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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR June, 1953 Vol. 68, No. 6

J. DeWITT FOX, M.D., L.M.C.C., Editor "LIFE & HEALTH" ON RADIO D. A. DELAFIELD, Assistant Editor MARY CASTOR, Assistant to the Editor C. E. WENIGER, Ph.D., Editorial Consultant T. K. MARTIN, Art Editor DEAR EDITOR: The Rural Radio Network is a network Consulting Editors: ROBERT A. HARE, M.D., F.A.C.P.; WALTER E. MACPHERSON, M.D., F.A.C.P. of 13 FM stations covering New York HAROLD M. WALTON, M.D., F.A.C.P.; THEODORE R. FLAIZ, M.D.; J. WAYNE MCFARLAND, M.D. State, northern Pennsylvania, and parts of Canada, Massachusetts, and Vermont. Contributing Editors: D. Lois BuaNwrr, R.N. • M. WEBSTER PRINCE, D.D.S., F.A.C.D. . . . As a regular feature of our 11:30 ARLIE L. MOON, M.D. • JOHN F. BROWNSBERGER, M.D., F.A.C.S. • CARL. J. LARSEN, M.D. A.M. Country Home program, I've been LEROY E. COOLIDGE, M.D., F.A.C.S. . HORACE A. HALL, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.I.C.S. broadcasting a series on Your Family ROGER W. BARNES, M.D., F.A.C.S. • BELLE WOOD COMSTOCK, M.D. • DANIEL H. KRESS, M.D. Health. It includes interviews with doc- CYRIL B. COURVILLE, M.D. . LUCILLE J. GOTHAM, B.A. • GEORGE T. HARDING, M.D., F.A.C.P. tors on everything from the common cold E. HAROLD SHRYOCK, M.D. • HENRY W. VOLLMER, M.D., F.A.C.S. • H. L. RITTENHOUSE, M.D. to polio, and news items on anything af- Braille Edition, Life & Health: C. W. DEGERING, MANAGING EDITOR fecting life and health. So you see, I am most grateful for your magazine, for the information—and inspiration—it gives to a reader, and a woman broadcaster. BARBARA HALL, Women's Editor FEATURE ARTICLES Page Rural Radio Network Ithaca, New York Why Do People Marry? HAROLD SHRYOCK, M.D. 8

ANOTHER GOOD DOCTOR? Be Sure It's Pasteurized ALMA KLINE ECKARD 10 DEAR EDITOR: Your Blood Chemistry HELEN SPICER MENKEL, R.N. 12 I refer to Alvin K. Miller's letter in the November [1952] issue of LIFE & HEALTH Pineapple—Queen of Fruits LUCILLE J. GOTHAM 14 and your comments. You suggest he get himself a good fam- The World Against Cancer, Part 2 PAUL D. FOSTER, M.D. 16 ily doctor. I wrote you about this same (Turn to page 4) Mountain Therapy JAN S. DOWARD 18

THE JUNE COVER FOR MOTHERS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

Fruit—the Food of Angels 6 Wings of Health 24 Family Physician 20

Mother's Counselor 22 MENTAL HYGIENE

Dietitian Says 26 Mountain Therapy 18 Homemaker Hints 28 Stop Worrying! 31

Stop Worrying! ______31 Philosophy of Life 15

R..1. CHRISTIAN, Circulation Manager J. R. HANNA, Advertising Manager J. M. JACKSON, Associate Circulation Manager

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JUNE, 1953 3 LIKE A PRAYER Readers' Pulse ANSWERED ... I CAN (Continued from page 3) article. In my home town of about ten thousand inhabitants I'd hesitate to pick any one of the doctors there as one you'd NEAR AGAIN suggest Mr. Miller get. I did have one, but he was of the "old school," lived his What a blessing life span, and has been dead these many to hear again years. The ones now are all present-day with a clarity medics. YOUR NAM and ease I never ADDRESS dreamed possi- I have known lads who held to such ble. No longer excellent standards that when they elected do I miss out medicine as their lifework I felt that on the precious surely they would be good doctors. But CANCER sounds I something went wrong somewhere, for POSTMASTER thought were they are, as Mr. Miller says, present-day YOUR TOWN lost forever. doctors. I might blame the medical schools Church ser- mons, the voic- but for an incident that happened in a es of loved ones, health discussion group. The dean of a music — all the medical school was the target of criticisms KATE SMITH sounds that make up life—are brought aimed at the medical profession. He de- says— back with startling clarity. nied none of the accusations and sadly FREE BOOKLET I Why risk losing replied, "We teach them right but they so much of life's pleasures and oppor- "The American Cancer Society is have heads of their own. So many, when leading the fight, your fight, against tunities? Let science help you with they can afford a few meals ahead, either the modern miracle of electronics. cancer through its programs of re- You'll find it all explained in a valu- turn 'smart Alecs' or get lazy on the job." search ... education ... and service able new FREE BOOK that every Why do doctors show so little concern to cancer patients. hard of hearing person should read. or interest in having their patients take Send for your copy today. No cost or an. annual health check? All insurance "Cancer strikes one in five. obligation whatsoever. A postcard companies and health articles constantly "You can strike back with a will do. urge this, all but the doctors. Every six generous gift. Mail it to 'Can- months my dentist sends me a notice if cer,' c/o the Postmaster in I fail to report for a dental check; but your town, and your dollars no such word from my doctor. I have in- will reach the American Can- quired of many people, and they admit cer Society. MEDICAL A55 QUALITY HEARING AIDS their doctors do not follow that practice Individually Fitted—Personally Serviced "Please send your gift today. either. Why not? BELTONE HEARING AID CO. The need is terribly urgent." Dept. 2616.14S0 W. 19th St., Chicago 8, I enjoy your magazine, and am follow- ing your directions of sharing my copies with foreign nations. IONA AHRENS Chicago, Illinois

* Most physicians are interested not only in getting their patients well but LOW-SALT in keeping them well. They encourage The products annual health checks. However, they are busy, and sometimes do not take time to mail their patients notices as dentists advertised in do. On the other hand, other physicians may feel that this is a form of advertis- DIET? ing and therefore unethical, so they are Has the doctor put reluctant to send out notices. LIFE AND HEALTH you on a low-sodium However, we suggest that you call or salt-free diet? Fresh your doctor on your birthday for a are: lemons, themselves physical examination (see editorial salt-free, can make all page in the January, 1953, LIFE & the difference be- HEALTH). Birthdays somehow tell us that we are growing older, and serve tween flat, insipid as a natural reminder.—ED. dishes and tempting, appetizing ones. A few drops of tangy lemon juice work wonders for food flavors. IRAN READS Overweight? Many diets recom- mend cutting down on salt. Season- DEAR EDITOR: ing with lemons instead of salt not Through the kindness of yet an un- only helps you shed pounds faster, known friend, I have received this valua- but a squeeze of tangy, fresh lemon ble magazine LIFE & HEALTH. sparks low-calorie foods. I read all the articles in every issue of the magazine, which are all interesting and profitable. Meantime I am very much interested, and highly appreciate all the Sunkist articles by D. A. Delafield, especially the article "Love's Ministry of Healing." Spiritual food is greatly needed for / hungry souls. PAUL P. PETROBSIAN eXedA Iran

4 LIFE & HEALTH derers. A former professor of medicine at Harvard and now director of pathology at Western Reserve University, he asserted: "The principal missing link in justice in this country is the failure to investi- gate adequately the cause of mysterious deaths. "Our investigations are, in general, about the poorest in the world. They do better all over Europe and even in Egypt. A lot of murders go unrecognized in the United States and many innocent people are prosecuted." He cited one case of mysterious death Worry Is Contagious personal security. It instills self-confi- that had no outward signs, and it was dence and a sense of responsibility. difficult to assign a cause. It was that of If you're worried and tense, you can [EDITORIAL NOTE: To this we would like a baby who had been left in the charge start others worrying too, say Doctors to add our threefold formula for combat- of a young man baby sitter. The child Jurgen Ruesch and A. Rodney Prestwood, ing worry: (1) Do something about it was found dead, with no signs of violence University of California psychiatrists. In yourself. Take action on your problem. or indications of disease. a study to see what happens when we are (2) Share your problem with a friend, At autopsy the child's voice box was anxious and how anxiety can be relieved, pastor, physician. (3) Sidestep your wor- found stuffed with cotton, which had suf- the two doctors observed that when your ries. Let them fall in the lap of God. focated her. The baby sitter then con- body is keyed up for action the condition Prayer should bring final end and com- fessed that he had inserted the cotton of the blood vessels, muscles, and other plete release from your worry problem. to keep the baby from crying. bodily changes is that of emergency. If Another case was that of a girl found you persist in keying yourself up as if dead sitting fully clothed in her living to meet an emergency and in this way * * * room, with her shoes kicked off. The prepare for impossible action, the result medical examiner thought she was a vic- is anxiety. Murder Will Out tim of a heart attack. But postmortem ex- No matter how much you try to sup- There are methods of murder more ter- amination showed her heart to be pumped press and conceal your anxiety, the tone rible and difficult to discover after the full of air. She had been a victim of an of your voice, the expression of your face, crime than any described in detective fic- illegal operation, during which unskilled and your gestures will start others to tion, according to Dr. Alan R. Moritz, who operators had accidentally pumped air worrying. reported his findings to the College of into a vital area. For example, it is well known that Medical Evangelists annual postgraduate Just because there are no outward when a doctor has a serious expression convention at the Biltmore Hotel, Los marks, murder is not ruled out, says Dr. on his face and no sign of a confident Angeles. Moritz. But the autopsy surgeon cannot smile, a serious illness is immediately pic- The nation's leading authority on legal tell the public all of his information and tured in the mind of the patient. He medicine, Dr. Moritz could not tell all his how he picks up and discovers murder passes his anxiety on to his patient. For subtle technics used in discovering mur- in mysterious cases. this reason doctors are taught to be stoic in their attitudes in order not to alarm patients. In the study Doctors Ruesch and Prest- wood found that many people try to com-

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WORLD HEALTH BALDNESS BY LEONARD A. SCHEELE, M.D., BY THEODORE R. VAN DELLEN, Surgeon General, U.S. Public M.D. Health Service The peoples of the world are Baldness is not always hopeless. pitching in to help each other overcome hazards that menace pensate for anxiety by overindulgence in the health of millions of people. YOUR LUNGS eating, smoking, or drinking. Others try BY A. GORDON, M.D., AND to establish a feeling of belonging by par- BIG-CITY FATIGUE ANDREW C. IVY, M.D. ties and social functions, ranging from BY J. DEWFIT Fox, M.D. Once you learn how your lungs conversations about the weather to club Here's why the city dweller is work you will know better how to activities. Then there are a few who tired out—a glimpse of how he care for them. try to manage the private lives of friends. lives. As a solution to the anxiety and worry MOLASSES REGULAR FEATURES problem the doctors suggest that anxiety BY ALMA KLINE ECKARD FAMILY PHYSICIAN can be controlled by discussing and shar- Molasses has more to offer you CHILDREN'S PAGE ing your problem with others. Talking than simply a delicious flavor and your worries over is essential, so that a sweet taste. MARCH OF MEDICINE you can combine effort to cooperate, com- plement. and increase your ability to cope with difficult life situations. So important do these doctors feel that L talking it over is that they go so far as to say sharing anxiety is essential to

JUNE, 1953 5 THE EDITOR COMMENTS

THE FOOD OF ANGELS

OT long ago it was my pleasure "speedballs" who doesn't have time N to visit Hawaii, the paradise of to twist a wrist and squeeze a cou- the Pacific, and sink my teeth into ple of oranges for your fresh orange some of the most luscious fruits juice of a morning, try this: Cut I've ever tasted—iced spears of pine- your orange in quarters and bite apple, golden papaya chunks, mangoes, out the juice sections. This is better and bananas—sprinkled with coconut than orange juice any day. You get shreds and served in the half shell of more of the vitamin-containing pulp a hollowed-out pineapple. Delectable —protopectins, they call them these is truly the word for such tempting days. At the same time you stimulate dishes of tongue-tingling delight. your teeth and gums by the biting "Certainly," I thought to myself, action. This exercise helps to keep your "fruit is the 'food of angels.'" teeth gleaming bright. Yet when I returned to the main- According to recent studies, vita- land after reveling in fruit salads, I min P, helpful in keeping blood ves- ating pains in their bones, and they noticed that the fruit stand is rapidly sel structure normal, is found not in would have other bleeding tendencies. becoming a lost market in the United orange juice but in the pulp—the Since the discovery of the lowly lemon States. More and more of our fruit white coating and the walls of the seg- as a source of vitamin C and a pre- is finding its way into cans, boxes, ments and juice sacs. These protopec- ventive of scurvy, sailors have been frozen-food containers; and less and tins found in the meaty solids of the spared this tragic disease. However, less of our fruit reaches the open orange help you digest other foods too. many an American today suffering market in all its rich display and from "pink toothbrush," bleeding color. gums, and canker sores would benefit Now, I may be different from you, by increasing his vitamin C intake in but I enjoy browsing around a fruit the form of more oranges, lemons, market and picking out a bunch of grapefruit, and limes. Green vegeta- bananas here, a few oranges there, bles, especially green peppers, are also feeling the avocados to see whether a rich source of vitamin C. they are ripe (always squeezing them Although not many of us can enjoy with the palm, not the finger tips), exotic tropical fruits or the delightful and selecting a bunch of grapes or a delicacies in the land of a Pacific para- big red apple for a salad. But today dise, we all can enjoy fresh fruit ev- you go to the deep-freeze compartment ery day. For that buoyant feeling of of your market, and what do you see? To get the full value from your well-being, don't pass up a fruit salad Only a picture of the fruit, and it is orange-buying dollar, you would be wherever you can find one—at home all chopped up, sugared down, and wise to peel and eat an orange each or at a restaurant. And insist on fresh ready for your salad bowl. This is a day, as well as drink orange juice. fruit whenever possible. saving in time, true. But it takes But of course if you are going to To put color in your cheeks, put some of the old-fashioned fun out of remain the "speedball," then frozen some color on your plate. Remember— salad making. And I wonder whether orange juice is your best bet—since it pale foods make pale people. Colorful, we really get as many vitamins and does contain some vitamin C, a tiny luscious fruits, the "food of angels," minerals from frozen things as we do bit of the pulp, and is a real bracer can make you feel better, look better, from fresh. as a morning "rise and shine" drink. live longer! Be that as it may, there is one fruit Vitamin C, as we have all learned Yours for better health, that I still prefer fresh rather than by now, prevents scurvy, the age-old frozen, and that is a big juicy orange. disease of seamen. Formerly when I like frozen orange juice, sure. But sailors went to sea and exhausted their for my money I like a big golden supply of green, fresh, and citrus orange ready for the peeling much foods, they noticed their gums would better. And if you are one of those begin to bleed, they would get excruci-

6 LIFE & HEALTH He is working on a project for magazinb covers that will feature some of the rug- ged beauty of his beloved Northwest. HOrliiSee He has had many inspirational articles published. The book Trails in the Clouds, out eontziLtori of which Mr. Doward is coauthor, will ap- pear this fall. To the author's knowledge it is the first book dealing exclusively with the Olympic Mountains of Washing- ton. Married to the former Loneva Thomas, he has one five-year-old daughter, Melody Ann; and by the time "Mountain Ther- apy" is published he expects another fu- ture hiker to be added to his mountaineer family.

and later a laboratory technologist. This work, together with teaching bacteriology * * * on the college level, kept her busy for many years. She received her M.S. in bac- teriology from the University of Mary- land. Married in 1944 to Herman C. Menkel, M.D., who had just returned from India, Paul D. Foster, M.D. ("The World she is still engaged in laboratory work, Against Cancer," page 16), is president with a little housework thrown in. Any of the Los Angeles County Medical As- time left over she spends in practicing sociation. A well-known dermatologist, on the Hammond organ or painting any- whose articles in scientific and lay pub- thing that needs painting, from walls and lications on skin diseases have been read floors to portraits. by literally millions, Pr. Foster has been most active in medical politics in recent years. * * * Born at Corry, Pennsylvania, he at- tended the University of California, and received his M.D. degree from the College of Medical Evangelists School of Med- Bula L. Deeb ("Fount of Happiness," icine. After postgraduate work at the page 22) is a Washington, D.C., house- New York Postgraduate Medical School, wife who enjoys writing poems. Her po- New York's skin and cancer unit, he prac- etry has appeared in leading newspapers ticed in New York for two years. Since of Washington, D.C., and several national 1935 he has had offices in the Wilshire magazines. district of Los Angeles. Born in the snowy Adirondacks of Among his hobbies are fishing and northern New York, she attended Atlan- hunting in the High Sierras of Califor- tic Union College and later married John nia, color photography, and golf. His Deeb and moved to Washington. Her hus- writing of medical articles for lay read- band is now employed in a large pub- ing is also a favorite pastime. lishing firm. A jovial joiner, Dr. Foster is a member The Deebs had no children of their of the board of governors of the Allied own, so they took a boy and a girl to Post No. 302 of the American Legion, a rear. The boy is now an X-ray specialist Mason, Shriner, and Jester, and president Jan S. Doward, B.A. ("Mountain Ther- in the department of radiology at the of the Westlake Lions Club. White Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles. Married and the father of four chil- apy," page 18), is principal of Cedar- home School, near East Stanwood, Wash- And their daughter is married and has dren, he lives in the fashionable San two children of her own. So Mrs. Deeb Marino district of Los Angeles County. ington. Born and reared in western Wash- ington, Mr. Doward has always been an is now a foster-grandmother. ardent lover of the Pacific Northwest and Besides writing poetry she enjoys the its vast and magnificent scenery. hobbies of drawing pencil portraits and * * * After attending a Seattle high school raising African violets. Mr. Doward was called into service dur- Helen Spicer Menkel, R.N. ("Your ing World War H for twenty-six months. Blood Chemistry," page 12), is a former After seeing combat on Okinawa he spent instructor in laboratory technic. Born in five months with the Army of Occupation HOME NURSING SERIES Calcutta, India, daughter of a missionary, in Japan. at the tender age of three she spoke bits Four years later he was graduated from "Just the thing for me and my of three languages—English, Bengali, and Walla Walla College, in Washington family!" you will say when you Hindi. As a special treat she was allowed State, with a major in history and minors read the articles on the kind of to dine occasionally with the Indian chil- in Bible and education. His first teaching home nursing you can learn to dren. And she delighted in eating their appointment was at a rural school near handle. They were prepared for Bahl-bat (rice, lentils, and all the trim- Shelton, Washington. From there he LIFE & HEALTH by the American mings) with her fingers instead of using moved to the quiet country surroundings National Red Cross. These arti- European forks. of Cedarhome, where he has been teach- cles are in a series of twelve, to In 1901 Mrs. Menkel's parents returned ing for the past two years. begin next month—July, 1953— to America. Later she attended Washing- An amateur photographer, Mr. Doward ton Missionary College, receiving her is especially interested in color work. His in LIFE & HEALTH. B.A. degree in 1919. After a few years of Kodachrome of Mount. Shuksan appeared teaching she decided to become a nurse, in Ideals and the Louis-Allis Messenger. JUNE, 1953 7 whr DO PEOPLE MARRY?

AL HAROLD SHRYOCH, M.D.

Married, unmarried, or going to be married, you will

be glad you read this insight into marriage motives.

FATHER does not ask a young man Why? ple marry?" Others say, "It's just the natural thing when he requests permission to marry his to do." daughter. A young woman does not list the It is only after a husband and wife have gotten into reasons why she wants to marry when her en- difficulty that they begin to ask, "Why did we ever gagement is announced. An invitation to attend a wed- marry?" But even when the marriage faces a prob- ding does not include a statement of why these young lem, the regret is not over the fact of marriage but people desire to become man and wife. A minister per- over the choice of partner. forming a wedding ceremony asks the young people A discussion of the reasons for people marrying for assurance of their sincerity, but he does not ask will not reduce the number of marriages. Rather, it them why they want to marry. will draw attention to the basic reasons for marriage, Some say, "It's a foolish question—Why do peo- so that men and women will be able to relate themselves more intelligently to the privileges and responsibilities of marriage. In the first place an all-wise God has built into each human personality a craving for love—a craving that in the normal adult can be satisfied only by close companionship between a man and a woman. This is why a young man does not ask himself, "Do I want to get married?" When he reaches full adulthood and the inherent craving for companionship comes into its own, he asks only Who? and When? It is this inborn interest in the opposite sex that prompts gallantry and chivalry. It is this interest that causes a maiden to blush and a young man to admire the roses in her cheeks. It is this interest that mo- tivates a young woman to develop skill in the domestic arts. It is this natural trait that causes every young person to think of the future in terms of "we" rather than "I." But there are reasons for marriage in addition to nature's simple promptings. One young woman said, "Most of my girl friends are married, and I'm afraid I'll become an old maid." A young man told me, "Yes, I know I am old enough to marry, but I haven't found

De Valley the right girl yet." These two young people, from en- A BABY gives more to his mother and father in genuine joy tirely different backgrounds, were saying essentially, and satisfaction than he takes away in effort and expenditure. "Marriage is the accepted thing. I am not in a hurry

8 LIFE & HEALTH Erring r LNuray THERE ARE MANY REASONS why a young man and a young woman may decide to cast their lot together for life. And any one may be an outstandingly good reason. to get married, but I am afraid of being different." It is the fear of being different that forces us to do many of the things we do. Social creatures that we are, we like to avoid the stigma of individualism. It own popularity. The same reason goes for the middle- is the fear of being different that prompts a man to aged man who runs for office in his service club or for order a new family car whether he needs it or not, just the matron who is nominated president of the Ladies' because "our car is the oldest one in the block." It is Aid. When the winner is elected, routine duty is the why a woman buys new clothes when the old ones, price he has to pay for the assurance of being a rank- although in perfect condition, are outmoded. It is the ing member of the group. fear of being different that causes you and me to To the one not elected it is human to rationalize, vote for the popular candidate. It is the fear of being "I may not be the first choice, but at least my associates different that explains why men wear their coats on a considered me perfectly eligible." summer day and why women wear evening gowns But of all the evidences of being well received, the even when the weather is chilly. best and most tangible is a proposal of marriage. But when it comes to such an important step as When a young man selects a young woman for his marriage, the fear of being different is not a sound special attentions, naturally he selects the one he reason. Better be a bachelor than face the risks you admires above all others. He reasons, "If she accepts can't get away from when your main reason for mar- my attentions, it is evidence that she considers me her riage is only to avoid the supposed disgrace of being equal." Likewise the young woman concludes, "If John different. wants me to go with him to the party, it must be A healthier reason for marriage is to get the self- because he is proud to be seen with me." assurance that "I rate normally." And so it is that marriage provides the assurance From your childhood you have used one means and that "I rate normally." another to determine how you are received. Walking But the human mind sometimes plays a trick when along the street, you have taken a second look at your two people become well acquainted. The same young reflection in the show windows. And the question that woman who was beyond question John's first choice of has been uppermost in your mind is, "How do I appear the girls in the community may become commonplace in comparison with others?" in his estimation after their friendship is well estab- A high school student accepts the nomination to a lished or particularly after they are married. Having student office not so much because he is willing to give succeeded in the conquest of her affections, he begins his time and effort to a worthy enterprise as because to think of her as "not unusual" just because "she is he is eager to use the student election as .a poll of his mine." And a comparable (Turn to page 29)

JUNE, 1953 9 By ALMA nin€ MARA

You and your family are in much less danger from disease

caused by drinking milk if you drink only pasteurized milk.

Miss Carpenter followed her doctor's advice. She spent four days at the clinic, and received a complete physical examination. The doctors made a number of tests also. Before she left the clinic, staff doctors told her that a report would be sent to her doctor. When she returned to her doctor he said, "Well, they found your trouble." He studied a sheet of paper on his desk. "It's chronic brucellosis." When he saw the puzzled look on his patient's face, he said, "Perhaps you would understand if I gave its common name— undulant fever." "Undulant fever! Why, I thought undulant fever was contracted by drinking bad milk !" The doctor nodded. "Exactly. Milk infected with the brucellosis organism." "But I drink pasteurized milk." "You may now," the doctor replied, "but I'm afraid you haven't always been so careful. Some time prior to the appearance of the various illnesses you have been doctoring for, you have drunk raw, infected milk. Now, this is what we're going to do—" IL 11. Are you risking brucellosis by drinking raw milk? UNTIL undulant fever, or brucellosis, is conquered in the If you, like Miss Carpenter, have drunk raw milk at animals that produce our milk, pasteurization will be needed. some time in the past, it is quite possible that you have had acute brucellosis; and if you are now suffer- ing from some undiagnosed condition, it could very ISS CARPENTER didn't know just when she well be a chronic brucellar infection. began to feel below par. She would tell you, Authorities claim that there are up to four million M though, that she had been doctoring for cases of brucellosis in any given year in the United three years. Her friends remembered that States. This estimate includes reported acute cases she had complained of extreme weakness, that there and cases that have gone into the chronic stage. were periods when she felt as if she were burning up, Symptoms of brucellosis in the acute stage are very and had "pains all over." After these attacks she would mild. Sometimes chills and fever are the only symp- have profuse perspiration and prostration. toms. It would be quite possible for you to have acute She took vitamins and received treatment for brucellosis and pass it off as "a touch of the flu." anemia. Several doctors prescribed rest, and for two But dismissing brucellosis doesn't get rid of it. years she spent her vacation at quiet resorts. Recently It goes underground, as it were, and becomes chronic. she was troubled with pains in her joints. In the chronic stage it may present symptoms of The last doctor she consulted told her frankly that arthritis, anemia, and neurasthenia. Chronic brucel- he didn't know what ailed her. He suggested that she losis is a common disease, but it is so clever an imi- go to a well-known clinic, which was less than a hun- tator that the most thorough doctor can be fooled. dred miles away, where she would get a thorough going Special tests are necessary to establish the fact of a over. brucellar infection.

10 LIFE & HEALTH Brucellosis (named after Bruce, the English physi- cian who isolated the germ causing it) is primarily a disease of cows, hogs, and goats. It is characterized in these animals by abortion and a carrier state. If the animal is a brucellosis carrier, it will excrete brucel- losis germs into the milk. Man then gets the disease from drinking milk containing these germs. Before 1927 brucellosis was regarded as a medical curiosity in the United States. But the organism that causes infectious abortion in cattle was discovered in 1897 by a Danish veterinarian named Bang. When in 1910 Bang's discovery was confirmed in this country by two American scientists, investigators in brucellosis began to ask, "Is there any connection between infec- tious abortion and human brucellosis?" Two research workers from the Bureau of Animal Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture, trying to find the solution to the problem of brucellosis, made an Miss Alice C. Evans, Research Bacteriologist important discovery. Scientists examined tonsils from fifty-six children. Credit for the discovery of undulant One tonsil held the organism of infectious abortion ! fever found in cow's milk goes to a re- This caused a stir in the bureau, and research into search bacteriologist, Alice C. Evans, who the nature of infectious abortion and its connection in 1913 was working in the Dairy Divi- with human brucellosis proceeded with renewed vigor. sion of the Bureau of Animal Industry, The bureau requested that samples of blood taken from U.S. Department of Agriculture. every patient diagnosed as brucellosis be sent to the Asked to study bacteria in freshly bureau laboratory for testing. For five years samples drawn milk, Miss Evans faced the prob- came from doctors and hospitals all over the country. lem of pioneering in a field then un- All blood samples contained the organism of in- known. And thanks to her pioneering, a fectious abortion! link was forged between Bang's disease in From then on, the number of reported cases of cattle and undulant fever in human be- brucellosis increased from year to year. From 217 ings. After careful study she discovered cases in 1927 the figure rose to 4,000 cases in 1938. that in Mediterranean countries where Researchers had the answer (Turn to page 23) undulant fever was a common disease it was contracted by drinking infected goat's milk from animals that appeared to be healthy. Following the same line of rea- soning she deduced that perhaps in the United States cows that appear healthy might excrete Brucella, and this proved to be the case. After experiments proved that a close relationship existed between the bacteria that was found in goats and in cows, the final link in the chain was closed. The pasteurization of cow's milk was found effective in killing the Brucella organisms and thus protecting the milk used by human beings. Alice C. Evans is now a retired U.S. Department of Agriculture research bac- teriologist. She still lives in Washington, D.C., and to her goes the credit for the discovery of Brucella in cow's milk. And the pasteurization of milk today is a trib- ute to her research done many years ago. Born in Pennsylvania, she graduated from Cornell University, took graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin, and worked as a research bacteriologist in the U.S. Public Health Service.

MILK is one of man's best foods. Yet to be safe it must be zealously guarded from source to table. Purity is important.

JUNE, 1953 11 YOUR 8/0491 CHEMISTRY

By HUI! SPICER MERKEL, R.R., M.S.

OUR body is a composite unit with many or- These chemicals are combined by nature into gans and structures. They have all been various organic compounds that scientists conven- Y formed from a definite number of organic iently classify into food groups. There are five es- chemical substances, such as calcium, phos- sential groups—proteins, carbohydrates (which in- phorus, iron, copper, magnesium, and manganese. clude starches and sugars), fats, minerals, and vita- In the initial forming of the body of the child, these mins. chemical substances are derived from the food the In their original state nature produces these foods mother eats. After birth, the same chemicals are de- in the form of grains, legumes, fruit, vegetables. Also rived from the food the infant eats. They are used to eggs, milk, and milk products, such as cottage cheese supply new growth, to replace worn-out tissues, or to and butter, supplement the foods grown. These foods repair injuries. contain all the forty or more chemical substances

12 LIFE & HEALTH They also reabsorb the useful chemicals needed to keep your body in health. It is essential that all the food elements be supplied, or the building of a healthy body is delayed. If some of the building blocks are When you sit down at your table missing, the essential repair work will not be done as it should, and your body will suffer from neglect. remember this: What you eat The vital force within you is produced by the proper handling of the food and the chemical changes today walks and talks tomorrow! that take place within your body cells just as the current needed for power in an electric battery is pro- duced by certain essential elements. This electrolyte L balance of your body fluids must be maintained or the vital forces are endangered. The fuel foods are fats and carbohydrates. In order required to build and maintain your body in good that the fuel may burn well, oxygen must be provided health, so that it can perform the varied physical and by the lungs. They are the bellows that fan the fires mental tasks required of it in daily activities. of energy. The sugar eaten combines with the oxygen If your diet does not contain the proper balance of from the lungs, and carbon dioxide is a product of the each of the essential food elements, the result may combustion, or oxidation. be faulty body structure and varying degrees of func- The carbohydrate foods are starches and sugars. tional failure. These structural and functional defects These foods burn rapidly and give quick energy, show up in what are known medically as deficiency whereas the fats are burned more slowly. Certain fats diseases. It is a very sad fact that, barring accidents provide both energy and vitamin A and also assist in and certain infections, most of our diseases and physi- the absorption of calcium from the intestines. The cal handicaps are the result of nutritional deficiencies starches and sugars are found in grains, fruits, and or incorrect eating practices. vegetables. Sir Robert McCarrison, of England, after years Sometimes this normal carbohydrate balance is up- of nutritional study in India, is credited with the set and oxidation of sugar does not take place. As a deeply meaningful statement that "the most impor- result, energy is lacking. This condition may be deter- tant factor in producing disease is the wrong kind of mined by a blood-sugar test. In the normal processes of food, and the most important factor in producing carbohydrate digestion the blood will show a certain health is the right kind of food." sugar level. Truly your lifeblood is made up of what you eat. When the burning process is (Turn to page 34) By certain chemical tests of the blood the physician is able to diagnose many of the disease conditions of the body. The food that you eat is used by the myriads of body cells for replacement, repair, and new growth. When fuel is fed into the boiler of an engine it is burned, and energy is pro- duced by the combustion. Just so, the food you eat is the fuel that must be oxidized and burned to generate energy. By a similar process heat is produced to keep the body warm. From the food you eat the intestines select and distribute to the blood stream the materials needed for building the different organs. The kid- neys, through their mil- lions of tiny units, are

able to filter your blood Ewing Calloway as it passes through, and THE FOODS nature provides for you contain all the forty or more chemical substances you thus eliminate wastes. must have for good health and strength. Don't shortchange your body in the food you cat.

JUNE, 1953 13 PINEAPPLE- Queen of 3ruits

By LUCILLE J. GOTHAM, Dietitian

So delectable is the pineapple that it is a great favorite of the

extra-special-meal planner. It is abundant in minerals and vitamins.

HE exotic story of pineapple is spangled with peared in the Hawaiian Islands, which are the chief tropic stars, studded with Bengali jewels. So source of supply today. There is evidence that in 1813 T delicious, so rare, it could well have been a a Spanish adviser to Hawaiian King Kamehameha I medieval king's ransom. planted it in his garden. The first known record of pineapple was made in Pineapple was found growing wild in Kona, Ha- 1493, when the great explorer Christopher Columbus waii, but the fruits were small, sour, and fibrous. discovered it on Guadaloupe Island in the West Indies. From there it was shipped to California during the Some think it originated in Brazil. Before the end of gold-rush days. An English settler in Hawaii was so the 1500's it was carried by explorers and adventurers keenly interested in pineapple culture that he searched to India, Africa, China, and the East Indies. It was the world over to find the most tender and delicious. grown by the wealthy of England, Holland, and France variety. He found this superior fruit on Jamaica, and in greenhouses on their great estates, because it was it is the kind grown in Hawaii today. Called Smooth so rare and delicious. No one knows when it first ap- Cayenne, it is so tender that in the early days it would spoil in shipping, so the growers naturally turned to canning it. Today some fresh pineapples reach the U.S. market from Florida, Mexico, Cuba, and Hawaii, thanks to improved transportation and refrigeration. The first sign of fruit on the pineapple plant is a small red knob that forms in the crown leaves. It is actually a unit of about 150 flowers. One pineapple is the multiple fruit of these many flowers. The blossoms start at the stem end of the pineapple, and open up as a pretty, pale-blue flower. Then other blossoms come out all the way up the stem, as the flowers do on hollyhocks. Each blossom lasts only a day. As the petals fall off, the small fleshy end gradually grows into an eye, which is a good-sized piece of deliciously

Photos, Courtesy of Dole Test Kitchen flavored pineapple meat. A pineapple plant often has YOUR WHOLE FAMILY will be delighted with this "pine-ana as many as a hundred leaves, the longest, three and split" salad. Use sliced banana, cottage cheese, and pineapple. a half feet in length.

14 LIFE & HEALTH PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE

LET'S DE FRIENDS CRUSHED PINEAPPLE with tomato and cottage cheese is your answer when you need a tangy salad to step up milder flavors. By D. A. DELAFIELD Growers usually plant a new field of slips every three or four years. They do not use seeds. Generally The offer of friendship is always on the winning side in good human relations. "Let's the crown of an original plant is grown to make a full- be friends" is the language of peace. Seek to sized plant the first year. The second year ratoons, or unite the divided factions of society around suckers, are taken from the mother plant as slips. The this rallying cry, and there will be good will. old plants are plowed under. Friendships come by your taking the initia- In visiting a plantation and a cannery one is inter- tive. "A man that hath friends must shew him- ested in seeing the fine sanitary technic. The big me- self friendly." When you go to church, don't chanical pickers and trimmers are almost human. The wait for people to speak to you, even if you are pineapple is untouched by human hands, for the women a stranger. Speak a thoughtful word yourself, in the factory wear white rubber gloves. to someone who looks lonesome. Win your way The sugar used to sweeten the canned pineapple into hearts with a smile. comes largely from the excess pineapple juice. Chem- Know the art of friendship, and you will have close friends. Warm, lasting companion. ically it is cane sugar. ships are built on the give-and-take plan. When Unsweetened pineapple in slices and other forms you give time, love, warmth, counsel, and com- is available at health food stores, department stores, panionship, your friends will give them back fancy grocers, and in some drugstores, with other dia- to you. betic foods. Being exceptionally fresh tasting, it makes And how much we need the warmth of excellent salads. For desserts you might like to add friendship. When relatives and dear ones are honey or, if on a sugar-restricted diet, a special dia- far away, how precious to have a friend nearby. betic sweetener. Unsweetened frozen pineapple juice He is like a wellspring in the wilderness. As tastes as if it had just been taken from a lusciously the poet says, he is a counselor who knows "his (Turn to page 25) naked soul" and still loves and cares. A man or woman who can "make salt sweet and black- ness bright" is good to have near in hours of dark bitterness. "A faithful friend is the med- icine of life." Flowers when you are sick, counsel when you are perplexed, companionship when you are lonely, a warm meal when you are hungry, and a comfortable bed when you ay far from home—these are some of the delectable fruits that grow on the tree of friendship. A listening ear in which to whisper a heartache, a strong shoulder to share a heavy load, a sympathetic soul to overflow with healing virtue when life has been hard on us and we have been slow to learn, are among the best of God's gifts to man. And should there be no friend near to hear our lament and comfort our loneliness, "there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother." That friend is God. He is ever near, and He will never fail you.

IF YOU already know that pineapple is delicious with cottage cheese, you will also enjoy the addition of zippy tomato aspic.

JUNE, 1953 15 -De World Against Career

.411. PAUL D. FOSTER, M.D.

President, Los Angeles County Medical Association

PERSON cannot be healthy one day and develop cancer the next. The disease takes A a logical course. Diagnosis of the "precan- cerous" conditions, therefore, represents the most important link in the chain we must weld against cancer. Diagnosis and treatment of cancer are as great an emergency as a fracture and much more important to the patient's life. It is an interesting and significant fact that cancer is not confined to human beings. Not only has it been found in animals—horses, dogs, fish, turtles, frogs, and mice—but botanists have shown that plants too develop cellular overgrowths, or tumors, strangely like cancerous growths. This fact recently inspired the eminent Stanley Reimann, M.D., to remark, "At least I can tell patients and their relatives that the fundamental cause of their cancer is not too much worry or eating food cooked Ltriug (,allwray in certain pots, or sleeping with the beds east and REGULAR DENTAL CHECKUPS may reveal the first sign your west . . . , because fish do not eat tinned food, nor body gives of cancer. Your dentist may save you from disease. do geraniums worry, and they get cancer." Victims of skin cancer have the advantage over other cancer sufferers. Skin cancer can hardly be over- looked, and is unlikely to remain undiscovered until too late. Yet the seemingly harmless and painless can- cer of the skin, so easy to see, is often ignored with complete indifference until personal vanity or perhaps the warnings of relatives or friends finally brings the patient to medical attention. Surprisingly, even then he is often oddly resentful at the diagnosis of cancer and is annoyed that he must be inconvenienced by a course of treatment. Both forms of cancer most often brought to the attention of the dermatologist—the comparatively be- nign basal-cell type and the more serious squamous, or prickle-cell, type—usually afflict the patient's face, ear, lip, or back of the hand. These parts of the anatomy are conspicuous enough to receive earlier treatment than more remote parts affected by the disease. When we examine for precancerous skin and car-

United States Public Health Service cinoma of tissues under the skin, we observe papules or HATS OFF to the laboratory technicians whose faithful work 'nodules and determine whether they are located in gives you and me added years of life full of vigor and power. areas where they can be irritated by injury or con-

16 LIFE & HEALTH SECOND OF TWO ARTICLES

Charles Carey BECAUSE cancer strikes men everywhere in the world, it is a worldwide problem to discover its deep secrets. Scientists everywhere must pool their discoveries, so that all peoples may be protected. stant friction. We examine for darkened areas, and in in medical science if both dirt and sunshine should persons who are out of doors a great deal we look for prove to have an influence on this disease. We may thickening, scaling, or keratoses of the face and hands. have to purify the air for workers, provide baths, and X-ray or radium used improperly or too much will set up protective measures for people who are too long produce carcinoma in man and animals. Similarly, the exposed to the sun. The British authorities believe that higher frequency of skin cancer in the Southern States the causes of human cancer are to be looked for in and tropical countries may well be attributed to over- heredity, age, sex, and certain social and occupational exposure to ultraviolet radiations from the sun. influences. Investigations have been conducted to establish the As serious as our cancer problem is, we have only fact that "soot, tar, and shale oil give rise to occupa- to glance back a century or two to appreciate the tional cancers of the skin; that X-ray burns and pro- progress made in our own time. The first cancer society longed thermal injury can lead to cancerous changes; on record was established by a group of English physi- that chronic ulcers and arsenical and other forms of cians in 1802, but so little was known about the disease dermatitis may end in malignant degeneration; and that nothing was accomplished. In 1890 an East Prus- that starting points of skin cancer include warts, moles, sian physician established an educational campaign to and other initially innocent tumors." inform women of the early symptoms of cancer of Investigations have led into social factors that may the uterus. By 1914, when the American Society for have a bearing on the disease. An article prepared by the Control of Cancer was founded, the program began investigators of the Institute of Social Medicine, Ox- to be effective. ford, states: The Federal Government of the United States by "If skin cancer (in common with a number of other the National Cancer Act in 1937 officially recognized diseases) is found to discriminate against less priv- cancer as a serious threat to national health. This act ileged classes, then the most likely local factor would acknowledged prevention as the most intelligent de- seem to be exposure to atmospheric dirt . . . whether fense. Since then efforts have been made on a nation- through grimy occupations or lack of bathing facilities wide scale, and the battle against cancer is supported or both; or in the case of some occupations, exposure to by growing funds from public-spirited persons and the ultra-violet radiations of direct sunlight." organizations. The parts of the body that easily hold soil—the Through the National Cancer Act the National ear, parts of the eye, the umbilicus, the anus, the Cancer Institute became a part of the United States scalp, and the neck—are places where skin cancer fre- Public Health Service. Primarily a research organiza- quently attacks. It would be an interesting development tion, the institute was made a (Turn to page 33)

JUNE, 1953 17 By JAR S. DOWARD

One man gives his method of successfully

fighting the tensions of civilization. It may be

just what the doctor ordered for your health.

HEN David said he would lift up his eyes unto the hills, he was talking about the greatest nerve-soothing agent available in all God's creation. What this generation of nervous, high-strung hypertensionists needs more than phenobarbital is a good outing in the mountains. There is nothing to compare with the heights to release the tension and gather the inner self into an atmos- phere of Edenic relaxation. Most people think of the mountains as a sort of mosquito-infested never-never land set apart for the enjoyment of those huskies who take delight in hard- ships and pride in being able to scramble to the top of some ragged rock overlooking a giant abyss. There will always be the city dwellers who are afraid of the Cy La Tour 18 LIFE & HEALTH wilderness and those who climb just to say they have hues. You wonder why you ever wanted to turn back, been there. and dread the thought of returning. But there is rising into prominence a delightful When night falls and the stars swing into place, group of city and rural folk who go to the mountains you lie there on your back wondering whether any- to receive a spiritual lift and take something back thing can compare with this celestial beauty. The with them that will help in the coming days. twinkling host above seems to blink and wink at your I am speaking of those who delight in real camp- tired body. If you are at all familiar with the heavens, ing and back packing to remote areas, where they you can talk back to them by calling a few of them can get a new grip on life. They are the kind who know by name. In spite of the awe-inspiring sight, sleep what it means really to live, for they have learned soon weights your eyelids and relaxes your aching how to throw off the weight of the latest tragic head- muscles. Tomorrow's sunrise will awaken you with a lines. They have found peace and tranquillity in un- startling thrill. Your nerve treatment is reaching its surpassed beauty, an atmosphere that revives the soul ultimate in relaxation. to cleaner living. Those who feel the pull of the mag- Men of science and experts in physiology have netic mountains and have a sense of their potential much to say about relaxing, but with the glorious view health-giving virtues will join the hill hikers in their before your eyes and the wind in your face you have treks to the uplands. a feeling of freshness and renewed vigor that unwinds When you come to the place where the mountains your taut nerves. Nature is doing its work. It has a call louder than any other form of recreation, you are far more lasting effect than any other treatment. As ready to have a thorough treatment for shattered you stand there looking over the nearest thing to nerves. There will be a quickening of the pulse as you heaven, you know you must have this kind of therapy bend over the trail map the night before. When the again and again. alarm rings the next morning for the take-off to the How can you be sure of good results in such a nerve high country, your strained nerves will somehow re- treatment? As with all therapy work, you must have spond to the mental anticipation with a thrill of new the right equipment and proceed with the right tech- hope. nic. The first time I underwent the mountain remedy There is something about mountains that revi- I returned in worse physical condition than when I set talizes your whole system. They are so immense they out. Back packing with a homemade packsack with help you to sense and understand your true place in shoulder straps that feel as if they cut to the bone the great universe. can hardly be classified as beneficial to health, nor The thrills begin when the fragrance of the ever- can retiring in a cold, flimsy sleeping bag help you green trees reaches your nostrils and the trail unwinds to appreciate the great outdoors. The first sign of a ahead. Through the green arches of the lofty trees novice on the trail is a melancholy-looking packsack you see, the peaks standing in the distance like senti- listing heavily toward the small (Turn to page 21) nels. Paths laden with duff and banked with moss are en- chanted with the atmosphere of God's wonderland. It takes time and energy to make the ascent, and many times during the hike you may wonder whether it is really worth the effort. But your de- termination to pass the timber line wards off all thoughts of turning back. Finally, after much strug- gling and urging of your un- used muscles, you reach the high spot you are aiming for. The wind is strong and clean, it blows right through to your soul—vastly different from the stale air of the cities and low- lands. You catch your breath, for there stretched before you is a panorama of exquisite gran- deur, a world of mountain peaks and alpine meadows. Spi- ral trees sculptured by rough

winds dot the high pastures. Lanks, From Monkmeyer Flowers strewn in wild array TAKE YOUR mountain climbing easy--don't overdo. Then the glowing sunshine, blend in a natural symphony of zesty air, and the beauty surrounding you will lift your spirits as high as the peaks.

JUNE, 1953 19 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.

Psychoneurosis faction and ease than any other treat- Polio Answers ment. Probably as you grow older you Can anything be done for psycho- will not be so active as you have been The Kentucky State Department of neurosis? Will electric treatments as a young man, and the work you Health News and Plans offered an- cure it? undertake should be chosen so as to swers to some of the most common questions on polio in the August, 1952, Psychoneurosis often can be helped let you rest more off your feet. So far as the veins are concerned, properly issue. We quote: if the patient can permit his mental "What are the early symptoms of processes to be directed and guided treated and cared for, you can look into normal, active performance. forward to continued useful endeavor polio? Headache, sore throat, upset and activity. stomach, vomiting, slight fever, any Electric treatments have proved complaint of stiffness in the neck or beneficial in some instances, and some ••••••••••••••••••-••-••••• • • • o • • • • • • • • • forms of medicinal treatment given • • • • o • • • • • • • • • back, pain in head, neck, back, and for a short period of time have been limbs. helpful. One's general health should be 090 CUaddy "Is swimming during outbreaks checked to see that the function of the harmful? In itself swimming in water various organs is normal and that By NANCY SMITH that has been approved by your local health department is not dangerous. nutrition is maintained at as high a You stand in place of God to him, level as possible. It is more likely that close association That chubby little lad. with crowds around a pool or on a Often the help and counsel of You're his example, pattern, guide, trusted friends and advisers may be beach and the tendency to become To mold for good or bad. overtired or chilled increase both sus- useful in correcting the patient's When things are strange and new to him, thinking and emotions and directing ceptibility and chance of contact with And hard to understand, the virus. into wholesome channels his attitude In confidence he looks to you toward the problems of life. And trusts in your strong hand. "Should children be permitted to at- tend shows, fairs, circuses, and the How understanding, merciful, like during a polio epidemic? Make * * * Is our Father up above your own decision, knowing that it To know a boy would need a dad is wise for children to stay with their Varicose Veins To imitate and love; regular playmates and out of crowds To look down into childish eyes during a polio outbreak. Contact with I am troubled with varicose veins. And squeeze a laddie's hand. strangers should be kept to a mini- Is there anything I can do to control God bless the fathers every one, mum. them? What can I expect in the fu- And help them understand. "Does polio always leave the patient ture? with aftereffects? No. Of those who You might try binding your legs are sick enough to be diagnosed polio, from your feet upward with flexible about 50 per cent recover completely; bandage. This will keep the veins from 25 per cent will have slight limitations dilating and the blood moving more that do not interfere with normal liv- normally. Another simple procedure ing; and about 15 per cent may have that helps many persons is to sleep severe changes. in a bed with the foot raised six to "Should families of polio patients nine inches. This will relieve you of be quarantined? No. Wherever a polio some of the night discomfort. epidemic occurs, the incidence of Probably the most satisfactory help healthy carriers is very high. It is you can get will be to have surgery not reasonable to restrict the move- upon the veins to close off some of the ments of members of the family, who largest superficial branches. Where may or may not be carriers, and al- the condition has become uncomforta- A111.0,4 low other healthy carriers in the com- ble, this procedure gives greater satis- munity to mingle freely."

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Guns for Play room, put her in a room by herself un- Mixing Fruits and Vegetables til she gets over it, or stay where you Do you think I am being too strict are, going ahead with your work with- Tell me what you think of feeding by not letting my three-year-old boy out paying any attention. The only a four-month-old baby fruit and vege- play with guns? thing to worry about is that she may tables at the same meal. My baby has cereal, fruit, and vegetables along It is difficult to know how to answer get the idea that she can upset you. This cool, indifferent attitude will with his bottle. After this meal he your letter. If a child can be taught seems restless in his sleep. He is a that guns are for the purpose of kill- probably be the best way to treat the situation. healthy baby, but is restless after a ing lions, tigers, and other dangerous full meal. animals, or can be used as precision However, another way, which would training in shooting at targets, I see I feel that the trend these days is • • • 4. • • • • • • • • • • no particular harm in his being al- ♦• •• • •• • •-• • 0-• • ••• • ••• ••• ••• ••-• • • ••• • • toward feeding young babies too lowed these things. It is the teaching much. It is quite all right to add some that goes along with it that is impor- solid food as is being done now, but tant, I believe. Tount of Wappiness in my experience, not too far in the Perhaps your little boy's daddy can past, I've known many babies to thrive spend some time with him teaching By BULA L. DEEB who had nothing besides milk until him about guns and how dangerous Don't search for happiness in distant lands, they were six months old, except for they may be,' so that he may develop Or think that gold can place it in your hands. orange juice. a real respect for dangerous weapons. Don't hope that in some far-off future time If a baby's diet is very simple, I Seems to me that this is better than You'll somehow gain a wondrous joy sublime, cannot say that the combination of refusing everything of the sort, with Or by accomplishing some daring feat fruit and vegetables at the same meal the child not being able to understand Attain the heavenly heights of bliss complete. will do him harm, although as a prin- why he should not be allowed the same Not time or circumstance true joy can win; ciple I believe it is better to give the privileges as other children. The fount of happiness springs from within. fruit at one meal and the vegetables There are two sides to the question at another. For example, fruit for and much difference of opinion, of • • • • • • • • • • • • • • breakfast and supper, vegetables for course. Parents often have to use their ••••-•• • 4. 4••• • ••••••••4•-••••+•-•••• • • • • • • • • • dinner. Certainly vegetables at one own judgment and consider all angles meal is enough for a four-month-old before making a decision in such a do no harm and probably settle the baby. I believe the plan should be to- question. thing more quickly, would be to turn ward simplifying baby's meals. her across your knee and spank her * * * bare skin severely enough that she * * * would soon forget about her temper. If once or perhaps twice you did this Expensive Accidents Tantrums immediately and quickly without say- I am concerned about my sixteen- ing anything, it would be all that is During 1951, 9,400,000 Americans month-old daughter. She holds her necessary. Certainly decisive treat- suffered accidents of one kind or an- breath until she faints, doing it when ment would be better for her in the other. Most of these occurred in the she is angry. I have left her alone long run than an easygoing manner home—slipping and falling in a bath- when she starts this, but it doesn't of letting her get the habit of a tem- tub and falling downstairs. And of stop her. It is just a temper tantrum, per tantrum or hysterics whenever she course there were many automobile but still it scares me. doesn't have her own way. accidents. The bill for them all ran These situations are taken care of $7,000,000,000, so it pays to be care- It is very important, I believe, that very easily if they are dealt with ful and prevent accidents. you do not let this little trick upset smartly and at once. If there is al- These statistics mean nothing until you. If your baby sees that she can ways loving and cuddling after such you are one of them. But who knows frighten you in this way, she will be an emphatic experience, the little girl's when you may become a statistic? So more persistent in it. nervous system will learn the lesson play safe. The life you save may be Act unconcerned. Just leave the of self-control. your own!

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Be Sure It's Pasteurized HELP YOURSELF TO BETTER (Continued from page 11) to their question. Infectious abortion ,H EALTIf and brucellosis are the same. Today the problem is the eradica- tion of brucellosis in animals. This AMAZINGLY COMPLETE work is being carried on with encour- aging results through such organiza- BALANCED FORMULA tions as the National Brucellosis Com- mittee. But until the disease is conquered in animals, milk must be pasteurized rtatithally to be safe. Pasteurization, like water purifica- NUTRIFAX tion, is a public health measure. Never- hAttim! theless, people who would not think Provides I0 Vitamins Plus al Minerals of drinking water from an unsuper- vised supply will drink raw milk with- in One Small Tablet including out question. B-12 the Blood Building Factor and Folic Acid "Pasteurization," says A. W. Fuchs, of the United States Public Health 3 TO 20 TIMES ESTABLISHED, 6 NUTRIFAX Tablets Daily Provide: Service, "is one of the most important MINIMUM DAILY VITAMIN NEEDS! Vitamin A . 25,000 U.S.P. Units protective measures that can be ap- Vitamin D (Irradiated Ergosterol) 1,500 U.S.P. Units plied to milk." No two people are alike in their Vitamin lit-1 (Thiamin Chloride) 20 Milligrams individual vitamin needs. That Vitamin B-2 (Riboflavin) 20 Milligrams Since the adoption of pasteuriza- Vitamin B-6 (Pyridoxin) 5 Milligrams tion, milk-borne disease has steadily is why super-potent NUTRIFAX Vitamin B-12 decreased. As the percentage of pas- actually supplies as much as (Ferm. Active Conc.) 10 Micrograms from 3 to 20 times the estab- Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) 100 Milligrams Vitamin E teurized milk goes up, the rate of lished minimum daily vitamin (Alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate) 10 Mil n milk-borne disease goes down. requirements. It helps make up Vitamin K, Active (Menadione) .1 ligram Niacinamide 50 Milligrams Milk is one of man's best foods; for deficiencies and emergency Calcium Pantothenate 10 Milligrams yet to be safe it must be zealously requirements resulting from ill- Inositol 50 Milligrams Choline (Choline Bitartrate) 20 Milligrams guarded from source to consumer. To nesses or unusual mental, Folic Acid 1 Milligram accomplish this end, we have local and nervous or physical activities. This small tasty Para-Aminobenzoic Acid 10 Milligrams NUTRIFAX also helps compen- NUTRIFAX Tablet Biotin 20 Micrograms State milk regulations. For an as- helps make vita- Rutin 0.1 Milligram sured safe milk supply, however, cer- sate for vitamin loss caused by min deficient Lemon Peel Infusion low calorie, weight control people feel 10 (Vitamin P Concentrate) 30 Milligrams years younger! Chlorophyll (Water Soluble) 5 Milligrams tain responsibilities rest with the in- programs. dividual. MINERALS Here are the individual's responsi- UNDUPLICATED Calcium (Calcium Pyrophosphate).. 750 Milligrams bilities : FOR PRICE AND PROTECTION Phosphorus 1. He should buy only pasteurized (Calcium Pyrophosphate).. 450 Milligrams NUTRIFAX, product of Wm. T. Thompson Co., Iron (Ferrous Gluconate).... 10 Milligrams milk. Iodine (Potassium Iodide).. 0.4 Milligram one of America's great vitamin laboratories, Manganese 2. He should acquaint himself with (Mangane Sulfate) 7.5 Millgrami s the milk regulations of his community, is the result of years of scientific research. Cobalt (Cobalto Sulfate) 0.2 Mill gram No other vitamin-mineral tablet duplicates Molybdenum see that they are enforced, and report (Sodium Molybdate) 0.4 Milligram any infraction to his State board of the protection of NUTRIFAX at its low price. Copper (Copper Sulfate) 0.2 Milligram You might pay three times as much and get Zinc (Zinc Sulfate) 0.5 Milligram health. Potassium (Potassium Sulfate) 4.0 Milligrams 3. If existing milk regulations are no more. Guard yourself against known Fluorine (Calcium Fluoride). 0.2 Milligram vitamin-mineral deficiencies. not stringent enough, he should agi- 180 Tablets only $7 tate for more effective ones. Thompson manufactures "Every Vitamin For Every Need." When you buy vitamins, Vigilance in every individual is look for the Thompson name on the label! Compare the potency—compare the often the price of clean milk. Indif- price and you, foo, will realize that when you select Thompson, you get a better buy. ference can result in a lowering of prevailing standards. AT ALL HEALTH FOOD COUNTERS (If not available, order direct.) Recently in a large Pennsylvania WM. T. THOMPSON CO. city, authorities disclosed that an in- ST. LOUIS 3, MO. DEPT. C LOS ANGELES 27, CALIF. creasing amount of low-quality milk was being brought into the city. In- vestigation brought to light the fact they know all the facts, people like herd is free from brucellosis infection. that 30 per cent of the milk the city Miss Carpenter will not risk milk- When pasteurized milk is not avail- was using was below the accepted borne infection. Miss Carpenter be- able, you guarantee yourself protec- standard. lieves she became infected with brucel- tion simply by boiling the milk. Despite the irregularities, public losis from buttermilk she bought With the discovery of the antibiot- health at no time had been jeopardized, weekly from "a nice clean dairy farm ics, present-day treatment of brucel- because the milk was pasteurized ! The several miles from town." losis offers hope for its victims. How- city's pasteurization ordinance had Unfortunately, cleanliness is no ever, it is a disease more easily pre- protected an indifferent public. guarantee against brucellosis. Accord- vented than cured. You will always be The ever-existent danger of milk- ing to the United States Public Health safe if you keep one admonition in borne disease is the best argument we Service, it is practically impossible at mind : have in favor of pasteurization. When any given time to be sure a dairy Be sure it's pasteurized ! JUNE, 1953 23 headed boy named Teddy, four years old. Teddy was interested in every- thing. He was constantly on the run. "One day there was great excite- ment in camp. Teddy was lost. Wings of Health "Men came from the village, and each was assigned a section to search. Still no Teddy. It began to get dark, By VEDA SUE MARSH, R.N. and his Daddy and Mother knew he would be crying for them. Still the search went on, by lantern and flash- A CLUB FOR BOYS AND GIRLS light. No one could go to bed knowing that Teddy was lost in the woods. "The police came to help. One of BOOTS USES HIS NOSE them knew a man who had a blood- hound that they sometimes used to search for men who tried to run away, OAN had a cold, so Mother Munroe "Helen Keller, who is blind and and brought the dog." J kept her in bed for two days. When deaf, has to depend much on the sense "I know what they did," said John. Mother brought dinner to her on a of smell. She can tell when it begins "They had the dog smell some of Ted- tray, she noticed that Joan was not to rain by the odor. You have heard dy's clothes." very hungry. people say when it is raining, 'Doesn't "That is correct," said Mother. "Aren't you going to drink your or- everything smell fresh and good?' We "They call it giving the dog the scent. ange juice? You are always fond of get much enjoyment from our sense of The man started out with his blood- oranges." smell. hound Boots. There were so many of "I tasted it, but it has no flavor. "Dogs and other animals have a Teddy's footprints around the camp What is the matter with these or- keener sense of smell than human be- that it was hard to find the trail that anges?" ings have. Most dogs have rather poor led away from the camp. "They are delicious," said Mother. eyesight, and cannot see distinctly at "A man had telephoned that his lit- "What is the matter with my taster, a distance. But their ears are much tle boy had seen a small child that aft- then?" asked Joan. "Nothing tastes more sensitive to sounds than ours ernoon who looked like Teddy. So the good." are, and their noses more sensitive dog Boots was taken to that spot. "It really is not your taster that you to smells. After smelling around, he let out a should blame," said Mother, "but "One time before you were born, sharp bark and bounded down a trail your smeller. We only have four tastes Daddy and I were on vacation, camp- with his nose close to the ground. —sweet, sour, salty, afid bitter. All ing in a lovely spot near a little stream. Away he and his master went. Away the other flavors we say we taste we A few other families were camping went a few other men, following. really smell instead. nearby, one family with several chil- "The minutes seemed like hours, "If you were blindfolded and your dren. One was a sweet little curly- and we were praying that the dog nose held so tightly closed that no would soon lead the men to Teddy. At •••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • air could pass through, you could chew • • • • • • *0••••••••••• • • • • • go**• • last the word came back that Teddy a piece of raw potato and a piece of was found safe and sound. Boots had raw onion and not know the difference. followed Teddy's scent. He had traced As soon as you would let air into your Wizen g (e/p COad Teddy and found him. How thankful nose you could smell the difference. By MARY GUSTAFSON we were that dogs have such a keen But you really cannot taste the dif- sense of smell. ference. When daddy says, "Go get a file," "When a person has a cold, the lin- "Try holding your nose and eating I run and get it fast. ing of the nose swells. Sometimes the a piece of orange. It has almost no Sometimes he asks me for a drink nose gets so stopped up, as we say, taste, but you can enjoy the flavor Or lets me eat the last that we cannot even breathe through when your nose is not tightly closed. it, but have to breathe through our "What are some of the odors you Of his big sandwich. mouth. Even a small amount of swell- enjoy?" And, oh, but it tastes good! ing closes off the little nerve endings "Fresh cookies. Yum, yum." One time he even let me stack so that we cannot smell. When we can- "Vegetable soup," said Tommy from The heap of winter wood! not smell the food as we eat it, we the doorway. "Baked potatoes." It's fun to help him every day. say it does not taste good. It is the "Broccoli. I like broccoli," said He says it's work; to me it's play! odor of food that gives us a good ap- Joan. petite. Usually the reason you do not "Fresh bread and cinnamon rolls." have a good appetite for food when "There are many good food smells, you have a cold is that you cannot besides other smells or odors. What smell it. are some flower and outdoor odors "Sometimes our sense of smell helps you enjoy?" us to detect harmful things, such as "Oh, roses." gasses and some spoiled foods. But "And clover." some harmful gasses have no odor and "New hay." some spoiled foods have no odor. So "I like the smell of pansies," said we cannot depend on smell entirely. Joan. "I'm thankful for the sense of smell "I like the odor of pine trees," said and the wonderful odors of food, John, stepping up beside Tommy. flowers, and plants." 24 LIFE & HEALTH Pineapple-Queen of Fruits

(Continued from page 15) FOOD VALUE ripe fresh pineapple. It is a real treat. 0 41 0 Pineapple is thought to aid in the 'CI es • tenderizing and digesting of protein CS foods because of a pectin it contains. C.) I:A P4 ."' mg. I.U. mg. mg. mg. mg. Since it will prevent apples, bananas, Pineapple mg. and pears from discoloration, just as Raw lemon juice will, it is a valuable addi- 1 cup diced 74 22 4 180 .12 .04 .3 33 tion to many salads and fruit cock- 1 slice 1 inch thick 44 13 3 110 .07 .02 .2 20 tails. It is a good buy nutritionally. Canned with syrup The following recipes may be pre- 1 cup crushed 204 75 1.6 210 .20 .04 .4 23 pared with canned, fresh, or frozen 2 small slices or 1 pineapple. You may have honey-sweet- large slice 95 35 .7 100 .09 .02 .2 11 ened dishes if you wish. Honey blends Frozen with the pineapple flavor unusually 4 ounces 97 16 .3 110 .07 .02 .2 22 121 37 1.2 200 .13 .04 .4 22 well. In some of the recipes brown Juice canned sugar may be used successfully. These figures are from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook PINEAPPLE DRINKS No. 8, Composition of Foods. Place crushed ice in glasses and fill with one of these mixtures: 1. Pineapple juice with minted or mara- and used as is or with added whipped schino cherries. Mix. cream or a whip topping. 2. Equal parts of pineapple juice and 2. 1 small can crushed pineapple 2 apples cut fine orange juice, with a dash of lime juice. Pineapple Sandwiches 3. One part grape juice and two parts 3 oranges pineapple juice. 3 bananas cut fine 1. Combine chopped red sweet cherries, 4. Equal parts pineapple juice and to- Mix. finely diced pineapple, and crushed al- mato juice. 3. Stuff 3 prunes with peanut butter monds. Mix with mayonnaise. 5. Equal parts pineapple juice and and place on a slice of pineapple nestled 2. Spread bread with peanut butter, prune juice. in a bed of endive. cover with thinly sliced or shredded pine- 6. Equal parts pineapple juice and 4. Fill the center of a slice of pineapple apple, add a dash of French dressing, grapefruit juice, with maraschino cher- with small cream cheese or cottage cheese and cover with bread. ries. balls rolled in crushed nuts or minced 3. Mix softened cream cheese with 7. Equal parts of peppermint tea and mint leaves. crushed pineapple. Add nuts if desired. pineapple juice, with honey to taste. Buffet Candle Salad Pineapple Main Dishes Pineapple Eggnog Place a slice of pineapple on the in- 1. Fill casserole with well-seasoned 4 eggs dividual salad plate. Cut pieces of banana mashed sweet potatoes, top with pineap- 4 tablespoons honey for candles and place in the center of the ple slices dipped in brown sugar. Heat 2 cups pineapple juice pineapple. Place a section of Brazil nut until nicely browned. 1 cup crushed ice in the top of the banana for the wick. 2. Pile cooked rice on a platter, cover Separate eggs. Beat yolks until thick The nut may be lighted. Garnish with with cubed oven-toasted soy cheese, and and lemon colored. Add honey and beat endive. Pass mayonnaise mixed with surround with pineapple slices. again. Add pineapple juice and ice. Fold whipped cream. 3. Pineapple omelet. Just before serv- in well-beaten egg whites and blend well. Fruit-Salad Bowl ing a plain omelet, spread it with drained Pineapple Milk Shake canned shredded pineapple or sweetened (Bowl may be a scooped-out pineapple fresh grated pineapple. 2 cups pineapple juice shell) 4. Combination grill. Peel four ba- i cup lemon juice 8 pineapple spears nanas and slice lengthwise. Sprinkle with 1 cup ice water 12 apricot halves pineapple juice and brown sugar and dot 2 tablespoons honey 12 orange sections with butter. Drain pineapple slices, 1 1 cups top milk or evaporated milk 18 red sweet cherries spread with honey, and dot with butter. 6 pear halves Place in broiler with vegetable weiners PINEAPPLE FRUIT PLATES, SALADS, Arrange attractively in a bowl lined dipped in butter and buttered gluten COCKTAILS, AND FRUIT CUPS with lettuce leaves. Serve with French steaks. Grill until golden brown. 1. Roll pineapple spears and orange sec- dressing. Desserts tions in coconut and arrange as the spokes Fruit Cup of a wheel on a glass dinner plate. Fill 1. Pineapple shortcake. Sprinkle Two cups diced pineapple and 1 cup the center with fresh berries and melon crushed pineapple over shortcake biscuit balls. strawberries mixed in cocktail dishes or or sponge cake. Top with whipped cream. 2. Fill the center of a dinner plate with fruit cups. Cover with pineapple juice and 2. Pineapple pudding. Combine 1 cup fruit cocktail, sprinkle with crushed nuts, add a sprig of mint. crushed pineapple, 1 cup boiled rice, surround with sliced dates, plums, sliced Fruit Salad Dressing cup chopped nuts, 1 cup whipped cream. red apples, and dainty finger-size cream 3. Ambrosia. Combine diced orange and cheese sandwiches. 1 cup pineapple juice pineapple in equal amounts, add toasted 1 cup orange juice shredded coconut and pineapple juice. Fruit Salads 1 cup lemon juice Serve in fruit cups. 1. 2 cups diced pineapple 2 eggs 4. Japanese jellies (candy). To a pack- 2 cups sliced banana 1 cup honey age of lemon-flavored vegetable gelatin 2 cups sliced orange Heat juices in double boiler. Add honey add hot pineapple juice in place of water, 1 cup seeded grape halves and well-beaten eggs. Cook, stirring con- using one half as much. When it begins 1 cup salted almonds stantly until thickened. May be cooled to thicken, add nuts. JUNE, 1953 25 If you have a question or problem regarding food or diet, address: The Dietitian, LIFE & HEALTH, Washing- ton 12, D.C. Enclose stamped, addressed envelope for reply.

Milk New York. In 1890 the testing of milk, vitamin D milk, special cultured To most of us milk means cow's cows for tuberculosis was begun. In milks such as regular buttermilk, yo- milk. For the Arab and a growing 1908 the city of Chicago passed the gurt, and acidophilus. number in our country, milk means first compulsory pasteurization law. Milk sugar, called lactose, is a white goat's milk. The Eskimo turns to the In 1932 vitamin D was successfully powder available at drugstores. It is reindeer for his supply, and the Far added to milk. In 1933 fluid milk was excellent for sweetening fruit juices Easterner may use buffalo milk. It first included in the U.S. Army ration. and berries. Lactose has wonderful was in 1611 that cows arrived in In 1938 textiles were made from milk. properties. When it is used, bacteria America from Europe for the James- Now in 1953 we have vacuum- in the digestive tract produce several town colonists. In 1624 Plymouth Col- packed fresh milk, used extensively in vitamins. Only one other sugar, dex- ony was supplied with cows. Our early Alaska; frozen milk, canned evapo- trin, will do the same. (In toast some settlers were often without milk. Sur- rated milk, dried milks, homogenized of the bread starch is changed to dex- veyor Warren, who opened up a vast trin.) The protein known as casein is area in Wisconsin, had a sick child. found only in milk and eggs. From He and his wife were so sure the child casein a host of products have been needed milk that he fought his way JUNE VITAMIN made, such as plastics, paint, glue, through the wilderness for sixty miles CALENDAR buttons, and textiles. to purchase a cow, then drove the cow Now for some of the actual food back sixty miles through Indian ter- VITAMIN A VITAMIN B1 values of milk. Milk offers an econom- ritory. ical way to fill the doctor's order when Asparagus Asparagus It was in Napoleon's time that milk he says, "Your son needs more protein Leaf lettuce Eggs was first concentrated and canned. The in his diet. Give him one hundred Egg yolks Whole-grain pioneer was an eminent Frenchman grams a day until he obtains his Butter bread and named Appert, who wrote a book on growth." One quart of milk supplies cereals canning technics. He is considered the VITAMIN B2 between thirty and forty grams of Wheat germ father of the canning industry. Even Asparagus protein, and it is not hard for a grow- milk tablets were made in that early Milk VITAMIN C ing boy to take three quarts a day. time. Spinach Leaf lettuce With two eggs, which supply twelve The great need for concentrated Eggs Onions grams of protein, this milk would meet milk by the navy and explorers led to Greens the doctor's order. VITAMIN D its development. Many patents for im- Strawberries The wonderful part is that the milk proved machinery and better methods 1 hour sun bath can just as well be dried skimmed have developed the canned-milk indus- between 11 and NIACIN milk. If dried milk were used, the try into a successful enterprise. Re- 2, 2 hours out- Green peas three quarts in most places would cost search promises ever more surprises doors at this Cantaloupe less than a quart of bottle milk. When and benefits for the dairy industry. time, or sun- Peanut butter well prepared the dried skimmed milk The greatest benefit to our milk sup- lamp exposure Greens is very acceptable as a beverage and ply came with pasteurization, a tech- Vitamin D milk for many cooking purposes. It is best nic for heating milk to retard bac- or a concen- to heat it to boiling, then cool it rap- teria growth. Pasteurization destroys trate idly before storing in the refrigera- many germs harmful to the body, and tor. has saved thousands of lives. Louis The food products listed here are Research at various universities, Pasteur, a brilliant Frenchman, de- some of the leading seasonal sources such as the University of Illinois and veloped the technic in 1856 after he of vitamins. You may use substitutes the University of Chicago, has shown discovered microbes and noted that for locally grown foods, such as guavas that young men and women can very there were different kinds of microbes and mangoes in place of apples in well use a quart and a half of milk in wine. One kind would make the Florida. a day or the equivalent. That would wine sour, another bitter, and another be two cups at breakfast—one to ropy. Heating the wine killed them drink and one for cereal; two cups at * Peanut butter is rich in niacin. It and stopped their activity. equals fresh liver in this vitamin. lunch or one cup and a serving of cot- In 1884 milk bottles were invented tage cheese, cream soup made from by Dr. Hervey Thatcher, of Potsdam, milk, or a milk-rich dessert; two cups

26 LIFE & HEALTH at dinner—one to drink and one in the cooking. It is not hard to find tempting ways to serve milk. One favorite is maple New Facts About Sleep milk, prepared by adding a drop of maple flavoring to milk. Prune milk shake (prune juice mixed into milk) —and how to improve the quality of the sleep you get! is delicious. Then there are the ever- popular ice-cream milk shakes, malted I ( LNT MEDICAL STUDIES INDICATE milks, plantation cocktail (peanut but- R that a vital substance in your blood- ter and honey beaten into milk), ba- stream may have a lot to do with how nana and apple milk shakes, and fruit well you sleep. This substance, known milk drinks (such as red berry juice medically as blood sugar, is an important mixed in milk to make a pretty pink source of nourishment for the brain. milk for a party). At bedtime and especially during the Cereals may be cooked with long nighttime hours, your supply of skimmed milk in place of water. Soups blood sugar may become seriously low- made with a milk base are tasty. ered. Thus, your brain and nervous sys- Cereal coffee made with milk in place tem are affected. You may feel too nerv- of water is fine for the thermos bottle ous to go to sleep . .. too restless to sleep either hot or cold. Then of course well. You are "starved" for blood sugar scalloped potatoes and rice pudding —your body's vital "sleep food." call for lots of milk. How you can help your body One quart of milk supplies 650 cal- ories. It furnishes the daily calcium get needed "sleep food"! of sleep that leaves you rested, looking and feeling like new! Drugs or sleeping pills can't supply "sleep food." And sweet, sugary foods and So safe, so easy—try it! drinks provide only a quick jet of sugar that is too quickly burned up. But here Every night before you retire, fix your- is a delicious, drugless way to help your self a Postum "Nightcap." It's easy— body get needed "sleep food." This sleep- add a rounded teaspoon of Instant aid is a POSTUM "NIGHTCAP"—a delicious Postum to a cup of hot milk, and stir. drink made with Instant Postum and Try Postum "Nightcaps" for just 10 hot milk, taken shortly before retiring. days—then see if you aren't sleeping bet- ter—feeling fresher—looking like a new Your Postum "Nightcap" is good- person! Get Instant Postum now—and tasting and safe—contains no drugs to start the 10-day test tonight! harm you. Moreover, your Postum milk drink gives you easily digested nourish- Postum is an ideal mealtime needs for the body, the daily riboflavin ment that is slowly converted into blood beverage, too. No caffein—no drugs requirement, some thiamine, much sugar. Thus, it helps assure the slow, —no chance for "coffee nerves." vitamin A, niacin, and some vitamin steady flow of vital "sleep-food" to your C, besides the amazing sugar, lactose, brain. That's why a Postum "Nightcap" and a most valuable complete protein. helps you get refreshing sleep—the kind A Product of It is no wonder that a famous bio- General Foods chemist said: "Milk is fearfully and wonderfully made. The more science studies milk the more wonderful milk "SLEEP-FOOD Nightcap becomes, the more there is to discover of nature's secrets. Nature put some- --2'or sleepless Millions! thing into milk that cannot be dupli- cated in the laboratory. Anything found in milk from a nutritional standpoint isn't there by accident." But perhaps you cannot use milk because of a food allergy. Economic Safe Swimming Tips 2. Swim in supervised areas where necessity may force you to dispense there is adequate lifeguard protection. with its use, or milk may not always 3. Recognize our limitations as we be available to you at all times. What Drownings are frequent during the grow older, and regulate our swim- then? There are excellent milk sub- summer months, says Clarence W. ming efforts accordingly. stitutes on the market such as the soy Metcalf, M.P.H., editor of New Hamp- 4. Listen to those qualified to ex- milks, soy whipped cream, cocoanut shire Health News. Can we do any- plain the differences between fresh- milks, almond milk, and other nut thing to cut down this needless waste water and salt-water swimming. milks. Peanut butter diluted with wa- of lives? The answer is so simple that 5. Have adequate safety equipment ter and sweetened with lactose makes the average person doesn't bother to in boats and canoes at all times. a fairly good milk substitute. Nutri- give it any thought, he says. 6. Take advantage of free visual tionists decided during the second And here are Mr. Metcalf's sugges- aids on swimming, and bring these to world war that if milk were not avail- tions. the attention of others, whenever pos- able, the best plan would be to give We can: sible. each child every day a cup of beans 1. Learn to swim correctly under Above all, let's use some common baked with molasses. qualified instructors. sense. JUNE, 1953 27 When writing, please enclose stamped, ad- dressed envelope for reply. Address: Home Editor, LIFE & HEALTH, Washington 12, D.C.

June is exciting. It's a time of end- ciety and the local orchid society, and be blooming again in a year or two. ings, and a time of beginnings. School have taken up orchid growing as a The mature whole plants always bloom days are over for some, and in cap and hobby, outside of verse writing. I am each year in their season. There are gown they receive their long-worked- trying, not too hastily but eventually, a number of different kinds of orchids. for diploma. They are ready to begin to acquire the right orchids so that we The variety is almost endless. To me their profession. Many a wedding shall have a plant blooming, one right the study is fascinating. I have four takes place in June, and little homes after another, in succession as nearly books and a monthly magazine about are begun all over the land. the year round as possible. It should orchids. "This hobby is a sort of old-age in- Orchid Culture. This month I want surance for me as well as recreation. • • • • • • • • • • • • • you to meet Hazel Hartwell Simon, of • •-• ••+0•••• •-• •• •• •• •-• •-• •-• •• •- • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .• I have seen so many mothers feeling Mountain View, California. Mrs. Si- lost when all their brood have flown mon is the mother of four children, away that I decided I would plan ahead aged twelve to twenty-three (two for such a time and have something away from home). She has a job, to be genuinely interested in. If or- keeps house, and yet finds time to pur- chids won't do, what would?" sue an enchanting hobby and write How fascinating it must be to work beautiful verse. with orchids! Maybe you'd choose Mrs. Simon wrote me last winter some other plant. But fussing with about some of their activities, and I flowers is all sorts of fun. share her letter with you : "Tonight Orley (my husband) has Washday Manual. For an up-to-date been painting three walls in Sandra's booklet on washday problems that will room a light grayish green. He will give you many a tip on how to save paper the fourth wall with a pattern time and soap—plus many other help- she has chosen. It has roses in neat Look at that beautiful butterfly and ful hints—write to Colgate-Palmolive- gray picture frames, with small ivy learn from it to trust in God. One might Peet Company, Department H, Box vines between. She wants new bed- wonder where it could live in tempestu- 141, Jersey City 2, New Jersey. Ask spreads for her twin beds, and new ous nights, in the whirlwind, or in the for the booklet Right on the Line. curtains. I have chosen black wall pa- stormy day; but I have noticed it is safe Notice that you are not to write to per with large corsage bouquets of and dry under the broad leaf while rivers me for this, but to the firm in Jersey white orchids with orchid-colored lip have been flooded and the mountain oaks City. Write direct to them, and you petals, tied up with gray ribbons and torn up from their roots. will not be disappointed by not re- green maidenhair ferns, for our room. —JEREMY TAYLOR. ceiving your booklet when you may This wallpaper is for one wall, then need it the most. • • I think the other three walls will be ••••••••••• • ••••••••••••• ••• • •-•••••••••-••• a soft gray, with orchid-colored bed- Child's Place Mat. We received a spread on our double bed, and the child's place mat made of flexible plas- same color in the draperies. The bed- not be too hard, with proper study and tic sheeting to protect table tops from room suite is blond. I want eventually careful selection, because each plant scratches and spilled foods. It's shaped to have a rug or carpeting in our room, stays in bloom from three weeks to like a delightful toy elephant, has a because it looks cozier to me. The two months, depending on the variety. single button eye, and is embossed with whole house has hardwood floors, so I have three pots of tiny baby seed- a soft, three-dimensional surface tex- we have been satisfied with just one lings right out of the incubating ture. Can be cleaned with a damp large rug in the living room, and of flasks, where the seeds are grown in sponge. Jams, jellies, other foods, and course linoleum in the bath and the a sterile agar solution prepared for liquids will not stain the noncracking kitchen. them. and nontearing sheeting. These place "When it does not rain on a Friday "Then I have about twenty seedlings mats are made in pink, blue, and yel- we hope to put in the glass on the new big enough to live in separate tiny low. Dennis, our new little grandson, addition to my little greenhouse. It pots. These I keep in a big aquarium is to use the yellow elephant sent us. was built six by nine feet, but that for extra protection and humidity. You will find this place mat in de- was much too small, especially since I There are twenty or more plant divi- partment stores, gift, linen, and in- have joined the American Orchid So- sions they call back-bulbs, which will fants' shops.

28 LIFE & HEALTH Why Do People Marry? derstanding wife. In such conversa- (Continued from page 9) tion he can think out loud, allowing his wife to double check his plans and DESIGNED mischievous transformation can oc- ambitions. If they have always been TO GIVE YOU cur in the thinking of a young wife. companionable, he is safe in conclud- But this unfortunate trick of the ing that when she approves, his hopes 20% MORE mind need not deprive anyone of the for the future are sensible. When she self-assurance or happiness that prop- is slow to persuade, he is wise to be JUICE erly accompanies marriage. If one rec- cautious. AND BETTER FOOD SHREDDING ognizes the danger that his personal A wife also benefits from an oppor- Be sure that your body gets the right estimate of his partner may shift to tunity to "take down her hair" in amounts of minerals and other ele- the commonplace, it is reasonable and ments needed for your daily activities. conversation with her husband. Little The easiest way to get these require- simple to take precautions against this things have troubled her. Perhaps she ments is with fresh, concentrated juice change of perspective. By a little self- has become weary, and doubts her own and better food shredding with the discipline a husband or wife can de- good judgment. The children have K&K Juicer-Shredder Combination. velop habits of continued deference. been difficult. A neighbor has misun- The K&K Juicer is hydraulic and These habits react favorably on one's guaranteed to give you 20% more derstood. But a companionable hus- pulp-free juice than any other juicer! thinking. Furthermore, by focusing on band can help produce the perspective And the K&K Shredder works more the desirable traits in the other's per- that even a good night's rest might not efficiently and faster to give you better sonality, the marriage partner will provide. food shredding for tastier, easier-to- find that the unfavorable traits will Congenial partners in marriage digest soups, salads and desserts. Quick, efficient and easily operated. fade into insignificance. This is one complement each other. Life is more • hydraulic juicer unit of the important secrets of continued worth while when reinforced by the delivers 3000 lbs. pressure • shredder uses 5/4 hp happiness in marriage. knowledge that wife or husband will guaranteed 110 volt motor It is surprising and gratifying how always understand. This is by no • stainless steel shredder • life time service warranty! many good qualities can be found in means the only good reason for mar- • priced !owl every person. 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32 LIFE & HEALTH The World Against Cancer cer patients were cured by early treat- is wonderful satisfaction in knowing (Continued from page 17) ment. that each case detected means a life An outstanding clinic—one of the saved. part of the National Division of first to examine healthy persons for Periodic examinations for cancer Health in Bethesda, Maryland. It spe- cancer—is the Cancer Prevention cannot be casual procedures. An ade- cializes in research and cancer con- Clinic in Los Angeles. Opened in 1944 quate examination should include a trol, doing scientific research within by the Cancer Prevention Society un- complete history; routine blood count, the institute, giving research grants der the leadership of Dr. Elizabeth urinalysis, and serum test; X-ray to outside institutions, and supervis- Mason Hohl and Mrs. Queen Walker film of the chest; nose and throat ex- ing grants to States for cancer-control Boardman, it is now sponsored by the amination, including the lips and programs. Los Angeles County Medical Society. mouth; breast examination ; examina- The first clinic designed to per- Professional services are contributed tion of the chest, abdomen, and ex- form complete health examinations on to the project by some of the city's tremities; close examination of the women who had no symptoms of can- outstanding physicians. A clinic fee skin; examination of lymph nodes, cer was established in 1937 by Dr. of five dollars a year entitles members neck, armpits, and groin; and pelvic Elise L'Esperance, of the New York to complete semiannual examinations and rectal examinations. Infirmary for Women and Children. for precancerous conditions. If can- One of the most encouraging of re- At the same time Dr. Catherine Mac- cer is discovered, the patient is re- cent developments is the testing of farland opened a similar cancer de- body cells. In cell examination unsus- tection center in Philadelphia. Now pected internal cancer is often re- there are such centers in twenty-eight vealed. This test is particularly effec- States, most of them operated and tive in detecting cancer of the uterus, financed by private means. ORR AyStCtat/ S 23d g.Sabil one of the chief causes of cancer Mainly responsible for the awaken- By LOUIS LANDE deaths among women. ing of public interest in supporting The complex problem of cancer can- scientific investigation of cancer were The Lord is the healer; I shall not err in treat- the American Cancer Society and its not be solved by fanatical adherence ment. to one type of treatment. A proper cor- predecessor, the American Society for He maketh me to diagnose correctly; the Control of Cancer. Their endeavors relation of the approved methods of He guideth me to the right cure. treatment must be adjusted to each in- aroused individuals and groups to pro- He restoreth my patients to health; vide the means for scientists to study dividual case. In addition to X-ray and He guideth me to the right path. radium, improvement in surgery tech- the biologic problem of abnormal Yea, though I often walk in the shadow of death, growth. A number of privately en- nic, for instance, has contributed a I will fear no danger. great deal to modern control of the dowed foundations, such as the Don- For Thou art ever with me; ner International Cancer Foundation, disease. And there are a number of Thy presence and Thy mercy, they give me con- improved methods of cancer-cell de- the Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund, fidence. and the recent Sloan Kettering Foun- struction. In order to be effective, pre- Thou endowest the ill with hope; their cup of vention clinics need to be in close re- dation, are devoted entirely to the happiness runneth over. study of cancer. One well-known or- lationship with a clinical hospital. Surely health and happiness shall follow me all Laboratory facilities for the prompt ganization that raises money to sup- the days of my practice. port research is the Damon Runyon diagnosis of suspected cancer tissue And I shall live in the memory of my patients are essential too. Helping to provide Cancer Fund, which solicits funds for forever! research groups by radio. Many other these necessities is one of the goals groups give generously of time and of the national cancer program and of money to defeat cancer. the many small groups throughout the Excellent research institutions in ferred to his own doctor for treatment. nation. the United States are supported by The Los Angeles Cancer Prevention Our States are authorized to use such funds. Among the outstanding Clinic had sixty-seven applicants the their grants to set up central tissue institutions conducting investigations first day. Since then, because of the diagnostic services where they are exclusively or chiefly on cancer are the medical society's fine educational pro- needed. They may also subsidize hos- National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, gram and a cooperative public, more pitals, medical schools, private labora- Maryland; Memorial Hospital for the than eighteen thousand citizens of Los tories, and pathologists to provide Treatment of Cancer and Allied Dis- Angeles had submitted to examination such services. Four hundred and seven eases, New York; Banard Free Skin by June, 1948. Meanwhile, applications diagnostic clinics have been approved and Cancer Hospital, St. Louis; and for membership have increased to the by the American College of Surgeons, the Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Lab- point where the Cancer Prevention and the goal is one clinic for every oratory, Bar Harbor, Maine. Society is campaigning for funds to fifty thousand persons. Cancer prevention or cancer detec- expand the clinic's facilities, planning Through research, prevention, and tion clinics in America have had first- ultimately to build a memorial cancer early and adequate treatment the tide rate results. When cancer is discov- hospital. in cancer and death can be turned. In ered in time and treatment given, it The primary purpose of the cancer- the United States alone even with is estimated that cures can be ex- detection clinic is, of course, to influ- present knowledge it is estimated that pected in 9 out of 10 cases of skin ence persons to accept the periodic fifty thousand lives a year can be cancer, in 4 out of 5 cases of cancer of health examination as the best avail- saved if the pr6vention program is ac- the mouth, and in 3 out of 4 cases of able method of national cancer control. cepted as a matter of course by the cancer of the breast. Among the first All clinics have been able to demon- people. 1,000 women examined in the cancer strate that the time, effort, and ex- When our attitude toward cancer detection clinic in Philadelphia, 3 pense involved have produced results. becomes as intelligent and casual as cancers of the cervix were found; in Although complete and sometimes re- our attitude toward our periodic visit the first 2,105 breast examinations 5 peated examinations and tests are nec- to the dentist, we shall truly be armed cancers were discovered. All these can- essary to diagnose early cancer, there against cancer. JUNE, 1953 33 Your Blood Chemistry the growing period for building (Continued front page 13) healthy organs and tissues. If the body Send for free literature on is not properly supplied with protein, impaired, the blood must carry this the NEW SUPER JUICER, the parts will not wear well. On the excess sugar. 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This thirst and the excess of because from its results he can deter- urine are among the symptoms that mine the extent of kidney damage. lead your physician to suspect that If there are high blood pressure and diabetes may be present, and to order kidney damage present, the physician a blood-sugar test. This condition may may cut down on protein in your diet. go on for years without sugar appear- This is why it is necessary to learn ing in the urine, for the blood may how much and what kind of protein have a high threshold for sugar and you need. can take care of the abnormal amount In some conditions, such as starva- without putting the load on the kid- tion, lack of suitable proteins, and Beautifully Located in a Suburb neys. heart and kidney damage, there may of Our Nation's Capital The sugar the diabetic eats does not be swelling in the face, legs, or ab- THIS modern general hospital burn; hence, the body continues to domen. There is a blood chemistry test maintains therapeutic standards aimed call for more energy food. More and at bringing new strength and vigor to that will determine the cause of this body, mind, and spirit of each medical, more is eaten, but energy is not sup- imbalance of body fluids. There are surgical, and obstetrical case admitted. plied. Something has happened to the dozens of blood chemistry tests in

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