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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3,
1973
The Worry Clinic
by Dr. Geo. W. Crane
Hobo should be an object lesson to millions of med-
ical patients,
For you suffer less pain if you extrovert
your attention. But if you focus on your own “innards,”
then you can soon become a
and a tranquilizer addict!
CASE R-580: Hobo, aged
hypochondriac (Worry Wart)
12, is a dog.
“Dad,” my son David informed me, “he came up to our
house last fall and adopted us.
“He was a well trained dog but we could never find his
owner,
Since he was a wanderer
we named him ‘Hobo.’
“He likes to ride in the
automobile, so Joan takes him
in the car whenever she goes
shopping.
“He 1s meek and gentle
with children, but a chronic
fighter with any other dogs,
regardless of size.
About once per week he
returns home with bloody
gashes on his neck where he
has been dueling with other
canines,
“And when he is in a fight,
he is oblivious of my com-
mands, though he normally is
very obedient,
“But this Spring he began
to act arthritic and limp bad-
ly
“It seems to be worse when
people are around so maybe
he is a hypochondriac.”
HYPOCHONDRIA
Last week David and Joan
deposited Hobo with us at
our summer farm home while
they were heading for Den-
ver,
Iobo limped so badly and
had so much trouble getting
up from the floor after being
asleep, that we kept him in
the house every night.
But when our son Daniel
and his wife, Judy, dropped
oft their collie dog, Suzie,
Eobo perked up and pranced
around outdoors as if nothing
whatever was wrong with
his hips.
And if Suzie would scare
up a rabbit, Hobo joined the
chase as if he were a young
dog.
Which shows that when we
extrovert our attention off our
own “innards,” we perk up
physically.
Veterinary doctors report
that dogs can feign invalidism
to gain favor with their own-
ers,
Many human patients like-
wise guzzle pills and swill
down unnecessary liquid med-
icines, due to TV commercials
that cause negative thinging!
But when they divert their
attention from their own in-
ner organs they act like heal-
thy physical specimens.
Even if Hobo were afflicted
with arthritis, when his atten-
tion was turned outward upon
another dog or a rabbit, he
forgot his aches and pains.
Same is often true of foot-
ball players, who may frac-
ture a small bone in the foot
or wrist and never notice it
during the excitement of the
game.
Or a soldier may even be
shot through the arm or leg
while in the middle of battle
and merely brush it off as if
it were a mosquito bite.
Afterwards, when his atten-
tion begins to turn inward, he
begins to suffer pain.
Dental surgeons and physic-
ians thus know that they can
reduce pain by means of
drugs.
But also by diverting the
patient’s attention to an out-
side object.
Let a child patient thus
handle some of the instrum-
ents and he does not suffer as
much pain.
Inform an expectant mother
of the mechanics of childbirth
and she, too, will require
much less drugs or anesthesia.
Ignorance of what to expect
produces fear; fear enlarges
pain, sensations, so doctors
need to use more charts and
verbal descriptions of what
they plan to do to patients!
(Always write to Dr. Crane
in care of this newspaper, en-
ciosing a long stamped, ad-
dressed envelope ‘and 25¢ to
cover typing and printing
costs when you send for one
of his booklets.)
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Having an open house during the holidays? Then please
your guests by serving a holiday-hued punch, cheering to
the eye and the palate. A good punch has many virtues: it
can be made ahead of time, freeing the host and hostess
from the problem of preparing individual drinks to order,
and the brimming bowl provides a focal point where guests
can gather and mingle.
The secret ingredient in a good punch is a base of strong
tea. The tea gives body to the punch without masking the
flavor of the other ingredients. You can use loose tea, tea-
bags or, even easier, instant tea to make the tea base . . .
then add the other ingredients—fruit juices, spirits, if de-
sired, and carbonated beverages for sparkle.
Holiday Punch
(Makes about 5 quarts or about forty 4 oz. servings)
214 quarts water 14 cup lemon juice
18 teabags or 6 tablespoons 3 cups vodka, chilled
loose tea Superfine sugar to taste
3 (6 oz.) cans frozen 1 (28 oz.) bottle club soda,
concentrated fruit chiiled
juicy red Hawaiian
Punch
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lemon juice and vodka. Add sugar to taste and stir until
sugar is dissolved. Just before serving add club soda and ice
cubes. Garnish with lemon and lime slices, topped with
halved maraschino cherries.
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