The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-20
THE sMITH-MURRAY co.
HOME HEALTH CLUB
(Edited by Dr. David H. Reeder, of
 Chicago.)

l 1 Chicago.)
 wORMs:-I finished telling you
 about pin worms and tape worms in
 the last paper and promised to tell you | about the most common and trouble l some round worms this time.
 The proper name for the round worm | is Ascaris Lumbricoids, but I don't | know that helps us at all. They 1 very much resemble in size the ordi- nary angle worm, though they are
 more of a pink or flesh color and are
 more firm, they vary from three to four inches in length. It is seldom that more than two such worms are
 found at one time in a human being,
 but they may be very numerous and
 som etines amount to obstruction of
 the intestines. One intestinal worm of
 this variety is capable of discharging sixty millions of eggs and these eggs
 retain their vitality under most ad-
 verse conditions. They are discharged
 with the fees from the bowels and
 find their way into streams and shal-
 low or surface water wells.
 s Thus it frequently happens that per- sons that depend upon shallow wells or streams for their water supply are frequently afflicted with worms, while those whose drinking water is secured from deep wells or filtered water are compara lively immune. Worms us uaIIy remain in the intestines, but oc-l casionaIIy they wander into other parts of the body, such as the stomach or even up behind the nose in the pharynx and possibly into the eusta- chian canal, leading from the pharynx to the middle ear. Occasionally through fstuIas or abcess they may enter the bladder and they are many times vom- ited from the stomach In some cases their presence is not even suspected until they are found in the stools or YTE1-- 1aN 1aN7va aa6I symptoms but as a rule there will be nervousness, irritability, gritting of the teeth at night, foul breath, dry hacking cough, dark rings under the eyes, a red spot on one cheek, p1nched and itching nose, headache, dizziness, sickness of the stomach, irregular ap- petite indigestion and diarrhoea, while children may act listless and have col ic pains or even convulsions.
 The old and common remedy is san tonin, but I much prefer the proper cell salts or tissue foods. There is no danger whatever in their use and the result seems to be even more satisfac- | tory. The principal cell food to bring positive results Is Natrum Phosphori- | cum, but there seems to be a demand also for Ferrum Phos., Kali Mur. and Gale Flour These cell foods are best and most conveniently used in sugar | of milk tablets.
 An excellent stomach tonic for adults, which may be made of an in i fusion of equal parts of goldenseal and peach leaves. Those of you who have Vol. of the Home Health Club | books know how to gather all kinds of herbs and make infusions, others should send for the book.
 CLUB NOTES.
 Dear Doctor-Have you anything that will take a goitre off child's
 l tion? Her heart Is weak, could you tell me anything to do? would be so greatfuI to know of something we could do to rub on. Would you please be so kind as to let me know right away.
 am inclined to think that if you will go at the matter carefully and systematically you can overcome the goitre in your child's case without re- sorting to surgery. Unless an opera ton of that kind is very skilfully per formed. there is great danger of mak- ing the conditions worse than before where there is trouble with the heart. In most such cases Tn child of that age, a careIul course or treatment by skllful osteopatnlc physician, will effect a cure. The cost of such a course of treatment is us ua1ly s25 a month, and it should be continued for several months. Ere uuently, however, it is very tnconVe- nient as there may be no osteopathleI physician near. The next best is to apply externally a vegetable nniment, the object of which is to absorb the growth as much as possible, while at the same time the sufferer should use internally a special preparation of the cell salts or tissue foods.
 Now, I wish to impress upon you, however, that the cause of goitre in such cases is nearly always due to pressure of the clavicles what you would call the collar bone. The col lar bone sticks in too deeply in front ga using an obstruction and this in urn causes a thickening of the veins which starts the growth The osteo- , ,athic treatment raises the clavteles. ( put this can be done by the child her self if you will fix the apparatus nec- essary. Take an old pitch fork ham, He, cut 1t to the right length and fix . t up as a horizontal bar or turning oar, such as you used to play upon 1 when you were a boy and teach the i child to hang with her hands to the