The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-16

SAgmou lettors SoEtAA1lAAAB " VI.
 sOnal health and hygiene not Co dIseass, diagnosis Of treatment, win he answered by pr. Brady R a gtaprpeil sele-nd dressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In ink. No reply can n. mada to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address pE. william Brady, National News paper Service, S2O West MadisOn Street, Chicago, III.
 NERVOUS EXHAUSTION MY EYE
 They told me Cat the best adver- tised clinic) there was nothing or- ganically wrong, said the lady tagged 27) who lost all her teeth shortly after she began doctoring a year ago, that it was just 8 case of nervous exhaustion. They told me to 20 home and fight 1t myself.
 She says, in 8 postscript. How can I get to use my false teeth2- they make me more nervous every day" She says too, that when she failed to improve after the ruthless extraction of all her teeth, she had 'good physical"
 Maybe my teeth are more valu. able than other peoples teeth, but I'd want not only good physical or two but plenty of other speciel tests and opinions (includi1g, of course, the opinions of competent dentists) before I'd submit to ex- Sea nkln.. 70 S,SAn o,s V1hNro Nf y41v teeth in any circumstance. I think that any physician who orders or per- mits extraction of all the teeth re- gardless of the possibility that proper treatment by the dentist might save one or more of the teeth, is a sorry representative Of the medical profession.
 And furthermore I think-that any physician who dismisses Q pa tient with the suggestion that the trouble is "just 8 case of nervous exhaustion" and the advice to Ego home and fight 1t yourself" is in- competent and unfit.
 This unhappy young lady, I as- sume - had some decayed teeth, perhaps infected teeth, and the doc- tor demed 1t wise to remove al the teeth at once. Any one who goes for months or years with one or more decayed of infected teeth or with one or more teeth missing. must inevitably suffer at least some impairment of digestion in conse- quence of insufficient chewing of food and hence impaired digestion (for digestion of food by the diges- tive ferments in the saliva contin- ues for half an hour or more after the food has entered the stomach, in healthy person..
 This impaired digestion is bound to lead to nutritional deficiency, poor assimilation of vitamins in minerals particularly, even if the diet supplies all the vitamins and minerals required for good nutri- ton. Of course the average modern refined diet does not supply all the vitamins and minerals the body re- quires, especially in childhood, youth and young adult life. So 1t seems safe to infer that this young woman had some nutritional deficiency when she first sought medical ad- vice. Such nutritional deficiency is too commonly ignored or overlooked by physicians who harbor and inoc- ulate patients with the nervous exhaustion" obsession.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Bleeding for High Blood Pressure
 know several people with high blood pressure who want to give blood for the Red Cross because they think 1t will benefit them.
 (Mrs. D. J. M)
 Answer-It has little effect or blood pressure, although it will dc no harm. If the blood pressure is too high the applicant is not ac- cepted for a blood donation anyway.
 Dry Rot in the Community
 Son, II, has cigarette habit. He tries to smoke on the sly but we have caught him several times. If we give him any spending money for ice cream, candy or fruit he buys cigarettes instead. (Mrs. G. R0
 Answer-Maybe 1t is foolish and old fashioned, but I still believe the parent who does his or her duty will try to get every child to give a solemn pledge not to use tobacco or alcohol in any form before the child is old enough to vote. Evi- dently the age of six or seven years is not too early to have the child take this pledge solemnly, either on some religious occasion of the spiritual adviser is not ducking the duty tool or on the child's birthday anniversary and a renewal of the pledge on each succeeding anni- versary.
 Vitamin A
 . Any harm in taking too much Ntamin A? Troubled with sinus, and friend told rle I should take Htamin Alive been taking three 25,000 unit capsules daily and (re- cital of many symptoms).
 Answer-No. Better read chapter on sinusitis in "Call It Cri'--copy for 25 cents. If you provide stamped envelope bearing your address.
 Copyright, 1944, John F. Dille Col