The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-14

his column.
fever infection" says DR.. Walter
NJ. Simpson, Director Of the Kit
tering Institute for Medical Re-
search at Dayton, Ohio.
referred to the acute form in
my article yesterday, pointing out
that 1t came from drinking milk
Of an infected animal and from
handling the flesh Of infected ami
mails. This last is an occupational
disease and hardly concerns the
average citizen. For him the great
protection lies in the use Of pas
teurized or certified milk.
But undulant fever got its name
because it is a sluggish, undulat-
ing, low fever and anybody any
where may sometimes get hold Of
some milk where the pasteuriza-
ton did not entirely kill off all the
germs and a mild form of infec-
ton ensues. We said yesterday
II was a fever with nothing TO
show for it." In other words, no
pain to speak of. nothing localiz-
ing to draw attention TO any part
Of the body.
Mild Infections
The person with a mild infec-
ton may feel seedy for a while
notice no more than loss of pep,
poor appetite. constipation, little
nagging headache, or muscular
ache, muscular rheumatism or
mild joint pains - not enough to
take him to a doctor. And then
much Of this wears off and the
chronic stage supervenes, consist
ing Of no more than just a daily
feeling Of fatigue worse in the af-
ternoon, and a deep-rooted aver
sion to starting anything new.
There is a sure way of testing
TO see whether a person has ever
had an undulant infection and
that is by skin test. This is per-
formed by injecting 'ry small
amount Of vaccine Of the dead
germs into the skin with a hypo-
dermic. At the end of "a hours
If the person has ever harbored
undulsnt germs, the site of injee-
ton in the skin becomes red and
stays so until 4S hours after the
injection. This is quite a reliable
test and allows your doctor to de-
eide whether in a given case the
symptoms OF prolonged fatigue
and listlessness are due to an old
chronic undulant infection or not.
Initiates Many Things
A list Of the conditions which
undulant fever may initiate sounds
like the catalogue of diseases on
the old patent medicine bottle. 1t
includes influenza, bronchitis, 81
nus disease, gall-bladder infection,
appendicitis, dyspepsia, sciatica,
lumbago, neurasthenia, hysteria
and FIVE kinds of skin diseases.
Once recognized for its true
self, treatment by vaccines made
from the organism usually quickly
brings about relief. The person
with the chronic infection has
been fighting sluggish foe and
is able to down 1t we'll enough to
drag around. But the foe never
rouses his fighting forces enough
to kill it off. The vaccine is the
same foe in a dead or chemical
form and may make him feel
worse for a while, but that is Just
because his immunity is rising
enough to kill off the enemy com
pletely.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
J. SIN a person with an mac
tive thyroid condition, will the
faoby fat disappear when thyroid
extract is given, and will person
lose weighs, and how long will it
take?
Answer: Thyroid extract makes
Aabby fat disappear and coinci-
dentally reduces weight no matter
whether the thyroid is normal or
not. How long it will take depends
upon how much thyroid extract is
taken. II is seldom safe to take
more than a quarter grain a day.