| Show i 1 I Brady Says Irregularity r of Heart Beat Often Often Stirs False Worry It e application of terms of bf the actions of machinery t tn to toan ton o I an n functions is at times amus- amus b but u ut t usually expressive jae Se e t terms e r m s mean more than doctor t tr terms herms r terms used patient who be beI y ying yino inS inS' to y I e term miss e used in refe ref- ref ce e to the ac- ac of the heart from Dr Brady Bratly known ell impression created balky gas engine enSine While hile the missing is about all doctor needs to hear the exion exion ex- ex Bion ion actually does not truly dee de- de e what happ happens ns r Prolonged Pause y Iy tyPe of f irregular heart ac- ac may be bc described by the pa- pa as missing One of the most mon man non irregularities of the heart n n is known technically as asia ia ra systole systole This appears to patient as a prolonged pause een beats sometimes followed r thump The term missing Is 15 instance would seem quite there is no miss letters not more than i page or words long perg per- per ig g to personal health and iene ene ene not to disease dia ding ding- or Of treatment will be bo anred an- an ed red b by Dr Brad Brady if aped a ped self-addressed self envelope Address Dr closed Brady of Home Service Bureau Lake Telegram Salt Lake 10 t Eer er r two contractions contractions' of the thet t occur in such manner that the other so rapidly I the usual pause between the theis is imperceptible Following Following- i prolonged pause occurs until e for the next regular beat to the pause is perceptible to patient the quick out of is not The beat beat impression patient patient gets is that he has hasa hasla la a beat Errant Impulse systole extra-systole systole means of the heart occurs use a nervous impulse which not come under the control of nervous mechanism es the heart muscle causing t contraction This impulse ibe be described as errant or y v. v It is not always possible d the source of the table u tug ng g nervous impulse Howy How- How many y persons have found systoles extra systoles are associated strong coffee and identifiable things Extras Extra- Extra s may occur in the presence ormal heart In fact they ry y often found in norm normal l However the persistence systoles must in time to the suspicion of some de- de tog lug defect of the heart I j Often Unimportant heart n nor normally o r m mall a 11 y beats regardless of the theof theof I of t speed of the action action- Some- Some the rhythm is replaced by lar action which is notice- notice by rby the patient and may be dated with some degree of The absolute lack larity larit of heart action is well m to all doctors by specific which I need not burden you Sat jat this time The condition the name is important of the heart action ten of no great importance if f temporary may usually be ed red However ever every doctor seen seen patients who finally give giveand and come to the doctor to 1 I have their dark fears confirmed confirmed- patients who for months or y years ars have been brooding brooding- silently over the irregular action of their hearts Most Are Functional Most of these people are arc de delighted delighted delighted de- de lighted to receive the news that the they have been worrying need need- lessly Most of ot these irregularities are arc functional ie i.e. they are not due to heart disease as such Ordinary doses of quinine have no appreciable effect upon the heart but they do affect the blood vessels causing a slight dilation of the latter This action may contribute contribute contribute con con- tribute to a better flow of blood to and from the heart and thus permit the heart to function more normally Quinine can restore normal rhythm of the heart action in many instances Su Suggest gest Small Amount You may remember that many persons have reported to me that by taking small doses of quinine in advance ance of certain events such as public speeches writing of examina examinations examinations ex ex- ex- ex amina ions and the like that they have been enabled to get through much better than without it The explanation of this may lie in the fact that they have better circulation circulation circulation lation for the time being which makes the heart less susceptible to thumping thumping one one of the character characteristic characteristic char char- acter symptoms which contributes contributes contributes con con- tributes to the difficulty of the unusual ordeal The dose I have suggested is small small perhaps perhaps only one or two grains taken three time a day for fora a few days This dose is much smaller than the dose usually given for the condition in which quin quinine ne is often employed QUESTIONS AND iL ANSWERS A. DC Dry Eyes Eres My y eyes are so dry that after sleep they are painful and it is misery to get them open I am 66 years old and otherwise well J. J W W. M M. Answer Answer Dryness of the eyes from insufficient secretion of tears is s a common manifestation of vitamin vitamin vitamin vita vita- min A deficiency of of course this is s but one of many possible causes It can do no harm to try supplementing supplementing supplementing supple supple- your diet with three 25 unit capsules of vitamin A not carotene daily for a month or more Foods that contain the most vitamin A are milk cream butter eggs yolks calf liver sardines eel carp mullet Cod Codor or other fish fisli liver oils are the richest natural sources of vitamin A. A Carotene sometimes called vitamin A is the substance present present present pres pres- ent in green yellow ello and red vegetables vegetables vegetables vege vege- tables roots or leaves from which i animals and man manufacture natural natural natural nat nat- ural vitamin A A. A But units or carotene are far from being equivalent equivalent equivalent equiv equiv- alent to units of real vitamin A. A Only a a. part of the carotene can be metabolized or converted into real vitamin A in the animal or human body Nothing ng Smaller Than Elbow May Mav I have the recipe for ear eardrops eardrops eardrops drops drops- for running ear I have a abad abad abad bad habit of cleaning my ears with a 3 hair pin Mrs K H H. Answer Yes if you send stamped self-addressed self envelope Never insert anything smaller than your elbow in your ear Does Docs removal of the uterus womb mean the end of child childbearing childbearing childbearing bearing Answer Answer Yes Took sulfa drug when I had pneumonia and my heart has never got back to normal Do you ou think the sulfa caused it Answer Answer No Copyright 1919 John F F. F Dille Co |
