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Show That Body o f Yo u r s By JAMES W. BARTON, M. D. W eak Stomach pERIIAI'S you have a weak stomach stom-ach and have tried various medicines med-icines without getting satisfactory results. It is only natural when you have an "ache" in the stomach, heartburn, heart-burn, a tendency to vomit after eating, and attacks of diarrhoea that you should take "stomach" medicine. As a matter of fact, what is called weak stomach may be due to a number of causes that have nothing to do with the stomach proper. For Instance, any poisoning in the system from bad teeth or tonsils, infected gall bladder or a sluggish Intestine, can so upset the stomach that It will not do its work properly. prop-erly. As you know, the majority of people peo-ple who have real stomach trouble such as ulcer, have brought on that condition because of their mental make-up nervous, Irritable, excitable. excit-able. Another cause of weak stomach is an Incorrect diet; that Is a diet not suited In quantity or quality to the ability of the digestive tract. Dr. F. Kraupl, Berlin, says that the whole series of symptoms of weak stomach, up to the actual formation of ulcer, could often be avoided If the diet were always right for the stomach. The thought then Is that in all cases of weak stomach, the individual individ-ual should get a complete examination examina-tion by dentist and doctor and everything that may be Interfering with the work of the stomach removed re-moved or corrected. It has been often noted that where test meals and X-ray examinations exam-inations have been made, no de formity, delay In emptying, or other ailment was found, yet the Individual suffered with a "weak stomach." By simply changing his habits, studying his diet, giving him a little change or vacation, the stomach became strong and free from any disturbances. In other words, the stomach very often is weak or feels weak because be-cause of conditions in the body or the mind instead of in the stomach itself. Migraine or One-Sided Headache rESPITE all the efforts of prac- titloners and research men, the cause of migraine or one-sided headache has not been discovered. You may remember that an Institution, In-stitution, In an endeavor to Investigate Inves-tigate this ailment, advertised for sufferers to submit to treatment and were forced to turn away many hundreds, such Is the number afflicted. af-flicted. Drs. II. Critchley and F. R. Ferguson, Fer-guson, London, state that migraine may be due to "the liver, the eye, the food, and other causes. They believe that there are two factors entering into the causes something already existing In the body, and something which affects this body condition. As you know, this Is also the thought In epilepsy, the cause of which has not yet been discovered. In epilepsy there Is a body condition, condi-tion, and some outside influence such as food is the match that sets off the already prepared fire. If then migraine may be traced to the liver, to the eye, or other part of the body, or to the food eaten, then the natural method of treatment would be to try to determine deter-mine which one of these may be giving giv-ing the trouble in each particular case. Thus, to Investigate a case of migraine, mi-graine, a regular routine should be followed, which would Include: 1. A careful previous history of the patient, and also his family history. his-tory. 2. A physical and mental examination. exam-ination. 3. Careful testing of anything abnormal ab-normal about the eyes. 4. An X-ray examination of lower Moor of the skull, the sinuses, the gall bladder and the Intestinal tract. 5. Full examination of the fluid in the brain and spinal column, and the pressure of this fluid. 0. Examination of the blood sugar, the urine, and the alkali reserve of the blood and tissues. 7. Finding the rale at which the body processes work, or the basal metabolism as it Is called. Doctors Critchley and Ferguson slate It Is useless to fight off an attack nnd recommend retirement to a quiet darkened room as soon as possible and the use of a quieting quiet-ing drug. Between attacks sumo patients are helped by epsom salts, special diets, and sometimes by mental treatment or suggestion. Sufferers with migraine might well think about the above complete com-plete examination and the possibility possibil-ity of locating the cause of their suffering. (Copyright.) wxu Servtc. |
