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THE SPECIALS
Arthritis May
Be Result of
Three Factors
By DR. JAMES W. BARTON
I CAN remember as a boy an
older brother telling me of
a wonderful drug that would
“cure” rheumatism. The new
drug was acetyl
salicylic acid (as
pirin). It does not
cure rheumatism
but does relieve
pain and the spasm
or tightness that
painful conditions.
A few years later it was dis
covered that infected teeth and
tonsils caused rheumatism and
it was felt that with the cause
known, and then removed, rheu
matism would be soon a disease
of the past.
“Chronic arthritis (rheuma
tism) counts more victims than
tuberculosis. While not as fatal,
it may be quite as disabling.”
Instead of just the one
cause, focal infection — in
fected teeth, tonsils, sinus,
middle ear, gall bladder, intestine
—“there are three ways in which
arthritis may be produced. One is
from without (injury or strain); an
other is from within (infection). The
third combines these two, the effect
of strain on a joint damaged by
disease resulting in a vicious circle.
Other factors entering into the cause
of arthritis are gland conditions
and lack of vital elements in the
food. Still more subtle or difficult
to find is an inher
ited inferiority of
joint tissue.”
I am quoting from
an article on treat
ment of arthritis' by
Dr. Bernard Fantus
and Eugene F.
Traut, in the Jour
nal of the American
Medical Association.
As these many fac
tors—injury, infec
tion, lack of neces
sary food elements,
Dr. Barton
inherited tendency, changes in cli
mate, emotional disturbances and
others—may be causing arthritis, all
must be taken into consideration in
the treatment.
Factors to Consider.
For a long time, the usual treat
ment of arthritis was to remove all
infected teeth, tonsils and gall blad
ders^ as they were believed to be
the entire or whole cause. Today,
while they are not believed to be
the whole cause or, in some cases,
even a part of the cause, they are
removed just the same in order to
build up the general health of the
patient. By improving his general
health, his resistance is increased.
It is in improving his resistance to
infection that has set up the new
diet method of treating arthritis.
“The diet should, in general, be
low in carbohydrates—starches, es
pecially as to concentrated, refined
starch foods such as white flour,
corn starch, rice and sugar. If pa
tient is very thin, more fats—but
ter, cream, egg yolks—may be eat
en. One serving of meat, eggs or
fish is allowed daily.
* * *
Appendicitis Pain
May Be Varied
A S IT seems to be the general
opinion that the pain in appen
dicitis must be in the lower right
side of the abdomen, many health
writers, including myself, try to re
mind readers that the pain “usual
ly” starts up near the stomach, then
gradually shifts down to the appen
dix and stops there. It might be
well, therefore, to learn that while
the pain usually starts high in the
abdomen, in a number of cases it
starts elsewhere.
Dr. Gordon Murray, Toronto, in
Canadian Medical Association Jour
nal gives an analysis of 1,000 cases
of appendicitis whose records in the
Toronto General hospital have been
carefully studied. In this group, the
proportion of appendicitis in the
male was four to one in the female.
Abdominal pain was the first symp
tom in 80 per cent. The situation
of pain was (1) general cramps in
abdomen, 75 per cent; (2) right low
er part of abdomen (appendix re
gion), 10 per cent; (3) above the
stomach proper, 7 per cent; (4) um
bilicus or navel region, 2 per cent;
(5) at side of abdomen, 2 per cent;
(6) underneath the stomach 2 per
cent.
Pain Area May Vary.
It can thus be seen then that the
pain in appendicitis may start from
various parts of the abdomen, as
in only 10 per cent did the pain
start in the appendix region. How
ever, in all cases whether the pain
started high up, low down, or at
the side of the abdomen, in 100 per
cent of the cases the pain finally
shifted to the region of the appen
dix. The pain was crampy at first,
but frequently became less severe,
leaving a dull aching sensation in
the appendix region.
Aside from the pain and its loca
tion, other symptoms mentioned are:
Loss of appetite was an early symp
tom ; vomiting occurred early and in
about 90 per cent of the cases; nau
sea was present often.
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See Recipes Below
TODAY'S
HEALTH
COLUMN
aggravates
Just Good Food
In her own town and in her time,
Aunt Edith was considered a good
cook. When prizes were awarded
for the best cakes at church fairs,
Aunt Edith won her share of them.
But she had her bad days, too, when
this pie crust was soggy or that
cake fell flat. Aunt Edith used to
say, “Well, I had good luck with
my baking today,” and sometimes
she said, “I don’t know why, but my
sponge cake isn’t near as nice as
usual, this time.” Luck played quite
a part in the success or failure of
ement of chance, and insures uni
form results, day after day: 1, test
ed recipes; 2, accurate measure
ments; 3, proper methods of mix
ing ; 4, correct temperature for cook
ing and baking.
Reliable recipes and good ingre
dients are available by the score.
When you’ve found the ones you
like, stick to them! Marked meas
uring cups and spoons have done
away with the old time “pinch” of
this, and “smidgin” of that, and
directions for mixing are a part of
every tested recipe. Thermometers
of every kind insure the proper tem
perature for cooking and baking;
thermometers for deep fat frying
eliminate grease-soaked doughnuts
or croquettes; there’ll be no sticky,
runny frostings or candy that won’t
“set,” when the cooking is done
with candy thermometers; meat
thermometers mean roasts that are
cooked to just the right degree of
“doneness”; and oven thermome
ters are practically indispensable
for the countless baking jobs in
volved in feeding a family. You’ll
find the recipes below meet the re
quirements of the four-point plan.
You’ll want to add them to your
file of tested recipes for “Just Good
Food.”
Silver Cake.
(Makes 2 9-inch layers)
2% cups cake flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
% teaspoon salt
% cup butter
cups sugar
1 cup milk
% teaspoon almond extract
4 egg whites (stiffly beaten)
Sift together the flour, baking pow
der, and salt. Cream the butter,
and add 1 cup of
the sugar gradu
ally, beating un
til smooth and
fluffy. Add the
dry ingredients to
the creamed mix
ture, alternately
with the milk.
Add flavoring. Beat the egg whites
until stiff but not dry, and gradu
ally beat in the remaining % cup of
sugar. Fold into the cake batter.
Bake in 2 greased 9-inch layer cake
pans in a moderately hot oven (375
degrees) for 25 to 30 minutes.
Boiled Icing.
2% cups granulated sugar
% cup light corn syrup
¥4 teaspoon salt
% cup water
2 egg whites
1 teaspoon almond extract
Cook sugar, corn syrup, salt and
water together to the firm ball stage
(250 degrees). Pour the hot syrup
slowly into the well-beaten egg
whites, beating constantly. Add al
mond extract and continue beating
until the frosting will hold its shape
when tossed over the back of a
spoon. Should icing become too stiff
to manipulate easily, a small
amount of hot water may be added.
Lemon Apple Cake Filling.
Pare and grate one large, tart
apple. (There should be I cup of
grated pulp). Add 2 tablespoons of
lemon rind grated, 1 cup sugar, 1
egg, beaten, and 1 tablespoon of
quick-cooking tapioca. Cook over
BAKER COUNTY NEWS
hot water until thick and clear—
about 15 minutes. Cool, and spread
generously between the layers of a
cake. The filling is especially good
in white cake.
Liver Croquettes.
(Makes 10-12 croquettes)
% pound beef liver
1 teaspoon baking powder
Boiling water
2 tablespoons onion (grated)
1 cup fine bread crumbs (mois
tened with 2 tablespoons water)
% cup thick white sauce
2 eggs (well beaten)
1 teaspoon salt
% teaspoon pepper
Cover liver with boiling water to
which baking powder has been add
ed. Cook a few minutes until liver
begins to get tender. Remove from
water, cut off tough skin or connec
tive tissue, then grind. Mix with
bread crumbs, white sauce, and
eggs well beaten. Season to taste
and cool. Shape into small ball
croquettes. Fry in deep fat (375
degrees) until golden brown. Drain
on unglazed paper. Serve at once
with hot tomato sauce. If desired,
croquettes may be dipped in crumbs,
egg, then crumbs again before deep
frying.
Lemon Meringue Pie.
1 cup sugar
¥4 cup cornstarch
¥4 teaspoon salt
% cup cold water
¥3 cup boiling water
3 egg yolks
1 tablespoon butter
¥4 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon rind (grated)
Combine sugar, cornstarch and
salt. Add cold water; stir until
one’s cooking and
baking, in those
days! There isn’t
any mystery about
cooking and bak
ing today; this
“four-point plan”
eliminates the el-
smooth. Add boil
ing water and
cook, stirring con
stantly, until mix
ture is clear and
thick. Cook 3 min
utes longer. Beat
egg yolks; stir
cooked mixture into them. Add re
maining ingredients, return to flame
and cook 1 minute. Pour immedi
ately into baked pie shell. Top with
meringue.
Meringue.
3 egg whites
6 tablespoons sugar
% teaspoon salt
Beat egg whites partially; then
add sugar slowly, beating until mix*
ture is stiff. Bake in slow oven
(300 degrees) for 18 minutes.
Apple Sauce Doughnuts. -
2 tablespoons shortening
1% cups brown sugar
2 eggs (beaten)
1 cup apple sauce
% teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon soda
% teaspoon cinnamon
% teaspoon nutmeg
3¥4 cups bread flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
Cream shortening and add sugar;
blend thoroughly. Add the eggs.
Combine apple sauce, salt, soda,
and spices, and add to first mixture.
Sift together the flour and baking
powder, and add. Roll out to ¥4-
inch thickness on well-floured board.
Cut in circles and fry in deep fat
(365 degrees) until brown. Drain
and roll in confectioners’ sugar.
Send for Copy of Household Hints.
Once in every so often you run
across a booklet that’s practical
ly indispensable to a smooth-run
ning household. Eleanor Howe’s
booklet, “Household Hints,” is
just that; it’s crammed with
suggestions for clever time-sav
ers, economical shortcuts, and
hints on cooking, cleaning, first
aid for plants and flowers, and
all the odd jobs that fill a busy
homemaker’s day.
Send 10 cents in coin to “House
hold Hints,” care of Eleanor
Howe, 919 N. Michigan Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois, and get your
copy of this home making guide,
now.
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UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
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Lesson for January 21
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
A NEW STANDARD OF
GREATNESS
LESSON TEXT—Matthew 20:17-28.
GOLDEN TEXT—While we were yet sin
ners. Christ died for us.—Romans 5:8.
The nations of the earth and their
leaders are engaged in a struggle
to determine which land and which
leader is to be the greatest. They
may attempt to conceal their real
motive under a cloak of high-mind
ed and well-sounding objectives, but
essentially the reason for their
struggle is the desire to be great.
To them greatness means size,
strength, wealth, and position. It
means that also to the average man
on the street. What a pity it is that
such is the case and that such a
vicious and erroneous philosophy of
life has been permitted to make its
way even into the Church.
The world’s ideas of greatness are
entirely opposite to God’s standards.
God’s people ought to learn what
His ideals of life are and to live in
accordance with them even in an
unbelieving world. Both they and
the world would be astonished at the
result.
I. Dying for Others (vv. 17-19).
With surprising clarity and de
tail the Lord Jesus once more re
vealed to His disciples that He was
on His way to Jerusalem to die and
to arise again. It is well worth
while to note that apart from divine
foreknowledge and inspiration it
would have been utterly impossible
for Him to give these facts in such
exact detail.
The point we wish to stress is
that the Son of God was steadfastly
approaching the death of Calvary.
He had no desire to live for seif,
to gratify His own wishes, to prolong
His life, or to improve His position
in the world. He had come to do
but one thing, the will of God, even
to the shameful death of the cross,
there to bear your sins and mine.
Let us give ourselves in loyal de
votion to our dying and risen Lord.
11. Living for Self (vv. 20-24).
Were it not written for us to read,
we could hardly believe that the
two disciples, James and John, who
were so very near to our Lord, and
their mother, who was a woman of
earnest faith and sacrificial service
to God, would be guilty of such an
expression of selfishness, especially
in that sacred hour when He had
spoken of His approaching death.
Disregarding what Jesus had said
about His sufferings, they apparent
ly could think only of His coming
glory, and in thinking of that they
could only covet for themselves the
chief places. What a strange mix
ture of faith in Christ and an over
whelming desire for self-glory!
Perchance some of us have served
Christ with a selfish desire for per
sonal glory and position putting it
self forward to influence our think
ing and acting. Perhaps we do not
see it in ourselves, but are like the
other disciples who, seeing this hate
ful thing in John and James, were
repelled by it, even as we despise it
in others. It may be that the dis
ciples were only angry because they
had not thought to make the request
for themselves.
111. Finding True Greatness (vv.
25-28).
“Rulers,” “greatness,” “exercise
authority” — how modern these
words from verse 25 sound! They
epitomize the ambitions of the great
majority of mankind today. Few
indeed are those in the world who
see the way to true greatness as
that of the lowly Jesus. In every in
stance where they do rightly ap
prehend and live out this truth, one
is satisfied that somewhere in their
experience they have come to know
His principles of life even though
they do not know Him. Only in Him
is such an attitude toward life to
be found.
To be great one is to serve in the
spirit of humility and self-sacrifice.
This is the command of Christ. Even
in the Church there are not too many
who have heeded that word. If
there were more of this spirit we
woud have less church quarrels,
for essentially they root back to the
desire for greatness. We may not
admit that fact, but it is none the
less true.
One wonders how great some of
the pillars of the Church would look
measured against the standard of
verses 26 to 28. One wonders too
how many of the humble workers of
the Church realize their true great
ness. Such greatness of heart is
great simply because it does not so
regard itself.
For Thy Name’s Sake
But do thou for me, O God the
Lord, for thy name’s sake; because
thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
For I am poor and needy, and my
heart is wounded within me.—Psalm
109, 21:22.
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Jesus Asks Evidence
That they all may be one; as thou,
Father, art in me, and I in thee,
but they also may be one in us:
that the world may believe that thou
hast sent me.—John 17. 21.
Jlsk Me Jlnother
0 A General Quiz
The Questions
1. Has Brazil a state as large
as Texas?
2. What makes wood decay?
3. Does the moon influence pen
dulum clocks?
4. How do waves on the Great
Lakes compare with waves on the
oceans?
5. Which is the longer coastline,
the Atlantic or Pacific?
6. How do our rivers compare
with those of Europe?
The Answers
1. Brazil, which is larger than
the United States, has 20 states^
3 of which are larger than Texas.
2. Bacteria and certain micro
scopic plants called fungi grow in
the wood and destroy the struc
ture.
3. The mechanism of pendulum
clocks is affected slightly by the
gravitational pull of the moon.
4. Waves on the Great Lakes
sometimes reach 25 feet; ocean
waves, more than 50 feet.
5. The Atlantic.
6. The Mississippi alone dis
charges more water than all the
rivers of Europe.
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