The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-24
A LARGE REPERTOIRE OF COUGHS

An infant or young child will cough mos | nlnrmngly to mother or nurse) from q simple
 coryza. especially in tho early hours of the night Much of this useless coughing may Do prevent
 ed by placing the child prone. if you are sure you know what that means, and without | pillow or with a very small pillow. I We described in earlier winterview tho | elephant cough thnt may be caused by irrltn- | ton of Arnold's nerve, branch of the grea PneumogaBtric or lung stomach nerve, tha | supplies sensation to the skin fin tho outer cai | canal. Accumulation of hardened ear wax haf | kept many n patient coughing clcphantly anG
 doctor guessing indcfatigabIy for months or | end.
 | Just to give you n general idea of how mucf | territory doctor has for guessing about the
 cause of cough, let mo mention q few of tho
 possibilities, as noted by pr Charles Lyman
 Greene in his textbook on Medical Dngnosis 1 "Adenoids," enlarged tonss. impacted
 cerumcn, granular pharyngitis, hypcrtrophy | of the lingual tonsl enlarged turblnates, I chronic disease of the accessory slnuscs, goit- 1 CT. chronic heart disease, diseases of the llv- | CT, enlarged bronchial glands, ancurysm, | fncdia5tinal growth, dOrsal cdricB, occupa- ton, habit, and Imitation, arc soino of the l other potential possible conditions to be | considered aside from affections of the bron- Chi, lungs and pleurae.
 The experienced physician can ruo out most | of these possibilities on routine examination | but tho lnymhn can never tell from his own
 sensations or from the character of the cough | what may or may not bc causing it. It is .re-
 markable that tho cough produced by deep | seated lung or Dleural lesion often feels as | though 1t were just slight throat tickling, md
 on tho other hand cough really due to trining
 nose or throat irritation may feel and sound at | though it comes from away down deep In the | chest.
 These nrc some of the things doctor thinks
 about when ho is spending n night working
 over h bhby poisoned by morphine in harm | less little cough cure recommended to the iB-
 norant parents by the kind gentleman who runs
 She neshborhood drug store.
 Pleursy ond certain cases of pulmonary tuberculosis orc tho only conditions l can think | of, where it ls for tho patients benefit to sup
 press the cough. In all other conditions oi
 which cough ls Il symptom the uGe of opium | morphine, cOdelnG, heroine, chloroform, paro' l g0rc, dlpnin and other narcotics Is generally | harmful md sometimes dangerous Aside from | tho danger of opium or narcotic poisoning | these 40 called cough BcdatlycS lull tho victim Into false sense of improvement when per-
 haps the illness is rapidly growing worse. be. | llcye the early resort to ono or another noS | rum purportinR to "cure' cough is tho straw
 that converts many q mild bronchitis into ( | grave pneumonia.
 | As a rule q reasonable amount of coughing is good for what ails you. and If 1t comes to 2 question of quictng or .guppreBsing the cougf | tho method or means of doing this should bt | left entirely to your physicIan's Judgment
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Sun Glasses
 Which arc best to wear when one has to fact
 the glare of the sun-smokcd glasses, blue green OF amber goggles?
 Answer---Grecnish or amber tinted glass give tho best protection against tho ultraviolet rays Various special glasses used for goggles are OK
 cellent If you wear glasses ordinarily. 1t is bet ter to have a pair of plain tinted or smoked giasses to woar over them when you have tt face the strong sunlight.
 Apology to Our Smoking Readers A year ago you gave us an interesting article on Tbr0ni bOangiltis ObIltcrans and you said ex cessiye smoking Is an important contributini | cause. Recently you gave another talk on fh' effects of tObaccO on health and mentioned nu mcrOug ailments it causes but said nothing
 smoker am interested. (W. N. s.) Answer--I like to have readers interested | but not scared. I did omit thrombo.nngiiti obhterans from the list of III effects of exceg siye use of tobacco. An oversight Note that | | is the excessive use of tobacco that does harm not temperate smoking.