The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-20
NO CREAM TONIGHT, YOUNG
LADY

NO CREAM TONIGHT, XOUNO
LADY
Some medical authorities still
advise patients with acne (exces
sively oily skin, blackheadS ane
pimples) to avoid greasy and fatty
foods, pastries, sweets and sweet
drinks, butter, lard, gravy and
don't know what all.
1 never have been able to learn
why the old timers are so "agin"
such foods for young people with
oily skin or acne. used to think
that perhaps my medical education
had been neglected or maybe I had
been neglected or maybe had been
enjoying a brief snooze when the
Professor Of Dermatology explained
it to our class. But after I had
practiced for six or eight years I
conducted extensive research in re-
gard to acne, digitalis, cri, rabies.
govt, neurasthenia and other fond
medical traditions, and arrived at
the only conclusion the facts war
rant, namely, that there is no scien-
tific basis and no clinical basis for
the notion that person with oily
skin or acne cannot thrive as well
on fats, oils or sweets as one who
has no acne.
No wonder the old timers were
and are so reticent about 1t. All
they know is that some old timer
away back conceived the notion out
of his inner consciousness, and
somehow it got into the medical
textbooks, as such things will, and
all the old timer away back knew
about it was that it seemed a plausi-
BILE notion and patients seemed to
like it too.
If you are ignorant OF physiology
it may seem reasonable to suppose
that too much fat, oil or grease in
the diet would just exude through
the pores" and that's about the
size of the notion of the old time
dermatologists. But if you have ever
studied physiology you know that
Cd the fat, oil or grease taken as
food is as different from the oil ex-
creted by the sebaceous (oiD glands
of the skin as it is from any other
bodily excretion or secretion; and
90 that the activity of the sebace-
Gus gland and the quantity of skin
oil they excrete bears no relation
whatever to the quantity or char
acter of the oils, fats or greases
taken in food or as oil.
Young persons-and you say
whether you are young or old-gen-
orally have active sebaceous glands
and an ample supply of natural
skin oil or often an excess of 1t. So
it is u1lwise for them to apply oils,
creams or greaseS to the skin for
cosmetic purposes.
1t is only when you begin to grow
old-or say older if you prefer
that the sebaceous glands begin to
decline in function, your skin be-
comes dry, sallow, irritable, and
needs regular applications Of oils,
creams or greases to keep it reason
ably soft, clear and comfortable
But, old or young, remember this
The amount of oil. fat or grease
in your food has nothing to do with
the condition of your skin.
QUESTIONS g. ANSWERS
Tuberculous Cattle
What effect would 1t have on
persons health to eat meat from
tubercular cows, or cows with
Bangs disease, or is it the same
thing? (R. A. H)
AnSWer-The meat is perfectly
safe to eat if thoroughly cooked,
no matter whether the animal had
tuberculosis or brucellosis Bangs
disease, contagious abortion).
Capule
You occasionally speak Of Ca
pules"- is the meaning and
derivation of the word? I can find
no mention of it in Webster's.
Oh. Men. J)
Answer-A capule is pill re-
sembling capsule in that 1t has q
hard shell of gelatin, but Is more
firmly packed and less bulky than
it would be in the ordinary capsule
form. Let's not be impatient
Webster will have that, and also
"Cri and "vite', I hope, when the
next edition is published.
Consult Physician
Terribly worried. Man I am to
marry has young daughter who is
extremely nervous-will she con-
tinue mentally unsound throughout
life? The grandmother and the
mans sister and brother are off
at times. IS. d.
Answer-You will get the best adj
vice by consulting physician, pref
erably having the man along with
you, for of course he, too, will want
to know what is best.
copyright 1943, John F. Ollie Co..