| Show DISTURBANCES IN BLOOD According to the tho editor of the journal of or the American Medical as association association there are numerous dig dis disturbances of the circulation of the tho blood in the extremities of the body bod that give rise to strange symptoms toms tome of seriousness and tance There Thero are several condi condl conditions conditions marked by an au excessive fa fatigue tigue of or the tho muscles muscles' of the leg severe seere se ere pain in the tho calves of the legs or in inthe the knees sudden cold coldness ness fleas of parts of the feet reet sometimes I inflammation and swelling Some Some- Sometimes SomeI I times the changes in the blood I yes tea teasels sels ads that bring about the symptoms are so severe that gangrene takes place and it may bo Le necessary to remove parts or all of the limb con can 1 I In one condition known as there are recurrent inflammations of the veins In these cases there is not hardening of the arteries although similar symptoms may may follow rollow hard hardening ening of the arteries la lu some cases The Tho patients concerned are usually from 55 5 s to 85 years of age when the disease results from of the tho arteries lI whereas the pa patients with disease are arc usually from 17 to BO 60 years of or age There is another condition of the blood vessels called dis disease ease ease which occurs symmetrically in inthe Inthe inthe the hands or feet reet more often oCten in women and changes associated with sudden contractions of the blood vessels so that the tho tissues are not properly supplied with lood blood Recently prominent doctors have hate examined numerous cases coming In the category of or disease diseases described de do scribed with a view to classifying them in some way that would lead to suitable treatment In some cases it is possible to control the movements of or the blood vessels in case they are not them them- themselves themselves themselves selves diseased by operations on the nerve nervo control which causes them to contract unduly In other cases in which the con con- of the vessel esRel through nerve control is not the most prominent cause such lIuch an operation would be unnecessary and indeed harmful In cases In which there is a general gen general eral hardening of the blood vessels throughout the body the nerve con con- control trot docs does not of course play any I considerable part The complexity of the situation indicates again how modern scion scientific title medicine attempts to attack disease at its very foundation rath rath- rather rathor er or than to control occasional symptoms symptoms toms Lotus as they may appear |
