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Show HEALTH BY UNCLE SAM, M. D. Health Questions Will Be Answered An-swered If Sent to Information Bureau, U. 8. Publlo HeaJth Service, Serv-ice, Washington, D. C FOR THE CHILDREN. As tho people conic to realize that play and recreation contribute, enormously enor-mously to tho promotion of health, the demand for proper playgrounds la everywhere becominK greater. It Is clear that our bos and girls must have some place to play. Shall we be content to lei them play in het streets, or on thp railroad track9 In tenement homes In our large cities hall we let them tly kites from the roofs? Popular sentiment is becoming cryatAlHsed and the people are demanding de-manding 'hat the community make some provision for the safety of the boye ind girls during their leisure hours. MopI of our cities ore now appropriating funds each ear for the establishment and maintenance of supervised su-pervised public playgrounds and recreation rec-reation centers This sentiment is spreading rapidly and li Is hoped that in the not far distant future every community will have an organi Ration to provide play and recreution facilities for all lis people. The pcoplo of (his city, like those of o'.her cities throughout the. coun try, have grave responsibilities in ihus providing for play and recreation. recrea-tion. Let u hope that they will rise to this opportunity, and that tbey will be enthused by the vision of good they cn.i do Thoy will seo sickness reduced, crime prevented, the sum total of human happiness erroneously increased, and a great step forward taken to promote the nation's strength and welfare-. ANSWERED. Q. Can you tell me if there is any drug or medicine known that can be u.ed to loosen one's teeth so they can be pulled out with the fingers? 1 should hove mine out to regain my health, and have had one or two extracted, but (his process has upset my nerves so I cannot bear the thought of a dentist's chair. I have taken gas on two occasions, and the experience I had pul the finish on m whole nervous system A. So far as I know there la no drug which could safely be used in the way you suggest, so that the teeth could he pulled out with, the fingers. fin-gers. The extraction of teeth under local anaesthesia, especially according io the newer ipethods of administer ing this anaesthesia, to so-called nervo block method, has been so well developed that competent dentists den-tists now make really painless extractions, ex-tractions, without any shock to the nervous system It is suggested that you discuss this matter with your dentist, and perhaps have him refer you to some extraction specialist. Q. A voting lady friend is much concerned over the growth of hair on her upper lip and side of her face. Can you tell me what to do? 13 pumice stone a good remedy? A The growth of hair on the faco of a young woman always pre sents a very difficult problem, especially espe-cially when the growth is at all pro fuse. To remove the visible growth by mean sof pumice Is praeticalh the same as to remove it by shaving or by means of chemicals and so-called so-called depillatories, N'one of these .uviuui.o iouju,,- i in- mow in pr ima nently. Permanent removal can be effected only by measures which destroy the root of the balr. Such destruction can be effected only by the Individual treatment or each hair root. Skilled dermatologists can do tills b means of tho electric needle, the so-called electrolytic method. I The procedure is rather painful, re quires considerable time, because only a few hairs, say 10 to 20, can usually bo dealt with at one sitting, and the operation must be entrusted only to an experienced operator. It is suggested that your friend discuss the matter with her family physician, and hae him refer her to an experienced exper-ienced dermatologist -00 |