Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-13

I CieS rs 10 the atFOpny OF the
human legs and feet.
"They were almost right. Func-
tionally our legs have become
practically vestigial structures.
81 have really only ridden In
automobiles about 20 years, but
1t Is comic how dependent l am
on them.
During the % most active
years of my professional life 1
walked or rode the street cars.
And I had a very good time on
the street cars.
II used to slip a book In my
bag. For reading there Is moth
ing like q long street car ride.
"Do you remember that list of
books Macaulay read on his
journey out to India:
81 decided to duplicate that
one year and i nearly did ii.
THAT uncanny appearance of
classical education that has
been 80 much admired I'm my
conversation might really he
called Twenty Years on the
Street Cars
81 RECOMMEND every one Ia
l. take up walking again. /
have never been a great advocate
OF strenuous exercise, but walk
ing does not fall I'm that category.
1T Is pleasantly stimulating
! it1sf rioht IL .naH,na1 % onn
rsstiOn - even il YOU talk 10
yourself. IT promotes cheerful
ness.
cit prevents YOU from writing
/ letters about the mistakes the
| government IL making: you get
them out OF your system In the
/ walk.
a good substantial walk low
ers blood pressure and burns up
some toxins and makes you feel
better all around.
"Our civilization has certainly
made II hard on the industrial
walker though. In my student
days I used to walk TO medical
school every morning.
But the cities were smaller
/ In those pedestrian, street car,
horse and buggy days.
1.-THE houses were narrow,
closer together and the yards
were smaller and more neigh
borly and they huddled around
the downtown district.
Nowadays we are all spread
out into suburban farms with
dozen downtown districts scat
tered here and there.
"The automobile has lot 10
answer for in dislocating family
life.
HMAYBE this rubber short
4'l age will bring us together
again. 1t may not only restore
those vestigial human struc-
lures, the human legs and feet.
to their quondam place Of
power and grandeur, hut make
for neighborliness and friend
ship and get-together meetings
on the front porches-which Will
be good hygiene for you In all
directions.
"All humans you know, like
all Gaul, are divided into three
parts-bOdy, mind and soul
and YOU can't affect one without
affecting the other"
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS
M. S. H: Are doses of 5
minims of digitalis. two day,
taken over long period of time
harmful?
Does this mean that larger
doses will have TO be taken
later
My trouble is fibrilating heart.
Do you think that light exercise
is harmful?
Answer: Fibrilating heart is
best treated by digitals. Most
people have to begin treatment
with a large dose az first TO
make the heart regular and
later on take a small mainte-
nance dose Of about the size
you mention in your letter.
This does not mean that
larger doses will have to b.
taken later. except on some oc-
casions when the heart gets cut
of control.
1t is well TO stop all dosage
for a day or two every once in
while. Far from being HARM
full. the dosage of digitalis you
mention is life-saving.
l do not believe light eXer-
else is harmful, but you will
have to find that out for your
self nv trial and error.