Show r Dr Brady y Says Smoking Bad BadI For Both I Men Women By Br William Brady rad MD M.D. Lest any anyone one think I'm Im prejudiced diced iced let me say here that Im I'm a pipe smoker Let me sa say too Ul that lt Im I'm a tiro 0 w moderate smoker j ti I er Cr Except 20 or ort 30 days in the t t year ear when the bowling gre greens are arc wet I neither neith neith- er smoke nor want a smoke d I until after lunch Jundt 4 I If theres there's no Dr Brady bowling in the afternoon then theres there's no smoking lug ing in m my playroom that day day- dayI I have my first smoke of the day after dinner in the evening sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times immediately and sometimes some some- sometimes times an hour or two after din din- ner Through the evening I smoke perhaps three Finally although a woman smoking on the street or while I driving her car seems as unlovely I ly y as one who casually drops into a bar baL everything e we can cansay cansay I sa say about the effects of smoking I upon health applies to both sexes In recent years there have been more frequent references in medical literature to cancer cancel o othe of oC f the lungs in heavy smokers Dr A reports a series of such cases encountered in his practice in 10 or 20 years Dr B perhaps with time between patients heavy on his hands makes a survey of recent medical literature and tabulates the salient features of ofa a dozen or 01 more cases of lung cancer in he heavy ry l smokers Dr C p examines the available a data and II publishes in Thorax his views of the problem All of this tends to toI I give one the impression that thata a we know the nature and cause i i of cancer and b that something I j in tobacco smoke may cause canI cancer can- can I leer to develop in the bronchial I passages or lungs I We Ve know nothing of f the kind It is fair to assume that can cancer of the lung is more frequently frequent- frequent I ly y recognized or diagnosed today I than it was 50 years ago but that thatis is all It remains to be determined determined determined deter deter- deter mined whether heavy smokers I II and Nand particularly smokers I are any more liable to have cancer cancer can can- of the lung lung than light smokers smokers I ers pipe or cigar smokers or V nonsmokers Meanwhile 1 it can do no harm to consider these facts 1 1 Whether the nicotine carbon monoxide one on-e or more alde alde- hydes such as furfural methyl wood alcohol arsenic pyridine h acid or tar tar all all of I I which have been found in the smoke smoke smoke-is is the injurious factor is still a question of opinion I Area Reached I 2 In any case the effects of I smoking will depend on the area of mucous the smoke reaches In an ordinary puff the surface of palate tongue lining of cheeks checks and floor of mouth mouth- perhaps seven or eight square inches inches is is exposed to the smoke If the smoker inhales the smoke reaches the lining of the entire throat nose structure and perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps even the larynx voice box into trachea windpipe windpipe windpipe wind wind- pipe and bronchial passages almost almost al al- most if not quite into the air cells of the lungs Thus inhaling I means that an enormously increased in creased absorbing surface is exposed exposed exposed ex ex- posed posed to the smoke 3 For this reason the first precaution precaution precaution pre pre- caution for a smoker to take no matter whether his or her trou trou- I ble hie he cough duodenal ulcer complex cold feet Buergers Buerger's disease dis vascular cardio disturbance ease case or what not is Dont Don't inhale QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Shaking Palsy I I Husband 62 6 has Parkinson Parkinson's s disease Works in traffic dept at job that is very exacting and nerve racking Is such work harmful to him Mrs i T T. II Answer Answer Nos No Send stamped self addressed envelope and ask for pamphlet on Shaking Palsy paralysis Park Parkinson's I disease Any job game recreation tion or pastime which keeps the individual with such tremor occupied occupied occupied oc oc- is good for what a ails Js himor him himor or her Remember the individual u is not ill nor in any danger but I just well just well say the neuromuscular muscular lar machinery machiner is not functioning I as smoothly as it should And I dont don't infer from the mask like expression that theres there's anything wrong in the attic attic if if you approach approach approach ap ap- ap- ap III the individual from that point of view he or she is likely to make a monkey of you Address Address Address Ad Ad- dress Dr Brady care of The Salt Lake Tribune-Telegram Tribune Home Service Bureau Salt Lake City 10 Utah i Liquor By applying liquor carbon is de de- N F solution of coal tar i twice a day for a few weeks I every spot of oC psoriasis cleared up Mrs H. H E E. I i Answer Thank Answer Thank you The solution i I tion lion should be diluted with water for use as a wash wash one one part of oC I solution in twenty parts of water |