New Ulm review., 1922-11-29
Home Health Club
Dr., David H Reeder, Lap Porte, Ind

badness: MANY VI lily lcdoc4S
write me about falling hair and want
we to tell them where to buy hair
tonic ot hair restorer.
! Years ago I recommended certain
formulas and told how to prepare them
but have leanred many things. by OBJ
servation and experience that was not
taught in the medical college Of my
day.
There is no such thing as restora-
tive that will make hair grow on bald
head where the hair has died and
fallen out. l do not believe that there
is any form of treatment that will
restore the hair when the roots are
dead. I am going to quote an article
from our good friend, Dr.. Burmaster,
which explains as we'll or better than
could do it, Just why hair restoratives
do not restore.
1t has been said that "to remedy
badness and thinning of the hair it
seems by the daily advertisements
that every advertiser has ransacked
the whole arena Of science and dis
covered secret process but the
specifics so much vaunted are in most
cases doomed to disappoin;, for the
simple reason that the causes of the
disorder are to be found in the state
If the general health, which these local
panaceas fail to influence. 1t cannot
be too strongly or frequently insisted
on that loss Of hair is the result, but
rarely, of purely local causes, and
that consequently all attempts to
remedy it by local measures alone are
not likely to be attended with much
success; nay, they often do positive
harm.
Just as in advancing life the supply
Of pigment or coloring matter Of the
hair gradually falls short and finally
ceases, so in like manner the quantity
Of hair diminishes, j. e., the cell manu-
factories lose their energy, until over
the greater part of the scalp the hair
is shed, not to be reproduced, and the
hair-forming apparatus itself atrophies
and shrivels away.
During the whole period Of life there
is the continual slight shedding going.
on of the old hairs and replacement by
new ones, and, in healthy state and
the vigor of life, the balance between
the two is preserved; but if frc@n any
cause, e. g., debility, the formation OF
new hair is checked, then there results,
of necessity, thinning or badness.
The age at which the energy of the
growth of hair declines as natural
process, varies in different individuals,
and hereditary peculiarities exercise
very marked influence. It is quite
natural for the members Of. certain
families to become bald early in life. ;"
I'LL. Club Notes
Enlarged Tonsils
Mrs. J. P. wants help for her daugh-
ter.
Dear Doctor Reeder: / am much
interested in your Hcme Health Club
Department OF our paper and I want
your kindly advice about my little
girl. She has enlarged tonsils and also
a goitre. We have had three other
children operated on for tonsil trouble
and one CT them died so we are fright
ened. We can not bear to think Of
surgery for our youngest daughter and
yet our doctor says the tonsils must
come out. One of our neighbors who
was at one time in La Porte, told us
that you advised a simple method Of
Hcxne Treatment which ena abled one
to be cured without the danger and
terror Of surgery. Will you please
tell me about it, Doctor Reeder? I
will be so grateful.
Answer: Goitre and enlarged tom
sils frequently are associated and it is a
much discussed question as to which
glands are to blame. My personal be-
| lief is that neither of these sets of
| RlanOS ere aI all W CAe-4lAC INV w
parents are to blame for the condition
which causes the glands to become in
come inhamed, swollen and diseased
! through overwork in seeking to pro.
tect your child from wrong habits Of
eating and living. My teaching is
always to help people to remove the
cause, Nature will do the curing.
! The same cause that brought about
the tonsil trouble in the other children
lis causing it in this one and surgery II
such cases only treats the symptoms
or effects. The cause is untouched.
!: Not very long ago ! gave q ful
article on the subject ct .tonslls.
presume you did not see it. | hav'
sent you by mail copy Of the essentla
diet and care Of your children to re
move the cause. gOn account ct tn
comrlication Of enlarged tonsils AM
goitre you will need some special treat
.nent for this daughter and this | hav
explained in the,~ letter. You cal
give the treat .nent yourself, however
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