The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-04-22

-: ~ nation (arthrltlS1 In
the joint.
nr R.rtac Just what are the
causes is not known
but It is generally accepted that in
fections, deficiencies in certain
foods, exposure to cold and damp
ness, injuries, may all have part.
Something renders the tissues SEN
sitive to, or unable to resist, the at
tack OF certain organisms.
Infected Tonsils.
It Is almost generally agreed that
infected tonsils stand at the top OF
the list as a cause OF rheumatism
in children. It is therefore advised
that the tonsils be removed in every
child attacked by rheumatism. Sta
tistics show that the child who has
had his tonsils out is less likely to
have rheumatism and therefore Sc
rious heart complications are less
likely to develop.
Although diet and the use OF the
saicylates enter into the treatment,
physical therapy-heat of various
kinds, and massage-offers the
most relief.
It Is because rheumatism cripples
the patient and becomes chronic"
that so many patients try various
forms OF treatment often given I'm
der unskilled supervision. As the
exercise and the amount OF time
spent in going to institutions to get
the joints baked" massaged. or
exercised prevents many from re-
ceiving This form Of treatment, 1t
has been suggested that teams of
rheumatism experts physicians,
nurses, and those qualified to give
physical therapy-go among local
physicians and teach this type OF
treatment.
Types OF Overweight.
No one has been able to get out
a height, weight and age table that
will apply to every single individ-
ual. Insurance organizations come
close to q good table that will APP
ply in general way to the "aver-
age" individual but there really
isn't any average individual.
In trying to arrive at the proper
weight for one of certain height
and age there are so many points
to consider. Thus in children it
is their nearness to, or fairness from,
the age of puberty when they at
tain manhood and womanhood. In
young men and women it is the age
at which they seem to "fill out, ;"
when they get an extra padding OF
muscle and fat.
After thirty, for some reason, 1t
has been believed that it is quite
the proper thing for them to fill
out even more and attain the mid
dle-age spread" There is no real
reason for putting on this extra
weight at this time.
Then there are the three types of
build: (a) long legs, short body;
(b) short legs, long body; (c) me-
dunn length Of legs and medium
length of body. In addition to this
there is the difference in bony struc-
ture; short and tall individuals with
thin bones; short and tall individ-
uals with heavy bones; and short
and tall individuals with bones of
medium weight.
Now there are the few individ-
uals who have a thyroid gland in
the neck or the pituitary gland ~
ing on the floor of the skull, which
are not manufacturing enough juice
for the needs of the body. In the
case Of the thyroid gland it means
that there is little less of the
burning up or the use of all kinds
of foods and in the case of the pi-
tuitary gland the starch foods are
not completely used, thus allowing
storage of fat. However, the mum
Der OF these individuals would be
less than 5 per cent of the total
number of overweights.
There is also a number of indi.
viduals who are said to come from
fiat family; they consider it on.
ly natural to be fat because their
parents, uncles and aunts, or ever
their grandparents were quite fat
Most physicians are OF the opinion
that their parents, grandparents bl
other relatives we're fat because
they had the same diet habits-att
too much of the starch and fat food.
for the amount of work that they
did.
! However, the great majority o
overweights are overweight because
despite the fact that some may no
be big eaters, every one of then
is eating more than he or she need.
to supply heat and energy to tbs
body.