The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-01

fruits, one Of which should be
citrus - orange, lsmon, grape
fruit-or tomato (for Vitamin
c.; breads, -four or cereal, most
or preferably all whole grain OF
enriched; some butter or oleomar-
garine with Vitamin A added
other foods to satisfy the appe-
tite." hope that last means meat
at least once a week.
The Conference was told that
large part Of the American people
were undernourished largely from
lack OF vi,ami1s in their food. DR..
Thomas Parran, Of the United
e States Public Health Service, said
last year that 40 million Ameri-
cans were suffering from hidden
starvation because they did not
obtain enough vitamins.
At this Conference the chair
man, that eminent medical con-
sultant, Paul V. McNutt, raised
DR.. Parran 5 million starving
Americans and put the figure at
as million.
Proportion of vitamin Deficiency
Right after DR.. Parran's aston
ishing statement last fall, | took
some pains to try to find out what
the proportion Of vitamin def
cheney people was in the entire
population. The figures, that 40
million Americans were suffering
from starvation due to lack of vi
tamins, are certainly not the ex-
perience of anybody l know in the
practice of medicine. That means
one out of every three Of our fell
low citizens. In dispensary clinic
which gives over eighty thousand
treatments a year to people eco
nomicaliy low in the scale, and who
therefore are not likely to get too
much food, l see very little vita
min deficiency.
But in order to check the expert
.nee and make it thoroughly i'm
PERSONAL, I wrote TO a number OF
hospitals and asked them how
many cases of vitamin deficiency
appeared on their records. The
.eturns showed that in one Of our
Oldest and finest American hos
oitals there had been Ill cases Of
yitamin deficiency diagnosed in
he last three years-which in
,luded $4,000 patients admitted.
Baltimore's Report
In a famous hospital in Balti-
more there have been 10 cases Of
,itamin deficiency admitted in the
asst ten years among 10000 pa
tents admitted.
In a large general California
hospital which receives only pa
tents who can not pay, therefore
would be assumed to eat a diet
which would produce deficiency,
there were 26 cases Of vitamin de-
fciency diagnosed in over 5000
admissions in the last three years.
That represents wide geographical
distribution and certainly does
not indicate any widespread hid
den starvation among the Ameri-
can people.
In spite Of an the pessimism ex-
pressed, the United States and
Canada are probably the best fed
large nations in the world. Ger
tainly every effort should be made
TO keep them that way. They
should be educated to eat the pro-
tective foods as outlined above and
keep nutrition at high level
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VI. O.:-"What is a caruncle?
What are its symptoms and treat
nent?"
Answer: A caruncle is a small,
leshy growth inhammatory in
nature, not cancerous. They may
'ccur on any mucous membrane
.urface-most often on the eye, or
1t the opening Of the bladder.
They are very painful and bleed
,asily. They can be readily re-
moved by surgical excelsior or
:autery.
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such aid as he can get from tn
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Japs back into the Pacific-attend
ing To Communism later.