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Show IP TAJbtlLS ffl The Fresh Air Fad to the Last Degree "In the winter, when the days are pleasant ana the sun is not strong enough i"or a bath, we allow our children chil-dren to play naked in the open lor is long as an hour, while in the summer sum-mer months they go about with only their trunks the whole day long" Land sakes. grandma will exclaim, the man has gone completely daft! But let us explain that only the music is ours and the words arc by Dr. Hyde no relation to the famous Mr. Hyde ju-t Superintendent of the Adam Memorial Hospital, at Perrys-burg, Perrys-burg, N. Y., forty miles from Buffalo, elevation 1,650 feet above sea level, mean annual temperature 47 F; highest high-est temperature S8 F , lowest 4' F. The place is fourteen miles from Lake Eric, on the slope of a hill overlooking overlook-ing the beautiful Cattaraugus valley which valley harbors no more so-called so-called catarrh than any other section of America. Yes, ma'am, that is the way they let them run wild there, right in the middle of winter, ground covered with cold, damp snow and everything Now listen to Dr. Hyde tuning up for the second verse- "Furthermore" (you'd imagine he was singing this especially for grandma grand-ma wouldn t you"') "1- urthcrmore, it has been noticed that these children are not subject to the usual winter uifections of the respiratory tract." The doctor, be it heavily underscored, uses scientific, truthful language. W hen he means infection of the re-?piratory re-?piratory tract, he doesn't confuse his meaning by resorting to that misleading mislead-ing term, "cold" "It is a remarkable fact," he continues, "that the children who have taken the sun treatment (children tanned all oer a rich chocolate choc-olate brown) rarely contract " tut, tut, what is this we tmd confronting confront-ing us' I declare, he's gone and done it' "rarely contract a cold, while other children ' Well. ;ust to get even we'll shut Dr. Hyde off short and maybe hell be more careful how he abuses that word hereafter. At Perrysburg they cure bone, joint, gland and organic tuberculosis, in poor children, by open air and sun I baths, as Rolticr has done for years I at Leysin, Switzerland They cure these diseases a little more slowly it takes a year or so of residence but with jnuch better functional results than surgeons have been able to attain. at-tain. The country needs hundreds of such institutions as that at Perrysburg. Perrys-burg. Sunlight is as healing in America as it is in Europe. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A Wrong Impression Yesterday, I don't knew why I did It, but I wroto you lltr Wblcb I rould nin r1t .inytblnsr to re-all. I nm so afrnld you will print It or ihow It to people. Please, please, don't do that, for it will kill me. ANSWER. :u"r friend. I don't rcrall your letter. I Imagine It win Tery ronch like many ofheri relred day after day. Hower. yu harf wrong Impression If you Imagine I O'lild Letray profennnal confident. I can scold. wear softly and commit various other crimes, but up to ths prnent In my career I have managed to kpep all such conflderces marred, I trust. Wlit-n 1 can no loncer d that. tar. feathers i and a rough rail woud he the right treat-meat treat-meat for me. Angina Pectoris 1. Is angina pectoris ever cured or ur-able' ur-able' 2 an ft be helped by medicine? 1 Would the generul practitioner be able to diaituose this disease correctly or does It r.jiilri- a heart specialist? (G H L ) ANSWER L Some cases show permanent per-manent relief with good treatment. 2 Medicine uffn serves to ward off attacks and la usually grateful to relieve the pain of an attack (the older name for anglua pectoris or heart p-ng was neuralgia of , the heart") 3 The fnmllv doi tor la I capable ot diagnosing heart disease ot ail kinds. Common Seed Warts Please tell me something that will re-more re-more common seed warts from the hands without Injury to the skin. (W. S.) ANSWER The doctor's finest scalpel. A dash f cocalue, a dasb of Indlne a dash Of skill and you're warts are gone. -Or try Just the Iodine, without the coke or tli skill apply It once in four or fife days for several times. Dr. Br.aSy v-ni answer nil tinned lrttrTr, pertaining to h-nith Th- no-met of fHtrr.t arc never printed. Only inquiries of general interest are answered in this OOfumn ; but all inquiries irill be answered by mail if a stamped self-addressed -iiieonc is enclosed Hcniests for diagnosis or treatment of individual cases cannot be considered. Address Dr. William Brady, care of this newspaper. |
