The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-19


 William Brady, National News paper Service, 320 West Madison Street, Chicago, III.
 SOMETHING FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
 Nine out of ten inquiries about high blood pressure, as recent tally indicates, are idle questions, such as what do you advise pre- scribe, recommend for high blood pressure?" or "Please give your opinion of this and that for nigh blood pressure" or Thanks for the diet for high blood pressure" In the first place these questions are not within my province. This de. department deals with personal health and hygiene, the science and art of keeping well, preventing al. sease. maintaining vitality ana | longevity. Of course If you wish VOL may argue that your symp- toms, complaints and ailments per- tain to your personal health ana | I'll concede that is so. NeVertneless I make the rules for this game ana If you want to play with me you must abide by the rules. The 1un- damental rule Is that l cannot an- swer letters pertaining to disease, diagnosis or treatment.
 |, Here is what recommend TOT one with high blood pressure though of course nine out Of ten readers with high blood pressure are at the moment interested in | pill, a shot, a trick food or diet, a bath, a dash of garlic or whatever current nostrum or bit Of quackery purports to work magic upon high blood pressure.
 But let's pretend some poor geek has been rejected by the medical examiner for life insurance com- pany because of high blood pres- sure. All right. Here's what l ad- wise him to do:
 1. Drink not less than two quarts
 of water daily, and of course
 drink no alcoholic beverage or liquor at all.
 I2. Get enough exercise every day
 as a vicarious relief for emo-
 tional tension, an outlet for
 blowing of steam. Ideal is
 daily walk From around the
 block to two miles Of oxygen
 on the hoof, once, twice or three
 times a day.
 3. Reduce If you are at all over-
 welght--and mainly by reStrict-
 ing intake Of refined carbohy-
 drate.
 4. Have a complete health exam ination once year, preferably by the same doctor, your own doctor.
 5. The best way to keep the prog
 ress of the trouble under ob- Seivation to to determine the
 state of the arteries is by ex- animation of the iundus, the retina, the sensitive film in the interior of the eye, which your physician or the oculist does
 with the aid of retinoScope or
 ophthalmoscope.
 QUESTIONS and ANSWERS E go
 Your B B. Book surely is mak- ing the rounds. Reader No. % has just finished it and sent on to No. 30. We pass 1t around in this way because of the paper shortage.
 (B. FD
 Answer-Tell you what I'll do. Return the by now dogeared copy Of the Brady Baby Book with the signatures Of, say 10 of the per- sons who have read it, anywhere on the cover or in the book. and I'll send you the complete works of or Doc Brady, cHoprising 25 yol- umeS-by mathematical lcgerde- main you might keep the book lets circulating so that every one Of the 30 persons in the group would always have something to brighten the passing hour.
 Birthmarks
 My husband being in the army I had to do all the packing lifting and fixing up when moved I work as a--operator and do considerable heavy lifting .. Now my landlady. 70 years old, tell some things about marking my baby that scare me
 I never paid much attention to stories of birthmarks before.
 Mrs. P. M. J)
 AnSWer-There is no fundation in fact for the absurd superstition of marking" the unborn baby. Too bad our American educational stan- dard Is so befouled with prudery that cmbryology (study Of prenatal dcvelopmenD is excluded from the curriculum as too nasty. However, you may get a glimmer Of light from the booklet Preparing for Maternity" for copy send ten and stamped envelope bearing your addresses. That is for the ordinary reader You, Mrs. F. J. M. and all other service mems wives or the service men themselves, may have the booklet together with The Brady Baby Book. with my compli- ments If they will ask for it and inclosc stamped self-addressed en- velopc.
 Copyright l945, John r. D4ile Col