The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-05-30
Complete Relaxation

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Complete Relaxation
Iheard a series Of short fetional
interludes, mostly dealing with
such things as a man who had an
invention which he could get no
body to accept or a lazy village
philosopher whose wife was trying
to make something out of him or
an intrepid youth who wormed
himself into ruined Chinese castles
and fooled slant-eyed bandits or a
mother who didn't want her
daughter to get a divorce.
Since / had been made privy TO
plots Of this nature before was
mature enough to read Little Lord
FdurtIeroy in 1889, as soon as
got the drift of the plot / would
sort of doze and daydream and l
found myself in a state Of complete
relaxation.
At the end Of one Of these inter-
ludes l awoke to find myself in q
world in which there was no pain,
no illness, no beginning colds, no
discomfort, no ugliness, no prob
lens, no difficulties. Silky voices
assured me that acid indigestion,
headache, fatigue and colds could
all be relieved by a certain remedy
instantly - within five minutes.
These voices we're so certain that
any one of dozen totally different
products would give you instant
(rising inflection) relief, instantly
(rising infection AGAIN. within
one to five minutes drop Seat)"
that / wondered why l had ever
taken the trouble to study materia
medica apd go through all the
agony Of a pharmacology labora-
tory.
l have a wide knowledge of q
number Of drugs - about none of
which l have any absolute GER
tainty at all-and yet here were
these gentlemen ready to take over
my practice and empty my wards
within five minutes after l had
been treating some of my patients
for weeks and weeks.
At other intervals | was told the
time pleasantly and promptly and
then again, did not have to worry
about finances because could OBJ
tain any amount / wanted for
practically any purpose on easy
terms. In this lovely world | would
never be assailed with bad breath
(fetor oris) nor need my armpits
ever offend the most fastidious.
No Mental Fatigue
Nor was food anything to make
one pause. My poor wife some
times worries about what to have
for dinner, but nobody on the radio
ever worries about food. They get
something they can whip up for
breakfast, lunch or supper in .
minute which will satisfy the most
erratic appetite.
No, l can't say that think the
radio contributes to mental IA
tigue. 1t seems TO me soothing and
beautiful, something we need very
much. 1t was only when my eyes
were rested and | took again to
reading The Brothers Kdram1zov
or Plato, with whom began daily
ing this last year, that / began to
have returning symptoms of neu-
rasthenia, hysteria, and fatigue,
and it was then that doubts and
troubles began TO invade my SEN
sorium.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
H. Z. F.: Is the use of coffee
prohibited in cases Of coronary
thrombosis?
Answer: On the contrary, it is
usually recommended.
NJ. S. S.: Kindly explain what
is meant by intermittent claudica-
ton.
Answer: Intermittent claudica-
ton consists of attacks Of pain in
the muscles, especially the calf
Of the leg while walking.
1t is due TO spasm of the arteries
and occurs only in those with
thickening Of the arteries. The
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