The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-05

temperately than he can possibly get from abuse of tobacco. What constitutes excess or abuse perhaps varies with circumstances. For most of us, any indulgence at all in the course of the days work or play is excessive, in my opinion. Tobacco Is least injurious and most enjoyable in the after-dinner hour of relaxation when the ray is overl I am speaking of adults. I believe tobacco is invariably injurious to children, and in the sense of phys iological development we are all children until we attain the age of 22 to 25 years. So far as know. it is immaterial whether the to- bacco is used in the form of cigar cite, pipe, chewing or snuff.
 Hard work or overwork has been held responsible for prema- ture decline or waning vitality in some instances. I believe the ex- cesses and poisonings already men tioned are the real facotrs in such cases. S. s
 Worry, stress, anxiety, fear, hat red, envy, jealousy and anger may indeed be hard on the arteries, for these emotions cause an outpour- ing of excessive adrenin from the adrenal glands into the blood stream, and adrenin raises the blood pressure. With any such emotion there is repression or SUD- precision of the impulse to overt action, and that is why it does harm. The adrenin speeds up all the vital functions, and the effect is comparable with racing an auto- mobile engine or throwing 8 belt off the fywheel. The excitement of the spectator vat football or baseball game has a similar effect. It is the spectators arteries, not the players, that must bear the brunt. It is in the grandstand that the gravest casualties occur. Ac- tion. exercise, muscular work of one kind or another is the anti dote for the poison of these emo- tions. Do something. If you can't fight or run away, you can at least go into a dance. or chin yourself or run upstairs or take a walk or move the piano. s Give your arteries a break. Don't just sit there and take 1t.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 7 sToper's Pimples
 Besides drinking few glasses of beer each week generally con- sume about a pint of liquor one evening each week. Now T am decked out with a crop of ugly pimples- almost resembling boils, over my cheeks and nose and con siderable redness of the skin [. (W. M.)
 .Answer-Well, well, at last we find a toper with a rum blossom. Nine times out of ten the victim of acne rosacea, toper's pimples, rum blossom, is teetotaler. Send stamped addressed envelope and mention your troublesome ros- acea or rum blossom.
 Calcium Lactate
 Following your suggestion of calcium lactate for. migraine head aches and hay fever. began talk ing the tablets early in February, and have had no headaches and no signs of hay fever so far. Other years I was always sueezing and miserable the latter part of March (Mrs. B.. J. M.)
 Answer-Thank you for the re- port. am glad to send any reader who asks for it and incloses stamped envelope bearing his ad- dress, a monograph on hay fever. or one on migraine headache. and I am always grateful to receive brief reports of the experience have, whether favorable or not.
 suIphite Pulp
 was very susceptible to colds before I came to work in the sul- phite pulp mill. but have had none at all since. Could the inhalation of the sulphur dioxide fumes ac- count for this. Some men who have been much exposed to almost suf- locating sulphur dioxide here claim it cures or prevents tuberculosis. c. B.)
 Answer-It may cause chronic bronchitia or chronic rhinitis, but there is no evidence that 1t pre- vents any type of respiratory in- lection or disease.
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