The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-24
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady


 disease, diagnosis of treatment, i will be answered by pr. Brady if a stamped self addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should DC briee and written in ink. reply can be made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address pr. William Brady, NatiOnai NewSA paper Service, 32O West Madison Street. Chicago, III
 LIME AND BRITTLE ARTERIES Fourteen Weeks in Physiology, by J. Dorman Steele, Ph. D., publish- ed by A. s. Barnes & Co.,, 1874 was the textbook foisted upon us school children when you and ! were young, Maggie. Through the kindness of a namesake l have finally obtained copy of the quaint little book. And here, sure enough, is the source of that per- sistent error which has led most laymen and, I fear, many physi" clans. astray. l quote:
 The composition of the bones
 at maturity is about one part
 animal to two parts mineral.
 The proportion varies with age.
 In youth it is nearly half and
 hair, while in old age the min
 eral is greatly in excess.
 This notion that increased pro- portion of calcium( lime) in the bones accounts for the brittleneSS of the bones of the aged is plausi- ble, iw you think of calcium or lime as so much chalk. But the truth is quite the contrary. The calcium or lime in bones, as in other tissues is no more like a piece of chalk than the calcium in milk is-and milk, you must re- member, is the richest and best source of calcium or lime for in- fants. children, youths or adults.
 Here is what recent medical work by Ernest P. Boas,MD, G941D on the Treatment of the Patient Past Fifty say sabout calcium or lime deficiency and aging:
 Sherman has repeatedly en1~ phasized that the ordinary Ameri~ can diet is more deficient in calei~ um than in any other element. AS d IGOulU, CAlJCl ACIlAO ~ steady, long continued loss of cal" cium through the years. This does not become superficially manifest because the great calcium stores in the bones constantly make up for the calcium losses in the blood and tissues (Perhaps it would be clearer to say that when the cal~ cium supply is inadequate tho blood and nerve and gland tissues seize on 1t, leaving the bones and the teeth with too nttle0 "As a result of this constant depletion the bones become poor in calcium and more fragile. OSteNporosis Absorption of bone so that it be- comes porous and more fragile) may be the result of a dietary fault and not an inevitable accom- painment of old age"
 Still another modern medical au- thor, Martin Gumpert, MD, says in his popular You are Younger Than You Think" (Duell, Sloan 6 Pearce. N. Y. '44:
 This calcium deficiency usually becomes manifest only in advance cd age, when the fragility of the bones increases--a symptom of old age that could probably be pre- vented by greater calcium stor- age in earlier years
 Now, then, old timers, boop your calcium intake and your calcium retention or storage and keep your bones and your arteries from be- coming too brittle. But you should start doing this long before they begin to creek and crack.
 QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 Diathermy Extirpation of TOnsils
 Four years ago you recommended pr. --- for diathermy extirpati6n of infected tonsils. I received the treatment and 1t was perfect suc- cess. Our regular family physician says my throat is as clean as it could have been after tonsillec- tony (S. MD
 Answer r-Tonsillectomy with guillotine and snare or by dissec- tion) is, i'll my opinion. a crude atrocity to inflict on a patient by way of treatment for mere hyper ClOplIlCd VI GId Ol fected tonsiis. Of course diathermy (electro- o-coagulation requires more skill, more patience, but it is far safer. far less painful or disabling. As for ultimate results. I'd submit to the atrocity only when or if diathermy had failed to produce the desired effect
 Every Third Month
 can't understand from your pamphlet whether you mean one should take one drop of Mild Tincture day or.
 (Mrs. H. K. R. Answer - Take one drop every day in February, May, August, November, always in half glass full or more Of water. Instructions for Taking an Iodin Ration mail ed on request If you provide stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress.
 Craving for Sweets
 We are girls "A and 2 working in an office. We are putting on too much weight. Both of us have terrific craving for sweets.
 (E. R. and V. M)
 AnsWer-Get some plain wheat at feed or seed store, from farmer. mill or market, carry a little in your bag or pocket, and take good chew of it instead of drink ing sWeetened drink or eating fudge, ice cream and the like. It is better chewing than gum. Copyright 1945 by John F. Dille Co.