The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-13

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions Of general interest
only. and then only through
his column.
up an article placed in my files in
1889 and found it was completely
out of date.
This is a good thing too. We
need 10 know a lot more than we
do about the vitamins, both to
help ourselves TO live scientifically
and to save ourselves from un-
warranted enthusiasms.
In reading about the vitamins
or listening to your friends recite
their experiences with them, there
is one distinction or standard Of
judgment you can set up that !
think will help. This is to diff
ferentiate between the use Of the
vitamins as having replacement
action or archaeological action.
In other words, are they being
GSNQ aa AlOlo VI III
When they were first discovered,
it was considered that their USE
fulncss was confined to instances
when people on inadequate diets
developed conditions such as
scruTy skin, sore tongue, ricketts,,
scurvy and neuritis, which were
cured by replacing the missing
vitamins in the diet.
Pharm2cOlogie Actions
Then it was found that certain
If these vitamins had pharma-
cologic actions. Thus Vitamin B,
If deficient in the diet, brings on
neuritis. But even when the diet
is adequate in Vitamin B. large
doses of it relieve neuritis. Just as
some endocrine hormones - ad-
renalin and pituitrin - are used
regularly in the body economy, but
when used in large dosage an en-
tirely exaggerated and different
action is had. So when you hear
about the vitamins, ask yourself
whether they are being used as re-
placements or drugs.
The latest vitamin seems TO be
the gray hair preventive vitamin
-para-amino-benzoic acid, part of
The vitamin B complex. tits found
IN yeast, liver and molasses. 1t has
been tried on patients between the
ages of q and 81 and the gray
aair returned 10 its original shade
about two months. This sounds
100 good to be true, and | predict
disappointment from its use.
| saw DR.. Hubert Evans gray
rats whe got that way from remoY
ing the vitamin from their diet
and reported them here two years
ago. The conditions are not analo-
gous to CRAVING hair in humans.
More news comes from Mr.
Bruce Bliven, who says that Hit
Ter is Withholding thiamine chic
ride (vitamin By from inhabi-
tants of conquered countries be-
cause it is the morale vitamin."
Mr.. Bliven and his science STAY me.
When | see an article by him on
science, l prepare for GOOD
laugh. See how mixed the think
ing on the morale vitamin is? Vita
min b is necessary to nerveS-but
Just to ordinary nerves that carry
impulses of sensation and motion.
But, according to this new logic,
morale" is nerve" when your
morale is gone, your nerves are
gone. So Vitamm & is the mo-
rale vitamin. But that kind Of
nerve is in your personality; it is
not the same as nerve fibres.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
s. .C.:-"Do you think bathing
the chest every morning the year
round with cold water is good for
chronic bronchitis? Is there any
other treatment for chronic bron-
chitis? | take cold very easily"
Answer: Cold bathing, espe-
cially Of the chest and back, is
very good for chronic bronchitis.
The two important parts Of treat
ment are to harden the constitu-
ton and drain the bronchial tubes.
AS you say, people with chronic
bronchitis take cold easily. Cold
baths help to build resistance. For
drainage. hang with the head and
chest down over the bed fifteen
minutes night and morning.
L. s.: please describe in your
column the insulin treatment Of
arthritiS. How is gelatin given in
the treatment Of anemia?"
Answer: Insulin is not used for
the treatment of arthritis. Its
principal use is in diabetes. Celia
tin is not used in the treatment of
aneuia.