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Show . I Unde Sam. HL D. 1 INPNTILE PARALYSIS ij. Will .ju nloaso give me your Vlce on Infuntile paraKsis? Mv daughter daugh-ter f,. has had It for three months, and Is laralvsced in both leg-. A. An orthopedic Burgeon mal.es a specialty r .a-.-s ,f this kin.i and win tell aou what apparatus xhould lie used to prevent deformity and a-it t, . child ! to any use of the limb- possil.l.. and will also show ou the exerclaos si e should take to restore the muscles to the grenie iK)sslile uaefulneaa If you wiil rond me your name and I address I shall he rlad tp send you a co,.v r Public Health Bulletin No. l, which ideals with tls subje.-t In dtiall rieue mention the number of the bulletin In jour latter. CIRCUMCISION. Q. our grandaon la n year ld. sir..m.-and sir..m.-and healthy. Should ho le- . ir.-um Isetl? I it host to iue ii done while a lab., or to wait, and is there a law that It must be done? A It would be Impoaalble to say without with-out seeing the child whether or not vour ha.-' grandson needs t.. be clrcumelaed. If h! foroakin cannot be puahed bi over the glands, or If It Is very long even without a narrowing of the i.penlnj, ii will b. ..hl-ahle to hae the opcraii.it Derf.rr-.eil. There la p.. fedcisi law requiring ii -oumclslon. and I do not know of anv s'ate that makes such an operation obligatory. ob-ligatory. DISEASED TONSILS Q. la It possible fcr one not a ph si-clan si-clan to determine whether or not a tonsil ton-sil Is djs-a:.cd ? Also an adenoid: A. If the child has tfotatj atta ks .f hero throat or has had St. Vitus' daPce. rheumatism, or "growing pains" or any heart symptoms, you should advise the mother to have the child s throat eam-Ired eam-Ired by iual!flesl (ihysklari. ir the child breathes tmhlluallv through tlie mouth (particularly t night), snores, or lias freiuent strangling coughing apell an eamlnatloll should he made for aele-noldr. aele-noldr. THINNESS Q. f am IK and of a normal lze, but the Only thing (bat w. riles ma is that my legs seam unusually thin. A The lack of rou. ular development I In any tart of the body can usually he remedb"! by the proper exercise of that I part. This should be very easy in your case, provided that ou are perfectly healthy and able to take suitable and sufficient exercise. ir "Record Kead-r.'' a young man. Spl yean old. will send U S. Public Jleulth Service his name antl address, a personal replj will be sent to him. oo SPLIT CLOTHESPIN. Don't throw away a split clothespin.! It s good to cioan a ver) dbt) pan The, wood does let aoratch. After using It I . an be thrown Into the fire. |