The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-04
TALKS ON HEALTH
! (By Donald McCaskey, NJ. Do
The Lurking Germs Of Tetanus,

Lockjaw may take from a few days
to two or three weeks to develop.
The disease usually begins with a
feellng of rieidity in the muscles of
the neck. and the lower jaw and grad
uafly the muscles of the back and the
chest and the lower extremities become
involved, and finally when the respira
tory muscles become spasmodc and
breathing cannot occur in the natural
way, death is the result.
In lockjaw the patients mind is
clear to the end, Morphine is useful;
chloroform affords temporary relief;
blood-letting is sometimes adopted.
but the greatest medicine of all is to
take time by the forelock in a precau
tIonary way in the beginning, when YOU
CRATE or lacerate the skin or the It's
sues OF your body, so that tetansu
germs cannot obtain a foothold, This
Is the most important thing of all. and
whenever, you get an injury. If ever
so slight. to the skin surface where
the skin has been broken open. go to
your doctor. promptly. and have the
wound thoroughly dressed in an anti
septic way. If the wound has been
brought. about by any cause where the
lurking germs of tetanus might he
present, put it up to your physician to
decide whether Or not his treatment
of year wound should include the in
lection IF n N Mt IL ;,,,n
your blood stream.
Another source of tctanus il dyna-
mite and powder, and thanks be to tha
great reduction in the use of firearms
and of firecrackers in America today
the mortality from tetanus as well as
the beginning Of this virulent disease,
has been greatly reduced in numbers.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS,
l have a hopeless case of constipa-
ton. l have tried everything that is
possible to effect a cure, but in vain,
Everything I eat, it makes no differ
ence what it is, how little or how much.
disagrees with me. have tried patent
medicines, been under physicians care,
and have walked as much as five miles
per day in the effort to take physical
exercise. / have exercised for three
hours every morning for about two
months. My next experiment was a
milk and egg diet, which was a failure
Then 1 tried a fruit and vegetable diet
this was q failure. Then l tried eating
two mealssa deay, eating very little, but
this made me SO hungry all the time
that l was miserable. What can I do
Answer-Why not stick to the last
regime for the next three or four weeks
and give tt thorough try-ont? Give
your system chance to become real
hungry and you will find that gradual
~ the secretions of the thyroid gland,
your suprarenal glands and the other
internal glands of your body will be
compelled to perform better work and
thus help regulate the internal chem
istry pr your system, which will be the
most valuable aid to you in arriving at
the desired results.
/ have poor circulation and have to
wear very. heavy clothing. My arms
and shoulders give me the most trou
Bile. WetHd the sunburning rays of
light ~ me any good? My condition
has been brought on, 1 think, by not
dressing warm enough many years ago.
I drink bpttermilk for dinner and SUP
per. 1ssthe beneficial result of butter
milk fesseaed by adding a little sugar?
AnsWer-Buttcrmilk is none the less
beneficial because of adding little
sugar. Snnburning the skin of your
shoulders and arms would certainly do
them great good.
Would You advise a person bothered
with constipation to drink water at
meals? One doctor said that fluids
taken mt meals should be abolished. as
they dilute the gastric inices in the
stomach and thus hinder the action of
them. Is this true?
Answer-Let the fluid you drink be
III the morning and in the evening,
when You brush your teeth on rising
and when you go to bed at night. and
during the middle of the afternoon
drink perhaps one or two extra glasses
OF water: Your doctor was right