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Show ' HEALTH BV UNCLE SAM, M. D. -tealth Questions Will Ba Answered An-swered if Sent to Information Bureau, U S. Public Health Srv Ice, Washington, O. C I D1PHTH1 ii 1 After babyhood has passed, beware1 of diphtheria, or all the deaths of i children three to four years of age. more than one-seventh are caused bv dlphi herla Diphtheria Is preventable and. whe:-proper) whe:-proper) treated with antitoxin, la curable. Most of the children vvhn di from diphtheria really lose their llve-j because of tho' ignorance and careless ness of their parents diphtheria la a disease most often occurring In chlldreif and resemble: .i sore throat or tousilltls. It Is caused b) .i small germ called the diphtheria bacillus. The disease may resemble. A v.rv mild sore inroal, the tonsils and back of the mouth being redder than usual, and the person not feel! III. H may look like a more sevre sore throat or tonsllltia with a white or grayish patch. Called a mcinbran.-. on the tonsils There maj be only one or a few small distinct patches, and the throat may feel somewhat sore. The glands In the neck, below the tonsils, ton-sils, may be slightly enlarged and may-feel may-feel about the size or small peas. The patient may feel rather su. Or the disease may be like a very severe sore throat, with small or large gray or white patches. Not only the tonsils but al9o the. uvula, the small rounded end of tin palate which hnng-. down between the tonsils, may have on It while oi gray patches, ilf there Is a membrane on the uvula the disease dis-ease is almost certainly diphtheria.) Willi such a throat the person feels t'sr) dck. Not only does the throat hurt, but there are usually aches In the back of the neck and the muscle generally, The glands in ihe neck may be quite large and feel painful when touched. Tin soreness in Ltao Ihront may extend down Ihe windpipe, wind-pipe, and membram - may form there The patient Is feverish and often is delirious. de-lirious. The fever, however, i not necessarily high Whenever diphtheria Is suspected, a physician should at once be called. .lt HAIR Q. Through worry my hair haa grayed some lately. I have glvkl up worry Can you send mc a bulletin 1 on how to cure? A. Sorry to learn that your hair has turned gruy from worry. Thcie I is nothing which can restore It. for I surely you do not wish to dye the hair. If once you begin dyeing It. jjou will have to continue, and almo-l ; any one can tell dyed hair at a gln.ni -. Gray hair Is not at all unbecoming. anl I Wbuld suggest that you go one step further and stop worrying about your gray hair. |