The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-08

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 Quinine The Best Pneumo-
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 Ubiquitous and versatile are ad- jectives commonly applied to the pneumococcus. If germs could be as- stunned to have, consciousness the pneumococcus would be well adapted for Q Jekyll-zyde character. Tn its pr, Jekyll state the pneumococc Is found in at least twenty per cent of healthy persons mouths--it is a normal it1habitant of the mouth. The great Pasteur found the germ In the saliva of e child "dead of hy- drophobia" in 1880, and thought 1t was the "coccus of sputur1l septice. mia" Surgeon General sternberg of the U. s. Army medical corps, about the same time, inoculated rabbits with his own saliva, and isolated from the ii1oculated rabbits a micro coccus which he considered the cause of sputuin septicema. Tn 1884 a German physician, Albert Fraen- kel, working with an Austrian path ologist, Anthony WeichselbauYn, dee termihed that Pasteur's and Stern- berg's sputum septiceniia germ was the germ most frequently found in the lung in pneumonia.
 The pneurnococcus is kin to the notorious streptococcus and indeed recent laboratory studies indicatae that a comparatively innocuous strain of pneun1ococcus may be transmitted into virulent streptococ- GUS by certain cultural conditions or by changed environment.
 Whether the Dr. Jekyll pneumo- coccus commonly present in the mouths of healthy persons may be. come transmitted into the MT. Hyde strain which causes coryza, sinus its, phavyngitis, laryngitis, tonsil- litis, Quinsy, pneumonia, pleurisy, heart valve damage (endocarditis), sometimes appendicitis, empyema, meningitis, is not definitely known. It may well be that such transmit tation may be favored by the pres- ence in the month of neglected den- tai carries, chronic gingivitis, pyor- rhea, and by conditions which inter- fere with normal ventilation and draining of sinuses or tonsils.
 Tn a characteristic effort to lend dignity to the old fishwife fancy that exposure to cold. wet, draft or sudden change causes or predis. poses to disease, some of the old. timers who consider themselves qualified to speak offer the unique concept that under such circum. stances or whatnot from himself that is, his own pneumococci, al. ways present in the saliva. sudden. lyturn vicious or virulent, and there the poor geek isl
 There is still @ vast amount of stun and nonsense on the subject, but enough of that. I want to give you just two practical suggestions. First, there Is good medical auth. ority for the belief that boric acid is especially unfavorable to pneumo. coccus growth boric acid mouth. wash, boric acid nasal spray, boric acid eye drops, boric acid ear drops. Second, quinine seems to, be the best pneumococcicidal remedy or at least the best home remedy one can use for acute illness of the nature of pneumonia, influenza, grip, coryza, bronchitis, sore throat, etc. -as phophylactic I suggest one grain of quinine sulphate three times . day. As Q remedy, when you are coming down with an attack-two grains every four hours.
 QUESTIONS and ANSWER Skin on
 As our pharmacist could not sell absolute alcohol without prescrip- ton, he used tincture of benzoin in. stead of powdered benzoin and ab- solute alcohol, in the formula for Skin oil. The preparation seems fine. What is your opinion of this change in the recipe?-(Mrs. c. E. D)
 Ans.-If 1t gives Q clear product, 1t is all right. Instructions for pre-. pairing the Skin oil and many other cosmetic remedies, in booklet Save Your Skin"-for copy send twenty five cents and stamped envelope bearing your address.
 Nicotine
 Please comment on the advantages, if any, of using tobacco from which the bulk of nicotine has been re- moved.A(S. O.
 Ans.-It is undetermined whether the effects of smoking are due to nicotine, pyridine bases, carbon mon- oxide or other components of tobac- co smoke. I suspect there is no ad- vantage in using so-called denico- tinized tobacco.
 Iodine Ration
 I am 65. My vitality seems low, as I tire easily. Have used your iodine ration with definite benefit. But find it necessary to continue 1t daily, two or more drops, without any intervals. Will it be harmful to continue using it so?-(L. s. O. Ans-Ask your doctor. can give no assurance other than the assur- ance I give in the monograph "The Iodin Ration."-for copy send stamp ed envelope bearing your address. Protected by John F. Dille Col
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