The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-24
THE PASTE TREATMENT FOR vARICOsE
 ULCER

Following clotting in the vein and inhamma-
 tion infection, which doctors call thrombo-
 an indurated or hordened area of the leg re-
 mains, and this is likely to soften in the center and break down, thus producing an ulcer. Once such varicose ulcer develops on the leg. the condition is obstinate to remedy, because the circulation and nutrition of the affected area Is inadequate, by reason of the varicose veins. Varcose ulcers, however, are never incurable unless malignancy (cancer) develops in a long neglected case. Many victims of varicose ulcer suffer for years not because there is no cure l for them, but merely because they are-oh. we'll, you know me, all. put 1t to you, don't you sometimes call your most beloved friends fools dumbbells or idiots because of things they do or fail to do? I wish might be as friendly as that in chatting with our readers.
 But can't. So many readars are so darn - we'll we'll can't explain 1t.
 What mean is that, in my own experience,
 only one out of every six or eight varicose ulcer patients would ever let me have more than one | whack at the treatment. If my first dressing. prescription or plan of treatment failed to heal the ulcer in week or so, the seven sufferers passed along to the next doctor, nostrum or quack The eighth took a chance, stayed with | me for further trial and presently was healed. | Understand am not boosting and neither do | know a cure for varicose ulcer will under | take to treat anybody who has one. am sim ply trying to enlighten such sufferers about the !! prospect of cure. I repeat. varicose ulcers are | never incurable when properly treated, except 1 in those cases where prolonged irritation has caused cancerous change. There is no definite plan of treatment which 1 is best in all cases. Each case as 1t presents | itself to the physician requires individual con sideration and a plan of treatment to suit the particular indications. e One fundamental factor which demands consideration in every case is the inadequate leg Measures to combat this far as possible are essential for success in treatment. Many different means of combating the stagnatiOn of blood in the leg are available. Among them are CD lying your back and juggling an imag mary balloon with your feet in the air for I minute or so every hour; l2) lying or sitting xvlfI, affa cd lipnh fin0 tna1i nQd plane above the level of your body; (3) wear- ing very flat low heels or none or going bare-
 foot; (4) wearing elastic stocking or bandage
 applied mornings before you get up from bed; (5) practicing belly breathing; (6) adhesive
 plaster strapping of leg and ulcer; tD wearing
 paste logging (described below); and best of all, (S) having the varicose vein underlying the
 ulcer chemically obliterated
 Unna's paste is made by slowly heating and | stirring together ounces of gelatin, ounces of zinc oxide, 10 ounces of glycern and 10 ounces of water. till a smooth rubbery mass is obtained To apply the paste first heat it just enough to melt it to the consistency of paint, then paint the entire leg, ulcer and all from nearly the line of the toes up to upper third of calf, using an ordinary clean paint brush. Of course the ulcer should be bathed with soap and water and carefully dried before the paste | is painted on Upon the first coat of paint apply | a gauze bandage spirally from base of toes nearly up to knee Then apply a second coat of | paint on this foundation. Then a second ban | dage Finally a third coat of paint and after that has dried a little touch up the job with fourth coat, and you'll have leg not half bad | to look at It will stand without hitching. The dressing supports the circulation and protects the ulcer and should be left undisturbed for week. or better for two or three weeks if there | is not too much itching or irritation. When | the dressing is removed you'll be pleased with | the progress made. If not pleased, tell your friends. If pleased, tell me. Honestly, sometimes feel pretty gloomy and get to figuring up my debts and life insurance and all that. Nothing cheers me more than a message from some
 geek who has actually obtained beneft from | something he has learned from this column. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Swelling on Neck
 Four days ago a swelling came on my neck. My friends say 1t is a goiter. What should rub on 1t or gargie my throat with? Can you giv0
 me the name of a good goiter doctor? (Mrs M. B.) . .ra.
 Answer-It probably is not a goiter Don't experiment. Consult your own doctor or any good doctor in your neighborhood
 | Adhesions
 Would you advise an operation for adhe. sl0ns? Had my appendix removed . year ago. Had electrical treatments that made 1t much l worse Went to osteopath ana he massaged my
 side ana made it very much worse lE. G.) Answer-No. 1t is not likely that adhesions | account for your trouble. Better consult the physician who attended you when you had ap- ! ne endicifig