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October, 1931
A Strong Nation
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FEATURE ARTICLES
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FOSTER,
M.D. 8
Do You Need Your Gallbladder?
HERBERT M. GIFFIN,
M.D. 10
Don't Be a Dope!
ROBERT V. SELIGER,
M.D. 12
Warts and Witches
PAUL
D.
DEAR EDITOR:
Your LIFE & HEALTH journal is genuinely appreciated.
The contents are very informative and
should be a must for every household. In
view of the information it contains bearing upon matters of interest to isolated
people, it should, I think, carry a special
appeal to our rural citizenry.
It should, moreover, cement good relations with peoples in foreign countries.
The advice contained and results to be expected as indicated in your articles are
conducive to better health, a common denominator in which all human beings are
interested.
A healthy nation is a strong nation.
MRS. LAMONT PUGH
Bethesda, Maryland
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Lamont Pugh, Surgeon General, U.S.
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ESTHER BOORMAN STRONG,
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HENRY L. HADLEY,
Simple Care of the Sick
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Wings of Health
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MENTAL HYGIENE
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Travel
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tle, M.D., in the January, 1951, issue of
LIFE & HEALTH. It is very interesting besides being informative, and I think it
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LIFE & HEALTH
a recent Melbourne epidemic of influenza
showed that the tests compared well with
other tests for flu in human beings.
Advantage of the test is that it is simple
to perform and qiiick to give the answer.
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Nuts and Fruits for Cardiacs
Oral Cancer
Cancer and Meat
and dentists are now joining hands in the fight against cancer of
the mouth. The Journal of Oral Surgery,
official voice of the American Dental Association, recently stressed the necessity
of cooperation between doctors of dentistry and doctors of medicine in diagnosing this disease early and treating it intensively. "Patients with oral cancer frequently consult a dentist first, which
places a great responsibility on the dental
profession."
Steps are now being taken to educate
patients to go to their dentists and their
physicians early in cases of lumps or
sores in the mouth. Dentists are being
better trained to recognize cancer, and
if not qualified to treat it, will refer it to
a surgeon. The new training in dental
schools in cancer diagnosis, hailed as an
advance, will save many a person from
untimely death.
THE incidence of cancer is greater
in persons whose food contains large
amounts of animal proteins, according
to Dr. W. D. Hartman, who writes in the
magazine Oncologia (vol. 2, p. 233), published in Basel, Switzerland.
The role of protein in causing cancer is
not definitely established as yet; however, a lower incidence of malignancy was
found in groups who ate primarily a
vegetarian diet. Dr. Hartman reports that
he was able to produce cancer in guinea
pigs and rabbits by injection of egg white
—a form of animal protein.
PHYSICIANS
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Operation for
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Da. WILLIAM DOCK, professor of medicine at the Long Island Medical School,
New York, in addressing a session of the
A.M.A., pointed out that sodium is an
all-important element in the diet of the
patient suffering from heart decompensation. Slow circulation of the blood through
the kidneys causes these patients to absorb and retain abnormally large amounts
of sodium, which results in swelling of
the tissues.
Because meats and other highly seasoned foods may contain excessively high
Flu Test
A NEW test to tell whether you have influenza, simply a sore throat, or a bad
cold has been developed by Dr. S. Fazekas
de St. Groth, of Melbourne, Australia.
In doing the test the doctor soaks in
salt water mucus taken from a patient's
nose. The test depends upon finding that
the mucus secreted in the human nose
contains an inhibitor substance that prevents the clumping of red blood cells. During a flu infection the nasal mucus loses
this ability.
In mice previously tested the disappearance of the inhibitor was one of the most
sensitive diagnostic tests. Trials during
amounts of sodium-containing salt, Dr.
Dock advocated nuts as an acceptable protein substitute for highly concentrated
animal protein products. Nuts and fruits,
low in sodium, are especially useful for
patients suffering from heart disease. He
also pointed out that many mammals,
such as the chimpanzee, having nutritional requirements similar to man's, exist entirely on nuts and fruits with no ill
effects.
Ulcers
AN operation perfected by Dr. A. David
Beattie, British surgeon, reported in Lancet, may eliminate the need for radical
operations that remove most of the stomach for ulcers.
Dr. Beattie's operation consists in cutting a small diamond-shaped piece of tissue from the pylorus, which is the opening from the stomach into the duodenum,
the upper portion of the small intestines.
This operation is combined with the
nerve-cutting operation vagotomy, for
stomach and duodenal ulcers. Cutting the
piece from the pylorus, Dr. Beattie observes, completely relieves pylorospasm,
the painful cramping of the stomach
caused by ulcers. It also relieves acute
stomach distention, a distressing aftereffect of the nerve-cutting operation. Special care such as stomach suction after
the operation is unnecessary.
"The door is now open," says Dr. Beattie, "for the recognition of vagotomy as a
standard surgical procedure for duodenal
ulcer."
OCTOBER, 1951
DIABETES AND INSULIN
NOSE COLDS AND COLD FEET
BY CHARLES H. BEST, M.D.,
Codiscoverer of Insulin, Director,
Banting Institute, Toronto
The responsibility of every diabetes
patient, peculiarly enough, is to
ensure himself of proper daily care.
M.D.
When a cold threatens, help nature
to help herself—don't add to her
burdens by drugging yourself.
VITAMIN BARGAINS
TENSION HEADACHE
BY HAROLD J. HORIE,
BY CHARLES WOLOHON,
BY J. DEWITT FOIE,
M.D.
You don't get by with tensions—
they trip you up sooner or later!
And when you pay them off, it's
an expensive price indeed.
YOU CAN REDUCE!
M.D.
The editor takes a long look at
the vitamin situation; comes up
with the best place to buy vitamins.
REGULAR FEATURES
PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE
BY ELSPETH BENNETT, M.A.,
Nutritionist
Here are some sound reasons why
the "pleasingly plump" should cut
down—and an easy way to do it.
CHILDREN'S PAGE
MARCH OF MEDICINE
5
Sure, You Can Afford a Doctor !
The Editor Says
"Whee, $250 for that operation!" Pop
whistled as he opened the doctor's statement. "That's terrific! How'll I ever pay
it?" Hold on, Pop, and we'll tell you. And
maybe when we are through, that bill
won't seem so outrageous after all.
With so much talk about the high cost
of medical care today, doctors and patients alike are becoming concerned. And
the bill is no myth when it comes. But
let's look the situation over, and we'll
see that there is a solution.
First, Pop, the doctor saved your life.
You might have died from peritonitis had
he not removed your gallbladder with all
those stones that were eroding their way
through its wall. And this was the first
surgery you've had. For 20-odd years, now,
you've spent little on medical expense. If
this $250 were spread over that time, it's
only $12.50 a year.
And this good health record has been
largely due to medical advances, all of
which came through your doctor's private
and public health practice, i.e., reduced
contagious diseases, better sanitation,
wonder drugs.
Now, Pop, see that cigarette in your
hand? If you can afford a pack a day, you
can afford your doctor! For most families
average about $70 yearly for medical care
(20 cents a day, or the cost of a pack of
cigarettes). So you can improve your
health two ways, Pop. Give up cigarettes
and pay your doctor at the same time.
During 1949, Americans spent nearly
twice as much on cigarettes and tobacco
($4.3 billion) as they did on doctors ($2.3
billion), and three times this amount
($7.9 billion) on liquor and alcohoDc beverages. Look at the cartoon below, Pop,
and you'll vividly see that we were able
to afford luxury items three times as easily as we could afford our valuable doctors. For we spent $24.6 billion on fun and
only $7.9 billion on medical care.
So, Pop, if doctor bills are hitting you
below the belt, why not invest the cost
of a pack of cigarettes in a health insurance policy? If you work in a factory, office, or plant where group insurance is
available, you can protect yourself, your
wife, and as many children as you have
against hospital and surgical expense for
about $70 a year (less than 20 cents a
day). If you take out a policy individually, this is only slightly higher.
For example, here are the rates for
one national hospitalization plan:
Group—Individual
Month Annual
Hospital expense only
$1.30 $15.60
Group—Family
Hospital expense only
3.00 36.00
Group—Individual
Hospital-surgical
2.30 27.60
Group—Family—husband, wife, children
Hospital-surgical
5.70 68.40
NonGroup—Individual—hospital only
Individual—hospital and surg.
NonGroup—Family—hospital only
Family—hospital and surgical
1.55
3.60
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43.20
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Now, Pop, you should also know that
Mr. Average American has little difficulty
paying his doctor. The $3 office visit, $5
home call, or $150 operation he can usually handle. But it's the heavy hospital
bill that often runs over $200 that flattens
his bank balance.
And while certain Government agencies
would like to tell you this is your doctor's
fault, in reality it is the hospital bill that
is so high.
So, if you can afford only one type of
insurance, the hospital policy is your better investment, since it covers the high
hospital expense.
But if you can carry a surgical plan too,
you'll be able to cover your doctor bill
also.
Now, Pop, really, is your medical expense-20 cents a day—so high? Last year
we Americans spent only $7.9 billion for
medical care, but we somehow managed
to blow in $24.6 billion, three times that
amount, for pleasure items. Which is
more important, your health or your fun?
Now, if you can afford a pack of cigarettes a day, you can afford your doctor!
Yours for better health.
Today 70,000,000 wise Americans budget
their medical expense in this way.
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Robert V. Seliger, M.D. ("Don't Be a
Dope!" page 12), is a Baltimore psychiatrist who for 20 years has been associated
with the Johns Hopkins Hospital and
Medical School, and who is one of the
country's outstanding psychiatrists in the
fields of alcoholism and drug addiction.
He has contributed more than a hundred
scientific papers, books, and articles to
the leading popular magazines on these
subjects.
Born in New York, he attended Fordham University, received his M.D. degree
from the University of Maryland Medical
School. After his internship and a residency in medicine he worked under the
late Dr. Adolph Meyer at the Henry
Phipps Psychiatric Clinic of the Johns
Hopkins Hospital. Here he became a member of the teaching and visiting staffs.
A private during World War I, Dr. Seliger was a neuropsychiatrist in charge of
an induction station in Baltimore during
World War II.
Since 1927 he has been in the private
practice of psychiatry, with special interests in the sociomedical illnesses of today
—alcoholism, drug addiction, psychological sex problems. He is now chief psychiatrist of the Neuropsychiatric Institute of
Baltimore, executive director of the National Committee on Alcohol Hygiene, and
medical consultant of the Canadian National Committee for Education on Alcoholism. He is a past president of the Medical Correctional Association, an affiliate
of the American Prison Association. He is
also a member of many scientific societies
devoted to psychiatry and mental health.
Dr. Seliger has spoken on drug addiction on radio and television and given
scientific papers on alcoholism at the
AMA conventions.
Dr. Seliger is married to an enthusiastic wife, and the couple recently celebrated their silver wedding anniversary.
They have two children—a married
daughter, Polly, and a son, Charles, a
senior at Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Seliger drives an ivory-and-blue
Catalina Pontiac, prefers business clothes,
and enjoys an air-cooled office. His favorite eating place in Baltimore is the nationally known Miller Brothers Restaurant. When in New York he enjoys dining
at Sardi's and the Hampshire House.
OCTOBER, 1951
Herbert M. Gitlin, M.D., F.A.C.S. ("Do
You Need Your Gallbladder?" page 10),
is surgeon for the Yater Clinic, Washington, D.C.
Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and
educated at Princeton, Dr. Giffin received
his M.D. degree from Johns Hopkins.
A former Mayo Foundation fellow in
surgery, he was for two years first assistant in surgery at the Mayo Clinic, in
Rochester, Minnesota.
During World War II he served aboard
a cruiser in the South Pacific and later
as thoracic and abdominal surgeon at the
U.S. Naval Hospital in Philadelphia.
At present he is consultant in surgery
at Walter Reed General Hospital and assistant professor of clinical surgery in
Georgetown University Medical School.
A skilled surgeon, Dr. Giffin is certified by
the American Board of Surgery. He has
been intensely interested in gallbladder
disease for many years, having studied
under the famed Doctors H. L. Bockus,
Waltman Walters, Howard Gray, and
James Priestley. He did many experiments on the gallbladder and bile ducts
at the Mayo Clinic under Dr. Frank Mann.
In 1942 he married a nurse from Rochester, and they now have two children,
aged five and two, and live in the Chevy
Chase district of Washington, D.C.
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*
Henry Lee Hadley, M.D. ("The World's
Best Filtering System," page 16), is a
Glendale, California, specialist in urology
and diseases of the kidney.
Born in Washington, D.C., the son of a
physician, Dr. Hadley received his M.D.
degree cum• laude from the College of
Medical Evangelists School of Medicine,
Loma Linda, California. He was one of the
youngest (22 years old) men ever to graduate from this school.
Upon graduation he spent two years in
the Army Medical Corps, serving in the
Veterans Hospital, Palo Alto, California.
During this time he took several trips
into San Francisco, and became a cablecar addict. To this day he likes to spend
pleasant week ends in the city by the
Golden Gate and ride the clanging little
cars.
For the past three years he has been
receiving special training in urology surgery at the White Memorial Hospital,
Los Angeles, under the eminent urological
professor Dr. Roger W. Barnes.
Dr. Hadley lives in Pasadena, California, where with his wife, the former Bonnie Rae Barnes, and his three children
he enjoys romping in the back yard. His
greatest delight is trying to teach his 21year-old son to drive the car and hearing
the kiddies identify the names of oncoming cars. An auto enthusiast himself, Dr.
Hadley has moved through the bicycle,
motorcycle, hot-rod, and souped-up car
stages, and now drives a red Mercury convertible.
Week ends find the Hadleys in the San
Bernardino Mountains, swimming or sailing on Lake Arrowhead and skiing in the
wintertime.
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Dr. Esther Boorman Strong ("Woman's Role in National Defense," page 14)
is a staff member of the personnel policy
board, office of the Secretary of Defense,
in Washington. She helps to shape up the
policies governing women's activities for
the Department of Defense in both military and civilian services.
A graduate of Vassar, Dr. Strong has
worked on the staffs of national magazines, and as a research analyst she holds
M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in sociology from
Yale. She came to Washington as the Yale
research fellow at Brookings Institute of
Government Research.
She is well versed in Government policies and practices, having served in the
Federal Security Agency and the Nairy
Department. She is now serving in the
Department of Defense.
Dr. Strong has always loved young people, and after the war she served as dean
of women and associate professor of sociology at American University, in Washington, D.C.
From her vantage point in the Pentagon, Dr. Strong is endeavoring to bring
women to their full stature in future
plans for the nation's defense. She feels
that by giving them their just place they
can best contribute to keeping our country
healthy and well protected.
7
A
PAUL D. FOSTER, M.D.
Curious cures of the Middle Ages, persisting today,
come under the scientific eye of the physician.
HOULD you ever be annoyed by warts on your
body and wish to rid yourself of them, you
might look around until you find some witchlike old crone, a wild-eyed gypsy, or perhaps
an exotic beturbaned swami, all of whom might claim
powers of magic to remove them, presto !—just like
that.
The sorcerer of your choice would mutter, "Abracadabra," or some other myhterious mumbo jumbo
while he rubbed each wart with a bit of red cloth, a
piece of hemp rope, or other impressive manifestation
of magic. Perhaps you would be told to "wish the
warts" from your body onto the person of someone
else; or you might sell them for a penny each, making
sure that you buried the pennies at the full of the
moon so that the purchaser would not inherit the affliction he had bought. You could then go about your business with an easy mind, for within a week or so every
wart on your body would have disappeared.
Any of a hundred other rigmaroles handed down
from the Dark Ages, when "mystery, magic, and medicine" were one and the same, might do just as well.
The only requisite would be that you believed blindly
and implicitly in the magic and in the sorceress or the
"healer" who was to bring about your cure.
Indeed, I have witnessed the thing myself. A patient
whose body bore at least a hundred warts came to me
for treatment some years ago. During the examination
she confided to me that her own grandmother had
strange supernatural powers, and could cast out warts,
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but she was a little afraid to place herself in the old
woman's hands.
Curious to see an example of the "miracle," I suggested that she go ahead and have the warts removed
by her grandmother if she believed it possible, and
requested that she return and show me the results as
soon as they were visible. It was with interest rather
than amazement that I received her three weeks later,
and verified the fact that every wart on her body had
vanished as she had "believed" they would.
There was no amazement, because the same thing
has been accomplished many times by modern medical
science in the nature of experimentation. We have
caused warts—verrucae vulgaris is the technical name
for them—to disappear by such psychological tricks as
painting them bright colors or by merely having the
patient faithfully draw a circle around the date on
the calendar for twenty-one successive days.
The foregoing story of the grandmother who could
"cast out" warts had an interesting denouement too.
The girl had had no opportunity to see her grandmother since she first made the request for a "miracle,"
but had merely gone home glowing with childlike faith
in the cure. She had no idea what process of magic
was used, and I asked her to find out for me. She returned sheepishly a few days later to confess that with
the forgetfulness of advanced years grandma had let
the whole matter slip from her mind, and hadn't done
a thing!
Demonstrations of this sort were common down
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through all the ages of ignorance and superstition, and
not only in connection with the removal of warts. A
favorite remedy in the Middle Ages was "usnea,"
which was moss scraped from the skull of a criminal
who had been hanged with chains. It was said to be
entirely successful in the cure of patients with nervous
or wasting diseases. Rope with which a man had been
hanged was also efficacious.
The humble potato when first introduced into Europe, because of its rarity and expensiveness, was regarded not as a food but as a medicine, and "cured"
many ills.
The ludicrous "Brunonian" system, which was
evolved by John Brown in the eighteeenth century,
fired the people's imagination, and had many converts.
Brown believed that all diseases fall into two simple
categories—"those in which there is too much bodily
excitement, and those in which there is too little."
He prescribed, as absolute cures, opium for the first
condition and alcohol for the second. He died of his
own two basic "cures." Sir Kenelm Digby, who lived
in the seventeenth century, was knighted for his "powder of sympathy" ; the wounds of battle were supposed
to be healed if the bloody garment of the wounded was
dipped into a solution of it.
One famous noble in the Middle Ages fed his wife
viper's flesh to improve her complexion. She is reported
as "ungratefully" rewarding her husband's concern for
her beauty by dying of the cure. Many of the plaguelike skin diseases which ravaged the gay blades of the
ninth century were largely due to the "love-inspiring"
drugs so popular at that time. Signs offering love
charms and philters may still be seen in certain sec- '
tions of all large cities, bearing witness that, although
completely disproved, belief in their power has not
disappeared.
There is little in tbe world that has not been tried
in efforts to cure man of his ills. It is said that almost
every plant on earth has been used in treating diseases.
A few of these herbs are found beneficial even today,
but most of them are utterly useless. The bad part
about plant or herb lore was that the ancients soon
wandered from the beneficent use of them to the lore
of poisons. From the resulting black magic came many
notorious poison artists.
Strangely enough, the spice trade, which led to
discoveries of new lands and to extension of commerce,
was in reality the drug trade. Search for a short route
to India to obtain spices led to the discovery of America; but the lure—pepper, mace, nutmeg, sandalwood,
and other exotic spices—were not used as condiments
but as drugs to allay pain and to cure disease. It is a
fact that not one of these spices, so valued in medicine
hundreds of years ago, is considered to be of much
value today in the treatment of any ailment.
Still many persons cling to the "emotional" beliefs
of the primitives today. They reason just as the savages of the jungles reasoned: Their medicine man'
treated his patients, and many of them got well. By his
logic they got well because of
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Charles Carey
DOCTORS are still mystified today by warts, those annoying little skin tumors that frequently appear on the hands of many normal people.
OCTOBER, 1951
9
Do liou Nera' War 6d/bladder?
A HERBERT M. GIFFIA, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Are you that one in ten persons in the United States who will
someday have stones in the gallbladder? Will you need
an operation? Here's how your doctor can tell.
A. Pc virtu,
YOU needn't be glum if it is necessary for your gallbladder to be
removed. You will be able to live a normal, happy life without it.
T LEAST one of your acquaintances has had
his gallbladder removed. Several others undoubtedly have gallstones, and may require
treatment in the near future. Many have had
the unmistakable symptoms of gallbladder distress, for
it is estimated that more than 10 per cent of all adults
in the U.S.A. have or will have stones in theirsallbladders. Are you one of this 10 per cent? Do ou need
treatment for gallbladder symptoms, or will you need
a gallbladder operation during your lifetime?
Most of us shun the facts that would lead to improved health or future well-being. We tend to mini10
mize our symptoms. We tend to put off having proper
diagnoses made for fear of unpleasant• treatment of one
sort or another. All of us hope to avoid surgery of any
kind, particularly when it might mean the loss of an
important part of our anatomy. We ask, "Can we not
dissolve the stones? Why not let them pass? Why not
treat my inflamed gallbladder with penicillin?" Or if
surgery is done, we plead, "At least leave my gallbladder in and just take the stones." These are the
logical reactions of anyone interested in his personal
health and welfare, but they indicate a need for a more
widespread knowledge of the facts concerning the gallbladder in health and disease.
Just what is the gallbladder and what is its purpose? It is a small fluid-containing sac attached to the
under surface of the liver in the upper right side of
the abdomen. Normally it contains about one and onehalf ounces of bile, which is emptied into the small
intestine at certain times to aid in normal digestion.
Bile itself is a golden-yellow liquid. The liver produces
about one and one-half pints daily. This fluid contains bile pigments discharged by the liver, and bile
salts produced by the liver to aid in the proper digestion of fats. They also help in the absorption of protein, carbohydrates, the fat-soluble vitamins A and D,
and vitamin K. The bile then passes by way of a narrow
tube—the common duct—from the liver to the bowel.
The gallbladder is merely a storehouse along this pathway where bile may be held and concentrated until
needed for the next meal. The gallbladder is a useful
organ, but its removal does not interrupt the main
stream of bile from its source in the liver to its place
of action in the small bowel. It can be of service, let
us say, but it is not essential to health.
The gallbladder, however, may be of great disservice if diseased and unable to carry on its normal functions. It can produce much greater havoc in disease
than the usual inflamed appendix. It is subject not
only to acute inflammations that in themselves threaten
life but to the formation of stones, with possible resulting blockage of the main bile duct. When the bile
duct is blocked jaundice occurs. The bile pigments are
deposited in the skin instead of being eliminated into
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the bowel, and give the characteristic yellow-green
color. Although this blockage can be tolerated for short
periods, irreparable damage to the liver or other serious complications such as spreading infection, rupture
of the bile ducts or bladder, and gangrene may result.
A stone in the lower bile duct may block the outlet
from the pancreas, another important digestive gland,
sometimes fatally damaging this gland. The irritation
of stones in the gallbladder at times may be a factor
in the development of cancer in it. Stones even in the
absence of acute inflammation can be a great hazard.
Do you have gallbladder disease? Many persons
have it without fully knowing the cause of their trouble. Stones or low-grade infections may be present for
long periods without apparent symptoms. Likewise a
gallbladder may be nonfunctioning or poorly functioning, yet the mild symptoms may be considered as
caused by indigestion or possibly ulcers of the stomach.
Even pain suggesting the angina of heart disease may
be simulated by gallbladder disease.
How then can we diagnose gallbladder disease with
certainty? First, the physician relies on a carefully
taken history of complaints. This usually rules out
other confusing sources of pain or distress in the upper
abdomen. It often shows typical gallbladder disease
symptoms of discomfort in the "pit of the stomach,"
with pressure or fullness in the upper abdomen after
meals, more pronounced after the eating of fatty foods.
It may reveal a definite story of repeated severe right
upper abdominal pain spreading around to the right or
through to the back near the right shoulder blade,
often called gallbladder colic. Occasionally jaundice or
puttylike stools noted by the patient aid in the diagnosis.
Second, an X-ray study of the gallbladder is required, sometimes called the Graham-Cole test. The
doctor gives the patient tablets containing a dye that
is eliminated and concentrated in the bile. Pictures are
taken the next morning before and after a fatty meal,
the fat causing the gallbladder, if normal, to empty its
contents. This test usually will show whether there are
stones and whether there is normal gallbladder function. It must be remembered, however, that some
stones, possibly 30 per cent of them, cannot be seen
even if present. A gallbladder that does not fill and
empty normally requires special treatment. Usually a
gallbladder that does not show up in these X-ray studies is diseased and contains stones.
If stones are found, must there be treatment? And
what can be done about them? Many patients are
tempted to let stones remain untouched if unaccompanied by pain and indigestion. Others hopefully
search for a doctor who can "dissolve stones." Let it
be understood that no stone has ever been dissolved
within the gallbladder. Stones can be of pure cholesterol, chiefly pigment, calcified matter, or mixed in
composition. None can be dissolved without harm to
the tissues by any medicine taken internally or any
chemical that can be injected into the gallbladder.
However, some very small gallstones do pass through
the ducts' into the bowel, thus giving the false impression of having dissolved. But this is at great risk of
complete obstruction of the ducts, jaundice, and perforation of the. gallbladder. It is possible for large
stones to pass through the wall into the bowel, with
grave danger of peritonitis or bowel obstruction. The
chance of passage of stones is small, and the risk
involved very great indeed.
Surgical removal of the stones and the diseased
gallbladder containing them is the only treatment to
be considered today if stones are found present and
the patient's condition will
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Signal Corps Photo
THE SURGEON knows that a diseased gallbladder, able to wreak greater havoc than the usual
inflamed appendix, is subject to acute infections that may threaten the life of the patient.
OCTOBER, 1951
II
DON'T BE A DOPE!
A
ROBERT U. SELIGER, M.D.
Assistant Professor in Neurology, Johns Hopkins Medical School
Chicago Herald-American, From International News Photo
Brooks, From Monkmeyer
BECAUSE of the degrading influence of dope, some of the best
young people of the nation find themselves in hard places.
TEEN-AGERS, even as you and I, don't like to be considered
different. Dope peddlers take advantage of this tendency.
Protect your own child from one of today's most ruinous
evil habits—dope! No boy or girl from high family or
low is safe unless well informed of the dangers of dope.
UR teen-agers today are menaced by a danger
more virulent than cancer, as deadly as the
H-bomb. The spine-chilling term drug addiction has become a personal horror to thousands of youngsters, chiefly in our larger cities. Estimates of 50,000 to 300,000 young victims throughout
the country suggest a nationwide epidemic. Angry and
frightened, Chicago, New York, Detroit, and Los Angeles are taking stringent police measures to cope with
the problem. Yet, of the four thousand addicts admitted
to the United States Public Health Service Hospital
at Lexington, Kentucky, last year, 18 per cent were
under twenty-one. Only six years ago the figure was
3 per cent.
What makes our adolescents such easy prey? Dr.
Victor H. Vogel, medical officer in charge at Lexington, says: "They are just pleasure-seeking kids who
were following the fashion of the school or the community and tragically found after using heroin that
they had a wildcat by the tail and couldn't let go. When
asked if they would have still experimented with heroin
if they had known that they would get 'hooked' they
said, 'Of course not.' "
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They didn't know the gun was loaded. Let's take the
gun apart and see what makes it deadly.
A narcotic, or dope, according to Webster, is "any
preparation used to stupefy." Heroin, an opium derivative, is no longer legally imported into this country, because the medical profession found that it has
no special advantage over morphine, and heroin offers
greater addiction hazards. Therefore heroin must be
smuggled into the United States by criminals. A white
powder, heroin looks as innocent as dried milk. But
it takes only from fourteen days to a month to turn
its user into an addict.
A drug addict is a person who has developed a
physical dependence upon a drug so that he cannot
voluntarily stop using it. The demands of his body require several doses a day in order to prevent the terrible suffering of withdrawal illness.
But how did the youngster become an addict? Alcoholism and drug addiction have this in common: both
begin with the desire for a cheap thrill, a desire to be
one of a crowd. Every alcoholic began as a social
drinker. Every youthful heroin addict started with innocent-appearing marijuana.
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Actually, marijuana is as innocent as a pile of
greasy old rags left in the bottom of a closet. The first
drag on a "reefer" throws in the first greasy rag that
leads to the combustion of heroin. The kid thinks he
can "get away with it." He wants a "bigger boot,"
thus making himself fair game for the heroin "pusher."
A "pusher" was once a thrill-seeking kid like himself who is' now an addict and supports his expensive
habit by selling dope. An infectious habit addiction
invariably begins with association with another addict.
These "Typhoid Marys" are only too glad to pass out
free samples at first, and to jeer down any show of reluctance by taunts of "Chicken!" and "Square!" By
the same reasoning the youngster might as well be
called "chicken" if he refused to hold a lighted stick
of dynamite; a "square" if he could not be dared into
jumping out of a thirtieth-floor window. But if the
kid had this elementary horse sense he would not be
a victim in the first place.
He just wants thrills. And after the first vomiting
attack, sniffing heroin gives him a "big bang." But it
doesn't last long, and he shifts to injections. The trouble is that he must have more and bigger "shots"
to give him anything like the pleasure he felt at first.
Then he suddenly finds that instead of having fun he
merely becomes groggy from heroin and must continue
to take it if he is to live with any degree of comfort
at all. For without his four to six or more shots a day,
he suffers horribly in every nerve and muscle in his
body. Now he actually will do anything to get dope.
Since it costs him at least ten dollars a day for
heroin, the boy turns to stealing from his family, then
to more serious theft. The girl resorts to prostitution
or shoplifting. The sooner they come to the attention
of the juvenile authorities, the more fortunate they
are, because their only chance for survival depends
upon prompt treatment at one of oup.two Government
hospitals, at Lexington, Kentucky, and Fort Worth,
Texas.
The minimum length of treatment required at
either of these hospitals is four and a half months.
Unfortunately, overcrowding makes the situation difficult for teen-agers. They are of necessity thrown
into contact with older addicts whose lifetime history
of treatment and relapses offers them scant encouragement. Aside from this, however, the outlook for youngsters is hopeful.
In the first place they are not self-committed, thence
must remain until discharged, which gives them the
opportunity of learning to live without drugs. In general, unlike the older addict, they have not acquired
personality difficulties serious enough to require psychiatric treatment. Therefore they may be classified
as "normal" and possessing average intelligence. The
great majority began their criminal activities only
after they became addicts, to get money for narcotics. Rid of the habit, they have good chances of becoming self-respecting citizens.
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COUNT the cost! Before you ever let anyone talk you into the first try at dope, remember that it is as treacherous as a fiery viper.
OCTOBER, 1951
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Woman's Role in National Defeme
•
By ESTHER BOORMRD STROH, Ph.D.
Representative of Women's Interests, Personnel Policy Board, Department of Defense
OUNG ladies and older 'ones are destined to
take an important part in national defense
in the two decades of mobilization that we
are told lie ahead of us. Already they are
rolling up their sleeves to tackle the defense job. Some
are returning to chores laid aside less than five years
ago. Others, with painful memories, are saying, "Yes,
but—" Girls who were in elementary school when
brother Johnny came home from the war are now finding that it is not so glamorous to have their boy friends
go off to two or three years of military service while
they are left behind.
So once more a new generation of girls is becoming
restless, and looking with inquiring eyes to military
service for women and defense jobs, where adventure
beckons. Mothers of these girls and boys, in mute
frustration over the international chaos that deprives
their young people of a normally happy life, demand
the right to a share in national defense work in the
hope that by doing their part somehow the sentence
that hangs over all of us will be lightened.
Today as always in a time of severe national emergency the role of the mother is of primary importance.
It is her wisdom, love, humor, patience, and sense of
values that steadfastly preserve the American home,
which is the basis of our democratic way of life. Marriage and child bearing are only preludes to her traditional and abiding contribution as a great stabilizing
U.S. Army Photo
RECRUITS at Fort Lee, Virginia, enjoy an outdoor class in military
justice with alert 2d Lieutenant Betty J. Baumgartner as instructor.
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Women will always cheerfully take
on their share of the task that
men so bravely shoulder. Here is
guidance for them as they step
out to help carry humanity's load.
Al
influence. No matter what activities she may engage
in, her most important function is to provide stability,
courage, and insight into social values for those who
depend on her for strength. This may never be put into
words by her children, but it is a powerful influence
in our national life.
I remember one cold winter night in Union Station,
Washington, D.C., when a young man in uniform with
a knapsack on his back asked if I could let him have
a sheet of paper and an envelope. He said he had been
thinking on the train that he had never really told his
mother how much he appreciated all she did for the
family. He said he wanted to write and tell her. Could
I help him? He didn't quite know how to say it. I
fumbled in my purse for a stamp while he wrote, "Dear
Mom, I just want you to know I'm thinking about you.
Take good care of pop and the kids. Love to you ill.
Your son Johnny."
"Oh," he said ruefully, "that doesn't say it, but I
guess she'll understand."
In addition to the heavy demands on her fortitude,
the mother in our American family will have the responsibility of keeping the young people healthy and
well nourished on a diminishing budget and under
increasingly difficult conditions. Unless this challenge
is met with imagination and adjustability the diffiLIFE & HEALTH
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DIAMOND DUST
By D. A. DELAFIELD
Courtesy of Rhein/Alain Air Base
THE SMILE of the flight nurse gives no clue to the hard work and
long hours she spends making the men comfortable and cheerful.
culties of housekeeping will wear out the homemaker
and leave the family undernourished and unhappy.
There will undoubtedly be many helpful home economic aids available, but it takes an alert and adventurous homemaker to try new ways of meeting the family's needs. This is the second greatest challenge to
American women.
The third demand on the mother will be to take
part in organized preparation for civil defense in such
a way as not to alarm young people unduly yet make
sure that every possible precaution has been taken and
everyone knows what will be expected of him in case
of emergency. Millard Caldwell, in charge of the Federal Office of Civil Defense, has repeatedly said that
the big job of his office is on the one hand to find some
way to overcome the heavy load of inertia that our
prevalent disbelief in the possibility of enemy attack
on our land creates, and on the other to prevent the
hysteria that makes intelligent preparedness impossible.
Every thoughtful mother knows the wisdom of
having simple home remedies at hand in case of accident. It is just such a precaution that is planned on
a national scale by civil defense. Every wise mother
will take her part intelligently in community planning
for civil defense without letting her children sense
any panic in her activities.
A fourth demand on the mother will be to help her
daughters plan wisely for their education. When jobs
are plentiful and big money comes easy even to the
girl with a little skill in trades that are short of efficient employees, it is hard to choose wisely for career
preparation.
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It was fascinating to observe a watchmaker polish the delicate axle of a watch wheel. As the balance wheel turned on a tiny lathe, the skillful
craftsman gently pressed a piece of pulpwood
against the narrow surface of the pivot. In between was a bit of diamond dust—the most effective abrasive known to the profession.
"The pivot is the riding surface of the wheel," he
said to me. "If this gets out of shape, the only
hope is to polish it smooth again. The balance
wheel is the heart of the watch, and if you have
trouble here, anything can happen."
It was that innocuous-looking white abrasive tenderly applied by the watchmaker that put the polish on the pivot and set the balance wheel to working right again. Diamond dust is the best abrasive.
The white powder cuts off the rough edges and
makes things smooth again.
Too often in life our mental and emotional
machinery stops running smoothly because there
is something wrong. The balance wheel of life is
rubbing hard in places because the pivot is notched
with nasty ridges of selfishness and creased with
little depressions of sin. Naturally we are distressed
and anxious, because we just aren't ticking right.
Everything seems to be wrong when there is
something wrong in the heart. To recognize this
fact is to take the first step in providing a solution
to the problem. Now, be sure that the next step
is as wise as the first.
Go to the Watchmaker. Don't take yourself
apart and put yourself together again. Avoid too
much self-reflective thinking. Why try to fix the
balance wheel yourself? Heaven's Craftsman will
repair it. Be patient and submissive as He works
away at His lathe, filling in the depressions of sin
and leveling off ugly ridges of selfishness. He may
use a tough abrasive to polish the pivot, but that's
what it takes to make things right. Now let's put
the balance wheel back in the watch and see how
it works. It's running smoothly again, isn't it?
Life isn't so bad when we learn this secret, when
we learn how to find strength and security in God.
We all have trouble with the balance wheel sooner
or later, but the Watchmaker knows how to take
care of the situation, if we will give Him a chance.
And the methods He uses to correct us are for
our good. Diamond dust is a tough abrasive, but
it polishes off the rough spots and makes life
smooth again.
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THE WORLD'S BEST
&rime Systex
it, HENRY L. HADLEY, M.D.
Believe it or not, you have the world's
most wonderful filtering system-45
miraculous miles with 2,000,000 units!
ORTY-FIVE miles of filter! That's
right. You may not realize it, but you
are carrying around with you the
world's most wonderful filtering system. Although it weighs only half a pound,
each of your kidneys has more than a million
filtering units, which if placed end to end
would reach twenty-two miles.
How can you keep your filters working better and longer? If you learn something of how
the system works, you will be better able to
keep it running efficiently.
Actually most of the fluids in your body
are not circulating in the arteries and veins. As a matter of fact, there is eight times as much fluid stored
outside your blood vessels as inside. This would amount
to twelve gallons, for the/1e are six quarts of blood in
your blood vessels.
To keep healthy, you must have this large amount
of fluid in exact amounts and chemical composition.
This balance is maintained by the blood that goes to
this vast storehouse of fluids. Thus the blood has to
be constantly changing the contents of the fluid in
order to maintain this balance. In doing this work the
blood becomes overloaded with the waste products and
other excess material of the body fluids. The blood then
passes through the kidneys, where it is purified and
filtered. The way this is done is one of the most interesting and complex jobs that your body performs.
An ordinary filter allows the passage of all .particles
up to a specified size and retains the larger ones. A
dam works by holding back water until a certain height
is reached, then allowing the excess to spill over. Your
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THE KIDNEYS, a double organ carrying on the most intricate chemical
action, spell double trouble if they fail to do their work properly.
filtering system is not this simple. Actually your kidney filtering mechanism is twofold. The first action is
filtration of a watery product containing many chemicals and waste matter. Then in the passage through
the filter there are the changes made by addition and
subtraction.
The one million filtering units that make up the
bulk of the kidney substance are actually complete kidneys themselves. They are identical and do exactly the
same work. These units are coiled tubes, each two
inches long, with a cuplike end surrounding an expansion of a tiny blood vessel. Thus each tube is supplied with blood on which to work. The other end of
the tiny coil connects with collecting tubes that carry
the waste products to a basin enclosed by the kidney.
From there they are carried from the kidney down one
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single larger tube, known as the ureter, into the bladder for storage and eventual elimination.
To keep the blood pure, your heart must send one
fifth of all your blood to the kidneys each minute.
Thus in five minutes all the blood in the body has
passed through the filtering system. Therefore in one
day the extra water and waste materials have been
removed nearly three hundred times.
The blood vessel supplying each of these filtering
units expands into a ball, with small openings allowing the escape of certain-sized elements while retaining
others. Our blood pressure supplies the force for this
step.
As these waste products are filtered, a large amount
of water is carried out with them; in fact, two quarts
of water is passed every fifteen minutes. Because it
would be impossible to make up this loss by drinking
fluids (it would amount to forty-eight gallons a day)
the tubes reabsorb the water, allowing only the amount
not needed by the body to escape.
This watery fluid filtrate, as it passes down the twoinch tubule, is transformed into urine, concentrated
120 times—only fifteen drops of urine for every glass
of filtrate.
Water, sugar, salt, and other vital constituents are
sent back into the blood by these tubules. Other elements such as urea and uric acid are excreted.
If, for instance, you eat salt to the extent that your
body is overloaded, the kidney excretes a urine rich in
salt. On the other hand, if no salt is taken in the diet,
the kidney filters will reabsorb all that passes the filter.
If you are eating food too rich in protein, an excess of acids is accumulated in the body. Your kidneys
excrete the excess, thus making the urine more 'acid.
Normally your urine contains no sugar, although
sugar is always present in the blood flowing through
the kidney. If the amount in the blood is increased
abnormally, as in diabetes, this excess will "spill over"
into the urine to keep the proper level in the blood.
Now, why do doctors tell you to drink eight glasses
of water a day? The answer is that instead of putting
more work on the kidney, as one might think, it actually lessens its load, for the kidneys are most severely
taxed when they have to remove from the blood the
dissolved substances in only a small amount of water.
Inasmuch as urine is the medium by which the
body rids itself of poisonous material, it is obvious
that urine itself is poisonous, and must be eliminated.
Otherwise toxins accumulate, and uremia results.
During illnesses the kidney eliminates poisonous
substances that always find their way into the blood.
This suggests the desirability of drinking much water,
in order to lower the concentration of these toxins, and
thereby lessen the chance of injury of the body.
Stones are caused by the precipitation of minerals
normally dissolved in the urine. A concentrated urine
is a major factor in causing this precipitation to occur. This is another reason for drinking a good quantity of water every day. Because water is neither acid
nor alkaline it helps the kidneys to maintain the acidbase balance in the body.
Mugs known as diuretics are used to increase the
amount of urine formed.
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TinG
and
unconsuoususs
Rx ROY LYMAN SEXTON, M.D.
Washington Safety Services Committee
American National Red Cross
IMP LE fainting is one of the most common occurrences requiring first-aid care. The immediate
Scause
of fainting is insufficient supply of blood to the
brain. This may be the result of hunger, confinement
in a close or crowded room, fatigue, severe pain, severe
emotional shock, or other numerous causes.
If a person feels he is about to faint, the best thing
to do is to lie down quickly. If this is not possible, he
should bend forward at the waist, with his head between his knees, getting the head lower than the heart.
To give first aid to a person who has fainted, the
attendant will keep the patient lying down. He will
lower hiff head or elevate his legs and loosen tight clothing. After a person has regained consciousness he may
be given a stimulant such as coffee. If the victim does
not recover promptly, call for medical aid.
Not all cases of unconsciousness, of course, are
simple fainting. When the cause of unconsciousness is
not known, the first aider still can give some care, depending on the type of unconsciousness experienced.
In "red" unconsciousness the face is flushed and
the pulse full. The victim should be in a lying position,
with head and shoulders raised slightly. The first aider
should pply cold applications to his head. Even when
the vicfim becomes conscious, in this type of unconsciousness do not give stimulants.
Victims of "white" unconsciousness (face pale, skin
clammy, and pulse weak) should be kept in a lying
position, with head low, and covered adequately for
warmth.
First aiders should not attempt to rouse an unconscious victim by shaking or shouting. Call a doctor as
soon as possible.
This is the fourth in a series of tips on first aid prepared especially
for LIFE AND HEALTH by the American Red Cross.
American Red Cross
BECAUSE fainting is caused by a short supply of blood to the brain,
direct your first aid toward getting the blood back into the head.
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6
imple Care of the gick
By WILLIAM SWALLOW
Reprinted by courtesy of "The American Home" (January, 1950)
YOU can make a simple bed
tray for your patient from
a cardboard box. just cut
openings in the sides to
make room for the patient.
PLACE a small bell or glass
with a spoon inside within
reach of the patient. Either
serves as a quick summons
.for the vigilant nursemaid.
TO PREVENT an accidental
and noisy slamming of the
sickroom door, put a folded
towel around the door by
hanging it over the knobs .
HEN home turns hospital, let your house
turn nurse's aid. Whether one of your fam- ,
ily is convalescing from an operation or is
confined with a lengthy illness, don't feel
you must purchase the drugstore itself to make comfortable the patient's recovery. An old clock that runs
no more, a discarded picture bereft of its decorative
value, even a square cardboard carton, they're all
ready and willing to serve as sick-care aids.
Here are a number of simple ways to make homenursing care efficient. They involve no extra purchases,
are simple tricks with simple items. Keep them in mind
for future reference as ways to adapt what you have
to unpredicted home emergencies.
If the hot-water bottle leaks, heat salt in a skillet,
pour it through a funnel into the bag. Salt retains
warmth a long time. No ice bag? Use a rubber glove.
Make a tray out of a cardboard carton, a bell with glass
and .spoon.
To improve the patient's morale, place mirror, comb
and other grooming essentials within easy reach. Those
bedridden for days are apt to be unnerved by tiny inconveniences, small noises, even the ticking of a clock.
You can't soundproof the house, but you can cover the
timepiece with a drinking glass, soften the doorbell's
ring, protect doors against banging.
Save yourself extra energy-draining steps by keeping in the sickroom a utility tray for cleaning supplies,
soap, washcloth, scouring pOwder, disinfectant.
Your house is a better-equipped hospital than you
think. So don't wander off on a far-away search for
equipment when the patient needs you close at hand.
Bring ingenuity to the fore!
IF watch ticking annoys
bedridden, cover with drinking glass to eliminate the
sound. It leaves face visible.
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feature are available upon request. Address your postal
card to LIFE m HEALTH,
Washington 12, D.C.—ED.
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A CLOCK too old to tick can be a reminder of
time when medicine is prescribed. After each
dose, set hands to hour next dose is to be taken.
LIFE & HEALTH
TO HELP a very weak invalid
at home, tie a sheet to the foot
of the bed. Patient can pull
herself up to sitting position or
move without demanding help.
IF PATIENT'S nerves are jittery and doorbell is
often ringing, soften its sound by slipping a
finger of an old glove over the bell hammer.
PREVENT spread of disease in family. Mark
patient's dishes, keep them separate. The nail
polish, of course, is waterproof, can be removed.
NO regular ice bag in the house? Then provide
an ordinary rubber glove in its place. After
ice has been inserted, tie wrist part securely.
ALWAYS pour bottled medicine with label on
top. If liquid runs down side, the instructions
on label will not be marred or obliterated.
AN old discarded picture—even one hanging on a
wall—can be presied into service as handy tray
for carrying the invalid's food to her bedside.
WHEN the patient is too ill to sit up in bed, a
small teapot can become efficient, nondripping
drinking cup for water or nourishing beverages.
OCTOBER. 1951
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FAMILY PHYSICIAN IOW
We do not diagnose or treat disease by mail, but answer general health questions. Enclose
stamped, addressed envelope. Address: Family Physician, LIFE Cr HEALTH, Washington 12, D.C.
Torticollis
Can a person with torticollis expect
to be cured?
If torticollis (a twisted neck) is
lifelong, it is probably due to some injury of tissues that has become more
or less permanentAt may have been
due to a birth injury.
Torticollis that has appeared later
in life, however, very often can be
treated by manipulative adjustments,
deep massage, or muscle manipulation
that will free the muscle to act naturally. Sometimes injuries to the bones
of the neck are responsible for deformities of this kind, and if corrected, a cure may be expected.
* * *
intake of starches and sugars. Some
feel that a high fat diet should be used
if there is too much insulin. Others
advocate a high carbohydrate diet with
light, frequent feedings.
Your doctor apparently allows some
leeway. He advises little starch, yet
he allows you a doughnut, which is
very starchy.
Water may be used as one desires it.
It has been our practice to feed hypoglycemia patients a general diet, perhaps increasing the fat content a little
above average.
YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR
By HARRIET DAY
Babies and Dogs
Our dog often licks our baby's face
and mouth. Is this dangerous?
Comparing the bacterial situation in
the mouth of the dog with that in the
mouths of human beings, we think
there is very little choice between the
two. We would not want to have a
baby licked by either a dog or another
person.
Although socially our mouths are
clean, they are a common home for
a great variety of bacteria, some of
which may be productive of disease.
* * *
Hypoglycemia
I have been told that I have hypoglycemia. Please tell me what I can
do to control the weakness I feel.
Hypoglycemia is a state in which
there is not enough sugar in the blood.
It may be caused by too much adrenalin, or too much insulin produced or
taken into the body, or too low an
20
Poor Tilly had a tumor;
Is now in lasting sleep.
The quack she went to advertised,
"Good service very cheap."
Vitamins and Pain
Recently I have begun taking large
daily doses of vitamins, and am experiencing a lot of pain about my face
and sinuses. Should I stop using the
vitamins?
We doubt that the pains and sinus
symptoms you feel are due to the vitamins. We are not sure you need such
a high-pressure vitamin-rich diet. Why
should this suddenly become necessary
when you have been living on a reasonable diet in the past? It would be
quite all right to increase your vitamin intake, but a general, well-balanced diet gives one vitamins in the
most easily available form and per-
haps in the quantities usually needed.
You understand we are not discouraging the use of vitamins when needed,
but we are questioning whether the
radical change you have made in your
program is necessary.
Eczema
Patches of eczema show on my skin
from time to time. What causes these?
Eczema that appears early in childhood is usually due to reactions to
foods or substances with which the
skin comes in contact. It is interesting
to note that you are better during the
summer months, when the average
food contains more vitamins and you
are perhaps out in the open air more.
A careful study of diet and habits
of life in cooperation with a sympathetic physician seems to be the most
helpful approach to a problem of this
kind. You may need some digestive
help for protein foods. Some foods
perhaps should be omitted from your
diet, for a time at least. Then too, some
of these chronic skin conditions have
responded favorably to the new hormone ACTH or a related substance
known as cortisone.
* * *
Hay Fever
There are between three and seven
million cases of hay fever in the
United States each year. Most of these
patients suffer from swelling of nasal
membranes and watering of eyes because of irritation from many pollens.
The popular treatment of hay fever is
the use of antihistaminics and nose
drops. However, before you use any of
these drugs consult your physician, because desensitization is also important.
LIFE &
HEALTH
Woman's Role in National Defense
(Continued from page 15)
Any young girl who wants to get
married—and what young woman
doesn't have that natural desire in the
back of her mind?—is likely to put
more emphasis on immediate money
for clothes and a good time than on
a long-range career. Unfortunately,
this same girl may find that her work
is tedious, yet because she lacks
basic preparation for better work, she
is handicapped in advancement. A
thoughtful mother can do much to
guide her daughter past this precarious temptation, especially if she herself has had work experience. A job
is not everything. A pay check is not
everything.
A job that utilizes one's capacities
and challenges one to achievement is a
great experience. But a girl, just as a
boy, must be prepared to do the job.
Education is a means to the discovery
of the person's still-hidden capacities
and a start on the road to expanding
usefulness. In this time of national
emergency it is extremely important
not only that everyone contribute to
the national service but that each person's latent capacities be utilized fully.
This includes women as well as men.
Women are even serving in the
armed forces—Army, Navy, Air
Force, and Marine Corps—and ultimately may comprise 2 per cent of the
total military strength. Enlisted and
officer personnel were first drawn from
those having wartime service; however, a recruitment program is under
way for girls with high school or college training.
When girls enter the service they
are first sent to a training center for
their basic military training. These
centers are under the direction of
highly qualified women officers, including women sports champions and some
of the finest physical education directors in the country. The girls learn to
drill and salute. They study the history and traditions of their service.
They learn what makes a "good soldier" in teamwork, self-discipline, and
loyalty.
When they complete "boot" training they are tested for aptitude and
skills and sent to specialized schools
to prepare for a needed occupation.
They enter a career field of work and
are assigned to jobs on an increasingly
high level of responsibility. Their pay
and rating increase with this advancement in responsibility.
Women in the armed services are
given every protection, good housing,
food, and medical care. Their pay
equals that of a man in similar rank.
OCTOBER, 1951
When they leave the service they are
Warts and Witches
given veterans' preference.
(Continued from page 9)
Especially appealing to young
women is the medical service. The the treatment. So it is with modern
Army, Navy, and Air Force Nurse quacktry, healing cults, and fads
Corps are all women officers. They are based on false reasoning. Recognition
required to be registered nurses be- of facts and honest deductions unforfore entering the service. The Wom- tunately are in no way natural to the
en's Medical Specialist Corps of the human mind, which is a storehouse for
Army and Air Force is a separate primitive instincts and fancies.
The essentials of faith healing of
service for dietitians and physical and
any
kind or cult are to capture the atoccupational therapists. These professions are included in the Nurse tention of the patient, to win his conCorps in the Navy. Women doctors, fidence, and to inspire him with faith
most welcome, are integrated into the in his recovery even to the extent of
military services on a basis of equal- denying the existence of his disease.
According to this procedure, too, the
ity with the men.
patient
is unconsciously challenged
It is recognized that a strong,
and
encouraged
to take care of his
healthy, happy worker is America's
health.
best insurance for national defense.
The quack doctor today and the fanatical healer find an abundance of
* * *
"cures" upon which to base their claim
to power and fame because a third of
all diseases are likely to be entirely
mental and another third of the diseases that are physical have a tendency to cure themselves. It is the remaining third that are serious cases
with which we must be concerned.
Such diseases as diphtheria, diabetes,
tuberculosis, syphilis, cancer, perniACTH and Surgery
cious anemia, and the many infectious
A SMALL injection of the pituitary diseases cannot and do not get well by
hormone ACTH, given before major way of faith .healing, "adjustment,"
surgery, may enable doctors to tell or psychoanalysis. The best medical athow well the patient can withstand tention is essential.
and combat the shock of surgery. This
The advantage to the soothsayer and
hormone, which stimulates the adrenal the healer is the fact that if the paglands, gives a beforehand test of tient does not respond to the treatment
these glands that are put under strain he can blame it on the patient—the
during surgery, according to a report patient "lacks faith," so it is all his
in the New England Journal of Med- fault. Fortunately, under scientific
icine.
psychological study, the few effective
fundamentals that exist in this man* * *
ner of healing are being rescued by
The World's Best Filtering System medical science from the hands of
charlatans and fanatics. Mental atti(Continued from page 17)
tude does have an influence on bodily
Generally the drugs increase it by ills, and that influence should be sciparalyzing the tubules so that they entifically used instead of being left
will not reabsorb so much water as to quacks.
But, lest we omit the practical part
ordinarily. Kidneys should not be artificially stimulated to excrete more wa- of our subject, let us see what medical
ter except in certain kidney diseases, science has to say about warts and
and then only under the supervision their treatment. Warts are caused by
a virus. Of the three good scientific
of a physician.
You now can see that the function methods used to remove them X-ray
of your kidneys is to keep the body treatments boast 85 per cent of cures,
fluids at their normal consistency in and are particularly useful in cases
composition, volume, and acid-base re- of the papillomatous type of verrucae
action by removing variable amounts vulgaris, or the occurrence of warts on
of water and products of metabolism the feet; bismuth subsalicylate injecfrom the blood stream. Extra amounts tions weekly for a period of six to
of water help the kidneys to do this eight weeks show 75 per cent of cures;
and, of course, actual removal of warts
with less work.
The eating of simple, nonirritating by the electric needle shows a 100 per
foods and the drinking of plenty of cent of cures; but there may be scars
water will help to keep the world's left unless the operation is performed
best filtering system in perfect shape. by a doctor with experience.
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MOTHER'S COUNSELOR
By BELLE WOOD COMSTOCK, M.D.
Questions for this department should be addressed: Mother's Counselor, LIFE
& HEALTH, Washington 12, D.C. Enclose stamped, addressed envelope for reply.
Children's Nerve Strength
While my husband was in the service I went to live with my parents.
Consequently I have never been able
to have consistent discipline of my little girl of 8, and my little boy of 7.
When I corrected them, my parents always disagreed, and commented on it.
My husband has returned, and we are
living in a little place of our own now.
The children do not mind very well.
They are rather careless, often irritable and rebellious, and their table manners annoy their daddy.
I have a feeling that you and your
husband are expecting too much of
your children and are making an issue of too many things. It has been
unfortunate, of course, that you have
had to live in the house with relatives,
where your methods were criticized
by them. Such a situation is always an
unhappy one and very bad for the
children. However, now that you are
by yourselves I am sure much of your
difficulties can be overcome if you will
treat your children as people and not
be continually criticizing them.
The important thing in any home
is to demonstrate before the children
right, ethical human relationships by
the courteous, devotional attitude each
parent has for the other. If you and
your' husband are kind and courteous
to each other, with definite evidence
that you are happy together and love
each other, your children will absorb
that atmosphere.
Don't watch your children so closely
that they feel they are being constantly criticized. When a child directly or defiantly disobeys, there
must be some alternative as a result of
it. For example, if a child goes down
the street when he has been told definitely that he should stay at home,
do not simply criticize him. Do something about it. Send him to bed or
deny him some privilege—whatever
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the situation suggests. Deal with him
decidedly and firmly, but kindly.
Even any remarks about the situation should be made in a commending
manner, as "Mother knows you want
to be a good boy and do what is right,
but it is hard for you to resist temptation. You must learn to do that now so
it will become a habit. All through life
there are rules and laws that we must
obey, and we must learn to do this
when we are children." Say something
contentment
By FRANK WALLACE KERN
The simple joy of living,
Bethrilled by nature's touch,
Makes me aware I am possessed
Of very, very much.
like this if you wish, but not too often.
Don't nag.
Proper manners at the table, of
course, are rather important, but they
should be unconscious habits. If there
is a happy, social atmosphere at mealtime, father and mother act at the
table as they should, there is interesting conversation—even the telling of
a story or the recounting of an experience—there is very little trouble
with table manners.
If a child continues to do something
entirely wrong at the table, such as
kicking sister on the shins and keeping her distraught, it is a simple matter to send him away from the table
until he can behave. Even in such a
case be sure that sister is not doing
something that she shouldn't. Have
some plan that will be interesting, so
that the children won't be tempted to
annoy each other.
I am only using these things as illustrations. They may not exactly apply to your situation, but the underlying principle involved may be of help
to you.
I am reminded that it is in the
best homes and with the finest of parents that these problems so often occur. I feel sure too that such problems
are many times the result of the effort
on the part of the parents to make
their children polished grownups
when they should be their natural
small selves.
At this age they should not be
whipped. Such treatment will tend to
drive the children away from home
as soon as they are old enough to make
the break. They must be treated with
respect as distinct personalities and
not be on a nervous tension and unhappy. No child is nervous if he is
happy and in a relaxed home atmosphere.
I am deeply sympathetic with you,
but I feel that you are sacrificing your
children's nerve strength and personality, as many parents do, by trying
to make them reach an adult standard,
which will be impossible for them.
Terramycin for Pneumonia
TERRAMYCIN, an antibiotic, which
like streptomycin and other antibiotics
comes from the soil, has successfully
cured pneumonia, undulant and typhus
fevers, and intestinal and urinary infections in animals. The drug named
for the earth from which it comes
(terra meaning earth) is another of
the miracle drugs to be added to the
list of those now preventing and curing disease. However, it does not affect organisms untouched by other
antibiotics. So it will be in the hands
of the physician, not a new weapon
but another of the kind already effectively being used.
LIFE & HEALTH
Do You Need Your Gallbladder?
(Continued from page 11)
permit operation. The gallbladder itself is taken, because if left in, it
tends to continue forming stones and
producing symptoms, or it remains
useless. And there is little reason for
delay once the diagnosis is established.
With modern methods and in the absence of any complicating factors, the
risk is negligible—less than one per
cent and possibly one tenth of one per
cent. The risk of emergency operation
after the acute complications have developed is 15 per cent or greater. The
physician cannot tell which patients
will develop complications as a result
of stones, but complications are frequent enough to demand active treatment before such emergencies arise.
It is foolhardy to await an acutely abscessed gallbladder, perforation of a
gallbladder because of gangrene, jaundice with secondary liver damage, or
even cancer of the gallbladder, which
in almost 100 per cent of cases is
found in association with stones. Certainly a knowledge of the dangers involved will encourage early curative
surgery.
Medical treatment rather than surgery is the treatment of choice in a
large percentage of those with gallbladder symptoms. In those patients
in whom stones are present but not
seen and in whom X-rays reveal only
poor function, prolonged and adequate
medical care should be given. Various
medicines can be given to increase the
flow of bile as well as to relax the outlet of the gallbladder and duct system.
Under proper supervision salt preparations or fatty meals may improve
the emptying function of the gallblad' der, and thereby relieve the patient's
complaints.
Diet is important in controlling the
symptoms of gallbladder disease, and
there may be excellent temporary relief often by diet alone. Likewise, a
proper diet may possibly help prevent
gallbladder trouble! You are probably
aware that the typical gallbladder patient is often "fair, fat, and forty."
Stones may be found at any age with
any build, but obesity does often appear to be a factor. Since many stones
do contain cholesterol (obtained from
fat), it is logical to avoid an overabundance of fatty foods in the diet.
In too-rapid weight losing the patient's own fat is called on, and
cholesterol is used rapidly, with an
increased tendency to stone formation.
On the other hand, in the normal individual a certain amount of fat in
the diet may be advisable to encourage regular emptying of the gallbladder. The family physician can best adOCTOBER, 1951
vise as to a proper diet after a careful analysis of symptoms and findings.
Why do so many people deny themselves the benefits of proper treatment
when gallbladder symptoms are present? The reasons are many. The first
of these is fear, and fear here is a
thoughtless reaction to false information or the lack of information. People are afraid to get the facts—on
which good judgment may rest—and
they fail to seek the medical advice
that might quickly do away with the
distress. They blindly prefer to avoid
surgery when, were the facts known,
an early operation would prevent the
many serious complications of delay.
What are the conditions that demand removal of the gallbladder? 1.
The presence of stones—large or
small, few or many. 2. X-ray evidence
of nonfunction or poor function, with
typical symptoms that will not respond to medical treatment. 3. Acute
inflammation, either during the acute
stage or after recovery, with resulting
damage to the gallbladder. 4. Tumor
formation, benign or malignant, although in malignancy treatment is
generally too late for cure.
"The poorest man is he whose
only wealth is money."
What are the penalties of delayed
treatment? They may be legion: acute
inflammation, abscess formation, perforation, general peritonitis, jaundice,
infection ascending to the liver, pancreatitis, passing of stones into the
bowel, bowel obstruction by stone, and
possibly tumor formation. Or perhaps
there may be only long, drawn-out,
unnecessary digestive distress.
As to the original question "Do I
need my gallbladder?" it can be said
that obviously the gallbladder is not
essential to a happy normal life and
regular diet.
The better question is, "Do I need
my gallbladder removed?" The answer
to this depends on the facts and a
proper evaluation of them in relation
to the individual. The balanced judgment of a qualified physician will determine the answer for you. Most diseased gallbladders should be removed.
All should have proper treatment to
prevent further trouble. Fears and
twisted facts must not deny you the
benefits of modern medical or surgical
treatment. If you have symptoms suggesting poor gallbladder function, or
have had them in the past, make it a
point to find out whether you have a
diseased gallbladder. Find out now
whether you can afford to keep your
gallbladder.
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health officer. We could talk to him
about things to do."
"Oh, that would be wonderful," said
John. "I think my committee is the
most interesting one."
"Joan, you tell us all about the third
big committee," suggested Mother.
"In order to mobilize for service we
will have some special classes," Joan
By VEDA SUE MARSH, R.N.
said. "We are going to have some junior classes in first aid, care of the
sick, nutrition, and camp craft."
A CLUB FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
"With all those interesting activities," said Mother, "I wonder when
you will be able to get in your regular
THE CHILDREN'S HOME ARMY
schoolwork."
"Oh, this will be part of our regular
I T WAS nearing the end of the first sonal preparedness. We shall have
schoolwork.
Our teacher says these
such
topics
weekly
as
'A
Well-balmonth of school. The Little Jays
were sitting near the fireplace with anced Day,' Diet,"Rest,' and 'Ex- things really teach us how to live useMother and Daddy, Tommy already ercise.' In other words, we shall study ful lives, and that is what school is
how to grow fast and have strong, supposed to do, isn't it?"
having been tucked into bed.
"So it is," smiled Mother, wishing
well-developed
bodies. I want to grow
"Mother," John said, "we organized
our Wings of Health Club today at two inches this year. If I do that, I'll her schoolwork had included interestschool. We have three big committees, really have to follow the health rules." ing everyday experiences.
"Mother, here is the list we made in
"Let me tell about the next commitand now we are appointing subcommitschool
today," Joan said.
tee,"
said
Joan.
"The
second
committees. We are all to be workers, not
shirkers. Uncle Sam really needs every tee is to be the good citizenship comWELL-BALANCED DAY
boy and girl in the United States to mittee. John is chairman. There are
1. Personal Hygiene.
"That includes brushing the teeth,"
said John. "Do you remember how
Aunt Sue told us that if we early form
the habit of brushing our teeth daily,
it will not be a problem at all."
2. A good breakfast of cereal, toast,
milk, and fruit, with sometimes an
egg.
3. Clothing appropriate for the
weather.
"That must mean protecting the
body as by wearing long stockings in
cold weather," said Mother glancing
toward Joan.
4. Industriousness and cooperation
in our schoolwork.
"We need to learn how to work to:
gether," said Joan. "Our teacher says
the earlier we learn that, the happier
we shall be."
5. Preparation for dinner.
"That means washing our hands
and practicing good etiquette," said
Joan.
"Well," said Mother, "it's nearly
bedtime. Here are the rest of the rules
ff. M. Lannert
for a well-balanced day."
6. Good dinner, with two vegetables
join the Children's Home Army and many things to study about in order
besides potatoes, preferably one of the
help. Instead of saying, 'Mobilize for to be a really good citizen."
"Mother, will you help me plan some vegetables green and raw, protein,
Defense,' we have as our motto 'Motrips for our class ?" asked John. "We milk, and a dessert.
bilize for Strength.' "
7. Useful recreation adapted to each
"That sounds good to me," said need to study about our own surroundMother Munroe. "We have, heard so ings to be good citizens. I want to child's needs.
8. Home duties, cheerfully done.
much about war, I like to hear about plan a Clean-up Week, when we try to
9. Simple nourishing supper.
building strong boys and girls so that get the entire city to clean up yards
10. Story hour and early bedtime.
we shall have strong men and women and unsightly places; trips to the wa"Early bedtime is necessary for
for a strong nation. Building for good ter filtering plant, the dairy, and sewstrong boys and girls," said Mother.
age disposal plant."
citizenship is worth while !
"We're in the army now, Mommy,"
"I'll be glad to help in every way
"Tell me about these wonderful corn- ,
I can," Mother answered cheerfully. said John—"the Children's Home
mittees you are organizing."
"The first committee will be for per- "Daddy knows Dr. Sharp, the public Army—mobilized for strength."
Wings of Heal
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basement or subway. Should you unexpectedly be caught out-of-doors,
seek shelter alongside a building or
jump into any handy ditch or gutter.
2. DROP FLAT ON GROUND
OR FLOOR
To keep from being tossed about
and to lessen the chances of being
struck by falling and flying objects,
flatten out at the base of a wall, or
at the bottom of a bank.
3. BURY YOUR FACE
IN YOUR ARMS
When you drop flat, hide your eyes
in the crook of your elbow. That
will protect your face from flash
burns, prevent temporary blindness,
and keep flying objects out of your
eyes.
NEVER LOSE YOUR HEAD, AND4. DON'T RUSH OUTSIDE RIGHT
AFTER A BOMBING
After an air burst, wait a few minutes, then go help to fight fires.
After other kinds of bursts, wait at
least one hour to give lingering radiation some chance to die down.
5. DON'T TAKE CHANCES WITH
FOOD OR WATER IN OPEN
CONTAINERS
To prevent radioactive poisoning or
disease, select your food and water
with care. When there is reason
to believe they may be contaminated, stick to canned and bottled
things if possible.
6. DON'T START RUMORS
In the confusion that follows a
bombing, a single rumor might
touch off a • panic that could cost
your life.
* Though LIFE & HEALTH devotes
its columns primarily to keeping
healthy, certainly in this time of eternal emergency we can't keep healthy
unless we know how to take care of
ourselves should an atomic attack
burst upon us. So we make no apology
for presenting these pertinent facts
at this time in the interest of national
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BECAUSE it is the rich, solid-laden
juice of especially selected carrots
grown only in the mild California
weather. These carrots are left in the
ground much longer than fresh; garden carrots in order that they develop
the maximum of Carotene.
BECAUSE Vitamin A as Carotene
is present in Eveready Carrot Juice in
three forms —Alpha,Beta, and Gamma.
The Beta type of Carotene, which
yields twice as much Vitamin A in the
body as the other two, abounds in
Eveready Carrot Juice.
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Honey Cookies
Please compare 'honey and granulated white sugar chemically. Do you
have a recipe for cookies made with
honey?
Honey is a natural noncrystalline
sweet composed mostly of simple sugars ready for absorption, which make
it a quick energy supplier. It varies
greatly in color and flavor.
Common white sugar is a more complex, crystalline sweet, requiring some
digestive action before it is ready to
supply energy.
Comparing the food value of honey
and sugar, we find:
1 tbs. honey
64 Calories
1 milligram Calcium
3 milligrams Phosphorus
2 milligrams Iron
tr. Thiamine (B, )
8 micromilligrams Riboflavin (B2)
1 tbs. sugar
52 Calories
0 milligrams Calcium
0 milligrams Phosphorus
tr. Iron
0 Thiamine (B,)
0 micromilligrams Riboflavin (B2)
1 tbs. honey
.04 Niacin
1 Ascorbic Acid (C)
1 tbs. sugar
0 Niacin
0 Ascorbic Acid (C)
Honey and sugar are both practically free of protein and fat. Honey,
like sugar, is not suitable for the diabetic diet or for those on calorie-restricted diets. Honey has a prominent
place along with molasses and maple
sugar on the table in the health home.
It can be used in many recipes for delicious flavor effects.
The skillful cook will often use it in
rice pudding, custard, salad dressing,
fruit ice, ice cream, fruit punches,
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baked goods, and vegetable dishes such
as sweet-sour cabbage, candied sweet
potatoes, squash, and turnips. Just a
teaspoonful is the amount for a pint of
mashed squash or turnips.
Honey Cookies
cup shortening
1 cup sugar
cup honey
1 large or two small eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon lemon juice or other desired flavoring
Grated orange rind, caraway seed,
or nuts may be added
1i cups flour
Cream shortening and sugar. Add
honey, beaten egg yolk, and flavoring.
Mix well, add flour, fold in egg white,
which has been well beaten. The salt is
added when half finished. Drop the cookie
mixture onto a well-greased baking sheet,
and bake at 350 degrees until done.
About Dry Milk
Please tell me if powdered milk is
as nutritious as the fresh. What is
the proper amount of water to add to
dry milk when restoring it so it will
be like fresh?
Dry milk both whole and skimmed
compares satisfactorily with fresh
milk. Skimmed milk, whether dry or
fresh, is naturally lower than whole
milk in vitamin A and total calories.
The skimmed milk in dry form is rich
in the important vitamins riboflavin
and thiamine. Dry skimmed milk is
being sold in some cities at a figure
that brings it to only five cents a
quart. This is wonderfully thrifty
food. It is easy to make a milklike
drink out of dry skimmed milk by
mixing one part of the dry milk with
seven parts of water. Dry milk can be
added as is to soups, gravies, puddings, and beverages to give extra
nourishing qualities.
Caffeine and Burning Stomach
When my husband drinks a cola beverage about 4 P.M. his stomach starts
burning about a half hour later and
continues throughout the night. His
stomach also burns after a supper of
meat, potatoes, vegetable salad with
vinegar, fruit, and coffee. I am trying
out each food separately. Can you suggest a supper?
Cola drinks and coffee both contain
a drug that in some cases, due to allergy perhaps, will cause intense burning of the stomach. Nicotine from
smoking cigarettes will sometimes
have the same effect.
You could give your husband decaffeinated or cereal coffee for supper.
Plain ovaltine is good in some cases.
A supper of cottage cheese or egg,
baked potato, cooked vegetable with
cream for seasoning, cereal coffee
made with milk in place of water, and
bland fruit such as bananas with
cream, a ripe pear, a sweet apple, or
fresh ripe melon for dessert should
help.
In the morning he should take his
orange juice at the close of the meal,
for many are unable to tolerate fruit
on an empty stomach. Try to educate
him to the use of dilute lemon juice
with cream as a seasoning for salads
such as cole slaw and grated carrots.
Vinegar is often quite caustic, especially to a delicate stomach. For relief
from the burning your husband could
have warm milk in a thermos bottle to
take at 4 P.M. or a little unsalted popcorn or unsalted soda cracker.
LIFE & HEALTH
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By JUNE BISHOP, B.S., Dietitian
"Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour."
—COWPER.
THE hot, exhausting days of August
I are past, and the chilly, rainy days
of September have sped by too. Here
come those clear and luscious days
when the frosts make the morning
air crisp, the harvest ripens, and life
is wonderful. The world of nature is
having a farewell party for the leaves
and flowers. Nature has saved her
most beautiful dress for the festival,
and the clear blue sky above surpasses
them all. It is October.
At this time, when everywhere are
the gay, warm colors of autumn and
all the fruits, nuts, and vegetables are
ready for harvest, let's be sure our
meals have as much zest and appeal
as the atmosphere of the season.
The squash, pumpkin, and bright
crisp apple just beg to be eaten. These
things are wholesome, attractive, and
very good to the taste. Autumn just
would not be autumn without them.
So let's fix plenty of them for our
hungry family.
One of the most important parts of
a meal is the setting and atmosphere.
One needs variety in table settings
as much as in clothes, activities, or
interests. When you set your table
you are painting a picture. Make that
picture live—and make it different
each time you paint it. The little surprise touches need not cost much. Simple but lovely centerpieces can be arranged for very little money, and if
they express your personality, as they
should, they will be right. Magazines
are full of excellent ideas that may
be adapted to your situation. Use
them.
The table decoration need not always be flowers or fruit, nor does it
need to be in the center of the table.
Put it on one corner or at one end occasionally. Arrange some pretty greenery around a figurine. If there is a profusion of colored leaves near your
home, you can make many arrangements from these and several gnarled
branches. A plain glass bowl with some
appropriate flower floating in it is always lovely. For an interesting effect
try putting moth balls in it and addOCTOBER, 1951
ing citric acid and baking soda to
make the moth balls bob up and down.
This combination can be made into a
very attractive fall or winter scene.
Do you have more plain white tablecloths than you use? Try tinting them
to bring out various colors in your
china or to match the walls. Serve
fruit punch colored to bring out the
tint in your flowered luncheon cloth.
Never neglect the garnishes for your
main dishes and salads, which give
them appetite appeal.
For a shredded cabbage salad with
sliced bell peppers, try this dressing.
It adds just one little touch of individuality to the meal.
1 package (3l ounces) cream cheese
3 tablespoons cream
1 tablespoon onion juice
Lemon juice to make of the desired consistency
Salt to taste
To liven up your squash, try baking
it with a generous sprinkling of brown
sugar and some butter. Or cult acorn
squash in halves and fill each half with
apple slices and more brown sugar
when the squash is about half-done.
You could fill it with your favorite nut
loaf too. This with a good garnish,
a large, crisp salad, and some fruit for
dessert will make a meal to please almost anyone.
Try putting a half cup of toasted
coconut into your pumpkin or squash
pie and top with whipped cream and
more toasted coconut.
Apples, plentiful now, are best eaten
just as they come from your fruit
bowl. The MacIntosh is one of the
most delicious eating apples, but it
may not be available in your locality.
For baking, the Rome Beauty does
the trick, and for pies the pippin is
good. Here is a simple apple dessert
you will like.
4 tablespoons butter
.1 cup flour
t cup brown sugar or honey
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup rolled oats
2 cups sliced apples
Rub butter into dry ingredients. Place
apples in a buttered casserole, adding
one fourth cupful of water. Cover them
with dry mixture, and bake 30 minutes
at 350° F.
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October Brings Harvest. October is
a colorful month. Artist Nature is
prodigal with her paints, using bold,
bright yellows, reds, purples, browns,
and blues.
On our hilltop farm everything is
ready to harvest in October—the Niagara and Concord grapes, the pears,
and the apples. We have to hurry
around to get them all gathered in.
It takes only one windy night to pile
up apples and pears under the trees.
How satisfying to have the cellar
stacked with bushel baskets full of fall
fruit !
Yellow school busses are stopping
along the highways too, to pick up our
young hopefuls, and each boy and girl
carries a lunch box, which is opened,
we hope, with zest when the anticipated hour of twelve strikes.
Lunch Box Timber. Children love
fresh fruit in their lunch boxes—a
juicy pear, a red-cheeked apple, a
bunch of grapes, a banana, or an orange. Add dried fruit often. It may
lack the vitamin C content of fresh
fruit, but it is rich in iron and certain
other vitamins. There are dried
peaches, apricots, pears, prunes, figs,
and.raisins. These can be used in sandwiches, cookies, as sauce, or as is.
Dates or prunes stuffed with nuts or
peanut butter make a delightful surprise.
Ever try a little orange marmalade
with cream cheese in a sandwich?
Put a little bag of popcorn in with
Mary's lunch someday. She'll love it,
and can treat the other children.
Individual apple pies will make a
child happy when he opens his lunch
box. You could make some other kind
of pie, but apple is the universal favorite, I think.
A jar of potato salad is welcome.
Ever add to it a few peas, sliced radishes, cucumber, or a little cottage
cheese? Of course, you put hardcooked egg and chopped onion in your
potato salad.
Macaroni salad also is enjoyed. Add
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sliced, stuffed, or ripe olives and a bit
of celery seed, if you wish.
A cream puff wouldn't be half bad
in the lunch one cool day.
Crushed potato chips give a zip to
certain sandwich fillings.
Tomato sandwiches are delicious.
You can put the tomato slices in a
round jar, and have the bread all buttered and wrapped in waxed paper.
The slices can be inserted when the
lunch is eaten. Tomato sandwiches are
the most popular at our house; cucumber sandwiches are a close runner-up.
ies bake more evenly if they are not
too crowded on the sheet, so leave an
inch space between cookies. It's best
not to put one pan of cookies above
another in the oven, for heat cannot
circulate evenly.
Refrigerator-cooky dough should be
formed into a roll, wrapped in waxed
paper, and chilled in the refrigerator
for several hours before baking. It can
be left several days and cookies sliced
off and baked as needed. Use a sharp,
thin knife when slicing cookies, and
slice them thin.
crude
Sour Cream? Do you have a recipe
that calls for sour cream—and you are
fresh out of sour cream? Add two teaspoons of lemon juice to a cup of sweet
cream. It's that easy !
The world is a looking glass
and gives back to every man the
refledtion of his own face.
—Thackeray.
Cream cheese and olive are also favored.
Send a hot drink or hot soup in the
thermos bottle. There are cream of
asparagus, cream of mushroom, green
pea, black bean, tomato, and vegetable soups. Most of the large soup companies put out vegetable soup without meat.
Did you ever brown sliced onions a
little in shortening, scramble an egg in
with the onion, and add this to potato
soup? You'd like it!
Carrot sticks, radishes, and stuffed
celery are "just what the doctor ordered" for healthy school youngsters.
Cooky Hints. And what child doesn't
like to find some of mother's cookies
in his lunch box?
When baking cookies you'll find that
cooky sheets are better than just any
old pan, because cookies brown better
in them than in a pan with sides. If
you don't have cooky sheets, use the
shallowest pans you have. If you have
three cooky sheets, you will be able to
fill one sheet and clear another while
the third is baking in the oven. Cook-
Flavorings. Do your flavorings consist of just the two old stand-bys—
vanilla and lemon? There's banana,
black walnut, maple, strawberry, pineapple, peppermint, orange, almond,
and others. Do a little flavor adventuring.
Late Jams and Jellies. Apples and
quinces make delectable jelly. Last fall
was my first experience in making this
jelly, and we liked it ever so much.
I had been canning winter pears, to
which I added a bit of quince for more
flavor. I used apple and quince parings, bringing them to a boil to get
the juice required by the recipe. This
year I tried a new powdered pectin
that is very good. If you wish to experiment with it, be sure to look at
your recipe when making jelly, for the
procedure for using powdered pectin
is different from the procedure for the
liquid form.
Sewing Aid. A helpful plastic sewing aid performs a wide variety of
accurate measuring and marking
chores. A 6-inch ruler equipped with
tailor's chalk for singlehanded, onemotion use, it quickly spaces and lines
up buttons and buttonholes, marks
hems and pleats.
LIFE & HEALTH
Don't Be a Dope!
(Continued from page 13)
Toward this goal of self-respect the
hospital at Lexington bends every effort. After the harrowing ten-day period of withdrawal, the patient begins
to convalesce. Psychiatrists, medical
officers, healthful work, sports, recreation, and an excellent educational department—all help to hasten recovery.
Patients and former patients from
Lexington have recently started their
own group therapy, based on the religious principles of Alcoholics Anonymous. Narcotics Anonymous now
have groups in New York, Chicago,
Los Angeles, and Vancouver.
Such organizations, plus greatly enlarged hospital space to care for drug
victims, are, of course, essential. But
because dope traffic has grown into
a highly organized business the citizens of this country must have effective means of combating it. This
means that we must enlarge our
narcotics squad, make and enforce
stricter drug laws, clean out the
"pushers" and the entire dope hierarchy.
But self-help organizations could
sweep the country, hospitals dot the
land; narcotic agents on every street
corner could fill our jails with "pushers" and ring leaders, and we would
still not reach the preventive point of
this epidemic. The public must be
educated. But, the inoculation center
against vice, crime, antisocial behavior of every sort is—the home.
Every man, woman, and child should
know that heroin addiction begins
with marijuana. The use of heroin
is a habit that cannot voluntarily be
stopped. This is true of every narcotic,
whether contraband or forbidden to be
sold without a prescription.
Every parent should know the signs
of drug addiction: (1) The youngster
becomes sleepy, apathetic, secretive,
cranky, and unreliable. (2) He loses
interest in his schoolwOrk, his hobbies,
sports. (3) He locks himself in the
bathroom for long periods. (4) Articles of value are missing from the
home. (5) The child wants to quit
school, and usually does. (6) His arms
may be covered with needle marks.
If you have reason to suspect that
your child has become an addict, and
your family doctor confirms this, go
to the local police. Fear for the family
name must be temporarily put aside
for the more important duty of ridding the family and the community of
a dangerous source of infection—the
person who sold your child drugs.
Neither the family nor the falnily
doctor is equipped to help an addict.
OCTOBER, 1951
He must be sent to a Federal hospital
that specializes in narcotics addiction.
Applications should be addressed to:
United States Public Health Service
Hospital, Medical Officer in Charge,
Lexington, Kentucky. Or same as
above, Fort Worth, Texas.
Forestall your child's being tempted
by dope in the first place. The child
learns self-respect, his duty to himself, his family, and to human society
only in his home. He learns common
sense only from you*.
Adolescence has long been recognized as a dangerous age. Glandular
changes that bring increased excitability, emotional instability, are one
of the main reasons why teen-agers
are "easy pickings" for dope "pushers." He must be taught to think
rather than to emote. His emotions
So long as you are green, you
grow, but when you think you're
ripe, then you begin to get rotten.
Sign in the Sixth Precinct Police Dept., Washington, D.C.
should be guided toward constructive
goals. He needs a religious faith. Ali
this means a close relationship between parent and child.
Every teen-ager should know that
the boy or girl who goes wild' proves
nothing but poor thinking.
The old saw, "Tell me who your
friends are, and I'll tell you what you
are," may well be paraphrased as,
"Tell me who your heroes are, and I'll
tell you what you are." Whom do you
admire? Whom would you like to be
like, and what would you like to be?
If you admire a great statesman,
writer, artist, surgeon, scientist,
Olympic champion, your chances of
becoming a fine person are good.
But if you have a sneaking admiration for criminals who "get away
with" quantities of loot, or for some
notorious glamour boy or girl, you'd
better overhaul your thinking before
it's too late.
Take a long, hard look at anyone
who offers you a marijuana cigarette.
This is a person who would add up to
only one thing in your life—shame,
suffering, disgrace. To convince yourself of this, you have only to wait a
while and see what happens to the
person or group who goes in for "reefers" and heroin.
It can happen to you. When people
experiment with dynamite, chances
are they'll be blown to bits. In this
respect you are no different from other
people.
What kind of thrills do you want?
Life, which is beginning for you, has
many thrills in store—the thrill of
achievement, the thrill of making
friends you admire, the thrill of love,
marriage, parenthood, the thrill, the
infinite satisfaction, of winning the
respect of yourself and of others.
These are thrills that uplift and inspire you and make of you a source
of inspiration.
Or do you want the cheap and easy
way—the short-term thrill that takes
from you at the very least your reputation and could likely mean horrible
suffering, degradation, and death?
If you were one lone individual, society could check you off in its liabilities column and let it go at that.
But the very nature of dope addiction
is such that each addict is a focal
point of infection—stretching in an
endless, hopeless chain.
Therefore you are not just John or
Mary or Joe, you are America's youth!
Yours is the responsibility of being
fine and clean and big, for youth is
the great strength of any nation.
Never before has our country been
in such dire need of greatness—in our
leaders, and in our citizens and soldiers. Our very chance for survival
depends upon those qualities of heart
and soul that can only be called great.
Make no mistake about it—the world
depends on America for hope and freedom and life.
You, our youth, are our dearest
treasure. You are our hope. You cannot let us down.
Alcohol Is Not Food!
Contrary to what you may think,
alcohol, though it contains calories, is
not food. Yet, alcohol can make you
fat. Here's how: As everyone knows,
food and alcohol behave differently.
Food is digested, whereas alcohol is
oxidized. Because alcohol is not stored,
the energy it supplies is burned immediately, that is, in place of food
calories. So while alcohol calories are
being burned for energy, food calories
—not being needed—are stored as fat.
Alcoholic beverages do not contain
protein, carbohydrates, or fat. And
the person who drinks but does not
eat need not worry about excess
weight. In his case other and more
serious troubles, such as neuritis,
neurosis, and other nervous and deficiency disorders, may come his way.
The facts are: Alcohol is no substitute for food. It has none of the essential repair materials, vitamins,
minerals, or body-building elements
of food.
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EACH OTHER BETTER
ROTUMA IS THE BEST TUBE OF ALL
By FLORINE S. HOLLENBECK
THERE is probably no better time
I in all the year to enjoy a holiday
of solitude than in the fall. Nature
has settled down for a brief respite
from the busy pace of summer before
shedding her autumn robes of greatest glory to begin the long hibernation
of winter. That is the time to get atune
with nature, forget the bustling city
streets, the daily grind and routine—
whether it be of home or office—and
the clang and roar of our highly mechanized age. Breathe deeply of the clear
ozone, drink in the heavenly blue of
the autumn sky, and allow the distant
haze and brilliant mantle of scarlet
and bronze hillsides to stir your pulse
and send the blood racing through
your veins.
It's wonderful to be alive at such
a season. Any out-of-door excursion,
whether to a nearby meadow to linger
along a singing brook or to some faraway resort tucked amid mountain
grandeur, cannot fail to revive your
spirit and bring your heart and soul
back in concord with nature.
I shall never forget riding through
the green countryside of Missouri one
crisp fall morning, the grass sparkling
with dew, blue smoke curling above
the farmhouses, and hickory nuts
showering down among the brown
leaves along the roadside; or driving
through the hill country of Kentucky
in another just such intriguing season,
where every little hollow had its tiny
log cabin, every cabin its plume of
smoke, spiraling up from the chimney
that almost covered one end of each
little cabin. The crisp, snappy air and
the sparkle of frost on the corn shocks
formed plenty of appetite incentive for
the breakfast we were to enjoy a little
farther on.
Simply because you were not able to
make it for a summer vacation this
year, do not feel thwarted in your vacation plans. There are no finer
weather and scenery in many sections
of the country than in autumn.
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IT TO GO TO—
the Blue Mountains and Great Smokies of North Carolina and Tennessee
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—all proclaim October to be the month
in—
of flaming leaves.
Ankara, Turkey
Forest-clad hills of gold and scarlet,
Athens, Greece
flaming reds, and russet browns, with
Djakarta, Indonesia
fields of golden corn, pyramids of
New Delhi, India
pumpkins, and ruby red apples "in
The Hague, The Netherland:,
piles like jewels shining" vie for the
London, England
greatest scenic attractions to be found
Manila, The Philippines
at any season of the year. Fall time
Mexico City, Mexico
is fair time in many States, when
Montevideo, Uruguay
all manner of the region's agricultural
Paris, France
products are proudly displayed at their
Rangoon, Burma
unexcelled best.
Rome, Italy
Color camera fans are limited only
Buenos Aires, Argentina
by their budget allowance for expendiCairo, Egypt
ture for film, so great is the opportuStockholm, Sweden
nity to catch the kaleidoscope of unWarsaw, Poland
forgettable grandeur on every side.
It is true that school routine for
In care of the American Legation
the smaller members of the family will
in—
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cations until this most delightful seaBudapest, Hungary
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General in—
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Batavia, Java (Indonesia)
appropriate:
Sydney, Australia
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By GRACE FIELDS
I NSPIRATION for this month's observations comes from the hobbyist
whose heartwarming letter and simple
question about cleaning shells sent us
scurrying into the unknown territory
occupied by conchologists—shell collectors to you!
One of these made this sad comment : "Just as a 'primrose on the river's brim, a yellow primrose was to
him and it was nothing more' so to
most persons a sea shell on the ocean's
shore, a sea shell is and nothing
more." * Having been of the sea-shellis-a-sea-shell school of thought, we
started boning, and discovered among
other things that, strangely enough,
shells are the least known of all the
everyday objects of nature. People who
know that an evergreen is a pine and
a robin belongs to the thrush family
haven't the least idea about the order,
family, genus, or species of even an
everyday shell such as an oyster, much
less how it came to be.
Shells are composed entirely of lime
extracted from the sea water by the
tiny inhabitant of the shell. How this
little creature builds his home larger
and larger, yet always in the same
form and design, coloring it with the
same tints repeated over and over—
how all of a given species build by the
same pattern with the same spines or
fronds or sculpturing—well, these are
some of the things that make shells
worth studying.
Now, if you fancy that shell collectors are people who wander along
the seashore picking up dead shells
washed up on the beach, labeling them
"clams," "periwinkles," and "cockles,"
conchologists implore you to revise
your views. This, they insist, is not
"shelling" at all. A collection is not
worth while unless it contains perfect
or nearly perfect specimens. These are
* Quoted from A. Hyatt Verrill's Shell Collector's Handbook (a book you'll want, especially if
you're a beginner conchologist). It is published by
G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York.
OCTOBER, 1951
procured only when taken alive and
properly cleaned and prepared. To go
"shelling," you don shorts and a shortsleeved or sleeveless shirt or a bathing
suit and high, rubber-soled tennis
shoes or sneakers. You take with you
a netting bag, pint jars for bolding
delicate shells, and small bottles for
tiny specimens. You may also want a
clam-digging hoe to dig in sandy or
muddy spots, or a "pinch bar" for
turning over rocks and prying them
apart. A coarse pair of gloves will give
kind protection to your hands—and,
by the way, always protect your feet.
Many shells are sharp. Don't go "shelling" barefoot. There are various refinements of equipment, techniques,
and apparel, to be dictated by the area
in which you're searching and the
types of specimens you seek. You may,
in fact, want to shell hunt by boat,
dredging for your specimens.
If you're not in reach of the sea,
don't count yourself out. Many shell
enthusiasts depend on building their
collections by trade or barter, a practice facilitated by ads run in various
hobby magazines. And, as with any
other hobby, once your friends and
relatives know you are a collector,
you'll have a following of well-wishers
who will bring and send you specimens
from many places.
Shell collecting affords the joy of
hunting and finding, not to speak of
the satisfaction of transforming unsightly objects into colorful, clean
specimens worthy of a museum ease.
Then, classification is a fascinating
process in itself.
All in all, it's little wonder that shell
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AUTUMN GARDEN WORK
By FLOYD BRALLIAR. Ph.D.
T IS time to begin putting plants to
I bed for the winter, for experience
has taught us that we had better not
wait until winter is just upon us.
First, all dead, scraggly wood should
be cut off the perennials and burned,
as a precaution against carrying disease, or put into an unfermented compost heap.
Next, pull all weeds out of the strawberry bed, the rose garden, and the
perennial border. If you do not remove them now, many will stay alive
all winter and be a curse next spring.
Set up a few mousetraps baited with
cheese around the shrubs and roses
about dusk some evening, and take
them up early the next morning before the birds are awake. Now you are
ready to mulch your plants. It does
not pay to put on the mulch until you
have caught the mice, lest you build
a new comfortable home for them.
We mulch plants, not as a protection
against cold, but as a protection
against freezing and thawing. The
mulch prevents the surface of the
ground from freezing an inch or so
every cold night and thawing out
again the next day when the sun
shines bright. Heavy mulching prevents the ground from freezing at
all, but this is an entirely different
thing from ordinary mulching.
A good mulching material should be
porous, to allow plenty of air and water to reach the plant. It should. not
be too attractive to mice as a nesting
place. It must not be too inflammable.
More than this, mulch should not decay too rapidly. When it does decay
the resulting material should be beneficial to plants rather than injurious.
The material used for mulching
small plants must not be too coarse.
A substance that might be perfectly
satisfactory for rosebushes or evergreen trees might be unsatisfactory
for perennial plants.
Granulated peat, cottonseed hulls,
ground peanut hulls, or ground corncobs are usually satisfactory for any
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kind of plants. For most things sawdust is excellent. For trees, woody
shrubs, and berries, straw, leaves, or
old silage are thoroughly satisfactory
if not used too freely.
After using a wide variety of materials for mulches over a period of
years, the keepers of one of the largest
and best-kept botanical gardens in
America says that nothing has been
found to equal spent hops from a brewery. By this is meant hops after all
the desirable material is extracted. It
is claimed that hops are almost totally
immune to fire and will not decay for
years.
For mulching azaleas, camellias,
gardenias, and all other plants that
love sour soil, nothing is better than
oak leaves or peat, for both give off
a sour reaction when they decay. Welldecayed leaves of all kinds are desirable to use as mulching material on
shrubs and trees, but they should be
in small pieces for perennials.
The mulching material should be
worked around and between the plants
rather than over them. For most of
the country such a mulch should be
from an inch and a half to two inches
deep, but for roses, boxwoods, and similar plants it would be better to have
it three or four inches deep. Strawberries should never be mulched too
deeply. Straw has long been the chief
mulching material for them, but many
people are now using sawdust for
strawberries. It should be spread
evenly over the entire patch, including
the middles between the rows, to a
depth of an inch or so, but never more
than two inches deep. It is better not
to put it on until freezing weather.
Winter rains and snows will effectively settle 'the sawdust around the
plants without smothering them or
causing them to decay. New spring
growth will come up above the sawdust, and the sawdust will not only
keep the berries clean but prevent
too much evaporation from the soil.
These facts are also for perennials.
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Onions, White Globe; onion sets, Egyptian or Top Sets
Green peas (fall); Laxton's Progress,
Giant Stride, World's Record, Gradus
Parsley
Potatoes (fall), Netted Gems and Burbank
Winter radishes, White Chinese and
Scarlet China
Rutabagas, Golden Necklace
Turnip greens, Rapa
Turnips, Purple Top Milan and Early
White
Consult your agricultural agent or
nearest seed house for latest planting
dates. (Those Hying in the Pacific
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fall gardens.)
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IN WINTER,
your appetite gets tired of canned foods. Whip it up with food from
snowbanks!
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By EDYTH Y. COTTERLL
EGETABLES, crisp, tender, and
Vdelicious—fresh from the snowdrift may be had in variety in localities where the temperature does not
go below zero Fahrenheit. There are
a number of hardy vegetables very
easy to grow that will withstand temperatures to 10° F. if unprotected and
to zero if protected by snow. Then
there are those extra-hardy vegetables
that may withstand as much as ten
degrees below zero unprotected. (In
Washington State mine survived;
some in the neighborhood froze.)
Many of these vegetables are excellent sources of vitamins and minerals.
There is need for an abundance of
minerals and vitamins for building
and maintaining healthy bodies. In
the winter months sources are not
plentiful, and they may be very expensive. Plan to have these vegetables
fresh from the garden in the late fall,
winter, and early spring.
Plant winter gardens! Try varieties
high in nutritional value that you have
never used before. Plant more than
you need for yourself. Encourage your
neighbors to do likewise. A winter
garden will provide friendly contacts
with your neighbors, will enable you
to carry on a practical missionary program, and will ensure your family a
OCTOBER. 1951
good supply of protective foods the
year round.
Some musts for your garden are
parsley, in abundance, kale, turnip
greens, mustard greens, collards, and
green cabbage (outer leaves). One
serving of the cooked greens provides
as much calcium as a medium glass of
milk.
Some vegetables that may be used
successfully in fall and winter gardens:
Beans (fall), early bush and pole
Beets, Gardener's Model and Detroit
Dark Red
Broccoli, green and white (winter cauliflower)
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage, Early Jersey Wakefield, Large
Wakefield, Ballhead, Red, and Savoy
Celery cabbage
Carrots, Oregon Chantenay
Cauliflower, the Snowball and Italian
types
Sweet corn (fall), early varieties
Corn salad
Endive
Fennel, Florence or Italian
Garlic
Kale
Kohlrabi
Lettuce, head and loose leaf
Mustard greens, Tender Green and Bok
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