Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-30
Health and Right Living
LIZ ROYAL n. COPELAND M- I'D.
Former Commissioners or Health

OF all the serious troubles that
come to plague the human family,
perhaps the most satisfactory one
Is cataract.
Perhaps this statement viii puz-
zle you. How can O trouble 50 SER
ious rs this be considered salts
factory? This IL what ! mean:
Blindness Is a most distressing
affliction. There are forms that
come from causes 50 hopeless that
there il absolutely nothing TO do.
Gradually the light fades and IL l.
only "a question OF time when endur-
ing blindness will be the dreadful
end.
But in cataract there Is practically
a certainty that sight can be re-
stored. After the shock Of learning
that the sight ill fail gradually
and reading become impossible, this
feeling viii be replaced speedily ~
the comfort Of knowing that pretty
soon a painless operation Will re-
store the vision.
There are many mistaken ideas u
the popular mind about cataract.
Lots Of people think 1t q growth
over the surface OF the eye, q SOFT
Of skin that shuts out sight. This
l. not the cas-
In the interior Of the eyeball. back
OF the pupil, is a transparent Struc-
ture called the crystalline lens"
In health, 1t has a part 10 play ir
focusing the rays of light and
making the vision distinct. In cav-
aract this lens becomes cloudy. a.
the cloudiness increases, the vision
becomes more and more hazy. This
| goes on until the cataract is ripe"
Then the whole substance OF the
structure has become involved ana
Its original transparency has dis
appeared.
When this time arrives the eye ~
ready for operation. Cocaine l. used
to deaden the nerves Then the
delicate knife can be inserted into
the tissues and other tiny instru-
! ments used 10 remove from within
the eyeball the entire crystalline
lens And all this Is done without
paInl
The eye Is bandaged, and after
five or six days Or a week the
wound Is healed. Within q couple
Of weeks glasses are fitted and the
joyful patient finds IL possible TO
see his friends and read the news
apers.
III your vision seems impaired
have your family doctor recon-
mend an experienced and capable
oculist. He will examine the eve
ana find the cause Of the failing
sight. Nine times out Of ten there
viii be no cataract or other serious
trouble. But II il turns out that
| cataract Is really present the oculist
will arrange for the operative wolk
necessary to get rid Of 1t.
Don't worry about II. 1t Is only
a question Of a little time when the
cataract Is out and the sight re-
stored.
ANSWERS TO HEALTH QUERIES
j. j. :. Q.-What foods should a
patient afflicted with gastritis
avoid? 2.-Will this tend to cause
underweight? 3.-Is a sharp stick
ing pain in the left side due to gas
tritiS?
Aggressive sweets and acid
forming foods should be avoided ur-
der the circumstance. 2.-Yes. any
intestinal disturbance would be apt
to affect the system in general.
causing underweight. 3.-Yes, Il
may be. Keep the bowels open by
eating Of q proper diet and taking
some regular exercise daily--in this
way you will aid digestion and bring
about general results.
"A. u. 9. ID. Q.-What should 4
girl weigh who Is 20 years old and
5 IT. / in. tall?
Allow car freckles be made less
noticeable?
3.-What should a girl weigh who
Is 10 years old and a IL. z ins. tall?
4-What should a girl weigh who