The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-12
sEvENTY-FOUR AND NEEDS NO GLASSES An attorney contributes this suggestion:

| My dear doctor:
 An article of yours "A Man Is As old As | His Eyes" interested me greatly In my young. or days passed two pleasant summers on the farm of . . MT Farmer was tho beau ideal | enty nt the time, but straight and tall and sturdy in proportion and with the eyes of an eagle. He taught he simple eye massage, Wc yenra aloms maye with my Saiy a dosem " '' The massage is as follows: With fingers resting on the forehead run tho thumbs firmly moderate pressure against the eyebalis from the outer ends toward the nose, about n dozen strokes. Then with the thumbs resting on the temples, run tho middle fingers along the eye lids in like manner from the nose outwards, for a dozen strokes.
 The result has been this: I have passed my seventy fourth birthday, have many children grandchildren and even great grandchild. God bless them all, and although have during my lifetime actually abused and overstrained my eyes reading and writing frequently until midnight and reading in public convcyances wherein the angle of vision is constantly changing. still retain good eyesight and do not require gnsses while most of my junior sincerely yours Whether there is any real value in the eye massage described by the correspondent do not know. Perhaps he happens to be one of those exceptional persons who arc endowed with extraordinarily good eyes Every little | while ono meets person Of that age who | needs no glasses
 lS | rite do no harm. and If we believe that stooping posture and inclination of the head at | work is n factor of myopa, elongation of the | eyeballs, near or short sightedness, 1t may be | that the regular practice of such massage as | our correspo ondent clearly describes would tend | to counteract such sinking or elongation ot | the cyebalI, tend to push it back to It's normal | spherical form.
 | I wish a few of our readers who now wear
 glasses. particularly for near slghtedness.
 practice of eye massage in the manner de- | scribed, and report after a few months whe-
 ther they experience any definite improvement. in vision.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS The Old SaItpcter Fable | Do cigarcts contain saitpetcr or arsenic? ask because I received saltpcter when l was il
 the army, and 1 suspect these coffin nails arc
 full of it (F J.)
 1 Answer-The only saltpeter you received
 marines was that used tn the corned beef or
 other preserved meats. Cigarets contain no
 such ingredients. saitpeter has no such effect
 as you imagine and no injurios erect at all
 in the quantity any one gets in corned beef. | Sensible Health Audit | What points should Ike covered by the piysl- | cInn tn making a thorough annual health
 audit? In other words. what Is your procedure
 in carrying out such exa'ninatiOns? (E. YD | Answer-I think the sensible thing is 10 let | your physician make such examinations or | order such tests as he deems advisable. say | your physician, for his intelligently directed | examination eIicts more practical or usefu | inforrnntion than can any expensive routine
 examination by a strange physician. MiIk at 25 Cents Gallon | Is there any safe way Of pnsieniixing milk | at home? We've been badly hit by the de-
 prcssi0n . in q position Co get whole miih
 direct from e farm for 25 sFnts gallon. Phs' | teurised milk costs t3 cents quart 20 0ui
 town fMrs q. O . | Answsr--I'asieUrizlpg means heating fh'
 milk o TO or its dsgrsss v no m nsn's , m n",o ",o
 uteH. then cooling again, lt requires h ther, | H0fnsisr and a double boiler of n0okor, tht | outer vessel containing wair 4 simpler plan
 t0 make milk safe for the children would b'
 siiapIy io hsht lt up Co but not quite bolllDe | ihmporniura for just a second, then i"f cool
 receive a daily ration of frssh or factory can ned frnlt or tomato juice Co supply yitahniD q. l fcopyrlsht John v. Diiis c0D