The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-25
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AeVA AhAhNbHNA IDVOA
 TubeFcuIouS arthrltls, occurring chiefly in children and involving ono joint, not many joints in succession, ig sometimes neglected or improperly treated aS rheumatism.
 GonOrrheaI arthrItIs, occurring in young adults and involving ono or more joints, tendon Bheaths or bur- sac, iS . painful, protracted disa- bility, complicated in not Q few cases with endocarditig and valvular daiTi- age, aild prone to leave permanent adhesiong which cripple the joint or joints, unless passive motion Is in- gtituted RS early ag subsistence of pain will permit and carried out daily. So long as doctor and patient understand, it doesn't matter what name is given to the trouble.
 Comparatively rare in joint disa- bility due to syphilis, and it occurs long years after the early or active stage of the Byhpilig has passed, Constitutional treatment of the ,lin- deriving condition iB imperative, aside from any local treatment of the affected joint.
 Past middle age, chronic disability of joints, especially knee joints and hip joints, appears to be due entirely to prolonged strain from bad posture and repeated slight injuries or sprains, which tho lowered metabo. liSni and faulty nutrition associated with advancing age or with prema- tire senility cannot cope with. Tn these cases of mild but iFigidiouBly advancing "rheumatlsm" we sec the excellent effects of iodln ration, vitamin therapy, hormone or duct less gland remedies, attention to correcting poStural faults, ingistence on suitable dail yexerciSe-all of which measures tend to increase n1etaboliSTl and improve nutrition.
 Young adults who purport to have chronic "rheumatigm" in one joint gre likely to suffer actually from the effects Of injury to the joint or in- jury to structures about the joint, such injuries as fracture, spFain, torn ligament, displaced cartilage, strain or confusion of . burSa. No intelligent person should Do content with . label of "rheuinatigin" in such circumstance. When one goes to the physician complaining of Q lame knee or lame shoulder, if the docs tor seriously regards the trouble as "rheuTnatisrn" one may fairly say: "Go you have no jdea what ais me, DOctor?" If the doctor still calls it "Fheumatigm"-well, this ig Q free country and there gre good doctors everywhere.
 Internal Arrangement Of the knee, loose cartilage, locking, Joint mice" or floating bodies and thickened synovial fringes which get caught and pinched at intervals causing sudden disability, pain, swelling and perhaps effugiOn (water on the knee) it is obviously futile to treat these surgical conditions as "arth- Fitis". The only satisfactory treat. Snent iIl such cases ig surgery.
 DscFO.lIlac strain or relaxation is too frequently maltFeated as "Ium- bago," "sciatica" or "rheumatlsn". OrthOpedic, csteopathic or physico- therapeutic treatment is the sensible remedy. To the ogteopathS belongs the credit for teaching IS the diag- nOsis and efSlcient treatment of this common disability of men and women, If had sacrosiliac strain I'd go to 6 good 0teopath for treat- ment,
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 RaW Vegetables
 Should one diglnfect carrots and other vegetables that are to be eaten raw, with chlorinated lime solution or peTcxide7 I love carrot juice and thin sliced sticks of raw carrot, but I am told thAt unless such vege- table sere digIufected I'll collect inil- lions of germs.
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 Answer-No. ecrubbing with plain soap and water and thorough rifis- ing with water ig sufIiclei1t cleaning and diginfection to protect against any harmful germs, parasites or their eggs. This applies Co apples or othar fEtik end tomatoes. which