The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-12
AsCARIs LuMBRICoIDEs HAS A BAD
 NAME BUT A GOOD RECORD


 This Is tho common round worm, tho most harmless intestinal parasite of man, in this dinary earthworm, but the lumbricoid Is paior. It varies from few inches to 1-2 feet in length and from .he thickness of Q straw to
 Most children harbor lumbricoid worms at one time or another and only rarely do the health the symptoms are seldom those which old gossps so confidently ascribe to worms. A dren who wore known to havo worms and of an equal number who wore free from worms showed that just us many without worms grit. tod their teeth in sleep as did children. who had worms This does not moan that . child who grits his teeth in sleep has no worms; on the other hand-well 1t should convince . reasonable person that the grittng of the teeth Is not Q symptom of worms" Likewise several other symptoms which occur in various slight disturbances of health: especially in children worms are certainly without spch sgnineance In fact the only way to be certain a child has ton for giving the child any kind of treatment for worms, Is the finding of the worms or the microscopic demonstration of their eggs. It was formerly a bit of auack humbug to as- sure ignorant customers that the worms are partly dissolved or broken up by the fake meds icine and therefore you can't recognize them when they are passed That's typical bit of hokum.
 There can be no uncertainty about a lumbri- cold worm or a number or them m any case; We need not discuss the remedies or the method of treatment for round worm infesta- tion. That is strictly a problem for the physi- teach people how to avoid such infestation and how to avoid certain dangers from ill advised self-treatment or quack remedies.
 The worm eggs microscopic in size. leave the human host in the intestinal discharges. In a sewer, perhaps, the worms are swallowed by mice rats. The eggs hatch in the rodents stomach, and the young larvae penetrate the stomach wall, get into the veins and are car- ried to the lungs by the blood. Thence into the bronchial tubes and eventually reach the sal The rat mouse nibbles food infecting 1t, and the food is later eaten by the child. Mice and rats are probably the general agents in the dis tribution of Ascaris lumbricoides to man. Man does not infect his neighbor directly. Fresh worm eggs ingested by child pass through the matching into larvae must be done by the inter- mediate host. usually rodent, sometimes pig,
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 What Do You Mean Old-Fashi0ned? see you often recommend drinking good old-fashiOned milk. But where can person get such milk nowadays? It is said consump. ton has increased since tne tuberculin-testinG of cows became common. (R. R.) '" | o,d Fashioned milk. Certified Mix is the only raw milk can recommend. Often a satisfac- tory raw milk is available from some farmer or daryman who delivers to your home--but you should have the approval of your local health officer or your own physician. If con. sumption has increased since the practice oi tubefeuuu~testiuk Nhb aHttouucsu, " is III bpltt of that excellent precaution. The trouble fl that too many herds or animals are not tuber- culIn tested, and it is these that fufnish milk which is likely to contain bovine tubercle bacii. II. Of course all the animals in a Certified MiIx herd are tuberculin-tested and also care. fully examined at intervals by the veterinary if Certified MIX is available and you can afford G. it is always the finest. purest and safest milk as well as the most satisfactory in nutrition Certified Milk is raw milk. and must not bs confused with low grade milk which is labelled Pasfeurized. pasteurization means the milk hai been parboiIsd 10 kill disease germs in it. (copyright 1885, John v. Diiie Col