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Barton- Barton BartonIN BartonIN Barton - DN IN MY student days the thecause thecause thecause cause ofasthma of asthma was un- un unknown unknown un unknown - known That it seemed to to"run to"run to"run torun "run run " in some families famlhes " and andthat andthat andthat that all that could be done donewas donewas donewas was to give amyi amyl nitrite mtrIte dur dur- durIng dur- dur during during - - ing an attackwas attack was about the theextent theextent theextent extent of our knowledge and andtreatment andtreatment andtreatment andtreatmentToday treatment treatmentToday Today it is known that a acomplex acomplex acomplex complex of three ailments allments- allments ailments- allmentshay ailmentshay ailmentshay - hay fever , asthma and ecze ecze- eczemadoes ecze- ecze eczemadoes eczema - - ma-does ma does ma - - does run in m some fami faml- faml famlhes fami- fami families families - - lies hes and the members of such suchfamll suchfamil suchtamil famll famil es are predisposed or have havetissues havetissues havetissues tissues that are predisposed to toasthma toasthma toasthma asthma hay fever feverand feverand ,4 4 ,4and , and eczema if they theycome theycome theycome come in contact contactwith contactwith contactwith with certain sub substances subu substances u ' stances by brcath breath brcathmg breathing breathmg mg ing eatmg eating or han ban handlmg banf bandung bandimg f dlmg dung Since Smce this has hasbecome hasbecome become k knownmany now n o w n nmany many are now kept keptfree keptfree keptfree free of attacks by byaVOldmg byavoiding byavoiding aVOldmg avoiding these sub substances substances substances havingj stances or by havmg having havmghad havinghad j had their tissues tissuesDr tissuesDr tissuesDr Dr artondesensitized Bartondesensitized Barton arton desensitizedtIny desensitized -tIny tIny - tInyamounts tinyamounts tiny tinyamounts amounts of the sub substance substance substance stance being injected InJecred under theskm theskin the skm skin In asthma there appear to be oth other other other er cond tions hons which enter into mto the theca thecause thecause ca cause use of the a attacks tta cks such as defects defectsand defectsand defectsand and u infection ectlon of the nose and throat throatso throatso throatso so that even when pollens foods foodsdust foodsdust foodsdust dust dander or other excltmg exciting excltmgcauses excitingcauses excitingcauses causes have been corrected attacks attackspers attackspers attackspers pers st often it is believed because becauseof of emotional emohonal d sturbancesHowever sturbancesHowever sturbances sturbancesHowever However and th s is ms the lffipor impor lffiportant important unportant tant point pomt no mattpr matter what causes causesthe causesthe causesthe the asthmatic attacks the maJority majorityof of all asthma cases are helped by bythe bythe bythe the breathing breathmg exercises advocated advocatedby advocatedby advocatedby by the Asthma Research Council Councll of ofGreat ofGreat ofGreat Great Britain Bntam BritainInformation BntamInformahon Information Informahon , .Available- .Available Available . .Available1 . - . 1 I have men mentioned honed : and md outlmed outlined outlmedthese outlinedthese outlinedthese these exercises before but any anyasthmahc anyasthmatic anyasthmatic asthmahc asthmatic can obtain obtam the little book bookof bookof bookof of instructions mstructlOns- mstructlOns instructions- mstructlOnsBreathmg instructionsBreathing - Breathing Breathmg Exer Exerclses Exercises Exercises clses cises for Asthmaby Asthma -by by - by send ng a apostal apostal apostal postal order for 25 cents-to cents to cents - to Secre Secre- Secretary Secretary Secretary - - tary Asthma Research Council Councilh.mg CouncilKung CouncilKing h.mg hmg Kung . s College C011ege Strand London W WC WC WC C 2 EnglandAt England EnglandAt At King Kmg s College hosp tal asthma asthmacllmc asthmaclinic asthmaclinic cllmc clinic the results of this exercise exercisetreatment exercisetreatment exercisetreatment treatment tor for 1937 were 40 per cent centof centof centof of cases of asthma had either dls dis dlsappeared disappeared disappeared appeared entirely enhrely or became so soslight soslight soslight slight as to cause no mconven inconven ence encem encein encein m in about 30 per cent the conditIOn conditIOnwas conditionwas conditionwas was very much improved and there thereremamed thereremained thereremained remamed remained 30 per cent of failures Of Ofthe Ofthe Ofthe the 30 per cent of failures fa1Jures halt half of ofthese ofthese ofthese these did not or could not learn the thecorrect thecorrect thecorrect correct method of breathing breathmg the theother theother theother other half halt did not improve lffiprove despite despitethe despitethe despitethe the fact that they were breathmgcorrecUy breathingcorrectly breathing breathmg breathingcorrectly correctlye correctly correcUy e . e . e . eGlandular Glandular Trouble TroubleMay TroubleMay May Cause AcneSome AcneSome Acne AcneSome Some years ago I tried to mterest interest interesta mteresta a skin skm specialist in m diet as a po- po pos- pos poss pos pos-s pos s & - - - s ble cause of acne-pimples acne pimples acne - - pimples I Ipomted Ipointed Ipointed pomted pointed out that that , , although some somegland somegland somegland gland change was partly responsl responsi responslble responsible responsible ble food must be another factor be because because because cause the acne in many cases 1m im 1mproved improved improved proved or became worse accordmg according accordingto accordmgto to the amount of certain certam foods eaten eatenHe eatenHe eatenHe He believed that the gland change changeas as the child emerged into mto a man or ora ora ora a woman was entirely enhrely to blameIt blameIt blame blameIt It would seem that more than one onegland onegland onegland gland is at fault in m causmg causing acne acnethe acnethe acnethe the pituitary gland lying Iymg on the tIoor floor tIoorof floorof floorof of the skull skuU is also partly to blame blameIt blameIt blameIt It is now known that the front part partof partof partof of the pituitary pltwtary gland has much to todo todo todo do with the way starch foods are arehandled arehandled arehandled handled by the body so that slow slowness slowness slowness ness or lateness in m the development developmentof of this gland is considered another anothercause anothercause anothercause cause of pimples or acne In fact factsome factsome tactsome some months ago Dr C H Law Lawrence Lawrence Lawrenee rence in m the Journal of the Amer Amenl Amenlcan American ! can Medical Association told of his hissuccess hissuccess hissuccess success in the treatment of a num number number numher ber of cases ofacne of acne given dally daily dallytreatments dailytreatments dailytreatments treatments of anterior pituitary ex extract extract extract tract for 60 days And lust Just recentlY recentlYDr recentlyDr recentlyDr Dr Joseph Wortis Worhs research fel10w fellow fel10wIn fellowin fellowin In psychiatry at Bellevue Psychl Psychi Psychlatrlc Psychiatric Psychiatnc atrlc atric hospital New York recounted recountedhis recountedhis recountedhis his success in six cases of acne by bythe bythe bythe the use of msulln-the msulln the insulin-the insulin insulin - the extract e'Ctract eCtract ' at of atanother ofanother ofanother another gland-the gland the gland - the pancreas-now pancreas now pancreasnowused pancreasnowused pancreas - nowused used to keep diabetics dIabehcs alive aliveAge aliveAge aliveAge Age Factor ConsIderedThus ConsideredThus Considered ConsideredThus Thus it would seem that it Is some somelack somelack somelack lack of activity or some delay m in mgland ingland ingland gland development that may be the thecause thecause thecause cause or partly the cause of acne acneThe acneThe acneThe The fact that acne first first , , or usually usuallyoccurs usuallyoccurs usuallyoccurs occurs in m the early teens would sup support support support port this ideaEven IdeaEven idea ideaEven Even when acne occurs in older olderpeople olderpeople olderpeople people it may be due to lack of ac achvlty activity activity hvlty tivity of one or more glands and andextract andextract andextract extract of the pitu pltu tary or the pan pancreatlC pancreatic pancreatic creatlC creatic gland should prove helpfulWhat helpful . . 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