Detroit evening times., 1942-08-19

through his column.
must be prepared so that poor
health will not interfere with
their education.
Every year a new army Of
youngsters appears 10 enter
school. l feel il my duty 10 re-
peat the advice every year.
THE greatest dangers to youth
Il are the contagious diseases.
Children have not developed
their immunities yet and any
germ may lay them low.
When a person has lived as
long as / have in this vale Of
germs, he has been exposed to
nearly everything in the way of
bacterial life and has developed
projections.
/ could 90 into any epidemic
with a good chance of coming
out unscathed. / haven't even
had cold for 10 years.
But not so the beginning eiti-
zen. Newborn babies have a
passive immunity to most con-
tagions.
But this wears out at the end
of six or eight months. These
newborn babies are not exposed
10 much cross infection. Their
milk supply is, or should be, un-
infected.
AT ABOUT six months, as /
"A said. the passive immunity
begins TO wear off and the indi-
vidual has TO develop active i'm
munity from his own cells.
He either does this or active
immunity is artificially supplied
10 him by vaccines.
To show how natural immunity
grows year by year: IN the days
when dlphtheria vaccination was
not yet done on a large scale,
groups of school and pre-school
children were examined by the
Schick test 10 determine their
immunity 10 diphtheria.
This is the way the age
groups were reported:
Age l year-60 per cent of all
individuals susceptible TO diph-
liberia and showed no immunity.
Age 5 years 40 per cent of all
individuals susceptible 10 diph-
liberia and showed no immunity.
Age 10 years - 30 per cent Of
ali individuals susceptible 10
diphtheria and showed no i'm
munity.
Age Is years-12 per cent of
all individuals susceptible TO
diphtheris and showed no i'm
munity.
Age 80 years-In city dwellers
8 10 10 per cent susceptible; in
rural districts as high as 40 per
cent susceptible.
THIS increasing immunity is
Il acquired either by having
the disease. or by contacts with
carriers - playmates, parents,
companions-so that you engulf
a few germs from time 10 time
and kill them off. thus condition
ing your cells TO produce anti
toxin.
Notice how much less protec-
tion rural dwellers get; they live
where there are few contacts,
few carriers.
l. S: I saw in the paper some
thing about Bulgarian bella
donna root in the treatment OF
Parkinson's disease. Where do l
get il. and how much do l take?
Answer: Parkinson disease.
or the tremor known as paral-
ysis agitans. has been treated by
belladonna for many years.
In 1927 a Bulgarian botanist
claimed the Bulgarian bella
donna root was better than any
other and reported a number OF
cases who obtained astonishing
relief.
Since then il has been shown
that the American root is just as
good if properly prepared.
But you don't get il, and you
don't decide how much you
take. because il has many dan
gerous actions and should be
given only under the direction OF
a physician.
(. II. l. What is the cause OF
swollen ankle and black and blue
circulation? Is lamb wool and
bandage good for same?
Answer: If 1t is in only one
ankle, il probably is varicose
veins. Lamb wool and bandage
afford temporary relief.
Doctor Clendening has seven pamphlets
which can be obtained by readers. Each
pamphlet sells for 10 cents. For any one
pamphlet desired, send 10 cents in coin.
and a lf-addressed envelope stamped
with a three-eent stamp to Dr. Logan
Clendening, in care Of this paper.
The pamphlets are; Three Weeks Re
dueing Diet DO Indigestion and Cnnstlpa-
ton. Reducing and Gaining, Il Infant
Feeding" Instructions for the Treat
ment OF Diabetes, 80 Feminine Hygiene
and The Care OF the Hair and Skin"
Cooking for a Block Party.
How Neighbors Get Together
and What They Serve at Co
operative Dinners. Also Blue
berry Molasses Pudding, Corn
Calory Cakes, Cucumber Salad,
Okra Pats and other Timely
Prize-Nkinninp RecineS. All i'm