CONTROL YOUR FEELINGS Bleeding Gums I HAD CANCER

THE NATIONA EALTH JOURNAL APRIL 1952

Fl sk for CUBOIDS at these shoe and deportment stores

Allentown Wetherhold and Metzger Altoona, Pa. K levan Bros. Atlanta ...... Thompson-Boland-Lee Atlantic City ...... M. E. Blatt Co. Austin, Tex. Lone Star, Inc. Baltimore ...... Hess' & Lane Bryant Battle Creek, Mich. David B. Black Co. Beloit, Wis. Murkland Shoe Store Birmingham Loveman, Joseph & Loeb Boston Thayer McNeil Brockton, Mass. Baker Bros. Brooklyn Palter & Fitzgerald Buffalo .. Eastwood's Burlington, Vt...... Boynton's, Inc. Charleston, S.C. Condon's 4141E4/6 Chattanooga ...... Miller Bros. Co. 0 -- /IN Cheyenne Wasserman's (..,„zguorrLuo Chicago Mandel Brothers, also Lane PARENTS' Bryant, Inc. and Wieboldt Stores MAGAZINE Cincinnati Shillito's • Cleveland Lane Bryant Columbus, Ga. Miller-Taylor Shoes • Columbus, 0. F. & R. Lazarus & Co. Dallas Volk Brothers Co. Denver . Fontius Shoe Co. 0 Des Moines Younker's Detroit Gordon Shoe Co. El Paso ...... Popular Dry Goods Co. Eugene, Ore. Burch's Flagstaff, Ariz...... Babbitt's Ft. Worth . Monnigs Fresno, Calif...... Rodder's Shoe Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. East End Shoe Store Houston Krupp & Tuffly; Foley's; Levy's Indianapolis . Wasson's Inglewood, Calif. 327 E. Manchester Kansas City ...... Robinson Shoe Co. Knoxville Miller's, Inc. Lincoln, Nebr...... Wells & Frost Little Rock, Ark. Kempner's Long Beach, Calif.... 243 E. 1st St. Los Angeles May Co. & Robinson's Cuboid Salon, 3415 W. 43rd Place Louisville Stewart's Lubbock, Tex...... Godwin's Booterie Madison, Wis...... Dyer's Shoe Store Memphis Walk-Over's & Goldsmith's Milwaukee Boston Store & Gimbel's 0 Minneapolis C. M. Stendal Nashville, Tenn. Harvey's Newark ...... Walk-Over Shoe Store New Orleans D. H. Holmes Co., Ltd. New York McCreery's New York . Saks 34th Street Northampton, Mass. David Boot Shop Oakland, Cal. Rocsil's also Stewart's Oklahoma City Nissen's Orlando Stiefel's at Dickson-Ives • Peoria, Ill. ... Crawford Shoe Stores Philadelphia Gimbels • Phoenix ...... Diamond Boston Store v%se Pittsburgh, Pa. Gimbel's "Vs‘e oC• Portland, Ore. Meier & Frank • WS" 13se Pottsville, Pa...... Raring's, Inc. Providence ...... Sullivan Company Ve v:%•OS' 40- 0031 s. Quincy, Mass. Heffernan's Shoe • itlak t Store .1 cays 6" oatV°.‘ . a, s Reading, Pa...... Wetherhold and NS`%'4ett_ . '06..t c,_ cicot°1 ' 0 Metzger -,14 a 2.°6 4tLes .,140 Reno, Nev. .. Sunderland's t 1 es 4se''' ‘se , e e 0 2` t. • v Nel 'CO° -(v Richmond, Va...... Miller & Rhoads ' • %.‘, V° %tee\ %0,0 Rochester, N.Y. Eastwood's ve$ y vox tioVis%a le3%%1" cols100- .otN° et, .0Le•t . Sacramento ... Dr. Locke Shoe Store cdOs 1, v 0%'" 4L Salt Lake City . vet - ;to% Auerbach's 0 0e (N la toevi. 060. 1%. San Antonio, Tex. Joske's ote oft, San Diego, Cal. Physicians' Supply its le sc,0 Oloto eVe'‘' ANeAN°. ate , 4.4 c Co. tea tt,:ve Ae vceos%% edOs San Francisco ,, otvo. tt ass otpt VS4 Macy's 1 .44•ANX s San Francisco Southwick's; Stewart's otelao•N‘e tto ‘ f‘s 06° ,•k°1 Santa Ana 411 N. Main, Cuboid OVS sat) 44•4eNe( Ve.os WO% fee via\ it 0° tie Salon ova'o 119' ctlos .0 10e l ,,ses %'„% to 1 Santa Barbara 1208 Anacapa St. WI 03.S3' t SO% 0.0.. % ,ctts.e, 1.t6w .t..ag, _t° c.,,,, . ,z6Nol'' ,14 % Scranton, Pa.... Lewis & Reilly, Inc. 1,5 eft f- ,,,a,,,,,,-,. Seattle ...... Nordstrom Shoe Co. ° • Silver Spring, Vs ° c loe .c totea' Md. Hecht's eic.Ve ,svte$e aect% tateVi . %reeose d 0 St. Louis Vandervoort's; also Fa- v),( 1% mous-Barr 00e. 0 St. Paul, Minn...... The Emporium AN 36?1°e't‘iol,ctv,08) cPcgc.1 0,VNei_e‘:ce:\:"t1, ,x,:tev4 Syracuse, N.Y...... Park Brannock 01 • Tucson, Ariz. Levy's ° Waco Bauer-McCann Washington, D.C. Hecht's & Jel- lef f's also Woodward & Lothrop Y,e4c.%a West Palm Beach, Fla.... Anthony's Wilkes-Barre ... Walter's Shoe Store Yakima, Wash...... McCutcheon's York, Pa. Newswanger's

HEALTH (y-nteittsi

April, 1952 Vol. 67, No. 4

J. DeWITT FOX, M.D., L.M.C.C., Editor Captivated by Cover

T. K. MARTIN, Art Editor D. A. DELAFIELD, Assistant Editor DI 11: EDITOR: C. E. WENIGER, Ph.D., Editorial Consultant LIFE & HEALTH has recently come to my desk. I am most appreciative of it, and Consulting Editors: M.D., F.A.C.P.; WALTER E. MACPHERSON, M.D., F.A.C.P. ROBERT A. HARE, have thoroughly enjoyed this issue (De- HAROLD M. WALTON, M.D., F.A.C.P.; THEODORE R. FLAIZ, M.D.; J. WAYNE MCFARLAND, M.D. cember, 1951). Our daughter was capti- Contributing Editors: D. Lots BURNETT, R.N. • M. WEBSTER PRINCE, D.D.S., F.A.C.D. vated by the cover illustration, for she is ARLIE L. MOON, M.D. • JOHN F. BROWNSBERGER, M.D., F.A.C.S. • CARL J. LARSEN, M.D. the mistress of five new puppies (cocker LEROY E. COOLIDGE, M.D., F.A.C.S. • HORACE A. HALL, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.I.C.S. spaniels), two of which we will keep. ROGER W. BARNES, M.D., F.A.C.S. • BELLE WOOD COMSTOCK, M.D. • DANIEL H. KRESS, M.D. Your articles on health and suggestions Cm', B. COURVILLE, M.D. • LUCILLE J. GOTHAM, B.A. • GEORGE T. HARDING, M.D., F.A.C.P. for living we will be anticipating. And E. HAROLD SHRYOCK, M.D. • HENRY W. VOLLMER, M.D., F.A.C.S. those at hand we have read, and are the Braille Edition, Life & Health: C. W. DEGERI NG, MANAGING EDITOR better for having done so. Thank you so much. EVELYN BAKER LANGLIE Executive Mansion Olympia, Washington FEATURE ARTICLES Page * And to Mrs. Langlie, wife of Governor Arthur B. Langlie of Washington State, I Had Cancer ANNE Y. STARKMORE 8 we say "Thank you too!"—ED. Music Can Make You Well ARTHUR GASKELL, M.D., AND CAROL P. GASKELL 10 Big Favor DEAR EDITOR: Gold From the Soil HARRY W. MILLER, M.D. 12 When I was in a beauty parlor recently I happened to be given a LIFE & HEALTH Bleeding Gums WILLIAM D. TAYLOR, D.D.S. 14 magazine for January, 1952, to read as I • had my hair set. But I didn't get a chance How to Control Your Feelings HAROLD SHRYOCK, M.D. 16 (Turn to page 4)

Kenneth Is Getting Better SELMA J. FRIEND 18 THE APRIL COVER For Happy Feet J. DEWITT Fox, M.D. 20

FOR MOTHERS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

Family Physician 22 Wings of Health 24

Dietitian Says 26 MENTAL HYGIENE April Food Guide 26 Faith Lives Today 11 Homemaker Hints 28 Control Your Feelings 16

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APRIL, 1952 3 Readers' Pulse (Continued from page 3) to read several of the articles. I'm very —much interested in reading "Why Hyster- ectomy?" also an article on arthritis and a good one on coffee and tea drinking, which I saw as I scanned . through the ...the key to magazine fast. I never heard of LIFE & HEALTH before, but it looked good. So would you please do me a big favor? better health and Send me a copy of your January issue. I believe my husband too would like some of the material in it. better meals for If I like this magazine, can I get more copies as you issue them each month? all the family Right now it's this January issue that I'm very much interested in, so please Yogurt is the talk of send this JANUARY ISSUE, and I shall mail America today! Yet, you the price of it by return mail. there is nothing new Mits. C. P. about this cultured milk- Kenosha, Wisconsin food. For thousands of years, people in all lands have known the health- Twenty Years of Life & Health importance of Yogurt. DEAR EDITOR: Many physicians and sci- We have been reading LIFE & HEALTH METCHNIKOFF entists have givenYogurt Famous Russian piolo• high praise; but it re- for more than 20 years. It has helped me gist, 'Nobel Prize win- to maintain health in more ways than ner. director of the Pas- mained for the illustri- teur Institute of Paris, OUS Russian biologist, one. One improvement in LIFE & HEALTH Scientific Father of Mod- Metchnikoff, to start we have noticed recently is the use of era Yogurt. Yogurt on the road to natural sweets in the recipes. Shall we world-wide fame. Metchnikoff was greatly im- give that credit to our new editor? We pressed by both the age and vigor of the people enjoy using honey in our deep-freeze who lived in the Balkans and the Russian Cau- casus. Many of them lived to be 100. Their fruits. EMMA S. ASHTON Mount Vernon, Ohio It. IRK average life span was 87. "What," asked Metchnikoff, "do these peo- * Thanks go to our food editor Lucille ple eat?" The answer: From infancy to ripe old breakfast hod; J. Gotham.—ED. age, their everyday dish was Yogurt. Have your family eat these big, crunchy flakes Today health-minded moderns not only eat regularly. . . . Watch how everybody goes for Yogurt "straight" but sweeten it with sugar, The Whole Family this mildly laxative food. . . . Smart mothers know that BRAN & FIG FLAKES taste so good honey, preserves. Or, they use it to top off DEAR EDITOR: fruits, vegetables, salads. And in cooking, too! and are so good for the whole family that Your article some time ago on "The However, a Yogurt is only as potent, as sta- everybody begins to look brighter and feel bet- Unknown Diabetic" was very interesting. ter when he starts the day right with BRAN ble, as healthful, as the Culture Now I would enjoy reading some facts & FIG FLAKES! from which it is made. on low blood sugar and the nervousness Thanks to International that comes with it. For every member of the family Yogurt Culture—used for years by physicians, hospitals and Our whole family enjoy your health health-minded people the journal, and we will never be without it. world over—you can now make MRS. JOSEPH BEST Genuine Yogurt at home. Anderson, Indiana Delightfully When you buy Yogurt Cul- • s ture at your health-food stores, Bless You! Deliciou be sure to specify International. If yalbiklealer is not supplied, ti DEAR EDITOR: Mildly Laxative order direct. Use the coupon! We do enjoy reading LIFE & HEALTH, • and pray that God will continue to bless Chock full you in your efforts to educate the public. • geemarioxie MRS. A. R. MARTONE of Health Mountain Home, North Carolina

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4 LIFE & HEALTH children later become neurotic. For it has been found that the higher the intelligence, the greater the chance for nervous symptoms to appear in a child or adult. Dr. H. J. Eysenck, London's Maudsley Hospital psychologist, in studying identi- cal twins as compared with ordinary twins, found that "neuroticism is inherited at least to the same extent as intelligence, possibly up to 80 per cent." In a series of interesting psychological experiments carried out at the Maudsley Active Brain Cells ditions of the foot present at birth, and Hospital and reported by Dr. S. Crown, that most patients in whom treatment is To keep your brain cells from growing for the Britig. Association for the Ad- begun during early months of life ob- old—keep active. This is the advice of vancement of Science, it was learned that tain functionally normal feet. early weaning of babies may lead to Dr. 0. Vogt, of the Institute for Brain General practitioners will find it en- pessimism and aloofness in later life. Study in the USADT, Schwarzwald, Ger- tirely within their realm to treat a club- many, presented at the Second Interna- And to let the child have his "bottle" foot deformity, according to this physi- tional Gerontological Congress in St. until he is voluntarily ready to give it Louis recently. cian, but they must keep in mind that up seems good sense. treatment is most effective when it is Overwork will not speed the aging of begun during the first six months of life. your nerve cells, says Dr. Vogt. Rather, In his article Dr. Hart names adduction exercise will delay it. In microscopic of the forefoot, the hindfoot inverted at studies of the brains of normal adults. the heel, equinus deformity, and tibial Dr. Vogt noted the changes due to aging. torsion as the four distinct elements in And in two women. aged 90 and 100 years the deformity of a typical clubfoot. at death, the aging changes of the nerve cells were considerably delayed, and this Weekly treatment in the physician's office begins by the application of wedging he attributed to their very active lives. casts and drawing the forefoot firmly into And in his collection of specimens he found no case in which overwork had line. The cast should extend from the accelerated the aging of their cells. How- ends of the toes to a point just below the ever, among factors that may speed up knee. Dr. Hart says that if - each time a the aging process, hardening of the ar- new cast is applied, the heel is gradually teries, deficient oxygenation of the blood, everted, it will be found to lie in a neu- In the same report, Dr. J. Brengelmann poisonings, and infections were men- tral position by the time the adduction is reported that loss of learning ability was tioned. Some types of brain cells were completely corrected. one aftereffect of electric shock therapy found to be normal in persons 100 years for patients. And this loss of learning old; whereas other nerve cells undergo ability was so closely associated with an aging process that leads to their clinical improvement that the doctor death, says Dr. Vogt. Neuroticism Inherited "could predict with some degree of ac- PROUD parents who claim the credit for curacy whether or not the patient bene- their children's superior intelligence, to- fited from the treatment," simply by test- day must also accept the blame if their ing his loss of learning ability.

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CEREBRAL PALSY I WALKED 100 MILES

BY WINTHROP M. PHELPS, M.D. BY KATHERINE V. RICKERSON The nation's leading authority on Here's an ambitious little woman cerebral palsy gives the optimistic who walked one hundred miles in view on this disease, which handi- a radius of three miles from her caps nine thousand new children California home. To get new fun in the U.S. each year. out of an old and always pleasant recreation, don't miss this article on the lost art of walking.

• FIRST VISIT TO THE DENTIST Treatment of Clubfoot REGULAR FEATURES By JACK D. ZWEMER, D.D.S. THE use of wedging casts followed by Your child's first visit to a dentist application of a Denis Browne splint for is an all-important occasion for FAMILY PHYSICIAN the correction of clubfoot is advocated by him and the dentist. Learn the best DIETITIAN SAYS technic for getting the most serv- Dr. George M. Hart, of Minot, North Da- ice from your dentist. CHILDREN'S PAGE kota, in a recent article, "Treatment of Clubfoot," in GP, official magazine of the American Academy of General Practice. Dr. Hart stresses that clubfoot is a common congenital anopaly, making up about three fourths of all abnormal con- APRIL, 1952 5 THE EDITOR PRESCRIBES

HERE are several essentials the human body filling his lungs to capacity several times a day, is re- must have in order to maintain life. Among freshing his blood stream with oxygen and cleaning out them are food, water, and air. The average the little dark places in his lungs where disease germs T person can live for weeks without food, days may be lurking. without water, but only minutes without air The reason many of us do not feel the need of and the life-giving oxygen it contains. Thaes how vital breathing deeply is that we fail to exercise. Sitting all fresh air is to your moment-by-moment existence. day in an office is hardly conducive to working up an The air we breathe, just as the water we drink, appetite or to deep breathing. But run around the should be pure. It should be not only safe but pleasant. block as fist as your legs will take you, and you won't We insist that the water we drink be crystal clear need any coaxing to breathe deeply. Your body will and free from all pollution. We should be equally par- take care of that. So, rather than make yourself me- ticular about the air we breathe. chanically take ten deep breaths, get out and do some Unfortunately, many a city dweller has come to hard work, take a brisk walk, go for a swim, play a take for granted that he must Inhale his daily quota bit of tennis, or, better still, get busy in your garden of smoke, soot, carbon monoxide from automobile ex- until you work up a sweat. These activities will keep hausts, and the fumes from industrial plants as the the fresh air flushing through your lungs and ensure price he pays for city-made conveniences. However, an abundant supply of healthful oxygen for your blood if he would keep his family and his community in stream. good health, he should insist that his city fathers pro- To function normally, every body cell needs oxygen. duce an air supply as well maintained and as pure And the reason many of us feel a bit sluggish, tired, as the water he drinks. Many cities have made great and fatigued mentally is that we do not supply our strides in this endeavor. St. Louis is almost free of brains with enough oxygen by breathing deeply. Stop smog; Pittsburgh found a way to divert its billows of what you're doing right now and take some deep coal smoke. Los Angeles and other cities should follow breaths. See how much more alert mentally you be- suit. come. That's because a fresh supply of oxygen was But while some city dwellers are forced by living sent whisking through your lungs into your blood conditions to breathe a poor air supply, many others stream, and carried by the red cells to your brain. Why by choice keep their bodies deprived of a good store of cheat yourself out of the best thing in life—good oxygen. Like the sedentary indoor worker who has little health—by skimping on the cheapest essential element desire for water, the tense and distraught office clerk —free fresh air? Breathe deeply—feel fit! or factory hand often fails to breathe deeply. He takes only enough air into his lungs each day to keep him Yours for better health, alive, not to wash out the deep crevices and keep the lungs well aerated and ensure against pulmonary troubles. Although the old saw "Ten deep breaths a day will keep TB away" may not be entirely true, it's a good practice anyway. The person who breathes deeply,

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6 LIFE & HEALTH trips to Japan, Korea, Straits Settlements, For several years Dr. Taylor shared the Philippines, and Hong Kong. with Dr. Prince the instruction of public A writer and author, Dr. Miller was health dentistry in the University of De- BOMB a former editor of LIFE & HEALTH, and troit School of Dentistry. wrote the book The Way to Health, a The Taylors recently moved to Battle Out C2onttiLioti health manual for the Asiatic races, which Creek. They have two boys two and four has been translated and published in sev- years old—David and Jonathan—who eral languages. He wrote another book, have so far lived happily without benefit on tuberculosis, which is now circulated of candy or chewing gum, and if they in Chinese, Japanese, and Tagalog (Phil- don't have perfect teeth, it won't be ippines). daddy's fault! Even Jonny, the two-year- While in China he became interested in old, has for nearly a year been brushing the soybean in relation to human nutri- ( ?) his teeth after each meal. tion, and has since spent many years in Dr. Taylor believes that extensive re- research in this field. He is now director storative dentistry—fillings and bridge- of the International Nutrition Research work—is of no avail without adequate Foundation, Arlington, California. education concerning preventive meas- The doctor has led a most active life ures. This he maintains should start early and has been an energetic worker. His in life. indefatigability he attributes to his vege- tarian diet, which he has followed since boyhood. He rises early, and his daily * * * program and long hours would wither Arthur Gaskell, M.D., and his wife, the average man to an early old age. But Carol Paulson Gaskell, combined their Dr. Miller retains his youthful appear- knowledge of medicine and music to give ance and dexterity. Just last year he us "Music Can Make You Well" (page 10). operated on a patient who traveled from Dr. Gaskell is resident surgeon at the Manila, 8,000 miles, to his Mount Vernon, White Memorial Hospital, in Los Angeles, Ohio, hospital to have her goiter removed. and a former cornet player in a local orchestra in Hartford, Connecticut. Mrs. Gaskell, an accomplished pianist and singer, is a graduate of Peabody Conserva- tory of Music, in Baltimore. She has been an instructor in piano in a Washington, D.C., college, but is now putting to use at cribside her love for Brahms' "Lullaby" and other soft strains. These two lovers of music now reside in Los Angeles, California. Grace Fields, B.A., is the hobby editor Of LIFE AND HEALTH. Versatile in interests and background as Miss Fields is, it is little wonder that * * * she considers her hobby dabbling. She was born in the West, lived some of her years in the South, attended college in the North, and now does editorial and promotion work in the East—in the nation's capital. She formerly worked for, an advertising agency and a detective William D. Taylor, D.D.S. ("Bleeding agency, and says these contributed to her Gums," page 14), is a Battle Creek, Mich- background of interest in the world's igan, dentist. Born and educated in Wash- work and the people who do it. ington, D.C., he received his D.D.S. from "I spend more time trying out other Atlanta-Southern Dental College, now a people's hobbies than developing profi- part of Emory University. On graduation ciency in my own," Miss Fields says; but in 1941 he was presented with a key of her flings at silk-screen printing, color Omicron Kappa Upsilon, the honor fra- photography, and boating occur with a ternity of the dental profession, having frequency that gives them a special rat- finished the course as valedictorian of ing on her list. his class at the age of 23. She was recently the guiding spirit of Harry Willis Miller, M.D. ("Gold From Dr. Taylor opened his practice in De- seven other career women who took upon the Soil," page 12), is an internationally troit, Michigan, with Dr. M. Webster themselves owning, building, and manag- known nutritionist and surgeon. Born in Prince, editorial consultant of LIFE & ing an apartment house. She currently Ludlow Falls, Ohio, and graduated from HEALTH, and while there took some post- combines her office job with housekeep- Mount Vernon College, Ohio, he received graduate studies at the University of ing, yard planning, bookkeeping, sawing his M.D. degree from the American Med- Michigan and the University of Detroit. logs for her fireplace, attending concerts, ical Missionary College and a Canadian In 1942 he married Lucille McClure, of and wishing for time to write a letter. degree, L.M.C.C., making him eligible to Detroit, and in 1943 Uncle Sam began Sandwiched between these is an occa- practice in the British colonies. Upon their extended sight-seeing tour. Together sional book and her hobby column corre- graduation he went to China as a mis- they enjoyed the State of Louisiana and spondence. sionary surgeon, and he spent 26 years the cities of San Francisco and Seattle. Whew! Makes us tired just thinking in the Orient. He was former surgeon and But when Dr. Taylor was sent to the about it. But all this adds zest to Grace chief of staff of the Shanghai Sanitarium Philippines, Mrs. Taylor remained in the Fields' life, and we think she has made and Clinic. His surgical skill was in de- U.S. On his return she assisted him in life just one great big hobby after an- mand throughout the Orient during his the prosthetics department of the Fort other. Perhaps more of us should follow missionary service. He frequently makes Lawton Hospital in Seattle. her lead. APRIL, 1952 7 -->->)•)>>•>))• I Nat Cfricer

By AnnE Y. STARHMORE

You've been told many times that you should see

your doctor early to avoid serious complications of

cancer. Here you are told why by one who put it off.

F WE wish family circles to remain unbroken, next to the last day of my vacation I finally got into it behooves the members of each household to a cold sweat from a fear of doctors, my condition, and take special heed to regular health checkups, fatal delays. Could it be I was whiling away my days especially with reference to the possibility of of grace? Not for a long time would I have another the presence of cancer! Statisticians declare that ap- good opportunity to consult a doctor. Finally I reached proximately one out of every eight persons is likely the place where my fear of early death was greater to die of cancer unless people make more positive than my dread of seeing a doctor. efforts to check this condition. Let each individual, Trembling, I tiptoed into a specialist's office, but therefore, be on active guard against attack of this "on a definitely nonsurgical basis," as I specified with dread disease, for carelessness or procrastination may as strong a voice as I could muster. He examined me, have serious results—even death. and did not immediately discover I believe that if the current cancer. MIMMIMMMEMMIMMIM campaign urging us what to do in IMOMMUM But after a number of days, --WM case of suspected cancer would also 111”=411 OO when bleeding did not diminish, he MOIMO•opms. emphasize why a physician should • talked firmly. "I want you to go to be consulted speedily—even though the hospital tomorrow so that I can there be no pain in the suspicious make a more thorough examination area—many more lives would be • and diagnosis," he said. "I shall put saved. you to sleep, so it will not hurt you. For almost three years I en- I must make a laboratory test," he dured one of the symptoms : vaginal explained. "Most likely you'll be bleeding after the menopause—a back at work in three days." condition that, I had read, should Though frightened, I promised cause the person concerned to con- to be at the hospital, for I realized sult a cancer specialist immediately. that if he dropped my case, I had All during that time my fear was so nowhere else to go. I asked the office strong that I delayed going to a nurse confidentially whether many doctor. "Besides," I asked myself, of the doctor's patients died. "No, "why should I go? Is not my gen- no," she smiled reassuringly as she eral health rather better than the waited on me. average?" I talked to no one about my condition, but That preliminary near-operation hospital experi- mulled over in my mind a thousand reasons why I ence wasn't too bad, I afterward decided, but the tray should delay. It was in the year 1944, during wartime, they brought me that evening was marked "liquid when you could wait a long half day in a doctor's diet." Why shouldn't I have solid food? I thought of office. Wouldn't it be more patriotic to wait until after only one thing: an operation with ether involved! That the war, when doctors would be plentiful? evening as the doctor came in I said pleadingly, "Doc- Thoughts about possible cancer became more in- tor, you have a favorable report, don't you?" sistent during the last two days of a vacation. I wanted "I'm very sorry to say that we find it's cancer," he to think I was carefree, only I knew I wasn't. The replied.

8 LIFE & HEALTH "Lots of them, and I belong to the " I forget what he said, but it was some society of surgeons specializing in cancer. I felt that I was in skillful hands. Although the surgeon was a man of few words, he was especially considerate of his patients. "For two days," he explained, "the patient mainly sleeps after the operation is over so as not to mind it too much." Before he left I asked one or two more questions about the incision and stitches. I was so beside myself I may have asked him to make them extra fancy! Next morning I was rolled onto a stretcher and into the operating room. I didn't fight the ether, it wasn't that uncomforta- ble. Anyway, I've always been strong on calm dignity. The injections were forthcoming, as the doctor had promised. There was a brief period of gas pains, but he ordered the head nurse to take measures that promptly relieved me. I made a wonderful recovery, fed myself from the first, and had but little nausea. Special nurses were unnecessary. I partly sat up the third day. Each day the doctor's face was wreathed in smiles, for the operation was all that could have been desired. "Can you assure me that I

YOUR DOCTOR and his kind assistants should have an early opportunity to help you with all won't die from cancer a year your health problems. Go to them soon to ensure your chances for continued good health! or so from now?" I asked him seriously. Cancer—cancer—that was what other people had, "Yes, of course," he smiled. "If you will do as I say," surely not I. I almost felt death stalking close at my he added forcefully. "To make assurance doubly sure, heels. after you're well, I want you to take a course of ten "But, doctor, how about radium for a cure?" I X-ray treatments, beginning the week after you re- asked when he told me he wanted to operate at ten turn home." o'clock the next morning. "How high a percentage of I recalled reading that approved cancer cure con- cancer patients live when radium alone is used ?" I sists of surgery, X-ray treatments, radium, or a com- was so terrified I don't recall the percentage he quoted, bination of these. Now I knew I was being treated by but it was so low I knew that if I wanted assurance an expert. of living, surgery was my only hope. I felt I must express appreciation. "I hate to admit "But, doctor, do you think I'll die on the operating it, doctor, but the 'awful cancer operation' I dreaded table ?" I asked, "And will you try just awfully hard wasn't anywhere near so bad as the operation I had to be successful in my case? And will you work just as for appendicitis. Two almost painless weeks of hos- hard as you would if I were one of your own family?" pitalization, and my cancer troubles are a thing of the "I can do better than that for you," he answered past. Six weeks after this major operation involving instantly. removal of the female organs you say I may start work. "Have you ever lost a cancer case ?" I am grateful beyond words to you." "Only one, and that was a very heavy woman in "Even though I did nearly have to beat you over a late stage of cancer, and she had other things the the head with a club to talk you into it !" he laughed. matter with her too.'.' One thing bothered me as I went home from the "Have you performed many cancer operations?" hospital under my own power: (Turn to page 29)

APRIL, 1952 9 MAK

ARTHUR GASHELL, RED., and CAROL P. USHER

Soothing music can relieve nervous tension, ease pain, and help you through trying times. •

HE beneficial effect of music on the mind has The effect of music in this case is that it distracts intrigued doctors for many years. Music can the patient so that he does not think about his pain. stimulate or soothe the emotions. It can jangle While following the lovely strains of music in his mind, the nerves into a state of hysteria, or it can he is diverted- from dwelling on his operation. exert a favorable influence on many body functions. It Because music influences the thinking, it probably may aid the diseased mind to assume a normal state; has its most beneficial effects on those who have trou- it may encourage a waning heart and circulatory bled minds. Psychiatrists are learning today that the system; it can spur nerves and muscles into activity. effect of music on the mentally troubled patient is al- From earliest times music has been used as medicine. most miraculous. That singing brings ,peace to a sick The young harpist David played his melodious strings mind is not a modern discovery, for music was used as to soothe the nerves of King Saul, in Biblical times. a psychiatric aid many ,years ago, as shown in the King Saul was an ailing and probably neurotic person, painting by Emile Wauters, the Madness of Hugo to whom David's gentle songs were a mental balm. van der Goes. The artist pictures a quartet of small But most astonishing of all, music can alleviate boys being accompanied on a harp as they sing to a pain. For many years doctors have been interested in troubled neurotic. Van der Goes, a famous pupil of the effect of music upon pain. Experiments have proved Gerome, lost his reason in disappointment over a tragic that patients suffering from neuritis were considerably love affair. relieved, when listening to music in minor moods. Other The psychiatric patient benefits most from music patients, in 'war hospitals, upon hearing beautiful that is soft and soothing—the so-called sweet music. musk when emerging from an anesthetic did not notice The playing of loud, jazzy, dissonant refrains may ag- their pain. gravate the mentally sick. The performance of surgical operations to the ac- companiment of music was tried by Doctors Buck and

Mott km eye,- FEEL TENSE and nervous after a hard workday? Give the right kind of music a chance. Soft music can soothe all your troubles away. 10 LIFE & HEALTH a FAITH LIVES TODAY

WHAT TO DO WITH WORRY By D. A. DELAFIELD

The Scots have a word that fits the worry victim—the H. M. Lam/ , worry-earl. It's a bit more dignified though not so expressive EVEN PHYSICIANS have been astonished to discover what music can do to help you forget pain. Let beautiful music ease your aches! as our American worry-bug. The practical-minded Scot blames worry on the devil himself. He is the father of O'Neal of Kane Hospital at Kane, Pennsylvania. They worry, the original worricow. reported that music selected to suit the patient's na- The word from which we get our own English worry tionality, interest, and taste reduced his suffering and means "to strangle." In other words, to worry means "to improved his mental attitude during surgery. Of course choke, or to strangle" oneself. this was most effective with spinal anesthesia, under That is the way it is with the mind, the body, and the which the patient could appreciate the music. But it soul of man when he is plagued with unreasonable solici- also had a soothing effect upon the nerves of the doctors tude for his affairs, his health, his relatives, and a thou- performing the surgery and increased their skill. sand other things. The strain on the mind weakens nerv- So now certain hospitals allow music to be piped ous energy and vitality. Worst of all, he cannot do con- into their operating rooms in order to increase the structive work when this destructive process is going on. efficiency of nursing and operating personnel and to That is the bugaboo about worry. calm the nerves of the apprehensive patient. The Don't get discouraged though. Everybody worries more strains of soft music such as a lullaby do much to allay or less. What we want to do is discover what to do with fears of the surgical patient as he goes under the anes- worry, so that we can all worry less and think constructive thetic, and they bring him back to consciousness in a thoughts more. pleasant way. First of all, face worry as a reality. Although it is true The effect of music on pain is most strikingly shown that the things we worry about may be nonexistent, the in the dentist's office. Dr. Elmer S. Best, of Minneap- same cannot be said about worry itself. It exists with all olis, has devised a dental chair to provide music as an of us. It ought to be looked squarely in the face and dealt anesthetic during dental operations. As the patient with as we would deal with any enemy of physical, mental, tips back in the chair his head rests upon a plate con- or spiritual growth. nected to an amplifying system. When the dentist be- Next, discover the thrill of substituting good thoughts gins to grind, instead of the patient hearing the usual for bad ones. Don't try to stop worrying. Instead, start sub- spine-chilling grinding noise, he listens to beautiful stituting something better than worry. For example, if you music, which is conducted to his ear by contact with are concerned about the bills, sit down and deliberatel y the mastoid bone. No sound is heard in the room by compare income with expense. Plan to minimize the bills others, but the patient hears this charming music and stretch the income as far as you can. This may inter- transmitted to his inrrer ear through nerve conduction fere with vanity, but it is less painful than worry. Remove from the bone. Many patients report that they feel the cause for worry. This is important. no pain. You can develop the habit of constructive thinking. You Perhaps of more importance to the health than all can open new paths in your brain and dig them even deeper other influences of music is its ministry to our emo- than the old thoughts. Watch the habit grow, and know tions. The relation of emotion to music is hidden in the the joy of seeing those old paths filled in as the new ones contrast between discord and harmony. These elements are formed. must occur in both the rhythmic and melodic phases Finally, have faith in God. He doesn't want you to of music to make a composition satisfying and interest- worry. He wants you to be at peace. "In nothing be anxious; ing. Oft-repeated dissonance, however, produces a sense but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanks- of tension and conflict; whereas harmony, or conso- giving let your requests be made known unto God. And nance, evolves a calmness and serenity. the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall In general, music that deeply (Turn to page 34) guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus."

APRIL. 1952 11 Old 3rarti the Soil

A HARRY W. MILLER, M.D.

Another California gold rush? This time the bonanza is the popular, rich protein- and oil-yielding soybean.

tion of soybeans had such a phenomenal increase in the United States that they rank third in the economic value of our crops. Different from most vegetable seeds and legumes, soybeans primarily are a protein- and oil-yielding seed, in contrast to the carbohydrate-yielding grains. In them are combined the nutrients found in meat, milk, eggs, nuts, and many of the vegetables and grasses. They are nature's greatest protein supplier, and do not come far behind being the greatest edible-oil producer. It is difficult for many to comprehend that we actually have in the soybean the nutrient values of meat, eggs, and milk. However, today the world is becoming conscious of the fact that we can find in vegeta- tion not only ample quantities of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates but vitamins and minerals as well. The soybean yields in both quantity and quality more of these than any other single plant or fruit in nature. There are grown and harvested in the United States annually sufficient soybeans to provide thirty pounds of pure protein per capita, whereas annually the total meat produced provides only twenty-two pounds of protein per capita. Soybeans are the chief source of protein and oil in the diet of China, Japan, and Korea. Calling it the "meat without bones," they prepare numerous tasty

NOT just a delicious foundation for protein dishes, the soybean dishes from the wonder bean. Where the soybean has has a great deal to offer you and your family in many other ways. filled the place of meat and milk, foods from it are greatly relished. The protein of the soybean has all the essential T WAS Dr. C. V. Piper, chief of the Bureau of amino acids. Consider that a diet in which soya is Plant Industry in Washington, a man of in- adequately used provides the four essentials of life, tense enthusiasm and vision, who twenty-five namely, growth, maintenance, reproduction, and lac- years ago picked up a handful of yellow soy- tation! Can its great economic value be appreciated? beans and remarked, "These beans are gold from the Soybeans are abundant in calcium and iron, in vita- soil." We trace the history of soybeans to China, where mins B1 and B2, and traces of the other vitamins. the ancient records refer to this bean. It was called However, notwithstanding its high biologic values the to tou, or great bean, back as far as the reign of and economy, in the United States its use as a food has Shen-Nung, 2737 B.c. Soybeans were first introduced met resistance because of its unfamiliarity. Not long into the United States from China in 1804. And Com- can this prejudice hold back the adoption of soya into modore Perry, in 1854, brought several varieties from the American diet. Dietetically it has so many advan- Japan, which were passed over to the Bureau of Agri- tages that prejudice will be overcome by better methods culture. Only in the past thirty years has the cultiva- of processing and a greater willingness to educate the

12 LIFE & HEALTH taste. Thousands of babies who cannot take animal the nitrogen for building tissue and bones and the oil milk because of allergic reactions are being reared for supplying warmth and energy. from birth on soy milk. Such infants find animal milk Soybeans have proved to be an excellent food for distasteful. Training makes the difference. Adults soon diabetics and those with food allergy. They clean up get the habit of using soy preparations, finding them pimples, rashes, eczema, and other skin troubles due good and good for them. to allergy. They are valuable in arthritis, rheumatism, Today in very tasty preparations there are available allergy-caused asthma, and after-surgery diets. And soya milk, soy cheese, soy loaf, soy sauce, green soya because soy milk does not form a curd in the stomach as beans, soya bean sprouts, soy flour, and other food does animal milk, it is beneficial in intestinal infections, products. All of them can be used to enrich the menu. constipation, and stomach and duodenal ulcer. It is Many clever cooks combine them with other cereals, valuable food for maintaining growth and also for vegetables, and meats as extenders. controlling overweight, because its oil content is used There are three products being marketed today as for heat and energy, not stored in the body as fat. soya infant foods. Experiment shows that babies can Fat meat, eggs, and animal milk fats are rich be reared from birth until weaning time on soy milk. sources of cholesterol, which causes hardening of the Their rich blood, strong bones, excellent growth rec- blood vessels (arteriosclerosis). This disease results in ords, and freedom from digestive and other ailments cerebral hemorrhage and coronary stenosis, common during the critical period of an infant's life prove soy causes of sudden death. It is comforting to know there milk to be nutritionally equivalent to animal milks. is a vegetable oil in the soybean that contributes a Some carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins are added low blood cholesterol. Also the soya is rich in choline, to the soy milk by the manufacturer to give a calorie an amino acid, a neutralizer of cholesterol. In countries and formula equivalent to human milk. where soybeans are eaten freely, apoplexy and heart Vegetable proteins require the heat of cooking to diseases are rare in the middle-age group and even make them most highly available nutritionally. This in the advanced-age group. heat treatment improves the flavor as well. The nutri- More soybean products in the diet will mean better tional availability of the protein and oil of the soybean health. The tremendous protein value of the soybean runs from 80 to 95 per cent, according to the records is not yet fully understood by those who think of it as of research workers. This means that the body uses only another vegetable.

L?crnard 11. Cohn HOW about Baby and soybeans? Mother doesn't object to a food that gives the little one rich blood, strong bones, and help in growing!

APRIL, 1952 13 BLEEDING Gums 4 WILLIAM D. TAYLOR, D.D.O,.

The way to care for bleeding gums too tender to brush is to brush them harder and oftener—properly.

Y GUMS are sore and tender! I just can't and toughen your mouth tissues by the proper use of brush them! What shall I do?" the toothbrush and by eating the proper foods. You M "Strange as it may sound, Mrs. Jones, do need to do a better job of brushing your teeth." what you really need to do is brush your "But, doctor, I have brushed my teeth! That is, teeth oftener and harder. Don't misunderstand me. I until just recently when they got sore and my gums do not mean that you should scrub and cut your gum bled. I've brushed my teeth every day all my life! Why tissue with a toothbrush. But you do need to stimulate should they get like this now?" "Well, Mrs. Jones, you may have brushed your teeth every day of your life, and still not done an efficient job of cleansing the teeth and stimulating the supporting tissues. Most people just zip-zip around with the brush—a few seconds here, a few seconds there. If they spend a total of one minute brushing the teeth, they feel they have done a good job. But actually you need to spend about three minutes brushing your teeth and gums to accomplish efficient cleansing and tissue stimulating. Very few people do this. They just don't have time, or rather, they think they don't have time. Most of them rush off to work with only a lick and a promise with the toothbrush. "The reason your gums bleed easily, Mrs. Jones, is that they are inflamed, irritated, swollen, and engorged with blood. The thin tissue membranes are so tender and fragile that even slight pressure causes them to break, and the blood escapes. In your case this condition is due to the irritating effects of food particles. Sometimes it is the result of more serious systemic disturbances. In most cases, and in your case, Mrs. Jones, this inflammation is purely local in both cause and effect. It is simply the result of neglect. It is a little difficult for me to tell you that you have neglected your teeth, Mrs. Jones, but let me explain. "You have unintentionally neglected your gums by Ewing Galloway not doing all that is necessary to maintain a completely MODERN medical science points the way to better dental health for healthy mouth. Even though you have brushed your you and your children. Take your dental problems to your dentist. teeth daily, you have not been giving your mouth the

14 LIFE & HEALTH amount of care or the kind of care essential to oral your teeth, Mrs. Jones. But the result, ten years from health. now, of conditions similar to yours, could be and often "We live a highly civilized life, and suffer the is pyorrhea, if allowed to progress. results of civilization. We demand soft, tender food. "We shall call your condition gingivitis, a very The easier the eating, the better we like it. Actually common inflammation of the tissues around the teeth. this is detrimental. The primitive peoples who had a Both old and young may have varying degrees of coarse, natural diet did not have all the disorders and gingivitis. You might almost call it normal, for nearly diseases of the teeth that civilized peoples have. As everyone nowadays has some degree of tissue inflam- an example, consider the Eskimo. mation in the mouth. Even very young children may "Before the entrance of the white man into the and often do have marked gingivitis as a result of Far North the Eskimo lived largely on a diet of tough, insufficient care of the mouth. raw, or partially cooked food requiring much chewing. "Many conscientious mothers would not think of From early childhood the Eskimo had to soften the allowing their children to go all day with soiled face hides and skins by chewing to make the leather and and hands. Yet they do not stop to think that the re- bindings that he used for clothing. All this exercise mains of breakfast are still clinging to the teeth and stimulated and invigorated his dental tissues. As a re- hiding at the margin of the gum tissue, undergoing sult, the Eskimo had no dental disease—no cavities, a process of decy while the child is at play or school. no pyorrhea, no gum destruction. "The mouth too often is the least clean part of the "When the white man was established in the Es- body. Yet all the food must pass through it. As the kimo country, his customs of cooking and eating were food passes through this grinding and mixing mill it observed and adopted by the native peoples. Instead must receive the first—and the most important—part of using raw, dried, or partly frozen food, which re- of the process of digestion. As a result of the neglect quires much chewing, the Eskimo began to enjoy the of this number one organ of digestion many children blessings and ills of civilization and civilized processes. suffer various ills of malnutrition and poor growth Now he has pyorrhea, decayed teeth, and other diseases besides gingivitis. in direct proportion to his adoption of the white man's "Of course there are serious and deep-seated causes ways. of gingivitis—malnutrition, dietary defects, preg- "But let us get back to your problem, Mrs. Jones. nancy, blood diseases, glandular disturbances, and There are certain reasons why the gums and support- many others. Systemic upsets and diseases often have ing tissues of the teeth become inflamed and irritated definite effects on the mouth tissues. Missing teeth, and bleed easily." crooked teeth, and an unbalanced bite may cause gin- "Doctor, are you talking about pyorrhea? Do I givitis. In many cases defective dental plates cause have it?" tenderness and bleeding. Anything that disturbs the "No, Mrs. Jones, you don't have pyorrhea. The word general health or nutrition of the body also affects the pyorrhea, is much misused. It covers a multitude of mouth tissues. Likewise, anything that disturbs the evils. It actually comes from two Greek words meaning normal function of any part of the mouth can bring `flowing pus.' Now, you do not have pus pockets about about disease. "When any of these disturbing factors are present, your dentist must use his professional knowledge and skill to remove them. He may call on your family physician to cooperate in bringing about a cure of disease. Many mouth problems are solved only by a combination of systemic and local treatment. "We should not leave unmentioned the possibility of psychosomatic mouth conditions. Emotional tension can cause oral disease through general bodily disturbance. Troubles come in bunches. Many times a dental problem arises after an emotional disturbance or trying circumstances. Perhaps you have heard of the man who got a toothache every time his mother-in-law came for a visit." "But, doctor, none of those factors fit my case! I'm in excellent health. I eat a balanced diet. I live a happy, stable life. What can I do for bleeding gums and gingivitis?" "Mrs. Jones, have you heard the radio-advertised slogan 'Help keep the whole mouth wholesome'? That is what you must do. You can do it by developing good habits of oral hygiene. You must pay attention to the physical and chemical nature of your diet as well as to

C.1,11,, From Monkmorer the nutritive values. You must develop a brushing DON'T allow your youngsters to risk diseases of the gums by wrong technic that not only will do a thorough job of cleansing methods of brushing their teeth. Give them the right start—early. but also massage and stimulate (Turn to page 32)

APRIL, 1952 15 Row to Control Maur 7eelimgs

A HAROLD SHRYOCH, M.D.

Smile, and you'll feel like smiling—and so will others.

NE time I was making inquiry about a young that comes along. But when you feel downcast it is easy woman who had applied for employment at to develop a "dori't care" spirit with which you may our school. I had previously met her, and slam-bang through a whole day. noticed that she seemed to be agreeable, Feelings come and go almost mysteriously. Of cheerful, and optimistic. But I wanted to check with course certain circumstances have their influence. others who had observed her from day to day. So I When you receive a compliment from a friend, you tend went to see the president of the college where she had to feel happy and exultant. When things go well with been a student. you in connection with your usual round of duties, you He said, "Yes, she is a very agreeable person. You feel well pleased and happy. But when a friend speaks will find her the same every time you meet her—always sharply to you, even though it be no fault of yours, you cheerful and always willing to be helpful." may feel displeased and unhappy. After such an ex- I was somewhat surprised at this comment, and perience you may continue to feel downcast for the so replied, "She never has any off days ?" rest of the day. You may even find yourself treating "Exactly so," said the president. "I have never some perfectly innocent person as if he had been in- seen her when she was downhearted or blue." considerate of you or had slighted you. Surely this was an unusual person. Most of us have You may have noticed, when riding in a car, what our off days. Sometimes we feel fine, but at other times a difference it makes whether the car is cleaned and it just seems that we have to let down. And when we let down we usually take it out on other people by being irritable and short tempered. I dare say even the college girl applying for employment felt a little downcast sometimes, but she had learned to control her feelings so that her blue Mondays were not noticeable to those who knew her. The feelings are an interesting part of every person's make-up. You have feelings, and I have feelings, but your feelings are not necessarily the same as mine. Feelings are personal, and are determined as much by the individual's own traits as they are by the circumstances through which he is passing. Feelings are hard to define, but they are very real to the person who experiences them. When you feel well you feel op- H. Al. Lambert timistic and courageous and WHEN you feel well you are optimistic and courageous and ready to undertake anything ready to undertake anything that comes along. Your health and your feelings are tied in together. Keep healthy!

16 LIFE & HEALTH polished. If you are sitting behind a dingy windshield, the whole landscape takes on a drab appearance. The car seems like an old rattletrap as it bumps along over the road. Other drivers seem inconsiderate. At the end of your ride you almost wish you didn't have to take any more trips. But what a difference it makes if this same car is cleaned and polished ! Even though it has had no mechanical attention, it seems to run quietly and smoothly. The landscape takes on a new luster. Other drivers almost smile when they pass. You feel as if you could travel all the time and enjoy it. It is somewhat this way with your feelings. There are days when your emotional windshield seems to be all spattered with dirt. Things are cloudy and distorted and life is drab and uninteresting. But on other days, when you feel fine, life takes on a fresh luster and a new appeal. On such days the sky is the limit, and you feel courageous. You feel like taking on difficult assignments and planning big things for the future. Feelings are directly related to the amount of nervous energy available. When you possess abundant nervous energy you are optimistic and courageous. When you Kaufman Fabry are nervously fatigued and have used up A GOOD SUPPLY of nervous energy helps you to do your work with pleasure your supply of energy, you are downcast and bounce. It is important that you safeguard your precious supply of vitality. and depressed. Thus, a person who is phys- ically sick feels low because he does not possess so great ation. But men also experience cyclic changes in their vitality as when he is well. feelings even though their cycles do not coincide with You have noticed that you are downcast after you any obvious bodily function. have been up late at night. This is because you have Once you understand that your feelings vary from used up your quota of nervous energy and have not time to time, you will not be so critical of yourself or yet allowed time for your battery to be recharged. of others when feeling downcast or depressed. But While your supply of nervous energy is low, you feel even with this understanding it is well for you to know downcast. But once the supply has been restored, you two or three technics by which you can keep from feel happy and optimistic again. feeling too downcast—technics that will enable you to Other factors being equal, a person feels better carry on acceptably in spite of your feelings. some days than others. If you were to keep a diary I already gave you one hint in the control of your indicating how you feel day by day, and then look feelings when I pointed out that they depend upon back over the record after two or three months, it how much nervous energy is available to you. Nervous would surprise you to observe that the periods when energy is released somewhat periodically. When a new you feel optimistic and courageous seem to come at quota of nervous energy becomes available to you, you regular intervals. Also the periods when you feel down- naturally feel optimistic and courageous. But if you are cast and blue are quite regular and are interspersed careless in your expenditure of energy and use up your with the periods when you feel courageous. In other new allotment too quickly, you will come prematurely words, your feelings come in cycles. A few days of into the phase of your cycle in which you feel down- feeling fine are followed by a period of low spirits, cast and depressed. But if, when you receive a new sup- and then the cycle starts over again. ply of nervous energy, you take care of it and use it The exact length of time between one period of cautiously, you will have enough to tide you over most pptimism and the next period of optimism will not of the period during which you would otherwise feel always be the same. For most individuals, however, downcast. the number of days in each cycle is remarkably uni- When you feel like taking steps three at a time, form. In your case it may be three weeks between ,pe- curb yourself a little. When you feel like staying up riods when you feel fine. Or it may be four or five late at night just to enjoy the things that are interest- weeks. In women the cycle of feelings often corresponds ing to you, stop and realize that losing sleep will tend to the menstrual cycle. There is a tendency to feel to deplete your supply of energy and thus hasten the downcast just before and during the period of menstru- time when you feel downcast. (Turn to page 30)

APRIL, 1952 17 KENNETH IS GETTING ETTER

By SELflH J. IRMA

Many of the services of the American Medical

Association go unsung. Yet daily the A.M.A.

brings health to you and aid to your doctor.

JUST didn't realize; I just didn't bother to take time to think about such things—until it was almost too late. When Kenneth became desperately ill that new doctor rushed to our help. After Kenneth's recovery I had a long talk with the doctor. It was an interesting conversation, and he was very kind. H. A. Roberts Shamefacedly I admitted I hadn't paid much atten- IN HEALTH as well as in sickness your children get the benefits of tion to the world of medicine; I just took it for granted. American Medical Association research and child health projects. The doctor told me that millions of others did the same thing. He told me some of the multitude of things on Pharmacy and Chemistry of the American Medical that doctors individually and collectively, through their Association as to their reliability, therapeutic value, national organization, the American Medical Associa- and limitations. Because I learned that physicians are tion, were doing daily to help people like Kenneth provided with the information about the medicines, and me. naturally I would feel safe if they were to be given I didn't know, for instance, that people anywhere to Kenneth. in this country could get a doctor by telephoning an There are several groups at the American Medical emergency call service such as I had used. I didn't Association that aid the physician, and ultimately know either that my husband and I should have asked Kenneth and me. There is the Council on Physical our local medical society when we moved to this city Medicine and Rehabilitation, which evaluates new de- for the name of a competent physician in case of just vices for diagnosing and treating ailments. Why, even such an emergency. It also would have been a good grandfather's new hearing aid was tested by them! idea, I was told, if we had visited the physician before There is the Council on Foods and Nutrition, which we needed him so that we could have gotten to know examines baby foods, special dietary foods, and others him and he us. to determine whether they contain what they are sup- As I sat beside Kenneth's bed and noticed his posed to contain, and are truthfully labeled and ad- gradual improvement, I remembered some of the things vertised. the doctor had said about today's medicines—that 50 There is the Council on Industrial Health, which per cent of those used today were unknown ten years is aiding in making my husband's place of employment, ago. He said the medicines were usually the result of as well as other places of employment, a better and years and years of study and testing by doctors and safer place to work by reducing hazards and promoting scientists, thousands of them. Doctors have free ex- industrial medicine. This is accomplished not only by change of knowledge and medical advances, whether the council itself but through its cooperation with of medicine or medical technics. All people can benefit employees and workers. from the discoveries. Also there are councils that evaluate such things New medical remedies are evaluated by the Council as cosmetics and the pesticides I use around the house.

18 LIFE & HEALTH They have research laboratories for testing almost proval only to those that meet high requirements. anything pertaining to foods, medicines, or medical The doctor told me he had just returned from a devices. national A.M.A. convention, where he had seen some "Did you read about that quack doctor in the of the wonders of modern science in action. I always newspapers last week?" the doctor asked, "the one thought that when a doctor got his degree his studies who had bilked many women out of thousands of were over, but I was wrong. A doctor never ceases to dollars with a 'cure' for a disease none of them had?" study. He keeps abreast of medical advancement by Yes, I remembered reading something about it. The attending medical conventions and his ' local medical A.M.A. Bureau of Investigation, the doctor told me, society meetings, by studying exhibits, and by reading keeps a report on all these charlatans and "miracle" about the latest in medicines, medical developments, cures or drugs. It provides information about them and discoveries in the many scientific journals avail- that often helps to expose their uselessness. able to him. While talking to the doctor I mentioned that my I also learned that there are some people who find cousin Jane, who lives in the country, wrote and told fault with their doctors—object to the amount of their me her town has a new doctor. Everyone admires him, medical bills (mostly because they don't understand not only for his methods of administering to the sick, them), the kind of treatments they get, or have some but also for his community spirit. Much to my surprise, similar complaint. To clarify these matters, the doctor the doctor told me that this new doctor was probably told me, grievance committees of physicians have been an indirect result of still other services of the A.M.A. set up in many localities. The members listen to both —its Committee on Rural Health and its Coundil on sides of the story, somewhat as a jury in a courtroom, Medical Services. These groups, he said, cooperate and make a decision. with many small rural communities such as my cous- Sometimes the patient is (Turn to page 29) in's, helping them to obtain a physician and provide adequate facilities so that the doctor will want to stay. And that voluntary health insurance we took out last year. I didn't dream that the American Medical Association was active in promoting such plans for the benefit of ordinary people like us. It surely came in handy when I had my operation before we moved here. Doc- tors are helping to preserve our American way of life by promotion of such voluntary health insurance projects, instead of having the Gov- ernment do it. Speaking of operations and hospitals, I have always been aware of the continual improvement of hospital and medical standards. How such steady improvement came to be, however, never entered my mind before. But the doctor told me that it has been the job of the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the A.M.A. to improve the services and standards of medical insti- tutions and medical schools. He said that the council gives its ap-

A. Devaney THE GREAT A.M.A. testing laboratories find out for you whether various foods, medicines, and medical devices are as claimed. Even cosmetics and insecticides must pass their rigid test. APRIL, 1952 19 FOR HAPPY (Feetr

A J. DeWITT FOX, M.D.

E IN America pride ourselves on the high 4111110' health level of our nation. High as this level is in most respects, the feet are a conspicu- ous exception. The care most of us give our To avoid corns, calluses, athlete's feet—our most important transportation system—is meager indeed. Foot ailments, relatively uncommon in foot, give close attention to the fit bygone days, have become widespread. Although they cause us many a murmur, we do little to eliminate and quality of your daily footwear. them. We give much attention to style and fashion in footwear, but generally ignore important health factors. Yet we know that just a modicum of foot care oar. in youth would prevent most of the ills that give us so much pain and discomfort. Comfortable all-leather shoes were the rule two generations ago. Today, however, poor fit, extreme styles, high heels, and a host of substitute footwear materials contribute to making the expression "Oh, my aching feet!" a national lament. We pound the sidewalks, climb up and down stairs, and walk on hard- wood or cement floors with feet we squeeze into too- small or ill-fitting shoes, and wobble along on high heels. Our feet get hot, perspiration laden, and just plain sore. They are forced to take severe punishment. Results show up in medical records that tell a grim tale of increasing foot disabilities. Foot ailments have doubled in the past thirty years. The U.S. Public Health Service has found that more than 80 per cent of the American people suffer from foot ailments at one time or another. According to the Gallup Poll, a third of the adult population grumble about aching. feet. Defective feet ranked sixth in rejections for military service in World War II.

H. H. Lambert SHOES, shoes, shoes! There's no discharge from their everyday duties for you. Your feet will feel well only if your shoes are correct. 20 LIFE & HEALTH radically as to invite strains on muscle and nerve systems far removed from the feet. Clinical experiences have established beyond doubt that most foot ailments—calluses, corns, bunions, ingrown toenails, fungus infections, and hammer toes, to mention a few —have medical histories that go back to the patient's youth. Almost all members of the human race are born with strong, healthy feet. Improper foot hygiene and ill-fitting footwear soon take their toll, and responsibility rests .squarely on parents. The human body grows for the first twenty years of life. The first foot covering should be made to fit just as correctly as shoes in later years, the American Foot Care Insti- tute tells us. When walking begins, teaching good walking habits is a must. Tendencies to toe out should be discouraged. Instead, for best foot health the child must be taught to place one foot before the other in a straight line. Under ideal conditions it would be best for children to walk barefoot. But in modern civilization, with its hard floors, pavements, dust, dirt, and other hazards for unshod feet, shoes are a necessity. From the very beginning it is important that the toddler have shoes that fit his feet and give him both freedom and firm support. Keystone Up to the age of six children usually out- DON'T neglect your feet. Aching, broken-down arches will make your grow shoes before they outwear them. This life miserable. Nature made your feet healthy. Keep them that way. is a heavy drain on many a family budget, but nature cannot be denied. In buying shoes Saddest of all, examination of several hundred thou- for children one finds that it pays to take proper time sand school children in New York City proved that and effort, even if junior fidgets and wants to get out three out of four suffered from some kind of foot ills. of the store. X-ray fitting does not solve the problem. Many of the ailments were caused by improper foot- Children's foot bones, not id hardened, are not always wear such as hand-me-downs, which were either too visible under X-ray. More important, according to the small or too large, and by unrestricted wearing of play American Medical Association, a considerable hazard shoes instead of sturdy, well-fitting, foot-supporting of X-ray burns exists both for operator and child. oxford-type shoes with resilient leather soles. The foot of the preschool child is very flexible. For a long time specialists have treated a parade Shoes that are heavy in wear sometimes weaken the of footsore patients. And most of these patients con- spring of the foot and destroy its suppleness. The heel sider scientific foot care a desperate last resort! Next section of the shoe should hold the foot firmly, but time you accuse your feet of killing you, stop and con- from the instep to the toe the shoe has to be as flexible sider if you aren't killing them. as possible. Light leather-soled shoes should be worn Your feet are intricate pieces of machinery con- indoors. A good rule to start at an early age is to take taining 52 bones (one fourth of all the bones you pos- off outdoor shoes as soon as the child crosses the thresh- sess), 38 muscles, 214 ligaments, and the highest con- old. This will prevent harmful habits of wearing rub- centration of sweat glands and tiny blood vessels in the ber-soled sneakers or other play footgear as all-round entire body. shoes. The average day's walking adds up to thousands of In buying shoes for the school child mothers will jolts on the soles of the feet, yet many women insist want to remember several points. There should be at on doing their household chores in an old pair of high- least three quarters of an inch space to allow the toes heeled pumps or floppy slippers. There is no better freedom to move about and expand as they grow. Meas- way of mutilating feet and indirectly injuring many urements should be made in a standing position, to other organs of the body. Foot health is closely related ensure maximum spread. Some feet are almost a size to general well-being. Even a simple foot ailment often longer when the full weight of the body is on them! sets off a chain reaction of body upsets for which the Make sure the shoes are wide enough. Extra length sufferer can discover no logical cause. A painful corn cannot make up for too narrow width, and extra width may cause a person to alter his natural posture so cannot make up for too short (Turn to page 23)

APRIL, 1952 21 We do not diagnose or treat disease by mail, but answer general health questions. Enclose stamped, addressed envelope. Address: Family Physician, LIFE Cr HEALTH, Washington 12, D.C. Roberts

Pruritis Ani deep X-ray, alcohol injections, or ac- doubtless will prove to be very valua- tual surgical cutting of the offending ble in the treatment of certain ill- I am afflicted with pruritis ani. nerves are possible methods of treat- nesses, but for the present we recom- What is its cause, and is there any ment. mend caution and restraint and the treatment for it? use of them only under close medical Pruritis ani, characterized by severe * * * supervision. itching about the anus, follows irritation of the crypts and folds and fis- ACTH and Cortisone? * * * sures, or fistulae, of the anal canal. My doctor has advised me to use Sometimes the loading of the lower ACTH or cortisone. Are they safe? In- Alkaline Condition bowel as in constipation or the ac- stead I have used another medication. cumulation of gas will produce an Don't you think it is just as good? How can I keep from becoming too intense itching. In the later years of alkaline? life there may be itching without an The use of ACTH and cortisone is apparent cause, changes in the local still in the investigative period. We Unfortunately a lot of unfavorable nerves and tissues likely being re- think it is wise to be cautious in the propaganda has been spread about re- sponsible. use of these substances, because we do garding the relation of acid and alka- Local irritation can often be re- not understand fully yet the various line substances in the body. lieved by bathing with either hot or side reactions that may develop. Char- In the living state human tissues cold water and a little soap. Lubrica- acteristic nervous states and some ef- are alkaline in reaction except some tion with a soothing ointment or the fects on the blood vessels in women with special functions. Undigested use of mildly astringent suppositories have been noted. food or foods that are high in acid may give relief. Fissures and fistulae We have observed many cases content may result in the excretion should be treated surgically. Poorly treated with these medicines, and gen- of a highly acid urine—part of na- regulated bowels should be trained to erally very pleasing results have fol- ture's mechanism to maintain an alka- a habit of regular elimination. Local lowed. Self-medication is always dan- line condition in the living tissues. We applications of ice bags or cold packs gerous, even though the material may doubt that it is ever possible to become have given pleasing relief in many in- appear to be just as good as that ad- overalkalinized by diet alone. We think stances. Where the nerves have under- vised by a physician. These hormones a variety of foods suitably prepared gone changes, local treatments with are active physiological agents, which and well digested will meet the body's normal needs with respect to the bal- ance of acid and alkaline substances. The free use of alkaline medicines, and the use of sodium bicarbonate in cooking and otherwise must be guarded against. ATTENTION: Sdeloiteaciterd dad Pane! * * * A limited number of reprints are still available of the up-to-the- Nurses' Aides Answer the Call /% minute article on drug addiction—"Don't Be a Dope!" by the eminent authority Dr. Robert V. Seliger, of Johns Hopkins University Medical To meet requests for more nurses' School. To get wider circulation of this article, you are invited to drop aides from Federal and civilian hos- a post card to Life & Health, Washington 12, D.C., and copies will be pitals as well as civil defense authori- sent with our compliments. ties, the Red Cross trained 6,000 nurses' aides, authorized 880 nurses' aide instructors, and gave refresher courses to 7,800 nurses' aides during the last fiscal year.

22 LIFE & HEALTH For Happy Feet advertised for athlete's foot, but none ward the end of the day. Many people are successful to a uniform degree. have feet that tend to swell during (Continued from page 21) There are many types of fungus con- the course of a busy day. Be sure to length. Young feet may be soft and ditions, and each needs individual have both feet measured standing up, pliable, but they cannot be mistreated treatment. Small dosages of X-ray and since most persons have feet of un- without harmful results. Too narrow sun and salt water often benefit. There equal sizes. Soft-soled shoes and sneak- shoes will lead to corns and bunions; is no ointment, drug, or medication ers should be worn only on resilient too wide shoes induce blisters and suitable in all cases. Frequently care- surfaces, f9r they do not cushion the corns from the constant rubbing up ful study by a qualified podiatrist, foot against the jars and shocks of and down on the foot. physician, or chiropodist is necessary concrete sidewalks. A foot ailment that annoys the to bring the infection under control. Don't keep a "best pair" of shoes American people to a degree second Prevention, of course, is important. for special occasions. Wear different only to the common cold is athlete's Drying feet carefully after bathing, pairs on alternate days for healthy foot. This is actually a misnomer used daily changing of stockings and shoes, feet and to give the shoes a rest. The to describe a variety of fungus infec- and use of powder are precautionary leather of the soles, a natural product, tions of the foot for persons whose measures that can help save a lot of absorbs perspiration and helps to keep most strenuous exercise is sitting at pedal pains. Laboratory research has foot temperatures at healthful levels. a desk, and these are as susceptible to revealed that leather footwear tends Leather is .able to do this because it ringworm and other foot ills as pro- to inhibit the infection. Fungus is fibrous in structure. Giving it a rest fessional ballplayers. The most com- growth requires a setting with at will allow time for the perspiration to mon athlete's foot is a fungus infec- least from 14 to 15 per cent of free be passed off completely. The shoes tion caused by a germ that thrives moisture, and leather rarely offers will be completely dry when put on only in a hot and moist environment, such a moisture-laden surface. Leather again, and the leather sole will be able often found around the foot. soles, because of their fibrous struc- to do a continuously efficient job of This pesky germ is extremely tough ture, allow rapid evaporation of nat- helping the foot stay healthy. and difficult to eradicate. As a matter ural foot perspiration through their Remember that there is no all- of fact, the parasite causing ringworm microscopic network of pores, and thus embracing curative device or "correc- of the foot is so tough and resistant offer a poor breeding ground for the tive" shoe. Indiscriminate use of such that at least fifteen minutes of boiling fungi. articles can be harmful. In case of is required to kill it. What can be done to put the feet of serious foot trouble consult your doc- The cure of ringworm is a complex adults back on a sound footing? Wear tor or podiatrist to learn which thera- problem. Many home treatments are accurate-fitting shoes. Buy shoes to- peutic appliance, if any, is best.

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1 "A partly broken desk is a real hazard. Everything in a schoolroom needs to be kept in good repair. "Jack ?" "We boys in industrial arts class are Wings of Health making a step stool. It will be safer than a chair, in getting things out of the cupboard." By VEDA SUE MARSH. R.N. "Every schoolroom and home needs ZW a step stool," Miss Warner nodded. "Mrs. Holt and I have arranged to divide the room into five committees A CLUB FOR BOYS AND GIRLS —A, B, C, D, and E. We will soon announce the chairman and the members of each committee. For the next fifteen minutes we want you to thoroughly inspect the area assigned you 74 See eecee and then be ready with a report. "Committee A will inspect the stairs in the building. Committee B will in- ILL the Junior Life and Health Everyone began to look around the spect the gymnasium apparatus. Com- WLeague please come to order !" room. mittee C will inspect the gymnasium said President Norman as he rapped "Yes, Joan?" building. Committee D will inspect the on the desk with his gavel. "When the floors have just been playgrounds for such things as holes All the students were especially oiled, sometimes we slip and fall," and other hazards. Committee E will quiet, for they could see that the guest Joan offered. inspect the crossings at streets nearby speaker for the day was their school "That is true, Joan. We should al- and consider the hazard of children nurse, Miss Warner; and they all en- running into streets from play- joyed her visits. grounds." After the secretary's report Presi- The committee reports ran some- dent Norman introduced Miss Warner, thing like this : Committee A re- who began to speak to them : "One day ported : (1) a loose nail that some- when my telephone rang lustily I an- one might trip on, (2) the rest-room swered and heard Mrs. Lee say, '0 floor one step higher than the main Miss Warner, is Dr. Williams there ?' floor. They suggested that the edge " `No, he isn't, Mrs. Lee,' I replied. be painted white and a notice placed " '0 Miss Warner, what shall I do? on the door saying, "Watch. Step Jimmy just swallowed a balloon.' Down." "'A balloon!' Committee B suggested: (1) signs " 'Yes, of all things, a balloon.' Then be put on some apparatus indicating we both laughed. the age pupils must be to use it, (2) "Mrs. Lee explained : 'He had one discussions be held in classes empha- with a wooden whistle. As he was sizing hazards and a record be kept blowing it up, it burst, frightening of accidents occurring. him so that he gasped. As he drew Committee C reported: (1) worn- in his breath, down went balloon, whis- out mat near door, (2) needless nails tle, and all.' in wall, (3) emphasis to be placed on "Thinking the edge of the whistle type of shoes worn in gymnasium. might be sharp, we had Mrs. Lee feed Jimmy some mashed potatoes. Sharp Committee D reported: (1) certain objects such as pins and pieces of hazardous spots in playground, (2) glass can be coated over with mashed suggested a clean-up period to remove potatoes, and thus will not easily in- dangerous articles. jure the stomach. Many times, then, Committee E emphasized: (1) the they will travel on through the in- importance of all children obeying testinal tract without causing much ways walk slowly and carefully on traffic patrol boys; (2) that no one trouble. Of course an open safety pin freshly oiled floors. Running inside run across street, but stop, look both is dangerous to swallow, for it cannot schools and homes is a cause of many directions, and then proceed cau- get out of the stomach, and an opera- accidents. The playgrounds and out- tiously; (3) that all playground areas tion is usually required. We do not doors are the places to run. That is should have good high fences protect- want to see anyone put a safety pin one reason you march in and out at ing children from nearby streets; (4) or any pin into his mouth. recess, walking in a dignified manner. the danger of scuffling and chasing "Many accidents happen at schools If everyone were allowed to rush out each other on way home from school, every year. We find that in the years at dismissal time, many more accidents for these might mean running into we study about accidents there are might occur. highway. fewer of them. Let us inspect our "Yes, Joyce ?" "We are watching to see which building and suggest safety devices, "This year we had so many pupils, school in the city will be the safest boys and girls. Now, what things in Mrs. Holt had to use some old desks. school during the month of April," this room might be hazards ?" They have to be repaired often." Miss Warner announced.

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Protein Flours have value. You can cautiously in- poorly nourished. There is a tendency crease the amount used until you are to use tinned soups, fruits, and I use soy flour in my baking, adding using perhaps as high as 10 per cent other commercially prepared foods too just a little to cookies, bread, rolls, without sacrificing the lightness of freely, and slight fresh milk, eggs, and even some cakes. Is there any your bread or other baked goods. fresh or dried fruit, and fresh vegeta- other flour that would be high in pro- bles. Make an effort to eat the follow- tein that I could use for variety? ing every day: There are several flours widely used One quart of milk, whole, skimmed, for making high-protein and very APRIL GUIDE FOR THE or as buttermilk. A pint of milk and one-half cup of cottage cheese would nourishing baked goods. Have several FOOD SHOPPER on hand to vary their use. A delicious do. An egg in some way. Four slices dark-brown bread with a nutlike flavor whole-grain bread or three slices and The following foods should be at a serving of whole-grain or fortified is made by using cottonseed flour. It the top of your April shopping has the amazing protein content of list. They are the ones mentioned cereal. 57 per cent. It is available from Trad- by the U.S. Departnient of Agri- Butter, margarine, avocado, or ripe ers Oil Mills, Fort Worth 1, Texas. culture as being most plentiful, and olives. At least two servings of fruit. Then, as you may know, there are so they are the most thrifty buys One fresh and one dried would be at this season. They represent nor- satisfactory. Two or three servings of three kinds of soy flour on the market mal seasonal products. —the full-fat soy flour, with a protein vegetables, one green or yellow. content of 35 per cent, the partially Fruits Canned corn You could try two or three raw Lettuce carrots a day to see whether they defatted soy flour, with a protein con- Apples Frozen Lima beans I Canned applesauce Onions would influence your hair. The carrots tent of 42 per cent, and the low-fat Dried figs Canned peas soy flour, with a protein content of Grapefruit Dried peas could be grated if necessary. Canned grapefruit Frozen peas You should also use a vitamin prepa- 44 per cent. juice Irish potatoes . Canned grapefruit Sweet potatoes ration as suggested by your doctor to There are wheat-germ and corn- segments Pumpkin germ flours too, but many simply Canned blended Spinach make sure you are fully supplied with citrus juice Tomato juice add the whole germ in baking, and Dried peaches these essential elements. Winter pears Protein Foods This food list is not a complete diet. have fine results. The germ is approx- Dried prunes Raisins Dry beans Of course you will want to eat other imately 25 per cent protein. Cottage cheese Vegetables Eggs common foods too, such as potatoes More recently, sunflower-seed flour Peanut butter has become available. It also has a very Cabbage and a meat substitute such as cream Carrots Miscellaneous cheese, cottage cheese, soybeans, other high protein content, said to be ap- Cauliflower Honey proximately 55 per cent. It should be Celery Oatmeal beans, nuts, or one of the special meat appetizing, inasmuch as the seeds are substitutes occasionally. surely good to eat. On the West Coast the sunflower-seed flour is available from Elmolino Mills, 3072 West Valley Shiny, Soft Hair Foreign Operations Boulevard, Alhambra, California. My hair is dry and comes out badly. Wonderful and unusual nut flours Is there anything I could eat to im- Through the League of Red Cross made of almonds or Brazil nuts may prove it? I am elderly, and like to Societies and with the cooperation of be obtained by addressing an inquiry keep my hair nice. national Red Cross Societies, the to Brazil Nut Association, 100 Hudson American Red Cross aided victims of Street, New York 13, New York. Certain foods especially thought to the Korean War, famine in India, Then there is peanut flour, with the influence the condition of the hair are floods in Pakistan, hurricane in Ja- protein content given as 59 per cent. raw carrots, fresh eggs, and cod-liver maica, and earthquake in El Salvador. You could locate your nearest source oil. Food surely does make a difference In addition to aid in time of crisis, of supply by writing the National Pea- in the hair. A well-nourished person of national Red Cross Societies continued nut Council, Atlanta, Georgia. These any age will be likely to have shiny, to help each other in the development flours or meals are so rich that only soft hair, bright eyes, moist, soft skin, of programs and services, with the small amounts such as a tablespoonful and good posture. American Red Cross especially active added to a recipe of family size would Any person living alone is often in this field.

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Homemaker's Diary. April 1. The minutes to dissolve the soap and whip If someone in your house is so un- weather has had everyone fooled. up a good suds. When putting the fortunate as to be sick in April, and When winter begins the first of No- clothes in, shake them out and drop the house must be kept quiet, a •piece vember, as it did last fall, we can ex- them in one or two at a time for best of cloth tied between the two door- pect anything of capricious April. results. knobs will allow the door to be closed I can hardly wait for apple-blossom No virtue in running the machine without noise. time, when we turn the calendar over a long time. For the first tubful of A back rest may be made by putting to April, to try out a new liquid con- lightly soiled pieces, seven minutes is a washboard inside an old pillowcase, taining the fragrance and taste of ap- long enough ; a few minutes longer for to be placed behind the patient's pil- ples that can be used in candies and low. A filing cabinet is a wonderful help desserts. I read about it in a farm r--w-Rumpr-w journal. to housewives. Use it for clippings, April 5. The earth is going through pictures, grade cards, important pa- a face-lifting process in April's beauty gmportderahle pers, and articles you wish to preserve. parlor. More than ever I long for a coat of paint on our old house, but I Add Glamour. Let's not permit guess this year, as before, we'll have By NORMA HELENA PACE Mother Nature to get ahead of us in to rely on lilacs, irises, hollyhocks, adding beauty to the world. Let's golden glows, delphiniums, zinnias, Spring, spring! How slight a thing glamourize some of the simple dishes calendulas, and chrysanthemums to Can make the heart to stir: we serve. Use these garnishes : The sound of water, whir shredded coconut, raisins, a dab of perk up the old place. Our chicken yard Of wings where dead leaves lie came to be quite colorful last summer, In dark brown heaps. Die, jelly; carrot or turnip flowers, radish hedged in by golden glows, hollyhocks, Dim despair. New hope is born. roses, or parsley trees on a mountain and Mexican sunflowers. New life springs up with each new morn. of snowy mashed potatoes; sliced or April 7. Someday I must get at the diced hard-cooked egg and green pep- top drawer in my dresser, where all Whir, whir, flap, and stir— per rings. Takes little extra time. the miscellaneous articles are kept. I Wings beat over greening moorlands; want to line it with pink, blue, or Riches cover bleakest poorlands. Irish Potato Soup. When everybody maybe yellow quilted plastic, make lit- Bulbs that are a shapeless blob in your family is getting over colds tle pockets around the sides where I Hold honey cups for the bees to rob. and no one has much appetite, potato Spring proves again that what mortals pray for soup is delicious for luncheon or sup- can keep nylon hose, hankies, and Outweighs a thousandfold the things they pay for! gloves, and have a little more order. per. April 9. Petunias and ivy in window 3, cup margarine boxes do for the house what a new millElk.A.--AINIII.A.J.J•JIIII....&-aill111.46.--a11111k.A6--a111 3 cup finely chopped leeks or onions Easter bonnet does for me. 5 medium potatoes 13 cups water April 29. Drink in all the April the more heavily soiled articles. Keep 2 tablespoons chopped parsley charm, for each bit of loveliness added the clock where you can watch it. 2 teaspoons salt to your day makes your whole life When the clothes have been washed 2 cups hot milk more beautiful. the required time, run through the cup cold milk wringer, and rinse in warm water. 1 egg yolk Washing Tips. No one likes to be Some swear by the no-rinse method, Melt margarine in heavy pan over low overloaded when it comes to work, but somehow I like to rinse at least heat. Add leeks, stirring frequently until and your washing machine is no excep- once, and more if we have sufficient tender. Put in the potatoes peeled and tion. Your washer will last longer and water. For whitest clothes rinse until cut in quarters, water, and salt. Cover your clothes be cleaner if you stick water is clear. pan and cook until potatoes are tender. by the 7 or 9 pound loads. Dampen a mixture of salt and soda Remove from heat. Drain, reserving liquid. Press potatoes through sieve, and add Use plenty of hot water, as hot as to remove yellow stains from the to liquid. Add hot milk, and stir well. your hand can stand, and fill the ma- enameled doors of your range. Combine cold milk and egg yolk. Add chine to the water line. Put in water A pinch of salt used in cooking rhu- slowly to warm soup, stirring constantly. softener and soap (or soapless deter- barb or other fruit will make it un- Reheat soup slowly, but do not boil. Add gent), and let the washer run several necessary to use quite as much sugar. chopped parsley just before serving.

28 LIFE & HEALTH I Had Cancer (Continued from page 9) Would my office associates look down Do your breasts sag? on me for having had cancer? As I thought about it I passed a health Does your abdomen bulge? clinic, in the window of which was dis- played a pamphlet answering questions commonly asked about cancer. I asked Sagging breasts cause a drag on shoulders, neck the attendant for one, and read it on and back—can impair circulation and exert harm- the way home. One question ran on ful pressure on heart, lungs, diaphragm. An this wise, "Is having cancer something abdominal bulge is a sign of weakening muscles to be ashamed of ?" The answer under- which in time may lead to sagging of internal neath was, "No more to be ashamed of organs and impairment of body functioning. And than having a broken arm." just note how body sags spoil this woman's That settled it. No longer would appearance! worn-out, unreasonable prejudices have power to make me cringe. I threw my head back. Shiny clouds were in the sky. The wind blew free. I experi- enced a fresh, new feeling. Fear and See the difference dismay were gone forever. I often think that perhaps my illness had another purpose. For now I tell Spencer makes! others that they may be cured if only they act—and act at once. She looks like a new woman—years * * * younger—in her Spencer Body and Breast Supports created especially Kenneth Is Getting Better for her. And the health benefits are (Continued from page 19) even more dramatic—because by improving posture, Spencer improves correct in complaining about the bill health. (in any large group of people, you will always find some trying to take Your Spencers will provide the sup- advantage of the situation). But usu- port nature intended, gently uplift. ally the patient simply doesn't under- ing organs to normal position and stand all that the bill stands for, such thereby encouraging better function. as the doctor's time, consultations, ing. 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And the ticles lodge at the margin of the gum, teria form the acid, and the acid does price is reasonable; in fact, it's a bar- this tissue needs brushing just as the harm. gain. Much less expense and effort much as the teeth. Gingivitis often "The function of saliva, which is are necessary to keep what you have is caused by the irritating effects of neutral or slightly alkaline in the per- than to call on the dentist for repairs food and tartar about the teeth. fectly healthy mouth, is to neutralize or a substitute." "In the mouth food particles begin the acid effects of fermentation. Where "Doctor, I've read of so many dif- to ferment within five or ten minutes the diet is largely natural the saliva ferent methods of brushing my teeth after you eat. This is especially true performs this function satisfactorily. that now I don't know which way is of carbohydrate foods. The mouth is But in the civilized diet we put so right." warm and wet. There are many hid- much acid-producing food in the "Your bleeding gums are evidence den, protected places for bacteria to mouth and leave so much to ferment enough that your methods are incor- lodge and work at the food particles. and decompose that the saliva just rect, even though your intentions have "A by-product of bacterial action is cannot cope with the acid situation. been good, Mrs. Jones. I doubt seri- formation of acid. This acid is of In fact, recent studies show that the ously that many people ever learned. course chemically irritating. It also alkaline-producing and acid-reducing how to brush the teeth efficiently by increases the deposit of tartar about capacity of the saliva has decreased be- following a technic in a paper, an the necks of the teeth, an irritating cause of the nature of our diet. This advertisement, or even a book. There mineral deposit that must not be al- normal function of the saliva can be are many technics, and different peo- lowed to remain. re-established by the proper diet. ple have different results with differ- "Now, Mrs. Jones, let me mention "In your problem of oral hygiene, ent methods. To learn to brush your another important subject. Mrs. Jones, you should first of all teeth properly, efficiently, and with the "The acid action is a primary factor watch the nature of your diet. Avoid utmost benefit to your teeth and mouth in the formation of cavities in the foods that ferment in the mouth eas- tissues, you should receive personal in- teeth also. Sugar especially breaks ily—the sugary, the soft, and the struction from your dentist or dental down to form acid in the mouth very sticky. In general these are the man- hygienist. Using only words on paper quickly, more than any other food ! made foods. Eat more of the natural to describe a method of brushing the diet. 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