Show You and Your Health H ah ahBy By DK DR MORRIS' MORRIS Editor Journal of tho the American Medical 1 Association and of the tho Health Magazine 1 Many people have a feeling that fish Is Js not really as valuable for tor building human tissue and preserving preserving pre pre- serving human flesh as M Is the meat of animals Still there are nations ns which live almost wholly on fish and seem to do very well at It The flesh of ot most fish commonly common common- ly used In the diet such as halibut halt ball but codfish whitefish salmon trout pickerel and perch will average from 15 to 18 per cent protein as compared with approxImately approxImately approximately 21 per cent protein for meat and poultry The flesh of ot fish provides protein protein pro pro- tein fat mineral salts particularly particularly arly iodine and phosphorus as aswell aswell aswell well as vitamins More Moro than 80 million p pounds of fresh frozen and smoked fish were produced In tho the United States in 1930 1030 Fish flesh is digestible accordIng accordIng accord accord- Ing to the amount of fat that it contains This varies greatly In Indifferent Indifferent different species Salmon which Is rather rich in fat Is Js not digested as easily as oysters trout bass and bluefish Mackerel pompano and shad come como b between tween salmon and codfish in their content of at fat Herring is so widely eaten caten by byall byall all races types and classes of people that It is perhaps tho the most Important of oC all fish in the diet Tho The herring family includes not only the true herring but also such fish as whitebait spra sprats and sardines Herring contains a good protein with a relatively high amount of phosphorus There are some strange superstitions superstitions superstitions super super- about fish One is tho the idea that fish Is a brain food I have havo pointed out repeatedly that this superstition depends on the high content of ot phosphorus Inthe in inthe the tho flesh of the fish Another superstition Is that the eating of ot fish tends to produce melancholia The only explanation tion offered for this notion is that certain religious groups permit permit permit per per- mit fish on days when meat is not permitted You should remember however that many of tho the northern races which cat eat heavily of fish such as tho Eskimos and the Scandinavians Scandinavians Scandinavians are of tho the more stoic and less effervescent type TODAY'S HEALTH QUESTION Q Is there a cure for catarrh and is it possible to regain hearIng hearing hearing hear hear- ing which was lost due to catarrh catarrh ca en- A. A The word catarrh has been scrapped by the medical pro pro- It indicates an infection infection tion or an inflammation There arc are few infections which cannot bo be brought under control by modern modern mod mod- cm ern medical care When hearing Is lost there has hu been damage to the tissues Involved in involved involved In- In in hearing The Thc extent to which it can be regained depends on the extent of oC permanent dam dam- age This must be determined by bya a doctor after a careful examination |