Show I Personal Health Wealth t I I i 3 Warnings Given Victims Of Glass Ar Arm A 1 Ailment I By Dr William Brady t I Walking In the English garden gardenin in Munich one day about Christmas Christ mas time I spied a young couple wrote petting the professor On Ona a n mischievous Impulse impulse impulse Im im- k l la pulse I gathered a EI snowball and tossed t it U them o J J r. r My arm hurt excruciatingly ex ex- and I f fell ell to my side as t tho though h o u ugh g h paralyzed b but u t soon the pain was gone and so was the couple Dr Dr- Brady Three days l later ter however my arm began to hurt a good deal Hot packs and other remedies gave lIttle little little lit lIt- tle relief and I could get no sleep I sent for Dr on the teaching teaching teaching teach teach- ing staff of the university The doctor lifted my arm to horizontal 1 I couldn't lift it myself myself myself my my- self pressed on the nerve in front and said no not neuritis then inthe in hi hithe inthe the rear no not arthritis then he pressed his finger directly below the tip Up of the shoulder and the pain was acute Bursitis he said Glass arm I said The doctor had never heard of glass arm I 1 had never heard of ot bursitis The doctor told me my unaccustomed unaccustomed unaccustomed tomed effort to throw th the snowball had probably ruptured some fibres of the muscle and possibly the sac of the bursa oursa The sac or bursa he said contains oil that lubricates the shoulder shoulder shoulder-or or something to that effect effect Im Im only a layman and Im I'm not sure I have the terms right Anyway in two weeks my arm was out of ot the sling well but weak The doctor did advise against heat just heat just keep the arm armin armin armin in sling and against body he said for heat causes the oil to continue pouring from the sac sac Signed I 1 want to warn all victims of glass arm to beware of three things First dont don't get the notion that taking cold in the arm ors oIl shoulder or neck has anything to todo todo do with the trouble Second if anybody suggests hit him a kick in the teeth Third Third- dont don't sever seven relations with your physician until you have recovered recovered full tull use use use-of of arm and shoulder With few exceptions it is a reflection on your spirit and intelligence to accept accept ac ac- ce t even partial crippling as your permanent lot after bursitis Rem Remember Remember Re Re- ReI I m member that when everything has been done that can be done with passive manipulation by physician or physical therapist under physicians physician's physicians physician's physicians physician's cian's direction and active manipulation manipulation manipulation mani mani- by yourself if use of ot shoulder and arm is still short of what it should be surgery may complete the cure Copyright 1948 John F Dille Co |