MEDICAL NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15269, 5 April 1913, Page 8 (Supplement)

MEDICAL NOTES.

AND. - 1 .; HtOTJSmo2>l v :. !ttaA*rwter b» nothing- to do with ihe Jheart. r Hi' is called heartbicrn because it is In a position so nour the baart that tic tAink ft is tho heart The heartburn we ■"■'' -, th«r« 'WMch soi'irritates the walla that it irings-aboufc st-barainfrseraiatMflif It > 4* a very irritable thing, or it may ba a *ery irritable stomach. It fe'a devdopr iltient of acids broubht about bj? fermenta- , ■" ;j iWalls. These acids; are Ydne to various j ' kinds of fomentation. The only relief ibr :j to stop the cans©, or atop fcaWng those j stomach a-resV" v » * . ; 'TEETH! Tfiero is a prevalent t»iii<ai tbat. if chfls Ifeen aro allowed .to oat sugar they will j bavo bad teeth as a coafleii*Hmco. There j .ia no foundation whatever for euch a j nation. The" negroes <tl 's*West Iftdiea • are excessive $b<»y j eat an enormous amount of sugaivcaaie, j molasses, 'aadY;yawY sugary Yet those: "j '.- > : ■ people have : < aver other injuries isngarniay j - of doing to the 1 : tb« teetik "' ■ ' -.-,.. :; v l BCROftJLA. Scrofula arises from a, condition of oi tubercular wndenciea of food and care in early life. iiSYjMfee depends ' : ijipeti YYdftvelcp^^^ vitality, digestion, and mntrition until :\'• for the ;»reafcer tendencies to bo outgrown, which ; YYy : : :^^iayV^v; do»? ; "with" of the ; ; d»seaße» Simple Eving, cleanliness, wellrentilated sleeping-rooms, regtdttr out- % '■'■'.'•'■' -lotor ' Good living and time wi& remedy ':■:'' /%£by.::co;aat^^ iulaj ia fact, wekoow"of many cases wo© _ baW?)»esx esoecdingly sedulous in the «arly ; part of life, who, by good living, - all ; those' ; Mmdenoics»;vaal: ■ > v ; ; in*d«'la^ty;and^b^ are any dccrs about the skin they sho\dd ■ : •■>,-"•••," of »nc ; oinfc*v •: ' Yia*n& niaj bo nsed to »4i f aatage. JIHE TREATMENT OF BBOKOmTIS. Dr. draTrs attention to the fact faaßteta .away .. ■ exadaticn, \ fc' b«wfc*> ;:; bronchitis only to a limited extent. Cough, ■.-^i^aapißda^tfca to tbji attd. O tea ia th» aefy aawdttg Out SoacMOc b»ing« np n tege qnantaty «ist*ot owm ■ QBiwl» rocoittmead* " s»a ■• flafe aajpossibla for: a isonpie -of. bonrs,^. , to the large bzoocfavadEJ»aw» its ex ~ The pttd^.: : 'toaaied to the «aa : expjeetc*r. tha basd oil oaa/«»fc After «, few day* Urn toc>i os tho bed may abs> " ■ : -1& ! -)t&m& &Eto r ''eight''tt!'-twelve incbea.:: la snitab2e oaaea, 'hi item two to ioar veeks tberw is a eonaid«abia diadnntion in the sputum. Tius n»<>do of treatment badwed\toeaaea of branttntia triricb hftva led to a cylindrical or sscco- '**• *""<•■.*■• IiiJLiSL n<> utiE&r with- ' ; giro«ral^SE' : 'o* in - ; 'c**ea 'of eJtweata cavities <M»n;naieii*as| nr ti« bwantlu, «r cavitisa jrith irritafeag conteaie. .TOtATi OBOANo/UTE ASTER BODIES DIDB. a heart s«aovad £rom _its caanißM, Dr. .Alaxis Carwl has ftow addofT to xb« woadera ot U*» t of a «tomacb" *ad kidneys, Irom. their casaaaeni of Haab. fo thi vessitls in tua Sajbora* : ' ." : . fonniag ft - i ~;■: TM* aM»wfaa«af» i« in progr«ss in Uta £.cte!«Jisr JUittitcto. Nflßa oi the organs, of conrse, is tbat oi a fewaan bwag. Df. Sold tba «nte weelts bacfe to an ABQiwwa of ptj»kiajM and enrgeons, ho sat amaaed daring the reciisi » The cueceaa wiO» thb heart, ba said; bad strengthened thur view Ibat tbe stomaclir blood vesaelianfj other vital organs might lie transferred ifom one body:'tcNß»tto«tof ■ w ii*ottt: , dlhjfcßi^banca'''o^ tiocs. Hence it wta-am Aural pQg&ws&' -whfcb tho present expeaiaaeot is *a «©•.. ~ «««. Be callod the ■ci/.ac. renter Experiment a "viscsod They 3 r«e taken, of cout**, «WMteUbu % aaid: "The heart is baallsy* omeca a the kjda«r>.«<?«?« M ,«H 'aalver; *ldi» l*3t l^ a tStt* ««^ "':•.' ! sained-'.tbenl; Ifr :^iis&!^: «l d^ ggfU <tf » g»r wfsTtt> *:ft«sri«: tion of •» «?• bomtixMmßa* canxaal," anlortimate, : «rom'«^meon«:;^^»!^:^^:tfrt^; paiient a criminal'e lasg* why intestine! B«tte* «&B, give aom* »a«n » mro brainl HOT AIB TEEATMBIjfT* Ko therapeatic flgent a greater : •«a^»'of/»sefttbißaii : :ilp and moist It is apot>& in therfttrmof '••>,■-:. ' .jhot waters bottlea,; pontliceß>>' ; lio|!;f^»; : and. the HVo, but all : :thesa-\matS»d».:;a*« ; ' .rrOpeßViib.'tba that; A s^cjentt^ ■-inga'-■ degt&i of-iempe*^«»^ ; ®^^*»:' . ■ ■<'JB2jtfaJn«fffll»a£"^.ie^^ -■-."■r'.:'>.'''oottßtanOy,Oattdifliat.;.(Se ? ;iE«ne|rai':;|ti.the; applications will- expem tb© beatedi em> ; ; ■ faor-- ; «3iankai»'; of' temperaturey possible, temporafatro that v iwill;-pr»' '' j serine ; *ba - integrity of tb»/ tsssnea, - 'andl-v-of- maintonting , Ujis,, ! lomp«ra^, "■ ,■ tu«i'.^. : .a':.definiJe^degl»Bi::^ %■ ■ ■ ■. ; .f fc-variety : «f■ apparatos' . : '. : " ■ ■»■:■ :bai# :;;; b«envco»^^ gaaiied favour with the medksal profeainon pud, laity. It is an establi«ied that : BlkSTtetlte surface of if tineas-: ..■■ tottß i« etdufled «* »b itajuMty .a»rri«l «fl as it appe«*» «* *be eurfaoe of the body. Soma of the cheaper, iwrtable apbilratua ■- not 0? ntois* tare; tato Umbels wrawped in a towel ox abeiorbent serves to coßcct ' but, ra^ pejiimjt of She direct aEylicatJon^dr^ nrea-r(i)^ r 4ißra«» biypiraßmia of tho *y ;ol She capiilarw ? {2ft " --'^ : TBit»»atfon'':of ynnmbcaesii.' oyer- : ,th© "bested^ ifeface, proband; causisd by ii© effect '■' rf^heat^onY#e- : nerveey - 0f ■ a sligb&lyY accelerafed pulse and r©; splipltion; (4) an increase in body tem-pe>iturcofione-balf degrees (6) in- ■ : &etoe of arterial; tensioO; (6) increaeo in 'tbe' elemin«Uion;of nitasiigen. bene--Y'ficial effect lineal, and ititberor fons brines iraperativ© to snpplemetft 'i. -these : "treatments-I'byYgeheral medicatioh. FairtHermftra, it is imperative that the hesrt bath-shosld be iolilowed by massage. This epsentiai adjunct makes it advisable to tal<o tJiese treatcnertiJ tinder the suparviflpn of trained assistJaints and a profes- . , atopd inasseara Obvioqsly these treatmsßts «an best be givien m a hospital, v/fts-r* <ho patient wai not be exposed to *M' tzti&OQ *">d Change :ofc:.temperaiture «?.i>cricnc"cd in tra.Tolling to and- from the tsvnATocrits. prom tbo foregoing it will h* seen ;'-S ••-...ti, Jt t. rro ha?o in the dry sot air ;id«al : prao--I+iY-Y Y :r;,t'*ai.''.th*?apeatio,a:£sentYfor : the treatment. |f r ■-. Y%va»li!3aar, rbeawatiaa, roascular rhea-