The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-15

BACKACHE - There Is probably no greater mistake made by the laity than that in which they are badly frightened about their kidneys, be- cause of a lame back. The one offset to this error is the advantage secured by having the urine analysed. I pre- sume that the idea of lame back and diseased kidneys has been fixed in the minds of many by an enterprising advertiser. who sold a patent medi- cine which he claimed was a kidney cure. Knowing that most people will sooner or later have more or less pain in the muscles of the back, he had crude picture Of a man stagger- ing along with a cane in one hand and the other hand at his back. do not need to describe farther, doubt less you have all seen 1t, and been deceived. Now as a matter of fact pain in the back very seldom if ever has any connection with the kidneys with the possible exception of acute nephritis.
 The other symptoms of disease of the kidneys are so much more pro- nounced than pain that they should cause the alarm. Puffiness under the eyes, a dropsicaI condition of the feet, legs or sexual organs should cause one to promptly seek the best advice obtalnable, have a careful examina- ton of the urine made and then if Brights disease is found to be pres ent, take complete rest, mostly in bad and live on a milk diet until the i. 1ota | 8 comfortable lot in the cemetery and make your will.
 Pain in the back may come from 1 a variety of causes. The most ire quent is sub-laxation of some of the joints Of the spinal column, and a lew treatments will adjust the lasion remove the cause and nature soon i stops the pain. The next important cause is diseased teeth or tonsiIs. Pus from these two prolific sources | of infection cause rheumatism, and all the hniment in the drug store, when rubbed on the back may ease the pain, but it won't remove the 1 cause, and therefore, will not cure. A 1 throat. specialist and a dentist should | be at once consulted
 Backache may of course be caused | by strain, in which case the appli- eaton of the simple treatment de- 1 scrlbed in the Home Health Club book | vol /, under the heading of Lumbago will give the desired relief, as a matter of fact pain in the back from any cause will be relieved by that method of treatment and as there is no cost l f0 Nh hc1 4, IL,
 is to apply it, and get relief, than gc 1 after the cause
 Backache in the case of mothers i. frequently caused by just plain over.
 work. The muscles of the back ar, exhausted from constant stoopins
 caring for the children, and doing tb, thousand and one things that nobod,
 thinks of doing. I remember in,
 case of young mother who had two
 fat husky boys and they were bott great babies, every few moments theI would run to mother and want +o he taken up in her arms. I watched he, TOT several days before I laid dowr
 the law and have seen her lift the
 SO pound boy as high as 20 times 1T an hour. And she wondered why sh.
 had such terrible backaches.
 l The cure was so prompt and com
 plete that she was very angry tc
 think that she had paid railroad fare
 over 500 miles and had paid for two
 weeks sanitarium treatment in orde,
 to convince herself that when I tolt
 her all she needed was a rest, I knew
 where the cause was located. The
 doctor that had her case in hand haf