Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-15

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II Copyright. 1921. BY Or. ". A. Evans. |
WEAR As LITTLE AS LAW
ALLOWS.
Would you kindly advise me what
| to do for prickly heat?" Z. w. asks.
The skin gets very thin In sum-
mertime. Soaked In sweat and COW
cred with cloth saturated In sweat.
/ the scarf skin macerates and comes
! away. What is left behind scarcely
! covers the sensitive nerves Of the
! deeper layers. The condition which
! develops is a sort OF cousin to bath
itch. The sweat glands become in
! famed, making the little red dots.
! They may stop up, making the tiny
colored water blisters. They may
! become infected, making small pus-
tules. And so we have the appear
ance, and the symptoms which we
call prickly heat and likewise the
! explanation of them.
What can be done about it? The
| best thing to do in the way Of pre-
! vention is to dress in the altogether,
! and against this there is. no law if
| the undressed are less than school
age The children who wear shock
of sunburned hair and no, other
| habiiinents do not suffer from
priekly heat.
. II this garb does not appeal then
approximate it as closely as possible.
| When garments are worn they
should be. removed; when they be-
come sweat soaked. Rem ember that
a skin, perpetually soaked in sweat
is bad enough. but when in addition
| it Is covered by wet dressing con-
sisting OF an undershirt soaked in
, sweat, trouble awaits.
1t is not good idea TO do whole
lot of bathing. Remember that the
scarf skin is already stripped do,,n
almost to the quick and bathing
| takes more off. Some use a bran
bath instead of soap bath and some
| clean with cold cream. When the
prickly heat has started some bathe
| the surrounding skin lightly with
dilute solution Of aluminium acetate
or dilute vinegar water or dilute soua
! water. My thought is that mighty
little bathing goes long way. This
| should not be construed as meaning
| that the skin should be allowed to
remain dirty. If the eruption appears
get the clothing down to the mini
| mum. Keep as cool as possible to
prevent sweating. Use electric fans
! to dry out the sweat soaked clothes
! on the body. Change the wet cloth
ing frequently. ......
What else can be done? Sutton
| says use plenty Of dust!ng powder
| such as stearate of zine or boric acid
or talcum or
| Boric acid. ....!...........5o 80
| Starch ................
Salicylic acid 2
If the sa1icylic acid in the last
| mixture irritates, as it frequently
does, use the boric acid and starch
| without 1t. He also recommends
| Anderson powder, consisting of
| otarch ..........,.. .l6
Powdered camphor ......... /
Zinc oxide 4
kerley uses busting powder Of
Sallcy1lc ecid
| Boric acid 4
| Powdered starch ...... 6
Zinc oxide powder .......6
He recommends starch bath
made by dissolving half a cup of
laundry starch in a bath tub of wa
ter. 1f'it is a baby and he is wear
| ing a rubber diaper the first step to
take is to get rid of the diaper. When
prickly heat time comes the mother
who has trained her baby to use a
vessel for both urine and bowel
| movements is lucky. She can dis
| card diapers and her young one is
| liable to escape itching heat erup-
tions around the hips
| Not the Best Plan.
Mrs. c. J. r. writes: II am feet
\ inches tall. small boned, and
weighed 125 at Is years of age I
| am now 40 and weigh 200. I think
my health is good, only ! am BOTH
| cred with numb arms quite a bit
One year ago when I was examined
l was found physically sound. I am
| now beginning a fast. This week
! eat oranges and drink q little cof-
| lee. Next week shall take water
only May keep up this fast until
I weigh only 140. or should l do it in
several shorter periods? / am a
housekeeper and have tasted at short
periods and always feel fine, only
sometimes a little dizzy just at first"
| REPLY. !
| Your plan amounts to going en-
| tirely without food. There is almost
no nourishment in coffee or oranges
| There are better ways to reduce than
total abstinence from food.
Increasing Dose REQUIRED
| ]. H. 0. writes: 81. Is veronal 4
habit forming drug?
\ -
nerve sedatiye, say a five grain
tablet at bedtime?
| REPLY.
!. Yes. in the sense that it loses its
eject and an increasing dose must
be used to get any effeht.
| 2. No. ...
4 Walking Won't Hurt You.
+. K. K. writes: II am IS years
old. feet 4 u inches tall, and weigh
106 pounds. I walk between SO and
so blocks every day and sometim es
more than that. 1t does not tire me
| in any way. I have a pretty good
appetite and yet In a very short while
! lost nine pounds. Now, do you
think 1t is due to my walking? People
claim that walking reduces one.
What shall / do to keep from los
ing weight because I really can not
afford to lose any?
| REPLY,
| L expect you are walking too
much, though much depends on the
length of the blocks. When the Hon.
Jack Dempsey wishes to lose flesh
he walks it Off Worry is another
cause Of loss Of flesh. So are late
hours and too little sleep.
CENTER SHOTS.
Some day Chicago people may see
the wisdom OF taking the thumb.
prints of all local politicians.-To
ledo Blade.
If bootleggers are no longer in fear
of the Volstead act, why not drap