The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-06
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~ ., illustrated newspaper article telling
about new book she expects to publish, Mar.n Ia
Noreiius Olympic American swimming team
leader 1924 and 1928, gives advice on no" "
take care of yourself in the water
Miss Norelus thinks most SWIMMERS s ths w wnr
and attempt feats above their ability, ana the
| rest drown because they do not know now 10
fight against cramps" She urges mat as sool
nossible after you've learned to swim you shoulo
| learn "how to counteract' cramps. Inc newspa-
ner article does not contain the secret-presum-
| ably you must buy the BOOK 10 get 'his B. CAV o.
| "Cramps" are a hypothetical state. ANYBODY
who has done much swimming knows the sense
| of cramping and poWerlessness that extremely
cold water produces. The common noton that
good swimmers VINO tbont reay foundation The
real causes of such fatalities are eplleptlc seizure
in the water apoplexy, heart disease, ana prop o.
ably in some instances vertigo produced py the
impact of cold water on the inner ear lthrough a
perforated drum. Sudden death of diver par
ticularly belly splasher' may be due TO air
emboliSm. :. -
In her instructions for the resuscitation OF ap-
parently drowned persons MISS Norenus toI4owS
| the crowd and makes the same errors they all
make. For instance she recommends the now as
| credited jack-knife manuever to empty tne
water" from the breathing passages, thus petray-
ing her lack of understanding of the purpose OF
prone-pressure respiration.
The article carries a photograph OF dozen
handsome Los Angeles life guards pretending TO
resuscitate many Hollywood bathing beauties
| every beauty with an ear on her elbow.
That may be all right for pretty picture to
illustrate Sunday paper story Red Cross
Life Saving Manual, but if you're really hoping
to resuscitate anybody. never let him keep ms
ear on his elbow The man who discovered and
gave to the world this great life-saying method
did NOT instruct that anything be placed under
the victims head or face. If you are more con-
cerned about a pretty scene than you are about
saving life, suggest that you use huge bouquet
roses under the victims heau 70 Keep .ne
emergency, better obey the instructions OF Sir A.
E. Schafer and place the victim prone on the
ground with the face turned toward one side and
| both of the victims arms on the ground we'll up
| above the head out Of the way In this position
any water in the breathing passages can run out
BY gravity, provided the Victims head is not on
higher ground than the lower part of the body.
! trihing matter, but If there Is some water IN
the breathing passages 1t Is just as we'll to let 1t
| run out No sense in arranging a trap to keep 1t
| in there.
in case of an emergency in which you own loved
one is concerned write in for the Resuscitation
booklet. illustrated and follow it and you can't
be wrong. Inclose stamped envelope bearing
your address and 10 cents in CON-
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Chicken Pox
| How long must a child remain out OF school
with chicken pox? How long does chicken pox
remain contagious? (P. l.. o.
| Answer-Chicken pox is communicable for
perhaps "a hourse before the rash appears and
est after the rash appears. The time child with
| chicken pox must remain out OF school Is liked by
local ordinances. AS the incubation period Is usu-
ally two weeks or longer (time from exposure or
infection to development of first symptoms of i'll
ness) the brothers or sisters of playmates of the
kid with the chicken pox usually draw three
weeks vacation from school. great system,
kids what? Chicken pox unquestionably ceases
to be communicable long before the pock marks
have disappeared
Practice of Medicine Is Personal Service
Have had my urine tested by the - Lon
gevity Service, and do not understand the re
port they sent me. Please explain these items: a
souamous cells per field 8 pus cells, rare cyllin-
droids many calcium oxalates. ID. T.)
| Answer-It is just thinly sliced baloney sir
The practice of medicine is personal service,
and the results of attempts to incorporate 1t and
do it by mail are usually ludicrous when they are
not tragic Next time, go to your physician and
leave the mailorder hokum for more gullible folk
who like to think they can get something for
| nothing.
Photographers Hypo for Gas Poisoning
|. Not until saw your article about mild carbon
mOnoxide gas poisoning did learn what allied
me 7 had been long in the habit of shutting my
self in the kitchen cold spring and autumn
of the holes wouldn't light and I suppose some
gas escaped unburned. had been going 70 doc
tors for years for nothing but lost appetite and
| heavily coated tongue. We had nc.Y range In
stalled and in a few weeks began to feel and
look better. Please tell me how much OF the Pho
| tographers hypo one should take for the RELIEF
| of such gas poisoning. Mrs wy
Answer-Dr w. II. Zeigler, professor Of phar-
macology In South Carolina Medical college, hrst
suphte) to relieve the prolonged after-effects OF
carbon monoxide poisoning. Recently physicians
in France have extolled It. Zeger gives 1t intra-
yenously 1t may be taken internally In dose OF
| 10 or 20 grains three times day dissolved IN
water or With syrup. Three weeks should be Ions