The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-07
LIVER COMPLAINT HAS GONE OUT OF
FASHION

Choieeysttis tkol.e-sist- eye-tis) has succeed.
ca liver complaint as n never falling subject
OF bridge table conversation, now that nearly
everybody has learned whore and how the gall
Many cases Of gall. bladder trouble, with, or
without gallstonos, present complications which
demand surgical relief pronto. Some cases, with
symptoms Tor years or perhaps ever. Between
these two groups 10 another group Of cases Of
SnrSn &c Of the which
In recent contribution to American Medi-
cine an Iowa physician, DIR b. L. Knight ,of
Cedar RAPIDS, offers some practical obserya--
IL concerned DR. Knight ~ q butttr and egg
man-aithough fat free diet Is usually advised
In the more acute or severe case OF gaii.sae
trouble the feeding of butter, egg yolk and
other fats 10 actually beneficial In the more
chronic Or milder cases, particularly In tho pc
ooas you he its IN
emptying and draining It. This might be pain
full In the presence OF acute Inflammation, but
In not painful, and Ii rather beneficial, In the
more chronic cases.
Years ago "non-surgicai hillary drainage"
was introduced and wildly used In the conserya-
volved the use OF tho duodenal tube--a refined
but somewhat extended stomach tube--through
which the medication was injected into tho du
0dcnum and the bile specimen was withdrawn
for examination.
Such drainage IL accomplished practically as
Knight:
Tho patient must go without food or water
for four hours before starting treatment.
Thon no must lie OH the light sido and must
not arise for any purpose within two hours.
OF the medicine. No other liquids are al.
lowed during the trcatmont which comprises
from four 70 pix " these quarter.hourly
doses by mouth. One-half hour after tho last
dose OF medicine the patient must take q
slice OF heavily buttered toast or yolk OF egg.
DR. Knight thinks The medicine (dcscrbed be.
low merely removes edema or DOGGY swelling
from the bil tract, Lftr which some fat (butter
or egg yolk) IL necessary to stimulate contrac.
tIon OF tho gall-bladder and expulsion OF its
contents into the du0denum (intostine)- lin
ther words, bile drainage. He believes the du-
odennl tube itself may produce tho contractions
In the ordinary method Of hillary drainage.
Tho results OF this simpler method of hillary
drainage are judged by tho relief Of distress
and by the dark green or black deJccta, obvi-
ously from the flow OF bile The drainage favors
the passage OF small gallstones when these are
present. Then tho drainage causes pain or falls
to give relief, 1t ID time to consider surgical In
terVention.
Many patients using this simple hillary
drainage from three to six times year expert.
encc, enough relief to carry on In comfort.
The medicine consists Of all the epson
salts three ounces Of elixir 81 1aetated pep
SIN Will dissolve, with one ounce Of gyc.
Grin added after tho salts are dissolved
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
IrItis
Please tell me what iritls IL and VI 10 ID harm.
full 20 the eyes. III. NJ
, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF the iris. The iris IL
the curtain Of tho eye, that coored ring around
the pupil Tho iris contains pigment which
gives the eye It's characteristic color, and mus
clio hbers which enable It o contract or dilate
the pupil or the size of the aperture through
which light enters the eye. In albinos the pig.
ment Is absent and the plnkish hue IL due to
the reflection through the iris Of the red blood
vessels In the eyeba1l All eyes are blue ut birth
becoming augmented after several weeks.
blue" eyes or gray" eyes or "black" Dyes are
10 only hgurativeiy. Tho pigment OF the Iris
In brown In all races and all persons. IHnamma-
ton of the iris, irItis III dangerous because the
exudate may cause adhesions Of tho iris to the
lens and 80 Impair vision. This II least likely to
happen II the trouble IL promptly treated by
the eye physician.
Brown Paper
! press breakfast beacon between folds Of
brown paper 10 get some Of the grease and
smoky taste out OF II. II there anything In the
composition OF brown paper 10 do harm? (Nirs
y. KY CfN
Answer-No.
fake BreatIler
What ~ the deep breathing stunt which you
prescribe for 10 many trOIbles3 (E. w. F)
Answer---I do not recommend deep BREATH
Ing" Perhaps you refer 10 Belly Breathing.
That H. described In the booklet NThe Art OF
Easy Breathing" send q dime (not stamps)
Copyright 1888. John ,. Ollie Col.