The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30
FOR SUMMER COMPLAINT TRY
 APPLE AND TEA

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 Acute diarrhea without pain, cramps or vomiting, in infants, or adults, is generally due to improper food and may be treated safely with CD an immediate dose of fresh cas- tor oil and CD fast from all food until the castor oil has swept out the irritating or improper food re- sidues from the intestinal tract. From one or two teaspoonfuls Is .he dose of castor oil for an infant; from one to three tablespoonfuls for an adult.
 Hold on, now, kids. We're com- ing to you. The castor oil is for in- fants or grownups-infants don't seem to mind taking 1t and grown ups dare not make fuss about 1t even if they hate the stuff. But you and I, kids, have succedaneum for castor oil - that is, substitute which is not at all unpleasant to take and will serve the purpose as well as castor oil can. Better write this down, kids, or clip 1t and keep 1t, against the day when some one gets tough with you about taking castor oil. Then you can just smile, bring out this item and tell 'em the succedansum is guaranteed by or Doc Brady to do everything for you that castor oil can do. The name of 1t is Aromatic Syrup of Rhubarb, or, as the U. S. Pharmacopoeia has 1t, Syrups Rhei Aromaticus, or, as some of our best old grandmas call ed 1t, Spiced Syrup of Rhubaro. The dose of Aromatic Syrup of Rhubarb Is the same as the dose of castor oil for the same purpose.
 For older children or adults the best treatment, following the pre- liminary cathartic. is a fast of 12 hours, and then only some tea, with out milk or cream, but sweetened or not as preferred, for the next l2 hours.
 For the young infant or child t.le ideal diet is very weak tea slightly sweetened with sugar and all the scraped raw apple the infant or child will take. This diet has prov ed most satisfactory in the treat nent of acute summer complaint, acute diarrhea, acute gastro-enteri- tis in babies, more particularly the raw scraped apple, and its value in the treatment of such conditions in young infants and children, or in adults for that matter, is ascribed to the pectin in raw apple.
 Pectin is substance in certain fruits and vegetables which com- pines vith acid and sugar to form jellies. It is present in dried apple powder, too, and apple powder is an excellent remedy in diarrheal conditions-the powder being equi- valent to about IS times its weight in raw apple. Pectin has consider able antiseptic action in the Stom- ach (acid medium) though not in the intestine (alkaline mediumD.
 After 24 to 48 hours of exclusive peeled raw apple diet other items may be restored to the diet-such as cooked cereal, toast, ripe banana, cottage cheese, scraped beef, and last of all some boiled milk or whey.
 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
 Some People Never Satisfied
 I am twenty-five years old, in good health. but extremely nervous. Can you tell me why don't have headaches? I never had headache in my life. Does 1t have anything to do with one's intelligence? do sometimes feel a sort of soreness in back of neck near skull when tilt my head way back, but never head ache. CMrs. D. M).
 Answer-No. Ma'am, I can't ex- plain 1t and 1t probably has nothing to do with intelligence. Probably lots of readers would be glad to share their headaches with you If they knew your plight. After all, a headache comes in usefully when you want to duck a party or evade . bore or get more consideration from your husband or the children.
 Tracer For Card
 Three weeks ago I dropped you card asking for the pamphlet "Qulnine in Modern Medicine. Have not received 1t, and request that you trace it and send same to me. (Mrs. H. L.)
 Answer-send stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for the pamphlet. Or Doc Brady ls a lneanie and refuses to pay the freight too.