The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-20
TIRE MANAGEMENT OF CATARACT

This is tho second or sercs ot M.ns au"u | cataract, but l want readers to understand clearly thnt I have no remedy or method or | treatment to offer. am giving th's gonerhl In' formation about cataract because many corr", spondents have asked for it and because it VIII | do nobody harm 10 have his ninconccpuohn 0i such a condition corrected. l am aware that | people who do know what every one ousnt to know about cataract probably do not troupe to write and ask questions. it is the people who do not know. or who have been inls'n- | formed who write to me- But then, tic PUT. they already know, but rather to tell ,enp | whether the things they know are 90. some. times it makes 'em pretty mad when they
 or illness is not 70 and when they get mad they can bc pretty nasty about t. On the other l hand, when they learn that something tney know is NO sometimes they become qpte elatcd about 1t nnd even mention tho matter to some' body or other
 True to our Hippokratc oath we skip lightly over the symptoma of cataract, hesita.ing TOT an Instant 10 say that in most instances there is some slow impairment of vision Tor near work which roadng glasses somehow faii to | correct. Tho oculiats with some experience gay that improper glasses can do much to ere. ate ohanges within tho eyo which manifest | themselves as cataracts latcr. l nm merely physician, not m oculist and ! give M as ny Htting of glasses for people under middle age. and most particularly to children with near. slghtcdncas, We older folk may do as well or hotter with tho vision tests of the optometrlst or optician, but the younger oncs generally re- Gu,re the aid of drops for m accurate cxainin. ation and hence they should go to tho eye physician toculist) only.
 When cataract Is diagnosed, besides tho care- fui correction Of refraction with proper g9sses it is weli to inJure into the general living nap. It's or hygiene of the patient. The amount or close work must be limited. Tho illumination of the work IB particularly important. Indeed, one sees ruinous lighting and unnecessary, not to say waMefui and rcpollant glare everywhere In business life. One wonders how much eye. st rn In ud m temnef ie due to this extrhvagnht illumination.
 It is n good habit to interrupt tho close work frequently for half m hour or more 10 rost the eyes. For that matter. it ls q fna habit for any body who does close work to look up and away to whatever distant view there may be, every little while. for just . moment. Throw back to counternet, in q measure, the iil con.c- quences of prolonged work with tho eyes do. pendent, looking down. and actually elongated in tho anterior. p0sterior axis.
 ono with beginning cataract should tnks daily walks of from hve blocks to slx miles, dc- pending on general strength,
 Smoked or dark glasses shou'a a. DO ,,rh %orn o"'y think this is true In any case. whether or cat araet or Just imaginary eyestrain. 1 do not know whether nny aharlatans ~ present CIaInt to have remedy whlch "hp' | s0rbs' or clears up cataract. Certainty th's w not possible. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A tho Lady Remarked
 Lunch 0f male insurance clerk consisted Of | twO itevns and n0tbing else, viz, 0Dc.half pint | ,f s0Ur CrcAn, and four oranges. IS this sens.
 bic combination aDd what particular benefit | if any would snid foods Dc Go the human stoin.
 sch? tS. W. F)
 | Answer--.You know what tho lady said when | she kissed the COW. The combination is O. K. | If it appeals to onss taste. Any combination or | foods in. Do not Do mlslod by tho h0kum 0f | tho self. commended food specialists concern | lng right and wrong combinations of foods. Some PcrsOns Have Lot of Gall
 year ago you i,nd diet for persons with
 galIatOncs. It told what foods tO cat and what
 foods to avoid on account of the effect on the
 gall sac. (L. 0.)
 Answer---Thsy should avoid foods containing | much ch0iostefoi, such As yolk Of egg, liver
 cream, animal fats olive oil, wheat beans l That is with q view to preventing the fornnh'
 ton of gaIlstones But ln the event that you ai.
 ready have 2 sac cf precious u, stones m your nr
 bonns The gaii-sac contracts in response to the eating Of any fat or oil, 70 if there are
 cramps or coilc tt is best to avoid ai fats, oils
 or greasy foods and mako the diet mainly
 starebcy, sugars, or protein foods such as lean
 meat, cheese white Of egg. However, if there
 s not much pain or colic the Iperai use oa oila
 or fatty foods favors drainage Of the sall.see by lis eontractlons. There now, you will hardly
 know what you ought te avoid, and it's just aA
 Wheat to EAt. Would like to try yonr sUggcstlens as to how ,o .ss wheat, how io buy v 'and the benefits derived from G. (F. 'P,)
 I AnsUsr---Ilosd "Chaptsr in ths BIosraph,
 of f,ushei Of wbeae in this column to'nor.
 tcopyrishf John r. DiiIs Col