The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-08
TEN DOLLARS FOR A LOOK AL "A NIChHH

NV son, aged four years. writes a correspond
ent swallowed a nickel two weeks ago took
him to DR. IS sanitarium where had an
X-ray taken for SO. The X-ray showed the nlch h-
ell in his stomach under rlp; one or me u go
told me if he did not pass the nickel IN a rea-
sonahle time the boy must be operated on lie
has not vet passed the nickel and am a1rald an
nneration might injure him permanently. WIN
Won please let me know if there is any way OF
removing the nickel without an operalon aiiu -
it can cause any harm by remaining IN MS sun
ach? | gave him several doses OF castor OH pul
he did not pass the nickel. We cannot aiord 10
If the nickel is in the boys stomach, should
cav there is no harm in leaving it there, at least
until the boy develops some sign OF 1rouoie Oh
some sort - ~, cum,
lows any foreign body it is well to AVOID an
cat hartcs for several days, and instead 1eeo the
child plenty of ripe banana, baked or boied po-
tato and such other vegetables as the child nor
mally eats. This will favor natural passing Vi Tue
foreign body IN mass OF M xmcctad
to pass through the intestine in two or three
days. -, A. .se..a ~,
oneration? One reason is quite evident. The cor
respondent too readily squanders money on a
gamble Anybody who OF his own vontion OF re-
sponsibility has an X-ray examination mace
wastes the money it costs, as general rule NO
one should ever spend money for such eXamlna-
ton unless it is advised by a reliable physician
The institution where this correspondent took
the child for the X-ray examination Is obviously
a quack institution, for II 1t were reputaple OF
trustworthy one the nurse Wouid hot ihuulSo Al
suspect the X-ray examination itself was
phony and if it really did show the nlcKel UNI
der a rib" the nickel may be lodged IN a prom
chus and not in the stomach at al. III that Is So
then the child is in much greater danger imam
would be the case if the object les really In the
stomach or intestine. On that account l advise
the correspondent to take the child Immediately
to some reputable physician for proper care, or
if the correspondent cannot afford to pay prl-
vate physician, then take the chlld 10 the near
est public clinic or hospital dspensary Tor exam
in alton Not rarely when child asplrates or IN
ha les a foreign body, or when something goes
down the wrong way" the object lodges in the
windpipe or bronchial tube, and for period OF
DAYS or weeks may very little disturbance
Then the child develops symptoms OF bronchltls,
asthma or pneumonia.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
None of a Laymans Business
r wish TO know what the normal blood pres
sure is for man So years old and for woman
Answer-You can't learn from me. I think
blood pressure is matter which, for health S
sake is best left entirely to the consideration of
the physician Only quacks and mail order
"health Institutes give their victims such data
to worry about.
Photographcrs Hypo for Monoxide Poisoning
Have you recently given in your column some
Information about the use OF sodium hyposui-
phite as a remedy for monoXide gas poisoning:
Answer-Yes, sodium hyposulphite formerly
called thiosulphate), the chemical commonly
used as fixing agent in Photographic work. has
been found an excellent remedy in cases of acute
carbon monoxide gassing and for the after-ef-
fects of mild poisoning. 1t may be given inter-
naIy in doses of teaspoonful of the powder
dissolved in half glassful of water every 3 or
4 hours 1t is harmless, and hastens the clearing
up of the unpleasant effects of monoxide poison
ing. 1t may even be advisable for persons ex-
posed occupatonally to slight carbon monoxide
poisoning to take dose OF the hyposulphite OF
soda every day or two, say teaspoonful This
has been tried out with considerable satisfaction
in France.