The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-12
CALCIUM CHLORIDE FOR COLO

1,rs p.uer Salter and Aub of Boston have
 found that the very slow injection into a Veln ol 20 cc. of a sterile solution of per cent caiclum chloride promptly relieves the severe pain or
 colic be it lead collie the collie from gallstones or from stone in kidney ureter. They declare that the relief given by this is more rapid ana
 more certain than that given by any other treat | me1t have. calcium chloride solution very slowly into the vein, not more than ? cc. (approximateiy naiI tea spoonful) in a minute. Even at this rate the patient usually complains of an intense feeling of warmth over the body and burning or the
 tongue and sometimes of nausea d t ahis datian of the surface blood vessels, for during the admno istration of the dose there is a drop or rom Io to 40 milmeters in the blood pressure and eie- vation of from one to three degrees In the sur- face or skin temperature. There is a striking parallel between the beha- vor of lead and that calcium (nme) Tn the body. .u found by many physicians that hlgh calclunl diet (lots of milk and cheese, beans, peas car rots oranges, turnips, cabbage. lettuce, peanuts and other nuts, etc) brings relief, because sucn n diet favors storage of calcium Cime) in the
 bones and along with it the lead When the se- were symptoms are thus relieved then II It seems desirable a low calcium diet (largely meat and fish, sugars starchy foods) and suitable medi- cines will aid the elimination or excretion Of the lead from the body.
 But the relief to collie is so prompt that this ex panation can scarcely suffice, even in lead coiic.
 It is no explanation at all for the rellef or gall stone or renal colic These Boston investigators conclude that the anti-spasmodic action of the calcium chloride accounts for the marked renel
 of coc They found that in some cases Of severe lead collie the pain was relieved even before the infection into the vein was completed They sug- est that during the hours of such relief is an ex- celeInt time to administer large doses of magne- sium sulphate (Epsom salts) to help eliminate the lead
 chloride injection failed to relieve the pain com pletely. Later the patients were discovered to
 Where the collie is not fully relieved by an intra.
 venous dose of calcium chloride the diagnosis of
 lead poisoning is either wrong or incomplete In six cases of gastone collie the calcium
 chloride injection gave prompt relief in i've and
 no relief in one. This one case was later found to be chronic gall bladder inflammation without colic not pain from inflammation.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Energy
 Please explain what you mean when you say there is such thing nerve energy, Draln
 power exhaustion of either. What kind or
 energy is it that stimulates the functions of the
 Answer-Energy doesn't stimulate functions. It is expended used by the functioning Of
 some organs The heart beat uses energy, TOT
 parts of the nervous system uses little or no en- ergy, far scientific measurements show. There is no evidence that a nerve can become ex-
 hausted from conveying motor or sensory lm-
 pulses. The popular conceptions of weak such terms are used to excuse misconduct or
 other fault shortcoming Quack doctors em-
 ploy these terms for what they can get out of it. How to Live with Heart Disease How I wish I might have read your articles years ago not until I 45 did learn
 had had for years cndocarditis and mitral insufI-
 cheney Do you not think the heart should
 he given much consideration the lungs?
 The prevailing idea seems to he that if the heart
 Is affected one should do all one can. No wonder
 so much heart trouble at middle age. (J. V. JD Answer--Yes the heart deserves more consd-
 eration. Physiologcal rest Is even more helpful
 where the heart is impaired than 1t is in tuber-
 cuoss of the lungs. IL would be interesting to know to what you ascrbed your inability or ham dicap in the years before the condition was diag nosed. md how you managed 10 evnde any kind | of physical examination all that time
 Works and Faith
 ! wrote yon three years ago for advice for
 piles. with which had suffered long. 1 followed
 your advice and call myself cured. This gives mo
 inith: Now want you to tell me what to take.
 Answer--Take q spoonful or two of whole flax. seeds dnily--or maybe you have.
 Anctin0myc0sls
 ' had Kind Of fungus growth called "actinOs nsScosls ln my thr0nt--you recommended pr -. Diathermy =. .we believe it is entirely cured Eve Eained i2 pounds .in BbDut .Ix trcstmeni. ahont fs doctors who first .aw e said they couldn't do anything f0S me.
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