The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-22

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'&"<'''S"&S = H'a. no pain in the chest,
Dr R.rton no splitting of blood.
However, since the
discovery of the valuable help that
an X-ray of the chest can give, this
method of examination is now used
everywhere to prove or disprove
the existence of a tuberculous spot
or spots in the lung tissue.
Death Rate at Its Lowest.
When we remember that some
years ago a victim of tuberculosis
was doomed just as was victim
of perniciouS anaemia and diabetes
until quite recently, it is crafty
ing to know that the fight against
tuberculosis is now successful. Thus
during the past year the death
rate from tuberculosis in North
America is the lowest it has ever
been.
The treatment has not varied dur
ing the past thirty years; it con-
sists of fresh air and sunshine, rest,
and nourishing food. When the tenn
perature keeps at normal, light ex-
ercise is given which is, gradually
increased up to five hours of light
work daily.
Rest is the biggest factor in the
treatment because every movement
of the body means that little more
air must be breathed into the lungs
and if the lungs are to heal they also
must be resting, as much as pos
sible.
Causes Of Underweight.
When an individual is apparent
ly going down hill physically, face
pale, skin pallid or "dirty-looking,"
loss of strength, loss of weight, dis
like for any mental or physical
work, pains in joints and muscles,
tongue pale, fabby and easily
marked or indented by the teeth,
then it is not hard to understand
that something is certainly wrong
in the body somewhere. If little red
spots appear on the skin, first on the
legs and later on other parts,
which spots later become quite large
as if blood were Immediately un-
der the skin, and sWellings appear
in the bend of the elbows and knees,
the physician knows that he has a
| we'll developed case of scurvy to
treat.
Scurvy, or scorbitis as it is called,
is due to lack of vitamin c in the
| food that is eaten and so fruit and
| vegetables containing this vitamin-
canned or fresh-is the immediate
treatment. These foods are oranges,
lemons, combined with meat juice
or the white of egg, later followed
by other foods containing vitamin c,
that is potatoes, watercress, raw
cabbage, onions, carrots, turnips,
tomatoes.
However, physicians have been re-
alizing for some years now that
there are other conditions in the
body in which, though the symp-
toms are not so outstanding as in
scurvy, are nevertheless due to a
lack of some necessary mineral or
vitamin in the foods eaten; at least
not enough of these substances to
fulfill the needs of this particular
individual.
Thus a patient may be pale, lack
strength, have little or no appetite,
and an examination of the blood will
show that anaemia-lack of iron
is present. Although the iron con-
tanned in all the cells of the body
Us only l part in $4,000 of the body
weight, nevertheless every one OF
these tiny cells must have some
iron in it if it is to do its work
properly. The foods containing, or
rich in, iron are meat Especially
liver), egg yolk, leafy vegetables
spinach, dandelion greens-beans
and peas, fresh and dried.
Another mineral that is often
lacking, one which is needed for
building bone and teeth, building
nerve tissue and making the blood
more sticky and thus helping the
healing of sores, ulcers, and other
skin conditions is calcium, or lime
as it is usually called. The indi-
vidual wonders why he feels so
weak, lacks appetite, and has little
resistance to ailments. The treat
ment here is the eating Of foods
that are rich in lime. The foods
rich in lime are spinach, cauli-
flower, turnip, dried peas and beans,
dates, figs, raisins, milk, cheese,
egg-yolk.
1t is surprising the way an in
crease in the foods containing iron
and calcium, most of which are like
wise rich in phosphorus also, in
crease the weight, appetite, and gen.
eral health and strength of many
rundown individuals.