Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-09-17
Health Talks by DR.. Brady
Girls MIST Play.


Here's n letter from an unfortunate girl
whose education is being sadly neglected:
Dear Doctor Brady,--I am u girl OF l6 years
old. siNty-siN inches tall, weighing 1875 pounds.
l am very we'll built except my chest which
does not seem to develop. Could you suggest
some remedy?
Another thing would like to ask. 1 have
continually very tired feeling 1t is not
because / have to" little rest. l sleep a good
deal and cat likewise have completed my
sophomore year at school. and ain now a
junior. carrying an extra hard program-I
study from $50 To IL. and again from I:l5 to
3:30, and from To about 10. taking out a
short time FOR dinner. From 3:3o to [
practice singing. Another reason why can't
understand about my chest dcvclopmcnt-l
have good quantity and control OF voice.
My father seems to think l work too hard
DO you? | love tho work, althouch IL does
tire mo out. Tho tired feeling has remained
since school closed
Sincerely yours,
Five hours of study a day is too much for
even college girl.
OF courS" some students can ponder and
puttcr and pore over books hours each day.
without studying amy. II is a ruinous habit.
grinding. II YOU can't wade in and enjoy your
book bath. i, Is better for your mental train
ing to without the bath.
II isn't much the amount Of study this
young woman imacincs she is doing It is
the amount of physical training she is not
receiving
Her father is the right track. More
power to tho fathers Of girls If he will nut
on Terrible Tempered Mr. Bang act. and
smash ono ar two of the young woman's SUBJ
jccts-pr"icrahly the one called algebra or
Caesars commcntarcs"--and | wonder II
caesar wouldn't blush for 'cm today?-and
send the young woman to the gymnasium for
an hour "A day. things will right themselves
in due time.
The schools arc slowly looking up. Every
little while a new one is built. nowadays
with a regular gymnasium, swimming pool
and everything in ii. just as though tho body
had some connection with the brain! Ties"
BIZ sorry times for the hang -over schoolma'ams
who were death on whispering!
That tired feeling young correspondent
complains Of ii is very popular with young
people at large. 1t is the au,ointoxica,ion
that goes with Standardization or insufficient,
draft for the vital Are. Oxygen will cure
it, Exercise increases ones absorption OF
oxygen. rs nothing els" will. Physical ira in
ing is good for the brain, too you know
Quotations md Answers.
Community Embroil.-Thcrc has been dis
pute' in this community the question
how long should baby belly band
My first child was horn in the South The
physician in attendance had attended 5000
confinement cases including mine He said
when the band was kept longer than six
weeks. II Wcakcncd the growth OF lungs and
stomach. My doctor book says the band is
worn for protection OF tho abdomen to start
off, and should he kept for month in
warm weather ana three months i'm cold
wcathcr---Scrcral mothers said IL was wrong
to take on the band. as they need IT To brace
their little backs. One young mother said she
kept the handaEc on her baby eight months,
until he died. Mrs. C. NJ w
Answcr.-Tht Sand Is applied to retain the
dressing on the navel. and should he left OFF
as soon as tho navel is sufficiently healed TO
require II" further dressing, which is usual
ten davs to two weeks. From"hc moment the
band is no longer required. il becomes "a
source Of irritation and injury TO the baby, in
warm or cold weather.
Mucous Colits.-What is mucous colitis"
The doctor wants mo to 20 to the hospital
FOR Il while. This l don't want to do What
would you do? MISS j.
Answer.-Mucous COLTS is nnamma-
ton OF the colon OarEc boweD accompanied
with an excessive secretion which is fire.
qunntly discharged in shrcds casts. The
condition is usually associated with over-cx-
citahility OF the autonomic sympathc tic
nervous system. II is perhaps natural not to
want to go to the hospital but it seems silly
To consult a doctor, and then decline to take
his advice.