Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-12
Health Queries by Dr.. Brady

Nine Thousand Dollars WORTH Plcaso
suggest a formula for a good corn cure .
Is core" harmful to the health OF young
school teacher. ii She drinks only one cupful
at breakfast each day? 3. Where can OBJ
tain the cloth window screens YOU recommend
for schoolroom ventilation? 4. Is il not tru.
that womai's figure becomes corpulent and
ungainy ii shc onlits corscts from her dress
d. should child with simple sore throa.
be permitted TO remain in school. II he is not
III enough to need medical attention? 6. How
may "ma disiniect or purify book which has
been handled by patient with scarlet fever?
:. Please explain what pediatrist is and
what an orthCpedist is.-Miss f.. ]. W.
l.. $. Several of these questions we have
discussed in school and the children await
Your answer eagerly ]. II there is any
charge. shall gladly remit
Nnswcr-i Dissolve 90 grains of salicylic
acid In half ounce of flexible collodion and
paint the corn. after soaking the foot in hot
water every night for week or more. .. No.
1t IS rather beneficial believe, provided
1t is taken az Il beverage. and not as a wash
!" worry down your pancakes :. Give any
handy hoy some spruce sticks. unblcachod
muslin and fcw carpenter tools and lac can
make The scrccns 10 1T the window frames.
{. Yes. II is not true The corset is the very
thing thh, makes many of Thorn fat in the
middle around 80. .. 40, the simple
throat. when passed. TO the next child. may be-
come dirhthcria or pneumonia. Send every
straight home. 6. Burn the book There is
little reason to believe that infection is ever
conveyed by book. = \ pcdatrist is n
physician who limits his practice to diseases
Of children; an orthopcdist (orthopedic sur
g"on) is physician who limits his practice
10 dc.ormitCS. joint and spinal disease. You
owe abou: $4,000. but if YOU Will promise
never TO grow old ana keep the children after
school. we will cancel the charge
The Ache Tree Man-Clucstion. ] stand a
good deal at work and am troubled with ach-
ing in my lower limbs. What would be good
rub them with?
Answer. shake your upper branches against
a punching bag ten minutes night and morn
inE, and HE or back ana elevate your legs
and rub them with witch hazel extract while
yuu in that position.
Play Hard: Qucstion.--In your opinion is
basketball harmful for girls? Is it mad
vsablc for girls 10 into the game with a
lot OF enthusiasm. ii they play girls rules?
There are those who would stop us, so
should value your opinion. Also do you think
IL hurts to play-at the wrong time? -B G..
Answcr.--Ty all means. go in with all the
enthusiasm YOU can muster and keep up all
your regular activities and games at all times
Or. Clcla Duel Moshcr, medical adviser of
girl students in Stanford University observes
that girls who refuse to he considered deli
cate" at regular intervals maintain the best
health records.
Tho Sex Of Naturc-Thc Initial sentence in
one OF your health talks was as follows: ..Na-
,nre is very good surgeon IL you keep a sharp
eye on him. In all seriousness. when ala
Mother Nature change her sex?-w 7. S
Answcr-Who said Mother Nature: \ pnct
was pcrsonifyug nature rs n surgeon and
ordinarily we think OF surgeon az nascu-
line. All the old poets were OF the masculine
sex. and when they wished to rave they
had TO have something feminine for inspira-
ilon they made nature feminine To me
nature II masculine. and / claim the right
To keep him so.