The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-04
E;vERYBODY's TUBERCULOSIS

| I have a h,,pe stack of monographs on Tuber-
 culosis, which have prepared Tor 'he express | purpose of advising and instructing correspond- cnts subscribers readers. anybody who plcases | to write me in of this paper, about luper-
 culosis. There is from one hundred to hvc nun dred dollars worth of information and advice l in each of these monographs. and about nl- teen thousand monographs. First come hrs' served Inclose with your request q stamped en- l yelope bearing your address, you're outa luck l may be Irish about some things, but 1 when it comes to paying the postage on your letter I'm a regular Connecticut Yankee. l We cant say everybody has tuberculosis not until we've finished the autopsy, but we do | know that nearly all adults harbor somewhere | in their bodies living tubercle bacilli. perhaps l Tn some lymph node. How do know this? Well, | If we take any number of adults just as they happen along and give each tubercuIn test' at least nine out of ten of them will have q positive reaction. proving that they harbor q focus of tuberculosis somewhere in the body.
 If we take a similar number of children just at nt random, a much smaller number of them Will react positively to the tubcrculin lest. proving that in early childhood some of us are st!ll free of even latent tuberculosis.
 Some of who are destined to have acuVe pulmonary tuberculosis in youth or early adult hood contract the infection in infancy and some of us do not catch the disease until childhood. | Probably very few of us who do develop active pulmonary tuberculosis in youth or adult lire have passed the age of twelve years free of tu- berculosiS
 | Most cases of lung tuberculosis begin. SO far as definite symptoms or signs clicited by exam ination show, during early high school years
  | Inc proper regimen or the way of life to save 'cl N-rrom going into decline q little later he public school board of n village where there are 5000 school children has just ap- pointed physician. real physician. as head of the health education department and the doctor will give full time to the job, including | as an important part of the health education work physical examination of every school ! child. once a year. If such an examination is q | genuine one. not farce such as the humbug medical inspection usually Is. it will include A tuberculin tsct and an X-ray examination os the chest of every child who gives positive
 reaction to the tuberculin teat. This IS the only | examination that will bring to light the scores
 of cases of tuberculosis sure to exist among D. 900 school children.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Girls Nope for IOdin | Our daughter aged 22, continually com pIaincd of being tired and without ambition. So
 we sent for your iOtiin ration and tho result has | been wonderful. She became full Of "pcp vim and yigOr," and she seems a different girl. (Mrs J. A. B.)
 | Answer-A great many girls in their teens | or pit later do nope and pine for iodin Es- pccalv girls who become abnormally sleepy | or "dopey" and lacking in the natural cheer funcss and enthusiasm of youth. am glad to
 mail to any one on request tnot a clippng) in- structons for taking the iodin ration. Inclose 4 stamped envelope bearing your address. Onions Bring Sleep My husband Inns a tried and unfailing cure l for insomnia. He eats some onions with | his dinner or as a sandwich at bedtime. [ don't I haps the reason why person goes to sleep aft | CT eating raw onions Is to get away from the | smell of his own breath. (Mrs B. W.) | Answer-Now if some one could only dcvel-
 oD an onion minus the aroma--but then per | haps 1t wouldn't taste so good or soothe the
 nerves.
 IngrOwing Nail | Please print your instructions for rcmed ying | ingrO>sing toe nall. N'. W. F.) | Answer-Scnd stamped envelope bearing
 your address and ask for the instructions Da
 not send clipping,
 | Little Girl with Hip Disease My heart goes ont tO that poor little girl witt l hip disease whose father and brothers mako fun Of her. l have cousin with hip disease
 and she has been made most happy by a rOun.
 datiOn garment which completely disguiscs hci | aTlictIOn. Perhaps If your unhappy cOrrcspOnd cnt wore some such garment she might turr the tables on her unkind relatives and so-caIlcd friend. (E. J. S.)
 | Answer-Thank you. 1 am unable to put cor. | respondents in touch with one another, but fl you care to tell me what where the garment may be had I'll pass the suggestion.
 | Releasing Artcrial Tension
 My husband has been troubled witt, higt blood pressure for several years. but since b, has been practiting belly breathing he I,is rcI
 ntut', better Snd does not need the doctor. (Mr D. R)
 | Answer-Which Is probably coincidence l though belly breathing does lower excessive ar teria1 tension.