The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-28
NOSE TO CHIN

NOSE TO CHIN
Some Of your ideas, profession
al man informs me, are perhaps
theoretically sound enough or good
enough for argument, but practical
ly rather absurd For example
Then my mentor devotes six pag-
es to contradicting my pet teach
ings in the field of health, by
giene, physiology and pathology. He
Is not physician and he cites no
scientific or positive evidence at all,
but simply asserts that my teach
ings are not in harmony with the
teachings or recognized medical au-
thorities
What do I care about medical
authorities? Listen to the radio
any day and you will find that
medical authorities are dime
dozen. One of the gravest evils in
Medicine today is the publishing
racket by means of which doctors
who do not get anywhere in prac-
tice get everywhere in print, and
that is the way medical author
tiles acquire eminence.
My mentor pounces on recent
talk in which I mentioned several
advantages of immediate denture
service-that is, the preparation of
plates or other dentures in advance
and installation Immediately after
extraction, before the patient leaves
the dentists office. These advant-
ages of the modern practice over
the old time practice Of waiting for
weeks, and months after extraction
for the new teeth are
l. Saves the patient from the en-
barrassment of going toothless
! for weeks or months.
2. Prevents loss of bone (atro-
phy), and excessive shrinkage
of gum tissues (atrophy) from
| disuse of teeth and gums, and
the support of bone and gum
is essential for satisfactory fit
| and comfortable retention of
lower plates particularly.
i 3. Keeps up good digestion and
! good nutrition, as the comfort
| able denture prevents the pa
! tent from forgetting how to
!
/ 4. Prevents insidious encroach-
ment of premature old age by
enabling the patient to main
| tain good nutrition.
5 Preserves any youthful good
looks or beauty the patient
| may have
The critic protests against the
last two advantages particularly
says I merely INDUCED in fancy
there Frankly I can't prove It, 7
damit; advantages No 4 and No 5
represent conclusions T have drawn
from observation
Accurate measurement Of the
| length of the line from root of nose
| (point between eyebrows) to point
of the chin shows that it decreases
with advancing age - of course
from atrophy and shrinkage Of
bone of jaws as we'll as gum tissue,
muscle and other tissues Keeping
the jaws functioning is the best way
to prevent such atrophy and pre-
serve youthful appearance
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Reader Discovers Vite
Have long enjoyed your most read
able column . other day ran
into an old friend, and my friend
looked so we'll and seemed so young
! that I asked the reason. He began
to explain what he is doing, then
stopped and said, "Why, there is no
secret at all-you'll find it elucidat-
ed clearly in little book on "Vite"
| by our counsellor and friend "Ol
Doc Brady. want to try out
/ your ideas.
&C. F. P)
Answer-Oke. You may begin
right now by sending me twenty
| five cents and fredericksburg
ed envelope bearing your address
for booklet The 7 Keys to Vite."
Warning: If you send a clipping in
| lieu of your own request for what
you want, I shall not understand
what you mean.
Home Canned Tomatoes
What's wrong with home canned
tomatoes If they are cold packed
and processed as at the cannery?
Mrs. C. o.
Answer-Nothing.
Salt Deficiency:
After two summers of serious ILL
ness blood tests showed ! was suf-
fering from deficiency of salt.
That was several years ago. Now
whenever I find myself feeling be-
low par, I begin taking additional
salt and soon begin to feel better
again. I am sedentary, sweat lit
tie, drink little water.
miss G. E. A.
Answer cannot conceive of the
occurrence of salt deficiency, I'M
less from profuse or excessive
sweating. In very hot weather, or
when playing or working in extreme
heat, or whenever one sweats pro-
fusely, 1t is advisable to take some
extra salt, best dissolv d in drinking
water or diluted in any food, or per-
haps a good pinch Give or ten
grains) of common table salt with
every glass of water or other bev-
erage taken to quench thirst. This
tends to prevent heat exhaustion or
prostration, heat cramps extreme
fatigue - refreshes more quickly
than pure water or other unsalted
beverage can
Copyright 1943 John F Ollie Coz