Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-04
Health j lks, by Dr.. VIM. Brady
'pyrisht. 1916. National Newspaper Serv
The Girl Who Grcw I.nny.

The young doesn't look lazy. yet we
have her own mothers word for it, father CON
curing that she is getting too lazy for any
thing. Mother Onines that girl who is
lazy to get up before 10 in the morning needs
the doctors attention. and she is generally
right in her opncinG.
y girl rather tall and slender aged nineteen,
blond. apparently not blessed with too much
hlood--for she yawns every little while, and
that indicates that her tissues not we'll
oNySena,ed Last year she gradua cd from high
school She has never been very robust, stili
seriously ill., but during the past year
she has lost her former vivacity and seems TO
be good for nothing but lying abed mornings
and going out nights to dancing parties
The young woman admits no symptoms. on
cross examination she wakes mornings tired
when she went to bed. even when there has
been no dance She has no ambition TO go any
where or do anything-not mornings anyhow.
afternoons and evenings she sometimes has
duh headaches.
Cough: Why. no--oh, she has to clear her
throat mornings. mother cAplains-just a litte
catarrh, OF course.
Pulse - after minutes rest in chair
Temperature a?.S-but the girls nervousness
over the examination may whip up the pulse
rate. and we can't draw conclusions from sin
gle observation of temperature not really above
norma! bounds. sim. there can bo no excuse
for ncgiecting to examine the chest of "A lazy
Eirl who has slight catarrhal trouble" The
examination reveals one sign only-a prolonGa-
ton OF the explanatory sound over the right
apex.
Mother, now recalls that the girls aunt
few years ago. died of tuberculosis, and before
her death the the girl were great
cronies. BETTER to obtain history piecemeal
than not a all.
We give the patient few doses of sodium
iodido to stimulate cXpectoration It proves
successful, and we obtain enough for micro
scopical examination. y" hacEl Never mind
That is only detaii. We diagno incpient
pulmonary tuberculosis.
We may he wrong. True But better wrong
than too late. We shall see 10 ii that tho treat
men shall nc good, whether the diagnosis is
right wrong.
We send the patient and family UP the lake
for the season. Fresh air Is the best of tonics
Sunshine the strongest EcrlniCiIn
tive Three months six months. perhaps
strength, whether she has TB not
When a young person grows indolent and
apparently lacks vim and vitality. make sure
tuberculosis is not lighting up.
Questions and Answers.
Cause OF Shortncss of Breath.-Plcase tell me
what causes shortness of breath, and what
would be the proper remedy. | breathe easily
when sitting, standing still or lying down but
have to stop half dozen times for breath when
walking the length OF city block W. G.
Answer Heart disease, anaemia. arterio-
sc.crosis. pleursy with efnsion tperhars pain
less). tuberculosis. chronic bronchitis, en-
phcsema Brights disease, aneursm, or tumor
In the chest might cause such shortness Of
breath So, YOU see, an examination by YOUR
doctor is imperative.
Consumption and Lime-Kndly tell me II
consumption really is lime starvation also II
lime containing medicines good for con-
sumption. What effect has coal gas on the
lungs? Would few drops OF iodine I'm 81 solu-
ton be good TO keep the nasal passages clean?
MRS. NJ. h. "
AnswerNo. there is no reason to suppos q
that n deficiency Of lime is concerned with con-
sum tiCn. Hence lime containing medicines
would he worthless However, such medicines
may be at times useful for wholly different rca-
sons. eXpectorants. to oppose hcmorrhage as
artacids etc. Coal temporarily irritates
the lungs. There is permanent effect but
II poisons the blood. The use OF iodine would
lie irritating In the nasal passages Normal
SAT- solution Tablespoonful salt in pint of
hoiied watcrl. or alkaline antiseptic solution
wi civ
eight parts of warm water. would be good o
clean the nasal passages-uscd as Il spray