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Show HEALTH ADVICE ByTvlorris Fisnbelrl Editor, Journal o the Amerlcea Medical Med-ical Associetioa By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN A much more severe condition than urticaria but a similar character char-acter is called angioneurotic edema. ede-ma. In this condition certain portions por-tions of the body suddenly swell, particularly the eyes and lips. These swellings come on spon- taneously. Frequently an itching, prickling or burning sensation will precede the appearance of the eruption. The chin, .hands, feet and tongue also may swell. Sometimes the trouble lasts for several days but usually disappears disap-pears in from 24 to 36 hours. In certain forms there may be danger dan-ger of death if the swelling attacks at-tacks the linings of the throat or the valve which shuts off the windpipe. This, however, Is a rather rare condition. Everything should be done lit cases of angioneurotic edema to determine the exact substance to which the person is sensitive and to eliminate it from his environment environ-ment and his diet Many casea have been reported as due to certain cer-tain foods. The skin is a mirror of tha body in many waysTherefore certain manifestations related to the skin have been from time to time associated as-sociated with sensitivities to various vari-ous foods, drugs and protein substances. sub-stances. In babies particularly, there are certain forms of eczema which are definitely supposed to be a sign of sensitivity of the baby to something some-thing in its food.. Rashes often appear during the first two weeks of life. They begin with a redness red-ness which subsequently changes to red spots and blisters. Scales and crusts form after the blisters break. The itching is such that there is a tendency to rub and -scratch which aggravates the condition con-dition and spreads it The pouring out of fluids from these eruptions makes it a wet disturbance which gives the skin a most unsightly appearance. Usually the child that breaks out with this kind of an eruption has parents who also are allergic in some manner. Occasionally the baby will have not only skin eruption erup-tion but also some signs of asthma. j The baby is sometimes sensi- tized to foods which the mother has eaten and which the baby j gets through the milk. When the j child has the proper skin tests, it , is found to be sensitive perhaps to milk or some other protein : substance. It is difficult to avoid milk In the baby's diet but there are now soy bean milks and other preparations which can be given when the child is sensitive to cow's milk. TRAGEDY OF BABY DERBY Ten years ago Charles Vance Millar, wealthy lawyer-sportsman of Toronto, Canada, who held mankind in low esteem, died and in death perpetrated his most ghastly joke a jest that brought 120 babies into the world, of whom more than 30 died and two were feeble minded. Millar, as disclosed In Look, the picture magazine, willed . half a million dollars to the Toronto mother who bore the most children chil-dren in ten years. The chance of winning a half million dollars was no joke to many Toronto families, who recognized possibly their one opportunity for wealth. Throughout the ten-year period these families vied for the coveted prize. The race finally settled down from 17 entries to a bitterly contested battle between a relatively rela-tively few families. When the allotted ten-year period pe-riod had rolled around on October Octo-ber 31, 193S, six mothers claimed the prize, each with nine children, except for Mrs. Lily Kenny, who first claimed 12 children had been born to her in the ten-year period, but later changed it to 11. She is still determined to win the Millar Mil-lar prize. Other contestants dis- , pute her claim. Only six of her total of IS children are living. She declares three sets of twins were born in the derby, but two sets have died. Mrs. Kenny maintains that Millar was a gambler and so is she. Thus she gambles for the entire fortune. Other mothers moth-ers are willing to split the money, but not Mrs. Kenny. Another strangely tragic development devel-opment aa the stork race neared its close was the sudden entrance of "Mrs. X." later revealed as Mrs. Pauline Mae Clarke, who, though only 24 years old, had ten children in the ten-year period. Five of these she admitted were borji out of wedlock. She lost her chance for the prize money when the court held that only legitimate legiti-mate offspring were eligible. Among the leading contestants at one stage of the derby was Mrs. Grace Bagnato. but only seven of the nine children she claimed were registered. She has had 23 children in her married life, of whom 14 are living. Unlike Un-like other derby families, the Ken-nys, Ken-nys, Darrigios, Grazianos and Nagles, the Bagnato brood haa never been on relief. Many derby mothers are broken in health from having too many children. The largest derby family belongs be-longs to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Timleck. Of 17 children born to the couple. 15 are living. Eight are claimed as eligible for the derby. Another eligible died last year. Mrs. Timleck is one of the six women tied for the prize who, Is willing to split the (500,000. Not strange that she haa now become be-come a birth control advocate. Lawyer Millar'a last death jest with human nature with tha baby derby bequest has no counterpart in modern times. Less ghastly among his last bequests were those giving race track stock to reformers and brewery shares to ministers. A joke on the joking sportsman, however, ia that his home has now become a maternity mater-nity hospital |
