The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-08
HOW TO GET PLENTY OF
 VITAMIN A

A nice dish of dandelion greens, taken from a field where the dogs haven't beaten you to it, yields 30,- 900 units of vitamin A-if anybody cares for dandelion greens or for vitamin A. I'm not crazy about either, although I go for spinach, beet greens, lettuce, raw cabbage, escarole, turnip greens and water cress, not because they are all rich in vitamin A but because like 'em.
 However, you needn't eat any of these folders just to get plenty of vitamin A, If you have queer ob- sessions against such foods, for there is plenty of vitamin A in any number of everyday foods of most people. For example, Prof. Edward Mellanby'S high vitamin A diet, which he recommends for multiple disseminated sclerosis, trigeminal neuralgia and migraine consists of these essentials daily: to pints of milk, two eggs, mammalian liver, green vegetables and carrots, and two teaspoonfuls of cod liver oil.
 Foods especially rich in vitamin A are liver, egg yolk, carrots, sweet potato, yellow cheese of any kind, cream, butter, banana, tomato or tomato juice (fresh or canned), spinach, lettuce, escarole, dandelion greens, beet greens, turnip greens, watercress, lettuce, romaine lettuce, ka1e, green peppers, fresh or dried yellow peaches, green peas, dried prunes, squash, parsley, chard, broc- coli, dried apricots, fresh apricots, fresh milk, evaporated imlk, dried milk. Nearly all foods that are na- turally green or yellow contain con- siderable vitamin A.
 How NOT to get plenty of vita min A is more difficult question to answer. One would have to choose 8 freakishly restricted diet in order to achieve a shortage of vitamin A, and A-vitaminosis, as doctors call it.
 Still, we do not know as yet what particular digestive disturbance or deficiency in assimilation or in me- tabolism or utilization and storage of vitamin A in the body may cause A-vitaminosis or A-hypovitaminosis Off you can take it in such large chunks now) even though there may be plentiful supply of vitamin A in the food.
 Observations made in schools and other institutions in this country and in England seem to show that a more liberal intake of vitamin A than is provided in even a well bal anced diet promotes better growth, development and immunity to den- tai carries or decay of teeth and to cri Common respiratory infections) in growing children.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Advantage of Being a Poor Risk
 Doctor employed by clinic says that at the clinic they reserve the injection method for hernias in per- sons who are poor surgical risks. So the poor chap with a small hernia and sufficient vitality gets the work! (W. F. L., M. D.
 AnSwer-In that same clinic, where only a few years ago the big oAloto nag 6koOCAAdAAy AOAAASA .Sdo- toners that the diathermy method of extirpating tonsils was mo good, they now use the method in many cases when the patients return complaining of the chunks of tonsils left after tonsillectomy. We live and learn, but slowly.
 Fair Weather
 The calcium-phosphorus- -vitamin D you recommended has done me a world of good, during g stormy menopause. Have not had any hot flashes for over two months now, and that is certainly blessed relief. (Mrs. B. B. A)
 Answer-I have a monograph on Menopause (change of life, contain ing instructions for relief of hot flashes. For copy send three-cent- stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress. Do not send clipping of this item or loose stamps.
 Soap Is Good Antiseptic
 On suggestion of medical friend