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Show HEALTH I ' . Cure travelsickness travel sickness sicknessby sicknessby by lying down ; stops stopsstrain stopsstrain strain on abdomen . L-By L By - By Dr . James W . Barton- Barton BartonAT BartonAT Barton - AT AT A large mdustnalexhi industrialexhr industrial mdustnal exhi exhr exhibItlOn exhrf exhi- exhi exhiA f - ] A- A Abition - bition bItlOn bitfon some years ago I Iwas Iwas Iwas was interestedin interested mterested in m hearing hearmg a ademonstrator ademonstrator ademonstrator demonstrator explain explam the themerIts themerits themerits merIts of an abdominal abdommal belt beltI beltm beltin beltin I m in preventing preventmg sea , train tram or orair orair orair air sickness He stated that thatthIS thatthis thatthis orI I thIS particular partlcular belt prevented preventedthe preventedthe preventedthe the liver and stomach frOM frOMmovmg frommoving frommoving movmg moving or flopping floppmg ' ' around aroundm aroundin aroundin m in the abdomen which wasthe wasthe was Ithe the cause of sea tram train and andaIr andair andair aIr sickness sicknessI I asked him if Ii any tight tlght belt beltwould beltwould beltwould would answer the purpose purposeaside purposeaside purposeaside aside from this par particular cular one and andhe andhe andhe he admitted that any tight beltwould beltwould belt _ would be effectIveShortly effectiveShortly effective effectiveShortly Shortly after thIS thISencounter thisencounter thisencounter encounter Iread I read of ofa ofa I Ia a traveler who had hadto hadto hadto to cross the ocean oceanfrequently oceanfrequently oceanfrequently frequently who stat stat"d stat"d statd I Ipd pd "d d " that by drawing drawinghIS drawinghis drawinghis hIS abdomen intightly In Intightly int t tightly av a'l al ' ay from fromthe fromthe i the table when eat eatmg eating eating mg ing he \ was asas \ as able to toprevent toprevent 1prevent prevent sea sick sickness sickm sickHess sickness 1 m ness Hess This drawmg drawing drawmgDr drawingDr drawingDr Dr Barton in m of the abdomentIghtened abdomentightened abdomen abdomentightened tightened the ab abdomIna abdominal abdominal domIna dominal I wall and so would havethe have havethe havethe the same effect as a tight belt 111 in 111holdmg inholding inholding holdmg holding the stomach and liver Crom from Crombemg frombeing frombeing bemg being moved about too much mucji muc ' . Just a few months ago Dr W WTober WTober ' Tober in m the Swiss Medical Journal JournalBa.sel JournalBasel JournalBasel Ba.sel Basel . d reeled rected attention to the the theory theory theory ory of sea air and tram train sickness sicknesspresented sicknesspresented sicknesspresented presented previously by DoctorLenggenhager Doctor DoctorLenggenhager DoctorLenggenhager Lenggenhager who showed that the thedisturbances thedisturbances thedisturbances disturbances in m sea sickness were weredue weredue weredue due to fluctuation fiuctuatlon or changes in m the thepressure thepressure thepressure pressure and traction ( drawing drawmg and andpulling andpulling andpulling pulling away from spinal spmal column columnon ) on the large group or plexus plexu : , of ofnerves ofnerves ofnerves nerves lying lymg in m the reg on of the thestomach thestomach thestomach thestomachAdvice stomach stomachAdvIce Advice to Voyagers VoyagersDoctor VoyagersDoctor VoyagersDoctor Doctor Tobler reported the case caseof caseof caseof of a girl aged ten who suffered wIth wIthautomobile withautomobile withautomobile automobile sickness when travelmg traveling travelmgthrough travelingthrough travelingthrough through the mountains mountams and the theusual theusual theusual usual remedies gave no relief The ThechrJd Thechild Thechild chrJd child was then placed placec1 on an uphol upholstered upholstered upholstered stered board boarc1 lying lymg down c10wn to avoidpressure aVOid aVOidpressure avoidpressure pressure and anc1 tractionHowever tractionHowever traction tractionHowever However as soon as the child sat sator sator sator or stood up there was nausea and andvomltmg andvomiting andvomiting vomltmg vomiting When she laid down agam again agamthe againthe againthe the child was able to continue contmue the thetnp thetrip thetrip tnp trip with no symptoms of sickness sicknessSlm sicknessSimilar sicknessSimilar Slm Similar ar obser/ations obser ations observatIons / were made on ona ona ona a boy aged thirteen thirteenThus thirteenThus thirteenThus Thus the advice of ship capta ns nsand nsand nsand and physicians that passengers like likely likely likely ly to be seasick should find a place placeabout placeabout placeabout about the center of the vessel and andlIe andlie andlie lIe down quietly qwetly is founded on the thefact thefact thefact fact that at this thus central point pomt of the theshIp theship theship shIp less motion will WIn be felt and so soless soless soless less pressure and pulling pullmg on the abdonunal ab abdommal abdominal dommal dominal organs . . . "Every Every " Patient PatientIs Is a Mental Patient " It is estimated that at least hat bait baitthe hallthe ! the patients who consult a physIcIan physIcIanhave physicianhave physicianhave have no real organic trouble ThatIs That Thatis Thatis is a patient may have symptoms symptomsresembling symptomsresembling symptomsresembling resembling a stomach ulcer-pam ulcer pam ulcer-pain pain ulcerpamor ulcerpainor ulcer - painor or discomfort two or three hours hoursafter hoursafter hoursafter after meals relieved by food or an analkallanc1 analkaliand analkali alkall-anc1 alkall anc1 alkali-and alkali and - and yet no ulcer is present presentSun presentSimilarly presentSimilarly Sun Similarly arly there may be symptoms symptomsresembling symptomsresembling symptomsresembling resembling heart dlsease-shortne dlsease shortne disease-shortness disease shortness diseaseshortnessof disease - - shortnessof s sof of breath breath-and breath and - and the shortness olbreath of ofbreath ofbreath breath n IS due to too much acid food foodDnnkmg foodDrinking foodDrinking Dnnkmg Drinking large quantities of water waterand waterand waterand waterI I and having to pass the urine urme very veryoften veryoften veryoften often may not be due to dIabetesHoever diabetesHowever diabetes diabetesHowever However Ho\\ever Ho ever \ every patient who con consults consuits consuits sults suits a } : physician hyslclan in his office or m in mthe inthe inthe the patient s borne home needs treatment treatmentof of some kmd kind kmdhether whether \\hether hether \ or not anymedicine any anymedlcme anymedicine medlcme medicine is pr prescribed scrlbed In other otherwords otherwords otherwords words as stated statcd by Dr C F Mar Martin Martin tm tin Montreal some years ago ev every evcry evcry ery cry patient is really a mental pa patient patient tlent tient That mental or psych c ctreatment ctreatment treatment is needed by pract cally rally callyall rallyall callyall all patients is stated by Dr Charles CharlesP CharlesP P Emerson EmersonObsessions Obsessions CommonNo CommonNo Common CommonNo No matter what the tile d sease un unless unless unless less the patient is unconscious some sometype sometype sometype type of carefully planned mental mentaltreatment mentaltreatment mentaltreatment treatment is needed ObsesSIOns ObsesSIOnscompulsIOns Obsessionscompulsions Obsessionscompulsions compulsIOns and hysterical reac rear reactions reartions reaetions tions or fits are found in oti ot otl ! er n ndlvlduals ndivrduals ndividuals dlvlduals divrduals than the so called nervoustype nervous nervoustype nervoustype type Indeed patients who were wereentirely wereentirely wereentirely entirely free of these tendencies fob fobsessions ( ob obsessions seSSlons sessions compulsions hysterics hystericswhen ) when well often develop them when whenIII whenill whenill III ill with pneumonia pneumoma tuberculos tubercuIos sstomach s sstomach sstomach stomach ulcer arthritis or any anyother anyother anyother other disease acute or chronic chromc anc1 and anc1often andoften andoften often with startling vividness andwhen and andwhen andwhen when these nervous symptoms are arepresent arepresent arepresent present they may greatly mfiuence influence mfiuencethe influencethe influencethe the course of the diseaseWith diseaseWith disease diseaseWith mfiuenceI I With the assistance of psych a atry atry atry try treatment ( treating treatmg the patient patientfrom patientfrom patientfrom from the mental standpoint standpomt > ) how howevcr however however evcr ever the doctor Is enabled to create createin createin createin in the sickroom an atmosphere olcure of ofcure ofcure cure which has lessened the suffer suffermg suffering suffering mg ing in m many and doubtless saved the thel the1 1 l ves yes of a few patientsWhen patientsWhen patients patientsWhen When the patient thinks thJ.nks thJnks . he sees seesor seesor seesor or hoars hears thu thn thin gs talks wildly or IS ISdelmous isdelirious isdelirious delmous delirious does not act h s usual usuII : self selfthe selfthe selfthe the members of the family must musttake musttake musttake take tl t ! t ) eir elr cue from the attitude ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the physician as he calmly but firm firmly firmly firmly ly crea creates tes the atmosphere of or cure@BellSyndicate cure @BellSyndicate @BellSyndicateWNU @ Ben Beu SyndicateWNU Syndicate -WNU WNU - WNU Sence Senlce Sen ! 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