The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-27
THE KING CAN HAVE RHEUMATISM

London news items says the Prince of Wales held a levee recently on behalf of the king who is still unable to wear q uniform because of rheumatism in the left shoulder.
 item op if r t 9urs wmo sent Tn the a low chortle of glee. The English he re- marked are very stubborn about such things
 About keeping king who is king in name only? Or about clnging to name for pain. soreness stiffness or lameness inflammation that means nothing now?
 King George Is second only to our own President Roosevelt in my admiration and af- lection, and Queen Mary. for the way she wears two give Mrs Franklin b. Roosevelt for the way she fits in her place.
 Away back when Ringing was a good racket tient complained of his bones joints, limbs iig- aments, muscles, nerves fasciae all the doc tor had to do was point to the damp climate, the cold weather or the penetratin' fog, and the poor goof decided it must be rheumatism l wonder if the kings rheumatism might not be the kind had three years ago. Mine was in the shoulder too. didn't a uniform once while I had it, and 1t only with difi- culty that I wore even smile. l was just as dumb as any other doctor is about his own ailments. It never occurred to me to do any thing about. I just drifted along querulousy, until by luck l happened to get the opposite shoulder fractured, and only then was the na- ture of my rheumatz disclosed in the x-ray picture of the uninjured shoulder made for comparison. It was not neurits at all. It was subdeltoid bursitis Had known that months before l might have avoided lot of cantan- kerousness by having the bursa surgically re- moved.
 Inflammation of this little lubricating pad under the bony tip of the shoulder is the cause of many stiff painful shoulders. Pressure with the finger there detects the tenderness of the bursa The inflammation is caused by injury or strain In some cases, by infection in some cases Movement of the arm outward and upward Is particularly painful So 1t Is held stiff, and this habit after weeks or months, permits ad- hesions to form and the disability becomes per- posed by proper manipulation and later active I exercise at the right time. It is only in the early acute stage that the arm should be nursed, perhaps carried in a sling
 By all odds the best medical treatment for such painful stiff shoulder is diathermy, a daily half hour or longer. for two weeks, and if in that time the trouble does not subside, then surgical removal of the bursa is indicated, otherwise the prospect is months of pain and disability.
 In some cases relief has followed forcible manipulation of the shoulder under anesthesia of course. to break ID all adhesions. Personally I'd rather have the bursa removed if 1t came
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ,~
 Why Is the Common Bath Tub? fs
 You often say good soap and water clcans- ing is sufficient to make thing safe for use after sickness. Why then is not good SCOUT ing and scrubbing ard flushing sufficient to make bath tub fit to use after well person? (M. W.)
 Answer-certainly the tub may be cleaned and made safe enough for any one to use But why use q tub if the place rates shower bath? The shower bath is the only hygienic bath. In future bath tubs will not be tolerated in hotels many patrons. Candid1y, isn't bath tub even now rather an anchronism in the modern home?
 No Pumping of Arms
 To settle an argument please repeat what you said about the ordinary pumping method as being better than the use of q pulmotor for rcsuscitating Q person from drowning (Miss c. M. T)
 Answer-Impossible because have never said such thing What have often said is that the Schafer prone- pressure method of ar- tificiaI respiration is preferable in any case to any machine. Send stamped envelope bear ing your address, and inclose dime for an H. frustrated booklet on "Resuscitation." , Attention Nyctalopcs Is 1t true that such person as q nyctaIope exists? If so, how is 1t that such person can see only in darkness? O. S)
 Answer-NyctaIopia means condition fin which one sees well fin daylight or bright light, hut poorly in the dark. You have confused 1t with day blindness, hemeralopiai in which the person cannot see well in very bright light, but ] sees better in shadow. twilight or dusk.