Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-29 | Page 17 | Daily Health Service

Daily Health Service Modern Medicine Prolongs Life for Heart Sufferers By DR MORRIS I Editor Journal of the ho American Medical Medi cal Association and of I the Health Magazine l I The person with heart disease Is liable to live a fairly normal existence provided the weakened heart is com corn This term signifies that changes have taken place in the tissues tissues sues in response to development of the weakness which make th the heart able to do the work that it should Recently Dr T. T L. L Hyman and N. N M. M Fenichel have reviewed the thc records records records rec rec- of ot patients with chronic heart disease who had not been able to develop compensation three Forty of these patients had hearts as a result of rheumatic fever four Fifty represented the elderly group croup with hardening of ot the arteries I Some of these patients had very high blood pressure without complications but about an equal number had high blood pressure with serious complications The cause of rheumatic fever is not definitely known It is presumed to tobe tobe tobe be an infection perhaps associated with certain constitutional condi condi- lions The cases of ot high blood pre pressure ure were the results not only of the wear and tear of modern life but in two co cases ases c of a complicating o of f the thyroid gland in many cases t the he condition was associated with willi ex cx- excessive tc c smoking Eight of these people with heart d dt disease were restored to compensation t tion ion by being put at rest for a considerable con con- s period during which they received re rc c a suitable diet six Fifty were greatly g benefited by the administration gt t tion ion of digitalis which is the sheet a anchor n t the control of heart disease I aI It t has a accomplished more for or patients w with ith heart disease than any procedure e except properly controlled rest and and h hygiene giene In some Instances in which a con con- amount of fluid had col collected In fri the tissues because of th tho weakness of the circulation the physicians were able through mechanical mechanical mechanical me me- removal of the fluid by tap ping and through the prescribing o of drugs which arc are known to have a special special cial value in eliminating fluid from the body to give patients a considerable considerable consider consider- able amount of ot help In some cases in which the was acute and serious th the administration of ot oxygen over a brief period of time enabled the patients to weather the storm after which proper treatment gave then added years of ot life