The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-17

the intima or lining of the arteries only is affected and the victim is laughing at doctors and their pills and potions. Second, the stage of hesitation, when the middle or muscle coat of arteries becomes in- volved and the blood pressure goes up bit and the victim experiments with vacations, baths, changes of climate, nerve tonics, digestive tab- lets and funny diets. Finally there is the stage of resignation when the heart and kidneys participate in the degeneration and the victim gets around to consult physician to see if there isn't some cure for his ex- hausted nerves, something to stave off the cold gradations of decay. Dr. Osler wrote fifty years ago T am more and more impressed with the part played by overeating in induc- ing arterioSclerosis." Knowledge of nutrition acquired since Osler's time adds increasing weight to the mod ern view that arteriosclerosis is a nutritional disorder, and overeating is concerned chiefly in the way have endeavored to explain earlier, namely through the use of an excess sive proportion of refined food which fails to supply the minerals and vi- tamins required for normal metabo- lism.
 Keep this in mind when you hear or read of persons of advanced age enjoying extraordinary vite or health or youth notwithstanding their lifelong habits of hearty eat- ing. It is not the quantity of nutri- ment that matters but the relative proportions of calcium, phospherous, iron and vitamins in the daily ra- tions.
 In my case remember that any, thing you do now to increase or im- prove vite will rebound to the pro- longation of youth in after years. We hand you the keys - it is for you to determine whether you will use them.
 Seventeen Astray
 POstoffice returned seventeen let ters tOday-an average Iot-because the careless correspondents had fail- ed to name the City. These corre- spondents complain bitterly when they fail to receive reply from me. Come On,, now, let every correspond ent decide to name his home town after all. it is nothing to be ashamed of. Don't say "City" or "L0caF and expect the postoffice people to find you.
 Degeneration
 Friend of mine had most of her teeth extracted year ago, now has only IA left. She has not had any false teeth made. She has lost a lot of weight and looks bad. IS. W.
 Answer For every tooth lost and not immediately replaced with denture which will carry on its function, cancel a year or two from the individuals life expectation. How can your friend be so foolish as to think she can maintain fair vite with less than half of her teeth? The new denture, bridge, plate or whatever it is to be, should be made AAhiACOldCCly dlGCI Cllc cAITdCGlOIl dIlQ warn without any interval of tooth- lessness. This should be the prac- tice of everybody with a grain of health sense.
 Tuberculosis Meningitis
 A month ago we lost child with tuberculous meningitis. We have an- other child aged 4 years who has complained twice lately of stiff neck. Tuberculin skin tests proved positive. Our doctor says whether X-ray proves positive or negative we should have spinal puncture =, (G. S.)
 Answer - I should proceed as though the positive skin test indi- cates active tuberculosis-of course it does not. But I'd give the child the same general treatment as though active tuberculosis were present-open air sun baths special diet, etc. I should not have spinal puncture.
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