The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-29
Medical Care
nv LOGAN CLENDEN1NG, M. d.

ture." he was III a DARK IOO1II
reading X-ray plates and heart
tracings and laboratory tests.
How close is it to realization
that a doctor can tell about a
patient this way without see-
ing the patient?.
In my opinion, it is far from
close. 1 believe that IS per cent OF
all valuable information that a doc
tor gets for purposes of diagnosis
and treatment comes from talking
with the patient and examining
with the eyes and hands and the
stethoscope. In fact, I gave a clinic
to some high-grade doctors not
long ago, in which l told them all
about the laboratory findings and
did not show the patient, and asked
them to make a diagnosis. There
wasn't one diagnosis that was with
in a thousand per cent of being
right. When the patient walked in
it was perfectly evident that he
had a form of nervous disease
called multiple scleroSls.
The Patients Write
A patient at the Boston City Hos.
pital sent a note to her doctor as
follows: Dear Doctor: I am just
recovering from the effect OF your
tests. I am sending this box OF
candy as a token of my appreci-
alton"
Another story is of the patient
who said to Doctor Herrick of Chi
cago, Doctor, I hope you will be
different from the other doctors
whom I have consulted. I hope
you will look less at the X-ray pic
ture and more at me-"
Please give a list of liquid
foods which would represent a
well balanced diet, with ade-
quate caloric and vitamin con-
tent.
This sort of feeding is often nee.
essary with people who have to use
tubes and for convalescents. From
the following list the menu can be
planned. All food in solid form
must be pureed and strained: Acio
milks, albumin fruit juices, albu
min water Il or 2 whites of eggs
to a glass of water), almond milk
applesauce, apricots. hurley water
lima beans, beef juice, beets, be
max, black coffee, bouillon, butter
buttermilk, carrots, cereal waters
chicken broth, chocolate, clear ane
cream soups, cocoa, cod liver oil
and cornmeal.
Also cream, cream of wheat
dextri-maltose. eggs (raw), farina
fruit juices, glucose Go per cen
solution), honey. corn syrup, pow
dered milk lactose Go to 20 PEE
cent solution), maple syrup, malt
ed milk, cows or goats milk, oat
meal cruel, olive oil, orange al
bumin Il or 2 whites Of eggs witt
Juice Of an orange in equal part
of water), %parsnips, peas, pepton'
solution GO to 40 per cent?, pep
tonized milk, plain milk, potato
boiled, sweet or white, prunes
pumpkin, cereals, breakfast food
rice, salt, spinach strained cereals
strained fruits, strained vege
tables, sugar, tea-clear, tomat
Juice, turnip, vegetable soup
whites of eggs.
Questions and Answers
F. H. L.-"How may one furmi
gate to rid a room of canoe
germs?"
Answer - There are no canoe
germs. Cancer is not contagious.
c. CO Is trichomonas al
infectious disease? ca Can it con
tinue over a period Of five years
80 Is it a disease Of female
only?"
Acknowledgements is an in
fectious disease due to a small ami
NAL parasite. It affects differen
parts Of the body-sometimes tn
intestine, sometimes the female re
productive tract. 1t may be yer.
stubborn and can last as long a
five years. Intestinal infection &C
ours both in men and women.