The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-06

are still children mentally because
they go through life from day to
day. There seems to be planning
in the lives of some animals and
plants - the migration Of birds,
the defeating of trees in the fall
to prepare for the unfavorable
conditions of winter-but this is
more instructive habit than delib-
crate planning.
So far as it applies to human
beings, though, / think DR.. Pit
kin's statement holds. You can
assess your friends on the basis
Of how they plan their lives. II
you have a twenty-year endow-
ment policy, you have a twenty
year mind; if you have paid for a
house that will do you for thirty
years, you have a thirty-year
mind. If you have planned far
enough in the future to out-guess
the dictators and the embroglio in
EUROPE would like to meet you.
Floating Kidney
What is the relation of floating
kidney to high blood pressure?
There are several theories that
have been advanced lately con-
corning the relationship of kidney
disease to high blood pressure.
The experiments of Goldblatt
showed that if the blood supply Of
the kidney were slowly clamped
off, the blood pressure would rise.
Such experiments, however, had
little to do with real life and a
modification of the theory is that
a dropped or floating kidney would
produce a deficiency in the blood
supply of the kidney and hence
produce Goldblatt's apprehension.
Personally, think these ideas are
not only exaggerated but danger
GUS. The cause of high blood pres
sure, in my opinion, is a general
lied change in all the arteries Of
the body and to bring the old sub
ject of floating kidney back into
the realm of the surgeons field is
to offer a temptation which might
have serious consequences for
many patients. DR.. Nicholas Sims
once wrote, "A good surgeon is 9
good physician who operates"
Lenten Reducing Diet
Suggested by Chef Louis Azuni
Eating 500 calories a day more
than you spend will result in q
gain Of a pound a week.
HI. c. Sherman
Breakfast: Sliced bananas and
cream; without sugar but
with hot milk.
Lunch: Orange juice; potato
cake; milk; toast and butter; ap-
pie pie.
Dinner: Clear chicken soup;
praised tongue. Cook fresh
tongue in water two hours. Lay in
casserole with cup Of cubed car
rots, sliced celery, onion. Sauce
of butter, -four, in water. Add u
cup chopped tomatoes, parsley;
salt); bread and butter; black
coffee.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
L. W.:-"Because Of letter my
doctor has advised that use only
olive oil in cleaning my face. Will
the olive oil cause superfuous
hair"
Answer-No.
J. H. W.:-"What causes palpi-
tation Of the heart and skipping
beats? Is it dangerous Would
gas or high blood pressure cause
the heart to palpitate What is
the remedy, if any?"
Answer-The condition which
you describe is evidently what is
known technically as extra sys-
toles." The feeling is one of a
skipped heart beat which is per-
ceptible to the individual. This is
so common in people after the age
Of IS as 70 be almost universal.
1t is not dangerous unless it
bethers the victim unduly. The
best remedy is exercise because it
is supposed to be due to irrita-
bility Of the heart and if the body
is tired this usually drives away
the extra systoles. 1t often occurs
from gas in the stomach and can
be associated with high blood
pressure.