Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-18
LIME FOR CONCLUSIONS

This IL not a Beg Your Pardon
spIniiih and the Incorrect statement
Nhish prompts this article did moi
appear IN this column,
However, | was misIed by thar
statement, and 50 were Others.
passed on the newspaper story 10
SOME VINO wrote me. and thus, in
turn, misied others,
Ihe story, IN substance, WAS that
pr a, u. Luekhard,, in experiment.
lhf WIN animals from which the
parnthSroids had been removed, had
Iouhh way 10 prevent them from
developing commissions and other
spasmodie disorders. The idea was
conveyed that he had found a serum
or antitoSin or something Of that
sort,
This IN what Luckhardt aud Eosen-
bloom reported. They removed the
pafathyrolds from certain dogs, They
then Injected Ringers solution, a So
luton about the same in mineral
salts as blood serum. into n vein,
By daily Injecting enough OF this
solution 10 keep the kidneys freely
acting, they keep the blood rtrean,
washed free from the substance
which causes commissions and In that
way kept the dogs alive for about
two months. II seems that they
could have keep these dogs in good
health Indefinitely by washing the
robson daily from the blood through
tho kidneys.
The parathyroids are four small
bodies located In tho neck behind
tho lateral lobos Of the thyroid. They
are small. weighing altogether only
about ~ grains, and each measures
about the same rs n pea. Though
small, they are important. as they
seem somehow 10 destroy a sub
stance which causes commissions This
substance is formed elsewhere in |
the body.
when these bodies are removed |
purposely rs In experiments. or nv |
accident In the operation on the |
thyroid. or other structures In the |
neck, the animal from which they |
are removed has convulslons until |
death terminates the scene.
II has been suggested. but not |
proved. that In all forms of con-
WILSON'S and convulsive disorders
these glands are diseased. What Is
more likely is that IN some con-
vulsive disorders they are diseased. |
but that In others they are unequal |
TO the task OF neutralizing the ex-
cessive amounts OF convulsion pro-
fucing principle manufactured else
where.
Luckhardt and Roscnbloom hold |
that the convulsion producing sub
stance can be washed out through |
the kidneys.
This demonstration Is worth moth
Ing directly in practical way In the |
treatment of convulsions. but II does
lay r. substantial foundation on
which somebody may be able to
build some practical curative
procedures.
As a kidney wash Luckhardt and
Rosenbloom found a solution con-
tanning no lime was as effective as
one which contained this mineral.
There is a great deal Of clinical
proof that people with tendencies to
convulsive disorders should be given
some form OF lime.
This applies to children with the
spasmophilic diathesis. children who
have Group easily. those prone to
develop spasms, and adults with va
rious forms Of spasms.
How lime does its work in these
disorders In not known. Luckhardt
anu IhOScilDlOoli StCOflu CApcEliuGul
proves that If lime Is OF benefit ii Is
not by washing poisons from the
blood through the kidneys.
Salt Holds the Water.
w. 3. writes: "As a. saline ca
thartic draws water violently from
the entire system, creating thirst.
and disperses it rapidly through the
lower bowel, should it not have a
tendency to reduce watery tissues?"
REPLY.
The theory is that some Of the salt.
whatever it is, lags behind In the
tissues, the rate of eXcretion not be-
ing equal to the rate of intake.
1t is salt in the tissues that holds
water in them.
Nonbathers Get 1t, Too.
J. l.. W. writes: "What causes this
terrible itching and is there any
thing one can use or do to relieve It?
81 take morning bath daily, and
have been told this causes 1t, drying
up the natural oils of the body
'If you can tell me of any REM
edy 1 would greatly appreciate 1t. !
must have my daily bath, II possi-
ble."
REPLY.
Assuming that you have bath itch,
your trouble is caused by the vast
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