Show Dr Fishbein's Health Talks fly DR MORRIS FISHBEIN There used to be bc a saying that pepie pee pe pIe who had gallbladder infections were most often women who were fair lat fat and forty That idea arose principally because the diagnosis w was seldom made until well vell alon along in life Today we wc know that gallbladders may become inflamed in in- flamed in fairly young people and that even gallstones ma may be found foun in young adults and children Women have disturbances of the gallbladder more often than men one of the reasons being that women In process of childbirth have increased amounts of in the blood and cholesterol forms the basis for lor gallstones A few simple avoiding In In- of the gallbladder were outlined recently by il a famous phy- phy Here they are 1 Avoid typhoid and the enteric group roup of fevers 2 Avoid infection In tonsiLs teeth sinuses and respiratory tract 3 A Avoid void the incautious we use of 01 drugs of the series eries 4 4 If a woman avoid havIng a large arge family 5 Eat three meals a da day but avoid getting fat 6 Dont Don't be a meal skipper but dont don't be a glutton 7 7 Dont Don't be a aJack Jack Spratt and cat no lat fat or the surgeon will get your gallbladder before you OU know where youre you're at The first two of oC these rules are im im- because it hu has long been realized rea lied that disease of the gallbladder is associated in many instances with infection elsewhere in the body and particularly with typhoid and para paratyphoid typhoid fevers In many instances gallstones have been found to contain typhoId germs Furthermore when people become typhoid carriers the typhoid germs are frequently found to be residing in the gallbladder It has been rather well established that the gallbladder empties when food Is taken and particularly when fats are arc part of the diet The best fats to eat cat to promote of the gallbladder are nrc simple fats like butter butler olive oil cream bacon an anthe and the yolks yo of oft eggs greasy foods are not healthful health health- ful for lor this purpose In addition to the usual types of infections in in- and inflammations of the gallbladder other conditions may involve in in- volve this organ including the thc van vari Otis ous types of tumors and infections Doctors are arc able to make much betten bet ten diagnoses than were possible years ago because of the development of the ray Xray and of the various substances sub substances stances which taken internally help the ray Xray to give a a good outline of the gallbladder and Its contents |