The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-14
THE TUBERcLE or YOUTH

e,ven old timers have n vague notion that consumption is disease or y1u,n in tna r wnnna women to look anguid and fra as though go- ing into deciine' if not actually going mo faint or at least fcint at every preteM.
 Some of the old masters painted beautfiul pic- tures of disease. The typical likeness or con ansh ns 'uns and % emaeiation made the Ackly young of ths eighties appsas conception of beauty had almost passed with the passing ol bustes and wasp waists put there has @ nseh yeara through such little tricks as the so called FolIy- wood or steen day det-tricks that have senL se. n good many vapid young women into tne tupsp spr culosis sanitarium, notably many aspirants TOT Az we understand tuberculosis. the primary infection occurs in infancy early childhood as a rule through rhe intestine and the deep aps dominal lymph nodes of the ynphatc mn,s svsis nd the iymphnodes in the neck which, when en- iarged. commonly Enown az kernels. now .e'g from tubercuIous cows is q question the experts are still debating. There is q prevninng penei losis of childhood is of bovine origin. If this Is true 1t constitutes the strongest argument ., III favor of strict laws and ordinances pronap.lms .i the sale or distribution of milk from cows that have not been tuberculin tested
 Childhood is the period of repeated inaee.o,a asa of health nt the time, AS n rule we know tn,h from the evidence obtained from tuberculin tests A considerable majority of young adults harDor and also from the evidence obtained in autopsies. latent foci of tuberculosis in deep lymph nodes nodes cglands"). that is living 'unercie ~ pac''n' ""'c"
 The time Of life when this common nidus or focus of tuberce baciiii seems most hkey 10 produce active disease is youth. Why youth Here again we can only speculate. At any raj : the first symptoms of active tubereuohis usuhI'y Excitement, which nowadays easily leads to in- temperance and excesses and ana n n,, .hs ep%Sn hat seem seem to be triaing disturbances of health. or to conceal the symptoms with the aid or rouge pick me-ups sti'nulanis narcotcs pracsrs eon or pretenses. . .
 It Is not very remarkable to find a cavity in such n youth 1t Is now an every day experience to discover several cases of active lung tuber- %Sss they a@s he % to
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Purin Bodies
 What nre the effects Of foods which contain purin bodies? [ have Iiy.1 an irregular ltic put want to try to do better in future ana go in TOT
 Answer-Purins arc nitrogen-compcnds in foods. whence uric acid Is derived. Tn old times the doctors imagined uric acid was cause Of diseases. notably gout, whatever that may pe, live liver, yeast beer chessss. ssgs, which are rich in purin. don't believe there is any good eyi- dence that uric acid ever causes any disease.
 Several weeks ago ! accidcntaiIy burned my face with suIpburlc acid. It Is all healed now, Iy tell me how to remove these? have tried 2 number Of bleaching cvcams to no avail. tL. V. M)
 or marks severely alone else consult q physi- clan. You may make matters worse by the un- wise application of remedies of your own or some incompetent persons suggestion.
 The Foot Doctor Comes To Town
 What is your reaction tO the incloscd an- nOuncemcnt. am merely licensed cIlir0po6laS and ans not allowed 70 prescribe, (H. s.) AnEwer---The announcement is that "Dr - < representative will prescribe for your foot trou- ble free of charge" it is just an old Yankee cue- tom There's q sucker born every minute. 70 it pays the Doctor to keep h number Of tray1ilnH representatives on the road. Why don't you ehi- ropodsts join together iD protest agalnet thie line of 0naekcry by the shady ehoe aenlefkJ