Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-11
Health Queries by DR.. Brady

Boric Acid for Sweating Feet-My grand
son. aged 10. has developed pcrspiring feet.
with disRgreeabl" odor. What do?-
H. d. G.
Answcr-Wring the feet Of all his stock
irgs out OF solution OF as much boric
acid as a quart Of will dissolve when
hot. aud let them dry out. Powder the
inside OF his shoes each day with borlc
acid powder. Avoid hot ba thing Of tho feet:
tcpid or cold water only, and the less OF that
the better.
Rather an Advance Notice. am as years
old FIVE feet and seven Inches tall. and weigh
l9I pounds in ordinary summer clothes. My
heart thumps for quite while when / hustle
n bit and seem pretty short OF wind. This
is not obituary. but Il. ]. G.
Answer.-No, not exactly an obituary
Rather call IL an advance notice or. say, a
vague sense OF ca amity 10 come. Well, can
YOU blame the heart and lungs for grumbling
come about toting around the fcrty-pound
ha ndicap all the time" wouldn't YOU yourself
complain il handed you forty pounds OF
scrap iron and required YOU to carry it con
stantly your back nr your belly. to be
more precise? Let's rush that obituary
notice needlessly? Plenty of time later
Right now. Friend Man you had better com
mence worrying along on two meals n day
aimee three seem to be driving you rapidly
toward breakdown. By passing up the super
nuous and really burdensome midday lunch
YOU may yet como back. Try II for a month
and sec how much better YOU will feel.
Girl Versus Mother am "A girl of II. and
play basketball s,renuously two nights n week
after which ! take warm and then cold
shower. Will il harm me II I continue this
right through the periods Mother warns me
against IT, but says we mny abide by your
reply?--M. ID. NJ
Answer-Continue right through surely. I
am glad TO know that mother is no, inco:-
rightly obsessed by the dcluson of feminine
"delicacy."
Goi,er and Massage.-wil massage OF the
neck cause goiter to be absorbed and cured?
MRS c. c. II.
Answer-No, and besides. massage OF a
golfer is a dangerous practice.
The Bambino's Operaion.-Is il true that
Babe Ruth Pr. u.
Answcr-Yes he had his adenods removed.
Now. perhaps. he may amount to something
in his chosen calling.
Barefoot for Heaith.--Is ii healthy for
women to go barefoot in warm weather? DO
you SEQ any reasonable objection TO a woman
doing so? Inst year my husband was out OF
work for many months and ] was constrained
TO practice the utmost economy. When warm
| weather set in decided to go barefoot to
save my shocs for colder weather. At first
the neiRhbors protested to DC horribly shock ell
but gradually they became accustomed to 1t.
and before summer was over several other
| women began going barefoot. We enjoyed
! I. Immensely. ! intend doing the same this
summer. though not for cconomys sake this
time. thanks to fortune. One thing, all
! got rid OF every while we went barefoot
! within the nrst week or so. But the corns
came hack when resumed wearing shoes
| and stockin9s-MRs. n. 4. p.
| Answcr.-lt Ia a vary healthful practice and
| should be adopted IT home and about the
| garden az much as possible by both men and
women. Corns always disappear when shoes
are left OF week or two.
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