The Coolidge examiner., 1937-06-24

causing too much
pain and increases the blood circu-
lation in the part.
AS you know objects are lighter"
under water and so the raising or
movement of a crippled or sore arm
or leg under water is done with less
effort and pain than when out of the
water.
In Europe there are many bath"
sanatoriums in charge of physicians
of high standing. These physicians
are called balneologists (balnec
meaning BATH.
What German Experts Say of 1t.
The Berlin correspondent of the
Journal of the American Medical
Association reports paper read by
Balneologist Hartel before the Ber-
lin Medical society recording the
good results obtained by the under
water method employed at Warm
Springs, Ga. Films showing patients
under systematic exercise under wa
ter were exhibited.
At this same meeting DR.. Scholtz
of the Virchow hospital in Berlin
spoke Of his experiments with lame
persons. Movement in a crippled
arm or leg is almost always first
made possible by the removal OF
its weight in water; after the first
movements, continued regular bath
ing and exercise increase the
strength of the limb and its power
to control movement. The removal
of the weight of the limb because it
is under water allows the patient to
exert his whole power and attention
on the movement instead of on the
effort of the lifting of the weight of
the arm or leg.
A child shown by DR.. Scholtz who
had been entirely crippled by in
fantile paralysis had now the nor
NAL use of his limbs after receiving
this treatment.
This underwater treatment should
be of great help in loosening up
old stiff rheumatic joints, or in in
jured joints where the pain of move
ment has brought on stiffness.
Underweight Who Feels Ill.
A physician meeting friend on
the street jokingly criticized him for
allowing himself to get so fat; in
fact added a little warning as to
the consequences of carrying so
much extra weight.
The friend quite calmly replied,
We'll, I've just been down to the
hospital to see a very thin friend Of
mine who is confined there. AS
went through the wards l had a
chance to look into few private
rooms as I was passing. I didn't
see any fat patients; they were all
very thin"
Generally speaking thin men and
thin women may live longer than
those who are fat but there is a
degree of leanness or underweight
that carries with it nervousness,
lack of energy, lack of concentra-
ton, and early fatigue. These indi-
viduals feel so weak and dispirited
that they are constantly consulting
not only their own physician but
many others. And the strange thing
is that after careful examination
conditions as blood pressure slightly
below level, and the temperature
slightly below normal, there is. in
most cases, no organic condition
found.
In many cases the reason these
thin individuals do not feel well is
because they have been born with
nerves" Other cases have ac-
quired nerves" because of some
underlying defect in the body, or
because they have been under Sc
we're strain or emotional disturb.
anceS.
DR.. E. V. McCollum in his book,
Food, Nutrition and HEALTH" thus
describes these thin patients;
These are the restless. active,
and over-conscientious people wko
habitually work beyond their capac-
ity, because their strength is SO linn
tied They worry and expect the
worst. They are possessed with
fear for their health, fear Of failure
in business or occupation, fear for
the safety of family and friends
Most of them have digestive dis
tu1 oances."