and simply ask him for sleeping pills. I sold an avocado ranch by pray- simple faith in God. If any of these Go to him and tell him you can't ing about it. I have sometimes prayed three is lacking in a person, he is sleep or that you are nervous or de- myself to sleep when I was having a not as well as God intended him to pressed and ask him whether he can little trouble sleeping. We doctors are be, and no pill is going to long make discover the reason why you don't often disturbed at night. If I don't up for the lack. Pills may cover up sleep. He may be able to help you go to sleep at once, I simply pray a the symptoms for a time, but will little longer and perhaps repeat the never cure the patient. IMESCIESCIEVICIEWVICRIOICSICIMIEVIECICIE beautiful shepherd psalm. You say, Ask a man who works on a hay "I don't know that psalm." Better baler all day whether he needs a pill learn it, or try the Lord's prayer— to help him sleep, and he will laugh We/come, new dear it's equally effective. If it doesn't work at you. Why do farmers never take right away, remember that Christ sleeping pills? Because muscular ex- By LALIA MITCHELL THORNTON spent whole nights in prayer. They ercise soothes and relaxes the nerves. must have done Him a lot of good, That is nature's way of compensating. Little new year at the gate, for He could sleep in a little boat "The sleep of a labouring man is The night is late. while it was sinking in a storm. Of sweet, whether he eat little or much: Come you in and share our cheer; course He had a clear conscience, but the abundance of the rich will Cold the winds o'er mead and mere. and I think that is essential. If you not suffer him to sleep" (Ecclesiastes Tis to bid you welcome here have done the best you can, nobody 5:12). Perhaps Solomon prescribed We celebrate. could do better, and God won't let you a good day's work for his insomniacs. down. Sometimes a patient will complain Little new year at the gate, It helps a lot to look on the bright of pains over the body that have no Come inside. side of life. I just dismissed two pa- definite pattern, making diagnosis Be our comfort and our aid, tients from the hospital. One had had difficult or impossible. A pointed Keep us strong and unafraid, asthma, the other a heavy surgical question or two is likely to bring Guard this peace that we have made, operation, in fact, two operations. I out a history of financial, domestic, While you bide. feared this last patient might have or social problems too big for the pa- cancer, but happily the report from tient to meet. Further inquiry reveals MICCIESEVIC3ESIMICMICWW$1441PCSIE the pathologist was inflammation 24 LIFE & HEALTH and no cancer. She seemed never to Arthritis worry, was content with what service The ELECTRO-WARMTH she received. The nurses all liked her (Continued from page 16) For Year-Round Sleeping Comfort and hated to see her go home. I never about more freely, thus helping to cru Sleep ONTIT saw a patient do better. prevent much stiffness and deformity. The other patient was unhappy. Because of the nature of these prepa- ,not - lt When I found her asthma clearing rations they must be given only un- up, she looked disappointed. Two der the close supervision of a physi- ,Isis hours later she had the nursing staff cian. calling me for some kind of knock- As to diet, because frequently out medicine. Her husband hovered there are indications of poor nutri- around trying to be helpful, but he tion over a period of years, a "build- apparently made her worse. She ing" diet is advised. It is high in wanted more attention from the protein, vitamins, and minerals and nurses; the food was not quite up to low in carbohydrates and refined par. She reported she had not slept foods. MORE COMFORTABLE—Warms the mattress and certain nights, whereas the chart Physical therapy is coming into spaces beside you—not just the top covering. said that every time the nurse CONVENIENT—Leave it on the mattress year its own in the treatment of arthritis. round. It's protected from wear and tear. Wash- stepped into the room she found the Aside from relief of pain, its value able with soap and water. patient asleep. My diagnosis was ex- ECONOMICAL—Puts all the warmth in the bed. is becoming more and more appreci- Warms the bed—not the bedroom. treme selfishness, complicated by ated by doctors throughout the world. SAFE—Cannot become folded up to overheat asthma. If I had to make a choice while attached to mattress. Even Mahatma Gandhi, though not a WINTER OR SUMMER—Whenever the bedroom I would choose the asthma. A change physician, understood the principles cools, Electro-Warmth comes on automatically to keep the bed at the temperature you have selected of climate often cures asthma, but of hydrotherapy, which is one branch on the Comfort Control, even in the coldest I have never seen it change a dis- weather. It turns itself off when the room warms of physical therapy, and delighted up again. position. personally, so one biographer states, YOU WILL LOVE the pleasing sensation of com- Truly "a merry heart doeth good plete relaxation as the soft radiant warmth soothes to give fomentations and massage to the nerves and induces deep restful sleep. like a medicine," and compared with the sick who came under his atten- IF YOU SUFFER from arthritis, cramps, poor circulation, or have frequent colds, or if you do not a jitter pill it is far more effective. tion. Who would hazard a guess as to sleep soundly all night, Electro-Warmth promises Get out of doors and exercise, take how many arthritics he relieved? you prompt, pleasant relief and better health. 5 YEAR WARRANTY—Direct factory-to-user your tonic showers and rubdowns, Much of the physical therapy used service. live a simple life. Get out into the in arthritis is complicated, and must Send for FREE booklet: "Which Bed Warmer fresh air and sunshine, listen to the Works Best." be given in a hospital by trained ORDER DIRECT FROM birds sing. They don't even know technicians. But the arthritic who THE ELECTRO-WARMTH CO. $24.95 where their next meal is coming from cannot remain in the hospital for an Dept. LH-1, 4115 Aspen Street Postpaid (it may be from my berry patch, indefinite period need not feel that the Washington 15, D.C. but I don't mind if they will sing outlook for him is hopeless. Some for me), neither do they know where of the most effective of physical they are going to spend the night. therapy procedures are available for Exercise those trunk muscles that home use. These are heat, massage, never get used. Every muscle not exercise, rest. used is a drawback to you. A college Though these home treatments are freshman playing football exercises simple, their simplicity lies in their every muscle in his body. He never adaptability to application. They 25% MORE feels depressed, and sleeps like a log. must be given properly or they may Fifteen years later, sitting in an of- do more harm than good. How can JUICE! fice, with flabby stomach muscles and you know whether they are properly soft heart muscles, he is a fit sub- given? Talk the matter over with your ject for almost any type of nervous doctor, and he will help ,you to ar- disease or heart trouble. range for a physiotherapist to give Daily setting-up exercises, a brisk the treatments in your home or to shower, and a rubdown with a rough instruct some member of the family. Turkish towel—spend several min- In this way, the patient can have a utes at it, then spat your entire high type of care right at home. body until it is pink and tingling— Since space permits tips on only will send the blood bounding and make one phase of home treatment, let's you feel like a race horse. take heat. It usually gives immediate Eat sparingly, eat simply, but get and almost complete temporary re- To live better and build up your body, you good variety. Remember that foods lief from the painful gnawing misery, must have certain vitamins, minerals, and such as bread and meat eaten at night and can be used several times a day. nutrients EVERY DAY. Extract them easily daily It relaxes the muscles, dilates the in your own kitchen with the K&K SHREDDER are slow to digest, and may keep you JUICER ...it's STAINLESS STEEL throughout. awake. blood vessels, and increases the flow Pulp free juices are healthier, better tasting. Get out into your flower garden of blood and lymph to the part. This FREE LITERATURE, just write. daily, if it's only for five minutes. action hastens the removal of waste products and the absorption of exu- DEPT. L-1 Plant a fruit tree or two. Make a Knuth Engineering Company compost heap from your lawn cuttings. dates caused by the inflammatory 2617 N. St. Louis,Chicago 47, III. process. Raise a few peaches that will be the Name envy of your neighbors. Remember Anything that will hold and con- vey heat to a painful area of the body Address it's lots of fun just to live if you City Zone State I have a good liver. (Turn to page 27) JANUARY, 1957 25 tion and allows the head to bend away back. That will help to hold the head erect later." "0 Mommy," said Tommy, "see the fun we have with marbles. We Wings of Health put a dozen marbles in a pile. Then with our bare toes we pick them up one at a time and place them in an- By VEDA SUE MARSH, R.N. other pile. That strengthens the muscles of our feet. "Another exercise we tried was tiptoeing in one place and then tiptoeing around the room in our bare feet. See me do it." THE ACROBATS Tommy tried so hard he almost toppled over. "Let's do the bicycle exercise," said John. HUMP, thump, pause, giggle, flat on the floor, and tried the broom- All three children lay on the floor Tthump, wham, bang! stick exercise. on their backs. With arms at sides Mother came in from the kitchen "Joan is getting sway-backed," they raised their knees and began to see what was going on. She found said John. "See how her back goes to make their feet go round and the Little Jays and Tommy in their in at the waist. The exercise for that round just as though they were ped- pajamas going through all sorts of is to lie flat on the floor on your aling a bicycle. What a race they did acrobatic stunts. back, knees raised and feet flat on have, and almost a collision with their "Who said you could change this the floor. The arms may lie comfort- feet. That exercise soon made them bedroom into a gymnasium?" asked ably at the side of the head or over pant. Mother Munroe. The kiddies burst the head. Push down so that the small "Let's play camel," said Joan. With into laughter. of the back touches the floor, and hands on knees and chin in air, they "We gave each other the straight- bobbed their heads as they walked line test and a few other tests, and much as a camel does. now we are taking corrective exer- "Now let's play we are horses," cises," said John. John suggested. Immediately they "Sounds like the bed and furniture straightened up and put their hands may need some corrective treatment on their hips. With heads held erect if this keeps on," said Daddy, coming they went high-stepping around the to the door and observing three pant- room. ing, disheveled children by the name "Before the horses get to galloping, of Munroe. they had better get dressed and go Joan said, "Our bodies are like outdoors," suggested Mother Mun- young trees, and if we do not keep roe. our skeletons in the proper position "I'm hungry," said Tommy, and at all times they may grow crooked. the Little Jays realized it was break- For the straight-line test, we stood fasttime and they were very hungry. each one up and had him take his normal posture with eyes closed. Not "I know some fine exercises for try to stand up straight, but stand ELLANOn e.rron. each one of you," said Mother. just as normally as possible. "Oh, yes! We are not asking what "We stood this board up on end they are, for we can guess," said and lined it up with the ear. The relax in that position. That is a good John. straight line of the board should fol- exercise for all adults to try every "I think I better explain them," low through the shoulder, hip, knee, day. The heels women wear on their Mother said. "Joan can stand on her and ankle joints. We watched for any shoes tend to make the wearer sway- tiptoes to get the dishes from the change from this straight line. backed. The higher the heels, the cupboard to set the table. Very fine "Tommy lets his shoulders slump more the woman has to bend in at exercise. Washing the dishes in nice so much that his shoulder blades will the waist to keep from falling over." warm water will make the hands soft be sticking out like wings pretty soon. "Let me tell about John's correc- and supple. He is getting a little outward hump tive exercises," said Joan. "He bends "Putting the cooking dishes away at the waistline because he slumps over his desk so much he is getting on the lower shelf will give you a down in his seat at school. Tommy round-shouldered and his head is chance to bend the knees while keep- sits on the floor with his feet straight poking out in front, like a turtle's. ing the back very straight. As you out in front of him. Grasping a When we did the straight-line test stand you can use the big muscles broomstick with both hands, he raises his ear was not directly over the of the thigh. If all of you learn to it over his head and brings it down shoulder joint, but was to the front do that now instead of bending from behind his head as far as he can. of it. Besides the broomstick exercise, the waist, you will save yourselves When he does this his chest rises we had him do another. He put a many a backache later in life." and his shoulder blades are drawn pillow on the floor, lay down on his "The table is set, and I am starved," in. That is a good corrective exer- back so that the pillow came just be- said Joan. cise for humped shoulders. See how low and to the lower edge of the "Very well, but I could explain nicely he can do it." shoulder blades. That pushes the many more excellent exercises," Tommy sat straight with his legs shoulder blades up in a better posi- Mother laughed. 26 LIFE & HEALTH Arthritis (Continued from page 25) can be used—electric pad, hot-water bottle, hot tub bath, bags of heated sand, chemical heating pads, electri- cal household heaters, fomentations, infrared lamps. Dry heat gives some living patients the greatest relief ; moist demands a complete heat gives others the greatest relief. Dry heat is changed to moist heat by wringing a towel out of hot water, placing it over the part to be treated, °urn mod and directing the dry heat on it. Cancer can't strike me, Cover the wet towel and do not allow I'm hiding. it to cool around the edges. Clammy edges could counteract all the good supplement effects of the treatment. Occasionally heat increases the CERAPLEX pain. When this occurs, discontinue you'll find all the nutrients the treatment and report its effect to needed for a well balanced the physician so that he may make diet, rich in uniformly potent ingredients and extra high proper adjustment. quality. Compare the A suggestion as to technic in giv- 33-element formula in an ing fomentations : Remove each one all-natural base—you'll before it reaches the cool, clammy choose CERAPLEX! Super, Regular* and Junior... stage, and have the next one ready to to meet every nutritional What I don't know apply. Dry the body between applica- requirement. won't hurt me. tions. At the close of the treatment, 2 months supply—$6.85" rub the part with a cool wet cloth Write for illustrated folder. or rubbing alcohol, dry it, dust with At your favorite healthfood store or from talcum, and cover with a blanket. Epsom salts—one-half cup to a bucket EMENEL CO. of water—added to the hot water Loma Linda, Calif. from which the flannel cloths are wrung will increase the effectiveness in relieving pain and swelling. Never leave the patient alone in a tub bath. He already is weak, heat may increase his weakness, and an accident can easily occur. A cold cloth to the head while he is in the tub will be very welcome, and will prevent congestion and headache. At the close of the tub bath—which is given at 98 to 102° F. twenty to thirty minutes Lots of people die of it, —cool the water to tepid and give a I know .. . but the gentle alcohol rubdown. Guard against chilling. Best results from From Arthritic, Rheu- American Cancer Society any treatment are obtained if the pa- matic Pain with says a great many deaths tient rests quietly or sleeps afterward. from cancer are NEEDLESS Getting into or out of the tub may Neat seat be difficult. A set of steps that fit deaths. That's why I do Effective help for neuritis, what they tell me. I have into the tub will assist the patient in colds, and "flu" with THER- an annual medical lowering himself into the water and MOPHORE "fomentations." in getting out of the tub. A rubber Pain-soothing heat "at the snap checkup however well of a switch" gives you quick re- mat on the bottom of the tub will laxation and relief from soreness. I feel. I know the seven give added security. The Battle Creek THERMO- FACTORY PRICE PHORE replaces messy old-style danger signals. And Just a word about pillows. Though hot packs and wet towels with Money-back quick, convenient, moist-heat when I want sound comforting to the patient, they should Guarantee fomentations. information, I get it from not be used except as bracers at the sides of the body. True, they may USED BY FAMOUS SANITARIUMS ... my Unit of the A professional appliance, yet safely, easily used at support painful arms and legs in less home. Satisfied users testify to the effectiveness of painful positions, but while .doing so the THERMOPHORE when moist heat is desired. AMERICAN 51 Included are a 27" x 13" electric unit (uses AC or they encourage contraction of mus- DC current), two washable covers, a safety thermostat, a switch, and a 10' cord. CANCEIR cles, stiffness, and future deformities. No treatment should be carried to Write Today for Literature SOCIETY the point of pain or fatigue. This is THERMOPHORE true of exercise and massage in par- Battle Creek Equipment Co. O (Turn, to page 29) Dept. LH-17, Battle Creek, Michigan JANUARY, 1957 27 If you have a question or problem regarding food or diet, address: The Dietitian, LIFE & HEALTH, Washing- ton 12, D.C. Enclose stamped, addressed envelope for reply.

Citric Acid be shunned, especially for sedentary Iodine Need workers or persons who have reason I have made pickles with citric to believe their digestion is slow. We live where iodine is lacking in acid in place of vinegar. Now I won- Some do not consider milk a liquid, the soil, so use iodized salt. We wonder whether they are healthful. Is because as soon as it reaches the der whether iodine is needed at all citric acid safe to use? stomach it turns to a cheeselike mix- times. What about using iodized salt Citric acid is a natural food acid ture. in canning? widely distributed in fresh fruits and The best time for most persons to Iodized salt is safe, and it is needed found also in some vegetables. drink water or juice is on arising by persons of all ages who live where In its pure form it may come from and about twenty minutes before iodine is lacking in the soil. For those fruit as a by-product of the canning meals. Many nutrition authorities ap- on salt-free diets the doctor will sug- industry or it may be made in the prove the sipping of a little liquid gest another form of iodine. chemical laboratory. It is the same in even with dinner, but it is not to be There is probably no other food either case, and the body takes care used to wash down food. essential that has as much to do with of it very well. promoting superior mental activity, Research has shown that even food 10.1.0.1•00.000000110 0000 000001.0000 a buoyant personality, and general acids may soften the tooth enamel well-being unless it is B-complex vi- temporarily, so when using citric tamins. acid be sure to follow directions and IPattern Set WitA Snow The requirement for iodine is not make your solution too strong. small; it is thought to be about .15 A tablespoonful of citric acid crys- By JEAN MERGARD to .30 milligrams daily for an adult. tals to a quart of water is considered It is needed regularly. The amount correct for making a solution similar The swirling snow falls soundlessly required is supplied by the average to lemon juice. It is considered health- Over the sleeping lawn and paling, use of iodized salt. f ul. Laying softly on each tree Iodine is especially important for Its bridal gown of purity, the maturing girl and boy and for * * * Robing the land with virgin veiling. the expectant mother. Its faithful use tends to make superior babies. Liquids at Meals One vast uncluttered coverlet Iodized salt is safe for canning. It Upon the frost-bound earth is piling, may cause a noticeable cloudiness of Since it is good to drink only spar- And I recall the flowerlet the liquid and a slight darkening of ingly of liquids at mealtime, when Of snow that is a snowflake, yet colored vegetables. If you are working shall we drink water, milk, fruit No two identical in styling. for a prize on canned vegetables at juices, and vegetable juices? the State fair, use plain salt in can- It is true that much liquid taken How many varied stars of glass ning them. For all other home cook- with a full meal may slow digestion. Has heaven on this day unfurled ing, faithfully use iodized salt. It is especially injurious if a person For this uninterrupted mass Some people are turning to the use has heart trouble or is in a weakened Of oneness! Nothing could surpass of unrefined sea salt, when available. condition. Ice cold drinks taken too This peaceful pure united world. It is excellent, for it is naturally rich fast or when a person is overheated in iodine and other important min- have been known to cause serious erals. trouble. Simple suppers of fruit punch, . * cottage cheese, cereal coffee made with milk, toast, and fruit, or a nour- Red Cross Helpers ishing soup with salad and toast are Community volunteers make Red examples of meals having liquid foods Cross services possible. Last year 1,- as main articles. They are easily di- .650,000 volunteers participated in Red gested by most persons. Cross programs. Out of 3,700 chapters, It is copious liquids with a heavy 1,400 were entirely operated by volun- meal, as at dinnertime, that are to 00,00 0011, 00001•001,111•00000,0 0000 teers.

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New Year's. We make new resolu- Cabbage is a year-round vegetable. ture. These evenings are great for tions so that 1957 will be the best Try it boiled and served with butter taking a good brisk walk and dropping year ever, and we carry out these re- and salt or top milk and butter. And in on a neighbor. Calls among neigh- solves for several weeks perhaps, then for salads, the combinations are al- bors are not so frequent as they used too many of us quit and go back to most endless. Green and red cabbage to be, and we all lose a great deal our old unpleasing habits. shredded and tossed together in a of wonderful sociability. What's the matter? Backbone salad is pretty to look at and good It happens too often that we save trouble. Many of us have wishbones eating. You will like diced, unpared and plan in order to buy comfortable for backbones. We wish and wish. red apple with cabbage, raisins, modern living room furniture, and We fat people look at the willowy, and dressing; chopped cabbage with then don't take the time to enjoy it slender people and resolve never to green pepper, celery, and onion. Com- leisurely. Often we don't possess our eat any more cake, pie, or chocolate bined with pineapple, cabbage is in the possessions, but they possess us. creams* We impatient people envy the elite class. This year I read again Cheerio's ease with which patient people train Use cranberries oftener. They add Book of Days, given me by a dear their children. We sigh and grieve color and zip to any meal. friend a number of Christmases ago. over the behavior of our own at times. If you are tempted to buy candy, It is a collection of quotations and It's almost certain that if little Sally don't. Buy fruit instead. Bananas, for poems, each one delightful and in- treats her dolls harshly and impa- instance. Fully as satisfying and de- spirational. tiently she has seen her mother use licious. They are tasty in a salad with the same treatment. We resolve never mayonnaise and chopped peanuts, or Wooden Spoons. Do you have a set again to raise our voices at our chil- in a dessert with apples, pineapple, of wooden spoons? They are good to dren, never again to get cross. We coconut, and whipped cream dressing. use in mixing bread dough and cake will read thoughtfully the Good Book I look out our west windows and batter, for creaming butter and sugar, and other good books that will .help see our raspberry bushes sprinkled and for blending salad greens, and us to be better Christians, better with snow and think back to red ber- are just the thing for the stirring parents, better neighbors, better citi- ries in a shortcake or with cream job in jelly-making time. Another zens. We will spend more time in and a bit of sugar. The black rasp- good thing about using wooden quiet meditation and prayer. berries are equally delicious. Both spoons is that they are quieter, and How much do we want all this? kinds are fine in a fruit-bowl dessert they don't scratch bowls. Enough to really work at it? It won't with sweet cherries and bananas. be accomplished in one day. Melted Fat. In measuring fat to With frozen foods, you can have these use in a recipe, remember that if the Food Suggestions. Let's dress up delicious fruits the year round. word melted appears after the word our vegetable dishes a little more this Cozy Winter Evenings. These long shortening, you measure the short- year, especially those vegetables we winter evenings are good for many ening first and then melt it. If it must use often. Don't be afraid of things — reading, sewing, planning appears before the name of the fat, onions and garlic. What would we next year's garden (it helps a lot melt the fat before measuring. do without them? A good potato when the rush of spring work is on soup flavored with garlic and topped and you have all your seed accounted Pictures on the Walls. People usu- with dumplings can be epicurean. for), repairing or remodeling furni- ally have a fondness for the pictures A sauce of melted margarine and that hang on the walls of their home. lemon juice is good with broccoli. A They select them with great care. Or sauce made of green peppers, onions, AAAA the pictures may have been in the and tomatoes is a favorite. It can be family for years and are kept for served on baked potatoes, rice, or natural otavo sentiment. Whatever your reason for Lima beans. Serve diced carrots with the selection of pictures in your corn or string beans and peas in a By ELINOR C. WOOLSON home, please place them where peo- salad with chopped egg and celery. ple can see them. Often in a home We had lots of canned beets last Build for another, and that building will stand the pictures are hung high on the winter, and we liked them diced and Firm and strong and fair in the land. walls. They should be on a level with served with chopped onion and mayon- Build for yourself, for yourself alone— the eyes of a person of average naise. Your building will fall, though it's made of stone. height. Experiment with herb flavors— May you be truly happy this new basil, savory, marjoram, thyme. Use year. Being truly happy, you will parsley generously. make someone else happy.

30 LIFE & HEALTH Polio Today Red Cross Hospital Handbook (Continued from page 29) A Red Cross Gray Lady developed The average number of cases of a bilingual hospital handbook as an poliomyelitis reported to the United aid in obtaining medical histories ---11( for Better Health States Public Health Service for the from non-English-speaking patients first thirty-five weeks of the year, up at the U.S. Public Health Service Hos- to September 1, for 1951 through pital, Baltimore, Maryland. SPECIAL 1955 (five-year average), was about Mrs. Eleanor Z. Keeney conceived 18,575. OF THE MONTH the idea of the handbook, and with the In 1956 the figure was less than assistance of doctors, nurses, and oth- half—only 8,915 cases. In the last week ers over a five-year period arranged NES-PAK in August, traditionally one of the the book so that medical histories can NUT-TENE Nes-Pa big weeks in the United States polio be obtained in eight languages : Chin- "Delicious and Nutritious' season, the number of cases reported ese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, was only about one third of the aver- Italian, Norwegian, and Spanish. age number for the previous five years-887 cases in 1956 to 2,323 NOW AVAILABLE IN cases in the 1951-55 average. Patients stricken with paralytic EAT PECANS FOR HEALTH 10 oz., 16 oz., and 30 oz. cans polio have a better chance for complete recovery and restoration to nor- FRESH TEXAS MACHINED mal living than ever before. SHELLED PECANS A The methods, technics, and tools serving suggestion for you: of rehabilitation have been improved Packed-1# to 30# boxes to such an extent that no patient, no Prices guaranteed until January NUT-TENE CROQUETTES matter how badly he appears to be HALVES-95c per lb. I can Nut-tene crippled, need any longer be regarded PIECES-90c per lb. 4 shredded wheat biscuits as a hopeless invalid. PLUS POSTAGE This fact is exhibited most dra- 2 hard-boiled eggs On 511s. box always figure 61b. postage 1 raw egg—beaten matically in the fifteen regional re- plus 5c insurance I small onion—chopped spiratory centers that have been es- salt to taste tablished in the United States since D. McCREA & SON dash of sage 1950 with the support and guidance YANCEY, TEXAS Phone 2261 1/2 tbsp. Flavex—dissolved in 1/2 cup of the National Foundation for In- boiling water fantile Paralysis. These centers, con- Chop Nut-tene fine, roll shredded wheat, nected with universities, are pioneer- and crumble hard-boiled eggs. Add ing institutions where total medical beaten egg, salt, sage, and onion; then care or rehabilitation for selected pa- Flavex and water. Shape into croquettes, tients is demonstrated at its high roll in cracker meal, and fry in deep veg- pitch of efficiency. etable fat or bake in moderately hot oven Respiratory centers are institutions until brown. into which patients, often gasping for breath, are admitted and placed Every year millions of in iron lungs, and from which, after people travel thousands of miles to take an average stay of seven months, Mineral Baths at famous spas and Health they are released to return home and Resorts. Now, these Additional recipes available upon request. take up jobs! Of course not every same Minerals in con- centrated form can patient can be completely restored to be added to your own bath at home. normal life, but the percentage of The wonderful sooth- success is so high that these centers ing effects, relaxation have brought new hope to crippled and comfort with last- These, too, are NES-PAK Good Foods— ing benefit, can be Full 30 day supply people everywhere in the world. had for pennies a day. Once you have tried it you will make it a daily practice. * NUT-TENE * VEG-A-STEAK The first respiratory centers were ORDER TODAY! Sold on a money back established in 1950 in Boston, Massa- guarantee. * PROTENE * STEWED GLUTEN chusetts, and Houston, Texas. The Send * SOYBEANS * NES-BURGER largest one—Rancho Los Amigos— For FREE BOOKLET is located near Los Angeles, Cali- containing amazing facts about * CHICK PEA SOUP * MOCK SCALLOPS Mineral Baths. MAIL COUPON fornia. The centers do important TODAY!

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None who need help will be for- Eleanor Roosevelt gotten. (Contiuued from page .91) Better-trained nurses and attend- (Continued from page 19) The 1957 March of Dimes is ants are now available to polio vic- Her evening mealtime is often pledged to give renewed attention to tims. This is partly owing to the spent in entertaining guests at her the victims of paralytic polio struck program of professional education apartment, where she used to serve before the advent of the vaccine. It that has been carried out by the Na- them lap suppers, because she has no will continue to make provision for tional Foundation. One third of all dining room. Recently her children the rehabilitation of the eighty thou- qualified physical therapists in the gave her a set of aluminum folding sand polio victims for whom the vac- United States were supported in their tables, which she now uses for her cine came too late. Some of these education by the March of Dimes. guests' convenience. need extensive help, others somewhat Scientific research and patient-aid Mrs. Roosevelt's day begins with programs of the National Foundation setting-up exercises. These are usu- have raised the quality of medical ally limbering-up routines to keep care in the fields of physical medi- her from getting stiff. She has a cine and rehabilitation. In the past slight tendency to osteoarthritis, but nineteen years the local chapters of she can still bend over and touch the National Foundation have spent her toes if she wishes. Although she more than one quarter of a billion doesn't do this in her daily routine dollars for the hospital, medical, of exercises she would be glad to and other care of the tragic victims of oblige anyone skeptical of her ability. paralytic polio. Polio itself is now be- Millions of Americans have read ing conquered, but the need for re- "My Day," written by Mrs. Roosevelt. Beautifully Located is a Suburb of Our Nation's Capital habilitation continues. Her daily routine is much more full The effects of the National Founda- than her column would depict. She THIS modern general hospital tion's wise expenditure of March of maintains therapeutic standards aimed is up at 7 A.M. After her usual lim- at bringing new strength and vigor to Dimes funds have gone far beyond bering-up exercises she has a light body, mind, and spirit of each medical, helping polio victims. Iron lungs are breakfast, and catches up on the surgical, and obstetrical case admitted. used for the treatment of military previous day's news by reading the casualties and for victims of in- newspapers and various memoranda. EUGENE LELAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL dustrial accidents and such conditions At 9 her secretary arrives, and 9 to Riverdale, Maryland as asthma and gas poisoning. 9:45 is a busy time, when she dic- The technics of rehabilitation tates her important letters and her taught under National Foundation daily column. sponsorship apply as much to heart By 10 she is at the office. She cripples, persons suffering nerve or delves through official matters, finish- brain damage, and others as they do ing as quickly as possible. to polio victims. At noon she has lunch with guests, Physical therapists taught with and may or may not return to the March of Dimes funds give service office. She never stays at her office to victims of accidents, cerebral palsy, after her work is finished. She will muscular dystrophy, and scores of quickly run through fifteen or twenty other ailments where physical therapy appointments a day. She moves hur- is indicated. riedly, but is never harried, waxing The scientific-research grants impatient only when someone throws given by the National Foundation her off her tight schedule. She meets have opened up vast fields of investi- her visitors at one-half-hour appoint- gation in all virus diseases. There ments, and frequently makes record- is even some evidence that they have ings of her interviews. She works contributed toward the solution of all through the day. When she is the cancer problem. Research findings finished at the American Association GIVE YOUR are not limited to polio. for the United Nations office she re- The American public has always turns to her apartment, where she DOCTOR A CHANCE given generously to the March of continues her interviews or visits. 400,000 Americans, leading Dimes. This money has been returned She takes no afternoon naps, and active lives today, are liv- many times over in prevention of seems never to tire. This vitality con- ing proof of the fact that polio with its resultant crippling and tributes to her intense interest in her cancer can be cured if de- loss of productive years and of life. work and enthusiasm for it. She has tected in time. Give your With the promise that the Salk the priceless ability to completely let doctor a chance to give you vaccine gives of freedom from the go and relax at any time and in any this protection by having a threat of paralytic polio in 1957, position. physical checkup every year and the new hope for rehabilitation By 5 P.M. her secretary goes home, of your life. This should in- of those crippled not only by polio but Mrs. Roosevelt's day is only half clude a chest x-ray for men; but by other conditions as well, the over. She may have supper at home for women, a pelvic people of the United States will no or in a restaurant and then go out examination. Make it a doubt continue to contribute dimes for an evening at the theater or a habit... for life. and dollars generously by giving to concert. Or she may spend the eve- the January, 1957, March of Dimes. ning quietly at home reading. She The past has brought success—the rarely watches television except for AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY future augurs well. some special program she is deeply 32 LIFE & HEALTH interested in. She is a trifle deaf in Mrs. R. has disciplined her mind Good Health for You and one ear, which makes it a little harder to accomplish the many things she for her to enjoy television or radio believes she should do. She is a vo- the Entire Family than before this ailment struck her. racious reader, consuming a great She states that her doctors feel this many reports from the UN and other may be referable to childbirth. official organizations. She also enjoys On such a strenuous schedule she reading fiction and biography, and is lucky to hit the pillow by 1 A.M. is a critic and reader for the Junior She frequently stays up until 3 A.M. Literary Guild, to which she must She is up at 7 or 7:30 every morning, give a report regularly on numerous no matter how late she stays up at books. night. She doesn't tire easily or require She doesn't know what insomnia is. much sleep. "However, I do take good She is so completely fatigued from care of myself," says Mrs. Roosevelt. her day's activities that she falls Her personal physician, Dr. David asleep immediately, and does not re- Furewitch, a Russian physician born in Switzerland, watches her general Yes, made of miracle nylon and stainless steel. quire any sleeping pills or other No corrosive materials! soporifics, such as reading in bed. health carefully. He has accompanied During her White House days Mrs. her on many trips. 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She is not a collector except for she has had only two complete physi- • Endorsed by leading health authorities. cal examinations like this in her pictures of her family and memo- • Priced within reach of every family. rabilia of White House days. She is lifetime. Her doctor advises yearly not at all the collector that Franklin examinations now, but she says; "I • It's low-cost health insurance. D. Roosevelt was. No philatelist or don't think I'll have another one for • Costs almost nothing to operate-1/3 h.p. ship-model lover, she says, "One col- at least a couple of years." motor. lector in the family was enough." Her plan for taking good care of THE MARVEL JUICER COMPANY She said that most of F. D. R.'s herself includes a monthly treatment 1201 South Central Avenue Lodi, California stamp collection was sold at the by an osteopath for her osteoar- time of his death as directed in his thritis. She visits a chiropodist once a will. Only a few stamps remain to month for foot care, and has her show his interest, and these are kept teeth cleaned monthly by her dentist. at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Museum Mrs. Roosevelt is temperate in her on their Hyde Park homestead, which habits. She has never smoked, and has been visited by 4 million people takes only vitamin pills and some since his death. garlic pills—"to perk up the mem- Mrs. Roosevelt says she rarely ory," she says. sleeps longer than six or seven hours The only serious illness she has AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS a night. Although after a short had in her life is typhoid fever, and Is pleased to present a selection of night's sleep she may wish to retire she had one serious operation many natural-color slides and filmstrips. earlier the next night, even then she years ago. Her tonsils were removed seldom sleeps more than eight or after she was grown. Her physical 2 x 2 slides: stamina does not come from a family Astronomy 85 slides nine hours. Creation 29 slides She also enjoys exercise at Hyde of long-lived members, for her mother The Bible 43 slides Park in the form of swimming in the and father both died in their late The Childhood of Jesus 20 slides Roosevelt pool next to Val-Kill Cot- twenties. Single Frame Filmstrips: tage, but in New York City she is She has an amazing resistance to Fish of the United States—in 9 beau- so busy with her activities that she virus infections, seldom catching tiful natural-color filmstrips seldom has time for more than a bit cold or the flu. She nurses the chil- God's Matchless Love presented in of walking. During White House days dren and others in the family through 10 filmstrips (single or double frame) she enjoyed horseback riding. When these infections, but rarely comes World's Hope Faith Under Test down with one herself. God's Love Prayer and the Bible in Hyde Park she likes to take a Sinner's Need God's Blessings frisky little Scottie named Duffy— "Learning to discipline the mind Repentance & Conversion Security in Christ gift of a Toledo boy after Fala's is training it to do what you want it Faith Obedience death—with her on long country to do and not allowing it to rule Audio-Visual Aids walks. you," says Mrs. Roosevelt. "People 6856 Eastern Avenue, NW. Her favorite time for walking is say, 'I can't help being nervous.' One Washington 12, D.C. early morning, when little Duffy can help being nervous," she insists. Please send me information on sniffs his way through the pine-en- For example, many people fidget, riched forest planted by President twiddle their thumbs, twist or turn Name in their chair, and say they can't sit Roosevelt. On these walks she fre- Address quently wears the tweed coat she still. "One should learn to make him- City I bought on her honeymoon in 1905. (Turn to page 3.4) I JANUARY. 1957 33 Eleanor Roosevelt velt said, "This is it." Every day is For Additional a vacation to this first lady of the Information (Continued from page 33) world, and she gets so much relaxation and rejuvenation of body and concerning items or products self sit quietly," admonishes Mrs. spirit at her Val-Kill Cottage that she advertised in LIFE AND Roosevelt. need go no farther. However, on her HEALTH, use this check list She says one of her secrets for a and return it to us. lecture tours she frequently stops in happy life is that she learned long Please send all orders for products direct at exotic restaurants such as Omar to the advertiser whose name and address ago to relax, and has taught this art Khayyam's in San Francisco or those appears with the ad. carefully to her children. in the French Quarter in New Or- ON "One of the boys, while still young, leans. 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