The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-15
CASUAL OR ATopIC ASTHMA

Not all that wheezes is asthma. Anybody with acute bronchitis may for brief period do n creditable job of solo wheeZing Then, too | good many victims of chronic bronchitis eventually develop a regular chronic wheeze or chestful of whistles of assorted pitch. Ma ture or elderly subjects of emphysema (heaves) behave as though their chests or lungs were constantly overlnfated, and that Is precisely what ails them; such persons strive to defate but are always a bit behind with 1t and hence always "out of breath" though in fact. as 1 say, they're fairly bursting with too much breath. The pathological stnte in em- physema is atrophy or loss of elasticity in the lungs. so that the air cells become permanent y ballooned.
 In old times doctors regarded any marked difficulty of breathing asthma. Later they learned that In some cases the cause of the dif- fculty or shortness of breath or short winded- ness was heart disease and they called the dif- fculty in such cases "cardiac asthma" Car diac' is merely bombastic medical term meaning or pertaining to the heart. If you tell the regular or reputable charlatan you have heart trouble he will examine you care- fully, take about $75 away from you, and in- form you there Is some cardiac insufficiency. Thus enlightened you run away and take your dgtalis, satisfied you've done something about
 There is still type of difficulty in breath ing. due to advanced Brights disease (neph- ritis) which was formerly called "renal asth- ma," but this is comparatively rare.
 The true bronchial or spasmodic asthma oc- CUTS in persons of any age, in periodic attacks lasting from hours to days, with intervals of complete or comparative relief. In typical cases the most searching examination of the patient in an interval fails to elicit any indica- ton of the trouble. In this respect true spas modc asthma resembles epilepsy. By no meth- cd of examination available today can a doc- he examines in the interval between seizures though casual signs may arouse the doctors suspicion.
 TO the best of our present knowledge typical true asthma in half of all cases is on allergc, anaphylactic or atopic reaction. That means something like hives from eating shellfsh--if you're funny that way.
 cases MT Sherlock Holmes might have found task to his taste detecting the specific cause of the trouble in some of these cases A little boy suffered attacks invariably when his par ents took him out riding and his pa, doctor, assumed 1t must be some form of pollen In the country air. But by and by good doctor Ono doctor is good one for a member of his own famly) took the baby under his care, and presently found, by skin tests, that the child was sensitized to silk. It seemed his ma all rides. Well. they cleared the house of every trace of silk. including one of two of fathers dented interval of freedom from trouble.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Castor oil Treatment
 l have tried castor oil and have seen 1t used by many others, as remedy for warts, and have never known 1t to fall. (C. M)
 Answer-Yes, a great many readers have castor oil to the wart each evening for week or two will cure. Anyway you are not out much if it fails
 Improved Circulation
 Your Belly Breathing exercises have given me relief from periodic pain such as I never experienced before. (Migs C. co
 Answer-The purpose of the Belly Breath ing exercise is to improve circulation. That is why it often relieves such difficulties of wom- en. and also explains why 1t reduces excessive blood pressure. Any reader may obtain the in- structons for Belly Breathing request, in- closing stamped addressed envelope.
 Foot to Head
 Two months ago I wrote for your advice for sweating feet. I followed your directions and now have no more trouble. Hut have another c0mpiaint-my hair seems to come out too much. (H. Ho
 Answer--send stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for instructions on the care of the hair and control of dandruf. Another Specialist Gets vcxcd
 Thanks entirely tO your encouragement have gotten rid of my tonsils by tie dlathermy method. After one treatment ! ate Philadelphia pepper p0t and enjoyed every bit Of tt--which [ consider an achievement. Five years ago one of the hest throat specialists refused t0 remove my tnusiis because | have had heart. ! still have the heart. but n0 t0nsils. The specialist Il quite scxed with me, too! tB. W. O.