Bellefonte, Pa, March 20, 1981.
Your Health
THE FIRST CONCERN.
By Dr. Morris Fishbein
Bditor, Journa! of the American Medical
Association, and of Hygeia, the Health
Magazine.
So far as the facts have been es-
tablished, 10 organic chemical sub-
stances are known to be essential to
life.
These elements are calcium, phos-
phorus, iodine, iron and copper, that
are well known, and sodium, potas-
sium, magnesium, chlorine and sul-
phur, the five not so well known.
As has been emphasized again
and again in these columns, calcium
is required in large amounts for the
body in the formation of the bones
and the teeth, and for regulating
certain of the chemical reactions
that go on in the human system.
Considerable amounts of calcium
are found in milk and in such vege-
tables as string beans, lettuce, spin-
ach, caulifiower, asparagus and
celery. It should be understood that
very few cereals contain a sufficient
amount of calcium to be of any
special service for the supplying of
this element in the diet.
Sceintific studies of iodine have in-
dicated that the amounts required
for the human body are very small
indeed, but that even these small
amounts are not to be had in some
sections of the country where the
soil is poor in this element. Hence,
methods have arisen for supplying
small amounts of iodine in the form
of tablets and in the form of iodized
salt, particularly to growing chil-
dren
Iron is found in fairly large
amounts in spinach, whole wheat,
meat, prunes and egg yolk, It also
is found in fairly small amounts
in cereals. There was a
time when the emphasis on
jron was so great that food sub-
stances not otherwise particularly
desirable were eaten in large
amounts merely for the iron contents,
Nowadays it is considered prefer-
able to secure the iron by a proper
diet of ordinary foods, and, if neces-
sary to have additional iron for the
building of red coloring matter in
the blood, this is easily supplied
through any one of several dozens
of medicinal iron preparations.
Obviously, a well balanced diet
will contain milk to provide a num-
ber of the fundamental substances
and associated with it each day at
least two vegetables, particularly of
the leafy vegetable type. If a per-
son eats a diet of this character, he
need give little further attention to
the question of supplying his body
with proper amounts of the mineral
substances.
Five-Year Survey “Reveals That Teo Much
Chewing of Food Decreases Muscular
Endurance
The report has just been made
available of an experiment to estab-
lish the relationship of diet to ef-
ficiney.
The experiment has continued over
more than five years and has in-
volved four important measures:
First, to eat only when actually
hungry; second, to stop when satis-
fied; third, to chew the food espe-
cially well, fourth, to try to secure
food for which there seems to be a
craving, and to omit food for which
there seems to be antagonism.
In connection with this study, re-
cords were kept of the food and wa-
ter intake, the eating time, the ac-
tion of the bowels, the hours of
sleep, the chemistry of the fluid ex-
creted, blood pressure, pulse and the
temperature, the basal metabolism,
muscular endurance, and the mental
ability of the person studied.
Dr. H. H. Holck, who reported
the investigation, which was made
under the auspices of the University
of Chitazo: points out
than years ago the famous
Italian centenarian, Luigi Cornaro,
practiced essentially the same rules
regarding diet and felt that these
were responsible for his good health.
In fact, Cornaro is credited with
the famous proverb, “The food from
which a man abstains, after he has
eaten heartily, is of more benefit to
him than that which he as eaten.”
As may well be im , few
people have endeavored to follow
such a dfinite routine for the con-
trol of their diets, because many of
us eat for the pleasure of eating as
well as for the needs of our consti-
tution. .
In is report, Dr. Holeck carefully
gives all of the details of the factors
that have been mentioned. He!
finds that too much chewing of the
during the period of good feeding.
were any interpretations to be made
at all relative to the relationship of
the cold to diet, it would seem that
colds were relatively less frequent
DAILY THOUGHT.
Life is a test of the survival of
fittest, but unfortunately
Starvation Will Relieve Appendicitis don’t fil. |
The surgeon who pointed out the _ Keep
proper preparatory treatment of &p- way you rule the waves.
pendicitis was Dr. A. J. Ochsner, of For no woman needs to have a|
Chicago. By preparatory treatment gray hair in her head until she's 65
I mean preparatory for operation. if she follows science in the care of
Dr. Ochsner emphasized the danger her locks, according to Miss Gladys
of giving cathartics to these patients, Ogilvie, beauty specialist, one of
and it was his contention that un- the seven Ogilvie sisters who head
less they could be operated very an international group of beauty
early it is safer to starve them, and salons devoted to the care of the
give no cathartics until the fever and hair and scalp.
acute symptoms have subsided, Practicing what she preaches, her
From his work comes one of the own ash-blond hairis free from silver
important health rules on threads although she is middle aged.
earth: “Correct brushing and exercise of
“Never give a person with an the scalp, stimulates the growth of
acute pain in the abdomen a ca- hair,” Miss Ogilvie explained.
thartic.” “And the hair retains its natural
All acute stomachaches, of course, color until a woman is 65 or 70, if
are not due to appendicitis. But it is kept alive and stimulated from
if the stomachache is not appendici- the roots up. Neglect of the hair,
tis the cathartic is not needed, and causing oiliness or dryness, is what
if it is appendicitis it is deadly dan- causes the black or brown or golden
gerous. If I had acute appendicitis hair to become peppered with gray.”
I would rather go out and fight a Women who try to restore their
mad dog then swallow an ounce of natural hair color with tints and
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castor oil.
It seems very hard to teach
ple this. As soon as they get a
stomachache they say, “Something
I have eaten,” and rush pell mell for
the medicine closet. If you ever
vomit after taking a cathartic when
you are ill, for heaven's sake don't
repeat the dose. That is nature's
way of showing you nothing is want-
ed in the stomach.
I heard Dr. Ochsner tell once how
he found out about the no-cathartic
treatment of appendicitis. There
was a very rich and otherwise
prominent citizen of Chicago in the
old days, when aseptic surgery was
young, who had frequent attacks of
appendicitis. Being of so much im-
portance, he naturaiiy had a great
array of consultants.
He was always urged to have his
appendix out, but he never would
consent, so the consultants, after
trying unsuccessfully to make him!
surgery minded, fell back on the
then fashionable medical treatment
for the disease,
Dr. Ochsner lost track of him for
several years, and then one day he
met him walking in the park. In
the course of the exchange of greet-
ings’ the doctor asked him how his
appendicitis was.
“You know, I've learned how to
cure appendicitis,” was the answer.
The doctor averred that he had
been trying to find out for a long
time and asked what the method
was.
“Well, you see, you fellows would
give me castor oil and salts and
more castor oil all the time. And
I'd get sicker and sicker, until final-
ly I got so sick and weak I couldn't
hold any of it on my stomach. I
began to notice that when that time
came around I started to get well.
So I decided IT would take the last
part of the treatment first. Since
then, whenever I have an attack I
just go to bed, refuse all food, water
or salts, and I get well in about four
days.” ie
All this sounded sensible and from
it was derived the now famous Ochs-
ner treatment for appendicitis.
JOKES IN POLITICS.
From the Pathfinder.
A Republican candidate, in a
house-to-house canvas, was trying to
persuade a voter to ballot for that
ticket.
“No,” said the voter, “my father
was a Democrat, and so was my
grandfather, and I won't vote any-
thing but the Democratic ticket.”
“That's no argument,” said the
can idate, “suppose your father and
your grandfather had been horse
thieves; would that make you a
horse thief?"
“No,” came the answer, “I su
pose in that case I'd be a Repu
lican.”
At an examination of men who
wished to become citizens the federal
judge asked the usual questions,
concluding with: ‘And now does any-
one here belong to any society or
organization inimical to the govern-
ment of the United States?” A
gleam of understanding spread over
one man's face.
“Sure, judge,”
he said,
Democrat.”
“‘m a
rinses will not meet with half the
success that can come from system-
atic use of the hair brush, Miss
Ogilvie said.
—Now that the days are lengthen-
ing, your plants will begin to show
signs of growth. This is due to the
fact that they have light a little
longer and sun a little stronger.
As they are entering a period of
growth it is well to give them more
root room, as this is one of the
times when they respond to trans-
planting. New soil, after they get
over the shock of having their roots
disturbed, always has a tonic effect
on them.
Before starting to transplant them
it is well to make sure that you
have soil that meets their require-
ments. So many persons fail to
realize the importance of proper
soil. Florists devote much time to
the proper preparation of their soil
and it is largely due to this care
that they raise such perfect flowers.
With only a minimum amount of
labor you can. readily change the
soil you have so that it will meet
the requirements of the ordinary
house plant.
For example, should your soil be
rather heavy. with more clay than
loam in it, you can change it by ad-
ding sand. Thus you will have con-
verted an almost impossible soil for
some kinds of house plants into a
light, friable one that will furnish
the necessary elements for the de-
velopment of all varieties of strong
roots, Any kind of sand available
will do but coarse, sharp sand is
best. By experimenting with the
soil you will be able to determine’
the quantity needed.
A good test is to mix some sand
and soil together. Then take it up
in the hand and squeeze it firmly to-'
gether. If when the pressure is re-
laxed, the soil crumbles and falls
apart, or even shows a tendency to
do so, it is safe to conclude that
Vill“ make an ideal” oll FoF Tom
strong-rooted plants. Plants hav-
finer roots of the fibrous sort
will do better in a soil containing
more loam than clay. In fact, leaf-
mold usually suits them better than
loam.
Leafmold, you know, has a large
percentage of the vegetable matter
which is essential to many of our
soft wooded plants. Always use
sand in combination with leafmold,
to keep the loam porous. Not so
much sand, however, as when clay
or garden loam is the basis of your
soil. Leafmold is spri and will
not pack and become h as does
clay when it is watered.
Finely: ground bonemeal is a wel-
come addition to most soils used for
house plants, This is a safe form
‘of nourishment,
~—When arriving in a city, it is
safer to take one of the regular line
of taxis rather than freebooter autos
jor cabs which are without trade
marks or disti insignia by
which they are generally known as
‘taxicabs. Some taxi companies have
‘a certain color or style of vehicle by
which all may recogmize them. The
traveller may feel reasonably sure.
that such an automobile is a bona
that more
| Democrats.”
‘fide taxi and not merely a vehicle an
A small boy down South was adventurer has driven to the station
playing with some puppies, A kind- to pick up someone. He may feel
ly passer-by stopped and asked him assured that the driver is reliable
what kind they weve. The lad re- to & degree, for a company in good
plied promptly: standing will employ only such
“They're Republicans now, but when chauffeurs to drive its cabs. |
they get their eyes open they'll be On the streets, it is safer to take
one of the taxis lined up in front of
s———— a reliable hotel, rather than to hail
A political orator in one of the a passing cab anywhere onthe high-
Southern States—a Democrat, of way. The tip, usually expected by
course-—was making a speech when the doorman in the hotel when he
he was interrupted by a commotion puts you in the cab, may be money
at the rear of the hall. He stopped well spent, since it is a guarantee
his speech to ask, “What's wrong that the hotel recognizes this as a
back there?” A voice answered’ line of taxi-cabs.
him: “Someone's picked my pocket, In a reliable cab one need not be
and got my watch.” alarmed if the driver goes out of his
“I'm sorry,” said the speaker, “but way and does not always take the
I didn't know there were any Re- shortest and most direct line to his
publicans in the audience.” | destination. Such items as a torn
“Yes, there is one—I'm a Repub- up street, a corner at which he dare
lican!" not make a turn, & rough pavement,
- or congested traffic may make him
WHEN YOUR COWS BECOME deviate from the :oute you would
MERE BOARDERS, SELL "Em °®Xpect him to take.
Test and scales found 264 cows in |
Bellefonte Trust company, Exec,
tract in Spring Twr.; $1.
Elizabeth E. Walkey to Delphia B.
Stover, tract in Bellefonte; $4,000.
: Annie Kline, et al, to James H.
in Ferguson TWP.; gyraub, tract in College Twp.; $3,000.
. Run Lumber company to Al
Albert E. Schad, et ux, to Paul ran L tract in Miles Twp.
| R. Emerick, et ux, tract in Spring | $10,000
ey do|Twp.; $1. { Alfred Graham, et ux, to P. B
|, Julia Carter, et al, to John H. Crider, et al, tract in Miles Twp.
Bair, tract in Gregg Twp.; $1. | $11,600.
GOVERNOR FIXES | Bellefonte Trust company, Exec. Arthur W. Cowell, et ux, to Fred
VISITING HOURS to West Penn Power Company, |F. Lininger, et ux, tract in State
|tract in Spring Twp.; $1. College; $1.
to Edward
in Ferguson |
John L. Holmes, et al, to Clara |
. Meyers, tract
not need shades.
Governor Gifford Pinchot and
secretary, P. S, Stahlnecker, will |
| West Penn Powar Company {to
ting of the State's business re-
Deng ors visitors be limited to |
the hours fixed for other visitors. }' a J
ast summer, we said in this space that by |
receive visitors on Wednesday of |
each week between the hours of ten | = p—
those who have made appointments. |
Members of the General Assembly
s=-Wedo your Jo work HEE. A the spring of 1931, we should see some
signs of a business revival.
and one. On other days, proper ex-
The Business Prospect
and the Cabinet are not affected by |||
prediction has not been fully realized, there is
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evidence of a much improved sentiment, which
should materialize in a real advance before
many months.
There is an increasing feeling that the
long deferred buying to replace depleted stock
will soon begin.
Then the wheels will begin to turn.
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food decreases muscular endurance, January that were not paying their |
and, in fact, to some extent to be board bills to Keystone dairymen,
said in favor of restricting some- the Pennsylvania State College dairy |
what the amount of food taken
in, extension service reports. They plece of statuary, a rare piece of sil-
—For the meal-time centerpiece,
probably nothing else will ever be
quite so acceptable as flowers, but’
other thinge may be used. A little
q will Know Where
in order to keep the normal body were promptly sold to the butcher, |ver or pewter, fruit,
weight at a stationary figure. Seventy-seven associations tested model may serve as a center of at-
One of the especially significant 27,364 cows during the month. Of traction.
factors was the attempt to find the these, 4840 produced more than 40! On such occasions as harvest
relationship between a restricted pounds of butter fat each and 6028 festivals, Christmas or a patriotic
dietary and the incidence of colds. gave more than 1000 pounds of milk. day, an appropriate centerpiece may
This is particularly important since In the 40-pound group 1882 exceed- be devised which will be particular-
many enthusiastic observers have ed 50 pounds of fat and of the half- ly significant. A pumpkin, or horn
endeavored to control the incidence of ton milkers 3424 topped 1200 pounds. of plenty, filled with vegetables,
the common cold by dietary means! Chester Valley association, in| froits and nuts, a winter landscape,
alone. | Chester county, tested the largest with a mirror Jaid flat upon e
Investigators found that colds numbr, 688 cows. The Wayne coun- table to represent a lake, cotton for
were more frequent between Novem- | ty group led in 40-pound butterfat snow, and reindeer or a Santa; ora
ber and May, none occurred Quiing producers with 136, and Cumberland | device of flags, tents, and tin sol-
July or August, and this regardless (No. 1 had the largest number of | diers may stir the joy and interest
of dietary changes. Indeed, if there 1000-pound milkers, 201. tof those about the board.
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