Show F- F 1 fr r. r Brady Says ut J j r Smoking Smoking Produces Symptoms t t Of Gastric Duodenal Ulcer r t By William lam Brady 10 MD M.D. I It It is a a matter of little momen moment t i a a. a doctor exploring for duodenal er finds a 3 sac ac of gallstones in- in 1 cad ad ad The pat pat pa- pa ent t t would be beto to get rid nd f gall bladder f. f t i t e id d con contents tents bed bet be- be beire I- I t ire re re one of the thenes E Ee I 1 nes got out in te e gall gaIl duct to f 1 t it t u up P an attack f g gallstone allstone colic in F 3 It would be anSing an- an l Sing lying to open a V. V aase ase e of gastric or u ulcer 1 Ice c c r Dr Brady complex and find only r. r that the patient has been smoking too much A girl aged abed 19 years had smoked nearly a pack of a day for about one and one-half one years before before before be be- fore she came under medical care for peptic ulcer complex Her complaint complaint complaint com com- plaint was the familiar gastric or duodenal ulcer sequence food comfort pain food comfort pain I A boy of 20 had suffered the same sequence for seven months He had been smoking since he was 17 Spankings Needed I Much better remedies for bothI both I patients better than anti acids nerve sedatives cs sizzling painI painkillers pain pain- I killers special diets would have I been a few good spankings spanking when they first cultivated the smoking habit Corporal punishment is the proper groper penalty for the youth who indulges in smoking ng before he ie or she is old enough to vote do military military mili mili- I tary service or support himself or herself I Both patients made complete recovery recovery recovery re re- II covery a 3 few weeks after they stopped smoking oking A good many smokers who have ha all the symptoms of gastric or duodenal ulcer owe their discomfort discomfort discomfort I fort or 01 suffering wholly to the untoward effects of smoking It I doesn't maI make e much difference if they merely cut down on their heir smoking as a rule In order get to-get any lasting relief they must quit Imol smoking ing altogether not just dust for fora a week or a month but for at least six months if they wish to find out whether the trouble is du due wholly to smoking It takes months for the degenerative changes caused by smoking to clear up up- up for instance for nerve-cells nerve or fibres to regenerate if regeneration regeneration regeneration tion is still possible It is not as asso asso asso so many morons imagine a mere matter of getting the nicotine out of the system It is my belief that the untoward effects of smoking are due mainly if not entirely to the c carbon monoxide monoxide monoxide mon mon- oxide in the smoke To be sure there is only a wee bit of carbon monoxide in each cach puff of smoke but it takes precious little carbon monoxide in air one breathes to produce serious or fatal faL effects Breathing air containing only 3 or 4 parts of carbon monoxide which is colorless and odorless in 1000 may prove fatal Got Rid Kid of Trouble About 20 years ago Dr Irving Gray Brooklyn reported in a medical medical medical med med- ical journal his observation of a good many cases in which patients had all the symptoms of peptic ul ulcer ulcer ulcer ul- ul gastric or duodenal but Xray Xray xray X- X ray examination revealed no ulcer All of these hese patients with make- make believe ulcer smoked excessively The patients who ho quit smoking got rid of their stomach trouble The ones who just cut down on their smoking continued to suffer from ulcer symptoms This does not imply that all ulcer ulcer ulcer ul ul- ul- ul symptoms in heavy smokers are make-believe make or spurious In Inmost Inmost Inmost most instances smokers with ul ulcer ulcer ulcer ul- ul symptoms have ulcers which are demonstrable by X But ulcer s symptoms y m p t o m s in a heavy smoker disappear within a month or two after the individual stops smoking often enough to make the test well worth while in any case that case that is if the individual wants to get relief from acidity heartburn hunger pain etc |