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Page THE BILLION-DOLLAR TOOTHACHE M. Webster Prince. D.D.S. 10

BEAUTY AND HEALTH IN A BATH Kathryn J. Nelson, R.N. 12

GET-WELL FUN . Jeanne Edwards 14

WHAT DO YOU FEAR? . Edna D. Hicks 16

MIGRAINE HEADACHE Lester H. Lonergan, M.D. 18

TAKE THE CHILDREN ON YOUR TRIPS . Leigh Hayden 20

WHAT IS A METABOLISM TEST? Edward James Grochmal 21

FOOD HYGIENE Robert P. Little, M.D. 22

SAND IN THE GEARS James J. Short, M.D. 24

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APRIL, 1955 5 LET THIS TEAM WORK SOYAMEL (sor eAr.e./ The New Doctors now agree that certain bodily ills may result from a long-time protein deficiency and lack BETTER-TASTING of sufficient vitamins and minerals rather than from age alone. You should protect your health, promote longer life, by eating sufficient of the best proteins, SOY MILK vitamins, and minerals. HEALTH BOOSTER HI-PROTEEN (Tablets or Powder/ (Flavors: Vanilla, Chocolate, Plain) DEAR EDITOR: Hi-Proteen is a complete protein, con- I read with interest . each article pub- taining all the amino acids. The 22 amino lished in the LIFE & HEALTH magazine. acids are as essential in full body building as are the 26 letters of the alphabet for It is a real health booster for everyone. the formation of words. Hi-Proteen con- I especially enjoy Mother's Counselor, tains a very high percentage of the best grades of Class A protein., the full 22 being mother to two small boys. amino acids, with particularly large 2 lbs. 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Life is a mystery. It is wonderful. But we may WASHINGTON 12, D.C. Worthington Ohio pass on to our children only the health and habits we possess. By careful living let us bequeath to them the best of life and health. 6 LIFE & HEALTH Nearly everyone at some time or other has acne, especially young men during the teen ages. Infection and changes in the endochrine glands are the foremost causes of acne, and the changes at puberty lead to excessive oiliness of the skin and blackhead formation. Diet, emotional dis- turbance, fatigue, and infection of the tonsils, teeth, and nasal sinuses may ag- gravate acne. Here are some tips on acne: 1. Furs and woolens should not be al lowed to contact the skin. 2. Greasy, oily substances should be avoided on affected areas. 3. Occupational exposure to dirt, oils, Boost for Breakfast Ulcers in Children greases, and tars, such as working in a If you have been skipping breakfast, A sad commentary on unhappy home gas station, should be kept to a minimum. take a tip from a couple of chicks and life and family tension today is reflected 4. Pimples should never be picked or start eating heartily. in the number of stomach ulcers appear- squeezed, and the patient should keep his Experiments at Wells Memorial School, ing in children, according to Dr. W. E. hands off his face or away from pimples in Chesham, New Hampshire, on chicks Henrickson, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri. In to help prevent infection. showed that the ones fed fruit, cereal, an issue of GP magazine, published by the egg, toast, and milk (in contrast to chicks American Academy of General Practice, starting their morning with lighter meals Dr. Henrickson pointed out that in a * —toast and cocoa or only cereal) showed series of six cases of stomach ulcer re- very little difference in weight, but the ported in school children, seriously dis- better-fed pair were remarkably superior turbed family home life was found in Sound Stops Pain in behavior, disposition, and appearance. every case. A new means for stopping intractable If you would like to look better, feel Some doctors have observed that there pain from cancer and for restoring san- better, and act better, you had better are probably 50,000 children between the ity to disordered minds was recently re- start eating breakfast. ages of one and six who have stomach ported by Dr. P. .Lindstrom of the Uni- ulcers. A typical child ulcer patient is versity of Pittsburgh Medical School and the "tense, bright youngster," usually the Veterans Hospital, Pittsburgh. characterized by his parents as being In this new procedure high-frequency, "highly nervous." Such a child tends to high-intensity sound is beamed into hu- Growth of Hair keep his emotions repressed. Just as emo- man veins through a one-inch opening in tional factors are important in causing the skull. Results: 27 patients compared Human hair grows in cycles. Dr. R. E. adult stomach ulcer, they are important favorably with patients having lobotomy Strauss, writing in the Pennsylvania in causing children's stomach ulcer. operations. Most patients in severe pain Medical Journal, says that hair has a Symptoms of peptic ulcer in children had relief, though not always complete growing phase and a resting period in are similar to those in adults. They are freedom from it. its development. Unlike the hair of some heartburn, acid indigestion, vomiting of In lobotomy operations part of the pre- other mammals, human hair may be grow- blood, stomach pain, general vomiting, frontal lobes of the brain are destroyed. ing in one area of the body while adja- and constipation. The skull opening for the sound treatment cent hair may be resting. Treatment of the ulcer is usually med- is a comparatively minor procedure, per- Hair of the chin grows most rapidly. ical, and the doctor prescribes milk or formed under local anesthesia, Dr. Lind- The hair of thighs and eyebrows grows antacids to be taken at bedtime and be- strom stated. The brain is not opened only half as fast. Scalp hair grows con- tween meals. But most important of all nor punctured. tinuously from four to five years, and in the treatment is getting the child's sometimes as long as twenty-five years. home life on an even keel. He must have And then only a short resting period a relaxed environment and more happi- takes place before a new growth cycle ness and love from his parents. If the sets in. Scalp hair grows slowly, and may emotional stress is not corrected, he is take many years to reach the length seen bound to have recurrences of the condi- Erratum in some women. tion. Arm and leg hair has a longer resting Apologies are due Editor Joseph Gar- period than scalp hair, and a shorter pe- land, M.D., the overseer of the scholarly riod of growth. Hair growth is influenced * * New England Journal of Medicine, in Bos- by the weather, being stepped up by hot ton, because LIFE & HEALTH quoted his weather. journal as saying that liniment is useful Hair stimulants are more or less use- in arthritis cases where ACTH and other less. Once the growth cycle has stopped, Soap and Water for Pimples medicines have failed. Our March of Med- there is no reliable way to set it going Soap and water alone are sometimes icine reporter erred in this instance, and again. Massage, ultraviolet light, and sufficient to control mild acne, and are a we humbly apologize to our readers and other stimulants have questionable effects valuable aid in severe cases, says Dr. to Editor Garland, for this item did not on dormant hair. They can only step up Clayton E. Wheeler of the University of appear in his journal. the growth of active hair. Cutting and Virginia Medical School in GP, magazine This item, "The Wonders of Liniment." shaving do not increase the rate of hair of the American Academy of General appeared in the March of Medicine col- growth. Practice. umns of the September, 1954, issue of Many a man is disturbed by the amount Although ordinary toilet soaps usually LIFE & HEALTH, on page 7. of hair he loses when combing. Usually suffice, in severe cases of acne patients The erroneous sentence is as follows: this is a normal loss. About 20 per cent should rely on the prescription given by "And, as recently reported in the con- of scalp hair is resting at any one time. the family doctor. Some persons with servative New England Journal of Med- Vigorous combing, brushing, or massage mild cases must wash two or three times icine, Sloan's liniment applied to painful can easily pull out these resting hairs, a day, but those with severe acne may joints and arthritis is successful in reliev- but fortunately new hair generally will need to wash with soap and water as ing pain, even where the wonder drugs of replace the old. many as six times daily. ACTH and Cortisone have failed." APRIL, 1955 7 The Editor Prescribes for

Anemia

nuts; a tossed green salad with plenty If you are dieting and watching cal- of tomatoes and leafy vegetables, and ories, better get the unsweetened vari- a fresh fruit dessert of plums, or- ety. Check the label on your grape anges, or peaches and cream. juice bottle, and make sure it has no Some of the iron-rich foods that added sugar. help you combat anemia are these : Children who are a little under par Fruits: Dry and fresh apricots, figs, and those who have been indulging in prunes, dates, raisins, peaches, and too many ice cream cones, candy bars, grapes. and other delicacies, and now rebel Vegetables: Parsley, chard, turnip at drinking milk, can be enticed to greens, dandelion greens, spinach, ar- drink grape juice. 'Instead of mixing tichoke, endive, water cress, green pep- the grape juice with water, use milk. per, and other greens. This new "purple cow" drink is taken Legumes: Lentils, soybeans in to- eagerly by children who dislike milk. mato sauce, peas, beans, and garban- The convalescent child who is run zos. down and finicky about his food will Whole grains: 100 per cent whole- frequently take grape juice just be- HE causes of anemia are many, but wheat bread and other whole-grain cause it tastes good. Tone of the most common is poor cereals. A glass of grape juice far surpasses diet. Pale foods make pale people. Eggs: Especially the yolks. the vitaminless cola or other soft White bread, sweets, and refined com- drink. Because its sugars are quickly mercial foods contain no vitamins or utilized and its minerals and iron minerals to speak of. Devoid of these quickly assimilated by your blood essential items in the diet, the body stream, it can give you a real lift. does not have the building blocks for Another important factor in cor- making rich red blood. recting anemia is the protein content Another cause of anemia is over- of the diet. work. Excessive fatigue, loss of sleep But in any case of anemia, be sure to and rest, are often factors contribut- consult your doctor, for anemia is ing to anemia. With a lowered resist- often secondary to some other serious ance from loss of rest, the body quickly condition in the body, such as bleed- succumbs to infection. Infection, of ing hemorrhoids, uterine bleeding, or course, predisposes to anemia, since a chronic low-grade infection. In these the bacteria knock out the red blood cases it is far more important to clear cells in their process of invading the up the real trouble than try to combat body. Although there are many other an anemia as such. causes, which only your doctor can Some types of anemia will not re- diagnose, one thing every doctor will spond to diet alone, and must be man- advise is an adequate diet to correct aged by your doctor. So if you have anemia. been feeling under par, are pale, tired, The anemia diet includes not the and listless, better see your family pale foods but the colorful fresh fruits physician, for your trouble could be and green, red, and yellow leafy vege- anemia. tables. Your doctor would cringe to Meantime, make friends with the see you go through a cafeteria line color-filled foods and avoid the color- and pick out an "all white" meal of Nuts: Hazelnuts, Brazil nuts, al- less. For rosy-red cheeks and robust broth with white noodles, white monds, and others. health, eat colorful foods. Colorful mashed potatoes, white cauliflower, Grapes (Concord and others) are foods make for a colorful life. white toast and butter, and a white one of the best blood-building fruits pudding or white ice cream. Such a known. Rich in iron, copper, and vita- Yours for better, health,. meal is definitely short on blood-build- min 131,—all important blood-building ing elements. Rather, he would want factors—grape juice is also a valuable you to pick a meal like this: Green source of calcium, phosphorus, B1, ,ecp,f2:kz--141 )41‘Ac pea soup, baked potato with butter and B„. For a taste treat that is al- or gravy, waterless-cooked carrots, most unsurpassed, have a big tall glass Swiss chard; beans, peas, lentils, or of fresh, frozen, or bottled grape juice. j 8 LIFE & HEALTH in Nursing Care. She has written extensively for religious and professional journals. RUMS Mrs. Nelson worked as staff nurse, head nurse, school nurse, and director of nurs- Out eon/ it ing service before serving for eighteen years as educational consultant in nursing in the Seventh-day Adventist international office in Washington, D.C. After her marriage Mrs. Nelson lent her nursing skill during the war years to Red Cross and emergency nursing service. For the past ten years she has been en- gaged in developing professional programs in nursing, to meet the needs of today's

Glendale Sanitarium, Glendale; and attending physician at the Los Angeles County General Hospital. For many years he has been active in the U.S. Naval Reserves. During the war years he was on active duty as a captain in the Medical Corps, where he served in the South Pacific. He was editor of the Pacific Fleet Medical News, published in Honolulu, Hawaii. Harrison S. Evans, M.D. ("The Psy- Dr. Short is a member of many scien- chiatrist," page 26), is psychiatrist at the tific societies, including the American Harding Sanitarium, in Worthington, College of Physicians, the American Med- Ohio. His practice is devoted to neurology ical Association, California State Medical and psychiatry, with special interest in Association, and Los Angeles County Med- psychotherapy and teaching. He is associ- ical Association. He is a member of the ate professor of neurology and psychiatry deans' committee of the Los Angeles Vet- at Ohio State University, in Columbus, erans Administration Hospital. society and the mission program of Sev- and consultant to the Veterans Admin- Married, and the father of four, Dr. enth-day Adventists. She is dean of the istration Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. Short also has two grandchildren. One of College of Medical Evangelists School of He was born in Iowa and educated at his daughters is the wife of a physician, Nursing. Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska, where and the other, the wife of a minister. His Her hobby is collecting historical data he received his B.A. degree. His M.D. older son is a junior medical student, and on medical and nursing activities of the degree is from the College of Medical his younger, a prospective engineer. Seventh-day Adventist Church and just Evangelists School of Medicine, Loma Dr. Short is a camera enthusiast and enjoying with her husband their ranch Linda, California. He has taken graduate a music lover. His wife says her busy home on a foothill in the San Bernardino work at Columbia University, the Univer- physician husband is more useful to her as Valley in California. Mrs. Nelson says, sity of Cincinnati, and the Los Angeles a carpenter than as a doctor. He has made "My minor hobbies are vase collecting County General Hospital. many attractive built-in cabinets and and—when a busy program allows—en- Dr. Evans is married and the father bookshelves for their home in South Pasa- joying excursions to the seaside or the of two children—Judy, sixteen, a high dena. school junior; Dick, eleven, an active desert, studying seashells or desert sixth grader. His wife is also a physician * * * plants." —the former Ruth Virginia Harding—but Mrs. Nelson has eight delightful grand- is not currently practicing. children, ranging in years from five to Kathryn Luella Jensen Nelson, M.A. fourteen. She says they provide her ample Besides being a writer of articles on ("Beauty and Health in a Bath," page 12), psychiatry for medical journals and lay activity to continue her early interests was born in Wisconsin, the seventh daugh- Magazines, Dr. Evans is an excellent in child growth and development. ter in a family of eight girls and one boy. speaker, and has invitations from coast She attended grammar school in Wis- to coast to address medical groups in his consin, Fox River Academy in Illinois * * * field of interest. for her high school work, and county normal school. She taught public school Robert P. Little, M.D. ("Food Hy- * * * in Wisconsin for five years, and later giene," page 22), is a Quebec, Canada, received her advanced education at Wash- physician. James J. Short, M.D. ("Sand in the ington Missionary College, Washington, He was born in Columbus, Ohio, and Gears," page 24), is director of internal D.C.; College of Medical Evangelists attended Ohio State University. He served medicine for the graduate section of the School of Nursing, Loma Linda, Califor- as a private in World War I, then gradu- College of Medical Evangelists School of nia; Peabody College, Nashville, Tennes- ated from medicine from Ohio State in Medicine, Los Angeles, California. • see; and Catholic University, Washing- 1923. He interned in Houston, Texas, and He was born in Manchester, New York, ton, D.C. at Children's Hospital, Los Angeles. For and attended the University of Buffalo Mrs. Nelson has been the guiding star a time he practiced in Santa Paula, Cali- and received his M.D. degree there. He in innumerable institutes and workshops fornia, among the Mexican people. He later interned at the New York Post- in her chosen field of nursing, passing on speaks Spanish, French, and German flu- graduate Medical School, and served a inspiration to students of nursing. ently. He later studied dermatology at fellowship there in biochemistry. For After the first world war Mrs. Nelson New York University, in New York City. many years he was an associate professor traveled in Europe, and she spent three He drives a Ford and likes to lounge of medicine at Columbia University Post- months on the continent several years in old clothes and go camping in Ontario, graduate School of Medicine. before the second world war. Canada. His favorite food is Mexican Dr. Short is consulting physician to sev- Mrs. Nelson is author of The Mother dishes, but his favorite weather is Ca- eral California hospitals, including White and the Child and Massage in Nursing nadian. His hobby, as you might imagine, Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles; and Care; and coauthor of Physical Therapy is writing articles on health. APRIL, 1955 9 BateitriMax

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M. WEBSTER PRIRCE, D.D.S.

MERICANS spend 1 billion dollars annually on dental care, yet not more than one third of them receive adequate dental care. This is not because of indifference on the part of The American people the dental profession, for dentists are keenly aware of the magnitude of the task that confronts them in attempting to combat the most widespread of all spend $1 billion yearly human diseases. Scientists have spent much time and effort to on care for their teeth. determine the cause of tooth decay. Although it is generally agreed that the excessive use of starchy foods and sweets is a contributing factor, not all the causes of tooth decay are understood. Tooth decay is an extremely complex puzzle. Continuous research into the biological processes of food chemistry as well as dietary habits of the mother. Relative resistance to into the action of acid-produced bacteria on teeth must decay is conferred through diet at the time the teeth be the rule before the complete answer can be given. are forming and maturing. If the mother's diet before Meantime, the effort of the dental profession is di- birth and during the nursing period is deficient in rected toward control. foods containing essential mineral elements and pro- Control is possible in four ways. teins, and in the protective foods such as green leafy 1. Diet. vegetables, citrus fruits, tomatoes, berries, and whole 2. Daily mouth hygiene. or enriched cereals (even with sufficient intake to 3. Fluoridation. maintain controlled body weight), the effect of the 4. Frequent and periodic mouth care by a com- deficiency is all too often seen in soft or poorly formed petent dentist. enamel in the teeth of the child. The period of greatest susceptibility to dental As a child matures it is important to continue an caries is adolescence. The enamel of young teeth is adequate diet, and it is likewise important to see more easily penetrated than the enamel of older teeth, that this well-balanced diet becomes a part of the even in the same person. regular daily routine. Feed your child regularly and Teeth vary in hardness of enamel. This variation consistently. Irregular dietary habits can undo much in enamel density is frequently traceable to prenatal of the accumulated value of the best diet obtainable.

10 LIFE & HEALTH Refined sugar and sweet foodstuffs are better elim- The last measure to be taken in preventing tooth inated from the diet if you and your family want good decay is to visit your dentist often. Go to him as fre- teeth. The reason is that evidence points to sugar as quently as necessary to keep your particular tooth one of the most active agents in helping acid-forming problem under control. In spite of all the precautions bacteria start the decay process, but once decay begins, a person can take to avoid cavities, most people have the tooth substance is invaded by bacteria that ferment to have fillings from time to time. The earlier cavities carbohydrates, and thus produce acids. Then the pro- can be detected, the less tooth structure is necessarily tein-digesting bacteria can enter and start destroying sacrificed in filling, also the less danger of pulp involve- the organic material in the teeth, especially in the ment. Without pulp involvement, you will not have dentine, which lies directly underneath the enamel, abscesses. Abscesses often require extraction of the the outside covering of the tooth. tooth. No loss—no need for replacement. You have The care of the mouth is important in inhibiting much to gain and less to lose in every way by visiting tooth decay. Although it is true that some persons who your dentist as often as he advises. neglect mouth hygiene have little or no tooth decay, Cavities cannot always be detected by use of a such persons are the exception rather than the rule. mouth mirror and explorer. X-rays are the surer way, Keep the mouth and teeth clean by regular brushing. and your dentist will suggest this means of determin- Brushing immediately after meals is most effective. ing whether you have a cavity. He will also advise Rinsing of the mouth and teeth with water is helpful cleaning, from time where brushing is impossible. to time, to remove Fluoridation: Recent studies in various parts of the plaques, composed country have substantiated earlier opinions that of fine food par- sodium fluoride added to community water supplied ticles, which harbor in the ratio of one part of fluoride to each million bacteria. The more parts of drinking water reduces tooth decay among highly polished your children up to one half. To date no other agent or teeth, the less chance means of control has proved so effective. The result for plaques to form. is that the American Dental Association, official spokes- Your dentist will man for eighty thousand dentists in the United States, also watch for evi- has gone on record as unqualifiedly endorsing the dences of beginning addition of sodium fluoride to the drinking water of trouble in the tissues communities deficient in this chemical element. supporting the teeth. As may be expected, opposition has risen in some In adults teeth do' communities over fear that the systemic effects of decay at a reduced sodium fluoride will be injurious to the health of the (Turn to page 29) community and that the possible injurious effects will more than offset the benefits. Scientific investigation has proved this fear to be unfounded. Fluoride is found in the natural water supply of many communities. The amounts vary from less than one part per million of fluoride to known quantities of eight parts per million and more. In sufficient amounts anything can be a poison. A recent report was made on the medical aspects of a community with a high degree of sodium fluoride content in the water, eight times the recommended amount. The effects appear to be confined chiefly to a mottling of the teeth, increased density in the spinal and pelvic bones, a certain brittleness and blotching of the fingernails, and clouding of the lens in the eye. However, it should be noted that people living in this community appear little concerned over such effects, and otherwise show no unusual reactions. Mottled tooth enamel is the best index of too much fluorine. It will show up in areas where the drinking water contains two parts per million or more. In such populations there is no other known toxic effect of fluorine. The mottling effect can be produced only during the years that the teeth are developing. Once teeth have come through the gums, enamel mottling cannot occur. The mottling occurs in direct proportion to the fluoride intake, and so is a measure for scientists to determine the safety of the dosage. If no mottling

occurs, the dosage may be regarded as entirely safe UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE for continued use. MODERN equipment for processing drinking water promises you purity.

APRIL, 1955 11 6 Reatth, IN A BATH

By HATHRYn J. nuson, R.n.,M.A.

For natural loveliness and health

here's what your bath can do for you.

ATHING does more than wash away dirt. It vessels fail to do their good work of purifying. is good medicine, for it is one of the most In one day the skin throws off about two pints important remedial procedures of modern of moisture. Many impurities leave the body with times. In order to make bathing good 'med- this perspiration, and they remain on the surface icine, the home nurse must learn to give a bath after the moisture has evaporated. The sweat glands skillfully- to get the best effect. To appreciate this rid the body of. some of the poisonous products of effect she must intelligently understand how the appli- oxidation. From the standpoint of personal attractive- cation of water to the outside of the body sends the ness alone it is important to have a daily bath. If the blood tingling through the capillaries, suffuses the bath were only for the sake of cleanliness, the man body with the pink glow of health, quiets and soothes who does hard physical labor should bathe more irritable, rasping nerves, and relieves inflammation or often than the man who works quietly in an office or congestion. a laboratory, but both need the benefits of cleanliness. Daily bathing in water of a temperature suited to To cleanse the body is not the only reason for the the individual is one of the most effective means of hot soap wash. It not only removes dirt and oil from preventing disease. Unless the physician orders other- the pores but also dilates the surface blood vessels, wise, it is one of the best health-restoring measures and thus draws more blood to the skin. This new surge for the sick one. In healthy persons the good effect of blood stimulates the sweat glands to greater activ- of the bath is increased by moderate exercise before ity. and after bathing. The surface blood vessels with their contracting The skin, an important organ of elimination, has and dilating action have been called the skin heart. such vital work to do that it is often called another If the blood vessels fail to do their part well in this lung. powerful pumping of lifeblood to all portions of the It is a well-known fact that if the skin is coated so body, especially when the system is invaded by disease that air cannot reach it, a person can live only a few germs, added work is thrown upon the heart. This hours. Once a child, who represented a gilded chetub extra burden often makes it appear that the heart is in a Roman celebration, was painted with gold. She at fault, when it is only reacting from the effort was a victim of ignorance. She died because her of taking on work that rightfully belongs to another friends did not understand the nature of the skin. organ of the body. Many persons are more susceptible to disease and Blood vessels are all under control of the nervous many die because the skin is not kept functioning at system. If the nerves are damaged to the point that the highest point of efficiency. The 2,400,000 pores they lose this control, and do not pass on to the blood of the skin are clogged when waste products are not vessels the power of contraction, they remain filled eliminated through perspiration, or when the blood with blood. Only the force of the heartbeat works to

12 LIFE & HEALTH send it on its way. A prolonged application of heat each part. A suggestive order is arms, chest, abdomen, not interrupted or followed by friction or cold will legs, back, and buttocks. produce the same depressed effect. First, remove the gown. If the patient is helpless, We call this lack of response to treatment a failure or the doctor has given orders that he must not to react. After a cold treatment we have evidence exert himself, the home nurse will roll the gown as of this lack of reaction in shivering, chattering of far toward the neck as possible and then slip it over the teeth, blueness of the lips, shrinking from cold, the head to avoid tiring the patient. or persistent goose flesh. Pull down the upper covers and fold them over This principle of the relaxing and contracting of the foot of the bed without exposing the patient. Cover blood vessels is called on to relieve congestion in any the patient with one bath blanket, and slip the other body part. Anything that tends to stimulate circula- bath blanket under him to protect the bed from damp- tion in a sluggish area, and thus equalize the blood ness. You may use several bath towels for protection flow to all parts of the body, increase the activity of the bed if you do not have blankets free for this of the surface blood vessels, and remove the accumula- use. See to it that the patient's feet are warm. This tion of dirt from the skin, acts to relieve an inflamed, is very important. congested area. The cleansing bath, the hot bath, the You are ready now to proceed with the bath proper. cold bath, and the sponge bath given properly at the Wash the patient's face, neck, and ears, using careful, right time, in the right way, and in the right place firm pressure to the face. Rinse, and dry thoroughly may relieve congestion. with the face towel. Indoor living and lack of exercise, fresh air, and Place the bath towel in readiness under your arm. sunlight produce an unhealthful condition. We must Saturate the washcloth with hot water and soap (soap use artificial means to undo the damage. The effect cuts the oils on the skin). Wash the arms thoroughly, of regular bathing on the circulatory and nervous sys- being careful to include the armpits. Hold the wash- tems is the best antidote for modern sedentary living. cloth firmly, allowing no corners to drag and irritate The healthy person takes the cleansing bath in a the patient. Wash away the soap with the cooler tub or shower, but it can be given easily to a helpless water (cool water favors reaction). invalid. When properly given, this bath not only re- Note carefully the effect of the cool water. If there freshes the patient but has a restorative effect on him. is favorable reaction after this bath, the skin will In giving a cleansing bed bath, certain cautions glow and the patient will have a feeling of warmth. are of the greatest importance. The room must be If there is usually an unfavorable reaction, revealed warm, at 80° to 85° F. Carefully avoid all drafts. by a tendency to chill, before the bath give a hot foot Have every article necessary in the giving of the bath bath, a hot application to the spine, or a hot drink. ready before you start. This includes two bath blankets After the brisk towel friction an alcohol rub gives (any warm covering not needed for other immediate a pleasant feeling of dryness. If there is a tendency to use), one face towel, two Turkish towels, two wash- oiliness of the skin, a brush of (Turn to page 29) cloths, soap, rubbing alcohol, two basins (one with water about 115° F., the other, cool water), talcum powder, a clean gown, and clean bed linen. Warm every article before allowing it to come in contact with the patient. Expose only a small portion being bathed, washing and drying

WHEN America was young, rustic bathing did not take away the bloom of health; it increased rigor. APRIL, 1955 13 yet-Viett F u N

By JEAADE EDWARDS

Try these tempting tricks to make the "Land of Counterpane" a pleasant place for speedy recovery.

UN to be sick-abed? Hardly! It is no fun to For a Jong convalescence a change is helpful. The be sick, have pains, or take medicine; but it patient gets tired of looking at the same things for is a lot of fun trying to get well. Boys and weeks at a time. Change the furniture, the toys, and girls need never get peevish when they begin other means of entertainment daily. to recover if given plenty to do and a get-well goal to Surround the little patient with happiness. Use strive for. The stimulant of happy endeavor is highly colored party balloons with laughing faces painted on invigorating, and goes a long way in promoting a them. You will provide toys, jigsaw puzzles, books, speedy recovery. Just be careful not to overdo the dolls, and blocks, a few at a time. Also, as soon as point, and make illness too comforting. possible, provide handwork, such as cutting out pic- First of all, consider the comfort of the patient tures, making scrapbooks, drawing, painting, model- and the advice of the doctor or nurse. Carefully heed ing, and other craftwork, according to age and ability. them, and try these tempting tricks. Was for recreation need not be expensive. A small Try for ideas that will help the small patient for- child can entertain himself hours on end by picking get himself. Place a large mirror at proper focus in up puffed cereal and putting it in a container, spilling the room so that he can see what is going on out of it, and picking it up again. doors—people passing along the street, children play- Keep all materials clean, attractive, and hygienic. ing, birds in the trees. If you permit a kitten or a Use toys that can be sterilized, such as plastic rattles, puppy in the room, to play with someone else, never balls, and the like. Make slip covers for stuffed toys to be in bed with the patient, but to be where the so that they can be changed often and laundered. patient has full view of the pet's antics, the hours will Whether the patient is in the hospital or at home, simply laugh themselves away. A fishbowl, growing make a bed table from a pasteboard grocery box, cut- flowers, and a bird-feeding station give much pleasure. ting half circles from two sides to fit comfortably

ESA LUOMA A SHORT visit from a cheerful friend brings into the sickroom a ray of sunshine that means hours of joy.

14 LIFE & HEALTH over the body. If this inexpensive bed table is cov- PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE ered with oilcloth or plastic material, it will be sanitary as well as attractive. It can be used for eating, reading, and handwork with added comfort. Encourage the appetite by tempting it in various ways. Make food trays and the food attractive. Color- ful paper napkins, tray cloths, and amusing dishes and glasses, will do wonders. Use colored sippers for beverages. Treat the little patient with an occasional surprise. Paste a small picture on the bottom of the milk glass, different for each meal, so that he will have to drink all the milk to see what the picture is. From time to time place a party favor, a coin, or a small gift on the tray. Make much of every special occasion on the calendar. Promote an honor system. Add a blue star to a A GOOD DISPOSITION chart for certain improvement or behavior. So many blue stars may merit a silver star, and so many silver stars may add up to a gold star, the goal of complete By D. A. DELAFIELD recovery. An unfinished picture is an exciting stimulant as a goal. With an appropriate background different objects, such as a bird, a flower, a door or a You and your disposition are mixed up in one recipe, window, a boy or a girl, are needed to complete the like a choice entree. Your temperament is an integral part of you—the bent picture. Add each object as an award for a degree of your mind and your general attitude. of progress. How refreshing to meet someone with a steady, pleas- A treasure chest, sunshine box, or call it what you ant disposition. He has a smile for you whenever you meet will, is one of the most interesting helps toward whole- him. He takes the difficult situation graciously, leaving some happiness. In an attractive gift box place a num- you with a warm glow after the smoke has cleared away. ber of small gifts, with directions similar to those on People like that give life its greatest moments. They the medicine bottle. The patient may open one every are a joy to live with, for they bring sunshine into every hour, after every meal, or whatever time you may day and brighten every experience. You find that you are suggest, according to your best judgment. Or it can be able to take the sad part of life with lifted head because they strengthen you to meet it. They give you courage awarded for taking medicine, a surprise package after and the will to win. each dose. With all the gifts wrapped separately, the Now, don't you want to be like that? Of course you anticipation of opening the next package keeps the do. Everyone wants to make others happy. And everyone patient eager and happy. wants to be loved. You'd better start trying right now, for If school children, little church friends, or neigh- you cannot do it any younger. Childhood and youth is borhood children or adults band together to make the time to balance the disposition. You can change in one of these treasure chests, the treat will be all the adult life, but it is harder. more appreciated, for each may inclose his name and Charlotte Greenwood once said, "Temperament is tem- a get-well wish with his gift. per that is too old to spank." But life will deal with us unless we learn to treat The gifts may be as simple or as elaborate as you others fairly and happily. Set to work to improve your please, but keep them small. Tiny toys, picture cards, disposition. Study the following recipe carefully, and you puzzles, candy bars, pencils, scratch pads, handker- may find just the help you need in shaping a lovable chiefs, balloons, party hats, party favors, fruit, and disposition. small books are most effective. Only one gift should be D—a dash of DARING, opened at a time. Duplicates such as coins, postage I—mixed with A KEEN INTEREST IN LIFE as the stamps, picture cards, and other collection pieces for active ingredient, a hobby are interesting, for they stimulate the joy S—seasoned with A CHEERFUL SMILE, of adding to the collection. Knowing the child's hobby P—and with PATIENCE added as a preservative. helps friends to know what to contribute. 0—stir in the oil of AN OBLIGING SPIRIT, S—and those lasting ingredients of STAMINA AND. An older child who can use his hands may be STEADFASTNESS as the flour by which life is held encouraged to begin a hobby. A scrapbook of special together. interest is a good beginning. In this he may paste I—into this mix an intense purpose to be helpful and pictures, clippings, and poems of his liking. A collec- A GOOD STEADY INFLUENCE. tion of scenic postal cards inspires travel information. T—bake this mixture at a warm temperature until it is Encourage drawing or other art work and crafts such TENDER. as modeling, whittling, sewing, beadwork, basketry, I—introduce this tasty entree to your friends along leather work, soap carving, and the like. Provide the with the important side dishes of INDUSTRY AND best hobby magazines for inspiration. Above all, en- INTELLIGENCE. 0—serve this savory dish with a character formed by courage good reading. But never let a patient read OBEDIENCE TO GOD'S WILL, until he tires too much. N—and the FRESH AND LASTING NEWNESS OF A child may play various games in bed, according GOOD WILL AND KINDNESS that is YOU will to the circumstances. Remember (Turn to page 31) never fail.

APRIL, 7955 15 41/Itat Do qui FEAR?

By EDBA D. HICKS

Look your fears straight in the eye, and they

fade away. They are the cowards, not you.

acrophobia; fear of closed places, claustrophobia; fear of the dark, nyctophobia. Reactions to these fears may be severe trembling, accelerated heartbeat, heavy perspiring, and a hope- less feeling of weakness. Napoleon Bonaparte's phobia was a fear of cats, aelurophobia. He perhaps could face a hundred cannon without flinching, but ten cats would probably have driven him into a panic. An acquaintance of mine (call her Mrs. Brown) lived above me in a small apartment. Owing to lack NOT too many people would dare venture out on an overhanging rock. of space, she had to keep a large trunk in the basement. When getting supplies from the trunk, she would open the basement door and place two huge rocks against it. As to why she did that, she said, "I am scared to death the wind may blow the door RE you afraid of lightning, thunder, cellars, shut or that someone may not know I am down here, darkness, or high places? Practically every- and close the door." body has one or several phobias. Your rela- I reminded her there were six large windows, that tives have them, and so do most of your anyone passing on the street would hear her call. She associates. Fully 25 per cent of so-called normal people insisted she still would be so frightened she couldn't are more or less harassed by special phobias, super- recover if the door blew shut. Mrs. Brown was afraid stitions, and chronic fears. It may surprise you to of cellars and basements. That is batophobia. know the facts and realize how people suffer from ter- I asked her to tell me about the basements and ror and panic. Yet human fears are easily recognized cellars of her childhood. After a little thought she and can be made less severe. said she could vividly remember the storm cellar they A phobia is a persistent dread, or fear, of some- had in her home when she was a child. She was always thing that is harmless. Anything that can't possibly terrified when her father carried all the children to hurt you, yet that you are afraid of for some reason, the storm cellar. She had mental visions during those is a phobia. Reactions to phobias are not all alike. storms that the wind would blow debris against the Some are mild, and others are severe. Students of the dobr, and they could never get out and would be human mind believe that most phobias can be traced buried alive. That is taphephobia. The storm being the directly to some experience in childhood. cause of so much of Mrs. Brown's fear, naturally she Many parents realize that their children are afraid is afraid of lightning (keraunophobia) and thunder of the dark. The youngsters become fearful as soon and rain (astrophobia). as the light is turned off. As a result of this fear, If a child has been lost in a crowd or experienced these children usually continue to be afraid of the dark, any tragedy in a large group of people, he may always even as adults. Fear of darkness is called nycto- have fear of a crowd and be afraid in open spaces or phobia. wide, open streets (agoraphobia). Nearly all of my acquaintances have at least one If you discover that a person is afraid of water of these three well-known phobias: fear of high places, (hydrophobia), yet you force him to ride in a canoe,

16 LIFE & HEALTH there is a possibility that he may have a heart attack. People who are afraid of high mountains, high buildings, or high steps (acrophobia) could never be trapeze performers. You could never be a nurse or a doctor if you had a morbid dread of the sight of blood (hematophobia). My daughter has a fear of spiders (arachnephobia). If she should see a harmless long-legged spider on the ceiling, she would get panicky, run out, and call for someone to kill it before she would re-enter the room. As to why she is afraid of spiders, she recalls that when she was a little girl five years old her grandpa told her there were lots of black widow spiders among the geraniums, and if one ever bit her, she would die. He insisted that if she saw one, she must call him quickly. Upon her first meeting with one, she came running into the house out of breath, and took grandpa by the hand to show him the black widow. He immediately put a match under it and burned it. That happened many years ago, but she can- BYRON LOGAN not pick geraniums nor walk close WHETHER your phobia is fear of the dark or of a to geranium plants for fear of public appearance, it need not overshadow your life. spiders. If someone should acci- dentally shove her into a geranium hedge, she would become panicky. it caused a fire in her house. The little A friend of mine hesitates to girl sat out in the yard crying from meet strangers, in fact, has a fear fear as the truck came and firemen of strangers (xenophobia). Also he dashed around putting out the fire. To is afraid he will blush among stran- this day Mrs. Smith has a morbid fear gers (erythrophobia). of fires (pyrophobia). A woman I know cannot go to Other phobias are the fear of metals a parade because the horses and and metal objects (metallophobia), and animals frighten her (zoophobia). a morbid dislike of fish (ichthyphobia). As a child, when she was sitting on Mrs. Jones is afraid to walk or ride the curb watching a parade, a trick over a bridge or any framework near horse pranced close to her feet and water (gephyrophobia). When she was frightened her. a child she saw an old bridge collapse Also when she was a little girl, from the weight of a car crossing it. she was picking flowers and a bee All these unnatural fears have a natu- stung her. Now she is afraid of ral cause. Although it may only be men- bees and wasps (melissophobia). If tal, it may increase in intensity as the a bee should fly around the wind- years go by. shield of the car she is driving, If you want to cure yourself of your she would have to stop, get out of phobia, you must know exactly what you the car, and have someone else drive are afraid of and what situation caused the bee away. the panic. This may sound too simple, Many years ago my Uncle Wilbur used to tell me but it is the key to overcoming fear. that if I wasn't a good girl he would sell me to the Try to think what incident in childhood caused the ragman. Whenever the ragman came past the house fear you have today for certain objects or situations. Uncle Wilbur would say, "Here comes the ragman; When you have discovered the reason, try every day you'd better be good." To this day, I get a severe to get a little less disturbed, a little less afraid, a little sick feeling when I hear the name Wilbur. A morbid more calm, by telling yourself you can and will pull dread of hearing a certain name is onomatophobia. through with discipline and determination. Many of my acquaintances have a fear of snakes For example, if you are afraid of cellars, carefully (ophidiophobia). Some people are afraid of snakes examine the door, the surroundings, and the weather. even in moving pictures, though they know the snakes Convince yourself that there are no distressing agents cannot do them harm. that can harm you. Some life-insurance companies never date an in- If you are afraid of bridges and constructions over surance policy on the thirteenth of the month because water, examine the strong steel supports, and realize so many people are superstitious and dread the number how utterly impossible it would be for any harm to thirteen (triakaidekaphobia). come to you. Do the same for spiders. A spider on the When my friend Mrs. Smith was a little girl, her ceiling cannot possibly hurt you; it is too far away. mother once forgot to disconnect the electric iron, and Use mental discipline, and after (Turn to page 31)

APRIL, 1955 17 MIGRAINE HEADACHE

A .LESTER H. LORERGAR, M.D.

You may be resigned to your "sick headache," but actually much can be done to relieve it./

NE out of every twenty persons suffers from sick headaches, or migraine. This means that in the United States possibly eight million persons are periodically disabled by this illness. All too often the attitude toward the distressing affliction is resignation, since it is commonly believed that little can be done in treatment. Actually much can be done to relieve these periodic attacks of splitting headache. You may think that the problem of headache is relatively simple. Every patient with this illness can tell the doctor what his difficulty is. Then why not order some pain-relieving mixture and send him on MANY thousands of people suffer the distresses of migraine headache. his way rejoicing? There is far more to medical science than simply relief of distressing symptoms. Of course the victim And when one organ is injured, all are afflicted. Nature of this disease knows all too well that he has a split- bears much abuse without apparent resistance. She ting headache, and he demands results right now. But then arouses and makes a determined effort to remove far more important than immediate relief of this the effects of the ill-treatment she has suffered. Dis- symptom is the discovery of its cause. ease is an effort of nature to free the system from Disease never comes without a cause. The way conditions that result from a violation of the laws is prepared and disease is invited by disregard of the of health. laws of health. We all wish to know what are and what There are certain factors so often associated with are not violations of the laws of health. By correct migraine as to suggest a cause-and-effect relationship. living we all want to place ourselves in better con- Yet these are very diverse, and it is generally agreed dition. We know we cannot disregard the principles that no single cause is responsible for all cases. One of health by our habits of eating, drinking, dressing, of the most important of these causes is heredity. and working, and be in health. Our transgression of Practically all patients with migraine tell us of similar nature's laws produces the sure result of disease. attacks in other members of the family, on the mother's God gave us a certain amount of vital force. Also side in most instances. In fact, if the parents had He has formed us with organs suited to maintain the migraine, about half the children will develop this same various functions of life, and He designs that •these malady. Of those who do, four fifths of the children organs shall work together in harmony. If we carefully inherit it from the mother, and one fifth from the preserve the life force, and keep the delicate mechanism father. of the body in order, the result is health. But if the That some glandular imbalance may be partly re- vital force is too rapidly exhausted, the nervous sponsible is indicated by the fact that these periodic system borrows power from its resources of strength. headaches in women often disappear during pregnancy

18 LIFE & HEALTH or after the change of life has made its appearance. age, more than half the cases develop in early adult Another cause often observed, but perhaps only life, between the ages of twenty and thirty. The contributory, is the character of the diet. Foods that immediate attack is usually associated with disturb- are most likely to precipitate attacks in susceptible ance of vision, which may take any one of a variety persons are fish, oysters, and clams. Excess sweets, of forms, frequently described as dancing spots, blur- especially chocolate, are likely to do the same thing. ring lights, or simply blind spots in the field of vision. It has been repeatedly observed that although At the same time there will be observed a marked migraine may appear in persons in all social strata and increase in sensitivity to light, excessive secretion of in all walks of life, it is far more frequent among the tears, and sometimes pain in the eye. The other most "thinkers" than among the "doers." In other words, frequently associated symptom is an upset stomach. the white collar and professional groups have far more Just before the actual attack the patient often experi- than their proportion of migraine. ences for several hours a vague feeling of mental or It is safe to say that victims of migraine tend to physical depression. be of a certain psychologic type. As Dr. Russell N. The symptoms that precede the actual attack—the DeJong describes them, "they are apt to be tense, warning signals—are usually the same for any par- nervous, worrisome, overly conscientious persons who ticular case. Besides the depression already mentioned, work hard but fatigue easily. They are above the these may be a period of irritability or nervousness, average in intelligence. They are often sensitive to drowsiness for several hours, marked fatigue, or utter criticism and react strongly to all stimuli. The woman exhaustion. Whenever the person recognizes his warn- who is subject to migraine is apt to be a meticulous, ing signal, he knows that his headache is soon to fastidious housewife—extremely neat, careful, orderly, develop. and efficient. The man subject to sick headaches is The question is whether there is any effective often overambitious and exacting, with an exaggerated method known to relieve these attacks. sense of responsibility and a perfectionistic attitude We can confidently state that for the vast majority toward himself and everyone else. Both may be persons of these sufferers (well over three fourths of them) who take on many additional responsibilities. They methods of treatment are now available that bring wel- are people who get things done, so that they are always come relief. One of the most effective treatment meth- relied on for jobs that no one else will take. They ods is the inhalation of pure oxygen. The results are take life seriously and feel responsibility keenly. striking, the headache being relieved or greatly modi- "In people of this type, any change from normal fied usually within twenty minutes to an hour. In one may bring on an attack. Overwork, fatigue, loss of series of twenty-five cases of migraine treated with sleep, worry, hurry, anger, frustration, or excitement oxygen inhalation, nearly 90 per cent of the patients may be important contributing factors. An unexpected experienced complete relief. Although this procedure guest, an additional responsibility, a problem that at is commonly limited to hospitals where the proper the time seems insoluble,—these, too, may be the equipment is available, such treatment can readily be cause of a severe headache." carried out in the home. At nominal cost a suitable There is only one body change that apparently tank and oxygen mask that allows the patient to talk occurs regularly with each attack of recurring head- or read can be obtained. It is well for us to remember, ache, and that is a relaxation of the walls of some of however, that this does not cure -in the sense of pre- the larger arteries in the neck and in the tissues venting subsequent attacks. It only relieves the im- covering the brain. You can readily understand that mediate attack. as these blood vessels relax and widen, the blood Narcotics should be strictly avoided in such a will go pounding through them with greater force chronic illness as migraine, because of the danger of than usual. This apparently stimulates certain nerves, developing addiction to their use. A drug that has and results in the characteristic headache of mi- been extensively prescribed for migraine, neither a graine. Just why these arteries distend to produce sedative nor a narcotic, but which apparently relieves such a pain, we do not know. the distress by narrowing the Just what are the features widened arteries, is a prepara- that differentiate this from tion of ergot known as ergota- ordinary types of head pain? mine tartrate. As with most Migraine is a type of head- potent drugs, this one used ache that recurs periodically indiscriminately is dangerous. in persons otherwise enjoying It should never be used by per- good health. In most patients, sons with hardening of the it is irregular in its appear- arteries or certain other dis- ance, with no definite interval eases of the blood vessels, be- of time between attacks. Al- cause of the very real danger though it may start at any (Turn to page 37)

APRIL, 1955 19

TAKE THE CHILDREN On Your Trips

By LEIGH HAYDEB

A stop during the middle of the morning and the middle of the afternoon is also a good plan. It may be well to buy only ten gallons of gasoline at a time, giving your family an opportunity to use the rest-rooms at a gas station oftener. Be sure to take the children's When you travel with the toilet seat with you. Occasionally you may stop at a park playground children, the rewards are far or a school playground where school is not in session, and have a "recess" of twenty minutes or so. A game beyond any inconvenience. of tag with the children will do you all good. Don't plan to drive more than 350 miles a day when you have the children with you, and you'll all enjoy the trip more. Start at a reasonable hour, not too early, and don't drive after four o'clock in the afternoon. Let yourselves go when it comes time for dinner. Go to a restaurant and get a good substantial meal. ON'T hesitate about taking a trip because Try local specialties when available, such as fruits and you figure it will cost too much to leave farm products. You usually find excellent food at a the children with a baby sitter or you know restaurant where you see large trucks and trailers D you'll worry yourself sick about them. Why parked. The drivers are likely to be regulars on the not take them with you ? route, and know the good eating places. Also, a crowded The overnight expenses may run a little higher, parking lot around a restaurant promises that you are but you can even them up by preparing breakfast in fairly sure to get good food there. the motels instead of going to a restaurant. Breakfast A tiny metal chair with suction cups at the ends in a motel can be a very simple, inexpensive meal, of the legs is a good investment if you have a small consisting of fruit juice or fresh fruit, prepared child. It may be placed on a regular chair in a restau- cereal, and milk. Also, boiled eggs, if you wish, toast, rant when all the high chairs are in use. This small and a hot beverage. chair takes up very little room in the car, and some- For lunch, to further cut down the expense, you times a child may enjoy sitting on it in the car for may make a few sandwiches at breakfast time, thus a change. using up the remains of the bread instead of packing it. Stow everything you possibly can in the trunk Fill one thermos bottle with the hot beverage left compartment. Put the children in the back seat of the from breakfast and another with milk. A box of car. Cover the seat with some of their familiar blan- graham crackers and fresh fruit will make an ac- kets, and give each child his own little pillow, so that ceptable dessert. each may nap when he wishes. There are many lovely spots to stop for a picnic Have within reach some of their favorite toys, espe- lunch. It will do the children—and you—good to stop cially the ones they are in the habit of taking to bed for an hour or so during the middle of the day for a with them at night. Also picture books, possibly paper little romp and stretch, in addition to eating your dolls and their wardrobes, a damp washcloth, and a lunch in a pleasant, cool, shady green grove. towel. These may be tucked (Turn to page 44)

20 LIFE & HEALTH RE you alive? Fine, but are you living at the a triphammer. Relaxation is impossible. The tissues proper rate? the rate that is essential for around your eyes may enlarge to form popeyes. The good health and a normal life span? The rate thyroid is usually enlarged, and you may have a A you are living is your rate of metabolism, noticeable growth at the base of your neck, known and it is controlled largely by your thyroid gland. This as a goiter. Surgery is usually advisable. is a small internal gland at the base of your neck When the thyroid is underactive, your rate of just below your Adam's apple. It has an important living is slow, because all your body functions are function, for the thyroid gland is the regulator of sluggish. You may become fat and pudgy. You may your body activity. awake tired and stay tired. You may be absent-minded A metabolism test tells the doctor your rate of and forgetful, have no initiative, no pep, no energy, metabolism, which in turn is the index of activity no ambition. Underactive thyroid can cause menstrual for your thyroid gland. disorders and sterility in a woman and loss of virility Technically, a metabolism test is a check of your in a man. This condition is comparatively simple to basal metabolic rate, known in the medical profession rectify. Your physician will prescribe thyroid extract as a B.M.R. tablets, which will make up the deficiency of your The test is made when you are in a "basal" state, sluggish gland. The dose needed will be indicated by that is, in the morning when the body is at rest, re- the percentage of your minus B.M.R., but may need laxed, free from mental disturbances, and with no some adjustment. If you continue to feel sluggish, food in the stomach. you may need an increase in the dosage. If you feel Metabolism in human beings is the body process nervous and too greatly stimulated, with your blood in which oxygen combines with digested foods to singing in your ears, you may need a decrease in form flesh, blood, muscle, energy, and the necessary the dosage. heat for the body. Now you know why your doctor may request a Because oxygen is the medium for promoting this metabolism test for you. Vilutt METABOLISM TEST

By EDWARD JAMES GROCHMAL

process, all that is necessary for discovering your metabolic rate is to measure how much oxygen your body uses while in a basal state. A B.M.R. is a simple test. You need have no appre- hension. You simply breathe into a small machine filled with oxygen for six to eight minutes. Decide be- forehand to adjust at once to having your nose gently pinched shut with a soft clamp and to breathing through your mouth into the apparatus. Begin immediately to breathe regularly, and the test will be under way without delay. This technique will shorten the time of the test for you. The machine accurately measures your consumption of oxygen. A simple calculation gives your B.M.R. The results are expressed in percentage, either plus or minus. A plus result means the thyroid is overactive. A minus result means the gland is underactive. The normal range of a B.M.R. is between plus 10 per cent and minus 10 per cent. Of course 0 per cent would be the perfect normal. If the thyroid is overactive, your rate of living is too fast. All your body functions are working too fast. You may be nervous, jumpy, and twitchy. You may perspire excessively. Your heart may beat like DURING a test a patient simply breathes evenly through his mouth.

APRIL, 1955 21 FOOD HYGIENE

A ROBERT P. LITTLE, M.D.

Food handlers should pass

a close physical examination.

D you know that duck eggs are sometimes before eating them. Once after a spraying operation a source of food poisoning? that zinc-lined poisonous insecticide lodged on a farmhouse roof. The pails should not be used for lemonade? that cistern water became contaminated from the insecti- D 1 per cent of cats and dogs are carriers of cide, and caused paralysis in a woman of the house- dangerous salmonella organisms? hold. Cistern water should never be used for drinking. Your food can be polluted in many ways. Among Moreover, hot water from the faucet is convenient, them is pollution by chemicals. Commercial zinc is but it is not best to add it to food. Hot water is a frequently contaminated with arsenic and antimony, ready solvent and may dissolve poisonous metals from which acid beverages or foods can dissolve. This means pipes, joints, and storage tanks at times when the that zinc-lined pails should never be used to contain water may not have been used freely and thus may sour beverages or as preserving kettles. The glaze on not have been kept free of irritating substances. earthenware jars and yellow mixing bowls is fre- A earful of tourists once were poisoned when they quently a lead glaze. This means that such bowls drank the radiator water of their car. should not be used for tart foods such as apple butter. Foreign bodies frequently find their way into food, Cheap gray enamelware may contain antimony. Cad- and they may be swallowed, causing injury. Old-fash- mi inn (similar to zinc) is poisonous if used to plate ioned can openers may introduce metal shreds, or kitchenware. shreds may become detached from steel wool or metal Sodium fluoride is excellent for killing ants and dish scouring pads. When inspecting a certain restau- roaches, but if stored in salt shakers, it may unin- rant I observed a plate-glass partition that was badly tentionally be used to season food, as once happened. chipped from being struck by dishes. Did these chips Fortunately no one was hurt, because the amount was fall into the food? small. But when sodium fluoride was once mistaken for Food poisoning may result from bacteria or their powdered milk and added to omelets, numerous deaths poisons. This kind of food poisoning is far more com- resulted. mon than most people realize, for unless a number of Never store poisons with foods, but keep them in people are made seriously ill, the health department special cabinets. How often this rule is broken! Once is seldom notified. It is hard for officials to pin down when inspecting a hotel I observed fly spray, paints, the cause. Most people suffer in silence. But who has sulphuric acid, lye, roach powder, and rat poison in the not been made ill by food? pantry. In the drawer with the flatware were the The commonest causes of food poisoning are not plumbers' tools, shotgun shells, and fishhooks. ptomaines—these have been absolved—but bacteria of Lead paints should never be used on tables where the salmonella group. The source of these germs is food is cut. The food inspector frequently sees kitchen animal or human. Epidemics of salmonella-caused tables scored with knife cuts and almost denuded of diarrhea are frequent among cats, dogs, rats, and mice. paint. You eat that paint. Cockroaches, according to Dr. Theodore A. Olsen Poisonous insecticides are sometimes used on fruits of the University of Minnesota, may harbor salmonella and vegetables. Always wash fruits and vegetables germs for several days. These germs, when deposited

22 LIFE & HEALTH on food or dishes, may remain alive for a month or two. sional case of typhoid reported today is generally Flies are also carriers. Cats and dogs frequently traced to a carrier. have the run of kitchens and grocery stores. Salmonella In 1940 a milk-borne typhoid epidemic broke out organisms can infect the human gastrointestinal tract, in a certain town. There were seventy-eight cases, causing vomiting, cramps, and diarrhea. The victims with eight deaths. In spite of this disaster the city often attribute such symptoms to change of water or council refused on the grounds of expense to install air, ignoring the flies in the kitchen, the cat in the a pasteurization plant. One could point out that the pantry, and the mice, rats, or roaches that may run medical expenses for the seventy-eight persons ill and over the food and dishes at night. the funeral expenses for the eight deceased would more Duck eggs (but not hen eggs) may carry salmonella than have paid for the plant. Meanwhile, the milk germs. An epidemic in England from duck eggs was remains dangerous. once reported by the British Medical Journal. If you Typhoid fever is not the only disease traced to eat duck eggs, be sure to boil them hard. milk. Milk can also spread tuberculosis, undulant fever, Spray-dried hen eggs may be contaminated from septic sore throat, diphtheria, infantile paralysis, and their shells, although hen eggs are safe when unbroken. dysentery. The great reduction in the incidence of Furthermore, salmonella germs may contaminate milk, hunchback and other forms of bone tuberculosis is which is another reason for pasteurization. directly related to the more general pasteurization Certain kinds of food are particularly dangerous of milk. if not refrigerated. Among them are poultry, lobsters, Most people have heard of Typhoid Mary, a notori- ham, sandwiches, and salads. It is wise to avoid cold- ous cook and typhoid carrier who failed to wash her storage poultry in warm weather. Veal is a rather fre- hands after visiting the toilet. She caused thereby quent source of food poisoning. Mutton and lamb numerous cases of typhoid fever and a number of have been incriminated, though less often. deaths. The health authorities finally caught up with Bacterial poisons such as those produced by the her, and she was quarantined for life on Welfare Is- staphylococcus (a pus germ) may contaminate food. land, New York. This organism grows especially well in beaten fillings. There are few food handlers who invariably wash Indeed, cream puffs are so notoriously dangerous that their hands, after visiting the toilet unless they are health departments commonly forbid their sale in specially trained and continually reminded. Washing summer. of the hands after the bodily functions should be a The staphylococcus toxin causes a violent form of part of one's religion. Ordinarily, dirty habits are food poisoning, with vomiting, cramps, and diarrhea. just nasty, but if a "carrier" is involved, an outbreak The source of the infection is animal (rats, mice, of disease results. cockroaches) or human. Any food handler with a boil Dr. Chapin, long-time health officer at Providence, or felon can cause an epidemic among his customers. Rhode Island, was one of the first to recognize the Once the poison has formed, boiling of the food does importance of contact infection. There are numerous not destroy it. pointed paragraphs in his classic, The Sources and The type of food poisoning known as botulism is Modes of Infection. He makes the startling statement caused by a soluble toxin. In the United States the that if our saliva and excreta were indigo in color, our source is usually imperfectly sterilized home-canned fingers would be continually blue. (Turn to page 33) nonacid foods, such as spinach, string beans, or meat. The death rate is high, and treatment is unsatisfactory. Fortunately botulism is rare. A large group of diseases not classified as food poisoning are nevertheless often spread by food and water. Pure water in civilized communities has nearly eliminated typhoid, cholera, and dysentery. The occa-

BOB TN110 DUCK EGGS have been known to carry germs that are dangerous in food. Why not be safe—stop using foods that contain dangerous elements? APRIL, 1955 23

Never call tobacco smoking

a trifling habit. Its effects

are serious, not slight.

SAND in the GEARS

Z, JAMES J. SHORT, M.D.

out? And of course you wish to know what the poison is. Tobacco it is, and tobacco it has been for generations. But the effect of the poison on people is becoming more acute with each passing year. Some will say, "How silly! Of course tobacco isn't exactly good for a person, but tobacco smoking is only one of the minor vices. I have known plenty of people who lived to a ripe old age, yet they smoked heavily most of their lives." Well, so have we all. And this proves precisely noth- FIRST ing, except perhaps that such people are unusually tough. OF TWO But don't think for one minute that we would make such a serious indictment of tobacco without good ARTICLES evidence to back it up. A few years ago Dr. Raymond Pearl, late professor of biology of Johns Hopkins University, made a series of large-scale, long-term observations on smokers and nonsmokers to determine whether tobacco had any F WE say that there is in this country and in influence on length of life. He selected 1,905 heavy most of the civilized world a vast ring whose smokprs, 2,814 moderate smokers, and for a control business and purpose it is to poison for profit group 2,094 nonsmokers-a total of 6,813 men entirely the great mass of humankind, it might be unselected except on the basis of their tobacco habits. too much for you to believe. If we should say that This number is considered adequate for studies by this purpose is being all too successfully accomplished, life insurance mathematicians. He found that survival you might say "Preposterous !" If beyond all this we rates for 100,000 men in each category beginning at should go so far as to say that the health and lives the age of thirty were as follows: of millions are being destroyed by this business- making many other catastrophes pale into insignifi- Nonusers Moderate Heavy cance-you might think we had lost our reason. Yet of Tobacco Smokers Smokers the evidence indicates that to be true without the Beginning at 30 years 100,000 100,000 100,000 slightest degree of overstatement. Surviving at 35 years 95,883 95,804 90,943 How is it possible, you ask, in these days of scien- " " 40 years 91,546 90,883 81,191 CC " 45 years 86,730 85,129 71,665. tific discovery, of public health departments and laws, it4 " 50 years 81,160 78,436 62,699 of hygiene and sanitation, of physical training in .CC " 55 years 74,538 70,712 54,277 public schools, and of general enlightenment, for id " 60 years 66,584 61,911 46,226 CC " 65 years 57,018 52,082 38,328 such a crime against the public welfare to be carried " 70 years 45,919 41,431 30,393

24 LIFE & HEALTH From this breakdown we see that there were about 50 per cent more survivors at seventy among the nonusers of tobacco than among the heavy smokers. The heavy smoker has only about two chances of reaching sixty to the nonsmoker's three. About 37 per cent of heavy smokers' deaths between the ages of thirty and sixty could have been postponed if they had not smoked. Such facts cannot be disregarded. How does tobacco kill? Its effects on the body are widespread, and show up in many ways. The small boy who takes his first smoke can tell you some of them. Remember the time you tried to be just like Daddy and the other grownups, and you lit your first cigarette? EWING GALLOWAY The first few puffs irritated DON'T grope for health; throw out your health-damaging your throat and made you habits! Why risk your most precious possession of all? cough, and the tears came to your eyes as the smoke was wafted into them. But you kept bravely on until you had completed the first one. Not much happened, so growing bolder you decided to try another. You rapidly caught on to the art of manipulating that little old cigarette, and soon you could smoke like an old-timer, with perfect savoir-faire and nonchalance. After a short time you didn't feel quite so nonchalant. A queer, woozy dizziness began to come over you. Some- thing in the midriff didn't feel quite right. Then, oops! you made a quick dive for out-of-doors, and considered was still present. The pessimistic reply to a suggestion yourself lucky that you arrived in time. You didn't of lower amputation was based on wide surgical experi- have any time to lose, at that. ence with the condition known medically by the fear- But somehow the effects didn't pass off as soon some name thromboangiitis obliterans. It means "an as you could have wished. Mother's call for supper met inflammation of blood vessels with blood clotting and with the usual response—in reverse. All you wanted stoppage of circulation." just then was to be left alone on your bed to ease your The sufferer was greatly discouraged at the dismal misery. If only the walls and furniture would stop go- prospects of the future without his leg. His misery ing round! And when Mother came to investigate you resisted all attempts at consolation as he thought of saw two mammas instead of one. But you were able a promising career in salesmanship cut short by his to make out the knowing smile on Daddy's face. calamity. His resources had already been badly drained You made a lifetime resolution there and then: by a chronic progressive illness of months' duration. Never again! And you kept that resolution too— Bleak despair settled over him as he thought of his for eight long years. wife and two children. Now let's change the scene for a trip to the hospital. To add further to his mental anguish, the doctor A young man of thirty-six is lying ill in bed while two had to warn him that if he did not take precautionary doctors, one a surgeon and the other a medical spe- measures his left leg, already similarly affected, would cialist, discuss his case. soon go the way of his right. The doctors advised "Doctor, I don't believe in whittling. The leg must several measures, but one was given as an absolute, come off well above the knee. An amputation below unconditional demand and ultimatum: he must give up the knee will only mean a higher amputation later smoking, or else because of failure of the stump to heal." Thromboangiitis obliterans is found almost ex- This was the surgeon's opinion in the case of the clusively in men. Its early symptoms are usually im- young man, whose foot was affected by ascending paired circulation in the foot and leg—coldness, tin- gangrene. The blood vessels were badly closed at the gling, pain when walking, and later redness and blue- foot and ankle, but fair circulation below the knee ness of the skin, with pain (Turn to page .40)

APRIL, 1955 25 THE MEDICAL TEAM

This is the fourth in a series of articles entitled The Medical Team. These articles are designed to better ac- quaint you with the services of various doctors, nurses, and dieti- tians—members of the medical profession—who team up in the hospital to get you well. We hope you won't have to go to a hospital any time soon, but if you do, we feel sure the knowl- edge of how the team works will make your stay more restful and reassuring.

HE average person has become accustomed to medical speciali- T zation. The surgeon, the cardiologist, the ophthalmologist, and the many other specialists are viewed as a necessity by the average layman, and their advice or special tal- ents are utilized freely. A more recent and less generally accepted participant in this team of medical specialists is the psychiatrist. His H. A. ROBERTS training is in the regular medical course THE psychiatrist is very understanding of human needs. He helps you to know yourself. and the usual internship, just as the other specialists, but instead of taking ' postgraduate work in one of the more common fields a part in his illness. Mental stress can cause upsets. of special interest, he spends added years of training Let us consider a patient who is suffering from in the study of diseases of the mind and the nervous headache. There are numerous causes of headache, system. such as sinus trouble, eyestrain, high blood pressure, Since the recent war the importance of the psychia- brain tumor, and neuralgia. But one of the most com- trist in the medical team has become more fully ap- mon causes is emotional tension. A careful psychiatric preciated. How can he fit into the medical team? study takes into consideration attitudes, adjustment One of the major problems in medicine is to estab- difficulties, excessive fears, hidden anger, frustrated lish a correct diagnosis. Until this is done, no suitable ambition—all of which may result in inner tension that treatment can be carried out. The psychiatrist can be may cause headache. If in a careful personality evalu- helpful in the diagnostic study of a patient. ation, the psychiatrist finds that emotional problems It is not always clear what the underlying causative are present and that the headaches began about the factors may be in the production of symptoms. In same time the problems became acute, the psychiatrist any illness, the doctor has to consider infection, dis- can be of definite help in arriving at a diagnosis and turbed circulation, tumor, and other specific physical thus deciding what treatment is appropriate. causes. He also must consider psychological or emo- On the other hand, a patient may be referred be- tional factors as being the cause. The psychiatrist, cause of headaches or other symptoms that the refer- because of his special training, is in a position to ring doctor believes are due to emotional and nervous evaluate the patient's psychological and emotional causes. The psychiatrist, failing to see the signs of status in order to help determine whether it is playing emotional maladjustment, may find there is no such

26 LIFE & HEALTH Psyleadrist

A HARRISOn EUAnS, M.D. Medical Director, Harding Sanitarium, Worthington, Ohio

lem and giving directions in the patient's management to the general practitioner. The third way in which the psychiatrist assists The help your family physician may ask his professional colleagues is by actively treating patients who for one reason or another cannot be satis- of a psychiatrist may prevent troubles factorily managed by the local physician. The patient may be so ill he needs to go to a psychiatric hospital for special treatment measures that the psychiatric that would develop without his guidance. specialist alone can give. The psychiatric specialist is trained in using electro- and insulin-shock treatments, fever therapy for certain infections of the nervous system, and other special treatment tech- problem present. He can point out the need for fur- niques. ther diagnostic studies because he has helped rule out Just as a surgeon may operate on a patient and an emotional basis for the symptoms. then return him to his local physician for usual medical I recall a patient who was referred to me because care, so will the psychiatrist use his special treatment of headaches that his doctor thought were the result of techniques, and upon recovery of the patient refer him an emotional depression. This doctor believed that back to his local physician. his patient needed special psychiatric treatment. Care- In some instances a person deeply disturbed emo- ful study revealed that the patient did not have a tionally will need prolonged psychotherapy that only psychiatric illness but rather a brain lesion, which a specially trained psychiatrist can adequately give. needed the attention of a brain surgeon (neurosur- Psychotherapy is an understanding, talking-out form geon). of treatment. In it the patient gains a deep understand- We see, then, that the psychiatrist can participate ing of his distorted attitudes and ways of reacting. in the medical team, along with his specialist col- His greater understanding helps along his desired leagues, in an important way in the diagnostic ap- adjustment. praisal of the patient. When the psychiatrist assumes the major and A second and important way that a psychiatrist prolonged-treatment role, he is doing no more than can function in the medical team is by evaluating his fellow specialist, for example, in the field of tuber- the patient's problem, then advising the patient's culosis, who also assumes the major and prolonged- doctor how he may better manage the patient's nerv- treatment responsibility of a tuberculosis patient. ousness and emotional instability. A great many people From these glimpses of the psychiatrist's duties, afflicted with a nervous illness can be treated satis- you may see the value of the psychiatrist in the medical factorily by their local physicians, but suggestions team. The patient should not be offended if his doctor from a psychiatric specialist are often helpful to the wishes to have a psychiatrist's opinion. This request local physician. certainly does not imply that the doctor thinks the A parallel could be found in the field of heart dis- patient insane or mentally incompetent. Rather, it ease. The general practitioner can satisfactorily man- shows he is an alert, understanding person who is age most heart problems if he has an occasional con- wanting to consider all possible causes of the illness sultation with a heart specialist, who is better versed in question, including the emotional. on the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. Help from a psychiatrist may be of tremendous Every psychiatrist repeatedly sees patients in con- value, and often determines the correct course of sultation solely for the purpose of clarifying the prob- treatment.

APRIL, 1955 27 WWWWWWW

MIWPWW

We do not diagnose or treat disease by mail, but answer general health questions. Enclose stamped, addressed envelope. Address: Family Physician, LIFE & HEALTH, Washington 12, D.C.

Rheumatoid Arthritis warm the hands several times a day. Heart Condition You may do this by placing the hands Please tell me the cause and treat- in hot water or exposing them to the Please tell me what to do to ease a ment of rheumatoid arthritis. heat from an electric lamp. For some persistent cough. I also have a heart The cause of rheumatoid arthritis degree of relief, the hands or joints condition. is not known, and the treatment is involved may be rubbed with oil of It is quite likely that your cough' somewhat limited. Some persons ap- wintergreen, or a preparation contain- is related to your heart condition and parently are never cured of the con- ing it, after this heating. The joints that its treatment will be taken care dition, and the usual tendency is for involved should be exercised to some of if the heart is handled rightly. it to be gradually progressive in its extent, but not too much. Overexercise We do not commonly think of diet severity. will increase the soreness and the as being directly helpful in heart con- The patient should make every effort swelling. Adequate rest is highly im- ditions, but you should use a rather to surround himself with the best portant. light balanced diet. physical conditions for comfort and The bowels should be kept function- Weakness of the heart naturally warmth, such as warm clothing and ing well. Sluggish bowels or poor elim- leads to congestion of the lungs, with reasonable living temperatures. ination frequently aggravates an ar- consequent coughing and wheezing. A A wise procedure is to particularly thritic condition. suitable amount of rest, with limita- tion of exercise, is usually part of the approved approach in treating the heart. We imagine your coughing will be a much smaller problem if the heart condition is improved. Medicine for the cough alone may not be of direct 071,,re no.r.% benefit to the heart. * * * FOMENTATIONS TEACHING BY TELEPHONE Preventing Colds BY OWEN S. PARRETT, M.D. BY MARTIN TONN We should all know where, when, The shut-in child may keep up with Please tell me what to do ahead of and how to use heat in treatments. his schoolwork by means of the time to prevent colds in my three chil- Also when to use cold, and when telephone—a new idea. dren during the winter. Would vita- to combine cold and heat. mins help? RLF-A NEW DISEASE VACATIONS Many persons find a degree of pro- BY ALBERT E. filusT, M.D. tection against colds by taking vita- BY DANIEL H. KRESS, M.D. Retrolental fibroplasia was caus- mins, starting early in the fall. I have Make your yearly vacations what ing much blindness in babies—un- treated some cases of chronic colds by they ought to be. til science stepped in. giving generous doses of vitamin B, beginning in October, and continuing YOUR MENTAL APPETITE REGULAR FEATURES right through until March or April. BY ADLAI ALBERT ESTER, PH.D. DIETITIAN SAYS This treatment met with gratifying Be a man! Keep yourself under con- MOTHER'S COUNSELOR results. In one instance I gave only trol. CHILDREN'S PAGE vitamin BI, and with that the results appeared to be good. In recent years vitamin C has been used with apparently good results, both in protecting against colds and in curing colds. These vitamins are obtainable in all parts of the country.

28 LIFE & HEALTH

Beauty and Health in a Bath (Continued from page 13) AROUND-THE-WORLD SHOPPERS CLUB powder will add comfort. If the skin is dry, especially in the chronic in- 3 MONTHS TRIAL MEMBERSHIP To introduce you to the history of the locality valid where the skin shows lack of thrill of receiving beau- where gift was made. FOR ONLY tiful, exotic, useful, and activity by its scaly appearance, an ornamental gifts from The only reason we can all over the world at less afford to accept trial oil rub after the bath is helpful. You than hall their U.S. memberships at this low 00 value. Around-the-World price is because we are may use any pure cold cream. Shoppers Club will for a confident you will con- ▪ limited time accept THREE-MONTH TRIAL tinue as a member at POST- The cleansing bath should not take MEMBERSHIPS (from new members only) for our regular price of $2.00 only $5.00 postpaid and duty free. This means, per gift on a 6 month PAID longer than twenty minutes. When it that for only $1.67 each you will receive three or 12 month renewal. wonderful articles from Africa, Asia, the Near Why not send your re- DUTY is finished, bring the bedcovers back East. Europe, the Scandinavian Countries, the quest now for Trial Far East, South America, or from whatever corner Membership at this FREE up over the bath blanket. Remove this of the earth our representatives happen to be in amazingly low price. while your membership is in force. This we guar- which may be withdrawn blanket, then the lower bath blanket. antee: whatever you get must be worth two or at any time. Send no SAVES YOU $2.50 three times the price or Just tell us so and we money now—Just say 'Enroll me as a THREE- The patient is now in a dry bed. Put 1 will promptly refund your money! Most of the MONTH Trial Member." We will bill you $5.00 • articles are hand crafted by natives whose skill instead of the regular price of $7.50. Be sure to on the clean, warm gown. has been handed down for generations. With each include your name and address. If you prefer article a fascinating brochure is included, telling gifts from any special countries, mention them When necessary, give a fever bath, about its origin, the customs of the people, the and we will do our very best to please you. using much the same procedure as for AROUND-THE-WORLD SHOPPERS CLUB, Dept.908-Y, 71 Concord St., Newark 5, N. J. the cleansing bath, but omitting the IN CANADA, write for prices: 971 St. Timothy St, Montreal 24, Que. soap. There is not the danger in exposure when the body is warm, so the fever bath may be a bit longer Help Yourself to Health than the cleansing bath. A larger surface can safely be bathed before dry- \ Nil ing than in the cleansing bath. For example, the chest and abdomen may 11f / be bathed at the same time. MOIST HEAT °01.1‘ opt4SrIT&URVIATLA In giving the fever bath, avoid fric- ELECTRIC, time-saving,

eliminates messy, vie DO AS THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES HAVE.. AS tion in applying the water and in ORDER YOUR NATURAL FOODS AND scalded tingers drying the patient. The attending phy- cloths, VITAMINS FROM NATURAL SALES sician will usually order the tempera- ...TOP QUALITY AND ABSOLUTELY FRESH ture of the water to be used. In many AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES. cases of fever, hot water is as bene- SOME SAMPLE VALUES 250 VITAMIN 0-12, 5 MCG. ficial as cold, because the hot applica- 1000 BONE MEAL TABS. FORTIFIED WITH A & D '' $. 22..7°50 tion brings the blood temporarily to 500 VIT. A & 0 (5000 UN. A—I000 UN. CO ... 2.20 1000 IODINE RATION ...... ,,:::,:_,,,,;,./ the surface, encourages elimination, 1000 VITAMIN A. 25,000 U.S.P. UNITS AA. 7.10 1000 DESICCATED LIVER TABLETS and hastens evaporation. 1000 WHEAT GERM OIL CAPSULES (3 MIN)... 2.55 A cold, clammy skin, blueness, goose 100 VITAMIN E, 100 MG. 250 GARLIC & PARSLEY flesh, shivering, and a chilly sensa- 100 LECITHIN-VITAMIN D tion are signals for the need of a hot NOW SEND FOP COMPLETE PR/CE LIST. -C-' "" sponge bath. But a full pulse, flushed AVAILABLE ERMOPHOW face, and hot dry or warm moist skin IN NATURAL SALES CO. 745 N. Beatty St., Pittsburgh 6,Pa. are signals for the need of a cold THREE SIZES sponge. Evaporation is a powerful cooling process. If you never had the pleasure of Low SODIUM DIET? realizing how greatly appreciated these simple and most effective baths Use DIET SAVOR brand are, you have a treat awaiting you. MONO AMMONIUM GLUTAMATE From Arthritic, Rheumatic Pain For Delicious, Salt-Free Meals! Moist Heat at "snap of a Nothing tastes so flat or bland as un- The Billion-Dollar Toothache switch" seasoned foods. You CAN enjoy de- * Effective help for neuritis, colds, and licious, tasty meals with Diet Savor (Continued from page 11) flu with THERMOPHORE "fomenta- . . . new flavor intensifier that brings tions." The Battle Creek THERMO- out natural food flavors. Diet Savor rate, but gum troubles increase. By PHORE replaces messy old-style hot carefully following his instructions packs and wet towels with quick, con- magnifies desirable flavors already venient, moist-heat fomentations. present in foods—yet contains no salt you should be able to keep your teeth * Used by Famous Sanitariums or artificial flavor. And Diet Savor as long as you live. Teeth were in- A professional appliance, yet safely, helps you stay on your diet. Try Diet tended to last as long as their owners, easily used at home. Satisfied users tes- Savor now. Mail coupon below. tify to the effectiveness of the THER- but neglect and indifference result all MOPHORE when moist heat is desired. ACCEPTED FOR ADVERTISING General Mills, Inc. too often in their loss. Included are a 27," x 13,1 electric unit IN PUBLICATIONS Dentists are busy men. In spite of (uses AC or DC current), two washable SPECIAL COMMODITIES covers, a safety thermostat, a switch, Of INC AMERICAN SAISICAS DIVISION new dental schools, the annual output and a 10, cord. ASSOCIATION MINNEAPOLIS 1, MINNESOTA of dentists falls far short of the need. * Direct Factory Price—Money Back The ratio of dentists to population re- Guarantee Enclosed, find 17 $1.75 for my J4 lb. jar or mains about the same-1 to 1900. This * Write Today for Literature CI $5.00 for my one lb. jar of Diet Savor. is due to continuing increase in our THERMOPHORE NAME population. Battle Creek Equipment Co. Select your dentist carefully, and Dept. LH-45, Battle Creek, Mich. stick to him. ADDRESS

APRIL, 1955 CITY STAT E Questions for this department should be addressed: Mother's Counselor, LIFE & HEALTH, Washington 12, D.C. Enclose stamped, addressed envelope for reply.

Stepchildren comer, the words of the stepmother the unjust attitude and actions of your should be something like this (said new youngsters you helped to keep up I am a married woman with five with kindness and sympathy in her an atmosphere of dissension and an- stepchildren whose ages range from voice) : tagonism. Many times you may have 17 to 24. My own children are younger "John, I don't blame you for the way kept on and on in your insistence that —2 to 7. The stepchildren appear to you feel. I know I can never take the you weren't being treated right, until resent my being in the home and do place of your mother. I am sorry, dear, everybody's nerves were explosive. not treat me with kindness; in fact that you had to lose her, but some- And you were the poor victim that got they have at times struck me and hurt body was needed here, and Daddy de- the brunt of it all—even to the beat- me to the extent that I have actually ings. suffered pain. One thing a woman has to learn What can I do to improve the home under trying circumstances is to keep situation and bring in peace and har- still. That's hard to do, especially when mony? I am very unhappy, and long SAe. Was Waiting she is sure she is right. But an argu- for a better feeling in the home. Please ment never settles anything. Your hus- tell me what I can do to improve the band may have many times been sorry entire situation and win the love of the By JEANNE DE GOOD for it all, but it is very hard for men stepchildren. to apologize or to acknowledge that I am wondering, since you have no He saw his mother's pleading eyes, they have been wrong. And I suspect, alternative than to stay where you are, And as he watched his mother rise dear, that even with him you have whether you might not change the He wore a frown. His face was grim, always tried to have the last word. situation somewhat by making up your For she was waiting now for him. Don't try to do that. mind to accept things in the home as The thing for you to do is accept they.are and, as they say, "put up with Her arms outstretched she waited there. your lot. Feel sorry for your husband. it." The lot of a stepmother can be His legs were weak, he felt despair, He surely has been unhappy. And very hard. For as he met his mother's gaze these boys haven't been happy, either. These older boys were adolescent He knew he'd have to earn her praise. The big thing for any mother—step- when you entered the home, and mother or not—to do is try everything naturally they resented your taking His eyes upon his mother's face, in her power to make her husband the place of the mother they had lost. He stepped into her warm embrace and children (even stepchildren) Every stepmother has to meet that And huddled there, his body shaken happy. Only in that way can she find situation and expect it. By this first step he'd ever taken. peace and contentment for herself. Try The danger is that the new mother this plan, and see if it doesn't work. by her attitude may make matters ma••••••••• Don't keep asking the big boys to worse. She may try to show her au- do things. If you would very much thority (which never works) or pro- like to have them wash dishes say test vigorously against the way she is tided that the best he could do was something like this: "I wouldn't ob- treated (which doesn't work either). to bring me. I'll do the best I can for ject a bit if somebody would just love She seldom realizes that the impor- you all, and maybe when you get a to wash dishes for me tonight." But tant thing to do is sympathize with little bit used to me we can be friends. usually I would let them offer to help. the children and win their friendship. I know that my coming makes you And act happy even when you feel She should never act as if she expected miss your mother all the more. Be- the worst. If you were to act happy, these resentful children to accept her cause of that I can see it is easy for what a change it would make in your as a mother at first or perhaps not you not to like me. But maybe it will whole household. What a wonderful for a long time. If she fails to win be easier after a while." Then smile effect it would have on those dear lit- them by sympathetic understanding sweetly and with sympathy—and that tle children of yours. Be happy and and by showing them that she is their boy will resent you less. jolly with your neighbors. You will be understanding friend, her cause is lost. Perhaps at first and all along you surprised how things will change. On When a child shows his antagonism have tried to stand up for your rights. your knees ask God to help you, and to the new home plan and to the new- It may be that by your very reaction to He will. 30 LIFE & HEALTH What Do You Fear? (Continued j, foil page 17) TREE-RIPENED ORANGES a short time your phobia will diminish to such an extent that you can live You will be glad to learn that Tree-Ripened Oranges grown on HERE IS GOOD FOOD! with it happily. M-16 Compost fertilizer contain In reality, a mild phobia is a natural far above average of the Vitamins and Minerals For a heart) dinarr. * VEC-A-STEAK instinct to protect us from danger. you know to be essential to your Vigor & For a hasty luncheon. * STEWED GLUTEN Disease Resistince. No poison spray used. For a picnic sandwich. * NES- B U RGER For example: It is only prudent to For a hungry family. * MOCK SCALLOPS keep a safe distance from the edge of $6.25 per bu.; $4.25 per 1/2 bu. Good * NUT-TENE a cliff. Although an exaggerated fear Express Prepaid. 50c extra ex- Anytitne PROTENE press west of Mississippi River. Anywhere * SOY BEANS of high places may sometimes prevent * CHICK PEA SOUP a person from even going upstairs to LEE'S FRUIT CO. NES-PAK FOODS CO., INC. a second-floor bedroom, a normal fear Post Office Box 450 Leesburg, Florida 95 Brike Sheet, Lowell, Mass. of danger is nature's way of protecting us from harm. So whatever your pet phobia may be, face it squarely. Don't let it get out of hand and become an obsession, VISIT because such an attitude may go much too far. YOUR Keep happy, keep safe, and you will FAMILY have no fears! DOCTOR WHEN YOU

Get-Well Fun FEEL (Continaul pow page 15) "DRAGGY" 11 the "Land of Counterpane," the game of make-believe that helped Robert Louis Stevenson through a long period of convalescence when he was a boy? Try games of skill. Fasten a tall narrow bottle securely upright a few feet from the child, and let him toss jar rings over it. Or let him toss small If the spring and bounce, the joy of life, is Thompson Laboratories—important to the missing from your stride, don't just charge production of red blood cells. A daily ra- objects into a collection of small pans it off to Father Time, to overwork, or to tion provides as much iron and B-1 as 4 or boxes. Arrange the containers in lack of sleep. That tired, "draggy" feeling to 5 lbs. of liver; as much B-2 as 17 eggs. order to designate certain points made may be the symptom of nutritional anemia NEOGLOBIN provides sound, therapeu- for each. Place a mirror in front of or something else . . . tic quantities of folic acid. him, let him hold a drinking glass with YOUR DOCTOR CAN TELL YOU Ask your doctor how NEOGLOBIN Tab- one hand on top of his head, and see lets can help you to extra energy and bet- When you feel forever fagged out, and ter living. how many grains of corn or beans he nothing seems to help, it is time to visit can drop into the glass with the other your doctor for a checkup. It is good com- If you paid double NEOGLOBIN'S low hand. mon sense to get at the cause of your loss price, you could not buy a better blood Paper cutting can give a youngster of energy. hoilder. hours of fascinated interest, whether Frequently this feeling of worn-out list- SHOW THIS TO YOUR DOCTOR dolls, pictures, or designs from plain lessness, which holds men and women back from success, from making the most He will be interested in NEOGLOBIN'S paper. Encourage the creation of out of life, is the result of nutritional de- fine, therapeutically balanced formula. quaint little animals and people by ficiencies. Your blood stream is your high- 9 NEOGLOBIN providing a pan of vegetables, such as way to health. A healthy man's body Tablets Daily Provide: potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, and should have a blood count of about 5 Liver Substance 20 grains million red blood cells. A woman's body (derived from 100 grains liver) the like, with toothpicks, feathers, Liver Substance 10 grains should have a 41/2 million blood count. (derived from 200 grains liver) beads, pipe cleaners, pins, and what- Iron Salt (ferrous gluconate) 40 grains ever is needed or best to use. If your weak, anemic feeling is caused by Copper 0.15 Mg a lack of those blood-building nutritional Vitamin B-1 _ 5 Mgs Let fine radio programs play a part Vitamin B-2 __ 3 Mgs elements provided by NEOGLOBIN, your Vitamin B-6 _ 0.5 Mg in the recovery project. Besides using doctor can recommend NEOGLOBIN to Calcium Pantothenate help you enjoy more energy and vitality. 5 Mgs the programs for enjoyment, let them Niacin 15 Mgs be timers for endeavors. A task may Vitamin C 30 Mgs AN OUTSTANDING LABORATORY Folic Acid 2 Mgs require a thirty-minute program at ACHIEVEMENT Choline 10 Mgs first, but with precision and deter- Inositol 10 Mgs Non-fattening, tasty, 100c, organic NEO- Plus other B-complex mination it may be speeded up to the GLOBIN Tablets are an outstanding Factors natural to duration of a fifteen-minute recital achievement of the well-known Wm. T. liver. or part of it. Use the musical numbers as rhythm for the handwork. En- At all health counters— 108 Tablets $3.50 courage singing along with the artists. if not available locally— Good planning can mean a happy ex- order direct. 270 Tablets $8.00 perience for both you and the little patient. Make the most of your oppor- WM.T.THOMPSON CO. tunity. St. Louis 3, Mo. 0, pt. C Los Angeles 27, Calif APRIL, 1955 31 "It will be fun to gather flowers and vegetables. But, children, your best reward is from the exercise you are giving your muscles. Each one of you has nearly eight hundred muscles in his body, and most of them are used Wings of Health when you work in the garden. "When you walk you use three hundred muscles at each step. You use all iml3y MADGE HAINES MORRILL M.A.prjr of these muscles while gardening. Then think of the bending and stretch- ing exercises you take while spading, raking, or pulling weeds. Think of the A CLUB FOR BOYS AND GIRLS chest muscles you use for breathing fresh air while you work! Think of the arm, leg, and stomach muscles that got a chance to pull and stretch. And you even gave the most important muscle of all good exercise—your GOOD GARDENS MAKE STRONG MUSCLES heart. Then, too, as Ted said, it is easier to study after you have been exercising. Muscle stimulation helps the brain to think better." THE schoolroom was unusually noisy. "Those remarks by Ted and Mary The children were listening with I Books dropped from the desks; feet made me think of something," she more interest than if their teacher shuffled back and forth. The children said. "Mary said you will all have were reading a story. kept looking out of the windows at much good from your garden when it Mary spoke up. "I've been sleeping the beautiful spring sunshine. is time to pick the flowers and gather better at night. Mother said at the "Close your books," Miss White, the vegetables. breakfast table this morning that she their teacher, said right in the middle could see that I was feeling better." of a class recitation. "Clear your desks. "And I know why I've been eating It is time we went outside and enjoyed 4 4 4.4 44444.4 44444.4 4 4.444.4 4444 so much," Ted said. "It must be this some of this lovely spring weather." garden work." When the books were put away and Miss White pulled down a large the children were sitting at attention, diagram of the muscle framework of Miss White asked, "What would you a man. "Perhaps you never realized like to do for the next hour?" this before," she said, "but about half "Play games outside." the weight of an adult is made up of "Go for a walk!" his muscles. Without muscles, a man "Let's make a garden!" Ted's voice would be simply a heap of bones and was full of enthusiasm. skin." "Yes, let's do," the children gave a Allen, the oldest boy in the room, quick response. had something to say. "We will be For the next hour there was much growing while our garden is growing. activity on the schoolground. The boys The garden will be making leaves, shoveled and spaded the garden plot, roots, flowers, and good things for us and the girls raked and leveled the to eat. And while we are taking care soil. Two of the boys went to get a of our garden, we will be developing wheelbarrow of fertilizer from neigh- stronger and better muscles." bor Brown's farmyard. The older girls "You are right," Miss White said. went around the corner to the little "Good gardens help to make good store to buy some seeds. Xindfzess Every day for the next week the bodies and strong muscles. Gardens give us the exercise and body stimula- children spent part of their noon hour By CLARA S. HOFF and their recess periods working on tion necessary for growth. During the the school garden. next weeks we will enjoy the pretty "It is so much fun to be outdoors I found a withered flower along my way flowers, but we will also be doing our- working and making something," Ted With hardened earth about its tender roots, selves a good turn by working in the remarked one day as he came in. Quite carelessly about to pass it by, garden." "After working outside I feel like get- When just in time cool water gave it strength. Little Billie was worried. "But ting right down to studying my les- school will be closed after a while, and sons." I found a lonely patient in a ward then what can we do?" Mary said, "And think of all the So hungry for an understanding heart Ted said, "I'm going to make a gar- good we will get from our garden That only God could ever slake his thirst. den at home." later on. There will be flowers to pick A measure of His wondrous loving care "So am I," a number of the other and vegetables to gather." Was gladly pointed out for him to take. children said. The pupils were seated and ready The flower, and he, alike both drank and lived! Billie had a big smile on his face. for a story that Miss White usually Reprint, "Oregon Nurse," 1950 "I will too, for I want to keep my read to them. Instead of picking up muscles strong all summer. I'm going the book to read, Miss White stood to have a garden in my own back looking thoughtfully at the children. 444444. 444 A. 4. 4-4 44444.4 4 4.4, 4. 4. yard." 32 & HEALTH Food Hygiene out instruction should be thought ca- restaurant, where food handling is in- pable of preparing and handling food. spected by the health department. (Continued from page 23) This includes the housewife and her Are you sure you are handling the servants, for probably more cases of family food in a sanitary way? Give Bearing this fact in mind, we can food poisoning caused by ignorance your work habits a close survey, and easily see that, without being unduly are in the home rather than in the assure health to your family. finical, a technique should be followed in the kitchen and dining room as well as in a surgical operating room. For example, tableware should be picked Like up by the handles, not by the part put FREE in the mouth. Glasses should be picked 4-4v1 Tasty New up by the base, not by the rims. What ,nar E. Dishes? SAMPLE have those fingers just touched? Side dishes should not be put on top of zr.Gotun food, nor cream jugs put in the cups. .171V SOVEX Soy Lecithin Spread The bottoms of these utensils are not Delicious vegetable flavoring rich in B1 B2 clean. The golden-yellow spread for Have you ever watched a careless • For meaty-flavored sandwiches bread with that good down-on- • Savory seasoning for gravy, soup, roast the-farm flavor. waitress and the sequence of what • Adds new zest to vegetable dishes, etc. her hands touched? One picks her • Peps up lagging appetites Contains soy oil, olive oil, sesame oil, nose, another coughs in her hand and 11-oz. Jar Sovex, $1.10 postpaid and soy lecithin. moistens her thumb with her tongue, (JVest of Mississippi, $1.25) Write to another makes change and handles Tarn jfoob Compatip SOVEX FOOD PRODUCTS P.O. Box 402, Vista 2, California dirty bills, then butters your toast. 105 Sherwood St., Holly, Mich. Is she a "carrier," or does she pick up TB bacilli, streptococci, or diphtheria germs from the money she handles? If the bacteria are harmless, her Make Sure You're Getting Your Money's Worth habits are merely dirty; if the bacteria are dangerous, you may contract disease. • • . When You Buy a Food Supplement ! It is a well-known fact that droplets A Statement from Mr. N. Bernard, President of Supra-Vite Sales International, are sprayed into the air when people Inc., Worldwide Distributors of Supra-Vite Quality Food Supplements: talk. Is your food protected from this "For more years than I'd care to remember, I've had people ask me, 'How can I tell danger? Customers pass in line at whether I'm getting my money's worth when I buy a food supplement?' My answer cafeterias and frequently talk over has always been: your food. Cooks and waitresses may "1. Make sure that the food supplement you choose is AN ORGANIC FOOD COM- talk over it too. POUND. Don't settle for a formula containing just a few synthetic vitamins What would you think of a surgeon and minerals. who, after carefully sterilizing his in- 2. Make sure that it contains generous quantities of all the known and essential vitamins and minerals, instead of just those that have received the most struments, allowed insects to walk over recent publicity. them or allowed them to fall on the 3. Make sure that it is formulated in a highly concentrated primary food base floor, or who operated without wash- made from plants and vegetables grown on ORGANICALLY fertilized soils. ing his hands, or who coughed and 4. Make sure that all the minerals are either organically combined or from an sneezed into the incision made for the organic source. operation? "When your food supplement answers 'Yes' to these basic requirements, THEN I have, nevertheless, frequently seen YOU'RE GETTING YOUR MONEY'S WORTH! flatware dropped on the floor, then "Incidentally, Supra-Vite Food Supplements meet all the above requirements. I picked up by the wrong end and put sincerely believe that they represent your best 'dollar's-worth' on the food supple- on the table without even a wipe! ment market today." Some dining rooms have a false appearance of cleanliness, but they are not clean so far as germs are con- PROOF IS BETTER THAN PROMISES! cerned. The milk is unpasteurized and If there is no Supra-Vice Distributor in your community, use the standing in the sun, allowing germs to grow fast. A cat and dog have the coupon below to send us your order for either the starter-size or run of the kitchen. Flies abound. The the large-economy-size of Supra-Vice Special Food Supplement. knives and forks are handled by the Prove to yourself that this distinguished formula can really help wrong ends, the glasses by the rims. ,ou to achieve a more healthful nutrition. Bad odors penetrate even into the spot- For the child For the parent SUPRA-VITE SALES INTERNATIONAL, INC. JUNIOR less-appearing dining room. Needless SPECIAL Supra-Vile Dept. 4LH, 9 East 45th St., New York 17, N.Y. Supra-Vite FOOD SUPPLEMENT to say, at such places there are numer- FOOD SUPPLEMENT Please send me the following: large economy packages of Supra-Vite ous cases of food poisoning, perhaps Special Food Supplement (contains 244 capsules and tablets) @ $12.50 ea. called "St. Lawrence" fever or attrib- starter packages of Supra-Vite Special uted to change of air. Food Supplement (contains 80 capsules and tablets) @ $4.50 ea. Restaurants are inspected, but El I enclose $ (we pay mail charges). homes are not, and your health officer ❑ Please send C.O.D. cannot see all. Most of the respon- Name sibility for clean food rests on you. Address .. City . Zone . . State . The day is past when anyone with- L

APRIL, 1955 33 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.

The Home Health-and-Beauty Salon her family free from colds and other tea (which yellows the skin), and infections. Temperatures in the six- adopting a regular, healthful living Women are spending fabulous sums ties with average to high humidity are program. today at beauty salons. The most mod- recommended for superior health and A young woman who always ap- ern establishments are regular charm rosy cheeks. The renowned English peared at a certain weekly meeting schools. They include special rooms complexion, characterized by high looking unusually radiant confided where a woman may ride the equiv- color and clear skin, is said to be due that just before leaving home she al- alent of five miles on a stationary to a cool environment in the homes, ways took a very cold shower to bring mechanical horse or take a sun bath with the corresponding above-average out the color in her complexion. She as her hair dries. The regimen may humidity. is a doctor, and wanted to appear include instruction on correct posture, A woman may spend as much as to be in superhealth. how to walk prettily, and how to eat twenty-five dollars for creams and lo- Another girl said that her secret of so as to be pleasingly plump or styl- tions at one time, when she knows high color was to apply ice cubes to ishly slender. Much valuable infor- that the real, more lasting way to true her cheeks for a few minutes each day. mation on healthful living is being loveliness of skin would mean turning This brought the blood to the surface given at the up-to-date salons. Women down cocktails, cigarettes, rich pas- and encouraged it to be there perma- seek help there in beautifying dry, tries, coffee (which darkens the skin), nently. dull hair, sallow complexions, faded Lemon juice applied outside and in- cheeks and lips, wrinkled skins, side will frequently tend to make for chipped fingernails, and many other a peaches-and-cream complexion. It conditions that detract from personal has a natural bleaching effect on the charm and beauty. NEXT MONTH skin. When taken as a beverage it You can make your home a health- seems to energize the liver and gall- and-beauty salon. You may want to + + + bladder. This effect will often notice- invest in a few skin creams and other ably lighten up a sallow skin. Use it helps. Many informed shoppers pur- * LIFE & HEALTH is carrying diluted in water in case your stomach chase theirs at the ten-cent store. a series on "THE MEDICAL normally has a high acid tendency. A Since these stores carry the leading TEAM"—those skilled servants tablespoon to a cup of water should beauty aids in very small packages, of the hospital who work to- be safe for most stomachs. you may purchase these trial sizes, gether to "make you well." Drinking carrot juice tends to make and at small expense determine the the skin soft and velvety, but if used ones best for your own skin. The * To better understand how med- too generously it may give a yellowish stock turnover of these stores is so ical specialists operate, don't miss . . . cast to the skin. great that you are quite sure to secure There was a great deal of truth in fresh merchandise. This assurance is a large poster in a college hall that very important, for rancid cream may + + + said : "The Best Rouge—Walk Five injure the skin. Miles Into the Country." It is amazing how the lanolin A wrinkled skin may be simply a creams, soap, and beauty lotions soften dehydrated skin. Drinking twelve to dry skin. Those who are forced to live X-RAY SPECIALIST fourteen glassfuls of liquids a day in dry, superheated rooms or must may make wrinkles disappear to some use hard water on the skin may find By Dr. Joseph C. Bell extent. The practice must be continued some of the beauty aids practically Chairman of the Commission on to keep the wrinkles away. Part of the a necessity. Whenever possible, soft Public Relations of the liquid may well be a quart of milk— water should be used to cleanse the American College of Radiology whole, skimmed, or buttermilk—as skin. Research has shown that its reg- milk is very nourishing to the whole ular use reduces a skin infection be- in the May body, including the skin. cause it more thoroughly cleanses. Pimpled skin may be due to a vita- Very often the homemaker can gov- min A deficiency or too free use of ern the temperature and humidity of fatty foods, especially chocolate, nuts, her rooms, keeping them at recom- and fried foods. It could be due to com- mended levels, and thus wisely main- mon constipation. To be sure, see your tain her own good looks and help keep doctor. 34 LIFE & HEALTH The condition of your hair and scalp reflects your health status. A Yogurt young woman went to an exclusive salon to have her hair done by a Venda,Item French stylist. He advised her to eat Buttermilk raw carrots every day to make her hair soft and shiny and her scalp free VEGETARIAN of dandruff. The prescription worked. Acidophilus milk For chipping fingernails salons usually suggest that their patrons drink At last, their preparation at home be- ENTREE more milk and use cottage cheese and came easy as child's play, with our vitamin D. To correct ugly bitten fin- CULTURES and DIRECTIONS. gernails it is helpful to use brewers' yeast tablets or B complex vitamins. No more "incubators"! Ask us for free The best beauty authorities acknowl- literature and about our amazing prepara- edge that smoking ruins the contour tion Synergysan.—Have a much better and of a woman's mouth. For full, natu- more economical product. Preparable rally rosy lips a generous diet includ- even when traveling. No shopping ing iron-rich foods for a high hemo- globin blood is recommended. Some troubles. Our guarantee: the personal of the best foods are whole-grain supervision of Prof. A. T. Kantardjieff. breads and cereals, eggs, dried fruits, Prices: one culture (Yogurt, Buttermilk, grape juice, and beans baked with or Acidophilus milk )—$1.80, six cul- molasses. tures (one every month)—$7.80. UNI- Your home health-and-beauty salon will perhaps provide rubber gloves to VERSAL DAIRY BACTERIOLOGI- safeguard the homemaker's hands CAL LABORATORIES, Inc., 995 S. while dusting and cleaning, a brush Western Ave., Dept. D-4, Los Angeles 6, or a dish mop for dishwashing if Calif., REpublic 1-6029. there is no mechanical dishwasher, a wringer for the mop, and a floor-wax applicator. Adults will be more sure to have a flat stomach if they will eat dinner Make at noon and have little or no supper. Health First For an elegant, erect carriage, sun IN TWO bathing is vital. One survey showed that even the aged may become more IMPROVED FLAVORS erect on taking sun baths or a sub- MUST stitute, such as cod-liver oil or vi- ENTREE IN MUSHROOM osterol. HUMAN GRAVY— For sparkling, bright eyes try more For a quick and easy main dish sleep, dark glasses on bright days, BODIES serve Entree balls in hot gravy. and a diet rich in vitamin A foods, M-m-m-m-M what a treat! Your such as raw carrots and greens. Plenty GROW whole family will love it. It's of iodine in foods and energizing good tasting and good for you, foods, such as dried fruits, make for OLD? too! a vivacious personality. The t i—ues in our bodies are constantly wearing For slender legs and shapely thighs, out. Vt e enjoy strength and health only because ENTREE IN TOMATO SAUCE— it is suggested that one go up and the wonderful mechanism of nature constantly For spaghetti dishes, casseroles, down stairs frequently. replaces them. and many other tasty recipes. A lovely lady will pay much for pills Our bodies are marvelously aided in this con- to assure a sweet breath and clean stant growth of new tissue by protein substances TWO DELICIOUS ENTREES. Both ready to called amino acids. For proper utilization of mouth. Internal cleanliness makes for their benefits, all seven of the essential amino use just as they come from the container. Both available at your favorite external loveliness. You may assure it acids must be combined. food store. by eating cleansing foods, such as POLY-AMS PROVIDES ALL bran for breakfast, chlorophyll-rich WORTHINGTON ENTREE is made from an raw spinach or endive in the salad at POLY-AMS TABLETS provides 12 amino acids exclusive recipe that includes some of including all the essential ones. You enjoy con- nature's best sources of wholesome dinner, and prune pudding or sauce centrated protein nourishment in its simplest, protein—wheat, soya, pecans, and for supper. You know, using chloro- pre-digested form. POLY-AMS are recom- sunflower seeds—plus vegetable season- phyll makes it possible for one to mended for tissue and muscle building, for ings that will satisfy the most hearty ap- eat garlic and onion and be safe from furthering good muscle tone. petite and please the most discriminat- offending odor. Why don't you try them? Buy palatable POLY- ing taste. But why not see for yourself? AIMS at all health counters. If not available in Ask for Entree the next time you visit Now to help in turning your home your locality, order direct, post-paid. your food dealer. into a health-and-beauty salon you will want to feature a calorie chart on POLY- AMS WORTHINGTON FOODS, INC. your kitchen wall, so that everyone 450 Tablets $3.75 8 oz. Powder.... 83.50 Worthington Ohio will maintain ideal weight for longer 900 Tablets $7.00 1 lb. Powder S6.00 life, greater efficiency, and continued WM. T. THOMPSON CO. happiness. St. Louis 3, Mo. Dept. C Los Angeles 21, Calif.

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April's Visit. April knocks at our "In your kitchen, where a good deal turbing all the others. Dishes also door again, her apron full of pussy of the clutter begins, a few cents may be fitted into revolving shelves willows and English violets. She taps spent at the ten-cent store will quickly that swing out when needed. at the windowpane with silver rain reduce the confusion. A handful of "A wall storage unit equipped with fingers. She is making rainbows ev- hooks provide a hanging place for plenty of shelves, drawers, and cab- erywhere. She wakens the daffodils cups. Dishes may be stacked in plastic inets will give you all the storage space and tulips. It's lovely this April—a racks, making it easy for you to choose you need in a living-bedroom. If it haunting, fleeting loveliness. You feel the plate size you want without dis- can be built into the wall, fine. If not, you must clasp it close or it will vanish erect a series of shelves on a segment some still moonlit night. of the wall. "In the bedroom itself, some head- Table Service. Do you find yourself boards have swing-out compartments getting lax when it comes to setting that are really night tables. Low chests the table? It's easy to do, especially built under windows are a natural for when there are young children spill- storing children's toys. Another per- ing things. Table linen should be spot- fect place to keep a toy cabinet is unless, and to accomplish this it takes a der a child's bed. clean cloth sometimes for every meal. "Most bedroom closets can be ex- And of course that's away too many. panded through the use of accessories. Better an oilcloth cover or a pretty There are hangers that take six plastic one you can clean easily after blouses, folding racks that hold five each meal than to give yourself too and six shirts. If the closets are nar- many washing and ironing tasks. row but deep, an expansion clothes Why not occasionally—if you db rod, running from front to back, is have to use an oilcloth or a plastic the best choice. It will pull out to cloth—dress up as for company? Use a bring your wardrobe into full view. silence cloth of heavier material un- "Closet doors may be fitted with hat, der your linen cloth and really set the umbrella, and shoe racks. And don't table to be attractive. Place a mirror overlook the closet floor, where a small in the center, under a bowl of flowers, chest or shoe rack may be kept. and light the candles. Teach your "In crowded homes the bathroom young daughter where to place forks, usually becomes something of a stor- knives, spoons, water glass, napkin, Color age area. Towel racks and hooks pre- and bread-and-butter plate. vent it from becoming untidy. If there By GERALDINE YOUNG PALMER Spring Activities. And we home- are three or four members in your makers are shaking out the winter family, the medicine cabinet is prob- April again! a miracle! ably bursting. Solve that by installing accumulation of dust and washing win- After the snow and cold, dows and woodwork. We wonder where a second cabinet over the water closet. After the gray and brown and white, Don't forget, also, to use the space we can ever put all the things that Green and blue and gold! somehow have collected during the under the sink. There is room for a closet in the under-stair area in most winter months. Must be houses are Scarlet flash of a tanager, getting smaller, or else we are over- homes. Utilize a bay window by in- Sunbeam yellow canary, stalling a storage seat that opens into stuffing them. Iridescent hummingbird— But there is a ray of hope. The a sizable cabinet or bin. Busy little fairy! Pullman Coach Company agrees that "When a fireplace juts out into a "walls aren't elastic and closets and room, shelves will make it flush with Over pink and lavender hyacinths furniture aren't made of rubber. the wall and add storage space. In a Quick-silver breezes pass, Nevertheless, some shrewd planning corner arrange wood shelving at right Ringing forsythia's golden bells can produce a lot of space where you angles and top it with a triangular And rippling the green, green grass. didn't think there was any. board. Presto—a desk !" "You may make valuable space dis- Sounds like "space making" is fun. coveries in every room in your house. }=0C-C,...7-=•=•=.Cri Let's try it.

36 LIFE & HEALTH Migraine Headache It's LANGE FOR t• -- (Coni rimed from page 19) New Nigh-Speed Juicer OLD FASHIONED LANGE MULLIGAN U'LLIGN4 f'"" STEW THAT'S MEAT of its producing gangrene. Aspirin, for Home Use TEMPTINGLY Today's vegetarian although commonly used, may make answer to the patient even more uncomfortable NEW -- tonight's meal! NU-VITA FOODS • PORTLAND 14, ORE. because of the excessive perspiration. A helpful home measure that often brings considerable relief is rest in bed in a quiet, darkened room. This markedly lessens the throbbing at the height of the attack. Another simple BENNETT JUNIOR but quite effective procedure is the AUTOMATIC JUICER application of cold compresses to the This practical, modern juicer. forehead and back of the neck. designed for home use, produces a Weight quantity of rich• natural flavoreduits in These treatment methods are only 19 lbs. juices from vegetables andiep frt minutes. It is quick. effic, eco- Beautifully Located in a Suburb for the relief of the acute attack. The nomical. Just turn on electric switch. of Our Nation's Capital more important part of the treatment feed fruit or vegetable, and'•Junioe• will extract the juice.expel the pulp. is directed toward the total elimina- and C.S. A. Approved THIS modern general hospital $150 in U.S' maintains therapeutic standards aimed tion of the attacks or an attempt to cut Model $1T5 inConado at bringing new strength and vigor to down on their frequency. It Delivered body, mind, and spirit of each medical, This direct attack again emphasizes surgical, and obstetrical case admitted. Also available: Ben- the importance of preventive medicine, nett Model "El- for fountains, juice bars. EUGENE LELAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL and reminds us that in the treatment institutions. $27500 Riverdale, Maryland of migraine, one of the main duties of the physician is to ferret out and bring See Your Dealer or Write to to light whatever habits of life (so- THE BENNETT Co. called trigger mechanisms) may be Keep Up on Health responsible for the acute attack. Many Dept. LH, 1028 Ceary St., persons with migraine have already San Francisco 9, California with proved to their own satisfaction that .e and the more even and smooth the tenor of life, the freer they are from attacks...... ea,...... / ..-...-ir ... This is especially true in regard to f regularity of sleeping hours and meals, YOGURT 1 I and avoidance of fatigue. \‘ i • Outdoor exercise, too, pays off well. lovers: •• All excesses in eating and drinking, all overindulgences—those physical strains that decrease health reserves Want to make good, tasty Yogurt at home? —are to be strictly avoided. Strong Then get this Electromatic Thermo-Cult Yogurt Incubator. Also send for emotional responses to trying situa- Makes enough Yogurt for the one month's whole family 14 quarts). Auto- supply of Gen- tions, which are frequently respon- matic: foolproof; easy to clean; uine Interna- sible for the attack, must likewise be operates on AC or DC. Only $15 tional Yogurt postpaid. At leading health Culture—$1.80. avoided. stores or order from: The natural remedies, those we most INTERNATIONAL YOGURT CO., DEPT. L-4 often overlook, are by far the most important. "Pure air, sunlight, ab- 8478 Melrose Place, Los Angeles 46. stemiousness, rest, exercise, proper YOU CAN diet, the use of water, trust in divine Enjoy Restful Sleep — DEPEND ON power,—these are the true remedies." BETTER HEALTH

ELECTRO-W is placed "ON THE CERAPLEX MATTRESS --not Stuffed Green Peppers over the user, and like CERAPLEX is a scientifically pre- the sun, supplies radiant energy—soothing pared Food Supplement of guaran- Stuffed peppers are a perennial fa- warmth that is ab- vorite. Try this recipe for stuffed sorbed by your body teed potency, used for prevention of while you sleep. It relieves pain, quiets your nerves. multiple vitamin-and-mineral defi- green peppers, taken from the book and induces restful sleep. * Adjustable to any desired temperature. * Automatically turns on extra ciencies which are often the basic The Fine Art of Cooking, by Mildred warmth if room cools. * Dial hangs on the head of bed within cause of much suffering. G. Whitfield, Maria Hornbacher, and easy reach. * Seven feeler button,. Ruth Pearson. enable you to find desired setting a Why pay high prices when economical without light. * No interference Cut out centers of eight green pep- with radio or TV. No C.O.D. CERAPLEX maintains adequate food- 24.95 Orders. 2 year Guarantee. Postpaid value levels? pers and parboil ten minutes. Take r one cup of boiled, natural brown rice The Electro-Warmth Co. 2-MONTHS SUPPLY—ONLY $6.85 4115 Aspen Street Dept. LH-45 or bread crumbs, one cup celery hearts, Chevy Chase 15, Maryland Write for rice Fold( chopped fine, two tablespoons finely Please send: chopped olives. Mix the rice, celery ❑ Electro-Warmth 0 Information regarding At your favorite healthfood store or from $ enclosed the Electro-Warmth hearts, and olives with grated onion if Name EMENEL COMPANY desired. Fill the peppers and salt to Address City State Loma Linda, California taste. Bake ten minutes in hot oven. APRIL, 1955 37 W/1 not a Stew? here is... By MARIAN NIIIA, B.S., Dietitian

PRIL is here; and spring, which AMERICA'S NO.1 has been peeking around the cor- Aner for some weeks, is almost in full VITAMIN- A,/ view. But we will still be having cool days and chilly evenings, when a hot, MINERAL, nourishing stew or chowder will be Ilh most acceptable on the menu. B UY. ,•/ Stews are easy to prepare, are eco- xvozw41 nomical, certainly good to eat, and nu- 1110111111110111 tritious. Perhaps you may have some left- over vegetables that can be utilized in this way, or some liquid from cooked or canned vegetables. They will sup- NUTRIFAX plement the minerals and vitamins in your stew and add flavor. You need not always follow a set recipe, because you may readily substitute according to what vegetables PURE-ORGANIC-NATURAL BASE and seasonings are available. If you -SUPER POTENT-BALANCED FOR- have a variety of vegetables growing in your garden, you have the ingredi- MULA - PROVIDES 18 VITAMINS ents always at hand and in the most PLUS 11 MINERALS IN EACH SMALL nutritious state. Small, tasty NUTRIFAX TABLET. WONDERFULLY COMPLETE In making a stew add the faster- Tablets help make cooking vegetables toward the last, so vitamin-deficient people AT A WONDERFULLY LOW PRICE. that they will not be cooked to death feel 10 years younger! and the good flavor lost. A cover on 3 to 20 times Established Minimum Daily Requirements! the Tot will also prevent evaporation No two persons are alike in their daily NUTRIFAX sensibly supplies as much of water and will aid in preserving the individual vitamin requirements. Yet it as from 3 to 20 times minimum daily nutrients. is a scientific fact that you cannot do vitamin requirements. That extra Vita- your best work, look your beet nor enjoy Speaking of good flavor, a small the vital spark of good health when your min Margin of Safety may be as im- amount of monosodium glutamate, system is starved of essential vitamins portant as that extra reserve of power and minerals. That is why non-fattening in your automobile. sometimes called food tone, added to the stew will do wonders. This sub- PROTECTION FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY stance is not harmful, does not cover Sound vitamin protection for your en- in a super potent concentrate, balanced the flavor of the ingredients, but acts tire family can fit into your budget. A for most beneficial results. B-12 and to bring out the natural flavor. Food shopping panel of experts who canvas- folic acid, the blood builders are in- sed the market reports that you might cluded in recommended potencies. You tone enhances the flavor of almost any pay up to three times as much and get get choline, Vitamins A & C and the dish you prepare. It is especially good no more protection or solid value for entire B - Complex and many more. your money. The small tasty NUTRI- NUTRIFAX is just about unduplicated with stews, so the next time you have FAX Tablet is a wonder of modern, for completeness—unequalled for econ- stew on the menu, try a dash of it. scientific vitamin research. It actually omy. So, forget high prices—give your You will appreciate the results. provides 18 vitamins and 11 minerals family tbe benefits of NUTRIFAX. Another way to develop good flavor A daily ration of 6 NUTRIFAX Tablets provides: in a vegetable is to brown the onions VITAMINS MINERALS finely chopped and a small amount of Vitamin A 25,000 U.S.P. Units Calcium (Calcium Pyrophosphate)...750 Milligrams Vitamin D (Irradiated Ergosterol).1,000 U.S.P. Units Phosphorus (Calcium flour in the kettle before adding the Vitamin B-1 (Thiamin Chloride) 20 Milligrams Pyrophosphate) 450 Milligrams liquid and vegetables. To pet the best Vitamin B-2 (Riboflavin) .20 Milligrams Iron (Ferrous Gluconate) 10 Milligrams Vitamin 8.6 (Pyridoxn) 5 Milligrams Iodine (Potassium Iodide) 04 Milligram results cook the flour and onions only Vitamin B-12 (Ferro. Active Conc.)...10 Micrograms Manganese (Manganese Sulfate) 7 5 Milligrams Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) Cobalt (Cobalt Sulfate) 0.2 Milligram to a very light brown. 100 Milligrams Molybdenum (Sodium Molybdate) 0.4 Milligram Vitamin E (Alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate).10 Intl Units Copper (Copper Sulfate) 0 2 Milligram An interesting variety in your stews Vitamin K, Active (Menadione) 1 Milligram Zinc (Zinc Sulfate) 0 5 Milligram may be the addition of fluffy golden Niacinamide 80 Milligrams Potassium (Potassium Sutfate).4.0 Milligrams Calcium Pantothenate 10 Milligrams Fluorine (Calcium Fluoride).. 0.5 Milligram dumplings. They are not difficult to Inositol ' 50 Milligrams Ina natural base of alfalfa concentrate, prepare, and all your family are sure Choline (Choline Bitartrate) 50 Milligrams yeast, watercress and kelp. Folic Acid 1 Milligram to enjoy them. Para-Aminobenzoic Acid 20 Milligrams 180 Tablets Biotin 20 Micrograms II Rutin 2 Milligrams Only $7.00 Brunswick Stew Lemon Peel Infusion (Vitamin P Conc.) 30 Milligrams Thrifty Family Size can (No. 21, ) Proteena or gluten Chlorophyll (Water Soluble) 5 Milligrams 360 Tablets $12.50 steaks NUTRIFAX 2 cups tomatoes AT ALL HEALTH FOOD COUNTERS—If not available locally, order direct. --. 1 cup corn WM. T. THOMPSON CO. 1 cup okra 1 medium onion ST. LOUIS 3, MO. DEPT. C LOS ANGELES 27, CALIF. APO. et,' 1 large potato Paprika and salt as desired 1 cup water

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Brown the onion with a small amount of flour until light brown. Add water, tomatoes, corn, .and okra, and lastly potato and gluten steaks. The steaks may be browned on both sides first. Season with paprika, salt, and food tone. Yield: 12 servings. Irish Stew 4 cup celery 1 medium onion cup carrots cup cabbage 6 cups water 1 tablespoon Vegex 2 tablespoons butter or other fat cup cornstarch 2 teaspoons salt 1 large potato can diced gluten steaks 1 cup tomatoes .4 to 1 recipe of dumplings Cut up celery, onion, cabbage, carrots, and potato in rather large pieces. Brown the diced gluten steaks, and set aside. Simmer in water all vegetables except potato and tomatoes. Add Vegex, butter, cornstarch, and salt. Lastly add potato, gluten steaks, and tomatoes. Place cooked dumplings on top, and serve. Yield: 6 servings. on the WATER WAGON Garbanzo Stew With Dumplings Here's what the "Christian Herald" said in October:* 1 can garbanzos 2 cups potato water or "Here's a revolutionary idea in automobile casualty insurance that can 1 cup tomato soup diluted with 1 cup mean a substantial saving to those of us who abstain from alcoholic water beverage. Because of it, we can—for as much as 42 per cent less cost— Add the liquid to the garbanzos, and have the best and fullest insurance coverage available." bring to a boil. Drop dumplings from the The Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance Company, insuring total side of a tablespoon into the boiling abstainers only, was founded on the idea that the nondrinking driver liquid, cover, and let cook 20 minutes. shouldn't have to pay the inflated rates caused by those drivers who Sprinkle with chopped parsley. Yield: 6 drink—and drinking is to blame in 23 out of 100 fatal, accidents. servings. If you can qualify, Preferred Risk may save you 25 per cent of your Dumplings auto insurance costs at once. Additional savings come with claim-free cup water driving. They don't have to pay drinking losses, so you get the savings. 2 tablespoons butter or margarine No wonder Preferred Risk has 100,000 satisfied policyholders and over cup sifted flour $2,500,000 in assets. Do you qualify? Then use the coupon below. 2 eggs * The full article "You Can Travel Cheaper on the Water Wagon," Salt and food tone "Christian Herald," October, 1954, is available. If you would Bring water and fat to boil, and add like a complete reprint, just check box in coupon. flour, salt, and food tone at one time. Cook this mixture, while stirring vigorously, until dough is formed and does ■ ■ ■ ■ ACT NOW -- USE THIS COUPON not stick to pan. Remove from the fire, break in a whole egg, and stir briskly un- Please send me complete information about your auto insurance for total abstainers. til the egg is absorbed in the dough. Add I understand there is no obligation. LH-45 the other egg, and proceed in the same way. Beat thoroughly for a moment or Name My auto insurance expires: two to fold in the air. Drop into garbanzo Address Month Day stew as directed above. State City Year Occupation Corn Chowder Age Age of principal driver of auto Age o youngest driver 2 tablespoons butter Make of Car -Year No. Cylinders 1 medium onion, chopped Body type & Model (Series) 2 cups potatoes, diced Use of Car: ❑ Pleasure ❑ Business ❑ To and from work miles one way. 1:1 cups water Marital Status of Principal Driver: ❑ Married, with children 2 cups canned corn ❑ Single, living at home ❑ Single 21 cups evaporated milk ❑ Send me free copy of "Christian Herald" article. 13, teaspoon salt Poo't Onn Cook butter and onion in kettle until /f) WHY HELP PAY FOR PREFERRED RISK MUTUAL onion is yellow. Cook potatoes in water THE ACCIDENTS OF until almost done. Add corn and onion- THOSE WHO DO? INSURANCE COMPANY butter mixture. Cook until potatoes are tender. Add milk and salt. Cook 3 min- 2506 Grand Ave. Des Moines 12, Iowa utes. Serve hot. Yield: 11 quarts. "America's Total Abstainers Automobile Insurance Company"—Sam Morris, Pres.

APRIL, 7955 39 Sand in the Gears ample. Unfortunately, the living heart peace and satisfaction comes over his cannot be examined with the micro- face, his restlessness departs, and (Continued from page 25) scope. But certain symptoms indicate calmness supplants tile former nerv- even while resting. Finally, gangrene that "tobacco heart" is more than a ousness. Yes, tobacco soothes the sets in. theory. nerves—of the addict suffering from No race is exempt. Many factors in It is characteristic of active muscle withdrawal symptoms. Morphine will the production of this disease have that pain appears when there is not ' do the same for the opium addict who been studied, but only one appears to enough circulation to remove the prod- has been too long without his shot. be universal: tobacco. Abstainers from ucts of activity. Angina pectoris is a Both the smoker and the opium user tobacco are rarely affected. Now that heart condition in which there is much are drug addicts in the truest sense of smoking has become so widespread heart pain, often intense. Many pa- the word. among women, it is beginning to ap- tients have been relieved of the pain partly or entirely by simply giving up (Don't miss the second article by Dr. James pear in them. Short on smoking in the May Life and Health.) Smoking has such a great influence tobacco. When circulation to any tis- on the circulation that the tempera- sue is sufficiently impaired, there is ture of the finger tips of seasoned a breakdown of that tissue. The break- * * * smokers will drop from four to twelve down of heart muscle is constantly degrees centigrade during the smoking increasing in our population. Cig- of one or two cigarettes. Under the arette smoking is likewise increasing. Accidents Can Be Predicted microscope it can be seen that the Is it being unfair to our great tobacco industry to say that there may Doctors are now able to predict circulation is being slowed by a nar- when, where, and how you may have rowing of the smaller blood vessels. be a definite relationship between an accident. If you are a young man, This effect persists for a considerable larger death rates from degenerative heart disease and the wider use of twenty-one years old, you had better period after smoking. Experimental watch out during June and July. These evidence shows that this effect on cigarettes? The pouring of large are the peak months for the average blood vessels is due to a stimulation quantities of nicotine into human twenty-one-year-old man driving a of adrenal-gland secretibn by nerves bodies is not conducive to the abun- of the sympathetic nervous system af- dant health and long life they are car during the late afternoon or early fected by nicotine. capable of, despite the glowing faces evening on a humid day to have an You get a sick feeling when you in advertisements of the tobacco inter- accident. Weekends and holidays are ests. also bad times for accidents, according think of anything affecting your cir- to Dr. Morris S. Schulzinger of Cin- culation as much as tobacco can. As a Nicotine is one of the deadliest cinnati. child you probably learned what stop- poisons known. One 'drop placed on In the study of 35,000 accidents page of circulation does when you tied a cat's tongue caused it to leap into handled in twenty years of private a string around your finger to watch the air, roll over in convulsions, and practice, Dr. Schulzinger observed it grow red and puffy. When you saw die in forty seconds. Sixty milligrams that few people are actually "accident it growing darker, and turning al- (one grain) is fatal to a man. About prone." His studies show that a "small most black, you took off the string two milligrams of nicotine is absorbed group of individuals responsible for in a hurry—without being told to do from each cigarette. most accidents" is essentially a chang- so. Nicotine has a peculiar affinity for It can be assumed that a substance ing group. certain elements of nerve tissue, and Accidents are becoming so wide- which would slow the circulation in thus it produces its powerful effects. the vessels of the arms, legs, fingers, spread that having accidents is al- The mental confusion, giddiness, and most a disease, which he termed the and toes would do likewise in the vital nausea that many feel before they organs—in the heart muscle, for ex- accident syndrome. He says it can be become accustomed to tobacco are due described as a morbid condition in to the effect of the nicotine on their which a number of elements combine CONSUMPTION OF CIGARETTES highly sensitive and delicate nerve to trigger an accident. structures. From the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Because accidents frequently fol- Internal Revenue. Figures represent output by "But tobacco is soothing to my low some daredevil trick, accidents are American Manufacturers. Domestic Consumption nerves." We have all heard that one. likely to occur quite often among the is estimated about nine tenths of output. Did you ever observe a smoker de- young. Fifty per cent of nonindustrial prived for a longer period than usual accidents occur before the age of ° Estimated from revenue. of his accustomed smoke? He grows twenty-five. restless and irritable, his muscles The peak hour for the nonindustrial twitch, his face looks distressed, and accident is 5 P.M., and the low point his mind becomes confused. is 5 A.M. Industrial accident danger pe- The intensity of the symptoms var- riods are 10 A.M. and 3 P.M. when ies with the strength of the tobacco there may be a lowering of blood sugar habit and the nervous make-up of the and efficiency, with fatigue. man. The suffering of some men is Accidents, the No. 1 killer of chil- intense. One man who had smoked for dren, kill more than the next five or many years and was attempting to six most common causes of childhood stop, told how on one occasion he had deaths combined, says Dr. Harry F. to withdraw into a remote corner of Dietrich of Beverly Hills. Sadly the New York post office where he enough, accidents cripple more chil- could weep unobserved, because of his dren than they kill, he said. intense longing for tobacco. The time to prevent accidents to A cigarette brings quick though children is in the child's first five or temporary relief from such suffering. six years, when his behavior pattern The smoker inhales deeply, a look of is largely shaped by his parents.

40 LIFE & HEALTH Warm Bed in Winter If you suffer from arthritis, cramps, Feel Healthier ... poor circulation, or frequent colds, or do not sleep soundly at night, you aT BE TIRED! Happier..Youngerl would find some degree of relief if you could be comfortably warm as you sleep. *g, In the old days of frigid houses people assured themselves comfortable sleep with a bed warmer, a six-foot long-handled pan and lid. They placed hot ashes from the fireplace in the pan, and passed the pan between the covers until the chill was taken off the Vitamin and Mineral Tablets from natural bed. vegetable and mineral sources supply 25 Today there are superior methods important vitamins and minerals the body to accomplish warming of the bed. utilizes for buoyant good health and vigor. One very satisfactory type is an "on the mattress" electric bed warmer with It is a scientifically proved fact that, without essen- an automatic comfort control. This tial vitamins and minerals, you cannot feel your bed warmer is the most modern of all best, look your best or do your best. The recom- sleep equipment, yet has been in use mended daily ration of 6 small BASIC 25 tablets for fifteen years. Cold-sensitive per- gives you up to 150% of essential vitamins and min- sons using this bed warmer are able erals, including A and C. and the entire B complex, to sleep more comfortably with more along with B-12 and folic acid fresh air in the room. Difficulties that in generous dosages... all come as a result of chilling at night from vegetable and disappear with the use of such a tem- mineral sources! NO ANIMAL DERIVATIVES perature control. The Recommended Basic 25 is a specially prepared, potent extract ."1/C3irDaily Ration of fresh, green alfalfa, parsley, watercress and r * * of 6 BASIC 25 cereal grasses, with minerals from organic tablets contains: sources. The Australian Lemon Grass Plant, one of the richest sources known, provides Vitamin Huge Headache MADR A. Wheat germ, alfalfa, kelp, rose hip berries Vitamin A (Palmitate).6000 USP units 150% Vitamin D (Act. Yeast)..400 USP units 100% and non-fermenting yeast are other sources used: In 1953 the American public suffered Vitamin B-I (Thiamine HCI) (yeast) I me. 100% from 500,000,000 headaches, for which Vitamin B-2 (Riboflavin) (yeast) 2 mg. 1011°o VITAMIN PROTECTION WITHIN they took 18 tons of aspirin daily, Niacin-Niacinamide B-6 (Pyridoxine HCI) 100 mcg. YOUR BUDGET along with many additional tons of Biotin 4 mcg. Para Amino Benzoic Acid 2 mg. the cost of these wonders of scientific vitamin patented headache powders, according Inositol 10 mg. research is so small that you can, even on a small Choline (Choline Bitartrate) 10 mg. to Dr. John C. Krantz, Jr., professor Betaine (from beets) 10 919. budget, protect the entire family against vitamin of pharmacology at the University of Rutin (Buckwheat) 2 mg. deficiency that may result when intake or absorp- Vitamin E (vegetable oils) 3 I.U. tion of essential vitamins has been less than the Maryland School of Medicine, Balti- Chlorophyll (100". PURE) 2 me. Methionine dl 10 mg. minimum daily requirement over a prolonged more. Vitamin C (from Rosehips) 30 me. IOU". period. BASIC 25 is available at all good health Vitamin B-I2 (Oral Activity Chronic emotional wear and tear Equiv.) I meg. food stores. If your dealer doesn't have BASIC Folic Acid 50 mcg. 25, drop us a card telling your needs and the of everyday living is responsible for Iodine (Kelp) 0 I mg. 101).„ Iron (Ferrous Gluconate) 10 mg. 100°. name and address of your favorite store. You most of the headaches suffered by peo- Calcium (corn phytate) 200 nig. 26.6°. may pick up the merchandise there. We do not ple today. The emotional fidgety per- Phosphorus (corn phytate) 190 mg. 25°. sell direct. Manganese son, besieged by worry, anxiety, and (Manganese Gluconate) 0 1 mg. Trial size, 40 tablets $2 Copper (Copper Gluconate) 0.14 nig. fatigue, often suffers from headache. Magnesium Strong emotions may throw the body (Magnesium Gluconate) 0.05 mg. 150 tablets . . $5 500 tablets . S1 5 HEALTH FOOD STORES AND DISTRIBUTORS chemistry off balance and cause head- Write for information on how you con handle THE SETEBAID COMPANY ache. Among the emotions so listed BASIC 25 and private label products. lir 333 S. W. PARK AVE., PORTLAND, OREGON are hate, hostility, anger, rage, resent- ment, jealousy, and suspicion. Profes- sional men, business executives, and Diet and Cancer tumors and cancers are almost un- other white-collar workers are most known. In one colony, however, in the vulnerable to emotional headaches, A meat-free diet may be one way University of Chicago, scientists de- which usually come on after a trying to avoid cancer, for cancer research veloped cancer of the tongue and day. has been handicapped by the rarity mouth in some monkeys. Even so, Emotional headaches apparently of cancer found in monkeys, and other monkeys in the colony had no have no set pattern, and can be fickle monkeys are vegetarians. cancer. and bizarre. They rarely interfere According to Dr. Paul Steiner, Although the scientists offered no with work, play, or sleep and are usu- pathologist on leave from the Univer- explanation for this resistance of ally relieved by a brief nap. These sity of Chicago, now at the National monkeys to cancer, it may possibly be headaches may go on for years with- Cancer Institute at Bethesda, Mary- that a diet restricted to fruits, vege- out seriously impairing vigor or well- land, the instance of cancer in monkeys tables, whole-grain cereals, and other being, but certainly should be cor- is very rare. Reports from zoo autop- nonanimal proteins may be the an- rected even from the annoyance view- sies performed on monkeys who have swer. For monkeys live on fruits and point. . lived and died in captivity show that other nonmeat foods exclusively.

APRIL, 7955 41 o You gfnow—

By AGNES TIECK, R.N.

—that if your nails get soft and brittle, you need more calcium? —that the first symptoms of polio are headache, fever, muscle soreness or stiffness, and upset stomach? —that communicable diseases are most contagious during the first few hours? That is why it is wise to keep a sick child in a room by himself until the doctor has seen him. —that the common cold outnumbers PUERTO RICO--GATEWAY TO THE CARIBBEAN any other disease 30 to 1? The sum spent yearly for treatment of colds By FLORINE S. HOLLENBECK by the ordinary family is calculated at $15, or a national total of $500 million? UBA, Santo Domingo, and Puerto wall, the white domes and spires of —that spirits of camphor or house- C Rico are three large islands ar- the city rise into a cobalt blue sky. hold ammonia may be applied on in- ranged on a slanting line about 1,200 Old churches and chapels, fortresses sect bites and stings for relief from miles long, almost enclosing the east- surrounded by gardens of tropical pain and itching? ern entrance to the Caribbean Sea. flowers blooming throughout the year, —that you can get used to cod-liver These, with a fourth island to the and a multitude of hotels line the oil? Take one drop before each meal south, Jamaica, comprise the group streets. The city's cathedral is a bit three times a day, gradually increase known as the Greater Antilles. of old Spain dropped into the center the number of drops as your taste gets Three of the islands lie so close of San Juan. It is the final resting accustomed to it. In one or two weeks together that they almost form a place of Ponce de Leon, first Spanish you probably will be able to take a stretch of land with water gaps be- teaspoonful of cod-liver oil or the tween. amount directed by your physician Puerto Rico is the most European without a shudder. of the four, although it is a depend- —that carrying around an addi- ency of the United States. It was al- tional load of fat makes an extra bur- ways the most peaceful of the Span- den on the heart and something should ish colonies. be done about it? See your doctor if Stark red hills rise abruptly from you are much overweight. the lush tropical vegetation dotted —that disease germs may be car- with the palm-thatched roofs of na- ried into the body through the mouth? tive huts. Teach your children to scrub their The Puerto Rico standard of living hands before eating and always after is the highest in the Caribbean. Its a visit to the bathroom. public health and school systems are —that milk is the most nearly com- the best to be found in Latin Amer- plete food? We need it every day. ica. —That you can avoid foot trouble About 50 per cent of the food has by wearing the right sizes in shoes to be imported, also everything made and stockings? Keep your feet clean. of metal or cloth. Sugar cane fields, Rub with oil to prevent corns and coffee and banana plantations, and to- governor of Puerto Rico and discov- calluses. bacco field8 give the island a tropical erer and explorer of Florida. A few —that baking soda is a handy item atmosphere. blocks away stands a beautiful statue in emergencies as first-aid treatment Puerto Rico, like the Canal Zone, of Ponce de Leon cast in bronze. It in simple burns, scalds, and sunburn? is one of the few places in the world was made from a cannon taken off It can be mixed with water into a where an American can visit a for- a Dutch ship that attempted to raid paste. eign country yet remain on United the church in 1625. —that exercise, fresh air, plenty of States soil. English is the universal More of Spain and less of the drinking water, plenty of sleep, and language spoken, and United States United States is to be found as one sunshine are necessary to good health? money is generally used. Visitors can travels away from San Juan. Modern Take full advantage of these free or enjoy a salubrious climate in either sugar mills, with oxcarts bearing the inexpensive aids to health. summer or winter with comfort and cane; natives in bare feet cutting the —that snow and ice on outside steps ease. cane with machetes, red bandannas and walks are invitations to bad falls? El Morro, Puerto Rico's most his- tied over their feet to protect them —that the commonly called Adam's toric fortress, guards the old city of from flies—all these sights and ex- apple, which is situated in the middle San Juan. Five major steamship lines periences attest to the traveler that he portion of the neck and is very prom- tie up in the San Juan harbor; three is really in the tropics, and might well inent in men, is the organ of voice? air lines furnish passenger service to be many miles farther from home —that your d6ctor does more than Puerto Rico's capital. than his short Caribbean cruise has prescribe pills? He is able to prevent Half hidden behind its high sea carried him. and cure illnesses. 42 LIFE & HEALTH

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Consult your doctor if Yes—a calcium deficiency does contribute your child has any mysterious per- to soft teeth—weak, brittle nails—leg cramps—low back ache—ragged nerves— sistent pain. premature aging—and other upsets. You —that a leisurely bath in a tub of need more calcium than. any other mineral warm water in the evening will work in the repair of body tissues, yet calcium is more often deficient in the diet than any wonders in relaxing muscular tension other mineral—and the upsets of calcium and quieting the nerves? Taking such deficiency may be mild or more severe de- a bath is one way to be sure of a good pending on the duration and extent of the night's sleep. deficiency. Kal Tablets help protect from calcium deficiency with a generous daily —that if a child swallows an object supply of Calcium, Phosphorus, Vitamin D, foreign to the body, such as a marble Iron, Iodine and Thiamine. or a safety pin, he should be held by the feet upside down and slapped firmly but gently on the back to dis- 6 liAlTablets contain more CALCIUM than 1Qt. Milk, or 46 Eggs, lodge the object? or 7511verage —that hay fever is caused by an Tomatoes, or 31 lbs. Lamb allergy to pollen? The spring and summer types of allergy are usually Order from your healfhfood dealer due to the pollen of weeds, trees, and or the manufacturer. grasses. The autumn type of allergy, 100 Tabs. 375 Tabs. 650 Tabs. beginning in August and lasting up to $1.00 $3.00 $5.00 frost, is due primarily to ragweed pollen. —that commendation is worth 'Alt Calcium a tits, Welt — pounds of punishment? It is a truly KAL effective ounce of prevention. Mfd. by MAKERS OF KAL, 256 N. New Hampshire, Los Angeles 4, Calif. APRIL, 1955 43 Take the Children on Your Trips place a pillow on the bottom sheet and push it as far as possible toward (Continued from page 20) the foot of the bed. This pillow ar- into the pockets of a shoe bag and rangement takes the weight of the the bag hung from the back of the bed clothes entirely off the feet, and front seat. A few surprise packages, in warm weather affords better ven- little things from the ten-cent store, tilation for the body. such as simple puzzles, tablets to draw A most useful utility pocket for on, and crayons, will entertain them handkerchiefs, eyeglass case, and for long periods of time. other items can be made from a yard And of course there are all kinds of cretonne or other stout cloth in at- of games to play in the car, such as tractive colors. A twelve-inch width seeing who can name the greatest is satisfactory. From the thirty-six- number of animals on his side of the inch length cut two pieces eight inches car. The alphabet game is fun, too, gorget long. Sew one piece on one end of the each child picking out the letters of fit All goods and the other on the reverse end, the alphabet, in regular order, from making a pocket at each end but on signs along the road. By CALVIN SHAFER opposite sides. Bind all edges, sew And they'll love family singing— snap fasteners onto the edges of the Mom and Dad and the children sing- reverse side pocket, and insert a card- ing together the old familiar songs. Lie down in the wild grass in the spring, board in the pocket. Slip this stiffened Or, on long stretches, let them enjoy In the cool green grass, and forget the moods end under the mattress to give sup- good radio programs. of winter. port to the open pocket on the right A trip like this will be an education Let the wind dash the opening tassels in your side. for the youngsters. When they return face. A patient who is able to change home they'll be proud to tell their Let the insects tickle your neck till you can't bear from bed to chair for the day will ap- playmates that they were in a town it. preciate a well-shaken cushion or pil- where they saw some historical build- Let the bosom of the earth draw the heavy- low to sit on, another at his back, ings or strange animals. They'll re- heartedness from you and a foot cushion or stool to raise member such trips a long, long time. Like a poultice. his feet above floor drafts. To pre- And you'll be glad you took them with Lie down and forget it all. vent leg drafts, place a small blanket you! or shawl on the seat of the chair (be- Get up in the crystal morning when the pine tops fore the cushion is in place), seat the * * * are still patient, cross the blanket ends over Yellow like candles in the rising sun. his knees, and wrap around his legs Walk through the quiet shadows and listen to and feet. These comfort details gain Caring for the gavalid the varied thrush's song. importance from the fact that the sick Let the furry boughs, like gracious arms bending By JEAN M. HOLT person must remain in the same posi- down, tion for long periods, and may develop OMFORT for, the invalid depends Gently brush your face. bedsores from pressure at uncush- C on many little things. Correct pos- ioned points where the body weight ture, for instance, can mean the dif- Remember the swirling storm for one second, falls. ference between a fretful, fatiguing just for the sake Never lift a sick person by the arm- day and a day of restful comfort. Of contrast. pits. In heart, stomach, or respiratory When the patient is lying down his Then forget it fast. troubles, such lifting can cause great head should rest on a full-sized pillow, Forget confusion and perplexity. distress. If it is a case of slipping so that in turning from one side to Forget it fast if you have to dash through the down too far in bed, put one arm be- the other his head will have adequate trees and crash hind the person's shoulder and your support. A large pillow pressed against Through the underbrush. other arm under the buttocks, and the back will make lying on the side Run till your throat hurts from breathing, shove gently upward to the desired much easier, because it partially sup- Till your lungs bulge with the pure forest- position. ports the body in the side position. filtered air. If the patient cannot stand or walk When the patient is in the half-sitting Run till you reach the spring in the sunny clear- alone, let him take your arm, or put position, take care to place a small ing. his arm across your shoulder and pillow at the lower curve of the spine Bury your face in the chilly water while you drink. yours across his back at the waist- and the full-sized pillows on an even line. When you take a patient's arm incline from his head down. When he Then run to the grass, the glistening, dew-laden or put your hand under his elbow for is sitting upright, place a headrest at grass, support, he does not have the sense of the back of the pillows to keep them The iridescent green grass. security that comes when he grasps from slipping if the bed has no head- Lie down and feel the healing of the soil go into your arm or shoulder. Ih selecting a board or one not sufficiently high. Or your bones companion for an invalid, choose one push the bed against the wall for sup- And the healing of the sun go into your flesh. of about the same height when pos- port, and place the pillows high enough Look up at the endless blue. sible. to prevent the head from slipping Lie there for a long time• with no memory. When a patient finds it difficult to backward. Place a small, thin board Lie down and let the flood of new life bear you raise his arms, you may cut his shirt in the pillowcase behind the second on its crest on the shoulder line and close it with pillow if the supports need added firm- Far away. snap fasteners.. It will then be a sim- ness. ple matter to slip it down to the waist- When the bedding feels uncomfort- line, and with the patient's arms at ably tight or heavy over the feet, his sides, to carry it over his head. 44 LIFE & HEALTH For a woman's gown, one shoulder opening may be sufficient if there are no sleeves. Simplicity and comfort are fundamental points in selecting clothing, but attractive color and style can have a beneficial effect on the sick. Plan dainty trays and a varied menu to make each meal a pleasurable anticipation. A good plan is to get a little file box and note on cards all foods appropriate and attractive. Have to help prevent or divisions for beverages, soups, main correct the evils of dishes, vegetables, salads, and des- serts. This file is a real timesaver. CALCIUM DEFICIENCY There is no part of home responsibility in which a good system is more IFor healthy growth and maintenance, rewarding than in the care of the in- your body needs more calcium than any other valid. mineral. Calcium is one of the chief minerals in bones and teeth and it is also important to Above all, maintain a cheerful at- your blood and other body fluids. When your That Is why, expectant mothers and older mosphere for the patient. Be kind diet lacks sufficient calcium, you may suffer folks find A LTAItS pluS an invalUable diet without fail. Life is hard enough for from bad teeth, nervousness, muscular cramps aid, eapecially if they do not tolerate milk. A him at best, and he needs all the or low calcium tetany and poor bone develop- daily cation of CALTABS plus paovides as ment. The latter is marked by rickets in much calcium as 3 glasseir of milk; as much moral support you can give him. young people and as porous or even brittle phosphorus as 4 eggs: as much 'Vitamin C Make careful plans so that you may bones in older individuals or as greatly as 4 oz. of orange juice/plus B-1. D and trace give the patient the maximum of help softened bones during pregnancy. For cal- minerals, a,,r‘aquirentent for strong, sturdy with a minimum of effort. cium to be utilized properly, Vitamin D, bones. phosphorus and other substances are required. Pleasant tasting CALTABS plus, a source of essential calcium and phosphorus, are a nat- CALTABS plus 100 tablets... 51.00 ural, pleasant tasting, bone meal product. They are a good way to help prevent or cor- 500 tablets ...53.75 Women Live Longer rect the evils of calcium deficiency. Try them. The fact that women live longer A daily ration of 6 CALTABS plus provides: CALCIUM 750 milligrams than men is well known, but the rea- WM. T. THOMPSON CO. Vitamin C 60 milligrams Phosphorus 395 milligrams sons for longer life on the distaff side "Every Vitamin for every need" Vitamin 13.1 2 milligrams were answered in the Journal of the DEPT. C Vitamin D ..... _2400 U S P units Iron Gluconate 60 milligrams American Medical Association. The Fluorine I milligram reasons listed by an authority were St. Louis 3, Mo. these: Los Angeles 27, Calif. 1. Males are less resistant to disease than females, from birth onward. and surgical treatment, have cut down dispensed from this refrigerated ma- 2. The death rate from adverse con- serious accidents in the home. chine. ditions is higher for males than for So there are eleven reasons why Congratulations should go to Mr. females. you should teach your wife to be a J. C. deGraaf for his promotion of this 3. More males are born dead than widow, for the odds are stacked machine, and for bringing luscious females. Interestingly enough, this is against us men, and our wives are fruit to the children of the United also true among animals. sure to outlive us. States. It may replace candy and soft 4. Not only is the death rate higher drinks, which actually cut their ap- among males at birth but also during petites for good food. the first day of life and each year * • It is hard to estimate the benefit thereafter, by about the same per- of an extra piece of fruit a day for centage. Fruit Vendor most people. The added vitamins and 5. Nearly all fatal maladies kill With the automatic vending ma- minerals they would take into their more men than women. Exceptions are chine commonplace in schools, offices, systems would do much to tone up cancer, diabetes, exophthalmic goiter, factories, and places of amusement, it their bodies. The many hidden aids and gallstones. is refreshing to see at last a vending tied up in a bit of delectable fresh 6. Men die of violent causes more machine contributing to better health. fruit would be released to cut down often than women. This includes mur- Fruit-o-matic is a new idea in mak- on numerous human ailments. der, industrial accident, alcoholism, ing fruit available to children in jun- The Fruit-o-matic is a popular place and suicide. ior and senior high schools and to for folks to grab a snack. The nice 7. Men are exposed to more hazards adults in YMCA's, factories, and other part about it is that the "fruit store" in their work, including accident, vio- places where luncheon snacks are de- is open twenty-four hours a day. 'Tis lence, and infection. sired. said that an apple a day will keep the 8. The death rate from childbirth Not long ago we dropped a dime in doctor away, but in the U.S. the con- has been reduced drastically in the one of these machines at the YMCA sumption of apples is only one a week past fifteen years. in Detroit, and out came one of the for each person. One Fruit-o-matic 9. Lung cancer has increased far most luscious chilled pears you could machine can dispense one to two boxes more among men than among women. ever sink your teeth into. Next time of apples a day, or an entire freight 10. Heart disease takes many more you see one of these machines, drop car of apples in a year (775 boxes). men than women. in a dime and see whether you don't Only 30,000 of these machines would 11. Home equipment and safety im- agree with us. Apples, oranges, plums, sell the entire present crop of delicious provements, plus streamlined medical peaches, and other fruits can all be Washington State apples. APRIL, 1955 45 TREASURE CHEST Pass the Iodized. Please DEAR EDITOR: If everyone who says, "Pass the I am a masseur, and have my practice salt, please," would say, "Pass the at my home address in Melbourne. I have iodized salt, please," common goiter been a subscriber to LIFE & HEALTH for soon would be practically eliminated. many years. It has always been a wonder- But common goiter, a widespread nu- ful magazine, with articles • beautifully tritional disease caused by an insuf- presented. It is also a great favorite with ficient supply of food iodine, is still my patients, as I have files of LIFE & a public-health problem in the United LETTERS TO THE EDITOR HEALTH always available in my waiting room. My wife and children look forward States. Iodine is indispensable to the to the postman each month when he proper functioning of the thyroid brings OUT latest LIFE & HEALTH. gland, a shield-shaped gland in the I have enjoyed articles on smoking, front of the neck. but taking things all round I would say Thyroxin is an iodine-containing (Continued from page 6) LIFE & HEALTH is a treasure chest of hormone produced by the thyroid good things. gland and carried in the blood stream. tors seem reluctant to give us an exam- Best wishes to LIFE & HEALTH and all ination—a most hasty and incomplete your good American readers. one at that—for we were fairly whisked ARTHUR H. HARRIS out of the office of one with prescription Australia in hand, having had little, if any, instruction or explanation and no opportunity of ROCKING CHAIRS asking any questions. More than that, we were made to feel DEAR EDITOR: that we should be ashamed to have im- I see more letters in favor of the rock- posed upon him for a matter that was of ing chair, and it is more than I can take so much less importance than others. without giving my view. Even when ill, the doctor we consulted It may be nice to sit back and rock hurled at us a volley of anger and dis- after one is seventy-five or thereabouts, gust for not having sense enough to keep but do these people in favor of rocking It produces striking effects in the from getting ill. chairs ever think of all the bruised ankles, body. For instance, it controls energy Ydu may think we merely have been shins, pinched baby fingers, feet, even by regulating the activity of body seeing the wrong doctors. We have tried pinched cat and dog tails—all from the cells (metabolism). It stimulates the to be careful in our choice, and have good ole rocking chair? Besides, in small homes rocking chairs take a lot of room, normal growth of bones, hair, and gone to only completely reputable ones. skin. It is important to mental alert- We do not take the attitude referred to and mar the wall every time they get by the writer as thinking a physical near it. MRS. ZELLA SACKETT ness. It plays a role in adolescent de- checkup a waste of time or money. In- Thermopolis, Wyoming velopment. It is essential to the health stead, we wish to keep our bodies in of both mother and child during preg- good working order, and would welcome MANY YEARS nancy. instructions. "Stitch in. Time" is indeed DEAR EDITOR: .In some areas of the United States, a fine theory, but it sounds like pure fic- I like the Dietitian Says, the Family especially near the Great Lakes, the tion! Mits. X Physician, and Homemaker Hints. I like soil does not supply enough iodine in * May we suggest that what you need some of the articles also, especially if I food for animal and human health. is a new doctor? Why not try a young don't have to read so much to find out This fact, as well as the universal use doctor new to your community? He will something. I like the articles short. of salt in food, stimulated the develop- have more time to devote to more com- I love LIFE & HEALTH, and have taken ment of iodized salt as a health safe- plete examinations. Or consult your it for many years. I always look forward guard. county medical society for the names of to it, and wish it were twice a month in- Dozens of organizations, including doctors who give more thorough exam- stead of just once. the U.S. Public Health Service and inations.—ED. MRS. J. E. JOHNSON the American Medical Association, Craig, Colorado have sponsored the use of iodized salt. SHOULD WOMEN SMOKE? LIVE WITH YOUR NERVES Salt manufacturers themselves often DEAR EDITOR: run campaigns on iodized salt in the Would it be possible to get extra copies DEAR EDITOR: public interest. They have made sure of the LIFE & HEALTH magazine for In the December, 1954, issue of LIFE & that iodized salt is available wherever November, 1954? It contains the article HEALTH, I enjoyed so much reading your table salt is sold. There is no differ- "Should Women Smoke?" [by Frank article "Live With Your Nerves," by Rob- ert P. Little, M.D. ence between iodized and plain salt Leighton Wood, M.D.], among other in taste, appearance, cost, or free-run- things. Being a sufferer from neurasthenia for ning I should like to get the article to use many years, your article gave me a new quality. For health protection, in teaching the harmful effects of tobacco. light on this disorder. I feel it is going substitute iodized for plain salt. MRS. JOHN R. DAVIS to help me very much. But how health-conscious is the av- Ceres, California MRS. E. GUERRINI erage person in the United States? San Francisco, California The sale of iodized table salt gives us NEW SUBSCRIBER one answer. Last year iodized and THANK YOU! plain salt shared the market about DEAR EDITOR: equally ! I'm a new subscriber to LIFE & HEALTH. DEAR EDITOR: I've just received my second copy, and I look forward to receiving LIFE & It would seem that many people I'm enjoying it very much—so much that HEALTH each month. I read every word think themselves immune to goiter. I should like to have subscriptions as gifts and find it most helpful. Many learn too late that iodized salt sent to two of my sisters. Thank you very much. is the only simple and safe prevention MRS. LUCY DALY MRS. ANNIE M. CHAPMAN against this nutritional disease; that Detroit, Michigan Washington, D.C. iodine is an essential food. 46 LIFE & HEALTH

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