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Show This painful ailment troubles 25 million Americans;, but at last medicine is coming up with some amazing answers lot of chronic backache? Doctors now assure us there is no such thing as a slipped disc. The buffers of cartilage between the spine's vertebrae can wear thin at times, or a person may be born with a thinner than normal disc. With our imequipment, a skilled diagproved nostician can tell which is which and if either, is causing backache. More often, as a result of shock (which-ca- n be as slight as stooping to pick up a pin), a disc will rupture, forcing out against surrounding spinal nerves some of the gelatinous core material. The nerves instantly alert the muscles, which tighten to prevent further damage to the spinal column. And those muscles .stay tensed up, radiating exquisite pain, until proper medical diagnosis identifies the cause and recommends repair. Modern surgery can restore such a damaged back to normal in a gratifying number of cases. While admittedly a major operation, spinal repair, has moved ahead fast on several fronts in recent years. Surgeons have developed a highly promising technique for approaching the site of injury through the abdomen. This has proved especially useful in spinal fusion, n nnnriTinn in vmrn i n v nxn11 rm ni fresh bone are sprinkled on the roughened cause X-r- ay Cn)oy tht comfort and rvlautloa of 0 MOTHERS Km your tifM, dry tkia toft FRIEM) and supple wit this depanoablt lubricant. never tissues during prtinancy. Your skin body Mflect Doctor will recommend MUintRS FRIEND to help tooth and moot that stretched feel uif and the aumbnau m too pace, init runout formula hat aovar boaa squalled for saiisiacuoa. At Ml Druf Stores miiit. n up uMun rairan t U1B VCI ti VCUIttC UU ClUlCt B1UC ux BUI IBCCB Ul il. the damaged disc, which has been removed. The vertebrae then fuse or grow together, usually in a few months, to form a single vertebral link in a now pain-fre- e spine. While aspirin, heat, massage, hard-be- d rest, and drugs will continue to play a key role in controlling backache, they must always be coupled with talking things over with the right person (preferably the family doctor). This suggestion is. particularly true of one variety of this widespread and painful affliction: emotionally induced backache. Doctors estimate that nearly half of all lower back pain arises from anxiety, stre&s,.and emotional tension. As Dr. James A. Tobey puts it: "Most people who suffer from tension backaches have other symptoms, too, such as severe headaches, indigestion, palpitations, dizziness, faintness, loss of memory, and nervousness. Many of them can banish their aches and pains by discussing the matter sensibly with their physicians and frankly searching for the real source of their troubles. When calmness and courage are restored, symptoms disappear." ((maxNTt) I Ki&dL AProdactof tho a.s.4. ve., nuania Shrinks Hemorrhoids Ne w Way Without STOPS ITCH-REU- Sifgery"" PAIN EVES For the first time science has found a new healing substance with the astonishing ability to shrink hem orrhoids and to relieve pain with- out surgery. In case after case, while gently relieving pain, actual reduction (shrinkage) took place. Most amazing of all results were so thorough that sufferers made astonishing statements like "Piles have ceased to be a problem 1" The secret is a new healing sub-- discovery of stance (Bio-Dynresearch institute. a world-famoThis substance is now available in tuppotitory or ointment form under the name Preparation H. Ask for it at all drug counters. e) us l.'MI.'.M.'U'.I.M'Ji.in a A muscle-relaxa- PREGNANCY a . Lovely 14 acre litet in Central Florida hilh. lake, frove area S495, no money down. SIO 5 mi lea from famous Rainbow 22 mile to Sonne Electricity, phonea Invest or retire. Coast Gulf Fish, hunt Writ Dept. Q12-- 2 FREE color folder Rainbow Park, Box 521, OCALA, Florida. a month AO nt Aim I i 15 lii turn HELP! ''tM ALL your meU Whoa aaw Kootal KnrubUov o iMn snarl, your mad will ho lOUyori a M noaaTI rnrnrn la aha up your ttv ytroaZipA I.I. ( of your sililiaa . nun a pan yoar auil. PHOTO CREDITS ix UPI; Wlda World. Poge IOi Wohar I. Vecchio for DPI. Poo 1 2i. Ward W. Walk for DPI. George Cserno Page 13i for Dowblodoy. toga I BAD CRtOIT SEN) 1 It, 1965 illicit Bill in Zip Cod YOUR IAUAITIC Family Weekly, December 590471(13) DvmI w wttMA taMfc,afcbwllli 1mm,immnmmwmimmmdMmmmg. M3 PROKIll Mat fOt - NOT A FREE ASSOCIATES -- 144 NESTMMSTEI ST, 10M CO APPllCAIIOt DPT.K ROVftNCt 3. 1 I I |