The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-10
BESIDES TT Is BETTER HYGIENE TO BE
 YOURSELF

The function of the diaphragm breathing. is automatic though not involuntary. Cogitating this dual character of the great breathing mus cle one wonders whether the power to restrain and augment its action was not acquired late In evolution and whether this power is not rather q detrmcnt than an advantage to civil lzed man.
 Among more than q score of youths exam med for physical fitness ror q coveted appoint ment an engineering student stood out by req son of his fine physique and his extraordinary chest eXpansion--a good five inches compared with the two inches expansion most of the normal adults. But this one phenomenal youth was rejected on account of incipient tubcrcu- losis of the lungs. How come?
 In the days of boiled shirts, toothpick shoes | toelng out and free liver at the butcher shop the prototype of Lionel Superb Manhood was laying the foundation for the lucrative line of quackery that is piled today by the brood who sell mai il-ordcr "courses' in so-calcd physical culture" "health culture" "vital breathing" Internal bathing" "sucess psychology und the like. This gullible youth had taken quite un . questoningy the suggestion that n large chest expansion "strcnGthencd' the lungs and so pro. tccted against such "weakness' ns consump. ton. By diligence in his daily practice he had learned how to expand the upper chest abnor- mally-just IS any young person may learn to eontort tho body for freak show purposes. Along with that vagary the young man nad aD. sorbed certain other lessons taught by these | self -conHituted experts on health. such as the notions that regular physlcians, are all pretty dishonest and medical science is largely lot of wild theories which any barbcrshop savant | can ghatter between puffs on his cignret. The young wscacre inevitably came to believe that the right food plenty of fresh air. cold baths and tho interesting exercises prescribed by the | professor insured one radiant health So it seemed downright foolish to the fatuous victim, | to consult pikcr medical practitioner when he had what he called n "cold that hung on." In. stead he wrote to tho professor for more de- tailed instructions about the exercises. fasting baths. etc. and so he got along famousy until by this accident q diagnosis of his disease was made.
 | IPt,n l. quite common. The business of teaching the youth of the country things that arc not about | health Is the main support of our large wood pulp magazine publishing industry. Most of the popular publications would quickly disappear if the freak and fad healers and health vendor should cease angling for new customers and | attempt to coast along for n few months on the good will of their old victims! No chance oi that, for there is the test which dlstinguishes the honest doctor from the quack. The honest doctor is content to let his satisfied patients tel the world how good he Is.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Canned Versus Dried
 Expectant mother |. Husband out of work. am trying to can vegetables for winter use. have had trouble keeping spinach and kaIc wonder if these would be just as nOurishing fl I dried them for winter use? (Afrs T)
 Answer-Yes. Both canning and drying would destroy the vitamins in them. But otherwise the nourishng values are preserved as well in the dried in the canned articles.
 EIocutiOn Instruction
 am nervous" I suppose should say afraid, when think of going any place OI meeting and talking with people. even visiting my husbands place of business. Would clo cutiOn lessons help me to overcome this? (Mrs G. F.)
 | Answer-Yes. So will swimming lessons oi music lessons. provided you have strict teach | CT.
 | Starch Is Food
 | Awful craving for starch right out of tn, package. Am not an expcctant mother. NJ, doctor said he never heard of such a thing be forc (Nrs H. A. B.)
 | Answer-It is a harmless craving. Starch i good food, raw or cooked. Try chewing some wheat or oats or wild or brown rice, or raw carrots turnip or whatever other raw vegetabl, you like. All these things wholesome. O. course you will wash everything we'll befor, you eat It.
 l Mental Examination
 Husband cries. says something tells hin something Is going to happen to him or rue refuses to sec doctor. says just worry driving him crazy, thinks everybody says things to hur him and that people blame him because ncighbor died of T. B. (Nirs 0. M. WI
 Answer-Ask your physician to come to tn, house to sec you. and let him observe and tall with your husband while there. Or ask tn, judge of any court of record tcounty court o hgherD to name commission of physicians {, pass on your husbands mental state and advis about his treatment
 | (Copvrirht. 1888. John F. Dille Co.,,