The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-11


 disease, diagnosis of treatment
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 WHAT TO DO FOR CHRONIC
 RHEUMATIZ
 If you are not fooling about It the first thing to do for chTonM rheumatism is obvious. The merS fact that you, or maybe your doc- tor, call it chronic rheumatism M tantamount to confessing you don't know what ails you. So, before you begin monkeying with nostrums' diets, baths, gadgetS, massage, Vita- mins or recipes mysteriously vouch~ safed by an old Indian chief or Tibetan lama, don't you think might be 8 good idea to f1nd out if you can, what ails you?
 Now for goodness sake don't 11- fer that I pretend to know any more about the ills called rheuma- tism than any ordinary practition- CT does, nor that I claim have any special diagnotic skill.
 I hesitate to estimate but be" lieve there are good many per- sons who have so-called rheuma" tism in a knee or shoulder which so interferes with proper function or use of the joint that atrophy ana weakening occur from sheer lack of exercise or use, all of which could be avoided by proper diag- nosis of the trouble in the first place and perhaps cure obtained by proper treatmenj-for instance internal derangement of the knees such as loose cartilage or hyper~ trophied synnovial (knee joint lin- ing) fringe from some strain or ln~ fury, perhaps of minor degree, lonS ago. Then, too, I know from my own observation and experience that many misguided folk accept years of discomfort or pain ana permanent partial disability from "chronic rheumatism" in the shoul- der, which is really just undiagnos" ed and untreated subdeltoid or sub- acromial bursitis-inflammation or lubricating pad or sac upon Whlcn the tendon of the deltoid or the su- praspinatus tendon rides or slides when the arm is used. This lame shoulder may be the effect of some comparatively minor strain or ins jury which the victim has folgot@ ten, or it may be. due to focal in" lection of the bursa. Anyway It ls always suspectible of great pallia- tion if not complete cure by proper atment-sometimes surgical l. more frequently medicinal injec- tions int othe bursa and physical therapy to restore function. E
 Forgive me if all this seems neg ative. If I could specify safe and simple remedy for each or any of the ills called rheumatism I'd do so, without concern about the code of medical ethics. But, as so many correspondents are unable or un- willing to understand, no one knows what chronic rheumatism means. an dthe nostrum monger, specialist or Wiseacre who pretends to know of such a disease or condition and of remedy or cure for it is de- ceiving himself or the customer.
 QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 You're Not Serious
 You waste your time and even a Nf InYas a1lnJlUh tn look for the signature) if you do not sign your letter. I stand squarely behind everything I say here. If you are serious about it you will sign what you write to me. (Ol' Doc Brady) Don't Be Gullible
 Can you recommend a formula that will cure the liquor habit when given secretly or without the drink CTS knowledge in coffee?
 (D. J. E)
 Answer-No Send ten cents and stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress. Ask for booklet "Dipso- mania"
 Anti -HemOrrhagc Vitamin
 Please give me some information as to where vitamin K can be found. We are studying about vita- mins in school but cannot learn where to get vitamin K which is necessary for the clotting of blood. (K. E. H. Answer-The green leaves are the best food source of vitamin K-cab- bage, spinach, beet tops, carrot tops, kale Soy bean oil is good source. Alfalfa is a rich source.
 Copyright 1945, John F. Dille Col