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Home MEDICINE:
ACUTELY INFLAMED
KIDNEY
By Herman N. Bundesen. M.D. AFTER the acute phase of a disease
has passed it often leaves behind
it permanent damage which will prove a disability for the patient as long as he lives.
This is never more true than where acute Inflammation of the kidnay is concerned. If chronic In- flammation of the kidney is to be prevented, this Acute stage must be recognised early and treated,
Starts Gradually
Unfortunately, in many instances this disorder starts gradually and,. in mild cases, may even pass un- noticed. In most of those affected, however, there are
certain symp- toms to put the patient and his doc-
tor on guard, sticht na slight fever, come pallor, weakness and edema.
Juo or puffiness
10 retention of water in the tissues.
In any cause where there in doubt, examination of the urine will reveal the true nature of the trouble be- Cause the urine contains alliumin, red blood cells, and caste, which are moulds of the tiny tubule In the kid- ney. A rise in the blood pressure is also dften present.
Six-Wook Poriod
In most cases, recovery occurs within a period of six weeks. In those cases in which high blood pres- sure is present, the outlook for the patient is not so good. A test, known as the sedimentation test, often is helpful in determining the progress of the condition. This test is made with by determining the speed which the red cells settle out of the blood. If the kidney condition is be- coming worse. the sedimentation rate is more
rapid
Marry-And-Quit
Hostesses
Sending
Flying Costs Up
HOSTESS-TO-BE
BSAA girl in training, D8 have been "Iort" in two years,
"chiefly through marriage.” *
WHEN A
CHILD
STUTTERS
If acute nephritis is of the mild type, condition important.
the proper treatment of the By Gary Cleveland Myers, Ph. D.
In its early stages is most
This treatment consists THAT most of us need today is In controlling the high blood pres- to calm down and relax. Ours sure and the action of the kidneys. Is the age of jitters. Many children Το control the high blood pressure. feel the impact. Not a few suffer some-physlelane-use-injections of from nervous strain and over-excita- magnesium sulphate in a glucose ment, all astir inside, solution, given twice a day into a veln. Sedatives or quieting drugs may also be employed.
The Diet
The diet should be limited during the first few days to about a pint and a half of sweetened fruit juice An equal amount of milk may also be employed in place
other emotional
They may show it in many sorts of ways, sometimes by sluttering. Nearly all stuttering is related to emotional-strain or instability. Any measures which reduce; emotionat tensions and excliement and pro- mote serenity help prevent or cor reet sluttering of of the fruit Juice. If the patient cannot take 111. sumcient duld by mouth, it should be given by injection into a vein.
After the acute or dangerous phase of th
of the disease is over, the pa- tient is, as a rule, kept at complete rest in bed until the kidney has healed
The diet should be regu- Inted and should contain enough protein, but not too much, with the elimination of salt insofar as that as possible.
The Little Black Dress
Healthy Child
A mother said "My son seven has always appeared a healthy normal child in every respect until about three months ago, when he began
UPID is adding to the cost of running airliners. Because- of the heavy marriage rate among air hostesses, two of the Brilleh State- controlled corporations are employ- ing more men as stewards.
The need to train new recruit to replace a girl who getting married ariser to often that Pan- American Airways are maintaining n full-Ume training school in New York.
Average expectation of spinster- life at an air hostess is 12 months.
British South American Air- ways and British Europeart face the same problem; but, British Overseas, for 'some' reason, are. not so worried by it
"We have lost 98 girls in two years, chiefly through marriage," a BSAA official said. "We estimate it takes about six months before they are really efficient, and we do notoven get six months' service out of many of our 'star girls..
The Stars Step Down "We have some
who have been with us two years, but we are look ing ahead now to men purser stewards.
passenger
servico
"When the Tudors go back into we shall put on one purser-steward and one 'star girl.'"
an
When BEA started, they had 69 men and 50 women stewards. Now the ratio is 70 men to 30 girls. "On the whole we are now recruit
than women," ing more nien ofcial told me.
Since September 1946 only ten BOAC stewardesses "we don't call them hostesses"-have left to get married.
Before
appointing their girls, BOAC explain that it is not a hard work attached to it, "glamour job" but one with a lot of
BOYS
Keep Nails Looking Neat
Courtesy AB-EX Cametins "
A special polish with hypo-allergenic qualities has been developed for women who have a hail polish sensitivity.
By HELEN FOLLETT purpose. They aro less likely to cause wounds than the scissors.
HOME CARE of the finger nails One should be wary of shipping and
up
of
Easy Enough
com-
It is easy enough to keep the nails in form. After using your
nt night, give the plexion cream leavings to those coral sheathr upon your Anger tips.
Rub briskly. The nail fabric is transparent, made
should conslet of something clipping. The slightest wound will more than, brushing on the rosy invite infection, and an infected glow. But does it? Not always. It anger nall may develop into serious is the opinion of your good looks trouble. reporter that women took better when polish was not used to cover care of their talons in the old days
evidence
neglect. Nalls should be
more than presentable, they should be in a healthy con- dition, of fine colouring, with sur rounding cuticle neat and normal.
The cuticle should never be cut of overlapping cells that push out except when the nails have been streams in the underlying flesh that from the matrix. It is the blood long neglected and the
flesh has give it colouring. A five minute mas- grown up onto the nali fabric and sage is beneficial. It not fastened itself securely. Then the softens the cuticle, but it imparts only Anger tips must be soaked in warm soap suds until the desh is soft, the orange wood stick used to detach it, shrods and shogs-nipped-away with the curved, needle-point scissors. Even then, the cuticio at the nati base should not be clipped. If it is, It will renew itself and leken. Manicurists use nippers for this
preventing the formation of ridges, health to the nails themselves, keeping the nalls from drying out, and breaking.
Some women are sensitive to cer- making nail polish. For them, a tain resins and plasticisers used in special polish with hypo-allergic qualities has been developed.
AND GIRLS MAGAZINE
The Shadows Walk With Glive
-They Find Things' Look Different to a Snail-
By MAX TRELL
ló stufter a little. It has graduallyKNARF and Hanld, the shadow- become worse.
"I have done nothing to correct him as I have been afraid it would do more harm than good.
a
children with the furned-around names, were siting on the other side of the garden wall when Glive the Snail came up. He carried, a cane, wore brown gloves, a brown frock coat neatly buttoned, and only one shoe. Why he wore only one
big shoe and he kept the bottom
"He is a bright youngster. making the highest grades in his room of 43 puplis. He is able to read the newspaper and books for fth.and shoc nobody knew. But it was a sixth grades. He usually reads good literature but sometimes reads of it well oiled, so that he hardly. few of the 'terrible' comic had to lift it off the ground. He megazines. Sometimes he listens to just slid it along—not very fast, of very exciting radio dromas. He course, but he Älid it, usually goes to a Saturday matinec, and as we have only one movie house in the town, you know how the show runs. Do you think such shows, dramas and stories-could-be causing his trouble?"
Nervous Child
are less
He had a way of waving his eyes around. They were at the end of two feelers that stuck out of his head.
On the Ground
Wherever Glive the Snall went.
Knart and Hanid.
Glive the Bnail greeted the shadows.
the two shadows made themselves as small as Give.
POSERS
TAILOR MADE
You don't have to be a tallor or dressmaker to dope out these an- swore. But they deal with dif ferent kinds of cloth, Bone moro famillar than others. Answers on this page.
1. Add the letter T to this and get a colour.
2. This cloth ought to be found near a gusher.
3. The first syllable of this is a ward meaning "through"; the Inst is the name of a vegetable.
4. This is the name of a certain, breed of cows.
5.What-is-a-ribbed--cotton---fab- rle beginning with the letter P2. 6. What is the name of a twilled cloth that is usually waterproofed?
7. The first syllable of this means
coda and get. a
I think that boy is a very nervous his house went with him. He had Then the blades of grass seemed child, and the gruesome and exciting it with him now. However, he to tower over their heads like great comic books, movies and radio hair-rested it on the ground behind him trees. And the clumps of daley and a "male decr"; last syllabio, a male raisers undoubtedly make contribution to his stuttering.
big as he stood at the open door, nodd- clover were like thick dark foresta. sheep. Usually the comic books at theirg a pleasant good-morning to A tiny puddle of rain water was like 8. Add the letters "in" to a worst
a pond. A fallen twig, lying across the exciting than other sources mentioned though they
cloth. "Delightful day...dec-lightful" the path, was like a glant leg which word for bottled can be fear-inspiring. Get him one he murmured, leaning on his cane. And
they had to climb over carefully.
pebbles were like grept 9. This one rhymes with the word or two of the good children's ma- and waving his eyes up at the blue boulders. They had to climb over "drape." gazines. Even most
comic
books sky. "How can't have the emotional
would you children these, too, or else walk all around force of like to take a walk with me?"
10. What is the word meaning the gruesome radio programmes and
them.
"to rise high and roll"? certain movies;, both with their Knart and Hanid both answered Here and there they came on a weird sound effect. Find a way to that they'd like very much to take have him cut down heavily on all of a walk with him.. them. Suddenly to forbid all of the three groups might not, however, bo wise, now that he has been expect- ing to have them.
Movio Selection
beetle hurrying home to dinner,-ur
B party of ants dragging along a dead fly. They saw earthworms "Where will we walk to?" Knart looking out of the doors of their asked.
underground houses. They met two "A walk is a walk," said Gilve, caterpillars who asked them the "It doesn't matter how far you go. way to the nearest tree. And under pleasant companions to go with."
the leaves of a thistle they saw a The Important thing is to have moth sleeping soundly until the sun
went down.
0:0
Do some guidance in movie selec tion. One movie a month would be a lot for him. Unless he shows
So they all started out, with marked gain in polse and calmness of on sido of Gilve, and
The Whole Morning after
a few weeks, all the exciting Hanid on the other. At first they Taffeta frock for afternoon.
found
themselves striding It took them nearly
the whole. programmes might properly be for both By GRACE THORNCLIFFE
ahead of Glive. But he smiled and morning to reach the end of the gar- bidden, since they tend to charge the while
"He who atmosphero with said: family
runs much sces den wall. "I think I'll stay here for NO MATTER what the pet fashion jitteriness. Inasmuch as he gets on little" So they slowed down. awhile and rest," said Glive. So ho
of the moment are, the nice so well a school on the physican's
Glive knew path that ran to the nodded them good-morning, and little black dress that looks unob- advice, he might be kept home from end of the garden wall. It was this. thanked them for keeping him com- trusively right all day, except for school a day or half-day now and path they took. But there were pany on his little walk. Then he big" occasions, is always' In demand, then for rest and quieti
many other paths, crossing and drew himself inside his house and Takieta is used for this little num
criss-crossing It, each no wider than shut his door.
and
from a soft shoulder flango. The
ber that has a round high neckline short sleeves that extend
POSER ANSWERS
cloth.
ribbon. These paths weren't. Then Knart and Hand made made by the footsteps of people, or themselves big again. And Instant- by cows or horses, They were ly the tiny paths seemed to vanish; dress buttons down the bodice to 1-Volle (violet), 2-011
made by beetles and ants and and Give the Snail" could hardly the hips. The gathers are caught 3-Percale (kale), 4-Jersey. crickets and snalis. They were be scen. It made Knarf and Hanid by self cording at either side of Fique. Covert cloth.. 7-Buck-bug-and-insect paths. Kaart and wonder how many things were hap- the skirt and the front and back rom. 8-Poplin. 9-Crepe. 10 Hanid found them very-curious, pening all 'around are plain.
them that they Serge (surgo)..
But they were only curlops after, couldn't even see.
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Height
POPULAR belief is that when a
child is two years old it will
be exactly half its ultimate height. Get the tape measure out on your child's second birthday to check whether it will be average or not.
Average height of British women. is a feet 3 inches; averago. height of men in 5 feet 01⁄2 inches.
Average height of Scotsmen is, 5 feet B1⁄4 inches, second tallest 'In Europe. Tallest are the Swedce, who average feet ches
Rupert helps Dr. Lion-24.
*THERE LADY TRAIN ROBBER.PAPOOSE? WE MOVE UM LIKE
SHADOW THROUGH TREES AND SHE
NOT SEE US!
Dilly's words maks Ruperi hope ful, again and he begs him to -explain. So his pal takes him across the common and points fato the distance." D'you ate that old fortress? he says. "It used to be empty, but my uncle, the wien old / gost, lives there now. He known "all sorts of things and, if anyone can help you, he can, though I wam you it's a long way.” "Why, of course," crits Rupert. “'It's-ages since-f-saw him and I'm afraid I'd quite forgotten. him. II
go at oner.
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