Tbt RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1407 
Health Notes 
Diabetes; Overhauling the Human Body 
Always tin interested reader of “Hope 
Farm Notes/’ i am partictilarlj so in 
those paragraphs when you refer to the 
traits of human nature that have to do 
with fault-tiuding. scolding aud general 
d i sa green hi eu ess toward others. It may 
well be I lmt some are born nursed 
with that sort of a disposition, and that 
in other eases some have hypersensitive 
nerves Hint give way sooner the stresses 
and strains of life than others of more 
normal constitution. However, I believe 
in a majority of ease.- this “fault-finding 
and scrapping" are the actual result of a 
retd, physical disease, and that such per¬ 
sons ought to take a trip to n good doctor 
for an examination. 'Coo many peopje 
keep away from tin doctor until their 
physical condition becomes such that 
sone medical treatment seems absolutely 
necessary. At middle life, and even be¬ 
fore. I believe everyone should have a 
yearly examination; it seems that we age 
sooner than in centuries past, or civili¬ 
zation is growing more complex, nr else 
those disorders which react oil our mental 
attitudes are being diagnosed better than 
formerly. 
I will state my own case. Was for 
years a grouch; the habit grew worse. 
Found fault with everything at. meal times 
and other times; no control over temper; 
couldn’t stand too much conversation by 
other members of the family; couldn't 
stand hearing the pian. oi yictrola; in 
general was becoming entirely unfit to 
associate tor. perhaps, will say live) 
with other human beings. Had indiges¬ 
tion. and laid my troubles t" that. Finally 
I went to tin doctor and found I had 
diabetes. With treatment for the elimi¬ 
nation of sugar from my blood, life took 
on a new aspect, and I marveled that I 
could have ever done or said the tilings I 
did. Life i-. now worth living t i am 
again a normal, happy being. Diabetes 
is one of the diseases that cause a great 
deal of this trouble, i. e., “nervousness.” 
Many other ailments are traceable to this 
disease, and disappear like magic on treat¬ 
ment of the diabetes. Among them may 
be mentioned neuritis, rheumatism, 
sleeplessness, fallen arches, indigestion, 
failing eyesight, weakness, mental depres¬ 
sion. I d«> not sa> diabetes is always 
the cause of these things, but in many 
cases it is. And. what is more, diabetes 
is far more common than is generally sup- 
posed. Bui ii is my lirm conviction, fin 
older I grow, that when anyone feels out 
of sorts and continues to do so without 
apparent cause it is good policy to see the 
doctor. So many of our imaginary 
trouble*! have a real organic one at the 
base. 9. Ft. 
There can be no question that there is 
a physical basis Pop much that goes wrong 
with the mental and moral processes, not 
only of the middle aged, but of the young 
ami the old as well. .Much attention is 
rightly being paid to the physical defects 
which handicap many children and pre¬ 
vent normal mental and moral develop¬ 
ment. and more might well 1 m' paid to the 
physical condition of many adults whose 
attitude toward lift 1 and toward their 
fellows is productive of much grating. It 
is an old poke that whether or not life 
is worth living depends upon the liver: 
but tin* coining of that joke -hows that 
the influence of some of the glands of the 
body over mental state- was shrewdly 
suspected long before nur present knowl¬ 
edge of “ductless glands” and “internal 
secretions." If the liver was made the 
scapegoat for some of its fellow glands, 
it had only irs -ize and prominence to 
blame. 
Eveii lazine-s i.- now acquiring a really 
respectable status, since ii has been found 
that deficiency in glandular secretions, 
rather than moral delinquency, often lies 
at. the bottom of it. and that the feeding 
of thyroid extract may help more toward 
its ( 3 ire than spanking'. No longer 
the exceptionally energetic individual 
pride himself upon his superiority : nature 
simply handed him a little better thyroid 
than she did hits neighbor, and he can no 
more help his inclination to activity than 
hi- neighbor cat t son nolence “Ain’t 
nature wonderful?” The only disquieting 
thought with regard to our present-day 
knowledge of the action of the ductless 
gland- is that \ve must recognize that 
our knowledge is but half-knowledge, 
after all. and if we permit our grouch 
friends and our criminally-inclined citi¬ 
zens to plead irresponsibility because of 
physical defects, the adversary may pllt 
something over on Its. 
As to diabetes, it. like other chronic 
disorders, often exists where it is not 
suspected, and a competent physical ex¬ 
amination of onr adult population would 
reveal many eases of it. Such au exami¬ 
nation would also reveal many tiu$us- 
neeted eases of other disorders. It is 
often recommended that all adults submit 
themselves to a periodical examination, 
in order that oncoming disorders may he 
recognized in time for effective treatment. 
On the face of it. that seems like the part 
of wisdom, lint in many oases such a pro¬ 
cedure would prove disastrous to all use¬ 
fulness aird happiness. There are too 
many who cannot look philosophically 
upon any physical handicap which they 
inav happen to possess If they know 
that Some organ in their body is not abso¬ 
lutely sound, they become morbid and. 
perhaps, hypochondrical. It is au open 
question whether it wouldn’t be better for 
them to live a short time it: happy ignor¬ 
ance than a long one in constant fear of 
death. No our throws aside a machine 
because some part of it is worn and liable 
to give out some time. If the worn part 
cannot be replaced, the machine is kept 
at work until, perhaps, it. fails in some 
other member. The human body is n ma¬ 
chine, and there are practically no perfect 
ones. One is defective here, another 
somewhere else, but the work of the world 
is done by these more or less crippled 
human bodies and minds. If you can 
realize that you have no more reason to 
expect the physical perfection of youth 
at middle age than you would have to ex¬ 
pert the wisdom of middle age in youth, 
take your physical examination, and if 
yon find that you have & crippled organ, 
take decent care of it, but don’t "lay 
down because of it and say that because 
you can t do everything, you won't do 
anything. M. B. D. 
Treatment of Goitre 
"What experience have renders had 
with goitre? Ts there any remedy be¬ 
sides cutting? mbs. j. s. 
There are several varieties of goitre, 
or enlargement of the thyroid gland. 
Some of these are amenable to medical 
treatment and some are not. It is im- 
possiblo to give intelligent advice in any 
given case until it has been Studied by 
some one competent to judge of the con¬ 
ditions present in rhar case. The exper¬ 
ience of others would be of no value, 
since that experience might be entirely 
misleading when applied to a case ap¬ 
parently similar, but really having very 
different features, Simple goitres in girls 
approaching womanhood frequently dis¬ 
appear uuder medical treatment or with 
no treatment at all. Other goitres iu 
adult- frequently require surgical re¬ 
moval if the patient is to have any relief. 
Goitres belonging in the exophthalmic 
class are of very different nature aud re¬ 
quire different management from simple 
goitres. '1'" saj Khal om ha# g< 
tells only part of the story, and to advise 
treatment wi'b no further knowledge of 
the case than conveyed by that term 
would be the height of folly and as likely 
to result in harm to the patient as to pro- 
more his welfare. In this, as in other cases 
of human disease, the only sensible course 
is to obtain the best medical advice avail- 
abl< and to follow that advice If om 
satisfied tha 
source. Operative interference for goitre 
should not be undertaken except upon the 
advice of a surgeon of experience and 
skill in that kind of work. M. R. D. 
Questions About Consumption 
I wish to obtain information regarding 
consumption. Will a strictly milk diet 
cure rbc disease? lias anyone tried it? 
I- the chiropractic treatment good? Do 
you believe that goat's milk is superior to 
cow's milk for the patient? Does a child 
inherit weak lungs if the father has. or 
has had. consumption? Do yon believe a 
man or woman who has tuberculosis 
should marry? I think not. but should 
like to think otherwise. Mv brother. 21 
years old, has contracted the disease. 
Neither our parents nor their ancestors 
so far back a- they can trace, had tile dis¬ 
ease. The young man is downcast over 
rlie handicap. Ho thinks he. should not 
get married: so do I. He always has 
had fresh, wholesome food, aud has not 
indulged in bad habits. He has had med¬ 
ical attention since last February. The 
X-ray shows a “possible antrum.” Mil at 
does that mean ? 9. ft. it. 
New York. 
Neither a strict milk diet, nor any 
nrhor diet, can cure consumption, though 
diet is an important factor in the treat¬ 
ment of the disease. Goat milk is not 
-superior to cow's milk, unless better 
borne or more agreeable to the patient. 
There is nothing whatever in chiropractic 
treatment of consumption, and any de¬ 
pendence upon it can only result in les¬ 
sening the patient's chance of recovery, 
if it does nothing worse. 
CouMimption is not inherited, and little 
credence is now given to the former be¬ 
lief that a tendency toward it is trans¬ 
mitted from parents to children. While 
it undoubtedly does occur with excep¬ 
tional frequency in some families, it is 
probable that this frequency should he 
accounted for rather because of increased 
exposure than greater susceptibility. 
Vs (o the marriage of a consumptive, 
that is a question that involves social and 
financial considerations, and cannot be 
settled by any general rule. Under or¬ 
dinary conditions, the marriage of a con¬ 
sumptive in the active stage of the dis¬ 
ease can hardly help but prove detrimen¬ 
tal to the patient, and unfair, to say the 
least, to the other contracting party. Kx 
eeptioual conditions, including the pos¬ 
session of surticienr means to meet all 
lossilde demands of a serious, and per- 
laps long continued illness, might jus¬ 
tify marriage. 
Perhaps no disease of a serious nature 
is more frequently recovered from than is 
consumption, yet thousands die from it 
annually. The chief difficulty which the 
practitioner of medicine meets with in its 
treatment is the impossibility of making 
the patient and his friends understand 
the necessity of carrying out in all its de¬ 
tail the routine necessary. The three 
chief features of successful treatment are 
rest, food and air. yet, simple as these 
.seem, their application to tile successful 
management of a case of consumption 
Cau hardly be taught outside of an insti¬ 
tution where the patient is under the ab¬ 
solute control of the physicians aud 
nurses, and where his own natural Impa¬ 
tience at restraint and the whim of well- 
meaning but ignorant friends will not be 
allowed to interfere with bis welfare. If 
at all possible, a sufferer from tubercu¬ 
losis in its earls stages should obtain ad¬ 
mittance to some well-managed sani¬ 
tarium for consumptives and learn there 
bow to live. 
No one with consumption, unless in an 
advanced stage, should despair of recov¬ 
ery, but. upon the other hand, no suf¬ 
ferer should fail to appreciate the seri¬ 
ousness of his trouble and the necessity 
of the most intelligent and patient man¬ 
agement if his recovery is to be assured. 
Application to the State Department of 
Health at Albany, N. Y., and to the Na¬ 
tional Association for the Study and Pre¬ 
vention of Tuberculosis, at .105 East 22d 
Street. New York City, will bring helpful 
publications for the patient and his 
family. 
“Antrum” means cavity, and the term 
as used by you means a cavity formation 
from the breaking down of tubercular tis¬ 
sue. Jt. B. D. 
October Milk Pool Price 
The Dairymen's League Co-operative 
Association announce that the base pool 
price for October milk was $2.21 per 100 
lbs. for 3 per cent milk in the 201-210- 
mile zone. From this 20 cents per hun¬ 
dred was deducted for certificates of in¬ 
debtedness, leaving $2.01 per 100 lbs. in 
the returns r<» members. Sheffield Farms 
report tliar their net price to producers 
for 3 per cent milk in the 201-210-mile 
zone was $2.57*4 per 100 lbs., and for 
November it is $2.7214. They report a 
decrease in the general supply for the 
city, but an increase of IS lbs. to the 
dairy from their producers, and au in¬ 
crease of 101 dairies for October over 
the September record. 
The insurance adjuster who had been 
investigating the fire turned to go. “I 
came down here to find out the cause of 
this fire, and I have done so,” he re¬ 
marked. "Thar’s what l want to know. 
What caused it?” demanded the house 
owner, "It's a plain case of friction.” 
“What-ya-inean — friction?” “The fire 
was undoubtedly caused by rubbing a 
three-thousand-dollar insurance policy on 
a two-thousand-dollar house.”—Every¬ 
body’s Magazine. 
A compulsory thrift plan, whereby 
every employee is obliged to save 10 per 
cent of his salary nr lose his job, was put 
into effect on July 1, 1022, by a group 
of associated telephone and light and 
power companies iu Northern Kansas. 
The plan affects more than 1,200 work¬ 
ers iu establishments. the activities of 
which cover more than a third of the 
Stale. According to this plan, the mere 
saving of 10 per cent of one’s Income is 
not enough, and its investment in some 
safe and in forest -bearing security is re¬ 
quired, and is supervised by a committee 
of seven. 
At k. c. 
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1894 Empire Bide.. Pittaboreh, Pa. 
We need uo-re lire young turn In sell 'whole or 
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Miscellaneous 
HOMES WANTED There I- no greater charity 
than to offer a home to a frlMill? 0 *. deserving 
boy between the ages of seven and lit years; 
this :s real charity, and we earnestly solicit 
the co-operation of Catholic families (New York 
State only) Address PLACING OUT BUREAU. 
MS Rrooinc Street. New York Cltv. 
WANTED—Reliable old people's, home for aged 
medical doctor; Masonic home preferred. 
ADVERTISER 2002, care f!nraI New-Yorker. 
MILK CHOCOLATE—Made at our dairy; box of 
120 pieces, 2 lbs. net, postpaid. SI; sold in 
stores SI.73: send remittance with order, R. 
W. WIND. Babylon, L. I., N. Y. 
CLOVER or Basswood honey in 6f)-lb. cane, $7.30; 
buckwheat, $6.50; f. o. b. G. W BELDEN. 
Berkshire, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Pure extracted clever honey, 5-lb. 
pails. $1.25: 10 lbs., $2.20; delivered into 3d 
zone. HARRY ,T. BOREMAN. Box 87, Katonah, 
N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Pure maple syrup, $2 in gallon 
cans, f. o. b. KDSON KENT Pulaski, N. Y. 
SURE POP old white rice eorn; 25 lbs., pre¬ 
paid 3d zone, $2.40. W. HALBERT. Oxford. 
N. Y. 
HONEY—Pure extracted; circular free. ROS- 
COE F. WESSON, Dept. G. Dundee, N. Y. 
noNEY —10 lbs. finest white, $2 in 3d zone; 
*2.20 in 4th zone; buckwheat 20c less; 60 -lb. 
onus, white. $7.80. f. o. b. here; buckwheat, 
$6. F. W. LESSER, Fayetteville, N. Y. 
HONEY—Light extracted, Autuinu flower honey; 
none finer; 5-lb. pail, $1.25; 10 lbs., $2.15; 
delivered third postal zone. H. R. LYON, 
Cranford, N. J. 
HONEY—Pure extracted, postpaid, first three 
zones; clover. 5 IDs., $1.25; 1<> !i>u,, $2.15; 
10 ' ■ - $1.90; 
prices on (.mtntlry lots. WALNUT ORCHARD 
FARM, Ithaca, N. Y. 
GRAIN THRESHER, hay baler, drill, gas en- 
gin*;, binder amJ other farm machinery; prac¬ 
tically new. JESSE COLLINS. Port Washing¬ 
ton, L. I.. N. Y. 
PEANUTS—New crop, fancy hand-picked; 10 
lbs., $2.25 : 20 lbs., $4.25; postpaid, insured. 
MAPLE GROVE FARMS, Franklin. Va. 
FOR SALE—Chestnut posts, cur to suit your 
war.-s; prices right; write, stating your needs. 
ZEBFASS FARM,"Dansville, N. Y. 
WANTED—To buy 390-egg Cyphers or similar 
hot air Incubators, also large pipe brooder. 
FAIUVIEW POULTRY FARM, Theresa, N. Y. 
FORTY TONS of extra good cnttle beets. 
DEAN M. BARBER, Sksnes teles. N. Y. 
HONEY — Pure extracted, 60-lb. can at our 
station, clover-basswood, $7.80; buckwheat, 
$6.3(i; 40 lbs., $5.90 and $4.SO; 10 lbs,, delivered 
within 3d postal zone. $2.05 and $1.80. RAY 
C. WILCOX, Odessa, N. Y. 
PURE HONEY—Fluest quality; prices right; 
delivered anywhere; satisfaction guaranteed; 
circular free. FRANK PHILLIPS, Altoona. Pa. 
HONEY—Pure Gem-see Valley extra-ted‘clover 
honey, In new 60-lb. cans, two -ar.s to the 
case. $16.80 per ease, ff. o. b. 6“nes«o. J. W. 
COOPER, Box 715. Geneseo, N. Y. 
FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER — One dollar 
firings you six little Jars of jam in pretty 
gtPt box. niCKORY HILL JAM KITCHEN, 
Essex, N. Y. 
THE UNUSUAL Christmas gift is most appre¬ 
ciated; Aunt Hannah’s genuine Adirondack 
balsam pillows make delightful gifts: 3-lb. pil¬ 
low, $1.25, postpaid; ebeck or equivalent with 
order. HANNAH PAYNE. Rauoette Lake, 
N. Y. 
WANTED—Mann’s green bone cutter, second¬ 
hand power machine GEORGE CASE, 
Nicholson, Pa. 
HONEY—Finest quality extracted; clover-bass¬ 
wood, 5 lbs., $1.20; 10 lbs., $2.05; amber 
color, #1.05 and $1.85; buckwheat, $1 and $1.80; 
delivered third zone. H. F. WILLIAMS, Romu¬ 
lus. N. Y. 
4.209-EGG I’ANDEE incubator for -ole—Turning 
trays, electric lights, perfect condition; orated, 
$525. JAMES WHETSKL, Vineland N. J. 
WANTED — No. 12 Newtown brooder stoves. 
good condition; give price. C. G. ELLISON. 
Foreatville, Conn. 
WANTED—3.000 to tl.OOO-rgg Incubator. J. M. 
NELSON. Pawling, N. Y. 
WANTED—Two or three 600-egg sections for 
Newtown Giant Incubator, in perfect order; 
would consider entire machine; state lowest 
cash price. ACKKRR1DGE FARM, Marlboro, 
Mass. 
WANTED—Used colony brooders. L. A, BURK 
HOLDER, Denbigh, Va. 
WANTED—Cyphers incubators. G. W. HER¬ 
RON, Nicholson, Pa. 
WANTED—Used manure spreader; large size 
preferred, j. W. RAINES, Kiverdale, Md. 
WANTED One to ten 600-egg Newtown Giant 
sections. In perfect order; would consider en¬ 
tire machine. GREENWAY POULTRY FARM 
Indian Avenue, H. D. No. 1, Newport, K. I. 
CLOVER HONEY—Fine quality; 6-lb. can't-teak 
can. #1.35; four 5-lb. pails, crated. $4; de¬ 
livered Into third zone; (Vj-lb. can, $7.20; two 
6<Mb. eaus. #14, f. o. b. HUGH G, GREGG. 
Ethridge, 'N. Y. 
WAN TED -Two hoarders in a nic* farm home; 
quiet, and good food; reasonable rat's: write 
for particulars. ADVERTISER 2008. car- 
Rural New-Yorker. 
FRESH-CUT BALSAM in the bulk; enough for 
two pillows postpaid for SI; make up your 
own pillows and fill up with niy balsam; makes 
an Ideal gift; booklets upon request, DORSEY 
FARMS, Scbrooii Lake, N. Y. 
YOU WILL LIKE Admiral Dcivey Popcorn, 
shelled and ready to ]K>p, tender and free 
from hulls: •: Ibs. for si. |n.»tpaid, MISS 
FANNY S. REDE I. L, Eariville. N Y. 
BUNGALOW APRONS—Pretty percales, well 
made, good quality: cottage aprons, 75 cents 
(postpaid* I'.. STII.SON, R. S, SuelT,.!!, Conn. 
WANTED—-Second-hand stump puller and Mar¬ 
tin ditcher. Write U. G. PEDUM K, Ped- 
rlektown, N. J. 
SUNNY BROOK FARM pure pork san-age, made 
from our own pigs on our owe farm; three 
pounds foi $1, postpaid anywhere st NNY 
BROOK FARM, Wtllterton, Sullivan ( o , N. Y. 
PURE delicious Vermont maple -ynip, $2.50 
cal.: 10-lb. cm. sugar. *3; satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed: cash with order. BERT PRESCOTT. 
Essex Junction, Yt. 
