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JANUARY • 1964 • VOL. LXXIX, No.

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THE BEST-DRESSED POTATOES WEAR DINNER JACKETS
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THE DIETITIAN SAYS ("Tasty Vegetable Combinations")

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arms and legs. Examination revealed dislocation of a bone in the spinal column.
He died fourteen days later.
Doctors say that any unsupervised
sport carries certain dangers. Gymnastics
is no exception. The chief hazard lies in
not mastering the fundamentals.
Attempts at somersaulting backward
and forward are the most dangerous
maneuvers on the trampoline, and it
takes a minimum of ten hours of trainand treatment, more effective prevention ing before somersaulting should be atideas and techniques, and a stimulation tempted. These suggestions to local
health departments in maintaining reguof health personnel education.
Public awareness of alcoholism as a lations of trampolines were offered:
1. Qualified instructors should be in
health problem is greatly needed.
charge at all times.
2. Equipment should be in good re* * *
pair.
3. Only the minimum number of peoTRAMPOLINE INJURIES
ple should be allowed on a trampoline
Trampoline acrobatics can cause crip- at one time.
4. No eating should be undertaken on
pling and even fatal injuries in the untrained amateur, according to a recent trampolines.
5. Provide proper lighting.
article in the Journal of the American
6. Enforce rest periods.
Medical Association.
7. Make compulsory the wearing of
Trampoline tumbling by novices may
cause serious injury of the neck and even shirts and socks while jumping.
8. Require registration of patrons, inpermanent crippling, William G. Ellis,
M.D., and his associates of Iowa City, cluding people to reach in case of accident.
Iowa, report.
9. A training program should be reFive serious injuries to the brain or
spinal cord were reported by the doctors. quired for patrons before they are alOne nineteen-year-old boy died from lowed to attempt such maneuvers as
practicing on the trampoline. He per- somersaulting.
formed an elementary backdrop, landing
This list of rules is particularly imporon his shoulders and back. He immedi- tant for children, who do not appreciate
ately became numb and paralyzed in his the risks involved. •

March oaf Medicine
THE FIGHT AGAINST ALCOHOLISM

An attack is under way on one of
America's biggest health problems—alcoholism. Because the problem is huge (an
estimated 5 million victims, with 200,000
new cases every year) and there are few
if any proved methods of cure and rehabilitation, progress is slow. But most
State vocational rehabilitation agencies
now accept for service diagnosed alcoholics who are members of Alcoholics Anonymous (because close supervision at all
times is necessary, as supplied by AA),
and a growing number of research projects are bringing to light new information about alcoholism.
Records of the Vocational Rehabilitation Administration show that the number of alcoholic patients who have been
rehabilitated into gainful employment is
growing: from only 246 people in 1959
to 638 in 1962, with projected figures of
950 for 1963 and 1,400 in 1964. Costs
range from $140,000 for the 246 to $1
million for next year's 1,400.
Research projects include a demonstration in Los Angeles that chronic alcoholic men are employable with the
help of a multidisciplined professional
staff in a service center. Personality patterns, career patterns, and personality
factors of the alcoholic who has ceased
drinking, the effect of treatment in a
general rehabilitation center—these and
other facets are being investigated. Also
needed are training of additional counselors and orientation of existing personnel. A planning conference under VRA
was held this year.
The Public Health Service through its
National Institute of Mental Health is
helping the States give attention to specific problems. For example, a Rhode
Island project was concerned with cooperative efforts by State agencies to rehabilitate tbe alcoholic; an Oregon project
examined the problem of the alcoholic
and the courts.
Mental-health-project grants are supporting a variety of activities, such as a
study at Massachusetts General Hospital,
concentrating on treatment of the alcoholic from the time of admission to an
emergency service. Also, the American
Public Health Association is seeking to
develop guidelines by which health
agencies can improve their work with alcoholics. Out of this three-year study may
come better means of early case findings
JANUARY, 1964

M

FUTURE DENTISTRY

THE LUNGS

BY JOSEPH ARKIN

BY H. 0. SWARTOUT, M.D.

Dentistry of the future will
take care of your teeth in a
pleasant, painless way. Wait
till you see what dental scientists have up their sleeve.

Fresh air is vital to your lungs
and entire body twenty-four
hours a day. Do not fail to
keep it in good supply.

STROKES

REGULAR FEATURES

BY J. D. HENRIKSEN, M.D.
FAMILY PHYSICIAN
The American Heart Association hos suggested a way of
life that can help banish stroke
and heart attack.

DIETITIAN SAYS
HOME NURSING

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New gecut
IN A DAY and age of ultraspeed,
automation, and superspecialization, personal efficiency is the goal of
business and industry. But how about
improving your own good health and
efficiency at having fun and enjoying
life more?
As the old year fades and the bright
new January 1 looms on the calendar,
another year is offered us to contemplate our health and what we can do
to improve it. A sharp brain in a
bouncing body and a soul at peace
with ourselves, other people, and our
God should be the goal. Love, joy,
peace, and happiness with a confident
step and a zest for living is our wish
for each reader of LIFE AND HEALTH
for the new year.
Knowing the premium at which the
time for health, recreation, and real
fun comes to many a man, we would
like to use this moment to urge each
reader to take a health inventory. As
Samuel Johnson says, what most men
need is not to be instructed but to be
reminded. We are here to remind you
of how vital good health is to your
every endeavor. There's no such thing
as sick success. Even the Vice-President
of the United States is but a heartbeat
from the White House, so vitally does
health figure in the affairs of the
world.
Not one to suggest resolutions at
New Year's time, I am eager to have
each reader aware that a plan of life,
worked out daily, can bring new pep
and zest into life. Shoring up sagging
gates and repairing squeaking hinges
around a farm are essential to keep the
livestock in pasture. Just so, tightening
up health habits can mean more
bounce to the ounce during the new
year.
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"Plan Your Work and
Work Your Plan"

Time is the stuff life is made of. It
is the vital blood of life, which flows
on continually, always at a steady
pace. We are allotted only daily
amounts of it in second-by-second
doses. How we spend our time can
spell good health or painful illness.
Dr. George Calver, physician to the

TAKE TIME
"Take time to think; it is the
source of power.
Take time to play; it is the secret
of perpetual youth.
Take time to read; it is the fountain of wisdom.
Take time to pray; it is the greatest power on earth.
Take time to love and be loved;
it is a God-given privilege.
Take time to be friendly; it is the
road to happiness.
Take time to laugh; it is the music
of the soul.
Take time to give; it is too short
a day to be selfish.
Take time to work; it is the price
of success."
—Author Unknown.

Congress of the United States, has said
that if a man would spend just 5 per
cent of his time each day keeping his
health he would never have to spend
100 per cent of his time in a hospital
trying to regain lost health.
As you face the new year, I highly
recommend to you the 5-per-cent
plan. Based on a 16-hour day and assuming that you sleep 8 hours, this
amounts to about 48 minutes.

EXERCISE

A 48-minute plan of health should
include a few minutes for a hot-andcold shower of a morning, a brisk bit
of exercise, a 15-minute rest period
after lunch, a quiet walk with your
wife or husband of an evening. Also
a I5-minute meditation period in
which you tune in your life with God
and ask His guidance. Then you can
slip off into the arms of Morpheus for
a night of conscience-free sound sleep.
Such a program would make the new
year a sparkling new experience for
many of us. It is said that a preacher
gives his best sermon when he is
preaching to himself. So I'll join you
in this plan.
Many a sales manager will tell you
that the most important part of his
pep talks to sales personnel comes in
making plans for the sales—as well as
in the selling. One friend of mine
tells his men to sit down the night
before and make a list of prospects, go
over in his mind what he is going to
say, and the next morning arise early
and run through the list.
LIFE & HEALTH

REST

MEDITATION

Plan your health and work your
health plan. Jot down the next day's
schedule. It will help you accomplish
your aims. It will assure the success
of your 5-per-cent investment of time
for your own good health.
Now is a perfect time to take health
inventory:
Am I getting a little heavy in the
middle?
Do my joints ache a little more than
they should?
How about headaches, or backaches, or indigestion, or a myriad of
other little symptoms that might
mean a good physical examination is
in order?
Now is an excellent time to call for
an appointment for my annual physical checkup by a physician.
Tonight, take yourself apart and
see where you are cutting corners on
your health. Discover where you can
improve. Then with pencil and paper
in hand, make a list of items that need
improving. "Plan your work and work
your plan."
Have I been rushing pell-mell
through life without time to eat
nourishing foods? Do I skip or skimp
on breakfast?
How about outdoor exercise? How
long since I walked a mile?
Enough sleep lately? Am I crabby
simply from fatigue?
Any indiscretions such as overeating, smoking, drinking? Am I using
stimulants such as coffee, tea, or
drugs, which make me nervous and
JANUARY, 1964

jittery? They may keep me going, but
what are they doing to my nervous
system?
Am I a slave to routine and passing
up the real fun of life? Do I cut loose
and break the monotony of my daily
treadmill—buy a new hat, take a
stroll in the warm sunshine at noon
instead of sitting indoors for luncheon?
Does my work crowd out family
life? Do I take time for cherishing the
children, loving my .wife, and taking
her out for an evening? Does TV
crucify conversation at our house?
How many happy home gatherings
have we had recently?
No one can tell you how to outline
your personal 5-per-cent daily health
plan or how to spend your 48 minutes
for health. God gives each of us the
great power of choice. Some people
enjoy walking around the block.
Others like to swim, play tennis, or
read a good book.
Within the framework of the plan
should be thoughts of others. You
are building better health for one
purpose, not to enjoy more personal
pleasures, not to be able to drink more
or smoke more or stay up late at night.
Your goal for abounding health
should be to energize you to give completely of yourself to others.
If you would make your new year
truly happy, you will give instead of
grab. Be outgoing, completely oblivious to self, as was Christ. Strange advice from a doctor? In the words of
John D. Snider, author of The Vision
Splendid, "those who live only for
themselves live little lives. Those who
devote their lives to a cause greater
than themselves always find a larger,
fuller life than the one they surrendered." Which, he says, "is life's
greatest bargain."
Actually, giving yourself is the only
way to achieve immortality. As Wendell Phillips once said: " 'What imprudent men the benefactors of the
race have been! How prudently most
men sink into nameless graves, while
now and then a few forget themselves
into immortality.' "
In the scheme of your new year,
leave a little time for others, and you
will find your own life greatly enriched.
Yours for a healthy new year,

Charles M. Carpenter, M.D., Ph.D.
("Are You Sure It Is Syphilis?" page 12),
is professor and chairman of the department of infectious diseases at the School
of Medicine, University of California at
Los Angeles. He was born in Ivanhoe,
New York.
Dr. Carpenter graduated from the New
York State Veterinary College at Cornell
University in 1917, where he worked until 1928 with the exception of one year,
1922-1923, spent at the University of California at Berkeley as an exchange professor. He received a Master's degree in
bacteriology in 1918 and a Ph.D. in the
same field in 1921. Although he loved
animals and was interested in their diseases, he had always wanted to be a physician.
He entered medical school in Albany,
New York, in 1928, taught bacteriology,
and completed the first two years of medicine, supported by a grant from the General Electric research laboratory to investigate the physiologic effects of fever
induced by short radio waves. He completed his medical training in 1933 at the
University of Rochester.
He was appointed associate professor
of medical bacteriology and became director of the Strong Memorial Hospital
and Rochester Health Bureau Laboratories. He was at the School of Hygiene and
Public Health at Johns Hopkins University as a Fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation in the year 1940-1941, for which
he was granted a Master's degree in public health.
During the war years he concentrated
his research on venereal diseases and was
assigned two special medical commissions
in the Far East by the office of the Surgeon General of the Army.
In 1947 Dr. Carpenter was invited to

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are times when each
one of us wishes for greater resources within himself so he
can have the power necessary
to accomplish all he needs to get done.
But we must keep in mind that the
greatness or smallness of a person is
not measured by the potential energy
he possesses, but by the kinetic energy
he exhibits.
The dynamic person generates
enough energy for his own use, witha surplus that
reaches his neighbor. People who only brush up against
him may receive a shock, whereas those who establish
a good contact are stimulated into a force capable of
great accomplishments.
Emotion can play a large part in your effectiveness.
What about the mistakes of yesteryear? Do they still
pop up and bother you or have you turned them into
an advantage that reaps a profit for you? If you are
still embarrassed by them, the chances are that they
will continue to be detrimental to your effectiveness.
But if the next time they appear you can nonchalantly
say, "Oh, wasn't that a boo-boo! It did teach us a
valuable lesson, didn't it?" you have started yourself
on a successful new year by your constructive attitude.
These words were penned by Ellen G. White in her
book The Ministry of Healing: "Those who would
win success must be courageous and hopeful. They
should cultivate not only the passive but the active
virtues. While they are to give the soft answer that
turns away wrath, they must possess the courage of a
hero to resist evil. With the charity that endures all
things, they need the force of character that will make
their influence a positive power."—Pages 497, 498.
Again she wrote, "Men of stamina are wanted, men
who will not wait to have their way smoothed and
every obstacle removed, men who will inspire with
fresh zeal the flagging efforts of dispirited workers,
men whose hearts are warm with Christian love and
whose hands are strong to do their Master's work."—
Ibid., p. 497.
The effective Christian is much like a permanent
magnet. A permanent magnet attracts ferrous metal,
but acting alone, it is of limited usefulness. When the
magnet is put on a shaft and spun between coils of
copper wire on a soft iron core, it becomes a dynamo
generating electricity. If the two wires that carry the
electricity are themselves attached to a source of power,
such as a battery or an active dynamo, the magnet
becomes part of an electric motor whose shaft spins and
supplies power for many useful jobs.
When we put ourselves into a right relationship
with our fellow men, we have a similar experience.
Are we just a magnet drawing others to us or are we
having a dynamic experience with them? Are we so
versatile that in one situation we are leaders inspiring
others to greater activity, and in another, effective
workers inspired by a leader? By oneself each is only
one person, capable of doing only the work of one
HERE

T

EliT YEAR

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By ELLIS L. THOMPSON, R.P.T.

You have a time of beginning again every
new year. Why not use it in some way to
improve yourself mentally and spiritually?

person. When teamed up in Christian fellowship, he
no longer is so limited, but is able to inspire and be
inspired. One's effectiveness is multiplied manyfold.
I recently saw a demonstration of the powerful
effect one person can have on another. A cerebral
palsied child came to me for treatment. His crutches
were old and falling apart, and I was fearful that he
might injure himself on sharp ends of the arm rests.
I went so far as to suggest that he get a type of cane
that would not produce pressure in his armpit.
His mother said, "Jim has a pair of Canadian
crutches [forearm crutches] at home, but he has fallen
on them so many times that he is afraid to use them."
"Have him bring them in next time, and we will
work on them," I suggested.
Another young patient, Mike, arrived walking with
Kenny sticks.
"Mike, would you mind if Jim saw your legs?" I
asked. I raised Mike's trousers, and saw a look of
amazement on Jim's face. He exclaimed, "Those aren't
his real legs!" He watched Mike get into and out of a
bucket that attached his artificial limbs to his body;
he watched the way he walked with them. He saw him
climb stairs and even take a few steps without the
canes.
The next week Jim came walking in using his
Canadian canes. In a few weeks he had gained enough
control of his own knarry and atrophied legs to do
some walking without aids. He did need his canes for
the activities of daily living, yet he was taking his first
steps toward a more normal life. Mike was stimulated
also, and wanted to continue doing just a little bit
more and a little bit better than Jim.
So it is with all of us. Day after day we mingle with
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True family happiness does not come by chance but by express design.

people who have great capacity. But the danger is that
as we look at their ability, we may only see our disability. We may come to the place where we are so
discouraged that we stop trying to meet life as it comes.
We may become entirely ineffectual and do nothing
but entertain the baby, watch television, and play
with the children. Our peers soon leave us behind, but
we do not mind, for we live in a different world.
Perhaps our family and friends begin to accept us
as we are and stop making demands on us. They give us
help when we need none and contribute toward making us invalids and helpless. We may even reach the
point where strangers stop and say, "Poor thing, let
me buy one of your pencils," as they drop a small coin
in our cup. It may take someone with the courage to
raise the trousers of a fellow walking with Kenny
sticks to shock us out of our lethargy.
The greatness of a man like Franklin D. Roosevelt
lies not in the fact that he became President of the
United States, but in the fact that he overcame a
severe physical defect and developed command of
himself to the extent that those around him saw only
the man.
The difficulties of responsibility and leadership are
not in getting the job done or in knowing how to do
it, but in having people depend on us for support when
we' have no support ourselves. "Excelsior, excelsior,
excelsior!" shouted the young man as he left his last
friend and went up the mountainside alone seeking
success.
JANUARY, 1964

When we see a lone man driving a Cadillac we let
opportunity slip by as we daydream and envy him. We
are inclined to throw in the towel when someone who
we think is greater than we begins to see that we are
getting big enough to give him some competition and
tries to thwart our activity.
A man in New Orleans started out in business a
little more than a decade ago on borrowed capital.
Today he owns two large companies and is a leader in
Louisiana activities pertaining to his work.
Early in his career a nationwide company saw his
phenomenal growth and tried to stop him while he was
still small enough to handle. One morning he got on
the telephone and the conversation went something
like this:
"Hello, Joe, how many boxes do you want this
morning?"
"Sorry, Gene, but I don't want any."
"How come, Joe? Haven't I been giving you good
service?"
"I have no complaints on your service, but the
salesman from another company said, 'Anything Smith
has we have twenty cents cheaper.' "
"Joe, they aren't trying to help you, they are trying
to cut my throat and get me out of the way. Then
they will get their money back out of you."
"I can't help it. I'm in this business for a profit, and
if I can make twenty cents I'm going to take it."
(Gene is not one to cut prices. He is likely to price
his products two cents above his competitors and tell
his salesman, "If all you can do is cut prices to meet
competition, you're a price meeter, not a salesman;
and you can't stay in business doing that. You're selling a first-class product, and we are giving the best
service in town. Get out and get a little business.")
"Listen, Joe. Is it money you're after?"
"That's right."
"O.K. I'm going to give you a chance to make $100
right now without lifting a finger. All you have to do
is call me on the telephone. Interested?"
"You bet I am."
"O.K., Joe, the next time that salesman calls on
you, ask him, 'You still have boxes twenty cents
cheaper than Smith?' He will say, 'I sure have.' You
order a thousand of them. Keep what you want, call
me on the phone immediately, and I will pick up the
rest of them for ten cents more than you had to pay
for them, because that's ten cents less than I can produce them for. I will get my truck down there to pick
them up and I'll send you the money right away, so
you can pay for the boxes and spend your $100 profit."
Joe was happy. It wasn't every day that a man
could pick up a hundred dollar bill by just making a
telephone call to one of his suppliers.
It wasn't too long after this conversation that Mr.
Smith answered his telephone and heard Joe's voice.
"Gene, send me down fifty of those boxes. I have to
have them right away. You know, that salesman came
in right after you called, and I told him just what you
told me to. You know what he'did? He threw up his
hands and ran out, the scoundrel. From now on you're
going to get all my business, because I'm not going
to do business with any cheapskate like that."
Mr. Smith was merely using
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10

Your entire body is controlled by its
electrical system. Watch your fuse box!

Dontblow
_-„
your
Fuse
By HELEN SPICER MENKEL, R.N., M.S.

HE body is controlled by a great system of electric impulses, through which we feel fatigue,
pain, hunger, and the myriad of other sensations we experience day by day.
The brain is the central telephone exchange where
the nerve connections are plugged in. The nervous
system itself is a network of cables and tiny cords,
connected one with another, receiving and transmitting messages all over the body.
The unit of these nerve cords is the neuron, which
may be a fraction of an inch long or several feet long.
At the end of each neuron are small branches that connect with similar branches on other nerve cells, permitting sensations to pass from one nerve to another.
The long nerve fibers between the branches are tied
together, forming cables.
The brain is made up of hundreds of millions of
tiny neurons. There are different types of nerve cells—
those that receive sensations and those that send out
impulses, directing the activity of the different muscles
and organs. Every organ of the body, even to the
smallest muscle, is stimulated to activity by the impulses sent out over these nerve trunk lines.
Once we have performed an act for a period of
time, the nerve impulses form a habitual track, and
we are able to repeat the activity without calling on
the central control centers. We then say a habit has
been formed. To break a wrong habit that has made
its impression in the brain, it is necessary to form
another connection strong enough to lead the nerve
impulses over to another channel.
There are auxiliary centers in the spinal cord that

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control the reflex actions of the body independently.
This type of transmission is not controlled by the will.
These impulses automatically regulate reflex action,
such as that which protects the body from injury and
balances body temperature. If your hand accidentally
touches something hot, it instantly is jerked away.
Your muscle response does not wait until you decide
to take it away because you might get burned. We have
countless reflex actions continually protecting us from
harm and keeping our bodies in static free-running
order.
The main control switchboard is the brain. It is
the electrical source of all thought and intelligence.
It is where all mental processes originate. Because this
organ is made up of a mass of nerve wiring, all
thought patterns are sent over these nerves. Impressions on or connections with the brain are made by
the impulses received from pictures transmitted from
the eyes, vibrations from the ears, and stimulation of
the nerves that control all the senses. All these sensations make an indelible impression or pattern in the
brain tracts. Thought patterns are stored away, until
throughout a lifetime the brain has innumerable different imprints. Everything we see or hear makes an
imprint difficult to erase. We never use all the connections or combinations of which the brain is capable.
There are many ways of "blowing the fuse" that
controls all these complicated nerve connections, causing a short circuit in the intelligent transmission of
these impulses.
Alcohol and other poisonous drugs paralyze certain
brain connections and cause the wires to be crossed
and the thought patterns to become distorted, so that
normal impulses are temporarily shunted onto wrong
tracks. If this happens too often, it becomes quite
easy at only a small stimulus for the nerve impressions
to be sent over the wrong channels. The pattern becomes ever more deeply imprinted and difficult to displace.
If the wires become overloaded with physical,
mental, or emotional fatigue, the fuse is blown and
the repairman has to be called in.
During sleep the spaces between the nerve endings
are widened, and the nerve connections lose their
acuteness of reaction. The nerve endings are bathed
in healing fluids during these hours so that repairs can
be made when the current is lowered. We speak of
burning the candle at both ends. If the body is not
allowed enough sleep and rest the nerve endings are
not disconnected, and the impulses are continually
passing back and forth; the line becomes overloaded,
and the fuse is blown. The nerve endings become inflamed and sore; insomnia and irritability are the certain result. The mind becomes dull from loss of activity, and the sensitivity of the nerve impulses is
reduced.
One of the first signs of aging is the loss of ability
to make new thought impressions
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Ryk4ze4
DINNER JACKETS
By MILDRED PRESLEY GRIFFIN

Potatoes supply a good grade of nutrition. They
keep their best supply just beneath their skins.

UESTS who received a special invitation to my
dinner today arrived wearing smart brown
dinner jackets, as the best potato families are
doing these days.
Mr. and Mrs. Potato belong to the Irish, or
Murphy, family, and their names vary with the locality from which they come. They belong to one of the
most important food families, and as such you will
want to accept them into your home along with other
better-food families.
The food value worn under their brown jackets is
unbelievable: iron, important minerals, B vitamins,
and one fourth of our daily need of vitamin C. That is
what you get when you eat them daily, as I intend to
do. I like them several times a day.
Potatoes fit into any meal, and they help keep the
food budget low. That fact appeals to the economyminded housewife and to the man who pays the bills.
Potatoes need not be fattening. One medium-size
potato contains only about 100 calories. Even an apple
has that many calories. It is the butter and gravy we
pile on the potatoes that are the calorie-adding culprits. The total number of calories you eat determines
the pounds you add to your weight, so you see, it is
not important whether you eat a potato or an apple.
Either will add only 100 calories to your diet.
Just a little salt and a few snips of chives or parsley
make potatoes taste good, and no extra calories are
added. A little cream, sweet or sour, could be added
without increasing the calories much—at least not
so much as cream concentrated into butter. And are
they good! Just thinking about them makes me hungry.
Now a few tips about how to recognize the best
members of the potato family. They are firm and have
shallow eyes. They have no cuts, decay, or green spots.
It is light that gives potatoes the green spots. Even
the fluorescent lights of the supermarket, if prolonged,
can cause green spots to appear. Careful farmers often
cover their stored potatoes with cloth or paper. Green
spots contain the same substance that potato sprouts
contain. We would not eat the sprouts, so we should
JANUARY, 1964

not eat any of the green spots on the potatoes either.
Potatoes like blackouts. That is why they hide in
the ground until they are dug out. If stored at a temperature below 40° F., they may acquire a sweetish
taste, because some of the starch turns to sugar. They
should be stored in a cool, dark place.
Do you know that you should select different kinds
of potatoes for different uses? For instance, you should
use a mealy, flaky variety of potato to get the best
results when serving them mashed or baked. For salads
or creaming, the waxy kinds hold their shape better.
That probably is why our mothers used to serve
creamed potatoes and peas together in the early spring,
when all potatoes are new and waxy and hold their
shape. There are two ways of cooking potatoes in
jackets—boiling and baking. And of the two, boiling
conserves more of the vitamins.
Let's use potatoes boiled in their jackets when we
wish to serve creamed, mashed, parslied, hash-browned,
or salad potatoes.
Here is a good hint about boiling potatoes in
their jackets. Cook them covered until they are tender;
then drain at once so they will not get water-logged.
Potatoes need to be mashed thoroughly and quickly,
then given a good beating after hot milk has been
added a little at a time. Sometimes I add not only
finely chopped parsley or chives but also a little green
pepper or pimento to mashed potatoes for color, contrast, and flavor.
If you think you must peel potatoes ahead of cooking time, put them in plastic bags in the refrigerator
or for a short time in salted water. It is always best
to serve all potatoes just cooked and steaming hot,
for they lose their vitamin C fast when exposed to air.
If you have some potatoes left over, be sure to keep
them covered and in a cool place until you are ready
to use them at another meal.
Potatoes may be used as leftovers in many successful dishes. I am giving you a few suggestions for giving
potato leftovers a lift and in some cases glamour. Perhaps you have a favorite
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The routine test for syphilis is wrong at
times. The TPI test settles the question.

IM was a promising young executive who arrived in California one bright August day to
accept a new job after a cross-country trip from
New York with his wife and children. During
his first visit to the office of his firm he was introduced
as "our new West Coast sales manager," and he made
an appointment at the personnel office for routine
processing and a physical examination.
A few days later the physical was fitted into househunting and sight-seeing trips with his family, and he
thought no more about it. Getting the results of his
examination a day or two later, he was stunned. His
blood test for syphilis was positive.
The firm withdrew its job offer.
Jim could not believe the report. He had no history
of syphilis or extramarital contact, yet the standard
blood test indicated he had syphilis.
With his wife's encouragement, he checked around
to see what could be done. He found out about a new
improved test, more reliable than the standard blood
test. He learned that his first blood test was a false
positive reaction and that he did not have syphilis.
The firm renewed its offer, and the pall that hung
over Jim and his family disappeared.
Careless diagnosis? Not at all. The new specific
technique for diagnosing syphilis can spare many people needless anguish created by less accurate older
methods. This technique is a prime example of evolving research, and in medicine there is no other kind
of research.
For half a century doctors testing for syphilis did
their best with the knowledge available to them. Only
within the past few years did it become apparent that

il

* Dr. Charles M. Carpenter is one of the five founders of the University
of California Medical Center, Los Angeles, and has been chairman of its
infectious-diseases department since the Center's founding in 1947. He and
his associates—Drs. Ruth A. Boak, professor of infectious diseases and
pediatrics, and James N. Miller, assistant professor of infectious diseases—
organized the Treponemal Research Laboratory referred to in this article.
The TPI laboratory is now in the School of Public Health, UCLA Medical
Center, under Dr. Carpenter's direction.

REPRODUCED BY PERMISSION FROM "ZINSSER BACTERIOLOGY" BY SMITH AND CONANT,
12TH EDITION, PUBLISHED BY APPLETON-CENTURY-CROFTS, NEW YORK.

The spirochete of syphilis; red and white blood cells for comparison.
12

SYPHILIS?
A. CHARLES M. CARPENTER, M.D.*
Chairman of the Department of Infectious Diseases
University of California at Los Angeles
With ISABEL CARLSON

the tests by which such information had been obtained
were at times inadequate.
The test that saved Jim's future was the Treponema
pallidum immobilization test. It was developed in
1949 by Drs. Robert A. Nelson and Manfred M. Mayer.
Working in the laboratory of Dr. Thomas Turner at
Johns Hopkins Medical Center (Dr. Turner, a distinguished syphilologist, is now dean of that famed
medical school), these two young scientists were trying to grow the spirochete of syphilis in test tubes,
which accomplishment has never been realized.
During the course of their experiments they were
excited when they noted that the blood serum from
patients with syphilis rendered immobile the wriggling
Treponema pallidum, the spirochete of syphilis. The
serum from a normal person or from patients ill with
other diseases had no effect on the motility of this
germ.
Dr. Carpenter has been doing research on human
and experimental syphilis since 1928, along with
others. This finding impressed them as a step forward.
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After a series of improvements in technique by
the UCLA infectious-diseases laboratories under fellow researchers—Ruth A. Boak, M.D., and James N.
Miller, Ph.D.—the practical value of the Treponema
pallidum immobilization (TPI) procedure as a specific blood test for syphilis was surveyed. The UCLA
laboratory record of correct diagnoses was encouraging. In 1950, the only TPI laboratory west of the
Mississippi River was developed by Dr. Boak. Well
established now, it performs tests on blood sent in by
physicians and health departments, being one of the
few laboratories in the United States that performs
the test.
This laboratory has tested many patients in the past
ten years, fully half of the tests contradicting earlier
diagnoses made by the standard tests for syphilis. Thus
the stigma of syphilis that plagued the lives of many
people was removed.
Such testing points up the fact that thousands of
World War II draftees who were indicated syphilitic
by the older nonspecific tests probably never had the
disease. The important point is that such patients had
no previous history of proven syphilis, which is a common factor in conflicting diagnoses.
During a six-year period in the Los Angeles area,
of 1,232 pregnant women with a positive standard
blood test for syphilis and no history of clinical manifestations of the disease, 73 per cent had negative TPI
tests. They were not syphilitic. Because of the TPI
test, these women were spared the embarrassment and
expense of treatment associated with a positive standard test for syphilis.
The TPI test is still relatively complex and demanding, and it is more expensive than other blood
tests for syphilis. Incubation takes hours in the laboratory after preliminary procedures have been completed. But if a person wishes to be as sure as medical
science can make him about his blood test, this is the
most reliable method.
The most difficult component to obtain for the
TPI test is a supply of live syphilis spirochetes. They
are produced from inoculation of healthy male rabbits
intratesticularly with the syphilis germ. When the first
signs of disease appear in the rabbit, usually in ten
days, the infected tissue is removed and suspended in
normal rabbit-blood serum. For reasons still unknown,
the germs migrate out of the tissue when it is incubated
at a temperature three degrees lower than body temperature. They are then collected in a test tube.
This suspension of spirochetes becomes the test
material to be mixed with a small amount of the patient's blood serum. A little blood serum from a normal guinea pig is added to supply an essential complement. The mixture, still in the test tube, must be
kept away from oxygen, which is toxic for spirochetes.
After a sixteen-hour incubation of the mixture at
body temperature, the test is read by examination
with a dark-field microscope.
If there are syphilis antibodies in the patient's
blood, the spirochetes are immobilized and die in the
mixture. If the patient's blood contains no syphilis
antibodies, the spirochetes remain alive and continue
their swimming movements. In this case, an active
spirochete is good news.
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JANUARY, 1964

By
HARRY M. TIPPETT, M.A., Litt.D.

Competing
With
Ourselves
N THE knee of Michelangelo's statue Moses appears

O a long, narrow dent that mutely tells a story of the

sculptor's aspiration. Acclaimed as his greatest work, this
towering statue has inspired art lovers the world over.
Michelangelo's supremacy as dean of the world's sculptors has been secure for four hundred years, but few people know the story of the chipped knee of his Moses. The
dent was impatiently put there by a blow of his chisel the
day he finished his masterpiece. As he surveyed his work
it was so lifelike he exclaimed, "Why don't you speak?"
The sculptor was never satisfied with less than perfection,
which was his lifelong passion.
Striving to do a little better than our best in every
worth-while enterprise of hand or heart is what gives zest
to life, even though we may fall short of our ideal. Competing with other people has its selfish triumphs and bitter defeats. But competing with our own best effort can
be fun. Even when we fail to reach a goal set for ourselves, no frustration ensues if we look in eagerness to the
next trial.
Superior achievement in any skill is not attained in
desultory, haphazard practice. There must be a regular,
persistent pattern of attention and an application to it.
This principle applies to health goals, to proficiency
in the arts, and even to happy devotional life. Take prayer
as an exercise toward serenity of mind and contentment
of heart. Why not achieve excellence in this as in other
activities, learning the meaning of praise, penitence, petition, and importunity, plus an effective vocabulary for each?
The counsel in regard to prayer given us by one of our
spiritual sages is applicable to every activity of life: Pray
when you feel bite it; pray when you don't feel like it;
then pray until you do. Saint Paul wrote: "Not as though
I had already attained, either were already perfect: but
I follow after. . . . Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are
before, I press toward the mark" (Philippians 3:12, 13). •
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Tonsillectomies
and PARENTS
By MARIAN VAN ATTA, R.N.

You parents can make the experience of
a tonsil operation a success or a real
failure, depending on how you influence.

ANY times a child's tonsillectomy is harder
on the parents than on the patient. As a
nurse who has cared for many tonsil patients, I have seen how an upset parent can
cause the child to become upset too. I had a chance to
be on the other side of the fence when two of our little
girls had their tonsils removed.
Is there an ideal age to have your child's tonsils
removed? Most doctors think they should be removed
when they cause trouble. There have been cases of
small babies only a few weeks old who have had successful tonsillectomies. They were done because the
tonsil tissue obstructed breathing and swallowing.
Some doctors think that a child will be less emotionally
upset at a younger age, but all agree that tonsils
should be removed only when they cause infection.
For a successful tonsillectomy, choose a well-qualified doctor in whom you have confidence. Often the
family physician is able to fill both requirements. In
this day of specialization, some parents prefer to have
a doctor who has had extra training in surgery. He
may be recommended by the family doctor. You may
be referred to him upon checking with your local
medical society. An enthusiastic report by a former satisfied patient may help you decide.
Confidence in your doctor can be increased by
spending a short time talking with him. Visit him with
your child one or two times before the operation. The
first visit will be to decide whether a tonsillectomy is
really needed. Reputable doctors will not remove tonsils unless they are diseased or causing trouble. A few
days before surgery your doctor will want to give your
child a physical examination, which will include checking the heart, lungs, and general condition. These
visits will give you time to ask questions and will allow
your child to become friendly with the doctor.
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Your doctor may operate at more than one hospital.
Choosing the hospital is important. Your decision can
be based on a previous experience with a hospital and
on your doctor's suggestion.
If you are new in a community, a visit to several
hospitals could help you decide. A glance at the hospital lobby will give you an indication of the inside
service. Is it bright and gay or dark and gloomy? Is it
clean or are the corners dusty? If the lobby indicates
good housekeeping, you will find good service inside.
It is important for you to be relaxed and casual
about the approaching operation in order to make
sure your child does not become overexcited and
afraid. You can spend the few days before the operation in planning a surprise for the intended patient.
In our case we decided that two goldfish in a small
aquarium would keep our little girls from thinking
about their sore throats. Because they had never had
goldfish pets, getting them was quite an exciting event.
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One mother I met at the

A. DEVANEY

A child prepared for what he will meet in the hospital is not fearful.
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HEALTH

F YOU are one of the unfortunate people who
are pestered with canker sores in the mouth, no
one knows better than you the amount of pain
and discomfort such sores cause, especially when
you want to enjoy eating.
Why do some people have this malady more often
than others? What is the cause? How can it be prevented?
One answer for certain is that the cause is usually
of such trivial nature (yet the results are painful and
long lasting) that there is no recollection of when it
took place. Eating nuts, pretzels, potato chips, hard
candy, or any other crisp food that breaks into sharpedged particles can cause canker sores.
That some people eat more of this kind of food
than others is a reason for their frequent occurrence.
If some of us habitually fill our mouth full of these
foods, we create a condition that forces extra bulk of
sharp food particles to be moved around in the mouth.
People who have poor biting ability, with molars missing or decayed or with crooked teeth, chew with only
certain teeth and move the sharp particles about the
mouth more than would be required if their teeth
were good.
There is the possibility of these foods cutting the
soft tissues of the mouth. Sharp particles can cut
muscles, pierce to the bone, nip a gum, or punch out a
piece of flesh. The degree of damage to the tissue can
be severe.
Canker sores can be caused by foreign matter such
as fish bones, crab shells, and chicken bones. A new
toothbrush will often cause abrasions because of its
particular shape or the fact that its bristles are stiffer
than those of the older brush.
Combinations of foods can cause a condition inducing canker sores. Strong vinegar and spicy condiments in a salad shrink the tissues of the mouth, and if
sharp foods such as nuts are part of the salad, a person
may have difficulty in moving them around in the
mouth. Resulting abrasions later may turn into canker
sores. Cold beverages, alcoholic drinks, and overheated
foods or liquids can numb the tissues and reduce their
sensitiveness. Thus, abrasions occur without the person's knowledge.
There also is the possibility of irritation increasing
with combinations of several causes. The mouth has
its limitations, and when canker sores appear, a person
usually tries to recollect when, where, and under what
conditions they originated, so as to avoid repetition
of the conditions under which they occurred.
Injuries may occur when a person goes on a peanut
binge or in the excitement of a party eats unaccustomed combinations of foods. The desire to eat is often
greater than concern about irritation to the mouth.
It is a fact that we are a nation of crooked teeth.
We also have too many decayed or missing teeth, and
in general poor chewing efficiency. If 100 per cent
represents the crushing and masticating efficiency of
the perfect set of thirty-two teeth, as nature intended,
a person with some molars extracted might find his
efficiency reduced to only 25 per cent. Even under
some conditions of crowded or crooked teeth, with all
thirty-two present, their efficiency can be only 25 per
cent. Inefficient mastication is a cause of canker sores.

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JANUARY, 1964

aide&
se0
Zk HAROLD S. JONES, D.D.S.

Are you having a rash of canker sores in
your mouth? There are numerous causes,
and your dentist can help you study
your history and find what causes yours.

Corrective dental treatment can do much to help.
We are a nation that produces and eats a great
many fancy snacks and prepared dry cereals. We eat
under all degrees of tension while drinking beverages of many kinds. This situation is a far cry from
partaking of natural foods in the quiet conditions
around a family table.
However casual the triggering occasion in irritating
the mouth, the results can be painful, though seldom
dangerous. As a precaution, there are exceptions: not
all sores of the mouth come from irritations of sharp
food particles or unusual combinations of foods, but
some general illnesses do begin with sores in the mouth.
The only home treatment recommended is baking
soda applied with the tip of a finger. See your dentist
to ascertain why cankers occur frequently. If they appear in large number and you are not feeling up to
par in health, let your family physician investigate
your general condition.
There is some mystery as to the cause of canker
sores, but because the mouth is subjected to many different kinds of foods and foreign matter, it is obvious
that there can be many causes. The modern theory is
that simple infection is the cause. •
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0 OD furnishes the body with material for
growth and repair of tissue and with fuel for
energy, warmth, and activity. It provides substances that regulate body processes and maintain defense against disease. It is the responsibility
of every person to learn the nutritional needs of the
body and the best sources from which to obtain
nutrients.
This study must begin in the home. As God's
workmen, parents should heed these words of admonition: "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly
dividing the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15).
Parents should become informed as to physiology,
the body's nutritional needs, and the relation of diet
to character building. It is their responsibility by
word and example to instruct their children about
the relation of eating habits to health, happiness,
and success in this life, and to their eternal destiny.
Guarding the physical and moral health of the
child is the most important work committed to parents; and right food habits are an important feature
of this work.
This work should begin even before the birth of
the child, for the food habits of the expectant mother
have an important influence on the development of
the unborn child. This influence may be reflected in
his future development.
Food habits formed in early childhood are likely
to be followed throughout life. Wrong habits require
diligent effort to correct. The work of temperance
must begin at our tables.
The book What Price Alcohol says:
"Food is the chemical basis of health and vitality.
Fears that her child may get something poisonous as
he roots around the garden, or get stung by some
poison-bug as he gathers wild flowers, provoke a
fusillade of don'ts. Meanwhile, within his little body
the same mother has already initiated the chemical
disturbances which evolve into chronic self-poisoning
through frequent piecing between meals of sweets and
rich foods 'to give him strength.' " "No form of animal
life has access to the complicated richness of diet allowed—even forced upon—many children, whose
elders thus unwittingly father alcoholics and other
physical and nervous inferiors."—Pages 52, 51.
The school also has a responsibility in the matter
of children's food habits. There should be close cooperation between parents and teachers in this important phase of child welfare. That there is need
for such cooperation is evident from these words of
Dr. Thomas Parran, former Surgeon-General of the
United States:
"We are wasting money trying to educate children
with half-starved bodies. They cannot absorb teaching. They hold back classes, require extra time of
teachers, and repeat grades. This is expensive stupidity, but its immediate cost to our educational system
is as nothing compared to the ultimate cost to the
nation. Something like 9 million school children are

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HAROLD M. LAMBERT

Z. H. W. VOLLMER, M.D.

What you eat one day walks and talks the
next day. Eat for good thinking, strong
acting, and health throughout your life
as well as strength for the present day.

not getting a diet adequate for health and well-being.
And malnutrition is our greatest producer of ill-health.
Like nearly fresh fish, a nearly adequate diet is not
enough. A plan to feed these children properly would
pay incalculable dividends."—"California's School
Lunch Program," California Health, July 81, 1948.
The school-lunch program should include much
more than efficient low-cost food service. It must
provide the right kind of food, teach the importance
of right food habits, and lead the student to want
to be well nourished. The school lunch should be
served in surroundings that inspire personal cleanliness, good manners, and correct social relationships.
To accomplish this aim, parents and teachers should
work together. This cooperation can be brought about
through an active home-and-school organization.
The school lunch is an important part of the
child's education:
"It should be a part of every child's education to
learn what sort of contributions the different kinds
of food material make to this composite thing which
we call diet, and to understand that a diet is something to be built, like a house; that just as an architect might specify stone for foundations, tile and
stucco for walls, wood for interior finish, glass for
windows, slate for roof, wire for electric lighting, brass
for doorknobs, each in quantities to suit his plan,
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so we must each have a plan for our diet which shall
free us from the dangers of 'hit and miss' eating."—
MARY SWARTZ ROSE, Foundations of Nutrition, p. 240.
A practical knowledge of the best way to obtain
and prepare food for the family is within the reach
of everyone. It is safe to say that most of us, probably
more from lack of interest than from lack of sufficient
knowledge, are not even doing as well as we might
in making use of the knowledge that we now possess
or that is readily available. The late President Calvin
Coolidge said:
"It is not more knowledge that is needed, but
ability to live by the knowledge we already have. . . .
Somewhere in human nature there is still a structural
weakness. We do not do as well as we know."
Mother and father, study carefully the food needs
of the family and how best to supply them. You need
a practical understanding of food value, and of food
preparation with minimum loss of nutrients essential
to life and health. Consider economy and nutrition
in food purchasing and storing. Obtain your foods
as fresh as possible. The cheapest in price may not
always be the least expensive; it may be the most
costly because of the actual lack of food value. The
benefits of a family garden and orchard are many.
The advice of the prophet applies today. Study
its import and application:
"Wherefore do ye spend money for that which
is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye
that which is good, and let your soul delight itself
in fatness" (Isaiah 55:2).
Today we spend much money for food that does
not properly supply the needs of the body. We labor

unnecessarily in processing and preparing food in
the kitchen and thereby rob it of much nutritional
value, especially vitamins and minerals and delicious
flavor. We prepare rich and complicated dishes and
unhealthful desserts that are detrimental to optimum
nutrition because they take the place of wholesome
foods. This does not mean that we should not provide
wholesome desserts. We are counseled in the same
verse:
"Eat ye that which is good, and let your soul
delight itself in fatness."
"Delight itself in fatness" as used here is a figure
of speech. Wholesome fats in the diet have satiety
value. However, here the figure of speech is, Let your
soul delight itself in the delicious and satisfying flavors
of wholesome food.
The Creator intended that we enjoy our food. He
placed in the different foods a variety of delicious
flavors, colors, fragrances, and textures for us to enjoy
through the senses of sight, touch, smell, and taste.
Food enjoyment serves as an aid to digestion, absorption, and assimilation.
We do not take time to chew our food. By rushing, we lose much of the delicious flavors. Thus the
mechanism of taste is not satisfied, and we overeat.
The capacity of our stomach, instead of a normal
appetite plus good judgment, is often the guide to
the amount of food eaten.
Benjamin Franklin, the sage of Colonial days, left
us this statement: "We seldom repent of having eaten
too little."
Regularity in eating is important if we are to have
good digestion, optimum nutrition, and a clear mind.
Solomon, the wise man of ancient days, gave us this
timely counsel: "Blessed art thou, 0
land, when thy king is the son of
nobles, and thy princes eat in due
season, for strength, and not for
drunkenness!" (Ecclesiastes 10:17).
Eating in due time for strength
and not for indulgence of appetite
was to give the king and princes
clear minds so that as rulers they
might render right and just decisions. The same physiological results
come to all of us when we follow
the same rule of life. Also we avoid
many weakening effects.
"To allow no food between meals
should be an absolute rule. Nothing
is more ruinous to good appetite,
good digestion, and good discipline
than food at improper times." ROSE, op. cit., p. 441.
Because of irregular habits of
eating, the appetite becomes capricious. Children do not develop a
relish for wholesome food. They
crave sweets and other foods deficient in vitamin and mineral content and without needed nutrients.
Abnormal craving for sweets may be
EW I NG GALLOWAY
caused by a deficient diet. Sugar is
Feed your family to satisfy appetite and also to promote vigor of body, mind, and soul.
a habit-forming
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E ALL have been impressed with the discovery that man can divorce himself from
the earth and spin around the world on
which he lives in minutes. Because our eyes
are glued on outer space and gravity has lost its pull,
we are likely to forget the physical frame—that behind
the invention is a mind and behind the mind is a
man, a physical man of flesh and blood, who is subject
to disease.
You may feel as secure as Col. John Glenn did in
his capsule. You have just been to your doctor and you
can say, "I'm as sound as a dollar. X-ray of lungs is
clear, heart O.K., blood pressure normal"—when out
of nowhere there pounces upon you an ultramicroscopic virus, too small for human eye to see but capable
of producing the telltale symptoms of influenza. This
disease is one of the most common ailments afflicting
mankind. It causes more days lost from work, more
misery to more people, than any other disease—but
with not too much loss of life except in the great pandemic of 1918, when 400,000 Americans lost their
lives. India lost more than 5 million people. It could
happen again.
You hurry to your doctor; you want a miracle drug
quickly, a magic shot that will get you out of this
miserable feeling so you can get back on the job in a
double hurry.
But wait, my friend. Take a second look. There is
a terrific infection in your body, a great invasion of an
enemy. A germ has moved in; your lung cells are congested; your blood stream is slowed; it seems that every
tissue in your body is affected. Nature is calling out
thousands of defense cells to help restore you to normal. It takes time to restore normalcy, so go to bed;
for the best way to fight influenza is on your back.
Symptoms. Influenza is of sudden onset—usually
24 to 48 hours after exposure. Here are the symptoms:
1. Chilly sensations, with generalized aching. Patients describe the chilly sensations as coming from the
roots of the hair to the finger tips.
2. Headache, especially behind the eyes and sinuses.
3. Acute sore throat, enlarged tonsils, and catarrhal
symptoms of the respiratory tract.
4. Deep-seated dry cough at first, later purulent discharge.
5. Moderate fever-99° to 102° F.
6. Prostration out of all proportion to the disease.
7. Mental dejection and loss of appetite. The depression accentuates the misery of this common
malady.
Age. The most prevalent age for influenza victims
is 10 to 40 years, although no one is immune.
Causative Agent. The influenza bacillus of Pfeiffer
has been known since 1892, but today it is believed that
various forms of virus A and virus B are the real cause
of influenza. Other germs such as the streptococcus and
pneumonia bacilli also are present. These germs may
be harbored in the nose and throat of normal people
who may act as carriers during an epidemic.
Mode of Transmission. Isolate the patient from

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First twist and then wring out your treatment cloths as dry as you can,
for the patient gets more benefit from steam than from moisture.
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Effective
Treatment of

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LINDEN JONES

Roll your treatment cloths snugly to keep in the beneficial steam.

At& EDNA F. PATTERSON, M.D.

Under your doctor's direction, you can
do a lot to help your influenza patient.

the very beginning, for influenza is highly transmissible. Here's how it is spread:
1. By direct contact, such as kissing.
2. By droplet infection, such as in speaking, coughing, and sneezing. Germs may be sprayed six feet.
3. By handling infected dishes, freshly infected
soiled handkerchiefs, and other infected articles.
There are several strains of the influenza virus—for
instance, virus X and Asian flu, or whatever you choose
to call it. They all act about the same.
Treatment. In sickness and in health, pure water
is one of our greatest blessings. Use it internally, externally, and eternally. Water is inexpensive and
highly adaptable. In its natural form it is liquid; in
low temperature it is solid; in high temperature it is
steam.
JANUARY, 1964

You say, Isn't water an old-fashioned remedy? Yes,
it is. Water drinking is old-fashioned also. In fact, the
human body is old-fashioned. We have had no new
models in the past six thousand years. Since the day
after man's creation, when his Maker pronounced His
work very good, man's life and health have depended
on certain fixed laws. Obedience means life; disobedience means sickness and death.
During the great influenza epidemic in 1918 we
saw wonderful results from using nature's remedies, or
fomentations, as the hot packs are called. Unfortunately, they were little known at that time.
In Los Angeles, where I was living then, we saw
most of the hospitals lose 25 per cent-25 people out
of every 100 patients—from influenza and influenza
pneumonia, whereas in the hospitals where the hot
packs were used only 4 per cent—four out of every
100 patients—died. When these hospitals stopped taking hopeless cases, no one died.
The skin is the sounding board of the whole body,
a marvelous structure of nerves and blood vessels. It is
capable of holding one seventh of the blood of the
body. The skin is reflexly connected with the organ
that lies beneath it. If we wish to treat the lungs, we
must treat the skin immediately above the lungs. Applying heat locally to the skin relieves the congestion
of the organ below that area of skin.
Managed correctly, water has the following effects,
all without later harmful reactions.
1. Water cleanses body surface (you "breathe" better through a clean skin).
2. Relieves tense nerves—is restful.
3. Relieves pain effectively.
4. Lowers body temperature.
5. Relaxes muscle spasm (Kenny packs for polio).
6. Increases white corpuscles 200 to 300 per cent.
Markedly stimulates circulation.
7. Relieves congestion in the internal organs, such
as pneumonia in the lungs.
When preparing to give hydrotherapy treatments,
be sure the patient has good elimination. You may give
an enema to make sure. Have the patient drink freely
of fresh tap water during the treatment, to hasten
perspiration.
1. How do we begin? Remove the patient's clothing; tuck him in between lightweight blankets; and
keep him well covered to encourage perspiration and
keep the bed from getting damp. The temperature of
the room must be comfortably warm, so he will have
no chilly sensation after the treatment is over.
2. Patient must be kept covered at all times, with
only one part exposed at a time.
3. Work promptly, so the treatment does not consume too much time. Apply a cold cloth to the patient's
head, and keep it cold by frequent changing. It must
be wrung out so there is no dripping. By the word
fomentation we mean local heat by means of steaming-hot wrung-out flannel packs. An old part-wool
blanket is best for fomentations, because wool retains
the heat longer than cotton. Cut the single blanket
into four squares, each about one yard square. Reserve
two squares for dry use. If you have no blankets, you
may use turkish towels.
4. Have ready an open
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Polycystic Kidney

What can be done for a polycystic
kidney? Does it have to be removed?
Does it enlarge and cause pain?
A polycystic kidney is an anatomical
variant. Usually it is congenital; that is,
the person is born with it. The cysts
tend to get larger as time goes by.
The cysts cannot be removed except
by surgery.
There may be some pain from the
tightness of cysts, but the pain is variable.

of night sweats. It took a long time to
bring her to the point where sweating
stopped. In addition to a small amount
of atropine, we think that generous doses
of vitamins may have been helpful in
promoting her general health.
We suggest porous bedding and outing-flannel night clothing.
We would be pleased to have you present these comments to your physician.

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Nervous Complications

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Night Sweating

What can I do to stop night sweats?
They bother me for weeks after a cold or
flu. A heart condition keeps me in bed
most of the time, but I take a short walk
out-of-doors when the weather is fit. I
hear of so many people having night
sweats after a sick spell that I am sure an
answer to this question would be appreciated by many people.
After an acute infection such as influenza or a severe cold many people are afflicted with night sweats for weeks or
even months. Relief from this distress
often is obtained only through persistently trying to regain a more normal
state of health.
We have tried numerous medicinal
preparations to overcome night sweating,
and the results have varied considerably.
In some instances, tincture of belladonna
or atropine in small doses with high
thymus has proved beneficial. The prescription of medicine of this kind should
be in the hands of your physician,
changed or adjusted as he sees your need.
Sponging the body before retiring with
vinegar diluted in water has been helpful to some people.
We have on our patient list a woman
who had drenching sweats several times a
night for eight months after influenza.
So far this year she has been free from
influenza, and there has been no return
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My mother has been hospitalized several times for a nervous condition and a
hernia near the esophagus. She has a constant bitter and sticky taste in her mouth.
What could cause that? The only time it
leaves is when she is eating her meals.
She is also anemic and a diabetic. Her
legs have a burning feeling, but when she

A SPARROW
By KATHRYN STEPHENSON WILHELM
It was just a common sparrow
In a coat of rusty brown,
But the day was robbed of beauty
When it fluttered to the ground.
It sang no cheery lilting tune
Like the yellow meadow lark,
But when its chirping voice grew still
A sweet song died in my heart.
The same God who colors bluebirds
And gives whippoorwills their call
Sees the flight of mighty eagles
And the little sparrow's fall.

touches them the skin feels cold. What is
causing this and is there anything she
can do for relief?
A hernia, or pocketing, from the
esophagus is very likely to disturb the
sense of taste and appreciation of flavor.
An anatomical variation of this kind may
so alter the nervous reflexes that the person is unable to appreciate ordinary flavors. We have known people who have
had a salty reaction, and everything
eaten tasted as if it were loaded with salt.
If nothing can be done for the hernia
in the way of physical correction, the
person must persistently try to ignore the
disturbances. See that the diet is well balanced, with adequate vitamin intake, especially vitamin B, as this vitamin often
influences perception of flavors.
That the patient is anemic and a diabetic means that some of her symptoms
will have to be evaluated from a different
point of view than that commonly used.
It is not uncommon for adult diabetics
to feel cold in certain areas of the body.
This reaction comes from the circulation
in those parts. It may be that they actually are colder because of lessened or
slowed circulation of blood. It may be
nervous reflex that gives this sensation.
Make sure the sugar balance in the body
is properly controlled, both by diet and
insulin if needed. Application of heat
locally or gentle massage often will relieve the sensation.

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Blackstrap Molasses

I recently read that blackstrap molasses is of no more value to health than
sugar syrup. Is this true?
Blackstrap molasses contains some iron
compound and, consequently, is useful.
We think possibly the value has been
overrated, although it is a good source of
iron and certain vitamin fractions.
Molasses is drawn off in several consistencies. The first is called light, the
second medium, and the third dark, or
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blackstrap. Blackstrap is a fraction of
sugar-cane syrup in which iron and vitamins are more concentrated than in some
of the other portions. Its carbohydrate
content is not so great as that of the light
and medium, so in calories it is not the
equal of light-colored molasses. •

another negative TPI test in the sixth
month of pregnancy confirmed the reassuring negative test, and delivery of a
healthy baby was final proof of the
dependability of the new test.
Early in the developmental stage of the
TPI test, there was a sad incident:
Sara's routine standard blood test for
syphilis before surgery was positive. The
result threw her into such a state of shock
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cide before the TPI test could be pronounced negative.
When they learned of the possible useHIS modern general
fulness of the TPI test, Drs. Boak, Miller,
hospital maintains therapeutic
and Carpenter plunged into research that
standards aimed at bringing
led to simplification and practical use of
new strength and vigor to body,
the test. Although more simple trepomind, and spirit of each medinemal tests are being developed and evalcal, surgical, and obstetrical
uated, the TPI test is the most reliable
case admitted.
means of determining whether syphilis is
present.
MERE LELRIM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Records show that among 1,000 people
Riverdale, Maryland
exposed to syphilis, 880 will not develop
the disease; 60 will have the disease and
be treated; but 60 others remain untreated
who had only slight or no symptoms of the
disease. The last 60 will have a positive
standard blood test for syphilis, but because they have not been sick, a dependable diagnosis can be made only
with the TPI test.
This test plays an important role in a
few cases in which the symptoms of brain
syphilis are evident, yet the doctor hesitates to make such a diagnosis because
at this stage of the disease the nonspecific tests for syphilis often are negative. The TPI test comes to his rescue
and yields a positive result for the infecFactory
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before syphilis is controlled. By some unrelief from soreness. The Battle Creek
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fectious diseases has been directed toward
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and two washable covers.
immunization, accomplished with smallpox, typhoid fever, diphtheria, tetanus,
and poliomyelitis. This is our hope for
syphilis, especially in the case of promiscuous people who continually expose
themselves to infection.
Our plans for control and immunization of syphilis depend first of all on accurate diagnoses, and in this connection
the TPI test is invaluable. While our ex-'
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IS IT SYPHILIS?

(From page 13)
As the statistics from the University of
California Treponemal Research Laboratory indicate, more than 50 per cent
of the patients with a positive screening
test and no clinical symptoms or history
of syphilis have a negative TPI test.
Patients with positive standard tests for
syphilis and negative TPI results are
called biologic false positive reactors. As
in Jim's case, the standard test for syphilis indicates that something is wrong,
but the TPI follow-up shows that syphilis
is not the villain. Jim was suffering from
infectious mononucleosis, which many
physicians call glandular fever.
More than a hundred other illnesses,
drug addiction, and pregnancy may give
a biologic false positive test. The common diseases in this category are brucellosis, arteriosclerosis, cirrhosis of the liver,
diabetes, cancer, and leprosy. False reaction also may be due to lupus erythematosus, malaria, tuberculosis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Statistics of research, development, and
testing reflect neither the personal tragedies nor the happiness that may follow
a TPI test. Case histories reveal many
lonely homes where a baby's adoption is
forbidden because one of the prospective
parents is falsely labeled syphilitic on the
basis of the nonspecific standard test for
syphilis alone. The TPI test has saved
many such family situations.
A typical case is of a young woman who
found her blood test positive during her
first pregnancy. Her blood test before
marriage was negative, so did she now
have evidence of husband infidelity? How
would syphilis affect the baby they both
wanted? Fortunately, a family friend
steered her to the TPI test, which assured
her that she did not have syphilis.
Because hers was one of the early cases
in the University of California Treponemal Research Laboratory, it took courage to challenge the results of the longaccepted standard test for syphilis and
withhold penicillin treatment. However,
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Send your questions on family problems to: The Family Fireside, LIFE Cr
HEALTH, Washington 12, D.C. Enclose stamped, addressed envelope for reply.

By HAROLD SHRYOCK, M.D.
Professor of Anatomy
Loma Linda University School of Medicine

THROUGH PARENTS' EYES
people of the world consist of
parents and children. Parents once
were children, and children may grow
up to be parents. Many of the most vital
relationships of human existence are between parents and children.
We read and hear about how parents
should train children and about how
children should respond to the influence
of their parents. Parents are advised to
study their children and try to understand their feelings and needs. This advice is given with the thought that the
better a parent can understand his child,
the better he prepares him to live successfully.
Just as parents can profit by trying to
see the world through their children's
eyes, so children can benefit by looking
through parents' eyes. No doubt, very
few children will be reading this article,
but those who do will understand that
parents are concerned with their children's welfare.
Perhaps the greatest benefit of the present approach to parent-child relationship is that it permits parents who read
to get encouragement and stimulation
from seeing problems as other parents
see them.
Looking outward through the eyes of
some parents, we find the attitude that
their children are the best. This is a
wholesome attitude provided it is not
carried to extremes. It is natural and
proper for parents to defend their children, to expect them to make the best of
their opportunities, and to be trusting
and confident of their good intentions.
The attitude of parents that their children are the best is easily carried too far.
One extreme is for parents to become
blind to their children's faults and make
no effort to give them guidance and training. Another extreme is for parents to
impute to their children wisdom and
judgment they do not possess, in some

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cases even following their children's lead,
the children making decisions for themselves and their parents.
Two other attitudes we see as we peer
through parents' eyes are feelings of criticism (that their children are unappreciative) and apprehension (that their
children are in danger).
Our Children Are Unappreciative
Our two older children—daughter 17
and son 16—left home last week. We did
not know their plan until we found their
note on the living-room table a few hours
after they left. They saved money they
had earned at odd jobs, and they used it
to travel 500 miles to their aunt's home,
where they are staying until they find
work. We have talked to them by telephone, and they say they want to be on
their own. They have not finished high

QUESTIONNAIRE
By ALYCE PICKETT
I must become a scholar again,
For a pink-and-white cherub of mine
Wants to know where stars come from,
And why six comes before nine.
Where are Tuesdays on Fridays?
Why do bees buzz when they fly?
Why can't worms sing or make noises?
How far is it up to the sky?
Why can't I see the wind blowing?
Mommy, what makes firelight glow?
Somewhere I must find answers
To all the things mothers should know.

school, and we think they should stay at
home until they graduate. What can we
do to persuade them to return?
Your experience is one of the most difficult that parents have to face. It indicates that somewhere along the line the
channel of communication between you
and your children was blocked. They
have come to the place where they trust
their judgment in preference to yours.
Most young people come to an age
when they feel that their judgment and
maturity entitle them to liberties their
parents are not yet willing to grant. A
young person's judgment is faulty, because it is not based on long experience.
Often he is influenced by friends, and
when these opinions conflict with his
parents' wishes, he may prefer to be popular with his friends rather than to follow the wishes of his parents.
You must not spend time and emotional energy now, regretting what you
might have done to make your home more
attractive. Most parents looking backward think of how they could have been
more companionable to their children.
Nothing is to be gained now by being
critical of yourselves or the children.
Your best strategy is to deal kindly
with your young people rather than reproachfully. Make every effort to preserve an attitude of friendliness. Tell
them you are sorry they left and that
they are welcome to return without penalty.
With the passing of time your young
people may become more mature and
more willing to follow your advice. They
may yet realize the importance of continuing their education. You will do well
to encourage them to live honorably
where they are and to be industrious and
diligent. Pray that the Lord will preserve
them from the evils of the world and
help them to think wisely.
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Our Children Are in Danger

INFLUENZA

We have three children—aged four,
seven, and nine. What we read about
the trend toward delinquency causes us
much concern over their future welfare.
What can we parents do to help our children establish high moral standards?

(From page 19)

In the familiar verse "Train up a child
in the way he should go: and when he
is old, he will not depart from it" (Proverbs 22:6) the Scriptures point out the
responsibility of parents.
The influence of parents over their
children is of first importance in establishing moral standards. A child is influenced more by the example his parents
set than by the words they speak. His
character is affected by whether they are
truthful, always honest even under personal disadvantage, respectful of the
rights of others, and consistently respectful of things sacred.
One of a child's greatest needs is companionship with his parents. Parents cannot influence children effectively unless
they spend time with them. Being companionable with children does not imply
that parents surrender their position of
authority. Even in friendly companionship, children must be taught to recognize
that their parents are responsible for the
children's conduct. When children are
taught to be obedient at home, it becomes natural for them to respect the authority of the teacher at school and to
obey the regulations of the community
authorities.
Keeping a child busy has a favorable
effect on his character development. The
child whose time is occupied in honorable
and productive activity has no occasion
to fall into patterns of delinquency.
Another important influence on a
child is the conduct of associates his own
age. Hence, wise parents guide their children in the choice of young friends. The
most successful method of accomplishing this selection is for parents to be
hospitable and encourage their children
to invite friends home. It is soon apparent to the children themselves that certain playmates fit into the ideals of the
home and that others do not.
Other telling influences in a child's life
are reading, radio, and television. To a
child the customs of life dramatized in
print or on the television screen represent the accepted code of the world. It
is the parents' responsibility to guide the
children in their entertainment.
A child's moral standards are molded
by the religious atmosphere of the home
and the attitude of his parents toward
church attendance. Family prayers influence the attitude of young people. As a
child sees his parents' sincerity in their
religion and their belief that God intervenes for human beings, he recognizes
his moral responsibility to God. This is
his greatest stabilizing influence. •
JANUARY, 1964

kettle or a dishpan of boiling water.
5. Fold one of the cloths in half lengthwise. Keeping the ends dry, dip it down
into the boiling water.
6. Twist it and pull the ends to wring
out excess water. Fold it into the dry
cloth, which lies flat on a table. Fold over
the dry cloth into half the original size
to fit the wet cloth.
7. Quickly roll it up to keep it hot, take
it to the patient, and place it on the chest.
It will feel hot, of course; the heat is what

does good. But don't burn your patient.
Rub your hand under the pack or lift it
for a moment until he is used to it.
Quickly drying the skin under the pack
also keeps it from feeling too hot.
8. Leave the fomentation on the chest
3 to 4 minutes, with the patient snugly
covered with blankets. As soon as it gets
comfortable (cool), have another pack
ready. Quickly remove the cool pack,
briskly dry the skin with heavy turkish
towels, and apply a new pack.
9. Give a set of three packs to the chest.
After the last one, dry the skin.
10.Go over the chest with a cloth lightly
wrung out of cold water. Dry well. Don't
be afraid that you will hurt the patient;
be fast and firm. The skin should have a
ruddy glow.
11. Cover your patient, have him turn
over, and proceed on the back as you did
on the chest. After the third pack, quickly
go over the back and arms with cold water,
exposing only one part at a time; then
dry and cover it. You may apply to the
back and chest one of the counterirritant
rubs advised by your doctor.
12. Put on a snuggie shirt or sleeping
clothes, remove the damp blanket, and
cover the patient carefully in his fresh
bed. Do not allow him to be exposed for
a moment, lest he chill. Your patient
should fall asleep and awaken refreshed
and improved.
13. Continue giving the patient water
and fruit juices to drink. Inhalation of
medicated steam is agreeable and beneficial to irritated and congested respiratory passages. Use about one pint of boiling water in a small basin and drop in
one-half to one teaspoon oil of eucalyptus.
How can I prevent getting the flu again?

The immunity built up by one attack is
short-lived, so you may have a second
attack.
1. There is a vaccine that helps prevent
the flu by building up resistance in your
body, but the doses should not be too
large.
2. Check the diet. Eat few sweets, white
bread, and fat. Use fresh fruits and salads
freely.
3. Smoking lowers resistance to invasion of germs in nose and throat diseases.
4. Take a short, quick rubdown with a
cold, wet washcloth or a friction mitt first
thing in the morning. Dry briskly. Walk
outdoors.
5. Keep feet warm and dry. Clothe the
arms and legs of children better than their
bodies.
6. Don't keep your house too hot. Keep
moisture in the air.
Case Histories. A few cases stand out in
my mind.
No. 1. A four-year-old boy and his
mother were waiting at my office door at
9:00 A.M. as I arrived for work. The boy
had a severe chest cold or pneumonia, a
temperature of 104° F., and a heavy cough.
I was ready to give him a hydrotherapy
treatment, but he went into convulsions.
What should I do now? I proceeded with
the treatment carefully, gave a shot of
penicillin, hot packs to chest and back,
also cold to the head. Hospital was the
ideal place for this child, but the family
had no money and the hospital was seven
miles away. I called to see him the first
thing the next morning. The patient
looked fine; temperature was normal; he
was riding around on his tricycle!
No. 2. I was called out at 2:00 A.M.
one dark stormy night to see little fouryear-old Michael, who was keeping the
whole house awake with his croup and
heavy bronchial cough. I heated water
and used heavy turkish towels. I gave
kicking-and-screaming Michael his first
hydrotherapy treatment. I then gave him
some cough medication and left the little
patient dropping off to sleep, breathing
normally. Mother called next morning,
stating that he had slept like a little angel.
No. 3. Recently a mother told me that
her five-year-old daughter had spent
eleven days in the hospital, had had repeated shots, but her lungs were still congested and she had difficulty breathing.
I showed the mother how to apply
steam packs, writing out the directions
in detail. She called me the next day,
cheerfully saying that her child was better. In a few more days she reported a
clear chest and a happy child.
Well, only time and trial can prove the
merit of fomentations. Remember that the
flu patient is sick. He is physically ill and
psychologically depressed. Even though it
takes a little time to give the fomentation
treatment for influenza, it is most rewarding in results. •
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This page is dedicated to all our Golden Age readers who are still young at heart.
It is designed to improve and encourage active hobbies, good diet, and outdoor exercise.

By OWEN S. PARRETT, M.D.

HURRY AND RELAX
O YOU jump and does your spine

D tingle when your telephone rings?

Do you find yourself watching the clock
closely at the end of the day and saying,
"Oh, dear," when a customer or patient
comes in about quitting time? Do you
catch yourself drumming your fingers on
the steering wheel or speaking shortly
when your wife asks what happened today
in the office? Do you get nervous when
you learn that your systolic blood pressure is over 150 and your diastolic is
above 90? If most of these are your symptoms, you had better hurry and relax.
What a world we are in! Why doesn't
somebody come up with the idea of two
weeks of work and fifty of vacation? Here
on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park I should be forgiven for thinking of such a thing.
Strange what some people do to relax.
I believe that Charles A. Lindbergh used
to soar around among the clouds after a
hard day, to calm down his nerves.
I have as a patient a young married
woman with several children. Her sense
of fear keeps her busy most of the time.
At times I have made her laugh at herself for all her fancies, but still if she has
a small pimple she fears it to be the beginning of cancer. I am treating her for a
slight breast infection, which she fears
may never heal. She calls on the phone
at times for reassurance that something
serious is not just around the corner. Half
a dozen such patients could furnish a
fairly busy practice, but not the kind most
doctors would enjoy looking after.
I fear neither cancer, appendicitis, nor
any other disease, although I know that
not all sickness nor even death can be
postponed indefinitely. Knowledge, preparedness, and security help to avoid
worry. In certain countries cancer is almost unknown and appendicitis is
equally rare so long as the people stay
away from centers of civilization and the
use of meat, white bread, sugar, and other
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foods commonly eaten. I decided to adopt
a simple diet, which I find easily possible
and still set a good table. The freedom
from worry about sickness and the constant and abiding sense of the joy of living more than compensate for my planning.
I have patients with relatives who died
of lung cancer. They call for a chest Xray regularly. I find it more comforting
not to smoke at all than to worry about
lung cancer. When I asked Dr. Alton B.
Ochsner of Tulane University about tobacco and heart disease, he snapped back:
"Causes most of it." A lung surgeon in
Florida told me that of his lung-cancer

PUPPY EXIT
By ELAINE V. EMANS
Kindness to animals begins with merely
Lack of cruelty, and ranges up
The ladder, step by step, to what was clearly
Great courtesy you paid the neighbors'
pup:
He lay, in all his ignominy
Of having disobeyed, feet in the air;
And I said, "Outside!" But you, seeing he
Had not a shred of dignity to wear,
Said, "He should have a small excuse for
going,"
And found a bone for him. His sudden
pleasure
Was not confined within his bright eyes
glowing,
And though he could not comprehend the
measure
Of kindness done, receiving it, he wore
New dignity and gladness out the door.

cases only 6 per cent live more than one
year. I don't like that figure, so I don't
plan to invite cancer by smoking. I like
to climb Yosemite's trails, see the big
waterfalls, and find my heart taking it.
I can go as hard as I please and keep
up with the crowd.
Tests have proved that astronauts are
more relaxed when sailing through the
sky than is the average person driving his
car on a freeway. The freeway driver has
faster heartbeat and higher blood pressure
than John Glenn and his associates.
Can strain be largely avoided? It probably can, and not necessarily by keeping
off a freeway. I am not so sure but that
more accidents happen off than on the
freeway, considering the number of people involved in driving. I rather like to
scoot along on the freeway with no crossroads and everyone driving rapidly. Good
brakes, good engine performance, keeping off the tail of the car in front, and not
changing lanes unless your side mirror
shows ample clearance for oncoming cars
should make for safe driving, enabling
you to drive without undue fatigue or
raised blood pressure.
The astronauts all have one common
denominator—faith in God. They rest in
His hands. Few people who do not have
this faith realize how much they miss and
how much tension can thus be avoided.
Cape Canaveral postpones every flight
unless or until everything checks out just
right, including the weather. This assurance helps the flier have confidence in
the equipment.
One of my classmates used to say,
"Never use the strength of a lion to break
a soda cracker."
Exercise until you are tired. Walk three
or four miles, breathing deeply as you go.
When muscularly tired, you relax automatically. Avoid stimulating foods and
drinks such as meat, condiments, spices,
coffee, and tea. Avoid all drugs such as
alcohol and tobacco. Alcohol may relax
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you if you take enough, but it gives you
the shakes when you are recovering. You
simply cannot get something for nothing,
although many people keep trying it.
Reading exciting stories or viewing
movie thrillers may tense one up. This is
especially true of children, but the fact
that twelve people dropped dead at their
radios the night of the Jack Dempsey
versus Gene Tunney fight proves that
adults also can get excited at radio or
television shows, to say nothing of the
cheap novels in bookstores and drugstores.
The older I get the more I believe that
the Bible is the finest of all literature.
It gives us the most satisfying and permanent help in three fields—physical, mental, and spiritual. On this trip as I walk
the trails, armed with a book on birds and
my binoculars, I am learning the books
of the Old and New Testaments forward and backward. I will not need to
turn pages wildly when trying to find a
text quoted by the preacher. From the
book The Ministry of Healing I memorized this paragraph in the chapter "A
True Knowledge of God":
"From the solemn roll of the deep-

PROFILES

(From page 7)
become one of the five founders of the
medical school at the University of California in Los Angeles and to serve as
professor and chairman of the department of infectious diseases.
Painting flowers is Dr. Carpenter's
hobby of choice, and as a member of the
American Physicians' Art Association he
has received awards because of the merit
of his painting. Numismatics and citrus
cultivation at his home in Bel-Air occupy
any spare time he discovers 4n his busy
schedule of medical research, teaching,
and consultation.
Perhaps he can credit his life of happy
living to his personal acceptance of his father's advice: "There's no fun like work."

* * *

Consolation

There's one great consolation
about growing old. That bed feels
better every night.—J. D. SNIDER.

toned thunder and old ocean's ceaseless
roar, to the glad songs that make the forests vocal with melody, nature's ten thousand voices speak His praise. In earth
Mildred Presley Griffin ("The Bestand sea and sky, with their marvelous
tint and color, varying in gorgeous con- dressed Potatoes Wear Dinner Jackets,"
trast or blended in harmony, we behold page 11) lives in Battle Creek, Michigan,
His glory. The everlasting hills tell us of with her husband, Stanley, who is an
His power. The trees that wave their ophthalmic engineer. Both Mr. and Mrs.
green banners in the sunlight, and the Griffin are natives of Michigan and atflowers in their delicate beauty, point to tended Battle Creek Academy.
their Creator. The living green that carMrs. Griffin wrote many hobby articles
pets the brown earth tells of God's care for LIFE AND HEALTH as Mildred Presley
for the humblest of His creatures. The Hoekstra while living in Washington,
caves of the sea and the depths of the D.C., and working for Uncle Sam with
earth reveal His treasures. He who placed the Superintendent of Documents.
the pearls in the ocean, and the ameShe is a lover of nature, and enjoys
thyst and chrysolite among the rocks, is a walking, swimming, reading, and dining
lover of the beautiful. The sun rising in with friends in or out. She shares a love
the heavens is a representative of Him for travel with her husband, as their Falwho is the life and light of all that He con Sprint proves by registering more
has made. All the brightness and beauty than 25,000 miles in the past six months.
that adorn the earth and light up the Her children and grandchildren are
heavens, speak of God."—Pages 411, 412. chief among her many interests. Her son,
We have seen it all here in Yosemite Richard F. Rideout, is a Washington,
except the ocean, but we have heard the D.C., minister, and her daughter is marthunder and seen beautiful lakes.
ried to Dr. John R. Spencer, also a resiAfter going to bed I can repeat this dent of the Washington, D.C., area.
paragraph and live over again the scenes When the chilly days come to Michigan,
of the day. Before I have finished the Mr. and Mrs. Griffin begin to think of
paragraph I may relax and drift off to their trailer and the sunshine of Bradensleep. •
ton, Florida. •
JANUARY, 1964

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By MARY CATHERINE NOBLE, R.N., R.P.T.

HEAT LAMPS
o YOU really think heat lamps are

D useful?"

This was a question from a patient
whose neck I was massaging. She was not
receiving infrared as part of her treatment, but she explained that her physician had suggested using this type of heat
at home to hasten her recovery.
Some kind of local heat is often recommended by the physician to relieve
pain or increase the circulation in a part.
He may recommend hot packs, hot baths
either local or general, or some type of
lamp. No form of heat, whether applied
by lamp, hot pack, or bath, should be
used indiscriminately. Always bear in
mind that heat can cause injury. Follow
your physician's instructions carefully.
If he recommends some form of dry
heat, and you are contemplating the purchase of a lamp or similar piece of equipment, a letter to the Council of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation, American
Medical Association, 535 North Dearborn
Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610, asking for
their recommended and approved list of
equipment, may prove worth while.
This council was set up to test and approve equipment. Their service is particularly valuable because a great deal of
equipment is being manufactured, and
without some help and guidance it is difficult to know which equipment would be
the best and most economical for home
use. A thoroughly tested and approved
simple, inexpensive lamp may do the job
effectively, and perhaps more effectively
than a more expensive one.
There are two sources of infrared, the
technical name for dry heat. One is produced by luminous sources such as electric-light bulbs, the other by nonluminous
sources such as coils or metal bars. Many
people prefer the luminous source. Current research indicates that the results on
the body from both types of lamp are essentially equal.
Medical use of infrared has an interest26

ing history. A young protégé of Dr.
George N. Beard, the first specialist in
physical medicine in America, was much
interested in the experiments of Thomas
Edison. This young man was John Harvey Kellogg. Dr. Kellogg thought that
the carbon-filament lamp Edison used successfully in 1879 to change the lighting
habits of the world might be an effective
substitute for sunlight. In 1891 he built a
rectangular cabinet having internal reflectors and placed inside 40 lamps, each
of 20-candle power. The patient was
placed inside nude, with head protruding. After successfully using this cabinet
(called the electric-light bath) on many
patients at the Battle Creek Sanitarium,
he demonstrated it at the Chicago Exposition in 1893.
An interested visitor at the exposition
from Germany spent some time at Battle

REVIEW
By FRANK J. CANNEY
Most of my life I've worried
About calamities big and small—
That my son might fail in school
Or my daughter grow too tall,
That the mortgage on our house
Might land us in the street,
Or I'd get a string of ailments
From myelitis to flat feet.
But I've arrived at middle age
Having learned that in life's race
The greatest calamities of all
Are those that ne'er took place.

Creek to become familiar with its use.
Upon his return to Germany he began to
manufacture the cabinet. Soon Light Institutes were opening in the leading cities. Kings and queens ordered such baths
installed in their palaces, and the fame of
the treatment spread. Before World
War II almost all new physical therapy
departments included the electric-light
bath.
From this interesting beginning small
units were developed to use on local
areas of the body. We have learned that
though such heating does not act on the
body as sunlight does, it does provide a
simple and economical means of heating
body areas that may benefit from it.
Using the Lamp. Using such a lamp
for heating seems fairly straightforward.
There are, however, a few basic rules to
keep in mind in order to get the most
out of the treatment. Some are so simple
that you may wonder why we mention
them. Here are the basic rules:
I. Choose a comfortable position. This
is important for relaxation. Relaxation
is essential for best results.
2. The area to be treated should be
uncovered.
3. The remainder of the body should
be covered suitably so that it does not
feel cold.
4. Take special care of sensitive areas,
such as scars. They may need to be covered, for such areas are more likely to
burn than is normal skin.
5. If the treatment is given about the
face, shield the face. If given for sinusitis, cover the eyes with moist cotton
tied in place by a string.
Keeping these basic rules in mind, adjust the lamp to the proper distance.
This is usually 18 to 30 inches, based on
the patient's tolerance. There should be
a comfortable sensation of heat, not one
of intense heat. When the treatment is
finished, the preferred reaction of the
skin is a light redness. Mottling and deep
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redness of the skin is an indication that
it has been overheated. Should this occur, be alert, and for the next treatment
do one of two things. To obtain the
proper response of the body to the heat,
either increase the distance from the
lamp or shorten the time of application.
With the lamp in place and the patient comfortable, do not forget him. It
is wise to use a household timer that
rings to remind you when the time is
up. Check on the patient every five min-

THE

GOOD

MOMENT

By JEAN CARPENTER MERGARD
Though high your expectations, son, and
great
The blow from failure to achieve your goal,
Beyond the burden of your own heart's
weight
You sense the heavy hurt my poor control
Cannot conceal. You turn and tenderly
Speak gallant words and try to solace me.
There is unheralded a point of turning
Where one long led at once assumes the
lead.
All will be well if wisdom grows with learning
And love is glimpsed behind each thoughtful
deed.
That you think of me while all your visions
crumble,
I who have hoped to teach you well grow
humble.

to be certain that everything is under control. It is not wise to leave children or elderly people unattended even
for a short time. Instead, take your favorite magazine and read in the room
for the short time required for the treatment, or do some household chore that
keeps you near the patient. In remembering the patient, you not only reassure
him but you have peace of mind as ample payment for time thus spent.
Treatment time varies from 15 to 45
minutes, but infrared is usually given
for 20 minutes. You can see that 15 minutes of infrared for sinusitis probably
would be all the patient could tolerate,
whereas a painful back or knee might
well tolerate a longer treatment. It is
wise to check with your physician as to
the best length of time.
How often can infrared be used? Once
or twice daily is considered adequate in
acute conditions. Should it be recommended more often, it is prudent to reduce the length of application.
Are there conditions where infrared
should not be used? Yes, there are several.
If there is any impairment of blood flow

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JANUARY, 1964

in the part, it is not wise to use heat in
any form on it. Using heat increases the
need for blood in the part, which the
body is not able to supply because of
the impairment. It is not recommended
in diabetes or in arteriosclerosis. If there
is any possibility of hemorrhage or of
increasing bleeding, do not use heat. It
is not wise to use infrared in treating
elderly people, in advanced heart disease, in cases where skin sensation is
impaired, in superficial malignancy, or
in pregnancy.
When is infrared most likely to be
recommended? In muscle strain, painful
joints and muscles in rheumatic conditions, neuritis, neuralgia, bronchitis, and
sinusitis if there is free drainage.
In sinusitis the most comfortable position for the patient probably is a sitting
position, for this will allow the sinuses
to drain as the heat takes effect. •

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Serious hazards lurk behind many
bright Christmas decorations. Children
are fascinated by the beautiful decorations, and they may unthinkingly squeeze
them or put them in their mouth. So
says Virginia Health Bulletin.
If the contents of bubbling candles are
inhaled or swallowed, the victim may suffer mild depression followed by excitement. The liquid in these lights is about
4 milliliters of chlorinated hydrocarbon.
If large amounts are ingested, there may
be danger of kidney or liver damage.
Fire salts cause multi-colored flames
when thrown on a glowing log. The
many colors result from the burning of
the salts of copper, barium, lead, thallium, arsenic, and antimony. If swallowed, these salts cause heavy metal poisoning. Irritation to the stomach usually
is severe enough to cause vomiting. Call
a physician and then give the patient
something to soothe the stomach membrane, such as milk.
Icicles consist of 40 per cent tin and
60 per cent lead. These materials are
poorly absorbed in the digestive tract.
Because of the stringy nature of icicles
and angel hair, intestinal obstruction
and choking may occur.
Follow basic first-aid principles
promptly in the event of a mishap resulting in poisoning. First dilute and
evacuate the toxic material from the
stomach as quickly as possible by causing
vomiting. Second, keep the patient warm
until the doctor arrives or the Poison
Control Center is reached.
Parents can do much to prevent mishaps from marring holidays by keeping
to a minimum chances of accidental poisoning and by knowing a few basic facts
about first aid in the event such an accident does occur. •

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TASTY VEGETABLE COMBINATIONS
OMETIMES a combination of vegetables does wonders to perk up the
color and flavor of meals. A pinch of
herbs deftly chosen can turn the trick too.
We have some tips for a starter, but
taste preferences are so varied that there
are no rules for seasoning that could
guarantee to please everyone. The best
suggestion is to experiment, beginning
with small amounts of herbs; then vary
the amounts and types to find the most
satisfying.

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Swiss chard, carrots, Lima beans, onions,
peas, spinach.
Oregano
Mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, cream
sauce for any vegetable.

Herbs for Seasoning Vegetables
(You may use snipped fresh, crumbled
dried, or ground herbs.)
Basil
Asparagus, Brussels sprouts, carrots,
eggplant, green beans, tomato dishes,
beets, cabbage, celery, peas, turnips, salad
greens.
Dill
Cauliflower, tomatoes, green beans, wax
beans, potato dishes, all the soft-shell
squash, beets, cabbage, carrots, peas.
Marjoram
Eggplant, green beans, soft-shell squash,
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Split-pea soup and casseroles, mushrooms, tomato sauce, spinach, turnips,
potatoes.
Savory
Steamed cabbage, baked beans, any
dried-bean dish, stewed tomatoes, eggplant, hard-shell squash.
Thyme
Green beans, mushrooms, peas, softshell squash, beets, carrots, onions,
cooked greens.

Vegetable Combinations
Corn, green pepper, onion.
Corn, Lima beans, tomato.
Corn, carrots, celery.
Wax and green beans.
Tomato, celery, garlic, parsley.
Lima beans, onions.
Peas, onions.
Peas, avocado cubes.
Summer squash, peas, celery.
Broccoli, mushrooms.
Cauliflower, corn, tomato.
Cauliflower, peas.
Cauliflower, carrots.
Tomato, green beans, onion.
Tomato, zucchini, celery, onion.
Zucchini, patty squash, yellow crookneck
squash.
Zucchini, corn, carrots.

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REAFFIRMATION
By JEAN CARPENTER MERGARD
0 Lord, who was and is and is to be,
I am aware that an eternity
Of souls have sought You out in times of
need
For quiet meditation, when the seed
Of hope has withered, or when lifted hearts
Spill with new gratitude. Now wonder starts
Within me, and my questing soul grows full,
As it acknowledges the miracle
Of union: seeking man forever turning
Toward You alone, who recognizes yearning
And heeds all supplication in Your way.
Such knowledge has the power to convey
A sense of oneness with the streams of men
Praying before my time, with people when
They pray this very hour, and those still
Unborn, who in some distant moment will
Reach out for Thee. 0 Lord, my heart
rejoices,
Certain mine will be heard among the voices.

Studies on the nutritive value of vegetable juices produced by home juicers go
back to 1942, but there does not seem to
be a recent work. Studies on the hand
vegetable juicer included the content of
vitamin C, carotene, calcium, and phosphorus in juice from celery, carrots, cabbage, spinach, and green beans. Weight
for weight, vegetable juices were almost as
good sources of vitamin C as whole vegetables. Celery was a striking exception. Its
vitamin-C content was so low that seven
small glasses would be needed to give the
equivalent of 100 grams of the whole
vegetable.
Although the water content of vegetables was found to be about 90 per cent,
the yield varied from 20 to 33 per cent for
carrots to 50 to 78 per cent for cabbage.
The vitamin-C content of carrot and
celery juice had disappeared in one hour,
and that in cabbage and spinach juice
had decreased considerably. There was
no loss of carotene on standing.
Other reviews suggest that there is no
magic principle in vegetable juices not
possessed by whole vegetables and that
for healthy people juices are not substitutes for whole vegetables. Raw vegetable juices are likely to have a high bacterial count. See Canadian Nutritional
Notes, volume 19, number 3, March, 1963,
page 34. •
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The recipe we give you this month
comes from the book Better Meals for
Less, by George E Cornforth, formerly
chef of the New England Sanitarium and
Hospital, in Stoneham, Massachusetts.
For a frosty January day we will choose a
recipe for which you can turn on your
oven.
Honey-Squash Pie
Line a pie tin with crust, cut the crust off
about one-half inch beyond the edge of the
plate, and with floured thumb and fingers
double and pinch up this portion to make a
built-up edge. Then, if desired, with the
thumb and forefinger of the right hand and
the forefinger of the left hand, scallop the
edge.
1 cup mashed squash
IA cup honey
1 tablespoon flour
A few grains salt
1 tablespoon margarine
11/4 cups milk

2 eggs
1 teaspoon mace
Mix honey, flour, and salt with the squash.
Beat the eggs and stir them in. Heat the
milk and thoroughly mix it with the remaining ingredients; also add the mace and margarine. Pour into the crust and bake in a
moderate oven till set.

For your crust we suggest a recipe from
this same book:
Pie Crust

Made With Oil

21/2 cups sifted pastry flour
IA teaspoon salt
cup oil
14 cup cold water
Put the flour into a mixing bowl; mix the
salt with it; turn the oil in all at once, and
stir with a spoon till the oil and flour are
about half mixed, not till a dough is formed.
Then pour in the cold water, all at once,
and stir till the dough is just stuck together.
Much mixing makes the pie crust tough.
Put some flour on the bread board, take
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half the dough and put it in the flour on
the board, sprinkle flour over the dough,
pat into a ball, then begin to roll it with a
rolling pin. Roll very lightly at first, and
always from the center toward the edge of
the dough. Make the strokes on such parts
of the dough as will keep it in as nearly a
circular form as possible.
The thinner the crust is rolled, the better
the pie. Do not try to turn over pie dough
that is made with oil. It cannot be done.
Keep rolling the dough, leaving it in the same
place, till it is as thin as it should be and
of the right shape. To get the crust onto the
plate after it is rolled, run a spatula or
limber-bladed knife under the crust to loosen
it from the board; double it over, lay it over
one half of the plate, and then unfold it.
Press it close to the plate in the angle between the side and bottom of the plate. Cut
off even with the edge of the plate. The
crust that is trimmed off may be pressed
into a ball with the rest of the dough, to be
rolled out for the next crust. •

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delicious - tender
and nutritious

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Holiday Safety
Virginia Health Bulletin says:
Fire probably is the most serious hazard associated with Christmas celebrations because of much combustible material in comparatively limited space and
the numerous possible sources of ignition. The Christmas tree itself, the tissue
paper and other flammable material with
which the tree is often decorated, and
the quantity of tissue and ordinary
wrapping paper that usually is strewn
about the room after the presents are
opened furnish fuel for a sudden and intense blaze.
The Christmas tree should be set up
well away from the fireplace or any other
heating device and firmly secured in order that it will not topple over. Before
bringing the tree into the house, spray it
with a flame-proofing solution. Place the
tree in the coolest spot in the room.
In selecting trimmings for the tree,
avoid ornaments made of celluloid, cotton, paper, or other highly flammable
material.
Never use lighted candles on Christmas trees. For safety's sake, if there is to
be illumination on the tree, use miniature electric lights approved by Underwriters Laboratories.
Take precaution in selecting, setting
up, and caring for your Christmas tree.
An evergreen burns rapidly because it is
filled with pitch and resin, both of which
are highly flammable. The drier the tree
becomes, the more likely it is to burn.
Once given a spark, the tree will burst
violently into flame, which may destroy
lives and surely destroy possessions.
While the tree is inside, keep it as
fresh as possible by putting the base in
a stand filled with water. Make a slanted
cut across the base of the tree to help it
absorb moisture. Replenish the water
supply as long as the tree is up. •

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FLU EPIDEMIC
By MARY E. CASTOR KNIGHT

R. EDNA F. PATTERSON'S article

18 of this issue
D "Influenza" on pagereminds
of a
of
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me

significant remark I heard years ago. I
was in Rochester, Minnesota, with a
friend who had gone to the Mayo Clinic
for an important physical examination.
The whole town of Rochester revolves

around the Mayo Clinic. When patients
and their friends come to the Clinic they
stay in the beautiful hotels built for their
comfort or in rooms supplied by the
townspeople. While my friend was in the
hospital I was getting acquainted with
new friends at a pleasant rooming house.
When we met at meals and between visits
to the Clinic or hospital we chatted or
played games together.
Everywhere in the city people talked
about one big subject—health. The universally popular subject made everyone a
friend—the woman on the street corner,
the girl in the next chair in the Clinic
waiting room, the salesman in the corner
drugstore. All the out-of-town visitors
were there to cure a complaint, and they
were willing to listen to other people's
symptoms.

FOOD
(From page 17)
food, and its excessive use leads to overeating, overweight, and malnutrition.
Enormous consumption of sugar-laden
soft drinks, candy, ice cream, rich desserts,
and refined foods at the expense of good
nourishing food is largely responsible for
the state of malnutrition found in America. Our dentists inform us that it is also
largely responsible for the rapid increase
in dental caries. "According to a report
of the National Nutritional Council,
about 97 million persons in the United
States are living on inadequate diets. This
means that two out of every three men,
women, and children are not eating properly."
Dr. Tom Spies in his textbook Rehabil30

Many of the people who rent a room
temporarily are getting treatments at
the Clinic during the day. To some of
them, disease is far more familiar than
health. Many are living a tragedy, especially those who put off physical examination too long, like ostriches hiding
their heads in the sand.
One day at the house we were talking
about the great influenza epidemic of
1918, when almost everyone in the
United States and other countries lost
either family members, friends, neighbors, classmates, or work associates. Most
people who came down with the flu
stopped making future plans. Death was
common.
One man who seldom talked about
himself but who had traveled widely told
an astonishing story. He said he was
lucky, for he was in Los Angeles, California, in 1918, and when he came down
with the flu they took him to Glendale
Sanitarium and Hospital, in the town of
Glendale. There he was treated, convalesced, and got well. So it went with all
the Glendale Sanitarium patients except
those who waited too long before going
to the sanitarium.
How did the doctors accomplish such a
miracle? They used treatments similar to
those Dr. Patterson suggests in her article.
This man's story was not too surprising to me, for my mother was a Battle
Creek Sanitarium nurse, and she had
told many a story about the efficiency of
the treatments given there. Battle Creek
Sanitarium pioneered hydrotherapy and
other physical-medicine skills in the
United States. In my mother's day the
nurses had to break the ice on the water
in their pitchers to take a quick rubdown
on awakening. Rather than a hardship,
it was a boon to the girls, and they
learned to love the exhilaration of the
treatment. They did not suffer under it,
but enjoyed abounding health. •

itation says that more people are starving
today than ever before in the history of
our world. But not all the starving people
are really suffering hunger. Many are satisfying their perverted appetite with food
that lacks the proper nutrients to meet
the needs of their body. They are suffering from hidden hunger of the body for
nutrients essential to health. Often we do
not realize this fact until health has become seriously impaired and there has
been irreparable damage to the body.
The perverseness of human nature is
pointed out in these words from the
Bible: "Because sentence against an evil
work is not executed speedily, therefore
the heart of the sons of men is fully set
in them to do evil" (Ecclesiastes 8:11).
This truth applies especially to our
habits of eating and drinking. But nature

exacts a penalty for violating the laws of
life. "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall
he also reap."
Although a person may recover his nutritional status by correcting his dietetic
habits, he may never recover from the effects of malnutrition. The degree of recovery depends on the length of time the
body was deprived of proper nutrients
and on the extent of damage done to
cells, tissues, and organs.
The appetite may accept foods that do
not supply the body needs, but the body
will accept no substitutes. Such is the wisdom of the human body as it observes the
laws written by the Creator's own hand.
Workmen's faulty food habits affect their
efficiency. Much time is lost because of
sickness, often owing to faulty nutrition,
and many accidents occur for the same
reason, because the mind is not alert.
The results of faulty nutrition are seen
in school children as bad deportment, illhealth, and poor scholarship. An inadequate diet with resulting malnutrition,
owing to refined foods and excessive
sweets at the expense of wholesome food,
and to inadequate breakfast and lunch,
are major causes of these conditions.
Breakfast often consists of only a sweet
roll and coffee; and sometimes there is no
breakfast at all. When these conditions
are corrected the benefit is seen in increased efficiency in workmen and better
deportment and scholarship in students.
Roger W. Babson, America's foremost
statistician, said:
"Students might learn as much in three
years as they do in four if they knew how
to eat properly."
Food habits have a bearing on longevity. The psalmist said: "Who satisfieth thy
mouth with good things; so that thy youth
is renewed like the eagle's" (Psalm 103:5).
The late Victor Heizer, M.D., in his book
You're the Doctor expressed the same
truth in these words: "Your diet, what you
eat, largely influences the rate at which
your organism ages and consequently the
duration of your life."
It is the Creator's plan that our food
serve to keep the body in health, not
hasten the aging process. As a result of our
wrong habits of eating and drinking we
bring on premature old age and shortened
life expectancy. William H. Gordon, M.D.,
in Current Medical Digest, August, 1949,
said:
"How strange a creature is man, who
will at times go to such extremes to preserve his life, only to shorten it at the
dinner table."
The early history of America records
the story of Ponce de Leon, who came to
the New World seeking the fountain of
youth. We have no record that he found
it. He might have found it at home at his
own dinner table by following the principles of good nutrition.
Much can be accomplished in postponing the aging process and increasing the
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productive years through nutritional improvement of life, especially during the
early years. The earlier in life a sound
nutritional program is begun, the more
will be the benefit during the years when,
because of experience and training, a man
can be of great service to his Creator and
to his fellow men.
If your family is to enjoy optimum
nutrition, begin the day with a good
breakfast. After the fast of the night the
body is in greatest need of food, and the
organs of digestion are better able to care
for food. Many offer the excuse that they
are not hungry at breakfast time. Usually
the lack of appetite for the morning meal
results from the fact that the evening
meal is the main meal of the day or because of the habit of eating between
meals and perhaps just before retiring.
The evening meal should be light, and
it should be eaten several hours before
retiring. Smoking, drinking alcohol, tea,
or coffee the first thing on arising also
takes away the appetite for food.
To enhance the desire for food, arise
sufficiently early to have time for exercise before breakfast.
Eat dinner, the main meal of the day,
in the middle of the day, when you are
active, for then you are drawing heavily
on your supply of carbohydrates and
fats for energy, proteins for building and
replacing worn-out tissue, and vitamins
and minerals for body regulating. The
dinner should be a meal furnishing these
materials in abundance.
Eat a light supper consisting of easily
digested food.
If the family is not at home to eat a
substantial meal at noon, the problem
arises of how to keep supper light and
of easily digested food. The children
come home from school hungry, and
father and the other members of the
household return hungry and in need
of food.
Here are suggestions to help you solve
this problem.
I. Have a hearty breakfast of nourishing food.
2. Provide an adequate lunch for each
member of the family, wherever he is at
lunch time.
3. Have supper at an early hour with
a menu of easily digested yet nourishing
and simply prepared food in amounts to
satisfy the needs of the family.
So far as possible, serve meals at a regular time each day, allowing five hours
between each one.
"Regularity and simplicity are the great
watchwords for the diet of the elementary
school child."—RosE, op. cit., p. 453. This
advice can well apply to every member
of the family.
We have stressed the importance of
providing the right kind of food for the
body, but it is even more important that
we give attention to the food provided for
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mind and spirit. The patriarch Job said:
"Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the
words of his mouth more than my necessary food" (Job 23:12). The Bible stands
in first place in our study. Nothing else
strengthens the mind like the study of
the Word of God. Food for the development of the mind and soul is also found
in God's book of nature and in other
godly literature. Among topics of study
for development are the science of physiology and the wonders of the human
body. Such study caused David the psalm-

ist to exclaim: "I will praise thee; for I
am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul
knoweth right well" (Psalm 139:14).
America's beloved President Abraham
Lincoln left us this timely example and
counsel:
"I am profitably engaged in reading
the Bible. Take all of this book upon
reason that you can and the balance by
faith, and you will live and die a better man. . . . In regard to the Great
Book, I have only to say, it is the best
gift which God has given to man." •

J.

Music and Happiness
By LAURA BELLE RIEGEL

This is a letter from a patient in a
Here in the hospital I have met some
hospital to a young blind harpist:
fine people; some are sad and suffering.
.1 have tried to make them happy. Today
DEAR GERRIE,
I want to thank you for the lovely harp someone called me Merry Sunshine. To
music you played for me and the guests think that I, in my own discomfort and
in my hospital room. You cheered not suffering, had played my part so well!
In thinking of other people, happiness
only me but the patients in adjacent
rooms. They asked where the music came is contagious. I caught the spirit of my
from, saying it was like an echo from medicine for others. All I had tried to do
was sound cheerful and say loving words
heaven.
You are going to make many people to others. My approach started a converhappy with your harp music. Not every- sation, and soon people were saying things
one can play a harp. It seems that when to make me happy. Then I could have
one of the senses is taken away from us, called some of them Merry Sunshine.
It was like a game. Then I understood
the Lord makes the other senses more
active. Your sense of sight is not active, the old adage "Love begets love," and I
but the Lord has made your sense of learned that the saying is true.
My dear little mother once said, "To
touch and hearing exceptionally keen.
Not only that—you can bless others with have friends, one must first show himself
the talent you produce from these senses. friendly." If we always show ourselves
Use your talents always to make others friendly, never sensitive, and use a pleasant speaking voice, we will make friends.
happy.
You and I are in about the same boat And there will be a place for us in our
for a while. I, in a cast from toe to hip, environment, and we will find that there
cannot get around without someone's is a real place for us in this wide world.
I want to thank you again for your
assistance. We both may be grateful for
the general courtesies, helpfulness, and beautiful music. Harp music is one of my
kind acts of friends as they assist us. We favorites, and when such music comes
are told we should never repulse a kind from a person in whom I am interested
act and take the pleasure away from one and whom I love, it is truly sweet.
The Lord has been good to both of us.
who wants to help. We must remember
that he is only doing to us what we He will help us make people happy, for
would do for him if circumstances were He approves of such an aim. The Bible
reversed. There is charm in thanking says He will supply our every need, even
people graciously for their deeds of love. showing us how to make people happy.
Every act of goodness is an act of love. We must look to Him for this help.
Good-by, my little Merry Sunshine.
We can make others happy, and it
would be fun to see how many people Play on your harp until I see you again.
Your loving friend,
we can make happy. We might begin at
"AUNT" LAURA BELLE A
home.
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TONSILLECTOMIES

(From page 14)
hospital whose little boy was going
through the same experience had some
new records ready for him to play when
he got home. A neighbor of mine kept
her little girl anticipating a long-awaited
gift of play dough.
Grandparents usually want to know
about your plans for the operation, and
if they are far away they may want to
send cards to the little patient. If they
are close by they may be able to help
by staying with the other children while
both parents are at the hospital.
It is best to give your child a general
idea of hospital procedure. There are
several fine books written especially for
children that tell the whole tonsil story.
You may be able to get one of these
books at your local library and read it
to him. There is also a paperback children's book available wherever children's
books are sold.
The child may go to the hospital a
day ahead of time so that laboratory
work can be done. When this is the first
night a child has spent away from home,
this experience alone could upset. Your
doctor may arrange for you to take the
child to the hospital on the morning of
surgery. If so, there will be an extra trip
to the hospital the day before to have
the laboratory work done. The family
will get the child to the hospital about
six o'clock, while the night shift is on
duty and can give him the necessary
preparation.
He must not have anything to drink
after midnight, nor any breakfast. It is a
good idea for the parents to have breakfast before the child is awakened.
Once you are at the hospital, find out
their rules regarding the parents' being
with the child. Some hospitals have their
regulations posted on the door of the
tonsillectomy ward. If this is not done,
ask the nurse in charge.
Some hospitals think that parents
should leave their children just before
the preoperative medication is given. I
believe this is best, because the child has
a few minutes to adjust to the parents'
departure. By the time he is ready to go
to surgery he will be calm and drowsy.
Be sure to tell him that you will be
close by and will see him when he wakes
up.
It is best to expect the unexpected and
not lose your sense of humor, whatever
delays may come.
When our four- and six-year-olds had
their tonsillectomies, I thought I had
them well prepared. I explained how
they would have to put on a hospital
nightgown and be taken to the operating room by a nurse or doctor wearing a
gown and mask. They expected the bright
lights, the shiny metal equipment in the
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IDENTITY
(To mental-health doctors)
By PAULINE CHADWELL
Through dark recesses of heart and mind
The searching spirit gropes to find
Its freedom, guided by shafts of light
Your words diffuse within waking sight.
The mind is in torment from these dim
uncertain days.
It is your wisdom that now pierces through
the haze.
Oh, stay with him until he walks alone,
Rejoicing in a new life, all his own.

operating room, the smelly ether mask,
and they knew they were going to sleep.
I didn't realize that our youngest would
become highly indignant when asked to
remove her panties when she put on the
hospital gown—a procedure that some
hospitals require.
The waiting while your child is in surgery is the hardest part. In many hospitals
you will find other parents going through
the same experience, and you will be able
to keep one another company. It is a good
idea to take your knitting, letter-writing
material, or an absorbing book if you
are inclined to be nervous.
Hospital corridors are long, and high
heels clicking make quite a racket. Have
a pair of quiet low-heeled shoes to get you
from one end to the other.
Many hospitals have special recovery
rooms where surgical patients come out
from under anesthesia. In a tonsillectomy
it is important to make sure that a nurse
will be with your child until he is fully
out. Most children feel better if they
wake up and find a parent at their bedside, and it is a good idea to ask the
nurse in charge that you be called as
soon as your child returns from surgery.
The old stand-by ether in its combinations is still considered safest and best
to use in a child's tonsillectomy, in spite
of a few uncomfortable aftereffects. New
anesthetics are constantly being tried, and
in time one as safe as ether and without

the slightly unpleasant reactions will no
doubt replace it.
If your child is given ether, he will be
in quite a deep sleep when he is brought
from the operating room, and each breath
will be noticeable. In a short time the
child will awaken, and then there will
be a short period of rather violent thrashing about. It is important to make sure
that the bed sides are up so that he will
not fall out. He will soon calm down
and settle back into normal sleep.
At times ether produces nausea and
extreme thirst. It seems that the more
one drinks during this stage, the more
vomiting results. Sips of a bland carbonated beverage help. Ice bags used on the
throat prevent undue bleeding and lessen
soreness.
Hemorrhage, the most serious postoperative problem, is becoming rare because of the use of calcium and vitamin
K before surgery. In case there is excessive bleeding, do not become alarmed.
Your doctor has several really potent
blood-clotting medicines that will control it.
It is interesting to know that a bluishwhite membrane forms over the tonsil
area within twelve to twenty-four hours.
It turns into scabs, and five to eight days
after surgery the scabs slough off and
the throat is fairly well healed. This is a
time when bleeding may occur again,
and it is best to keep the child from
being overactive. If any difficulty arises
in the days after surgery, call your doctor.
A child's adenoids are usually removed
with the tonsils, and they heal in a similar manner.
Your child's diet after a tonsillectomy
depends on your doctor. Some doctors
give their patients mimeographed lists of
foods to use and foods to avoid. Other
doctors think that a child can eat almost
any soft food. Ice cream is still the universal favorite, and its cool creaminess
best soothes a tender throat.
The week following the tonsillectomy
is likely to be quite uncomfortable for
the child, and plenty of diversion and
rest are needed.
Reading, television, puzzles, coloring,
paper dolls, and other quiet play will
help keep the patient's mind off his tender throat. It is a good idea to plan
simple meals for this time and not do
any major housekeeping chores, so as to
be able to spend more time with your
little patient.
In spite of the discomforts of the tonsillectomy, physically for the child and
mentally for the parents, your child will
begin to bloom after these infected glands
have been removed. His appetite will improve; he will begin to put on weight;
breathing problems will disappear; colds
will be less frequent; dispositions will be
improved. You then will know that tonsillectomies aren't so terrible after all. •
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Wiring Hazards

Use only Christmas tree lights and
wiring that are approved by Underwriters Laboratories or some other recognized testing agency, says Virginia Health
Bulletin. Maintain the light sets in good
repair, discarding all frayed and worn
sets before a short circuit develops.
The artificial metallic tree, being noncombustible, has fire-safety advantages
for the home and for public places that
frequently are prohibited by fire laws
from using combustible decorations.
However, faulty wiring and light sets on
metallic trees introduce a new type of
hazard.
Voltage leakage from faulty Christmas
tree lights or wiring on a metallic tree
can electrically energize all or part of
the tree. If a person touches such a "hot"
tree and a nearby radiator at the same
time, a death-dealing jolt or a severe
burn can result.
Some metallic-Christmas-tree manufacturers recommend that off-the-tree floodlights be used to illuminate the trees.
This type of lighting virtually eliminates
the danger of the tree becoming energized. •

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Dangerous Overeating

Food is one of the traditions of Christmas. Cookies, candy, roast, dressing, fruit
cake, and all the trimmings weigh down
the table. We eat too much. Overeating
has its dangers—particularly if it is followed by vigorous exercise or alcohol,
says Virginia Health Bulletin.
Besides the usual stomach upsets from
indiscriminate eating, too much food can
overtax many of the organs of the body.
The heart, the liver, and the brain become involved when undue dietary stress
is put on them.
We are all familiar with the desire to
take a little nap after a large meal. This
is because the digestive process is taking
up much of the body's energy, including
blood from the circulatory tract, and a
feeling of fatigue or drowsiness overcomes us. It is foolish to drive in such a
condition, for you are not fully alert.
This feeling generally passes in a short
time and it may be followed by a desire
for activity. This is fine if not too vigorous.
Walking or other sensible types of outdoor exercise is excellent, but certainly
nothing foolish such as 36 holes of golf,
running, or other extended or vigorous
sports. The body is already under a
strain digesting an unusually large
amount of food, and any additional stress
is an added burden for it to cope with.
The answer is to eat sensibly and to
stop before the point of physical discomz
fort. •
JANUARY, 1964

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By MINNIE WORTHEY MUENSCHER
(January and February)

ERBS are to food as courtesy is to
daily living. An act of courtesy does
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not so much call attention to the doer as
it brings out the best in the recipient.
Likewise, herbs used judiciously bring out
the flavor of foods. There are times when
herbs may be wanted for their particular
flavor, but there are many more times
when they could be used to enhance other
flavors (a suggestion of mint in fruit
punch) or to blend flavors (a pinch of
basil in an egg-and-vegetable casserole).
This enhancing quality of herbs is
especially welcome during the winter
months. When you begin
a January day with a big
bowl of hot oatmeal
cooked with a few anise
seeds or a pinch of dried
mint, the cold is not so
bitter. The wind does not
howl so loudly on a February day that begins
with steaming Wheatena
topped with toasted sesame seeds or with
cooked whole-grain wheat
sprinkled with powdered
coriander or cardamom seed. Just try
them!
Sometimes a January silver thaw brings
the sparkling beauty of diamonds to every
tree and shrub. It is easy to enjoy this
magic after a breakfast of eggs scrambled
with a tantalizing hint of basil, chives,
parsley, or marjoram—or perhaps of
oregano, sage, tarragon, or thyme. It is
equally easy to enjoy if there is a tablespoon of tarragon or a wisp of garlic in
the water in which the eggs are poached.
The picture of cardinals in a cedar
tree, especially a snow-covered cedar tree
in a February landscape, helps me forget
the cold, especially when viewed while
eating freshly toasted herb bread.
I like to start any day with a slice of
herb-bread toast. It does not matter
whether it is whole-wheat bread with
caraway seed, rye bread with basil, or soy
bread with a mixture of culinary herbs.
They are all good—particularly good on
a chilly winter day.
Before I can or freeze tomato juice for a
winter breakfast drink, I add a little basil.
If I use commercially canned tomato
juice, I open the can the night before and
add the basil, either fresh or dried leaves.
A good beginning for a January morning

is a cup of hot basil tomato juice. I do not
remember adding an herb to orange juice,
but I do like a sprinkling of mint on
grapefruit or in a fruit cup of sliced
bananas and sectioned oranges. Herbs add
enchantment to winter breakfasts. For a
perfect finish, put half a dozen anise seeds
or a pinch of powdered cardamom or
coriander seeds into a cup of Postum.
A few years ago I kept a diary of the
herbs I used each day and how I used
them. My goal has been to use one herb
or one combination of herbs each day,
but not in every meal or in every dish of
a meal. A day-after-day
use of herbs is more interesting when a variety
is used. The year I kept
the diary I used some
thirty different herbs—
seeds of some, leaves of
others; sometimes fresh
and sometimes dried;
sometimes herbs that I
grew and sometimes those
that I bought. There were
herbs that I used only
a few times, including
cumin, southernwood, and fenugreek. I
will keep on using them, but lialf a dozen
times a year is often enough for me.
Many herbs I use every week—basil,
oregano, chives, marjoram, savory, and
parsley. Others I enjoy frequently. In this
series of articles, "Herbs Throughout the
Year," I will mention ways in which I
have used each of the herbs.
Cream of Wheat With Sesame Seed
1/4

cup sesame seed
1 teaspoon margarine or cooking oil
2 cups water
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup Cream of Wheat
Melt margarine in small skillet, add sesame
seeds, stir well, cook over low heat for 15
minutes, stirring occasionally. Slowly stir the
Cream of Wheat into the salted boiling water;
cook for 15 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove both from heat, stir the sesame seeds
into the Cream of Wheat, cover, and let stand
for a few minutes to blend the flavors.
Sesame seed, can be served with any
cooked cereal, using the above method;
or it can be sprinkled on prepared cereal.
Wheatena With Mint
3 cups water
3/4 cup Wheatena
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bine the egg and 2 tablespoons milk, and
add to the flour-potato mixture. Mix slightly.
Add more milk if needed to make the dough
hold together. Turn onto a lightly floured
board and roll out to about 34 inch in thickness. Cut into 2-inch squares. Place on a hot,
very lightly greased griddle or fry pan and
cook slowly, 7 or 8 minutes on each side.
Turn only once. May be served with creamed
fresh mushrooms or creamed eggs.

1 teaspoon dried mint leaves
IA teaspoon salt
Stir in the Wheatena slowly and cook for
10 minutes in the boiling salted water. Add
the mint and cook another 5 minutes. Stir
frequently while cooking. Dried mint leaves
can be used with oatmeal or any other cooked
cereal.
Instead of mint or sesame seeds in
cereal, try a dozen anise seeds, a teaspoon-

ful of poppy or caraway seeds, or 1/4
teaspoon of ground coriander or cardamom seed. I especially like to use
coriander or cardamom.
Coddled Eggs
1 teaspoon margarine, butter, or cooking
oil
2 eggs
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh parsley
(or 1 teaspoon dried parsley)
2 tablespoons cream or top milk
Salt to taste
Melt the margarine in a small skillet. I
like to use a heavy iron skillet. Break in the
eggs, keeping the yolks whole. Sprinkle with
the parsley and add the cream. Cover and
cook over low (truly low) heat until the yolks
are as hard as you wish and the whites have
set. Add salt to taste.
Substitute any of the herbs used for veg-

etable cooking for the parsley, but use less.
If you use dried herbs, 1/4 teaspoonful is
enough. With coddled or scrambled eggs
I like any of these—chives, sage, tarragon,
thyme, basil, savory, oregano, or marjoram. •

Potato Puff

MEMORIAM
By KATHERINE MC CLURE AMYX
Receding on its leash, the green sea tossed
Upon the beach a parting gift—one shell.
Idly I picked it up. How like a bell,
A bell uncloppered, whorled and lovely. Lost.
Then tracing pink volutes like patterned
frost,
I thought, Some creature satisfied to dwell
Within this conch has cast her magic spell
On this small world serrated and embossed.
And she for whom I sing, ah, even now
Has loosed each warm impulse from gentle
hands.
Her voice, her touch, are faded like the
dawn,
And this is her memoriam. I vow
This shell is record of her life. The sands,
Sea washed, lie smooth. I know that she is
gone.

THE BEST-DRESSED POTATOES
(From page 11)

NEW YEAR

(From page 9)
his head. He knew Joe was merely the
first of his customers to whom his competitors had given the message. He also
knew there was enough money behind
a nationally known plant to ruin him.
He wasn't one to quit, and he took his
chance with aplomb.
God gives us each a mind. By thinking
clearly and with understanding we get
the most out of our minds. Success comes
as much by straight thinking as from hard
work.
We all have a desire to put our potential to work. We must pull ourselves out
of our dream world of hope, get a correct
perspective of ourselves and our environment, take stock of what we have, pay
off old debts and control new ones, quit
becoming discouraged by setting our
sights too high by basing them on other
men's accomplishments, see our relationship to other people, and start anew.
This is a new year, and you are beginning again. Next Christmas will come
soon enough, and may the greatest present you receive be the wisdom you gain
by living through another year. •
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of your own that you will share with us.
Have you tried rolling cold boiled potatoes in cooking oil or melted butter
and baking them brown? Add salt and
turn the oven to 400° F. This method
of cooking leaves their inside flaky and
tender and their outside crisp. They taste
like freshly cooked potatoes, not leftovers.
For another change you can roll them in
cornflakes after oiling.
Cold boiled or baked sweet potatoes
are delicious cut in half lengthwise,
dipped in corn meal, and browned. It
is not necessary to use oil on sweet potatoes or yams before rolling them in corn
meal, for the moisture from the potatoes
holds the corn meal. This is a delicious
way of using leftover sweet potatoes. We
have used it in our family for years.
Don't you like the sound of this recipe?
Potato Griddle Scones
11/4 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons Fleischmann's baking powder
2 tablespoons shortening
% cup cold, seasoned mashed potatoes
1 egg, beaten
2 to 4 tablespoons milk
Sift together the flour, salt, and baking
powder. Cut in the shortening until the mixture is granular. Blend in the potatoes. Corn-

2 cups hot or cold seasoned mashed
potatoes
3 tablespoons hot milk
1 egg, separated
2 tablespoons melted butter or margarine
1 teaspoon grated onion
2 tablespoons cut parsley
1 teaspoon salt
To the potato add the hot milk, beaten
egg yolk, butter or margarine, onion, parsley, and salt. Mix well. Beat egg white until
stiff and fold into the potato mixture. Pile
lightly into a greased baking dish. Bake in
a moderate oven (375° F.) for about 35
minutes, or until brown. For a deeper brown,
put the dish under the broiler for 3 or 4
minutes. 4 servings.
Potato Nests With Eggs
11A cups cold mashed potatoes
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
5 eggs
Salt and light seasoning such as Bakon
Yeast
Mix potatoes with one of the eggs. Shape
mixture into four balls. Place potato balls
on a greased baking dish. Press centers of
balls to make cups. Brush cups with the
melted butter or margarine. Heat potato cups
in a moderate oven (375° F.) for 20 minutes.
Remove cups from the oven. Break an egg
into each cup and season with salt and
Bakon Yeast. Return cups to moderate oven
(375° F.) and heat for 12 to 15 minutes.
4 servings.
Mashed potatoes make fine topping for

many casserole dishes. Use in place of
biscuits. •

YOUR NERVE FUSE

(From page 10)
in the brain. New connections or combinations of activity are made with difficulty, but the older and deeper impressions are clear. Many older people are
able to remember past events in great
detail, but they quickly forget recent
happenings.
The mind is kept alert and the switchboard is always ready to send out the messages so long as the wires are kept healthy
and active. If the load becomes too heavy
to carry, lessen the tension on the wires
before you blow another fuse. Sufficient
sleep is essential to healthy nerves. See
to it that you get enough to keep your
body in health. •
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