The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10
SOME OF US ARE VAGS AND SOME OF US
 ARE SYMPS

| In running an arbitrary line to divide the | hvpers from the hypos the other day, no doubt | we impaled quite few folk who are )ust nor nal or average and refuse to be so cassihed In order to relieve those who are neither hypos nor hypers, we'll propose another division oI mankind into types to-oay. accoroihg to @ lne lpredominance of the sympathetic or the Vagus | nportion of the autonomic or involuntary nerv- ous system in the temperament and makeup. l Pray do not be frightened if you don't under stand what the sympathetic or vasus portion or Ithe involuntary or autonomic nervous system ls As we proceed you'll see 1t doesn't matter ana I'm not sure I understand much about u my y- self only I rather like to roll these imposing lterms off my chest now and then, being doc tor. Suffice to say that the auton9nlic nervous a system presides over functions which are De- |yond control of the will. such as the beating or the heart, the regulation of the breathing, and the secretory functions of the ductiess gands; s This autonomc nervous system is composed or or the sympathetic portion on the one mana anu 1 the vagus portion the other, and the one portion acts to antagonize' balance or steaoy the other l., | An individual in whom the sympathetic in fuence predominates (call him symp for short not a "simp") is usually well nourlshed. | warm handed, dry skinned, fluffy haired, blond and has small eyes. A symp i.ts il ..ess-' "~. often pale complexion: lie % or .t sno he oh banl dled automatically lest thon grow restivc. Symps are hard customers to please, nara pu- | pills to control, hard patients to treat They are l em otional quick tempered fckle, changeable. They have pulse rate and body temperature habitually little higher than the normal aver age. | Practically all of us have latent tuberculosis. Only a small minority of us with latent tuber, culosis develop active tuberculosis ana most of these groups are symps Happliy now ever a symp has better chance to attain ar- rest of active tuberculosis than does vag. | Technically symps are called sympathlcot- | onic" and vags "vagotonic.'
 l The vag is typicaly a young adult who IS un- dernourished, underweight brunette has large, clear gstening eyes with small pupils, but IS sho sig hted. She (usually) has cold hands and cold feet, sweats when the least excited. suners from hyperacidty of the stomach, heart burn, enlarged tonsils, huskiness of voice and Uriah | Heep hands. vag looks like a good subject | for tuberculosis yet seldom has it. Vags go In for hay fever. asthma, croupy conditions sore throat gallstone collie and eke mucous colitis, They complain of sudden flushing, sticking or | food in the gullet, too much saliva, nervous l swallowing. Though commonly described as ''nervous' vags are hearted, dry-eyed. cool calm and collected. The body temperas ture Is usually degree below normal Vags have a large tolerance for sugar or candy and | usually large craving for sweets.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | Too Far Ahead
 | What is the cause of sinus trouble and the ! cure? (Mrs A. M. M.)
 1 Answer--Those are two of the things hope to learn some day, and just as soon as l get even a fair clue I'll break into print about 1t,
 Vitamn A for Sensitive Eyes Please tell your correspondent who com plained about light hurting her eyes to make sure of getting plenty of Vitamin A. have found that my trouble ceased after paid more
 
 Also my hearing which was very poor and | which biologists assured me could not be tm- proved, has improved distinctly since began getting more Vitamin A. Miss M. ID. H) | Answer--Thank you. It sounds plausible enough. Foods rich in Vitamn A: Butter fat egg yolk cream fresh milk, spinach. water cress, lettuce carrots sweet potatoes. oranges, yellow corn liver. kidney, sweetbreads. | Time to Feed the Baby 1 My baby since birth has been troubled with | constipation. She was breast fed, and Is now
 ? years old. Orange juicc prune juice, oatmeal graham crackers seem to have no special effect | am now giving her a teaspoOnful of Ca hi' falutin nOstrum) daily have also given
 her much plain mineral oil, but little castor oil (Mrs D. w. T)
 Answer-stiil you're oil wrong. What tht baby needs, and should have received away back when she four months old. is food believe every infant. breast fed or hand raised that tends to be constipated, should receive daily ration of well ripened banana raw It ii a sad day when you resort to nostrums to tn' duce the imitation of natural bowel function especially when bananas so cheap and SC Ihealthful for infants who do not thrive. l A Long While After
 Is 1t possible for weakness of the voice, es. IpccIalIy after eating to be caused by pressing of the stomach against the diaphragm? (S. V lA)
 | Answer-That might explain 1t in some bad cases two three weeks after eating. Singers land speakers have better voices if they eat only Lightly before performance, and i'll up with c
 real dinner after the shows