The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-06

I lO pIOu 0CC SAANNso' ~--~ how can we determine whether the | daily excretion of minute quan- tity of lead through the kidneys damages the kidneys? If such damage occurs, it takes years for | the signs of chronic interStitial ne- phritis to develop. Meanwhile the diagnosis, whether of chronic lead | poisoning or nephfitis (Brights disease) e arteriosclerosis, or neu- ritis or rheumatism" or headache or anemia or mental alteration or depression or stomach trouble or | unexplained weakness of a given muscle or muscle group or an un- explained rise in blood pressure, is matter of your physicians opin- ion.
 Chemical tests of the excretions for lead give unsatisfactory results, for the reason already mentioned. No one knows where to draw the line.
 A microscopic examination of the blood gives better index. It seems that constant manifesto tion of the presence of harmful quantity of lead is a peculiar stip- bling or spotting of the red cor puscles in the blood specimen stained for microscopic examina- tion. But the technic of this test 1 is difficult and tedious and the | reading of the result is, after alal, | arbitrary. Probably the most satisfactory gauge of the question in any case | is the clinical test. No harm will be done by a de-leading diet Glow calcium and medication which aids or promotes excretion of lead, and if two or three weeks of this fails to bring about Improvement it is reasonable to conclude that | the trouble is not due to lead poi soning.
 l The low calcium diet contains no milk, no cheese, no eggs, very little fruit or vegetables. It includes meat, potato, liver, tomatoes, rice. canned corn, bahamas, raw apples or baked apples or applesauce, but | ter, bread made without milk, soda biscuits, crackers, sugar, pepper, salt. No nuts, no peanuts.
 1 Readers need not ask me what medication aids or promotes ex- erection of lead. That is for the patients physician to decide. The low calcium diet is only for mild chronic lead poisoning. More acute or severe trouble would be aggra- vated by such treatment. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Tom, Dick and Harry | I am subject to chronic constipa- tion. Every one tells me 1t means ruin of health unless there is a movement at least once, better three times a day. But notice mapy of your followers claim they go for week (M. CD Answer-The quaint suggestion that 1t means ruin if you fail to take physic emanates from the in- terests that sell physic. Don't argue. send ten cents coin and stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress, for booklet "The Constipa- tion Habit"
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 started reading your articles about the time married three years ago and now expect a baby in october. Have you any instruc. tons which may help to give my baby the right start? (Mrs. l.. Al
 Answer-rhank you for the tes. timonial. Send stamped envelope bearing your address, for instruc. lions for the prospective mother inclose a dime # you also want q copy of the Brady Baby Book.
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