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H. A. ROBERTS
HOW TO KILL GERMS
SOY BEANS FOR FOOD
WHY I DO NOT SMOKE
WEAR THE PROPER SHOES
MILK, THE COMPLETE FOOD
L. A. Hansen
George H. Heald, M. 1).
EDITORS
FEBRUARY
1933
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Contents
W. A. George, A. M., M. D. 17
How to Kill Germs
Do You Wear Proper Shoes?
L. A. Martin, Podiatrist 19
L. A. Hansen 21
The Soy Bean as Human Food
Milk, the Most Complete Food
George Henry Heald, M. D. 24
Why I Do Not Smoke
Of Current Interest
Eloy Acosta 26
28
Questions and Answers
30
Health News and Findings
31
Our Children's Page
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HOW to KILL
GERMS
W. A. George, A. M., M. D.
Lama Linda Sanitarium and
Hospital, California
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HERE are several other names which mean
about the same as germs, such as bacteria,
bacilli, microbes, cocci, and micro-organisms. A germ is a small cell, vegetable in nature, so small that it requires a good microscope
to see it. Some germs grow in dead material,
and help to break it up and return it to the
soil. These germs do a good work, and are of
value to the world.
Other germs grow in the living tissues of the
body and cause disease, and so are called pathogenic, or disease, germs. Many diseases are
spread from one person to another by means of
the special germs which cause certain contagious
diseases.
Then there are germs which may grow in
foods, sometimes in canned goods. These germs
produce such strong poisons that when these
foods are eaten, whole families become sick and
several die.
Fermentation of fruits and fruit juices and
other liquids containing sugar, is caused by the
yeast plant, which grows from cells much larger
than ordinary germs, but their action may well
be considered in the study of germs and how to
destroy them. In fact, the whole industry of
canning fruits, vegetables, etc., is based on some
method for the destruction or prevention of
growth of those micro-organisms which cause
these canned foods to ferment or spoil.
The writer was once teaching a class of about
forty students in physiology in a certain college
when the question of canning milk was raised.
The members of the class were asked : "How
many think we could can milk in the same way
we can fruit, and have it keep all right 1" Every
hand in the class went up. Some of the girls
in the class were used to canning fruit, and
three of them agreed to can some milk and bring
it to the classroom. So a day or two later, three
regular fruit jars of canned milk were brought
to class, and placed in a show case in plain sight,
Nothing more was said about canning milk until
three days later. When the class arrived that
day, what was their surprise to find the lids of
all three of the jars partly lifted by the force
of the ferntented
and the sour .milk running 'down on the floor of the show case.
This was proof to the class that boiling heat
is not enough to kill the germs which cause
milk to sour, and gave me a good chance to
tell them of some experiments which had been
made in canning milk a year or two before.
Various efforts were made to find a simple
way of heating milk to a temperature high
enough to prevent souring. It was learned by
experiment that a saturated solution of common
salt would not boil until it reached a temperature of about 235°, and when a sealed can of
water, in which was fastened a thermometer,
was kept in the boiling salt solution, the thermometer showed a temperature of 235°, the
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like Malta fever or tuberculosis,
or others which are so often carried in milk. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
The public water supply is
often unsafe and may contain
many disease germs. The story
was told years ago of a family
who lived in a valley up among
the mountains of an Eastern
State. One or more of this family developed typhoid fever. The
discharges were thrown out on the
snow. Later when the snow
melted, these typhoid germs were
carried down in a beautiful mountain stream to a city miles below
which depended upon this stream
for its water supply. What was
the result? Many cases of typhoid
fever developed. If there is any
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doubt, it is always better to boil
Even the smallest cuts should be promptly treated.
all drinking water.
The discharges from a patient suffering with
same as the salt solution around it. A pressure
gauge, which was also fastened to the can, such a disease as typhoid fever should never be
showed about four pounds steam pressure.
thrown out on the ground, where flies may get
A quart bottle was then filled with fresh milk the germs and carry them to neighbors some
and the cork fastened in with wire. The bottle distance away. These discharges should always
of milk was placed in a saturated solution of
be buried deep in the ground, or burned, or
salt, which was boiled for thirty minutes. After disinfected by some powerful poison germ killer.
a few minutes the bottle was lifted out of the The nurse or the person caring for a patient
salt solution, and bang ! !—that bottle flew into a with a contagious disease, should use great care
hundred pieces, due to the steam pressure in- not to get the disease herself or allow it to
side. Another bottle was prepared in the same spread to others. She should always scrub her
way, but this time it was left in the salt solution hands in soap and water and then wash them
overnight, when it was cooled down, and the in some disinfectant, like 1 per cent Lysol solubottle did not break.
tion, before putting her hands to her face or
After that, a dozen bottles of milk were heated handling her food. What a pity it is to see a
in a large boiler of salt solution, and cooled faithful attendant care for a number of conovernight. Not one broke. After a few days, tagious cases and bring them all through to
one of the bottles was opened and the milk health, and then, weary from the long effort,
found good. Others were opened during the get the disease herself and die.
weeks following until only one was left. This
There is one little instrument, the fever therwas kept for ten years or more, and always mometer, which should be found in every home;
looked as good as when first prepared.
but if not properly disinfected after every time
Fortunately, it does not require 235° of heat it is used, it may spread germs from one person
or even a boiling temperature, 212°, to kill dis- to another. It is not enough simply to place it,
ease germs which may be found in milk. When after use, in some disinfectant, for little partimilk is Pasteurized, or heated for twenty min- cles of food or mucus containing germs may
utes at 145° or 150°, it is claimed that all dis- be dried on the thermometer so the germs are
ease germs are destroyed and it is then safe not reached by the disinfectant, and may infect
for food. When it is heated in this way and some one else later. It is always safer to scrub
not boiled, the taste is not changed much. How the thermometer thoroughly with soap and warm
much better it is always to heat the milk to a water,—not hotter than 105°,—and then place
safe point than to run the risk of taking into it in some strong disinfectant, as formaldehyde,
the body some of the germs of serious diseases, which will keep it clean until time for next use.
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Some keep the thermometer case filled with formaldehyde, and just wash the thermometer
with clean water before putting it into the
mouth.
After a contagious or infectious disease has
been treated in a room, it is necessary to disinfect everything in the room and often everything
in the house. This may be done by filling the
room with the fumes of formaldehyde or by
burning sulphur.
Now don't blame the doctor or get angry at
the health officer who puts you and your family
in quarantine so you will not spread your disease to some one else; and don't say a word,
unless it be to scold yourself, if you get smallpox or typhoid fever or diphtheria when all of
these might have been prevented by some kind
of vaccination. Years ago, the doctor who was
then health officer of Chicago, told the writer
that during that year there were 121 cases of
smallpox in Chicago, and only two of them had
ever been vaccinated, one 49 years before and
the other 51 years before. It seems quite certain that had these 121 persons been vaccinated
within a few years before, the smallpox germs
would have had no effect on them.
To one who is not familiar with the dangers
to which we are exposed by germs of various
kinds, it might look foolish to see all the care
used in the operating room of a hospital. Everything used about the operation must be free
from germs. Some instruments are boiled, some
are kept for a time in some germ-killing poison,
towels, sheets, gauze, and other things made of
cotton are sterilized by steam under pressure ;
the surgeons and nurses must scrub their hands
for several minutes with warm water and soap
and then wear sterile rubber gloves. The skin
of the patient over and far around the place
where the operation is to be done must be washed
with soap and water, and later covered with
a strong disinfectant, like tincture of iodine.
There must be no weak link in the chain of
surgical preparation, procedure, and after care.
If every one would immediately apply a little
tincture of iodine to a scratch or small cut on
the finger or hand, and then put on a sterile
dressing of some folded gauze or muslin which
has been baked in an oven, thousands of cases
of blood poisoning might be avoided.
Why do we not all spy out the methods of
these perhaps greatest enemies of the human
race, germs, and be ready to meet them in the
battle of life?
Do You Wear Proper Shoes?
L. A. Martin
Podiatrist
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HOUSANDS of men and women in America suffer from minor foot trouble. What
is the cause? I would answer, in most
cases improperly fitted shoes. We will discuss
briefly the many foot ills, their cause and treatment.
The common hard corn which appears on the
tops of the toes comes from pressure from a
tight shoe or friction from a loose shoe. The
hard tissue should be removed and a suitable
dressing applied to relieve the pressure. A
properly fitted shoe is very important. Permanent relief depends on how badly the toe has
been injured.
The soft corn which appears between the toes
is the result of a narrow shoe, or a dropped
front arch, or air-tight leathers. Wear a wider
shoe and a kid leather; and if the arch is
dropped, have it corrected. A medicated powder sprinkled between the toes and the wrapping
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of lamb's wool to
absorb moisture,
will give much
relief.
Bunions or enlarged joints result
from short shoes or
an injury. The
hard tissue should
be removed, and
also the corn, if
one has formed in
the center of the
joint. A pad
should be worn to
remove pressure
and inflammation.
The shoe must be
corrected. If the
joint is very large,
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Imprints of normal and deformed feet.
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amputation is advisable. Fortunately, there
are special shoes made to allow for this condition and they are very satisfactory.
Hammer toes result from short shoes. The
second toe is sometimes longer than the big toe,
and is forced back to the same length as the
large toe when the shoe is too short. In mild
cases, adhesive strapping will correct the condition. A longer shoe must be worn. Operations
are necessary in severe cases.
Warts are very painful because of the constant pressure. Irritation is the chief cause.
Linings and nails found in cheaper shoes and
the wearing of rubber will irritate. Children
wearing sneakers all summer often have warts
in the fall of the year. The use of acids, X-rays,
or incisions will give permanent relief.
Ingrowing nails are the result of wrong cutting plus a short or narrow shoe. They are
very painful and often result in infection. The
nails should be cut straight across. In rounding nails a small portion is left in the corner
and may end very seriously. An infection
should receive immediate attention.
Arch trouble is often a result of wrong shoes.
The front arch will drop when high heels or
short shoes are continually worn. This condition may be very painful. It is estimated that
85 per cent of the women in our large cities
have this trouble to a greater or less degree.
There is no cure, although much relief can be
given. A corrective shoe, using perhaps a lower
heel and more length, is absolutely necessary.
Strapping and the use of a corrective support
to raise the front arch, with proper exercises,
will bring much relief.
The longitudinal or side arch is on the inside
of the foot and may weaken. There may be a
dropping of both the side and the front arch.
Shoes that give poor support may cause this
condition. Arch support shoes are far better
than flexible shank shoes. Avoid wearing shoes
after they are badly worn or when they fail to
give proper support. The wearing of a corrective shoe is the first step toward relief.
Strapping and exercising is necessary. The
wearing of an arch support will depend on the
severity of the condition.
What is a proper shoe ? This is a very important question. Shoes should be worn for health
and comfort. They are chosen as a rule for
style. The shoe should allow three fourths of an
inch for spreading of the foot on weight bearing. The heel should be broad and one-half inch
in height. A lace oxford gives best support.
Those suffering with weak or puffy ankles should
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wear a high shoe. The material is very important. Kid is considered the best. It is porous
and soft. People who are very heavy object to
kid because of its stretching. The shoe thus
loses some of its support. Calf skin is second
choice. It is neither as porous nor as soft as
kid, but it is more durable and will hold its
shape longer. Suede, satin, patent leather, etc.,
cannot be compared with either kid or calf. An
orthopedic shoe costs more than an ordinary
shoe. The material is better, as is the workmanship. The advice given and service are also
important.
An orthopedic shoe worn in place of a house
slipper will greatly improve the foot. The posture must not be neglected. Most people stand
and walk incorrectly. Stand with feet parallel,
at the same time be sure that the weight is evenly
distributed over the entire foot. In walking, it
is far better to toe in slightly than out. This
takes the strain off the longitudinal or side arch.
Outdoor exercise should be taken each day,
or the muscles of the foot and leg will soon become weak and flabby.
"THE DAILY DOZEN"
To Strengthen Muscles in Feet and
Back of Legs
1. Stand with feet parallel, rise on tiptoes
and return slowly to original position. Keep
weight on end of toes during entire exercise.
2. Stand in bare feet; raise toes off floor,
keeping heels and balls of feet on floor, and
return toes to floor slowly.
3. Walk with feet pointing straight ahead,
keeping heels and toes on a straight line.
4. Stand with toes extending over edge of
block of wood or book, bend toes down as far
as possible.
5. Stand with feet parallel, roll feet over on
the outer border and walk on side of feet and
ends of toes.
6. Stretch legs out straight, and bend feet
toward body as far as possible.
7. Stretch legs out straight, and bend feet
away from body as far as possible.
8. Cross right leg over left knee; draw circle in air with big toe, making as large a circle
as possible. Make circle first to right and then
to left.
9. Repeat "8," putting left leg over right
knee.
10. Stand with heels turned out and toes
turned in. Press toes down as hard as possible.
11. Place ball of one foot on book and heel
on floor, and take as long a step as possible with
the other foot. Repeat, reversing position of
feet.
12. Place knees, ankles, and feet together;
separate ankles without separating knees or moving feet.
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The SOY BEAN
as HUMAN FOOD
Louis. A.
Hansen
Photographs Courtesy of
Bureau of Plant Industry,
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D .C.
A Nine Crop or Joy Beans
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OR much of the information herewith given
we are indebted to Dr. A. A. Horvath,
until recently of the health section, U. S.
Bureau of Mines. Dr. Horvath is the author
of several publications on the soy bean, having
given much time and investigation to the subject. He spent some time in China, in connection with the Peking Union Medical College
and otherwise, and had opportunity of observing and studying the uses of the soy bean where
it is best known.
Credit is also due for material to Prof. William J. Morse, senior agronomist, Bureau of
Plant Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture. He, too, spent time in China, studying
the soy bean uses, and brought back hundreds
of samples of foods and other products made
from soy beans. Many of these were shown at
a National Soy Bean Convention in Washington,
D. C., where they attracted much attention.
Considerable attention is now being given to
the value of the soy bean as an economical and
efficient article of human diet. Its nutrient
properties are wonderful. Its adaptability to
various food uses are unusual. Its availability
and low cost are of important consideration.
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We are pleased to have authentic information
from those so well qualified to give it as Dr.
Horvath and Professor Morse.
The use of the soy bean is traced back about
5,000 years, mention being made of it in Chinese
materia medica, written in 2838 B. c. Since time
immemorial it has been the most universal article in the Chinese dietary. It is extensively used
for food in Korea, Japan, Indo-China, the Philippine Islands, the Dutch Indies, Siam, and
India. The Chinese make practically no use of
dairy products, and most of the people consume a meager amount of meat. The soy bean
appears to have furnished a remarkably wellbalanced diet, through all the centuries. Probably the Chinese nation can well attribute its
existence to the soy bean. Contrary to popular
opinion, the Chinese do not live on rice. It is
quite freely used only in South China, and there
the diet is mixed with soy beans.
The soy bean seems to be wrongly named,
for it is so different from the ordinary bean that
it is not a bean. It has nearly 40 per cent protein, while other beans, navy and Lima beans,
have only 20 per cent protein. The soy bean
protein is the only known vegetable protein of
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Grinding soy beans with a stone mill in the manufacture
of soy bean milk in China.
human nervous system. Dr. Levine, of the
Rockefeller Institute of New York, found another nerve-building substance, cephalin, a constituent of the human brain.
The soy bean is peculiar in being physiologically alkaline. Cereals are acid producers.
Hard exercise and muscular work give increased
acidity in the blood and tissues. Studies made
by Osborne and collaborators at St. Barbara's
Hospital show that after a meal of soy bean the
alkalinity of the blood is increased, a valuable
consideration where the alkalinity of the blood
must be increased.
The soy bean contains almost all the vitamins,
A, B, and D (the growth-promoting and antipellagric factors) and E. Vitamin C is present
in soy beans after they are soaked in water and
sprouted. The soy bean, then, is a food with
twice as much protein as beef, of high biological
value, 20 per cent oil, of alkaline ash, and all
the vitamins.
The oil of the soy bean is of superior quality.
Dr. Mendel and collaborators, of Yale University,
fed groups of rats on a high fat diet, coconut oil
and other oils. The rats fed on coconut oil were
inactive and lazy and spent the day and night
sleeping. They had access to revolving cages,
into which they would go for a few minutes and
then go to sleep again. The rats fed on soy bean
oil rushed into the revolving cages, and ran
sometimes for ten hours without interruption.
This went on for ten days, with good conditions
and normal sleep by day. Soy bean oil imparted
an amazing amount of energy.
A number of scientists have shown that 95
per cent of soy bean oil can be digested and
absorbed. The improved methods of refining oil
full biological value, which means it can be
used instead of meat, eggs, and milk protein,
thus making a vegetable diet a sufficient one.
The soy bean contains 20 per cent of oil, while
the ordinary bean has practically no oil.
The soy bean protein is complete, with all
the essentials to growth and normal development. It was found at the laboratories of Dr.
Sherman, of Columbia University,
that the human organism retains
more nitrogen from soy bean protein
than from meat protein, with an
evident preference to the soy bean
protein.
Chinese Buddhist monks never eat
meat, because of religious prohibition.
Chinese children are given "soy bean
curd" instead of milk or meat, and
they grow to normal development.
Studies by medical men in China show
that the skeleton and organism is developed absolutely normally, and that
the Oriental is no different in development from the Occidental.
The soy bean is rich in phosphorus
and in a certain substance, lecithin, a Chinese courtyard with pots of fermented soy beans and
necessary constituent for building the
which the well-known soy sauce is made.
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insure a very desirable product.
It is excellent as a salad oil as
well as for general culinary
uses. It is a good substitute
for the animal fats. Where
there is a world shortage of olive
oil, soy bean oil is substituted
for it to the extent of sometimes
as high as 90 per cent. While
soy bean oil was formerly used
for cooking purposes by a few
Chinese only, it is fast coming to
the front of the world's market
as a foodstuff.
Soy Bean Flour
Since a way has been discovered to make soy bean flour
without the strong, heavy flavor,
it is finding use among bakers
Steamed soy beans in the preparation of a popular Japanese food.
as a constituent in all kinds of
In Italy, soy bean flour is added to the rations
baking—bread, rolls, and pastry. It has a
slightly sweet flavor, somewhat like that of of the army, and bread containing 15 to 20 per
crushed nuts. It is rich in fat and protein, cent soy bean flour is made. Premier Mussolini
contains lecithin, and the vitamins A, B, and D. has ordered a study of soy bean food values.
It contains about three and one-half times more There is a special Soy Bean Research Institute
protein and approximately sixteen times more at Moscow, Russia. An exhibition was shown
fat than wheat flour.
of soy foods, with 130 varieties of soy dishes,
Because of its extremely high protein con- including cutlets, pastry, salads, candy, and beef
tent and its rich oil values, soy bean flour gives substitute. A dinner, prepared entirely of soy
a richness and smoothness to the foods in which beans, was served to representatives of trade
it is used. It keeps well without becoming ran- unions, factories, Red Army, and Soviet Press.
cid. Usually 15 per cent soy bean flour is used The food was unanimously pronounced exin bread which gives twice as much protein as cellent.
Soy Bean Milk
would all-wheat flour. One-fourth soy bean
flour may be used.
The soy bean protein is not only equal in bioThe use of soy bean flour gives bread a good logical value to the casein of milk, but is similar
texture, light golden (yellow) interior, and dark in properties. It belongs to a group of globulins,
brown crust. It should be baked more slowly which are similar to the casein of milk. The
and for a longer time than all-wheat flour bread. Chinese soak the soy beans overnight, grind them
Gems, biscuits, muffins, cakes, cookies, pancakes, between millstones, and obtain a cream. This
mush, croquettes, etc., can be made.
cream is diluted with water, and boiled after
Being so rich in fat, about 20 per cent, soy being filtered through cheesecloth. This yields
bean flour does not require as much shortening a milk similar to that made from sweet almonds.
as is generally used. Neither does it need the The soy bean milk contains oil and the protein
amount of milk usually used, as it contains the necessary to emulsification.
same amino acids found in cow's milk. Because
Soy bean milk, if kept at even temperature
of its lecithin, less eggs can be used. It has high for hours, will turn acid and coagulate. Curds
absorption power, three times that of wheat are formed exactly as curds are formed in ordiflour, so it takes more water. This adds to the nary milk. The Chinese make a curd which
keeping qualities of the baked product.
resembles cheese, and can be cut like cheese.
Some companies add 25 per cent soy bean They call it "the meat without the bones." Its
flour to their chocolate, making it more nourish- chemical composition is very similar to beef. It
ing, richer in vitamins, and with better keeping contains only a very slight amount of purin
qualities. Soy bean flour is also used in ice bodies. Gout is rare in China.
cream, to give it better taste, make it smoother,
Soy bean milk, if prepared from one part of
and for better keeping qualities.
(Concluded on page V')
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MILK
ATURE makes one food — milk.
That man and other animals have
found eggs nutritious and have
robbed nests, diverting the eggs from, their
original purpose, does not change the fact
that the function of an egg is to develop
into a creature of the same species, and
thus to help in the maintenance of the
species.
The seeds and fruits, the succulent
leaves, and roots of plants are in nature's
plan (if I may use such an expression)
parts of her machinery to store food for
the plant itself, or for a future generation
of the same species of plant. What, for
instance, is a grain of wheat but a germ, an
"egg" of the wheat plant, with a supply of
food to last till the young plant becomes
self-supporting ? What are lettuce leaves
but breathing organs, chemical laboratories,
where the food of the plant is prepared
from gases drawn from the air, and minerals and water drawn up from the soil?
And so with other plants used for food.
The different parts of a plant are developed
primarily for the benefit of the plant itself,
and their use for food often destroys the 14. A. ROSERTS
plant. No plant is primarily altruistic ;
A proper food for both laboring man and growing child.
but in providing liberally for itself, it (together with other plants) provides the substance other blood-making minerals, they will be anemic.
without which no animal could live. If there were A child that is undersized usually has had too little
no plant life, animal life could not exist.
milk, either because the family does not supply it
Milk, the only food prepared by nature with no with sufficient milk, or because it does not like milk,
other function than to be a food, is the most nearly and cannot be persuaded to use it freely. The
perfect food, the food on which the suckling animal Japanese people, undersized, have almost no milk
lives during a most important part of its life with- in their country. Some may say that this small
out any other food. Is it strange, then, that milk stature is a racial trait, not dependent on their
is the most complete food ? Bread, the so-called food; but it is a fact that Japanese children born
"staff of life," is, in comparison with milk, a very in this country, and given a more liberal diet, depoor staff. Even bread made from the whole wheat velop noticeably larger than the average of those
lacks much of being a complete food. It lacks some living in Japan.
essential minerals, including iron for blood making.
This country is said to produce ten billion gallons
It lacks in vitamins, and its proteins are incom- of milk a year, a quantity that would fill a tank,
plete. Milk has one lack. It is wanting in iron, or rather a lake, thirty feet deep, a mile wide, and
every baby being supplied before birth with suffi- a mile and a half long ! This is sufficient to give a
cient iron to supplement that supplied by the milk quart a day to every man, woman, and child in this
country. But it is not all used as milk, much the
during the nursing period.
Children who after weaning are given milk with larger portion being used in the manufacture of
their other food, gain more rapidly than those who butter and cheese. Only a small portion of people
have no milk ; but unless they get from green veg- have even the minimum of a pint a day for each
etables and other foods the necessary iron and member of the family.
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Milk is rich in proteins of excellent quality, and
in a kind of sugar which acts as a protective against
intestinal putrefaction such as is present on a diet
of meat. Milk also contains the necessary mineral
salts and important vitamins. It is a very economical food, furnishing at less cost a given quantity of
protein than either meat or eggs; that is, it is the
cheapest (as it is the best) of the animal foods. The
salts in milk help to diminish the acid tendency of
the body, which is increased by meat and eggs. This
acid tendency, or lowering of the alkali reserve, is
a condition present in various disease states, which
the doctor sometimes counteracts by the administration of alkaline salts, but which is better prevented by an alkalizing diet. In this quality, milk
is far superior to the other animal foods.
On the other hand, milk is one of the hardest foods
to keep clean and uncontaminated. (Not so hard
as meat, however, for it is impossible to prevent
the spread of putrefactive germs throughout the
meat.) There are so many ways in which milk is
certain to be contaminated unless produced with
great care,—the barnyard filth carried in the air of
the barn or yard, or clinging to the hair and skin
of the cow, the hands of the milker, the floor of the
stable, the milk vessels, and so on,—that milk gathered in the old way was a most filthy product ; and
doubtless much of the milk from the family cow
and of uninspected dairies is still the same—filthy!
In the most modern dairies the cows and stables
are cleansed most thoroughly every day. The milk
does not touch the hands of the milkers, and there
is no chance for dirt to drop into the milk pail, for
the milk is drawn from clean cows by suction
through sterile tubes into sterile vessels, and is usually Pasteurized, so that
contamination is reduced
to a minimum. Many
dairies do not maintain
such a high grade of excellence, and as the appearance of the milk
does not give a hint of
how pure it is, one may,
if not careful, be using
for a baby milk from a
supply that is not safe.
Probably bad milk has
killed more babies than
any other food.
Some of the older of us
1933
George Henry
Heald, M. D.
can remember when most milk was delivered in bulk,
in large cans, the milkman pouring from such a can
into a measuring tin, then into the customer's pail,
pitcher, or what not. Or the customer went to the
corner grocery with pail or pitcher, into which the
grocer poured milk from his measure after ladling
it from the large can. And usually the large can was
kept at room temperature. We have made much
progress since that time, and as a result many baby
lives have been saved, for which we owe much to
those who have pushed the fight for clean milk.
And the fight is not yet won. We are far from
having a milk supply that is uniformly clean and
wholesome. Not only are there many dairies not
producing a high grade milk, but there are many
thousands of family cows and small herds of two or
more cows where there is scarcely the first effort to
protect the milk from gross contamination. Among
those who are continuing the practices of a bygone
age, there is often a feeling that "what was good
enough for our parents is good enough for us. They
were not all the time worrying about a little dirt
in the milk, and they were healthy." That is some
of the backwash of civilization, and it is the duty or
privilege of those who are more fortunate to help
the others to understand.
It is now asserted that "bootleg milk" is becoming
more in evidence ; that small milk producers near
our cities who could not obtain permission to sell
their milk in the city at any price, may have a sign
near the road, stating that milk or cream can be
obtained, say, at half price.
There is a reason why such milk cannot be sold
in the city. These milk producers cannot for some
reason produce clean, wholesome milk. Their premises are too dirty, their cows are diseased, or the men
are of such slovenly habits that they cannot produce
clean milk. Such milk may be very costly at any
price.
In these times of depression some might be
tempted by the low price of this uninspected milk,
but it is not safe. Usually it is raw milk, for such
producers are not likely to have a Pasteurizing
plant, and the least one should do who feels the
temptation to use such milk is to boil it.
One who gets his milk supply from a neighborhood
cow, is taking a long chance with the baby, and
perhaps with other members of the family. Uninspected milk is likely dirty milk, and may be
dangerous milk. Taking into consideration doctor's
bills and funerals, the cleanest milk is the cheapest.
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Why I Do Not
Smoke
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Eloy
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(Third Prize
Contest Winner)
destroying evil. After a short time I would
find myself to be but a miserable drug slave,
doomed to destruction.
Tobacco is more than a poison. It is a combination of some of the most dangerous poisons
known.. The deadly nicotine, united to pyridine,
furfurol, prussic acid, carbolic acid, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, and a dozen more dangerous allies, most of them found in the tobacco
smoke, work together to undermine the resistance
of the body, gradually poisoning the system,
and preparing the way for the organic diseases
to develop. It is not a secret that tobacco causes
high blood pressure, hardening of the arteries,
cancer of the tongue and mouth, ulcer of the
stomach, and most of the heart diseases. Nor is
it unknown that smokers are more susceptible to
tuberculosis than are nonsmokers.
Caguas, the city where I live, is the center of
the tobacco district in our island, Porto Rico.
So, I have had the opportunity to be an eyewitness to the evil results of not only smoking,
but even handling tobacco. I have seen the dirty
brownish spots on the nails and teeth of the
men and women who work in the tobacco factories. I can say that none of the young women
or girls working therein have rosy cheeks, except when artificially painted. Many of them
become thinner and paler every day until they
fall an easy prey to the white plague. And
men, young and old, are going the same way.
In this present time of crisis, when so many
persons are out of work, we can see in the streets
and homes, groups of men and women seated
around a table, gambling with cards or dominoes,
while in their mouths they hold a lighted cigar
or cigarette, smoking themselves to death. And
yet we marvel when we see children smoking.
Could I give that example to the men and
women of tomorrow ? NO, I do not smoke. If
the evil one should at any time tempt me to
smoke, I know Him who can help me to overcome any temptation.
S a Christian, I know that my body "is
the temple of the Holy Ghost" (1 Cor.
6 :19), and therefore it is not my own.
Thus, I should not defile God's temple, but be
temperate in all things. Otherwise, I would be
running the risk of losing my eternal salvation.
Besides, I have seen the terrible results that
smoking has caused in the life of many young
men and women. Just recently, my own uncle,
a young man in the prime of his youth, full of
spirit and ambition, with many good opportunities before him, was taken to the grave, a victim of the dreaded tuberculosis, to which he
was predisposed through excessive cigarette
smoking. Many can tell of similar experiences
—the untimely death of young men and women
whose lives could have been a blessing to their
families, their communities, and to themselves,
and whose career has been marred by the assassin habit.
Tobacco has been proved to be one of the chief
causes of the usual weakness noticed in the offspring of smokers. Many innocent children are
The Abuse of Narcotics
suffering because of the evil habits of their
LESS obvious, though no less certain, is the
parents. As a young man, I foresee that some
day I may be a father, and it is my duty as a fact that the popular use of the so-called fever
human being to see that my offspring enjoy all narcotics and of stupefying agents, such as
the privileges with which God would be willing liquor, to enable one to keep up and go about
to endow them, and not to be the cause, through when one has a febrile cold and should be in
bed, leads to all sorts of complications, from
evil habits, of their future suffering.
Besides, tobacco awakens a craving for liq- sinus disease to pneumonia, from rheumatism to
uor, and thus, if I give myself up to smoking, nephritis. During an inf1uenza epidemic in the
I would be opening the way to another life- "good old days," a saloon keeper boasted before
A
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February
LIFE & HEALTH
a bar lined with patrons that he could do more
against "flu" than the doctors. The doctors'
patients were sick and had to be in bed. His
customers, when they got the "flu," took a few
good drinks, felt better, and went to work. Unfortunately, he did not realize that, when some
of his "patients" finally did have to go to bed
with pneumonia, not all his liquor nor all the
physicians' medicines could save them ; while
a few days in bed at the right time might have
prevented the pneumonia and the death.
In a similar way, druggists recommend across
the counter, and patients buy, even without his
recommendation, acetygalicylic acid [aspirin],
acetphenetidine [phenacetin], or amidopyrine to
obtund the aches and pains of a febrile cold;
they go about when they ought to be in bed,
until they can no longer do so because of one or
more of the many possible extensions or metastatic infections, a minor ailment having become
converted into, a serious sickness.
People must be made to realize that when
micro-organisms of disease have invaded the body
to the extent of producing fever, a struggle for
supremacy is on. The fittest will survive, either
man or microbe. Fever is equivalent to a general
mobilization of available military forces in an
invaded country. Suppress the fever and its
symptoms, cancel the call to mobilization in the
face of such invasion, and the enemy invades
triumphantly and disastrously. What might
have been a mere border skirmish becomes widespread wreck and ruin of the interior.—Bernard
Paulus, M. D., in Journal A. M. A.
The Soy Bean as Human Food
(Concluded from page 23)
soy beans and five parts of water, is equal in
protein to cow's milk. Scientific studies in Europe and this country show that this milk is
very easily digested, from 95 to 100 per cent,
and that soy bean milk curd, and flour are very
excellent foods for children suffering from summer diarrhea, when they cannot tolerate other
foods. It is easily digested, does not irritate
the stomach and intestines, and so can be used
in a number of conditions, and is recommended
by a number of medical authorities. Since it
does not contain much starch, 1 per cent, it is
the ideal food for diabetics and is so used by
physicians in Europe and America.
Experiments at the Children's Hospital at
Boston Medical School showed that in a number of cases of eczema and asthma where babies
could not tolerate any milk and were given food
1933
in which the protein was supplied from the soy
bean, the eczema disappeared and they developed normally.
Soy Sauce
Orientals add to the soy bean curd a soy
sauce made from cooked, crushed soy beans,
table salt, and water. The mixture is kept in
big jars in the open air—sometimes covered—
up to six months and even five to six years.
Through bacterial action, fermentation takes
place, with certain changes in the protein that
give a resultant product with the taste of beef
extract.
Soy sauce is now made in this country under
the most sanitary conditions. It is a dark liquid
with a pronounced flavor, that makes a little go
a long way in giving that tasty protein flavor.
It is finding wide use among the best chefs
for giving piquancy to various foods. It is even
added to meats to accentuate their flavor.
Soy sauce is not a condiment. Professor Abel,
of Johns Hopkins, and a number of other investigators found this sauce to contain substances
which stimulate the digestion and absorption
of foods, that of carbohydrates from 16 to
32 times, and the digestion of proteins by the
pancreatic juice from four to eight times. So
it seems that its use by the Orientals is not
a matter of taste alone, but one of natural instinct. Chinese farmers work all day without
food, eating but one meal and that at night.
They use soy sauce freely with this heavy meal,
and seem to be able to digest and assimilate the
food without distress or discomfort. We do not
advise this proceeding for Occidentals.
There are many varieties of soy beans, most
of them best suited for stock feeding and soil
improvement. A few varieties are especially
suited for food for man. The present low price
of soy beans makes it a most practical consideration for meeting the demand for an economy
food that is at the same time efficient in nutrition. This wonder food is destined to fill an
important place in human economy and welfare.
Much more might be said about the food values
of the soy bean, and doubtless much remains to
be learned. A great deal might be said as to
the industrial uses now being made of this versatile vegetable. From all that is being said
about the remarkable properties of this old-new
food, one might fear we are in for a soy bean
fad. But we might go a long way in the study
of natural foods and their values without getting off on a tangent or running to extremes.
The soy bean seems to offer plenty of room for
such study.
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OF CURRENT INTEREST
Uncle Sam in the Liquor Business
IN 1862 the United States government, in
order to raise funds for the conduct of the Civil
War, created a Bureau of Internal Revenue,
and among other things laid a tax on alcoholic
beverages, and also a tax or license on every one,
whether retailer, wholesaler, or manufacturer,
who was in the liquor business.
Two classes of persons foresaw the inevitable
result of this policy. Certain Senators who were
who knew what it meant to have a speakeasy
in the neighborhood and who had done their
utmost to banish such institutions.
So we may understand one reason why the proponents of a return of beer make a strong point
of beer revenue. It is to some an argument for
the return of beer, in the effort to balance the
budget. There is a stronger reason, namely,
that beer entering as a source of income to the
government would be more firmly seated in the
saddle than ever.
And we could be certain that all the rest
would follow,—the saloons, the hard drinks, the
gambling, the painted women, and all that went
with the saloon in the old days, and what would
prevent it if prohibition were repealed ?
G. H. H.
strongly opposed to the liquor traffic protested
against linking up the government with what
they considered an iniquitous business, as they
could see that the tendency would surely
lead to Federal protection of the liquor traffic.
Liquor men, on the other hand, had for a long
time urged a tax on liquor, for they could understand the great advantage that would result
from an arrangement which would naturally
enlist Uncle Sam's interest in the prosperity
of their business. With such an ally, they could
virtually snap their fingers at local option, at
county option, at State-wide prohibition. About
a dozen States had enacted prohibitory laws,
and other States were contemplating such a
move when the Civil War led to a suspension
of further increase of prohibition territory.
As the sequel demonstrated, the Federal Government, having adopted the policy of making
liquor—or rather the drinker—contribute to
the Federal income, was naturally more interested in the amount of the liquor revenue than
it was concerning the rights of States which had
by law banned the liquor business. The Federal Government had no compunction regarding the granting of licenses for the sale of liquor
in dry territory. So the owner of a speakeasy
in such territory having a Federal tax receipt
—virtually a license—knew that in his fight with
local authorities he had at least the Federal
Government on his side.
The attitude of the Federal Government, that
of friendliness and encouragement to the liquor
traffic, was anything but encouraging to those
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+ + +
More Radio Danger
IT is said that if the Eighteenth Amendment
is repealed, the liquor interests plan to make
use of radio broadcasting to advertise their
various brands. There will probably be nothing
to prevent this. It seems that the broadcasting
companies accept almost anything that pays
them, and of course liquor people can pay well.
"As free as the air," is getting to be a meaningless phrase as far as our being free to enjoy
the air when it comes to the radio. With all
sorts of blah about cigarettes, patent medicines,
cosmetics, and what not, to say nothing of the
jazz and crooning, it is bad enough—so bad that
it is pretty difficult to listen in even edgewise to
get something you really want.
What will it be if the thing grows? And if
we now have to hear from a lot of breweries
and distillers who are vying with one another to
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get their brands before the public as quickly as
possible, it will be all the worse. It will surely
meet with a good deal of protest if we have it
ding-donged right into the home, "Drink Soakmaker's Beer," and "Use Whosis Whisky for
your health." We hope it won't be.
L. A. H.
February
LIFE & HEALTH
not the least interest in the success of prohibition.
In fact, in the earlier days, Congressmen
WE are not now referring to prohibition when
not
at
friendly to the success of prohibition
we speak of the importance of keeping the cloth- had a all
say
in the appointment of prohibition
ing and the feet dry. Exposure to snow, rain,
officers.
or sleet is a frequent and common cause of
Now the men are selected and are carefully
taught their duties; the net is being drawn
closer, and a larger percentage of conviction
and punishment follow the arrests of liquor-law
offenders than of any other crime. Is it true
that prohibition cannot be enforced? It is enforced too well to satisfy some of the liquor
catching cold. It is so common we all ought to criminals, and it fails only to the extent that
know it well enough to avoid it.
Congress fails to appropriate enough to enable
In a series of studies it was shown that 64 adequate policing.
G. H. H.
per cent of colds reported were due to physical
+ + +
conditions—chilling, drafts, and getting wet.
Infection was thought to be the cause in 22 per
How One Man Keeps Eminently Fit
cent. It seems quite clear that outside influIN the Washington Star Sunday magazine
ences, particularly those involving chilling of
of
October 16, 1932, is an authorized interview
the body, are largely responsible for inducing
with
Mussolini by Fredericka Blankner. Its
colds.
purpose
is to bring out Mussolini's attitude
When the clothing, shoes, and stockings are
wet, evaporation takes place, drawing upon the
body heat. A person that is robust, well nourished, and active, may be able to stand this extra
demand. Inactivity, such as sitting or standing while the clothes are drying, means less heat
production, while the heat demand is greater.
This results in a chilling of the body and a toward war and peace, but the intent of this
lowering of the body resistance. With a lowered present article is to consider Mussolini's method
resistance, the way is open for whatever it is of life—the things which he himself believes
that actually makes the cold.
help to keep him fit for his chosen work. For
Keeping dry is one of the important things ten years he has worked steadily at a task such
in preventing colds. Rubbers, overcoats, and as has broken a number of our Presidents. He
umbrellas have their place.
L. A. H.
is now forty-nine. Blankner, who had an interview with the Duce six years ago, believes that
+ + +
this man, who has now controlled the destinies
of the Italian ship of state for ten years, apCannot Be Enforced
pears younger than he did six years ago, a man
THEY .tell us prohibition laws cannot be en- of athletic build, and evidently in fine condition.
forced, and therefore should be repealed. Those
Mussolini, who believes he will be fit for his
who make this statement most vociferously, work for twenty or thirty years more, said that
he retards old age by eating very moderately,
so!
using freely of fruit; by sleeping quietly and
adequately, regardless of what happens; and by
e;
engaging in some recreation. For instance,
_
during the summer, his favorite recreation is
swimming. The day of the interview, he had
swum for three hours. Many busy men would
doubtless are themselves lawbreakers, who place not find so much time for recreation. And with
their own convenience and preference above law that swim at a private beach must be included
and the Constitution.
a ride from Rome, a distance of perhaps not less
But is their statement true? At one time this than thirty miles each way. Moderation at the
statement was more nearly true than now. Men table, ample sleep, and regular recreation are a
were employed as prohibition agents who had fine program to retard "old age."
G. H. H.
1933
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Keep Dry
/ WISH THAT WUZ
ASA
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Conducted by G. H. Heald, M. D.
This column is made up of selections from answers which have been sent out by mail.
Do not ask us to treat disease, or to advise treatment, by mail. We cannot determine a patient's condition from a statement of symptoms. If you are ill, you should have a personal examination.
Always inclose a three-cent stamp with your questions, and address Query Editor, Life and Health, Takoma Park, D. C.
GEORGIA
WonirEa :
Please inclose name and address
and 3 cents postage for a personal
reply.
Answers on this page are taken
from personal replies which have been
sent to inquirers. Only a few of these
appear here.
Direct replies are not made on this
page. This process would often take
too long, would greatly enlarge the
department, and would make too many
repetitions. And then many questions are better answered privately,
so we ask inquirers to inclose postage
for personal reply.
You can usually discount largely on gin to swell, and at the end of the
the statements of advertisements.
day the instep is quite lost and extends about two or three inches. This
Eggs and Milk
"I have been told that milk and is particularly so in the left foot. Only
eggs should not be eaten at the same the instep and ankle swell, not any
meal. Is there a disadvantage in do- other portion of the body. What do
you advise?"
ing so? If so, why?"
You may have some heart trouble
Perhaps milk and eggs at the same
or some kidney trouble. It would be
meal would furnish too much protein.
wise for you to have a medical examIt might depend on the person.
ination.
Aluminum Cooking Utensils
A person may live a good many
"Are aluminum cooking utensils in- years with swollen ankles, but it is
better for you to know what your
jurious to health?"
trouble is, and what you can do to
No.
prevent further damage.
TJrticaria, Hives, Nettle Rash
Composition Shoe Soles
"Please send information regarding
urticaria, or nettle rash, cause, treatment, and cure. The patient has been
afflicted for several months, and the
condition is really serious."
Urticaria is a sensitized condition,
caused by something which is irritant
to this patient, but not irritant to the
ordinary person. It may be some
food, such as wheat, milk, strawberries, oats, eggs, carrots, or any of a
good many common and generally
harmless foods, or it may be something he is wearing, or the presence
of a pet animal, as a horse, cow, or
cat, or the pollen of some plant.
The problem is to discover just
what in this case is causing the irritation. It may require extended observation and study. Some doctors
make a study of helping such patients
by discovering the offending article
or articles. It is not a thing to be
attempted by mail.
Vitamin C in Tomato
"Are electric combs injurious to
health? Will the electricity kill germs
with which it comes in contact?"
I suspect that this is a contraption
which, though not particularly harmful, has little value. I cannot conceive of such a contrivance being
germicidal.
"Is vitamin C of tomatoes destroyed
in the canning process?"
Not much of the vitamin 0 in tomato is destroyed, especially if heated
so that air does not reach it. For this
reason commercially canned tomatoes
are high in vitamin C when opened.
They should not be heated more than
necessary when opened.
Advertisements
Swollen Ankles
"One sees — yeast advertised a
great deal as an aid to digestion and
a cure for constipation. Does its value
in these ailments justify one in giving
it a fair trial?
"1 am troubled with swollen ankles;
and since I am in good health generally, I am rather worried about it.
My feet are normal on rising in the
morning, but during the day they be-
Electric Combs
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Hives
"Are rubber composition soles on
"For the last two weeks I have been
shoes injurious to health?"
troubled with a rash, which first itches
I think not as ordinarily used.
and burns, and then breaks out with a
long mark and with puffiness of the
Corn Versus Cane Sirup
skin.
After it breaks out, it gets all
"Is corn sirup of better value as a
food than cane sirup? Does it con- red. It breaks out any place on the
body. It stays for about an hour or
tain any other food elements besides
so, and then disappears. It itches
sugar?"
terribly."
Corn sirup is not of better value
Your trouble is hives, and the cause
than cane sirup as a food. It conmay
be something you have eaten. It
tains only sugar.
may not be a food which is harmful
to most people, but for some reason
Albumin in Urine
"If one has albumin in the urine, you are sensitized to it. Whenever
can it be seen with the naked eye? you eat that food, you will have hives
There is something that looks like the or some other trouble as a result.
white of egg or pus."
Bananas and Oranges
"Are bananas when very ripe too
Albumin cannot be seen in urine except by making a chemical test. The starchy to eat at the same time as
little lumps may be pus or some cells oranges?"
or some sediment. A test would be
A banana that is ripe enough to
necessary.
eat may be eaten with oranges.
PSYLLIUM SEED
A NATURAL aid in the treatment of
constipation. Safe, harmless, and nonhabit forming. Supplies bulk and lubrication for efficient bowel action.
Easy to take.
BLONDE PSYLLIUM SEED.— Supercleaned; hand-cleaned in addition to
triple machine cleaning. 60 cents per
pound; 5 pounds, $2.50; 25 pounds,
$10.
Triple-cleaned, extra sifted, free
from grit. 50 cents per pound; 5
pounds, $2; 25 pounds, $7.50. All
prepaid.
Hilkrest, Takoma Park, D. C.
February
HEALTH NEWS AND FINDINGS
"Hospitals and Child Health."—In of the animal were exposed. So he but depression periods. He thinks
this volume of the White House Con- infers that if one exposes the un- carelessness, the use of glasses instead
ference series the hospital is depicted gloved hands and the face to sunlight, of paper cups in public places, and
not only as a factor in curing diseases the body will get enough ultra-violet unclean table ware may be responsible.
of children, but as a health educational radiation to protect it against rickets. That may be, for Vincent's angina is
institution sharing the responsibility He does not believe that nude sun a very contagious disease. It may
of other agencies in keeping the child baths are necessary for this purpose. vary in severity from sore gums and
in health.
He says further that though during tender mouth to a general infection,
A survey of hospitals for children, winter months the body does not get with nausea, loss of appetite, swollen
of dispensaries and posture clinics, enough of the protective rays, it gets glands, high temperature, and even
covers the first third of the content of sufficient in the summer months to death.
this volume.
afford protection against rickets the
The second section deals with the following winter. Possibly; but persituation in convalescent homes, and haps the truth lies somewhere between
gives practical suggestions for im- this extreme position, and that of the
proving and increasing the number of sun-worshiping nudists.
such homes for children.
Mouth Washes and Dentifrices.—
The last section deals with medical
social service work in municipal and There is a reason for the frantic adrural communities. Of special interest vertising over the air and through
is the comparative study of the ratio the printed page of dental toilet
of public health nurses to social service preparations. Some of the companies
workers in city and country districts. marketing these preparations, invest
The ratio was equal in municipalities, hundreds of thousands of dollars, yes,
but in the country social service work- millions of dollars in their advertising
campaigns in which the most extravaers were almost a minus quantity.
This volume is an exhaustive study gant claims are made. Doctors and
of hospital and social situations affect- dentists, as a rule, know these prepaing children, and it would be invalu- rations as pleasant, and most of them
able to the public health administrator harmless mouth applications. The adwho is studying to correct the present vertisement does the work, making the
existing weaknesses in this phase of advertiser immensely wealthy. How
much would be sold if the advertisethe care of the child.
ments were confined to the bare truth
"Hospitals and Child Health," by without exaggeration?
the White House Conference, 279
pages. Price, $2.50. The Century
Home Canned Vegetables.—Another
Company, New York and London.
warning against home canned vegetables has come from the University
Athlete's Foot.—A. N. Allen, of of California. Dr. Karl P. Meyer
Brazil, writes: "After twenty-five says, "All home-canned vegetables and
years it seems that I am at last free other nonacid foods should be thorfrom 'athletic foot.' I simply rubbed oughly boiled before use." This is WITH OR WITHOUT EXPERIENCE YOU
in precipitate sulphur twice a day for because of the great danger from WILL USE THE ROYAL SIGNET INSTANTLY
a few days, and repeated it occa- botulinus poisoning. Boiling does not AND WELL. SEE . . . TRY . . . TODAY!
sionally." Any one who has had ex- kill the botulinus germ, which can CONVENIENT MONTHLY PAYMENTS
perience with athlete's foot—the infec- develop in canned foods, producing a
tion resulting from being barefoot at poison against which there is no antibathing beaches and in gymnasiums— dote. But thoroughly boiling the food
L
.
will be glad to hear of this simple after the can is opened may destroy
procedure. Athlete's foot is very re- the poison, though the additional presistant to treatments. Sodium hypo- caution is given to discard cans with
sulphite—the "hypo" of photographers leaky lids, and where there is an off
—a 5-to-10-per-cent solution, in a foot odor or other signs of spoilage.
bath, has also done excellent work.
Increase of Trench Mouth.—A denNudism Unnecessary.—Professor tist has reported an increase of 100
Knudson of the Albany Medical Col- per cent of "trench mouth," or Vinlege, as a result of animal experi- cent's angina, in New York State, and
ments, asserts that when 1/80 of the increases elsewhere in nine years, which
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You Need Not Fear Officer Nature
MOST boys and girls are not afraid of policemen.
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It is a good thing there are laws that call for obedience. If there were not such laws, no one would be
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