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Show Your Heoi 'Don't Let Blood Pressure Cause You Undue Alarm that nervousness U to blame for tha raised blood pressun ha hu the patient report ft number of times until some. If not all, ot hia nervousness haa disappeared, and bla true or basts blood pressun K established. What many of oa forget or do not know la that oar blood pressun varies within hours or even min-utaa min-utaa ao that whan tha blood prea-aun prea-aun la takan It may be high If wa are excited and low when wa are calm. ; feraata Wertdag In "Medical Cllnlca of North America," Or. Hllmert A. Ranges, aaiiatant professor of clinical medicine, medi-cine, New York aniveraity college of medicine, report hia observation observa-tion made on a group of Ml indi-riduala indi-riduala with hypertensive diaeaae (high blood pressure) who hare n- By James WJ Batten, MJa, Aa It la generally knows that high blood pressors la tha cauaa of heart strokes (coronary throm-" throm-" 'J?! tm boaia) and brain ' atrafcea (apo- ... - .. piaxy), ft la only L , '. , 1 natural that ,-. -aW - I "hen tha blood f ' preaaura la higher . , F for the age than T . , what la corurid-' corurid-' - and normal, the L Ner- Individual would X . "v : 4 be concerned If X Vwi ot alarmed. Be-s-sasaV ri Teal cause the blood Or. Barton pressure Is high, the individual la likely to be nervous nerv-ous and a little afraid when next examined and tha blood pressure would still, of course, be high. In cases where tha physician suspects mained working and for the most part free of any symptoms (due to high blood pressure) over a period of from 10 to 25 years. They wars all employes of the homo office of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Tha observations ob-servations were made by Dr. Ranges to show that Individuals with high blood pressure may carry -on st their work without, any noticeable' embarrassment from the rtlaesss. AH Still AUve All of the patients In this series have been observed for at least 10 years, the average length. 14 yean. All of tha group wen alive and walking about, at the end of the observation. During and at the end ot all these yean of observation, 189 of the 241 offered no complaints com-plaints caused by high blood pressure. pres-sure. Thoee with complaints suffered suf-fered with tiredness and headaches. head-aches. The purpose of Dr. Ranges' report re-port la to ahow that high blood pressure may exalt over many years without causing any symptoms. symp-toms. A regular checkup by the family physician and advice as to diet and exercise, however, Is advisable. ad-visable. Send today for Dr. Barton's booklet dealing with both high and low blood pressun entitled "How Is Tour Blood Pressun?" To obtain ob-tain it send 10 cents and a S-cent stamp to cover cost of handling and mailing, to Tha Salt Lake Tribune-Telegram Horns Service Bureau, Salt Lake City 10, Utah. Released by Bell Syndicate, Inc. ally served at dinner in. with or after the soup, or with fish or meats that constitute the main fmrt of tha meal." So, tha tomato Is. vegetable. But la It? The National Geographic Geo-graphic continues: "Of course all botanists know that by botanical definition the tomato is a fruit" "The truth Is, then is no clear distinction between fruits and vegetables. veg-etables. Even Latin doesn't help. Fruit Is from fructus, "to enjoy." Vegetable is from vegere, "to be sctlve." Well It was fun trying, wasn't ltT Released by Bell Syndicate, Inc. |