The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-22
POSTAL cARDs ARE READnR
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Some one signing Postcard Jens nie" asks whether Bnergers disease ends in ganRre7e, says q friend has it and she suffers much pain. burning and numbness in both feet. and asks whether can explain about Burners disease.
 talked about it here recently and had a series of articles about it here a few months ago. There Is a chapter about it in booklet CvD-for copy send ten cents and Q stamped envelope bearing your address.
 Postal cards seldom get to my desk but Postcard Jennie" got through for one good reason-she refers to a woman with Buergers disease.
 Now the medical name for Buer- gers disease is, I regret to say, shrombo- -anglltis ebliserans.. How ever. we're not inclined to be un. reasonable about such matters in the profession. as witness the recent dropping of one Of the Is from ai1- giitis. a concession which, I think. shows that medicine is liberal art.
 Tn a talk to women about sEnok- ing I said here 'ff a lady cares to chew she is just as well jutified in taking a chew as a gentleman is, if a gentleman ever does-tobacco does no more harm to a woman than it does to a man. But there Is no argument about the injurious effects of tobacco in youth h'-and youth. as I sec it, IS the growing. developing period of life from the age of 10 years to the age Of 25 years. warned young women smok- CTS to look to their legs. predicted that, although the great majority of persons with Buerger's disease were males who smoked cigarettes excessively, we would probably find a good many women afflicted with throm- m-bo-angitis obliterans in the next decade or two, now that girls were carrying the thing to such extremes. Mind you. I do not mean to imply that smoking Is the only cause of Buerger's disease, for there are authentic cases on record or Buergeris disease progressing to gangrene and amputation of foot or leg. in persons who have never smoked. But I do believe excessive indulgence, especially in youth, is the chief factor in the causation Of the disease in most cases.
 tell what l can Of the treatment of Buerger's disease in the CvD booklet mentioned above.
 After all, Postcard Jennie's" message Is hardly worth this notice. It tells me nothing interesting. for instance. whether the victim of Buergers disease smokes and fl 90 how long has she been a victim Of the habbit and did anybody ever admire or like her any better for itP
 QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 Thyroid
 Have been taking thyroid now for some time. ! weighed l90 p0undf and have come dow nto i6s. ! lose just two pounds a week. Friends tell me 1t is dangerous and that I'll get the weight all back as soon as I stop taking thyroid.
 (Mrs. T. O.
 Answer-Only under the constant observation of our physician is if safe to take thyroid. Send stamped envelope bearing your address for pamphlet How to Lose weight"
 Iodine
 Years ago ! began taking your iodin ration. ! still take 1t, and 1t seems to help q sinus conditions. Now my i5-year-oid daughter has sthma and ] give her drop of iodine in water and 1t helps her. My wife fears it will affect her. glands. tWWg
 Answer--I do not advise the Iodin Ration for asthma. Send stamped envelope bearing your address, toi "Insiructions for Taking an IodiT Ration" If you want also the pamphlet on Asthma inciose ter cents for 1t.
 lCopyTight letS. John D. Diile Col