Show ri r Q T TAL A L K KS S 1 WI HEART STIMULANTS AND HEART TONICS Perhaps we express a heresy when we says that say that no drug can be more than thana a temporary stimulant or crutch to help I the patient over a crisis just as the whip helps a horse over ever the barrier Learned doctors have written volumes upon the treatment of heart disease and the more a man knows about the subject the less he relies upon drugs to restore a damaged heart to com corn Rest judicious quantity of food brine carbonated baths graduated graduated graduated exercise including walking on the level and graduated hill climbing seem to be the effective measures for the treatment of heart disease You would not whip a horse all the flie way through a race Neither should you expect a drug to drive the heart Indefinitely Some people most victims victims victims vic vic- tims of imaginary heart disease or weak heart whatever that may be take drugs like nitroglycerin and digitalis over long periods of time without reason or benefit and sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times with Injury to the health Strychnine has its place as a nerve castigator for emergencies but certainly can add nothing to the energy output of the heart Nitroglycerin is not a aheart aheart aheart heart stimulant at all but only a fleeting fleeting fleeting fleet fleet- ing dilator vaso a which opens up the arterioles or small vessels and tal takes es the load off the heart for the moment sometimes moment sometimes a a. good thing I sometimes a bad thins thine for the j I tion At the longest produces pro pro- pro pro-I j duces an an t effect lasting two hours Hence when it is taken three times a aday aday aday day there are more hours when it isn't Influencing the circulation than hours when it is You may take your choice of the hours when you feel better while taking nitroglycerin And digi digi- digitalis talis is worthless for emergencies since today's dose cannot be expected to produce any effect upon the heart till tomorrow the drug Is a pretty poor I stimulant for weak spells Digitalis may may inay have Its place in the treatment of heart disease yet we susI suspect suspect sus sus- the vague Improvement observed in patients taking it is really reany due to I rest diet and the natural capacity of the heart to compensate i defects Surely anyone who relies upon the I drug as a stimulant for emergencies is leaning upon a worthless crutch Aromatic spirits of ammonia from ten drops to a m n a few rew spoonfuls spoonfuls spoonfuls spoon spoon- fuls of cold water would be a much more reliable heart stimulant Speaking frankly if heretically it is isa isa a rare emergency that demands a heart stimulant in spite of all an romantic and dramatic practices and bulletins Shock fainting collapse and weak spells are almost always alwa's indications for he use of nerve and motor vaso-motor stimulants stimulants remedies remedies which contract the arterioles such as belladonna or orIts orIts orits Its alkaloid atropine camphor adrenalin adrenalin adre adre- nalin ergot a 3 daSh of cold coldwater coldwater coldwater water friction and percussion of the spine between the shoulders have produced the paralysis when In Inoculated inoculated inoculated in- in into monkeys Better be safe and keep such persons away from your children Report the offenders to your health department they department they have no right visiting the patient Tonsils and the Voice Question As Question As I have or had a goodvoice goodvoice good goodvoice voice I am doubtful about the wisdom of having my diseased tonsils removed re re removed moved as my doctor advises Will it Injure my voice Answer Answer No No it will probably improve the voice The removal of tonsils never injures and often Improves the singing voice Stopping Perspiration QUESTION Will QUESTION Will a solution of acid a a. teaspoonful heaping in a half pint of extract of witch hazel hazel hazel ha ha- zel stop or diminish excessive perspiration perspiration perspiration per per- u under der the arms and about the feet and hands Is there any inJury injury injury in- in Jury to the health from using such things ANSWER It It is all right but half as much salicylic acid is sufficient for tender skins There is no harm in stopping perspiration locally provided the application itself does not irritate the skin too much Dr Brady Erady will answer all signed letters letters letters let let- pertaining to health The names of writers are never printed Only inquiries in inquiries inquiries in- in of general Interest are answered in this column but all inquiries will be answered by mail mall if a stamped self addressed envelope is Requests Requests Requests Re Re- quests for diagnosis or treatment of individual lual cases cannot be considered Address Dr William Brady Erady care of this newspaper |