Show KEEPING WELL REMOVING THE TONSILS DR 1 K M OREM S balter 1 11 UK AlTH fr MW the in children la to now a common operation in ex cases where the me child has bad had repeated attacks of tonal toa litts where thy the tonsils tre so large as to 0 o interfere with br eathin or where tio rt cl lid to plainly being by absorption from the infected clad glands them in no question as to the need awl nd value of this treatment lut how about the child with aa occasional cas cus ional lonal sore throat 4 modem moderately tely tol tonsils lails who to is out not quite an strong and well nourished as a a healthy child bould should be will the th remove ot the tonsils benefit this child an answer to tbt this question lon en ca a large cale scale has recently been given by dr albert D kaiser of rochester ti if T la in a recent issue of tha tt jour 21 of the tia medical 1 witt he be elvee gives the results of a comparison of 1200 children who bad had bad had their tonsils removed rem ofed with 1200 who had not three year years ago a a careful physical examination of all the in n rochester wa was ni tile A 1 large number of children lilt dimett stil were found the pianta were ere asked in each case if they wished their child s tonsils ton removed over children biti the consent of their parents had their diseased tonsils taken out doctor kaisers report cover covers the present condition ft df 1 1200 M of these children ns as compared with the same number who were not operated on u lie ile andi that the children whose tonsils were removed movel re have had fewer ore throats and colds during the last three henrs than those who did not have theia them remold that it t has reduced the amount of diphtheria and heart als disease ase and that the growth grouth and nutrition of te the children op operated rated on are much better than those who hept their const a doctor kaiser repot allows tint ren oval of the to prevent prevents any further 1 of gore throat due dut to of uio the tonsils but it does more than tit ahta it also reduces re lucei the danier danger of oabe throat infections mot children who ho I rave ave frequent sore throats are below the average in at te eneth nEth and resistance the in f ted tonsil tonsils are an added handicap Ite removing moving them gives the child a n better chance to resist other children a diseased dix eases a 0 1134 now union |