Show t Health y ulu ilu Heart Pet Peters MD I g ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS DENTS ITCHY SPOTS Mrs rs C Some C.-Some Some people J suffer from isolated spots spot of ot Itching and Irritation Irritation irritation tion without any apparent cause There must be In these cases some come irritation of 01 the nerve endings to cause this but what it is Is is Js difficult to determine Naturally 2 we wonder if It the diet is b balanced lanced and 1 if there I Is not too much or too little of ot It and J If other habits are observed In some cases covering the spot with a softening ointment has re resulted resulted resulted re- re In a cessation of ot the itching and the cure of ot the infection caused from One of at our followers follow follow- ers writes that she cured an itchy i spot by a paste of scraped raw raly p po po- po tato Those of ot you who are suffer sutter- suffering ling ing might try this 1 Potatoes are rather high In potassium slum salts and these may be the he I healing factors Scraped raw row potatoes potatoes potatoes pota pota- toes are advised by one medical writer for J painful knees and Joints I I Of 01 course we are Just treating treating'S a symptom when we treat in a man mangy manner I ner like this ode e must get at the cause and one should uld have A a. thorough thorough thorough thor thor- I ough physical examination to determine determine determine deter deter- mine this PETER IZING Dear Doctor I have been Pe as we call It In our family for Just a a. year now I have succeeded succeeded succeeded suc suc- in reducing my weight over fifty pounds but have almost that much still to lose and find the second second second sec sec- ond fifty much the hardest Mrs L. L for reducing I like that Maybe we can get our name In the dictionary You Tou are going through the usual ex experience Mrs I L. L in finding it is harder hoarder to to reduce after atter the first tint 60 BO pounds There are several reasons for COr this First we finally get down downto to the better organized and less watery fat second after getting down do somewhere near normal the diet Is not adhered to so closely for torr there theN is not quite the incentive incentive tive of ot laudable vanity that there was in the first place There are more feast days and one feast day can wickedly undo the work of ot thrEe thre or t four UT diet days then I third third the system apparently ac ac- ac itself to a a. lower in intake intake in- in take of food toad and is Js more economical In-I In cal cat of ot its Hs ue use so that more Is is allOWed al si allowed al- al lowed for stora storage I Dont Don't be discouraged Mrs I L. L Be careful of the feast days das and be content to lose Jose a little less lens than you 1 have been losing The chief point I I is to lose a a. small mall amount steadily I If It you find find after after ater two w weeks eks that you Vou ou have not lost an any on a fairly low caloric Intake then better go goon goon go goon on one or two days of ot liquid diet of ot not more than calories of ot skim or butter milk or fruit Juices On this one or two days you win wilt I lose from two to three pounds anyway anyway any any- way CHANGING ANATOMY Mrs 1 The IC-The The usual cause for tor hanging breasts Is the over n of of ot fat tat in them The weight eight drags them down This usually comes with general over over- weight They often otten appear when weight Is Is' Is gained excessively during durIng during dur dur- ing nursing and pregnancy pre Then the f fact ct that the breasts are se secreting secreting secreting se- se I milk is brae blamed unjustly Another cause is the h very tight brassiere which it Jt used to be the fashion to wear If It the breasts have hae once lost Jost their I contour there is not much that can I be done for them tot there is no muscle tissue in them to be toned I up uy 1 J don dont don't t know of anything that I 1 Ican can be done for them except surgery surgery sur sur- gery ger and 1 wouldn wouldn't t advise that thaI Th The only thin thing to do is u. to prevent I ther their mal formation as tar far as pos pos- sible POS 1 Tomorrow Answers tp Corre Corre- Copyright 1925 by bv the George Matthew Adams Adms S rice |