Show l Health I I Lulu Hunt Pet Peters MD V r eu Calorie t ANSWERS TO MOTHERS God could not be er e everywhere where I therefore he made mothers Jewish Jewish proverb rb I CHOCOLATE AND COCOA FOR CHILDREN Mrs It R Chocolate R.-Chocolate Chocolate and cocoa contain a principle which similar is t to in in coffee cot cof- fee tee It is not considered b best st t to let children have beverages made from these in strong concentration However if made of milk and with Just enough cocoa or chocolate to flavor they will contain very little of the and are not objectionable Milk of course is of great importance In childhood I and if flavored will be taken when otherwise it Is not liked Every child should have at least three e glasses of milk in s 's some me form daily dally Chocolate candies except in very small amounts are of ot course taboo taboo ta boo for the also ADENOIDS AND TONSILS S. S Mrs S S. S. S has been advised advised by the the school physician to have he her children's childrens chil drens dren's tonsils and adenoids removed but she believes God put them there and they hey should stay This sounds reasonable Mrs Mrs' S S. but let us realize reaUze this While it is tru true that God put them thern there He did not put them there in adis a diseased dis dis diseased eased condition and when things go wrong anywhere in n the body HP He expects us to use the He lIe has given us we us-we we h hope to pe to remedy the cause and tonsils ar are not not tissues tissues tissues sues that are vital to life lite as thousands thou thou- tho thousands sands of ot and adults can testify who have h had d them re removed re- re moved It is true true that that these thes structures structures structures tures are int intended to protect the throat but wh when n they become diseased disEased diseased dis dis- dis- dis eased Ins instead ead of ot acting as s a filter they become a storehouse of g germS and their poisons giVe off oft offa a a stant slant supply of ot these The poisonous poisonous poison poison- ous ma material may settle in the heart joints or other organs It is normal in childhood for the adenoids and tonsils to tp be e ll larger than In adult life Ufe life but but quite fre fie Qu n ly they bec become me so enlarged that they obstruct the breathing breaching Now if this happens they can doan do doan doan an immense amount of haim for forthe the child hil 1 will not develop properly proper proper- ly IY mentally or physically ness neSI earaches night terrors chronic and acute colds coughs thickening voices head headaches ches bed wetting asthma stammering epil eplI- epileptic convulsions ns etc may may result sult from them I i If It there is an obstruction of tUle i breathing long enough there lher may changes occur occur changes in the bon bony structures structures structures tures of the face face- and teeth the face becomes elongated the nose Bose more or less collapsed the upper lip shortened and retracted and the mouth kept open in order to breathe This his is ls the he called so-called so o-c o ad ade adenoid noid face lace j There will wUl also be I changes i id the chest bones They will not develop properly because the child Is s not breathing properly The ope operative risk is not great In n skillful hands and the Improvement I I l of the sy sy symptoms brought about by obstructive tonsils and adenoids Is js I Ivery very great great I As to t tiie e cau cause of ot the overgrowth of of these structures structures v ve we e know that finger linger and pacifier sucking in babyhood babyhood babyhood baby baby- hood will wil undoubtedly ly stimulate their gro growth th the And we know that do an improper diet will also cause their overgrowth Sometimes changing the fhe child to a more hygienic hy hy- gieni regime and diet will cause them to to return to norm normal l. l However However How How- I ever if it after correcting unhygienic lenc habits the child is not improved it jt itIs itis I 1 Is best to go to a specialist and have t the e offending structures re removed re- re re-I re moved I It Is very rare for tor them to recur after val removal but this does happen hap hap- pen peri oc because the they grow from the mucous membrane and of ot course all of the mucous membrane membrane cannot be removed If It they do overgrow overgrow over over- over over- I grow a second time they can be re removed removed removed re- re moved again if it necessary Tomorrow Tomorrow Answers Answers to Corre I I Copyright 1925 by the George Matthew Adams Service I |