The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-07-23


only, and then only through
his column.
most cases is persuading people
that the condition is not doing
them any harm. In this connection
the relatives can cause as much
trouble as anything else.
have heard the story OF a wom-
an who came TO doctor for con-
stipation which he found was not
causing her any distress and he
asked her why she was wasting
her time and money in his Office.
Her answer was that she hadn't
wanted to come but her mother
and sister had upbraided her so
much that she had come in self de
tense. So the physician wrote her
out the following certificate:
ITO whom it may concern: Miss
Blank is to be permitted to be con-
stipated as long as she pleases."
Patient Delighted
This delighted the patient and
she had it framed ana put on the
bathroom wall where her mother
and sister could see it every day.
Two other important things TO
get over are the fear of auto-in-
toxicatron and the habit Of taking
cathartics. They both have the
same origin-fear-and this is
kept afame by suggestions such as
institutes that give internal
baths" and pictures Of sufferers
who get up with terrible head
ache in the morning Before" and
then jump around and race to
the office, full Of vim and vigor
after" getting the auto-intoxica-
ton cured.
May Be Dangerous
IN my experience enemas are
often more dangerous than cathar-
tics. have seen a number Of pa
tients with the enema habit who
had managed to infect the mucosa
of the bowel so that they were
really sick. AS TO colonic flushings,
it is a literal fact ttat the high
enema never gets the entire colon
cleaned out-in fact, il never gets
much further than the first twelve
inches.
The ingenuity Of many thou
sands OF members OF the huma
race has been used in trying to get
a colon tube that will get past the
sigmoid colon; the farthest that
anyone has gotten is twelve in
ches. The rest Of them simply curl
up in the first few inches.
Non-Irritant Cathartie
II a cathartic is to be taken, the
safest is liquid petrolatum. 1t has
10 irritating qualities such as sa-
lines and the vegetable cathartics,
such as aloes. 1t actually pro-
duces peristaltic movements and
does not produce a habit because
tolep nee is not formed. The only
objection TO the use Of liquid pet
rolatum is that it prevents the abb
sorption of some of the vitamins.
Curtis and Horton, of the Uni
versity of Michigan, have shown
that amounts eAiquid petrolatum
as small as 10 to 80 &C. are able
to remove all the carotene from a
normal diet il the oil comes into
contact with food containing caro-
tene. Even this objection, however,
is not serious If the drug is used
only once or twice a week.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
L. E.;-Please tell me whether
or not a fibrous tumor is or ever
can be cancerous.
Answer: Any tumor, or in fact
any tissue can turn into any other
kind Of tissue, including cancerous
tissue, but strictly speaking a f.
brous tumor remains . fibrous tu-
NOR. Change from a fibrous tumor
TO cancer is quite rare. The only
thing that need concern you is
whether the diagnosis Of fibrous
tumor is correct
N. Care certain foods the
cause Of high blood pressure? II
so, what are some Of the foods ?
Will high blood pressure be cured
II one stops eating these foods!
Answer: In my opinion foods do
not have anything to do with the
cause Of high blood pressure nor
will any particular diet cure or
influence high blood pressure.
might run on into indennre per-
petuity.
1t would depend upon subsequent
circumstances.
There even ia speculation as n
who President Roosevelt's inner
itor should be. II might be Willkie
II in a hurry, but later?
A oosevelt descendent OF
whom
You can't tell, Lhsse times.