YOUR HEALTH: HERE'S HOW!
Stafford, Jane
YOUR HEALTH: Here's How! By JANE STAFFORD SWIMMING can be good, healthful fun but unfortunately every Summer scores of persons are drowned at bathing beaches. Most of these accidents can be...
...For safety's sake as well as for sheer pleasure, every able-bodied person should master this healthful sport...
...The label tells which...
...Each vitamin C tablet sold in drug stores is made to contain either 25 milligrams (abbreviated mg), 50 mg, or 100 mg of the vitamin...
...Leslie A. Falk, of the Army Medical Corps, and Dr...
...8. Don't go in the water immediately after eating...
...If subject to cramps, wait for at least 2 hours and then do not go in water beyond your depth...
...Never swim in polluted waters which have been condemned by the Health Department...
...Another related chemical will do the job, too, and is cheaper but because of the war it is not now available commercially...
...The effect on the rat's tooth enamel was the same...
...The New York City Health Department has just issued 10 rules for safe swimming : 1. If you cannot swim, resolve to learn how this Summer...
...7. Before diving, always check on the depth of the water and make sure there are no obstructions hidden below the surface...
...Falk...
...For reasons of economy, the Navy officers made part of their studies with a drink containing the same amounts of sugar and phosphoric acid as the cola beverage contains...
...A person treating his own strep sore throat with penicillin cough drops or chewing gum is probably one example of what Dr...
...The cola beverage tested is not the only soft drink that can be hard on tooth enamel...
...Numerous other examples can be imagined, and some have probably already occurred...
...This is especially important at low tide...
...Most of these accidents can be avoided by following simple precautions...
...Comdr...
...2. If unable to swim, don't rely on water wings, old inner tubes, or other air-filled "toys" to hold you up...
...Ginger ale, grapefruit juice, and cranberry juice as well as the cola drink had been found, by another scientist, to have an enamel-destroying effect...
...Differences in composition of the saliva, manner of drinking and amounts of beverage consumed must be studied before the results of the rat studies can be applied to humans...
...C. R. Fellers, of Massachusetts State College, in the Journal of Home Economics...
...Goodman...
...Although the acid alone caused some enamel destruction, sugar added to the acid drink aggravated the effect...
...Such a person might absorb enough penicillin to make him feel better but not enough to clear up the infection and he would go around spreading it to others...
...Herman Goodman, of New York, have already written to the editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association on the subject...
...Development of a sense of false security is perhaps the greatest danger, in the opinion of Lieut...
...Since men are not mice or rats, the Navy officers are not yet issuing any warning against human consumption of cola drinks...
...5. Always make sure you are accompanied by a boat when swimming long distances...
...6. Never play practical jokes on persons in the water, especially on those who cannot swim...
...Two physicians, Lieut...
...4. Do not swim out too far beyond your depth...
...The 25 mg (500 IU) strength tablets would be easier to use, since they do not have to be divided...
...If the label gives the strength in International Units, abbreviated IU, instead of milligrams, divide by 20 to convert into milligrams...
...Indiscriminate Use Worries Doctors CHICAGO—With the release of penicillin for general civilian use, physicians are beginning to worry over its possible indiscriminate use, particularly if and when it becomes available in forms the layman can give himself...
...He suggests that not only will sick people in such cases fail to get well but that "a large army of infection carriers" may develop from persons who have not had enough of the mold chemical to eradicate the germs...
...If the potency of strength is 2000 IU, this is equivalent to 100 mg, and you use one and one-fourth tablets for each pint jar...
...Popular Cola Drink Hard On Teeth...
...For example, it is not hard to visualize that a patient with a chancre would hear that pencillin cures syphilis, would get hold of some, take it (or have it administered) in inadequate dosage, see his chancre disappear, feel that he has been cured of the disease, and then develop cerebrospinal or cardiovascular syphilis many years hence...
...For each pint jar the home canner should use one and one-fourth tablets of the 100 mg strength, or 21/2 tablets of 50 mg strength, or 5 tablets of 25 mg strength...
...C. M. McCay found in studies at the Naval Medical Research Institute here...
...It consists in adding vitamin C to the fruit during canning...
...R. A. Gortner, Jr., and Lieut...
...Danger of inadequate dosage is also stressed by Dr...
...Vitamin C To Keep Canned Fruits Bright A way has been found for home canners to keep their fruits from turning dark in the jars and developing an off flavor...
...Probably any other acid-containing soft drink would cause the same destruction, especially when sweetened...
...J. S. Restarski, Lieut...
...3. Swim only at beaches where lifeguards are on duty...
...Comdr...
...The home canner gets her vitamin C in tablets at the drug store...
...9. If you have a heart impediment, be very careful to avoid sudden shocks while bathing...
...A sudden leak may leave you struggling without support in deep water...
...Penicillin is of no use in many diseases, and in others there is danger from inadequate dosage," he points out...
...Research showing that this will work and how the housewife can apply the findings is reported by J. J. Powers and Dr...
...Drinking large quantities of a popular cola beverage is hard on the teeth of rats, causing severe destruction of the enamel, Lieut...
...These may include pills, lozenges, chewing gum, dental paste, vaginal jelly, face creams, shaving pastes and similar products...
...Goodman fears...
Vol. 9 • July 1945 • No. 27
