The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-17
POPULAR HEALTH SERVICES # FOR, zAGE-HERALD READERS

I IS tHcrc d cure 1OT culOTOSlo. LoW long should an attack last?''
 Answer-The essential cause of chlo- rosis is unknown One theory is that 1t is due to some disturbance of the glands of internal :; secretion, especially the ovaries. There is an interference with blood production in. this condition.
 The specific remedy is iron, combined with sunlight, fresh air, good food and rest.
 Recovery, if proper treatment is in- stituted, usually occurs in from a few weeks to a few months
 .s. Dandruff
 A. H. writes: "For the past few years there has been a noticeable amount of dandruff in my hair. Be sides being very disagreeable it causes my scalp to become oily more quickly. kindly give me information or refer ences to literature about the control of dandruff. Could you recommend any remedy? I have tried several rem edies; none of these, however, has helped"
 Answer-Oily scaling of the scalp is not uncommon. It is usually pre- ceded by a dry scaling. When excess siye production of oil occurs, treat ment is difficult. It should be directed by a competent specialist in diseases of the skin and hair.
 Constipation In Babies
 Mrs. E.. P. w.. says: 1. My baby will be three months old the sixteenth of this month. She is breast fed and is given two ounces of prune juice a day, yet she has no bowel movement without the aid of a laxitive. Her stools are never formed. I am never constipated. I eat plenty of fruits and bran. She refuses to take orange juice and water. How may remedy this constipation? 2. Should I put saccharine in her water! 3. Do all breast fed babies regurgitate?"
 Answer-1 The condition described is frequently seen in breast fed infants as constipation. In view of the soft breast milk stools, it should rather be viewed as a result of weak abdominal wall and intestinal muscle trying to overcome the contraction at the end of the bowel. It is we'll to train the infant in correct bowel habits from the first. Three months is the right age at which to begin this training. The continuation of prune juice and orange juice feedings is advisable.
 2. Discontinue the use of saccharine, since it can serve no useful purpose in relation to the baby's condition.
 3. Regurgiation in a breast fed in fant is most commonly due to over feeding or too frequent feeding. It may be due to the spasms of the muscle at the outlet of the stomach. These in fants do not do well. / If the baby is well nourished this condition is probab- ly not present.
 Lime Water And Milk
 A. W. R. writes: What effect does lime water have onmilk? Is it milk modifier? Hot milk agrees with me best, but I have heard that lime water should not be heated in milk but added to cold or cooled milk only. How much lime water should be added to one glass of milk? Does lime water prevent milk from forming curd in the stomach? Can you tell me anything that will make milk more digestible and prevent its form ing curd in the stomach?"
 Answer An effort to find some scientific basis for the use of lime water in milk shows that there is little, beyond tradition, in its favor. Lime water is a mild alkaline solution, the effect of which on milk is probably more to dilute it than to change it chemically. A milk modifier for the purpose mentioned is sodium citrate, which can be obtained in 5 grain tab lets and should be used in the propor- tion of dhe gram of sodium citrate to one ounce of milk.
 Eat More" Campaigns
 R. H. s. says: Everywhere one sees advertisements advising the pub lie to eat more raisins, drink more milk, or eat more meat. l. this continued urging desirable? Is it not possible to oyer-lndulge in some of these foods ?"
 Answer-Over-indulgence in prac- tically any food may lead to distress. Many persons have a limited tolerance for a food like raisins; for instance, a man with chronic inflamat tion of the lntestlnes might we'll hesitate to se- cure his iron through the use of such dried, whole fruit, which is, as one man said, "A mixture of sugar and skins" While the advice to drink more milk every day is good, this also may ue oVeruone Tn cases m which milk is not well tolerated. Cases are known in which there was a loss of weight due to using milk exclusively and not Tn relation to other substances of diet. In. view of the fact that most Of our population is engaged in seden- tary occupation. it would appear to be desirable in general not to urge the eating of greater quantities of food, Already there appears to be definite tendency towards obesity. After all, the best advice is that embodied in the old proVerb which recommended mod ara fiorn all Ah;.Zu "