Show 1101 developing MORALE A successful furniture manufacturer after having I 1 lost cost through an unfortunate fortunata un investment his factory factor y and plant gave up in despair later on he was ablo able to start a little factory employing a halt half dozen men A brilliant surgeon lost his nerve or morale duo due to various infections despite tho the removal at OL ot these infections ti ons he still felt unequal to resuming his work visiting dr DrU batton arton his farmer brother chance gave him tho the opportunity to build a complete wagon for the brother build a sun parlor for hla his own city home and enabled him to visit the hospital to tb watch an operation during the operation the operating surgeon surge 0 n received a wire from a country do doctor c to go immediately to a critical case lie he asked our surgeon friend to carry on the operation the surgeon did so did a few operations and finally opened an in ff a large professional building because he had regained his nerve his morale regaining nerve or morale in both of these cases was due to getting busy doing something not just sitting and worrying A timely editorial in the journal of 01 the american medical association speaks of an excellent project launched by the new york academy of medicine its object Is the development of morale among the people of the united states by means of radio talks that these talks arranged by exports experts in i public health and psychiatry mc mental entail ailments will prove helpful in building morale can be seen as we wa read the program 1 mental casualties result not so much from threat of bodily harm as from disruption disturbance of the normal living 2 the best antidote to panic Is to engage the ener energies gies of people in somo useful community work 3 those with anxieties can find relief from these anxieties in social activities 4 children tend to reflect the anxieties of their parents parents knowing this will protect their children 6 5 to children under six home Is the emotional center while to children under 11 school Is the emotional pivot a 0 food and warmth are all important in sustaining morale for flu cases during the flu epidemic of colp 19 there were many cases of sinus infection and also tonsillitis followed by infection of the middle ear media in many of these cases the infection extended right into the th 0 spongy mastoid bone behind the ear when the symptoms were severe it was necessary to operate and remove a portion of this bone so that the infection could drain out through the opening during the height ol of the epidemic the military hospital with which I 1 was connected was averaging about one mastoid operation dally daily that flu itself and its cora complications tonsillitis and media may be controlled more mor e readily now thus avoiding mastoid operation can be expected from the use of dr K X sigg basel in the swiss medical cal journal reports his results from in 28 cases of influenza flu enza 8 cases of tonsillitis and 12 cases of othis media in the influenza cases the temperature was reduced to normal in 4 49 hours this rapid reduction in temperature pera ture was very evident in those who had fever for some time before the was given in tonsillitis and media not only did the temperature drop rapidly but the coating on the tonsils and the redness of the car drum also disappeared the temperature dropped in 30 to 48 hours and the coating on tonsils disappeared in two to three cays which meant that the patient felt better even before the coating on tonsils disappeared in media the favel disappeared in 24 to 30 hours after the was given dr sigg advises large doses of sulta at the beginning which can be repeated the second day if temperature is not reduced the dose can be smaller for children 0 QUESTION BOX in a recent article you mention the tact fact that formaldehyde is used in the treatment of perspiring feet will you kindly publish directions for the use of formaldehyde A wash and dry feet thoroughly then paint soles of feet and in between toes with equal parts of a 35 31 per cent commercial formaldehyde for malle and distilled water four hi fit succession this usually lasts for f four our t to 0 r alx alx lx months when it can be done again |