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people have a (sagging stomach and
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Draw up The Slack
A man of fifty-two years has had
what he calls chronic indigeston for
fifteen or more years. In that time he
has consulted some famous internists,
specialists and many general practi
tioners in different cities. Various ex
planations of his trouble have been of
fered, and various lines of treatment
employed, most of them being more or
less helpful for a brief time, and near
ly all of them being' at least scientific.
He Is a man of considerable horse
sense, and he does not readily absorb
useudo-science. However, he still has
bis indigestion.
i Queried and cross-examined he
iTea the following history, which is
mot at all unusual: Twenty-five years
ago he contracted syphilis, and was
BRACE YOURSELF EVERY HOUR.
thoroughly and properly treated.
Bight years ago the Wassermann test
of the blood was negative. Twelve
years ago a good physician offered o
frankly doubtful opinion that locomo
tor ataxia was developing; this opinion
was probably influenced by knowledge
of the history. But the man shows no
symptom suggestive of locomotor
ataxia at present; that may be due to
- the thorough anti-syphilitic treatment
he was given through several yearj.
We all know that It takes, at least
three years to conquer syphilis.
1 One year ago lie had an X-ray nega
tive, or several negatives of the abdom
inal region. A marked prolapse or sag
Xing (ptosis) of the stomach was de
monstrated.' Now. this condition does
sot necessarily cause symptoms; some
TINKERING WITH OLD SORES.
perfect health. But some people nave
pronounced astigmatism without suf
fering any unpleasant effect, wnuo
others must have carefully fitted
classes for slight errors of refraction
Some people have floating kidney and
are quite unaware of any disturbance
of health; others complain of muca
suffering from a loose kidney. As a
matter of fact this man's right kidney
was floating, though the X-ray pic
tures failed toshow it.
The doctor who suggested the X-raj
pictures now ordered an abdomina
supporter. The patient wore it for
nearly a year, but continued to suffer
from distress after eating, belching
huge quantities of gas, dragging pain
and soreness about the flanks, tender
ness over stomach, and the other in
definite symptoms people call indiges
tion or dyspepsia.
I Discouraged, he tried v still another
doctor. He was now advised to as
sume the knee-chest position for
few minutes after each meal. In this
position the patient gets down on al
fours, then lets the chest sink to floor
but keeps the hips high, with thighs
always perpendicular to floor. It per
mits abdominal and pelvic organs to
rise, or fall, as you please, upward to
ward the diaphragm' Then he was
i urged to He down for half an hour or
I more on an inclined couch or bed with
hip3 several inches higher than should
ers
He was further taught how to stand
erect, 2nd advised to "brace himself
every. hour by the clock, no matter
what he might be doing or where he
might be.
A new broom sweeps clean. The
man is delighted with his relief. He
has gained several pounds in a few
weeks and it seemed impossible for
him to gain weight heretofore.
Position is not everything in thla
world, yet it is well worth cultivating.
Questions and Answers.
T All external cancers and many inter
nal ones are nothing but old sores in
the beginning.
' Old cold sores on the lip which do
not heal within a reasonable time;
old warts or pimples on the face
which almost heal up, when become
irritated, bleed a little, scab over and
almost heal up again, only to become
irritated once more, and so on.
There Is & gTeat deal of foolish prej
udice against what the crook with an
alleged cancer cure likes to call "the
knife." This prejudice may have been
justified in. the ancient days when an
operation was painful and very -dangerous;
then the doctors had no anes
thetics and knew nothing about the
.ways of preventing blood-poisoning,
and so an operation was a very ser-
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DONT TINKER WITH OLD SORES.
i-et Your Doctor See Them. They
i May be the Beginning of Cancer.
ions adventure, no matter how trifling
At present, with either, chloroform
oxygen or nitrous oxide, (laughing
eas), and other safe anesthetics, as
"well as the local aesthetics which
render minor operations absolutely
painless, there is nothing about sur
gery to dread, and1 under modern
methods there is less danger of blood
poisoning follow!; g an operation than
there is after the use of alleged heal
ing salves and cancer pastes.
; Rarely it may be impossible, for
some reason, to giv a patient an anes
luetic, and hence a cancer paste may
1 the only, cheice, .but it is a far
Snore dangerous remedy, and far less
certain to cure cancer than operation
f Many little sores about the lips, the
heek,-,or on the skin anywhere, vhirh
remain -irritated and refuse to heal for
period of. jthree months or longer
are -akin canrs, though it may be
aany months, vea. . years -in some
before the grewth will spread
erbeoeme alarming. Por mere safety
tn&a&xt, tfgrv tit skyman
Acid Fruits and Rheumatlz.
A. P. R. Should one with chronic
rheumatism indulge in such things as
lemons, tomatoes, grapefruit and the
like? Are not such fruits full of acid?
Answer: One should, whether he has
rheumatiz or not. In the first place, no
Joint disease is caused by acid in the
blood; in the second place, all fruit acids
circulate as alkaline Baits, thus tending
to increase the alkali nitly in the blood.
Canker Scores In the Mouth. .
L. C. H. Please tell me what will
relieve canker sores in the mouth,
have them every few weeks.
Answer: Touch each su3)rclous spot
with tincture of iodine morolri snd night.
Look well to your oral hygiene, or have
me aemat ao it.
is to have such sores surgically treat
ed, by your physician or a surgeon he
will recommend. Take a wart, for in
stance. Often enough it resists each
and every alleged remedy and only
becomes more irritated the more you
tinker, with it. But, with the aid of a
local anesthetic, it can be removed in
a few minutes, and that Is the end of
the trouble.
People like to Imagine that this or
that application possesses some mys
terious "healing" virtue. No remedy,
we care not what Its nature, makes a
sore heal. The physician prescribes
certain remedies to accomplish defi
nite things which he finds necessary
to aid Nature In the healing process
Yet the fact remains that Nature al
ways does the healing, and at a ratp
which canndt be hastened by human
agencies. Healing, however, may be
retarded or prevented by ill-advised
applications to a wound or sore, and
this Is the reason why it Is always
more economical to let your doctor de
cide what is best to put on a wound or
sore, for naturally he understands
such things much better than a mere
druggist or a manufacturer or medi
cine, or an old woman, or the patient
himself.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Don't Poultice a Boil.
Will you tell me what causes bolls?
Are they contagious? Not long-ago I
had one on my arm, now I have sev
eral. What Is a good treatment for
bolls?
Answer A boil, or "furuncle" as the
surgeons say, is nothing but an abecess
of the skin. The essential cause is the
pus germ. Not in the sense that measles
or whooping cough is. The pus germ is
only capable of . penetrating the skin in
rare instances. They generally gain ad
mittance through a hair follicle or "skin"
gland. They are conveyed from the skin
on one part of the body to another by
contact, as scratching. The prophylac
tic treatment consists of cleanliness A
person having one or more boils should
take a warm bath at least four; times a
week, using soap free from alkalis and
fancy perfumery. When a boll first oc
curs try to abort it by touching with pure
carbolic acid; and paint around it with
tincture of iodine. If it goes on and pus
forms, go at once to a good doctor, one
who gets red in the face' if you suggest
applying a poultice or greasy salve. A
hot compress will do all' the good any
poultice can do and does it without in
curring any danger. The right doctor
will take a sharp knife and open thor
oughly and finish by applying a - sterile
dressing.
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No diagnosis or treatment of -dividual cases will be attempted.
Bad Stuff in Cough Medicine.
Is medicine containing one grain of
opium to the ounce good to stop a
cough from chronic bronchial trouble?
AnswerSuch medicine would be more
likely to .make the bronchitis much worse
in the end. Opium, morphine, heroin,
codeine all derived from opium are bad
Ti auny v00"8:. Ths narcotics merely
you forget the cough, .but meanwhile the
disease is setting a firmer foothold, and
when-you come to thin, after the first
bottle is empty,- you will discover you are
worse than in the beginning. Very rareB
a doctor may find it advisible toatoD S
diminish acough temporarily, but it ls I
precarious business, and yeu had better
ngtuke the risk on youwn
Playing On The Squaref
Every so-called "cold" is caused by
the transfer of germs from one pftson
to another." Every acute sore" throat
must be looked upon 'as more orVf ess
contagious, whether it proves tb he
only a slight illness or diphtheria or
ordinary tonsilitis. In fact, a simple
sore throat seems to be just as click
ing as the ordinary diphtheria is. $tm
paratively the simple "colds" and sore
throats are much more catching tfian
diphtheria nowadays, for the region
that most human beings have enoftgh
respect for diphtheria, when fiey
know it is diphtheria, to take reason
able precautions against spreading he
diseases; but only the minority as b?et,
are as conscientious about the spread
"X"C0MC IN CHILDREN l'i
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CRIMINAL HOSPITALITY.
of other acute nose and throat trou
bles. ,. ...jf'i
. The isolation of persons who have
contagious disease, such as measUjs
icarlet fever, smallpox, chlckenptyj:,
fliphtheria and whoopmg cough, a
more or less. burdensome for the pn-;
tient and perhaps for members of this
family, yet no one would wish to til
Sown the bars and subject the whole
community to . the risk of infectip;
lust to save the patient or member
of the family from the annoyance of.
Isolation. . ' :
The most oontagiotiB period of aJ
the eruptive diseases, at least of scar
.et fever, measles, german measles anci
thickenpox, is the period of invasion!
A Girl s Weak Ankles if
. It is a sad fact that so many
rrom ten to ergnteen years old ars
wearing crude arch props or braces?
In the hoDe of overcoming foot weak!
ne8s thrust upon them by the hideQUsf
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ana unnatural snoes at present m
fashion. Parents are getttng quite Ir-?
responsible and bowing supinely to-'
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me inns ana iaas or me snoemaKers,1
who seem obsessed with the belief
that Nature was all wrong when sh
designed the human foot.
It Is difficult, apparently, for . the
shoe manufacturer to think that the
ball of the foot Is naturally the wid-;
est part of the foot, and the insidcj
sole line does not naturally turn out
to end in a narrowly pointed sole. He
assumes that a shoe should cramp
the forefoot into a narrow space and
twist It as far outward apart from its
mate as the law will allow.
Mark the outline of an unspoiled:
foot on a piece of paper and you will
have a sort of a wedge-shaped figure,
like this:
even before the eruption shows on the
kin. Therefore, it is the duty of par-enta-to
isolate a child from other chil
dren tlte moment a so-called Vcold" or
sore throat or feverish illness begins,
for who can tell that it is not one of
the eruptive diseases developing?
To send a child to a,chool or to per
mit the child to come into personal
contact anywhere with other children
when a "cold" or sore throat is' de
veloping is a crime against public safe
ty anyway. When there is the least
question of any eruptive fever de
veloping, the child should be isolated
from all associates until the question
is settled one way or the other. This
is playing the game square. Parent?
who cannot play square deserve to be
punished by the public health authori
ties. North Carolina means business,
and the State Board of Health Intends
to use stern measures for those who
will not play fair.
Thousands of children nowadays
cape the eruptive fevers altogether,
through intelligent care in preventing
the spread of infection. The writer
is a physician frequently in contact
with such diseases, yot he has never
had them. As children grow up a kind
of natural Immunity comes to . them,
which protects them through life. And
everybody knows that now and then
even the least alarming eruptive dis
eases, such as measles and chicken
pox, either end fatally or leave soma
serious' complication or sequel which
handicaps the unfortunate child.
When in doubt, don't be a hog. Give
your own community the benefit of th
doubt. Keep the patient isolated from
all susceptible persons until you have
the assurance of your physician that
there is no danger of infection, or un
til the illness has passed off and health,
returns. .
A great deal of the epidemic dis
ease so frequently breaking out la
spite of. the efforts of the health au
thorities is due to the failure of par
ents to. isolate mild cases. The mild
ness of Mary's Jscarlet rash" or her
"stomach , rash" is no assurance that
when Johnnie catches it he will oti
be dangerously ill or develop some per
manently harmful seaueL
which force upon her an ankle aidn
to that of the flat-footed street-car
conductor; sharply pointed toee which
cramp the forefoot and prevent the
physiological use of muscles and liga
ments which support the arch. Re
sult, first tired and aching feet, calves,
perhaps hip and baok; then turning in
of the ankles and scuffing off the in-
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Notice that lineswhich bisect sole and
heel meet at an angle in the foot print",
whereas, if you draw bisecting linos
through the sole and heel, of a fash
ionable, high-heeled, nolnted shoe
there is no such angle the toe is
made to turn out. Now compare the
naturally shaped shoe; the bisecting
lines meet at an angle similar to that
of the natural footprint, and hence the
naturally shaped last gives comfort tot
the feet. ! -
The Chinese grew so accustomed
to deformed, cramped feet that they
actually came to admire such feet.
Th American people once admired
wasp waists arid hoop skirts and
bustles and other real or imitation de
formities. In recent years wa hav
come dangerously near admiring the
slouchy debutante posture affected bv
our young fashionables of both .sexes.
Narrow high heels are hideous enotign
on a front row chorus lady but on a
school girl they look tragic indeed.
The little girl's weak ankles are
caused by nothing else than bad foot
wear. Narrow heels which give the
foot no stability:
FASHION'S FOOT AND NATURE'S
PLAN.
Natural and Unnatural Foot in a Nat
urally and Unnaturally Shaped
Shoe.
her borders, of soles and heels: and
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iinany, oroken down arches and flat'
I Prevent all this lifelong foot trouble
vj insisting upon sane footwear for
the young girls. A foot dressed in
naturally shaped shoes lookn nntta .
well, rather much better than a foot
loousniy shod with freak footwear
and besides is- much more in keeping
ith the simple refinement of cultured
w - . m .
QUESTIONS AND AN8WER8.
Mother Affects Nursing Child.
I- ung Mother. My four months
wa baby seetns to be conatiDated mnrh
of the time. Does the far tw t m
frequently constipated hava anVthlTur
Jtb do with my baby's condition? What
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Buau i give tne oaDyr
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V mww: Tne ract 4hat the mother is
Beently constipated may b the cause
S,the same cendftion in hit nuSKS
th Id Of four mnth. oA... ir:-lur,'.f
" ouiij. Aiconouc drink or
excesses in food whieh disturb the motheJ
Sfact on the child. The" remedy fciJJ
te4 mother to select a diet under the Jif
taction of a nhvnini.n -lZmJ9
irvfant nothln0 except what is prescribS
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Phone INo. 14
Tryore, N. C.
Attention Mr. Farmer!
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Everything made of wood ,and iron is gettiip
higher m price all the time. We were fortunate
r v - t - V 4- .v 1 1
cnuugu iu piace an order about nine months ogo for
a car load of tfie celebrated Weber Wagon, all sizes
made by the International Harvester Co., at old
prices, and can today sell you cheaper than we can
now buy, ev6n if we could get them at all.
We can' save you money while they last, and will
sell on easy terms.
We are also getting a few Ford Cars. Every
farmer that has lots of hauling should have one of
the new Ford Trucks.
Call an'd talk it over with us.
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