The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-03-27

pounds. The usual
~ dosage, however, Is
9MM@As prescribed IN accord
=. a.-... ance with the weight.
one Weighing $50
pounds taking half the size Of the
dose OF another Weighing 300 pounds.
This would be simple enough Z
cept that all overweights do not react
the same to the drug. Thus q gets .
skin rash, another abdominal symp-
toms. another the symptoms Of shock.
all BY the use Of the average" dose.
while others take almost twice the
average dose with no symptoms ex-
cept that Of heat and profuse sweating.
The fact that must always be re-
membered Is that while fat Is q liabil-
lty or menace to health, nevertheless
while It was being put on It was In q
gradual manner, and the body was able
to add the few ounces daily without
trouble. Similarly II fat ID to be re-
moved you can understand that It
should be removed In the same grad
ual manner and there viii thus be no
'.shock" to the system which Is the
danger In using fat reducing drugs.
AS stated by Dr.. L. r. Bishop. Ford
ham university, some months ago.
.Fat may be removed BY taking certain
drugs, but only ct the expense Of
strength and health, ana~an saiarming
weakness of the heart often results.
The reduction OF weight BY drugs dis
turbs other organs In the body.
May Cause Shock.
Now while dinitrophenol does not
put the extra work on the heart that
Is done by other drugs-thyroid ex-
tract for Observation-Disclosures the
severe sweating and the rapid loss Of
the fat. which fat may be supporting
certain organs. 90 upsets the usual
workings Of these organs that shock
or III health may result.
Drs. Tainter. Stockton and Cutting
state that sc effective Is the drug In
burning up the tissues that the tenn
.perature Of the body Is raised and the
drinking Of much water to dissipate
the heat is urged. The treatment was
administered to 40 patients and the
average loss of weight was II pounds
In an average treatment period OF So
days. Thus II you divide the amount
OF the average weight loss (17) BY
the number Of days 1857 It shows that
the average daily weight loss was be-
tween three and four ounces.
venture to say that any physician
by studying his patients food needs,
supervising q carefully selected re-
ducing diet, and prescribing an In
creased mount Of exercise-however
slight-an obtain a weight reduction
of three to four ounces daily without
shock or danger to the patient, and
the patient will be stronger at the end
OF the said So days than before the
weight was reduced.
coronary Thrombosis
YOU are reading very often these
! days of individuals dying Of cor.
onary thrombosis.
This means that the coronary artery
or bloodvessel that carries the blood
to the heart muscle so as to enable II
to squeeze blood but through the big
tube to all parts Of the body has be-
come blocked by a clots Of blood called
d thrombus. Naturally n blood can
not get through this vessel which is
the size Of . goose quill then the
heart win have no strength with which
70 pump and the patient will die.
However all these patients do moi
die because when the blood finds that
II cannot enter this bl0odyessel be-
cause the clot or thrombns blocks L
then Il makes it, way around this
vessel through smaller tubes or blood.
vessels and gives the heart muscle
enough strength to keep pumping the
blood.
Dr.. Warren B. Cooksey, Detroit, Ia q
paper read before the Central Society
for Clinical Research. Chicago, says
that II the shock Of the attack ID not
too great and the patient lives for /
few weeks afterwards. he often viii
recover % completely and .the blood
circulation supplying the heart nluscls
viii 70 thoroughly re-este6lish itseIf
n Time tllnt many usefQ1 ytSi1 van
semSl1 % M Individual
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