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Show 1 ceil i u JLJ tr (J. iii t l yi v.v i i u- i-t? y s - The Doctor Says Tho Well-Known Physician and Writer. ortk-. I AM thirty-seven years old. of good weight, color and appetite, but feel continually exhausted; there is inability in-ability to breathe properly at times; my rest is broken, my eyes are tired, my temperature is below normal most of the time, and my kidneys act too frequently. This lias been going on for twelve years. I look so well that I dislike to complain, but I feel so exhausted at times that it seems that I ought to collapse. What do you think is the matter with me? H. G. F. There is probably nothing the matter with you except a form of neurasthenia that Is not serious. Do not cherish hypochondrical notions; you are evidently dwelling upon all your physiological processes, even to the extent of watching your temperature and counting your respirations. You must try to forget your bodily mechanism and subjective feelings. Yen should be fully occupied in some kind of wholesome and useful work, or else you should concentrate your energies upon some engaging hobby. A rigid examination for a life Insurance policy would probably find you perfectly Bound. MY feet tire very readily and I have peculiar feelings in the ankles and loius. I am unsteady on my feet, particularly at night, and am inclined to fall at times. 1 also have headaches and am nervous. Do not use alcohol. Age 48. What do you think may be the matter with meT P. G. P. Tou may have weak feet or flat. feet. On the other hand, you may be developing locomotor ataxia. Test the strength of the feet by seeing If you can hop on the hall and toes of each foot with your shoes off. If the feet are weak you should exercise them by rising up slowly on the toes and coming down slowly; also by hopping; do not walk with the feet turned outward; have the inside of the heels of your shoes raised a quarter of an inch: if you have flat feet you need a 'Whitman brace. But you must be examined for symptoms of locomotor ataxia, the leg and eye reflexs fuust be tested: standing erect, with your eyese closed and the feet close together you should be able to maintain your balance without, with-out, swaying. It is most Important that you have this question cleared up. Finally, hardening of the arteries of the lower limbs, or local arteriosclerosis, arterio-sclerosis, may be manifested by sudden "giving way" of the legs during walking; this condition is generally known as Intermittent claudication. WHAT do you think the cause of a bunion which has ' appeared on the foot of one who has never worn tight or ill-fitting shoes t 31. C. W. Bunions are practically always the result of compression of the toe?, and of wearing shoes that are not straight on the inside line right out to the end of the great toe. Of course, tt is possible for a bunion to develop as a result of some direct injury to the burse, or pad, over the large joint of the great toe. What you have considered well-fitting shoes ! might not. meet the approval of an orthopedist: a shoe which forces i the great toe toward the other toes is a bunion producer, though it may I be "well-fitting" from an esthetic point of view and even seem com- i fortable. WXIAT is the cause of sudden jumping in bed just as one dozes off to sleep? K. I. N. The sudden jumping is due to the sudden relaxation of muscles that have been in tension during the half-awake, half-asleep period: as sleep deepens the tension gives way and the shock brings back more or less consciousness. con-sciousness. The tension depends upon the degree of muscular activity, upon digestive conditions, and upon the state of the brain and nervous j system. j JJJOW can I treat an inflammation of the inside of the eyelids which is not relieved by simple remedies or by the wearing of glasses? B. C. Put a drop of 20 per cent argyrol into the eye twice a day. Do not order more than a dram of this solution as it Is quite expensive- Your glasses may be at fault and may not be relieving eyestrain. Y'ou should have the lids examined to make sure that the trouble is a simple conjunctivitis con-junctivitis and not ganular lids (trachoma), which requires special treatment. J All troubled about my breathing ; even eating makes it difficult. T have no pain, but can't seem to get enough air. "What causes this? J. F. Such difficulty may be due to asthma, anemia, gaseous distension of the stomach, heart disease, fluid In the pleural space (between the lung and the chest wall), pressure of enlarged glands, or a tumor, or a dilated blood vessel (aneurism) upon the windpipe, bronchial tube or upon a. nerve supplying the larynx; It may also be due to emphysema, which is a dilated condition of the air cells of the lungs. You should bo carefully examined by your physician. J0 yon think spraying the nose likely to favor the. extension ex-tension of any disease or to do harm in other ways? J. F. Spraying can be overdone. Many ill-advised solutions are also employed. em-ployed. It. is not wise to continue the use of solutions containing glycerine glycer-ine Indefinitely, and salt solutions are very much abused. Salt Is exceedingly exceed-ingly Irritating to the nasal mucous membrane If ised too strong. A safe way to use salt Is to buy the salt tablets (sodium chloride tablets) put up by the large manufacturing houses and procurable through any pharmacist; pharma-cist; they are usually made of such strength that one dissolved in a half-tumblerful of water makes a normal or physiologic salt solution. 1 Roughly, you can make such a solution by dissolving a dram of salt In a pint of water; a dram is sixty grains, or a small teaspoonful. Spraying with the proper solution would do no harm if not overdoen. The nasal secretions must be depended upon largely and not washed away too frequently, for they are antagonistic to germs. The greatest harm In connection with spraying is due to hard blowing of the nose, forcing Infectious material up the Eustachian tube Into the oar; this should not be blamed upon the spraying. WHAT do you think of twilight sleep ? M. M. M. The Indications for twilight sleep have been greatly narrowed. As a fad it. has passed, and the scientific Indications have been carefully worked out. In a few very abnormal types of patients It has been found useful, but grave ricks to the child aro Involved. As a general proposition Us employment Is Inadvisable; cases must be Individually dealt with. The consensus of opinion Is decidedly against It and ninny eminent, physicians would not think of using It under any circumstances, for scientific and conscientious reasons. HAVE albuminuria nnd symptoms of nephritis , liright's disease). "What aro lhe causes and effects? "What dietetic rules should be observed? W. J. (!. Nephritis, or Ilright.'s disease, may be caused by scarlet fever, exposure ex-posure to cold nnd wet, tonsillitis, abuse of alcohol, heart disease 'and arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). It. may cause dropsy, headache, head-ache, anemia, nausea and vomiting, high blood pressure, weakness, enlargement en-largement of the heart, shortness of breath, vertigo. Insomnia, dilutions of vision, general deterioration of health and uremia (systemic poisoning lue to the retention In the blood of certain products, the kidneys failing to eliminate properly). When acuto, a milk diet Is best; In less severe cases mill: and farlnnceotiH foods are necessary; fait should be (.Unlimited from lhe diet, as f.ir as possible; no nitrogenous foods imii: be eaten; for exa rn pie, meat, eggs, peas and beans. I ' ' V".v.v....' !. 4 " - A x N f - V " - A X J - :: - - i .'" , . 0 ' ' ' V.'- '-".-t VS.'-: V .V' !!' s- 'v iit:;! te -A " : , -- ''1 y . : . . - : - - v "Supplement the morning hand bath bv soakine; the nails for two minutes in warm soap suds." Especially Posed by MISS GRACE DAI? LING at CAMPBELL STUDIO MY hands arc pitifully thin and shrunken. How can they be made plump again? ('. V. G. The skin of your hands needs food just as much as the skin of the face. Olive oil rubbed en the hands for a few weeks will make a marvelous change in their appearance. The following cream, if gently massaged Into the. skin of the hands, will cause a marked rejuvenation reju-venation : Almond oil 1' ounces Cucumber juice 1 ounco White wax 1 dram C permncetti 1 ounce Oil of neroll 5 drops you recommend so.nelhing for a bad case of pimples, blackheads and enlarged pores? BLANCHE S. Pat he the faie thoroughly with warm water nnd a mild so.-'p. then apply I he following to the pimples every niLjht just bo:nrc going to bed: Bcnzoatet znc ointment. 1 ounco Snlycilic acid .20 grains Gum camphor 10 grains Do not press out the blackheads, except when abso-lu'ely abso-lu'ely necessary, because ;;-is enlarges the pores. Wash the face dally In trpl.I water In hlch you have put ten or twenty drops of benr.oln. This will have an r.stringent effect and tend to draw the ports tosether. |