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HEALTH SERVICE •
of the
CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOC-
IATION
NEURITIS
The letters "itis" at the end of a
word mean infiarriation, and the term,
neuritis, when properly used, means
an inflariation of nerves.
There are various types of nerves.
One group carries sensations, anoth-
er. `controls the movements of mus-
cles, and others still control sweat
glands, blood vessels and other or-
gans. Most nerves are made up of
bundles of nerve fibres, each of which
is active in one of the various ways
indicated, and so the whole nerve
serves several purposes.
The symptoms resulting from the
inflamation of a nerve depend upon
the variety of nerve fibres contained
in the nerve. If these are sensory
nerves, there will be pain and tender-
ness; motor nerves affected mean
weakened muscles, and so on.
Prolonged exposure of one part of
the body to cold, as occurs in sitting
beside an open window in a motor
or .a car may cause a local neuritis.
Prolonged pressure on a nerve, as
when the arm is held in certain posi-
tions, injury from a blow, or chronic
pressure may set up a neuritis of the
nerves affected.
Nerves are part of the body. No
one part of the body is independent
of the rest and so the nervous tissue
may be involved in disease of other
parts of the body, particulalry if it
is a general disease. Neuritis is not
uncommon in such a disease as dia-
betes. •
`Poisons, such as alcohol, lead and
arsenic, are responsible for the occur-
ence of neuritis which affects the ner-
ves all over the body. The poisons
or toxins given off by disease germs
act in the same manner, and so, not
infrequently, neuritis is found occur-
ing in cases of diptheria and typhoid
fever.
The many causes of neuritis, some
of which have been mentioned, are
referred.to in order to make clear that
when neuritis does occur, it is ab-
solutely necessary to find the cause
of the condition if proper treatment
is to be prescribed. First of all, it
must be proven to be neuritis. Treat-
ment filen depends upon the cause.
The patient, quite naturally, wants re -
life from his pain and discomfort, but
temporary relief is not going to deal
properly with the condition, because
as long as the cause remains, relapses
will occur. The removal of the cause
is, of course, the purpose of proper
treatment:
Questions concerning Health, ad-
dressed
ddressed to the Canadian Medical As-
sociation, 184 College Street, Toron-
to, will be answered 'personally by
letter.
Ontario Potatoes Appreciated
Good success is being attained by
the Central Ontario Potato Growers'
Association . This organization is
marketing potatoes under a brand
name and graded to a standard above
Canada No. 1. To January 10, thirty
car loads were sold in new sacks bear-
ing the brand name.
Some of the largest' retail firms in.
Ontario are now handling this stock.
The price compares favorably with
that received for potatoes imported
from eastern. provinces.,
Strictly Honorable
One chaste lounge and other 'fur-
nit.iire.—Ad in a• Mobile Paper.
Milk Market Improved
Market milk has been greatly im-
proved in quality in recent years.
Health departments in many cities
have been applying scientific tests 'in
order to protect the consumer from
contaminated or adulterated milk.
Milk dealers themselves are also mak-
ing use of these tests to protect the
consumer, the dealer and the careful
producer alike. By systematic test-
ing and grading of incoming raw milk
supplies, the dealer is now able to
eliminate •milk. unsuitable for bottling
and thus t� improve the duality. A
Dominion ]Department of Agriculture
13ullctin No. 123, has been issued
treating the subject from the stand-
point of food value, cleanliness, keep-
ing quality, healthfulness and flavor.
It •explains the importance of these
factors, and tells how the tests are
made. Frons knowledge of the qual-
ity. of milk obtained from these tests,
dealers are able to grade milk and' to
pay for it according to its value. Lo-
cal conditions such as present quality
of milk supply, relative shortage and
surplus at different seasons as well
as competition at other outlets for
milk, must be taken into consideration
in any system of grading.
1 Wash Day
Is Easy
Particularly if you have
a modern. Connor Elec-
tric Washer , in your
home. No tearing of
clothes, no back -break-
ing work. Just fill the
tub with hot water, drop"
in the clothes, turn a
switch and the work is.
done.
Wingham Utilities Commission
Crawford Block. Phone 156.
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National Unity Assured as Moun-
taineers Mamie.
One of the most signiPeant refarana
brought about by King Zog the First
oe Albaeia has been the virtual l d
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arming
of the Albanian m
o
un-
taineers. For decades they have been
noted its the Balkans for their dis-
regard of established state authority.
Albania is a mountainous country,
and for s:enturies it constituted one
of the most distant provinces in the
Turkish Empire. Moreover, communi-
cations 'there were extremely inade-
quate, and as a result the tribes in
she inaccessible Albanian mountains
were largely self-governing, says the
Christian Science Monitor. Natural-
ly, insuch primitive social organiz-
ations most men always go armed
and are subject to the command of
local chieftains, who, in turn, are'us-
uaily attached to some large land-
holder, and very often, naturally,
such armed trlhes fight among them-
selves.
So it was for years in Albania. The
local chiefs were bairaktars or ban-
ner carriers and their inaaters:were
the beys or feudal lords. The most
common punishment in the absence
of prisons, regular courts and written
law was the capitalpenalty, and it
was usually applied by any one in
a poe tion to execute the condemned.
This gave rise to many tribal feuds
and much disorder resulted.
King Zog has dealt with this prob-
lem firmly and effectively. His aims
have been to win the mountain peo-
ple instead of making them his ene-
cmies. First he took the banner car-
riers into his service, giving them the
banners of Albania instead of their
villages. He let them keep . their
guns, gave them the ranks of officers
and placed them on the pay roll of
the army. Since these are very in-
fluential people in small localities,
their loyalty brings with It the loyal-
ty of the whole district. That being
the case, it was comparatively easy
forthe king to disarm all the other
mountaineers.
Another part of this program was
bringing Albanian youth to the bar-
racks and military schools. Undoubt-
edly there is much to be said against
military training, but still it seems
very plain 'that in Albania it is wise
as a first step to teach the ignorant
youth discipline .and loyalty to the
State rather than to the tribe. Final-
ly with this change the beys or feudal
lords lost all political power. They
used to control Albania, but now are
alone and isolated. Their lieutenants.
the balraktars, are in the king's army
and their serfs are disarmed. No
longer can they lead rebellions. In
consequence when the day comes to
expropriate their vast estates and
give them to the people they will find
it much more difficult to resist the
transformation of Albania into a.
modern state.
NOT YET .CONQUERED.
Over 160,000 Deaths Annually In the
'United States From Tuberculosis.
"Too much faith has been placed
in our falling death rate from tuber-
culosis as evidence that this disease
is under our control," Dr. William C.
White, of the United States Hygienic
Laboratory, told members of the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science.
Complete conquest of this grave
disease has not yet been made in
spite of splendid advances, says Sci-
ence Service. Overconfidence at this
stage is' to be avoided, especially be-
cause of the harm it may do by turn-
ing the public mind from this great
task that still confronts the nation.
There are still probably over 160,-
000
60;000 deaths annuallyfrom tubercu-
losis in the United States. Statistical
figures of death rates give but one
small phase of the picture. The rise
of incidence of tuberculosis in young
girls, studies of incidence of the dis-
ease in school children, such as those
made by the Phipps Institute in
Philadelphia, the appalling death
rate from this cause among negroes
and Indians, and the rise in the death
rate in some cities in spite of val-
iant efforts being made all point to a
task scarcely yet begun, Dr. White
said:
Bird Protection In Belgium.
The Official Journal, Brussels, has
published a royal decree for the pro-
tectionof birds useful to agriculture
or forestry. The decree gives a long
list of birds which must be protected,
as well as their .eggs and their brood.
These birds must at no time be
captured or destroyed even on private
property or in gardens. It is also
forbidden to exhibit, sell or transfer
them to different places. On the other
hand, it permits the destruction at
all times of birds of prey, jays, mag-
pies, ravens and rooks. The .finch,
tariff, bullfinch, goldfinch and canary
can only be caught alive as songsters,
but are not to be used as food. The
keeping of blind songsters is entirely
forbidden. The sea gull, tern, stalk,
spoonbill are also forbidden to be ex-
hibited or `sold,
Gold In Gulf Stream.
Aecording to estimates by M.
Georges .Claude, .famous French in-
ventor and scientist, the Gulf Stream,
in passing a given point off the Flor-
ida . coast, carries : about two cents
worth of gold in each cubic meter.
This would amount to about $800,-
000,000
800,000,000 worth of gold an hour over
the whole extent of the stream at the
same point, he declares. Al. present,
there is no practical method for SOP -
mating this"rainbow" gold from the
sea water:
Help Yourself Elevators.
Lifts which run continuously,
which are, in fact, a whole series of
lifts on an endless band, are in use
in Germany. You step in while it
tYiovea slowly, and yen step out when
your floor is reached. No attendant
to work it, and the machinery cheap,
probably, because Motive power is
Obtained by an arrangement of
weights, But a large notice in every
lift says you travel in it at your own
risk:
LUMINOUS OWL
Object That Floated Over English
Melds A.lnsxned People
of Village.
Oliver G. Pike, F.Z.S., writing in
Tit -Bits, asks; Have you ewer seen a
0o f
ghost in the woods? s
I so, , a nd you
ran awaywithout investigating tiaethe
strange object, you probably bliee's
that you have looked upon some
supernatural being.
A few weeks ago the inhabitants
of a southern village were alarmed
by :a remarkable object that floated
over the fields, or dodged in a mira-
culous manner between the branches
of the trees in a ,neighboring wood.
Ghosthunts were organized., and
many of those who went to the
strange "meet" actually saw it.
The .apparition took the form of a
luminous object that travelled fairly
fast, sometimes low down over the
ground, at other times much higher,
but there was no doubt about its.
awe-inspiring appearance. Added to
Mita, a nerve -splitting shriek often
accompanied it, and there is little
wonder that the inhabitants of that
village thought a real ghost bad hon-
ored them with :a visit.
But the whole thing can easily be
explained. The ghost was a white.
owl which had acquired luminous~
plumage. I do not know the cause of
this, but there have been several In-
stances of these beautiful cream and
white birds becoming luminous. As
they fly feathers are lit up with a
strange phosphorescence whieh gives
them a terrifying appeaarnce, and as
the natural note of this owl is a
weird shriek, the bird and its ..note
combine to make a very effective
ghost.
Those who have wandered through
the woods on moonlight nights must
have often noticed two fiery green
eyes peering at them through the
bushes. They are just the eyes of an
owl, or a fox, or cat, reflecting the
bright light of the moon. You see
these more often when motoring at
night along our country lanes. The
two bright orbs ofa cat will remain
long in view, but if your bead -lights
shine upon the eyes of a fox you will
have only a fleeting glimpse, and
their owner slinks' into the hedge.
At dusk, when there is a slight
mist falling on the fields, you can
often see Ktrange objects which could
easily be converted into ghosts by the
superstitious. I was once waiting in
the corner of a meadow, when in the
opposite corner I saw a tall grey
wraith in the form of a man, his arm
outstretched and pointing into the
field. On investigation I found that
a few autumn leaves had remained
longer on the branches than their
companions, and the half light and
mist did the rest:
A few years ago I was waiting in a
"hide" to• photograph a rare bird Cu
one of the most remote and lonely
of the islands in the Outer Hebrides.
AU around me there was intense
silence.
Suddenly I heard a single sound
like a man clapping his hands. This
was repeated at short intervals, and
it was only a few yards from me, but
I never knew the cause of those
strange sounds. Then I heard the
most terrible cry of agony repeated
several times; it was a terrifying
-wail, like a human being undergoing
torture. Unless I had known the
cause of those dreadful cries I should
probably have rushed from my hide
to find out the cause of the trouble.
But those sounds were simply the call
of the red -throated diver letting his
sitting mate know that he was close
at hand.
THE MATTRESS.
Heinrich Westphal Presented First
Spring Mattress to iiisniarck.
By a queer turn of fate, the man
who invented spring mattresses and
made it possible for the world to
sleep in comfort lies in a squalid
home, poverty-stricken, dependent on
the charity of his friends.
He is Herr Heinrich Westphal, who
recently celebrated his eightieth
birthday in a tiny room in a Berlin
tenemeat•house. He declares that the
idea of spring mattresses came to him
while he was lying wounded on a
hard hospital bed during the Franco-
Prussian war.
He patented his idea in 1871, and
the first mattress was presented to
Prince Bismarck. Despite his present.
misfortune Herr Westphal is still op-
timistic about the future, for he is
hard at work perfecting a new mat-
tress whcih he says will be so soft
that it will never again be necessary
for anyone to invent another design.
Freakish Butterflies.
The buttery, immemorably the
symbol of 'inconstancy, has a heart
that often beats backward, Prof.
John H. Gerouid, of Dartmouth Col-
lege, told the American Society of
Zoologists at a recent meeting, says
Science Service's. We read: "He has
demonstrated this strange behavior
many times. The heart of an insect is
in its back instead of its chest, and
oonsistS merely of an enlargement in
a long blood -vessel. A beat will start
at its rear end and travel forward,
squeezing the blood on ahead of it.
After repeating this several times,
the heart will pause, and then a beat
will start at the forward end, send-
ing the blood in the opposite direc-
tion, Occasionally the beat will start
in the n ddle, sending the blood both
ways..,
Potato Peeler. to Plutocrat.
Mr. Samuel R. Rosoff, a New York
contractor, who went to the United
States thirty-nine years ago as a Rus-
sian immigrant, recently returned to
Russia on the Berengaria. On the
passage Mr. Rosoff ooctipied the
;Prince of Wales' suite. '" This was le
eontrast to his peeling potatoes in the
steerage to pts his passage Re a boy
of twelve;
Valuable :Rubber "ltreet.
The most valuable rabbet' trees are
of the heves type which grows in
Beattie
Hints For Homebodies
Written for The Advance -Times
By
Jessie Allen Brown
Old Cemeteries
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The problem, of fittingly taking
care" of old cemeteries, is a difficult
one, in some of the older settled parts
of our country. People who desire to
look after them properly, sometimes
do not know just how to go about
it. In the Galt cemetery, a pergola
was built of the headstones, and they
were protected in this manner, How-
ever
owever' sometimes: it is an individual
matter, and the headstones of the old-
er generations are falling down and.
in need of repair. This problem was
solved by the Gleason family in the
Lakeside cemetery in Western 'On-
tario, Tliey built a cairn, which as
you know is made of stones, and in-
corporated the old headstones in it
making a very fitting and imposing
memorial. I. wish all my readers could.
seea picture of it which is in a re-
cent issue of The St. Marys Journal -
Argus, as it might aid others to solve
a similiar problem.
Historical Records
The generation, which saw the op-
ening of much of our country is grad-
ually slipping away. In too many
cases we neglect to take advantage
of the valuable information, which
they have in their keeping, about the
early days. This is so in our own
family. My grandfather was one of
the early settlers in our part of the
country, and he had a fund of interest-
ing stories and a way of telling them.
These were always going to be put.
on paper, but it was put off—and then
it was too late.
There are still many of the older
people with us who can tell ds much
that is worth remembering, if we just
take the trouble to find out. As a
rule, it is not hard to get thein to
talk, because there is nothing they
like better than to talk about the ear-
ly days.
Historical Societies
The fact that so 3nany people in
different parts of our country are be-
coming interested in the history of
the early days, shows that as a coun-
try we have passed our first youth,
and are beginning to grow up. There
are a few Historical Societies which
are doing splendid work, but there is
work still to cto.
If an effort is not made, the relics
of the early days will be .lost, People
who are not interested think of them.
as useless, and. do not realize+. :their,
value, I ran .conceive of no more
fitting work, for the Women's Insti-
tute in the smaller pieces, and the
Canadian Clubs, in the larger towns,
than to collect and 'cherish i' he
re-
minders of the earlier times of our
county. If these things are not look-
ed after, soon, it will be too late,
The most interesting address I have
heard at our Canadian Club this year
was given by Professor Landon, of
Western University, He told us about.
the historical pieces in and around
London, and of the Talbot Settle-
ment, and the dry bones of History,
ived and breathed, It made me wish
that every child in the land could
hear ilia tell about our country, and
it made : me wonder if it were not
possible to teach by radio, so that all
could have the benefit of the unus-
ially interesting teacher.
Constipation
Letters, which come to 'iny desk,
have more requests for Constipation
diets, than almost any other. It
seems to be almost a universal ail-
ment. The average '.person does not
realize that it is a dangerous condi-
tion, but just looks on it as rather i
a nuisance. It is a serious condition
and causes a great deal of harin
throughout the tiody. If the putrified
material stayed inthe intestines it
would not be too harmful, but it is
absorbed by the intestines and pass-
ed into the blood, so that the poison
is carried to all parts of the body,
Regularity
Regularity of habit cannotbe em-
phasized too much. To establish a
regular time and to make that a habit
is one of the most important things
inpreventing and in curing constipa-
tion. Children should be watched
very closely " and a regular habit in-
sisted on.
Diet
Constipation is one disease which
responds to dietary influence. Coarse
bulky foods are required to stir the
lazy muscles into action. Fruits and
vegetables are very important foods;
I doubt if you ever saw an apple eater
who was constipated. There are some
people who find that an apple eaten
at bedtime is most effective. Use
fruits very freely. If necessary look
on them as medicine which it is re-
quired of you to take.
Vegetables
Vegetables should be eaten twice
Neuralgia? heur atistri "
T -R -O's have brought safe, speedy relief
to many sufferer's from Neuritis, among
them itfr, R. II. Stoner, Arkona, Ont,.
He writes: "I had been so bad 't could
hardly bear to get into bed at night.
But 3 boxes
of cm le
ton s Rheumatic
Capsules rade nae
entirely better,"
Equally good for Neuralgia, Rheutnzi.-
tism, Lumbago, Sciatica. No harmful
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RHEUMATICTER-Cs'I1 EMPLETOWSI
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a day by a constipated person. They
are needed especially because they
give the required bulk to stimulate
peristaltic action. Eat cooked vege-
tables, either canned or fresh, having
2 vegetables for dinner, besides po-
tatoes. One of these vegetables may
be a salad of course or a raw vege-
table, Have vegetables for supper.
These may be in soups, in ,salads, or
raw ones, such as celery, tomatoes,
•adish, onions, cucumbers, cabbage or
any other available.
Cereals
Coarse cereals in breads and in
breakfast foods should be used. Bran
is one of the best, as it may be added
to' so many other foods. Try adding
such cereals as Roman Meal or Red
River cereal to your usual porridge,
if you do not like to take them alone;
A small amount of Roman Meal in
Oatmeal porridge will not be detect-
ed.
Constipation cannot be cured in a
day, but it can be, cured by persistent
and unremitting attention to your
diet It never can be cured if the
patient continues to take cathartics.
Mineral oils are helpful, and harmless.
BrownBread
1. cup white flour, 1 cup Roman
meat, 2 cups graham flour, ? teaspoon
alt, 1 teaspoon soda. '
Sift the dry ingredients and add 1.
up raisins. Mix with cup molasses
.nd 2i cups sour milk. Pour in greas-
ed dish and bake about 45 minutes
n moderate oven.
Pass the Whisk Broom•
Bettie (just 'home' from a holiday
in Egypt)—e"And, Auntie, it was so,
interesting; the tombs and pyramids
and things were all covered with bier-
.
oglyphs."
Aunt Louise—"Oh, dear, I hope
you didn't get any on you, child."
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