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Show Dizziness ! Vertigo is the medical Latin for diz-; diz-; Iziness the doctors simply must have a trade name for thing?. ( In following the trail of head noises the other day we incidentally tabulated some of the causes of vertigo, and it I 'occurred to us that now would be a ', good time to answer the thousand or so of letters which read like this: j "Please tell me why I am dizzy, and l suggest treatment ' Two perfectly familiar causes of dizziness diz-ziness arc fainting (or cerebral anemia) ane-mia) and sunstroke (cerebral congestion). conges-tion). Inspissated cerumen, alias hardened wax, in the ear canal or pressing upon the ear drum is a fairly common cause of otherwise unexplainable dizziness. This demands an examination with headlight and ear speculum. Tobacco excess sometimes produces attacks of vertigo, and alcoholic excess ex-cess scarcely needs mention. Dizziness attributable to stomach trouble is a doubtful occurrence. In a series of no less than 828 cases of stomach trouble treated by Dr. Stockton, Stock-ton, of Buffalo, only 55 complained of vertigo, and in only 10 of these did the dizziness appear to arise from dyspepsia. Organic or functional disturbance of the labyrinth or internal ear is the direct di-rect cause of vertigo in the great majority ma-jority of cases. Seasickness is sup- fosed to be due to disturbance of yrnph circulation in the semicircular canal of the internal ear. yertigo is a common symptom of disease or tumor of the cerebellum. Heart and lung disease, arteriosclerosis, arterioscle-rosis, and high blood pressure may cause attacks of vertigo. Exophthalmic goitre, locomotor ataxia, and chronic middle ear disease are common causes also. There is such a thing as physiological physiolog-ical dizziness. For instance, any normal individual may feel momentarily momentar-ily dizzy when looking down from a great height or up to a great height. 1 or when spinning around rapidly, as ( in waltzing without reversing. Some normal individuals have vertigo if they ride backward on a train, or if they , watch moving objects such as a snow- i storm, waterfall, water flowing under j a bridge or clouds floating overhead. ; In ncr"""" :-";--M.--it- H; oh,-iloe- ical dizziness may be exaggerated anr' unduly dwelt on until it becomes ?.v. obsession. It reminds one of the "floating specks" or "spots before the eyes." which we all have if we look sharp enough for them. In fact, a keen student of human credulity could get up a list of symptoms, all strictly physiological, and persuade about halt the human race that something v.a wrong. The treatment of vertigo, we gntlu from the data in hand, consists f the correction of the habits, hygiene and health of the patient, and the symptom symp-tom 5cems to warrant a careful examination ex-amination by the family doctor in every case. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Why Have Typhoid Fever? I am soon to travel widely throiiRli a very unsanttarT district. I was told thnf It would be wine to have the scrum treatment treat-ment to prevent typhoid fever. But some friends advise me that this treatment I very dangerous, and likely to cause paralysis. paraly-sis. WUl you please iflvo rne your candle opinion. Whatever you say, I'll do. be-cause be-cause I have always found your tdvlcc sound. (B. W. B.) ANSWER. Your friends are probably aDtls. It Isn't n serum; It Is a bacterln the killed bacteria In measured doses. Nature Na-ture curoa typhoid fever, does the Di 1 Many people have It and recover, thunLs Nature's help. Flow does she do It? Bv elaborating In the blood of the patlrnt substance which Is antidotal to the tj pbold bacillus. The typhoid prophylactic Is Injected as an ordinary hypodermic Injection, In-jection, causofl no more discomfort than an ordinary hypodermic, and three do are trlven over an Interval of two or thm? weeks. It has been given to millions of Boldlers In Europe, to all our own regular and mllltla troops, and only with good effects. Typhoid fever will never get you If you take the vaccine prophylactic. Condensed Milk Eaby. I feed my baby condensed milk. She wefcbs 17 pounds at four months. But she is constipated, and la restless In b' r Bleep. Should I keep It up, or will you tell me something else to feed her' , Indy told me that If I rub witch hazel on ber gums every night she will not be al k whn she cuts her tcetb. Do you rceom-oiend rceom-oiend this? (Mrs. J. C. W.) ANSWER. By all means bcjrln nt on.-o on.-o give the baby a s-iuare deal fresh mill:. 1llot'-d at first half and half with oatmcid water. The fnt will give luc bowels tbttli needed stlmulntlon: rat Is laxative. Als.. feed her a few times a week 6ome beef, mutton or chicken broth. Also some orange or-ange Juice or other fruit tube between mill feedings, once a dnv. The average babv ?uts ah bis teeth without nnv nines'; tethlne itvn'f n"ii-" hr"' slr-V Dr. Brady trfTT mi.nrrr nTl .tinned lrttrrs prrtnlnlurj to hcnlth. Thr vnmr-n of writers are never printed. Only Inquiries of pcncral interest are answered in this column: but all inquiries tr be answered by mail if a stamped srlf-addresel jnvclope is enclosed. Requests for dlaanosis or treat rtn tit of individual cases cannot be considered. Address ur. William Brady, care of tins newsuaver. |