The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-06

the help of the pancreas and its
juices and the liver and the bile
and then depends on the action Of
thirty or more feet Of large and
small intestine. All Of these pro-
cesses may be attacked by infec-
ton or mechanical arrangements,
especially by emotional disturb
ances or interferences of the mind,
so it is not surprising that dys-
pepsia is quite common and that
1t requires a good deal Of unrayel-
ing TO make a good diagnosis.
Effects of the Liver
Consider one thing: the liver
and the bile ducts. When surgeons
began TO operate on this part Of
the anatomy, which was about the
early eos Of the last century,
they Immediately announced to
the medical world, on the basis Of
their operative experience, that
great many cases of chronic dys-
pepsia that had been so treated
for many years were relieved
when gall stones were removed or
when the gall bladder was drained
or removed.
Nor is it surprising that these
conditions should be very common.
The anatomy Of the body is so
arranged that all Of the material
absorbed from the intestines goes
up through the portal vein TO the
liver. So since a great deal of this
material is poisonous, one Of the
chief functions Of the liver is that
of identification.
It really stands as guardian
for the rest of the body and emp
ties that material which comes
from the intestines of its poison
Gus qualities. 1t is not surprising
that occasionally it is not up TO
the Job and some Of the poison gets
past it and causes some trouble in
doing so.
Germs from the Intestines
Also, since the intestines are
constantly filled with germs of all
kinds, it is not surprising that a
great deal of the material that
reaches the liver by way Of the
portal vein should be loaded with
germs. These the liver discharges
into the bile and all too often they
arrive in the gall bladder and set
up an Inflammation Of the walls
Of this organ.
Thus we have the formation Of
gall stones. A germ lies on the
wall of the gall bladder and the
gall bladder secretes a mucous 10
surround the germ and this acts
IS foreign body on which the
ats Of the gall bladder are de-
posted. II you see a picture Of a
gall stone cut across the middle, it
Shows rings like the rings of the
tree, which mark the successive
deposits Of layers Of these bile
salts.
After the stones have formed,
they can raise all kinds Of trouble,
making a person uncomfortable in
the region Of the stomach with
gas, fatulence, nausea and actual
gall stone collie. Thus we see that
the various normal functions of
the digestive tract may be turned
awry and these upsets lead to one
form or another of the common
symptom, dyspepsia.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
E. l.: please advise me what
the normal blood pressure would
be for persons Of the following
ages, so, So, and TO-"
Answer: According TO figures
published by the life insurance
companies, the following are aver
age readings at different age peri
DDS: is, systolic, 107, diastolic, "a;
ages 20 to 40, systolic, liz to 1875,
diastolic, 90 to 80; 40 to so, sys-
tolic, l25 TO 1876, diastolic 50 to
IS; go TO so, systolic 1876 TO 1865,
diastolic, 80 TO rs. These however
are average. About one-third Of
all persons over 30 have a systolic
blood pressure over $50.
T. NJ: What is the cause OF a
ruptured navel? Is there any cure
for it,"
Answer: Umbilicsl hernia oc-
ours in two periods Of life, one in
the newborn in which the cause
is due simply TO non-closure Of the
navel opening and the other is in
middle aged, overweight people in
which the excessive fat weakens
the navel opening and in coughing
or straining, hernia is produced.
L. B. A.: as the flu type pneu-
monia or any other type conta-
gious?"
Answer; Genuine influenza is
very contagious in any form.
Other types Of pneumonia have
not been found to be very con-
tagious. For instance, other men,
bers Of the household where a
pneuomina patient is being nursed
or hospital attendants do not often
catch the disease, but there is no
question that the inhalation Of
sputum particles and droplets
from the patients breath are in
fictitious TO people. For this rea-
son the pneumonia patients bed
should be protected by sheets and
attendants should wear gauze