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A MAGAZINE FOR HEALTH HOME AND HAPPINESS 
40th Year of Publication 
September 1949 
Health Problems in Southern Asia 
Rheumatic Fever 
Exercise and Rest 
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A New Outlook on Angina Pectoris 
Are You Allergic to Yourself? 
You and Your Proteins 
Recipes 
The Doctor Says 
Etc., Etc. 
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PHYSICAL MEDICINE FOR CHILDREN 
The Physical Medicine Department of the 
Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond 
Street, in London, has the distinction of being 
a pioneer branch. Its fame is world-wide, and 
nowhere is there anything quite like it. 
Doctors and physiotherapists from the Do-
minions and many foreign countries are 
regular visitors to study the Departments' 
methods. Many parents take children to this 
hospital when they are found to suffer with 
knock knees. It is a condition which can be 
overcome in some eighteen months if home 
exercises are regularly carried out. Here, three-
year-old Maud Evans is being instructed in a 
set of home exercises by the physiotherapist. 
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Here is Susan, who has been suffering with 
infantile paralysis for two years out of her 
two and a half years of life; now at last, 
thanks to treatment thrice weekly, the dreaded 
illness is overcome. Rehabilitation is in its 
last stages, only a very slight weakness of 
the child's left shoulder remains. The deltoid 
muscle being re-educated in Guthrie Smith 
slings. 
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EDITORIAL 
PHILOSOPHY 
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HILOSOPHY 
w a s formerly 
speculation about the nature 
of things in general. Now and then 
some of its "discoveries" were truth, 
but for the most part they were 
childish fantasy, erudite imagina-
tion and utter falsehood as is easily 
ascertained by even the most elemen-
tary summary of the teachings of a 
number of leading philosophers on 
any particular subject that may be 
chosen. It is regrettable that the 
powers and energies of some of the 
worlds greatest minds were dissi-
pated in such useless and often mis-
leading and harmful activities. When 
the speculation was confined to nat-
ural phenomena and to the world of 
things that lies about us in every-
day life and which are open to ob-
servation on every side, and to such 
matters as may be verified by sci-
ence, a few truths were actually ar-
rived at by philosophy: but the 
great majority of their "truths" were 
long ago proved by science to be 
superstition and error. In the realm 
of human experience, philosophic 
speculation confined within certain 
limits may have its place, but its 
conclusions must usually be accepted 
as hypothesis which may or may not 
be fact. 
The function of philosophers can-
not be that of specialists as that of 
scientists. The professed aim of 
philosophy is to show the relation-
ship between all things and to pre-
sent the universe as a rational system 
in the harmony of all its parts. This 
will be borne out by the reading of 
any of the philosophers, regardless 
of the fact that their system of 
reasoning may disagree with all 
others. So every philosopher should 
refuse to consider the parts out of 
relationship to other parts and to 
the whole of which they are parts. 
Many of the philosophers ancient 
and more recent have made or have 
attempted to make religion of their 
philosophy and in so doing have 
violated the principle expressed 
above and have tried to specialize on 
the nature of God, the nature of the 
THE ORIENTAL WATCHMAN, SEPTEMBER 
soul, and such matters, without con-
sidering them rationally in relation-
ship to the universe as a whole, be-
cause that is something which they 
cannot do, wherefore they have ar-
rived at many meaningless, false, and 
absurd conclusions some of which 
have dominated world thought for 
centuries. The violation of this prin-
ciple is one explanation for the fact 
that among the great philosophers, 
there are hardly any two who have 
arrived at the same conclusions: and 
therefore none of the conclusions can 
be accepted as dependable. There are 
among them assertions and counter 
assertions, theories and refutations, 
"proof" that is no truth, and error 
long accepted as truth which science 
has now shown to be false. All of 
which gives rise to the feeling that 
there is safety in no philosophers' 
conclusions; especially in matters 
pertaining to God, the soul, and 
other such matters that are utterly 
beyond the reach of the human mind. 
The nature of the divinity and the 
nature and destiny of the human soul 
are subjects which the philosopher 
cannot study in their relationship to 
matters that may be known and ex-
perienced objectively. They cannot 
be proved by science—much less by 
philosophy. 
The fact that most of the philoso-
phers of the present day have dis-
carded the idea that the soul and 
mind are one and the same is an-
other evidence of the uncertain and 
changeable character of philosophic 
conclusions. The character of the 
argument must now assume a dif-
ferent form and that which was as-
serted in former days is now ob-
solete because of the new "dis-
coveries" that have been made. By 
psychology, or the science of the 
mind, is studied the fact of intelli-
gence which places in hand the fact 
to which all other facts are related. 
Mind is thus an established objective 
faCt whereas soul, as far as philosophy 
and science are concerned, is only a 
speculative abstraction for which even 
the existence cannot be proved not to 
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mention all that host of qualities 
that have been described. The 
"proofs" of the philosophers are so 
varied, so confusing, that they can-
not be accepted as proof of any-
thing. The reasoning is profound. 
It delves into the very depths of 
know-nothing speculation and brings 
up from the bottom nonsense too 
mysterious for the human mind to 
fathom. The fact that the same phi-
losopher discards the philosophy .of 
one period of his life only to adopt 
another and that he frequently re-
futes his own theories and contra-
dicts himself is evidence enough of 
the worthlessness of it all. 
The philosophers are exceedingly 
subtle and wily. No one unaccus-
tomed to their ways is safe in sub-
jecting himself to their sophistries. 
Their crafty arguments may be and 
often are the grossest of error, and 
yet there is no answer except by care-
ful analysis and scrutiny, such as 
the untrained are unable to make. 
They seem to have no need for 
reality and philosophize everything 
into illusion and delusion. They 
reason substance and the earth, nay 
the entire universe, out of existence 
and all knowledge along with them. 
They reason God Himself out of ex-
istence or into a product of their 
own manufacture. 
That philosophy that busies itself 
with human experience here on 
earth or with the material aspects of 
the world about us, though it may 
arrive at wrong conclusions is not 
so great an evil to the world as that 
which concerns itself with matters 
that are utterly beyond the scope of 
the human mind. Says one modern 
philosopher whose influence is wide-
spread and who represents millions: 
"Thus religion begins where phi-
losophy ends." "Religion without 
philosophy runs into superstition." 
"Religion and philosophy are one." 
This philosopher is an illustration of 
the results of his own philosophy. 
The conclusions of philosophers 
are rarely real knowledge. They are 
conjectures and guess work pure and 
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simple. In many instances they are 
not even acceptable hypotheses use-
ful as a basis for investigation and 
objective study. Knowledge, actual 
knowledge, . of the material world 
about us is at the best partial and im-
perfect, but the incomplete and im-
perfect nature of such knowledge is 
known to students and investigators 
who make no other claims. New 
knowledge in practically every line 
of scientific learning is constantly 
being discovered and applied to the 
practical affairs of life so that that 
which was up to date and useful 
a few years ago is now useless ex-
cept as it has served as a founda-
tion on which to build. But not so 
with the "discoveries" of the phi-
losophers. They find security in the 
fact that their metaphysical findings 
cannot be investigated or tried by ex- 
periment and research. Mere theories 
and speculation about matters that 
cannot be proved are offered as 
truth. If all philosophy led to the 
same conclusions there would be 
some sense in accepting those con-
clusions, but in the absence of such 
agreement they are all unworthy of 
confidence, and most of that which 
is called religion today is based on 
the work of philosophers. 
U. S. on Verge of Glut Condi-
tions 
FIVE MILLION BUSHELS OF GRAIN 
SURPLUS 
THE U. S. is on the verge of glut 
conditions, according to reports 
reaching the Agriculture Department 
on the eve of the winter wheat 
harvest. 
Indications are that after all U. S. 
domestic needs are met this year, 
approximately one thousand million 
bushels will remain over and of this 
exports will drain off less than half. 
Thus the U. S. faces a surplus at 
the end of the crop year of nearly 
a full year's domestic requirements. 
—P. T. I.—Reuter. 
U. S. Pilots Establish New World 
Record 
GREETED by a tremendous cheer 
from an excited crowd of 8,000 peo-
ple at Fullerton airport last night, 
Dick Riedel and Bill Barris landed 
the light plane in which they had 
been flying continuously for six 
weeks. They touched down one min-
ute later than they had planned, 
making the total time aloft 1,008 
hours and one minute. 
Despite a missing tail-wheel the 
landing was made without any mis-
hap. To the surprise of friends who 
had come prepared to carry the 
pilots away on stretchers, both men 
walked from the plane unaided. 
They were clean shaven and wore 
clean shirts. 
It is estimated that they have 
flown more than 75,000 miles, equal 
to three times around the world. 
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Locked in Sealed Room 
THE Brooklyn Police (New York) 
said they had rescued a thirty-three 
year old man imprisoned in a sealed 
room for the past ten years by his 
mother to prevent him from being 
conscripted to the armed forces. The 
mother had locked him in a third-
floor bedroom and sealed the door 
of the room with plaster and bricks. 
He was fed through an opening in 
the ceiling which led to the roof. 
Concentration Camp a National 
Monument 
THE ill-famed Nazi concentration 
camp at Mauthausen, in Austria, has 
been turned into a national monu-
ment to the memory of the prisoners 
who lost their lives there, and has 
been opened to the public. 
Reputation at Stake 
ON SEAL ISLAND in False Bay, 
hundreds of seal pups, deserted by 
their parents, are dying of starvation. 
It all sounds like the beginning of 
the particular types of "thriller" 
popular many years ago in which 
the first signs of a lethal ray attack 
from Mars was death in the animal 
world. In this instance it is known 
that the adult herd left the island 
last month and it is presumed that 
it followed a particularly large shoal 
of sardines. Quite possibly, in keep-
ing pace with their mobile larder 
the seals achieved such a happy mar-
riage of supply and demand that 
they forgot their parental duties 
back on the island. Their situation 
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may even be in contrast to our own 
with too few seals chasing too many 
sardines, the result being a physical 
inflation that is the reverse of its 
economic counterpart. The strange 
thing is that seals are accounted ex-
cellent parents and fisherfolk who 
know their habits well are indignant 
over suggestions of desertion, prefer-
ring to believe that some disaster has 
befallen the herd. It will be a sad 
commentary on the post-war world 
if even the seals are ready to aban- • 
don old values as soon as plenty 
waves its pretty tail. 
Phone Robot 
A DEVICE that automatically an-
swers the telephone and takes a mes-
sage for •a person when he is away 
has been invented in the United 
States. The phone robot works by 
electrical induction and is called 
the "Tele-Magnet." The manufac-
turer, the Mohawk Business Machines 
Corporation of New York City, says 
it soon will be available commer-
cially. 
The two main parts of the machine 
are an arm to lift the receiver, and 
a wire recorder. The apparatus goes 
into action the second time the phone 
rings. The arm picks up the receiver 
and makes the connection, and simul-
taneously starts a phonograph record 
containing instructions to the caller 
in the owner's voice. These instruc-
tions explain that he is not in the 
office and direct the caller to leave a 
message with the "Tele-Magnet" at 
the sound of a chime signal. The 
message is recorded and is played 
back by the owner when he returns. 
—US/S. 
Looking Ahead 
A RECENT article in The Saturday 
Evening Post gives an interesting ac-
count of the growth in popularity of 
the Museum of Science and Industry 
in Chicago. While quoting the at-
tendance, which has risen from less 
ORIENTAL. WATCHMAN, SEPTEMBER 1949 
than 650,000 in 1940 to over 1,360-
000 in 1947, the author shrewdly ob-
serves that even more important is 
the average time spent by each per-
son in the museum, which has risen 
from fifty-five minutes to three and 
a half hours. This phenomenal rise 
in attendance has been due almost 
entirely to the novel and interesting 
method of presenting the exhibits to 
the public. 
IN INDIA, there is approximately 
one museum per 4,000,000 popula-
tion as compared with one per 70,000 
in the U. S. A. and one per 80,000 
in prewar Germany. Although the 
attendance figures in India are fairly 
high—those for the Prince of Wales 
Museum in Bombay being about 
1,000,000 persons per year—many 
of the visitors are illiterate and un- 
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WHAT THEY SAY 
"I had the opportunity of reading 
your magazine for HEALTH, HOME 
AND HAPPINESS and I am very much 
taken up by it. This seems to be one 
of the ideal ,books for a family. I 
shall be pleased if you would send 
me detailed information for enlisting 
as a subscriber of your magazine."—
J. S., Bangalore. 
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"I have been a regular subscriber 
of HEALTH for a number of years, 
and want to tell you that I have 
thoroughly enjoyed reading the 
valuable articles it contains. My 
family too look forward to the 
magazine each month for the chil-
dren's articles and the recipes which 
are very practical."—J. P., Ceylon. 
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"I have been away from home for 
some time, and issues of HEALTH for 
May and June have been misplaced. 
Kindly send these, to me and oblige, 
as I do not wish to miss the valuable 
information they bring to me. Each 
year I bind the copies of the maga-
zine for ready reference.—H.M.M., 
Pakistan. 
able to derive much information 
from the labelled collections. More-
over, investigation suggests that 
their attendance at the museum is 
probably due less to their interest 
in the exhibits than to the cheapness 
of this way of spending an idle hour 
or so. In the authoritative Markham-
Hargreaves report on Museums in 
India, the curator of the Bijapur 
Museum reveals that only 300 out of 
1,500 copies of the guide book is-
sued by him had been sold in seven 
years. Even this is eclipsed by the 
Nagpur Museum which, in the year 
covered by the report, sold two 
copies of the English and one of 
the Marathi version of its guide 
book! 
Yeast as Food 
Two scientists, one from India 
and the other from the United 
States, say that yeast cells, under 
certain conditions, grow on the al-
cohol they produce. This discovery, 
the New York Times reports, is ex-
pected to help in the cultivation 
and utilization of various types of 
industrial and food yeasts, and 
"thus aid in fighting hunger in all 
lands." 
Dr. P. N. Agarwal of India, and 
Dr. W. H. Petersen of the University 
of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 
made the discovery in a series of 
experiments during Agarwal's three 
years of postgraduate work at the 
University. Their investigations con-
cerned saccharomyces cereviske 
(beer yeast), and two food yeasts—
torulopsis utilis and candida ar-
borea. 
These yeasts, the scientist proved, 
can grow in cane sugar and sugar-
beet molasses in the presence of air 
and produce ethyl alcohol. But 
growth does not stop there. The 
yeast cells derive additional energy 
from the alcohol and keep on 
growing. 
Like many other countries, the 
newspaper notes, "India faces the 
tremendous problem of feeding mil-
lions of people an inexpensive, ade-
quate, balanced diet. Her scientists 
know that India has plenty of sugar 
and molasses, but not enough of pro-
tein-rich foods, such as meat, fish, 
eggs, and dairy products." 
Since food yeasts are rich in pro-
teins, vitamins of the B complex, 
and other nutrients, the Times says, 
"Yeast culture and utilization un-
der Indian conditions thus assume 
great nutritional importance."—
US/S. 
U. S. Housewives' "Ideal" Potato 
A SURVEY conducted by the United 
States Department of Agriculture 
among 3,300 American housewives 
gives a portrait of their "ideal" white 
potato. It should be: Clean, of me-
dium size, free from spots and 
marked by few "eyes," light in col-
our and undamaged. Medium-sized 
potatoes (about eight ounces) are 
preferred because they are con-
sidered easier to peal and handle 
and best suited for individual por-
tions. 
While many housewives think the 
potato's only food value is its 
starch, the Department notes, the 
facts are that the average-size potato 
also has as much, iron as two slices 
of bread, and that a boiled potato 
has as much Vitamin C as ,a small 
glass of tomato juice. Vitamin C, or 
ascorbic acid, is essential in the pre-
vention of scurvy.—US/S. 
COMING NEXT MONTH 
Osteo-Arthritis and Muscular 
Rheumatism 
Preparing Your Food 
What to Do for Sinusitis 
The Case of the Mentally Ill Child 
Building Up Vital Resistance 
Adjusting the Mind to 
Heart Diseases 
What about Hormones? 
Editorial 
The Doctor Says 
Etc., Etc. 
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HEALTH PROBLEMS 
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• SOUTHERN ASIA 
ANNOUNCER: Welcome to Nagpur, 
Miss Burnett! I understand that you 
plan to spend several months in 
India and Pakistan and other coun-
tries of the Far East. Our listening 
audience will appreciate knowing 
about the purpose of your trip. 
Miss BURNETT: I am a profes-
sional nurse and a member of a 
religious body in which medical 
work is a basic factor in the work 
of the church as a whole. 
ANNOUNCER: Do you mean to say 
that according to you, spiritual well-
being and physical health go hand-
in-hand; the two cannot be sepa-
rated? 
Miss BURNETT: Yes, we believe 
that every individual should be 
given health instruction and guid-
ance to help him attain to the best 
possible health status. Also in the 
treatment of disease the natural 
remedies are used in so far as it is 
possible. These include the use of 
fresh air, sunshine, exercise, use of 
hot and cold water, a balanced diet 
consisting chiefly of fruits, grains, 
vegetables, and nuts; abstaining 
from the use of alcohol, tobacco, and 
other harmful drugs; the practice of 
mental hygiene which includes a 
trust in Divine Power. 
ANNOUNCER: I understand that you 
have spent several weeks travelling 
in India and Pakistan and have had 
conferences with health workers and 
have visited a number of hospitals. 
What are your impressions of the 
health conditions of these countries 
and what do you consider to be their 
most conspicuous health needs? 
Miss BURNETT: There appears to 
be a desire by the people here to 
attain a better health status and to 
establish the best possible way of 
life for all. The visitor is impressed 
with the limited facilities for com- 
munity sanitation, such as a lack of 
safe sewage disposal and a safe 
water supply. The visitor also con- 
cludes that the limitations in health 
services in the community and to the 
individual are due almost directly 
to the low economic status and 
AS presented in a Radio Interview 
Broadcast from Nagpur by Miss Lois 
Burnett, Consultant for the Nursing 
Education and Service of the World 
Conference of Seventh-day Advent-
ists. 
limited education of many of the 
people which prevents their receiv-
ing adequate health instruction and 
protection. A more careful observa-
tion of the health needs of India re-
veals deficiency in numbers of medi-
cal personnel to give adequate health 
service to the people. 
ANNOUNCER: You are talking 
about the general health of the peo-
ple. But my point in referring you 
to hospitals particularly is to ascer-
tain from you the position of profes-
sional nursing in India and Pakis-
tan today. 
Miss BURNETT: Yes, I understand. 
Anyone visiting a hospital, quickly 
recognizes that a good plan of medi-
cal service requires many more 
nurses than doctors. But I am told 
that in India and Pakistan there are 
fewer nurses than doctors. Also there 
are not enough nurses to meet the 
needs of the nursing service. There 
are certain private hospitals which 
are to be commended for having edu-
cated at least half of the nurses who 
are practising in these countries; 
but this group, in addition to the 
other schools of nursing, are not 
supplying a sufficient number of 
nurses. 
ANNOUNCER: What would you say 
are some of the factors which have 
retarded the supply of properly 
qualified nurses in these countries? 
Miss BURNETT: The tremendous 
difficulties of caste, status of women, 
and women's education, prejudices, 
and superstitions have been a brake 
on progress in this field of en-
deavour. The idea is still prevalent 
that nursing is a menial task and en-
gaged in by those who have few in-
tellectual or other talents. In keep-
ing with this there is an idea that 
it is a degraded profession, one in 
which the moral life of the nurse 
might be questioned. Because of these 
prejudiced . ideas, nursing has de-
veloped much more slowly here than 
in other countries. 
ANNOUNCER: What relationship do 
you see between the future progress 
of these countries and the health 
facilities and services which are 
available to the people? 
Miss BURNETT: The health of the 
country is dependent on the physical 
vigour of the people. Regardless of 
the preparation of a citizen, regard-
less of the financial resources, and 
regardless of the- industrial equip-
ment and other backing which he 
may have—it is all to no avail if he 
does not enjoy health. For example, 
if a person has insufficient food over 
long periods of time, he will be lack-
ing in physical energy and will be 
listless and lazy, lacking in initiative 
and intellectual vigour. We can ex-
pect that the experience of India and 
Pakistan will follow the same pat-
terns of other countries in that a 
good programme of health education 
and medical service has resulted in 
high industrial output, happier liv-
ing, and better citizenship. 
ANNOUNCER: Well, Miss Burnett. 
you have very thoroughly analyzed 
the acute need of health services here. 
Now, would you state from your ob-
servations what you consider to be 
some of the specific health needs? 
Let us begin this analysis with some 
of the more common problems of 
maternal and child health pro-
grammes. 
Miss BURNETT: The greatest ac-
complishments in this field of health 
are made by providing adequate 
health services for the mother dur-
ing pregnancy. If a good health 
status can be attained in infancy and 
in early childhood, this will serve as 
an excellent background for future 
living. The reverse is also true. If 
the mother has had inadequate nutri-
tion and protection during the 
months of pregnancy, and if the 
same conditions prevail during early 
childhood, the physical development 
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THE ORIENTAL WATCHMAN, SEPTEMBER 1949 
of the child may be impaired to such 
an extent that it cannot be com-
pletely corrected later in life, even 
though the environment may become 
ideal. 
ANNOUNCER: That is true, Miss 
Burnett, but what you have said ap-
plies only to the pre-natal period. 
There is also another very astound-
ing fact which stares mercilessly in 
our faces when we discuss this issue, 
i.e., the appallingly high rate of in-
fant mortality. Would you have, 
therefore, any remarks to offer re-
garding prevention of disease in the 
case of small children? 
MISS BURNETT: Yes, certainly! 
Disease prevention in small children 
includes the immunization of the 
child from the communicable dis-
eases for which immunization is 
available. Everyone—both adults and 
children—should be vaccinated for 
smallpox. Usually, six months of 
age is recommended as a desirable 
time for vaccinating a baby for small-
pox. It is recognized that diphtheria 
and whooping cough are diseases 
which have their highest mortality 
particularly in children under six 
years of age. We are fortunate that 
immunization is available today to 
protect against or lessen the severity 
of these diseases. The people should 
become aware through health edu-
cation of these facilities and be en-
couraged to protect each child. 
There is another factor to which 
I should like to call attention: I 
have observed that many people in 
these countries have the mistaken 
idea that the child should be solely 
breast-fed for a much longer period 
than is desirable. 
ANNOUNCER: This is something 
new to me. I am very interested.... 
You. . . . Do continue, please! 
MISS BURNETT: Yes, I was refer-
ring to breast-feeding for a longer 
period than is necessary. However, 
everything possible should be done to 
encourage mothers to breast-feed 
their babies until they are approxi- 
mately nine months old. But begin-
ning about the sixth week, the breast- 
feeding should be supplemented by 
the addition of orange or tomato 
juice. A few weeks later to this diet 
should be added well-cooked and 
strained cereal gruels; and a few 
weeks after this the addition of a 
few pureed, or strained vegetables. 
Of course, I suppose that it is need-
less for me to mention to our listen- 
ers that hot chillies and curries 
should be omitted entirely from the 
child's diet, that tea and coffee are 
stimulants and not proper foods, and 
are particularly undesirable for the 
growing child. 
ANNOUNCER: Now, Miss Burnett, 
we have been discussing some of the 
essentials for good health during 
pregnancy and early childhood. What 
do you have to say regarding the 
diet for the masses of the people? 
MISS BURNETT: You have asked 
me concerning one of the most im-
portant factors of the problems of 
health in India and Pakistan. It is 
my understanding that there are 
thousands of people in this country 
who cannot afford to provide them-
selves and their—families with suf-
ficient food to meet their daily needs. 
The result is an inadequate food in-
take because of lack of variety of 
good food. It is also regrettable that 
in the rice-eating areas, polished rice 
is used rather than the red rice. Red 
rice will prevent the disease known 
as beri-beri. I understand that this 
Province is more fortunate in this 
respect in that the necessary meas-
ures against this evil have been 
taken. The problem of food supply 
is an economic one; while the prob-
lem of the prevention of beri-beri 
is educational. 
ANNOUNCER: You have emphasized 
the low economic level of the people 
as constituting one of the principle 
factors of poor nutrition of the 
masses. It is well known that flesh 
food is one of the most expensive 
foods. Now I should like to ask, Do 
you think it is possible to secure 
all the nutritional requirements 
needed in a well-balanced diet with-
out the inclusion of flesh foods? 
MISS BURNETT: Speaking from 
personal experience and extensive 
study of nutrition, I can answer the 
question in the affirmative. While it 
is true that meat provides the most 
ready and concentrated supply of 
certain elements which repair body 
tissue and promote growth, there are 
also disadvantages in its use. As has 
been mentioned, it is one of the most 
expensive articles of food; and thus, 
cannot be readily provided to the 
people of the lower income groups. 
However, the chief reason for not in-
cluding meat in the diet is the prev-
alence of disease in all animal life 
and the possibility of the transmis-
sion of disease to man. Then, of 
course, it does also seem unnecessary 
to take the life of the animal to pro-
vide food for man when the earth 
provides food so abundantly and 
more economically by supplying 
fruits, cereals, nuts, and vegetables. 
ANNOUNCER: NOw, Miss Burnett, 
you have surely made some worth-
while observations regarding diet. 
But what additional suggestions 
would you have for improving the 
nutrition of the people? 
MISS BURNETT: There is much that 
could be said, but due to the limited 
time I can mention only a few. It is 
recognized that people should have a 
greater understanding of the impor-
tance of providing a variety of foods 
in each group. For example, there 
should be a variety of leafy, yellow 
and other vegetables. In addition to 
providing a variety to the diet the 
method of cooking must receive con-
sideration. The over-cooking of food 
is to be discouraged as well as the 
discarding of the water in which it 
is cooked. This is an undesirable 
practice because much of the nutri-
tional value is lost when the cook-
ing water is thrown away or when 
the food is over-cooked. Another 
source which results in loss of food 
value is by improper preservation of 
food when it is cooked. 
Finally, I would suggest a simple 
formula for good health: 
1. A balanced diet. By this I mean 
a diet which includes a variety of the 
readily available, less-expensive 
fruits, vegetables, cereals, and nuts. 
Some milk and eggs each week are 
desirable supplements. 
2. Sufficient rest and sleep to meet 
the physical needs of the individual. 
3. Plenty of fresh air and sun-
shine. 
4. Physical exercise which is 
adapted for the best development of 
the body. 
5. Cleanliness of - body and en-
vironment. 
6. Abundance of safe drinking 
water. 
7. Control and protection from 
communicable diseases. 
8. Mental hygiene, which might 
better be expressed as trust in Divine 
Power. I have stated this in this way 
for where there is trust in Divine 
Power, the mental hygiene is good 
because the individual is then free 
from fear, tension, anxiety, emo-
tional insecurity, and social malad-
j ustment. 
In other words, pure air, sunlight, 
abstemiousness, rest, exercise, proper 
diet, the use of water, trust in Divine 
Power—these are the true remedies 
for meeting "the problems of 
health." 
ANNOUNCER: Thank you very, very 
much, Miss Burnett, for this splendid 
analysis of the Problem of Health in 
Southern Asia. 
THE ORIENTAL WATC'HMAN, SEPTEMBER 1949 �
7 
RHEUMATIC 
FEVER 
Childhood's Enemy No. 1 
WALTER MODELL 
I
T IS a curious fact that the interest 
the public takes in a disease is 
not determined by its seriousness to 
the person or by its communal im-
portance but rather by the excite-
ment it produces. Since rheumatic 
fever is with us continuously and 
does not swoop down in dramatic 
epidemics, many are unaware of its 
existence. Only the mothers of chil-
dren suffering from it have more 
than a passing interest in rheumatic 
fever. Remember, it doesn't really 
matter who has the disease: in some 
way it is bound to affect you. Every-
one has a stake in rheumatic fever. 
a financial interest, a moral obliga-
tion, a patriotic duty, and each of 
us can make an important contribu-
tion to its control. 
You can help clip the claws of. 
this community dragon. Laymen are 
wont to pooh-pooh their role in re-
ducing the menace of disease. The 
ravages of tuberculosis have been 
curtailed in recent years only by the 
combined efforts of the public and 
the medical profession. Education of 
the public to the perils and their 
part in combating them has been the 
mainstay in reducing the incidence 
of disease. Such a united front re-
sulting from public exposure of a 
disease has been far more effective 
than when the morbid and unsavoury 
details have been confined to the 
physician and the research institute. 
Much too frequently the unfortunate 
sufferer has been the only layman in 
on the secret. His family and his 
friends may not even know enough 
about it to sympathize with him. 
Rheumatic fever must be placed in 
the limelight so that all may see it 
for what it truly is. 
It is my purpose to point out the 
dangers of rheumatic fever so that 
you can see how this scourge may 
be stopped with your help, how 
greatly your help is needed, and how 
much further we will get with it 
than without it. If I startle you, if 
I rouse you from a state of false 
security, it is only because the situa-
tion is hopeful, hopeful because we 
know that with your help rheumatic 
fever will lose much of its sting. 
Does rheumatic fever threaten 
you? Well, all who live in a damp, 
unsettled climate, are subjects to it. 
Although it is a children's disease, 
let me remind those of you who have 
passed unscathed through childhood 
not to remain too complacent, be-
cause adults, too, are subject to it. 
Many of you who get it will be left 
with a varying degree of heart 
damage after the rheumatism has 
subsided. The kind of a life you 
lead, the kind of work you are able 
to do, whether you can marry and 
have 'children, and even how long 
you live will be determined by how 
hard your • heart was hit. This dis-
ease is of tremendous importance to 
all of you, those who have it, those 
who have had it, those who may get 
it, and those who care for its vic-
tims. 
The first effort should be to pre-
vent rheumatic fever. Much can be 
done. The informed mother and the 
observant school teacher will be sus-
picious before the symptoms become 
generally obvious. This modest ef-
fort, based solely on a little knowl-
edge, may prove to be a great boon 
in reducing the amount as well as 
the intensity of the disease. By this 
knowledge you will help the victim 
too. The sooner his disease is recog-
nized, the better his chances are for a 
complete recovery. Those of you who 
know will be more willing to co-
operate with the physicians through 
the long periods of illness and con-
valescence. You will understand why 
this disease appears so serious to the 
physician, who listens to the child's 
heart. 
Relapse can be prevented. The 
parent must not only care for the 
child but also observe him con-
tinuously after the disease has been 
cured. She can be the first to know 
when recurrences may develop. 
Finally there is a stern problem 
where your help is essential, when 
the physician can only stand by and 
watch. Those children whose hearts 
have been severely damaged have to 
build a new way of living. They must 
learn to be adequate and to be 
happy with limited physical capac-
ity. If you understand their limita-
tions, if you realize that they may 
feel entirely well and be too young 
to appreciate the necessity of re- 
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THE ORIENTAL WATCHMAN, SEPTEMBER 1949 
straint, you will be in a better posi-
tion to assist them in making good 
adjustments. 
A bird's-eye picture of rheumatic 
fever shows it to he fundamentally 
a disease of children, but adults are 
not completely resistant to it. It is 
far more common in "moderate," un-
settled climates, but it is also found 
in warm, dry, even climates. It ap-
pears to prefer the poor, the under-
nourished, and the badly housed but 
it is not snobbish; it will also at-
tack the wealthy, "hothouse" child. 
Rheumatic fever promises, immunity 
to no one. 
The disease is called rheumatic 
fever because it usually manifests it-
self by fever with pain and swelling 
in the joints. The pain can be ex-
cruciating and the joints are often 
tender. On the other hand, the symp-
toms may be so vague that they are 
ignored by a busy mother. There are 
related manifestations of the same 
disease, for instance a condition 
called chorea that also afflicts the 
young. It is much rarer after pu-
berty. In this condition the unhappy 
child finds that he cannot be still; 
he moves, he twitches, he squirms 
constantly. Too often he is scolded 
instead of being taken to the doctor 
for it. This condition, too, like the 
more classical rheumatic fever with 
its swollen, painful joints, attacks 
the heart. 
The name rheumatic fever is un-
fortunate, for it emphasizes the 
rheumatism instead of the heart dis-
ease that so frequently follows. 
Many children who suffer from the 
joint pains are left, after their pains 
disappear, with permanently dam-
aged hearts. The disease may con-
tinue to afflict the heart for some 
time after the obvious symptoms 
have gone. That is why a co-opera-
tive and understanding mother is so 
vital to her child. 
It surprises many mothers to 
learn that the heart is damaged even 
though their children's joint pains 
were of the mildest sort. I have 
found heart diseases, most certainly 
caused by a rheumatic fever infec-
tion, in many children who could not 
recollect even the barest symptoms 
of rheumatism. Many such cases are 
found among patients with means, as 
well as those in our clinics. Too 
often vague aches and other joint 
symptoms are glossed over as grow- 
ing pains because -a mother does not 
know enough to appreciate their 
potential dangers. Children are often 
stoic and do not complain frequently 
enough or loudly enough to get the 
attention they deserve. Repeated com-
plaints of joint or muscle pains by 
children always call for an exami-
nation by the physician, but the 
mother must not assume that every 
ache is rheumatic fever. It is just one 
more good reason for periodic health 
examinations. 
Unlike most serious diseases of 
childhood, rheumatic fever does not 
give its victims immunity. On the 
contrary, second and third attacks 
are common. If they do occur, heart 
disease becomes more probable. 
How can the damage wrought by 
rheumatic fever be reduced? Early 
recognition increases the child's 
chances for escaping without perma-
nent heart disease. As yet there is no 
miracle medicine for the treatment 
of rheumatic fever. Bed rest, good 
nursing and continuous medical at-
tention are essential to obtain the 
best results. The bed rest must con-
tinue until the disease, as the physi-
cian sees it, is well over. This can 
often be determined by special tests. 
It is important for the mother to 
realize this and to help restrain the 
child. The child may appear to be 
healthy. He may feel entirely well 
and complain that nothing is wrong, 
that he wants to run, to play with 
his friends. But the mother who 
weakens and the child who gets his 
freedom too soon may discover later 
that this freedom was dearly bought. 
This presents the child's mother with 
a most difficult job. 
The convalescence from rheumatic 
fever is often long drawn out. It will 
do the child worlds of good to spend 
this trying period in a sanatarium. 
Unfortunately, there are no more of 
these valuable institutions than can 
take care of half the applicants. 
Thus the seemingly endless period 
of convalescence may fall on the 
shoulders of the mother. Understand-
ing will help her and her child 
through this period too. 
The ever present threat of a sec-
ond attack is a serious one. Colds 
and sore throats are most frequent 
preludes to these dangerous episodes. 
If your child has had rheumatic 
fever, it is absolutely essential that 
he be kept in the best of health, that 
he avoid colds and be ruthlessly kept 
away from all those suffering from 
them. In this regard a promise of 
new hope has recently been made. 
Drugs that seem to prevent recur-
rences of rheumatic fever are becom-
ing available. The results already 
obtained are encouraging, and war- 
rent use under the supervision of 
the physician. 
I have tried to startle you into a 
realization of your personal stake—
the public health aspect of rheu-
matic fever. Things must be done. 
Things can be done. 
In general the outlook for rheu-
matic fever is encouraging. True, it 
damages the hearts of many who suf-
fer from it. But consider this: As 
things stand, that is, with inadequate 
and delayed recognition, poor care 
for acute cases, poorer convalescent 
care, a large proportion of children 
with rheumatic fever nevertheless 
come through their first attack with-
out demonstrable permanent heart 
damage and continue through life on 
a normal path. Estimates vary con-
siderably, but some observers have 
put the number of patients who 
escape their first attack without heart 
disease as high as 50 per cent—one 
half ! Many factors help limit the 
degree of heart damage that rheu-
matism will cause. Some of these are 
not understood yet; others that we 
know about are early diagnosis, com-
plete bed rest, sound nutrition, 
cheerful environment, prolonged 
care, convalescent homes, continuous 
expert medical attention and peri-
odic health examinations. 
Which group a child with rheu-
matic fever will fall into depends 
on how much of this comprehensive 
type of care he is able to obtain. 
His parents must realize this. They 
must contribute their own part and 
if they cannot pay for the rest, they 
must seek it through public sources. 
Pride does not pay here. 
There is no good reason why more 
children cannot be among those who 
escape heart disease. It requires the 
fullest type of co-operation, by the 
physician, the patient, the parents, 
and the public. 
Do not consider this co-opera-
tion a noble deed or a generous 
philanthropic gesture. It is in your 
interest that every child with rheu-
matic fever get the best possible care 
and the best possible opportunity for 
complete cure. As the parent you 
want your child, should he be 
stricken, to have this chance for a 
decent, full life. As a parent you 
must realize that rheumatic fever 
may strike less frequently and less 
violently if the proper measures are 
carried out to prevent its spread and 
to treat it in the earliest stages when 
it does occur, no matter who the 
victim may be. 
THE ORIENTAL WATCHMAN, SEPTEMBER 1949 �
9 
EXERCISE 
E
XERCISE has a very definite ef-
fect on body processes, and of 
special interest are some observations 
of its effect on heart rate and blood 
pressure. The hearts of trained 
athletic individuals pump more 
blood with fewer beats than do those 
of untrained subjects. This is par-
ticularly true during periods of ex-
ercise. We also know that the heart 
of the trained athlete empties itself 
more completely with each contrac-
tion than does the heart of the un-
trained person. 
For example, let us assume that 
the heart rate of an untrained aver-
age subject at rest is 80 beats per 
minute. If this individual is given a 
certain task to perform, his heart 
rate may increase to as much as 200 
beats per minute. After two weeks 
of systematic training it has been 
found that the heart rate at rest in 
this average subject is not particu-
larly changed, although it would 
probably be about 70 beats per min-
ute rather than the previous 80. 
However, in the performance of the 
same task two or three weeks later, 
the rate is approximately 140 beats 
per minute instead of 200. Of 
course, these figures would have nor-
mal individual variations, but it is 
clear that the systematic physical 
exercise which was carried on by 
this individual was responsible for 
producing a better heart as far as its 
function is concerned. 
Concerning blood pressure, sys-
tematic training has no effect on the 
blood pressure at rest. In the per-
formance of work by any individual 
the blood pressure normally rises. 
It is of interest to note that in indi-
viduals who carry on a systematic 
programme of exercise the blood 
pressure is increased much less in 
the performance of a certain amount 
of physical activity than occurs in 
those who follow a more sedentary 
programme. 
Knowledge of the results as given 
above is fundamental in furnishing 
the background for any conclusions 
concerning the value of physical ex-
ercise. These conclusions would logi-
cally follow: 
1. Physical exercise is beneficial 
not only to the muscles but to all 
other organs, and consequently to 
the entire individual. 
2. Exercise must be systematic in 
order to be of maximum value. In-
frequent periods of ,severe exercise 
are probably not very beneficial, and 
if too severe, may even do more 
harm than good. 
Just how frequently those who fol-
low sedentary occupations should en-
gage in periods of exercise might 
depend somewhat upon the daily 
programme of the individual. Prob-
ably the best results would be ob-
tained by engaging in a period of 
exercise for approximately one hour 
each day. The next best programme 
would be to have periods of definite 
physical exertion three times or even 
twice a week. Probably a great deal 
of benefit could not be expected 
through exercise periods that are en-
gaged in less often than once a week. 
3. Strenuous exercise must be led 
up to gradually. An individual's 
capacity for easily performing severe 
exercise is developed by following a 
systematic programme for a rela-
tively long period of time. 
4. The individual who is relatively 
competent, through his systematic 
training, has a better circulation and 
a better heart as well as better gen- 
muscular work would be contra-
indicated. Any claim that exercise 
can cure organic disease is without 
support. Whether exercise can pre-
vent organic disease is not defi-
nitely known. However, as a general 
thing it is doubtful whether muscular 
work itself has ever killed anyone, 
provided it has been properly con-
trolled. "More people die over want 
of exercise than through over-
fatigue; very many more rust out 
than wear out." 
It is quite obvious that older peo-
ple who have not previously car-
ried on much of a systematized pro-
gramme of exercise should be very 
careful and never indulge beyond 
their immediate capacity. Probably 
it would be impossible for such sub-
jects ever to reach the point of en-
durance that could have been 
achieved had the same subjects be-
gun their activities earlier in life. 
It has been commonly stated that 
it is all right for younger people, 
let us say, below forty-five years of 
age, to take part in a systematized 
exercise programme, but people be-
yond forty-five years of age should 
slow down and live a sedentary life. 
It is my opinion that this idea is 
only relative and is not too well 
founded. It is entirely possible for 
men sixty or seventy years of age 
to carry on a very active physical 
programme, provided they are free 
from disease, including heart and 
blood vessel diseases, and that they 
had begun their active physical pro-
gramme relatively early in their 
lives. Any physical activities, par-
ticularly among those above forty-
five years of age, must be taken with 
judgment and should not be so 
severe or so strenuous as was fol-
lowed in earlier decades. 
Some suggestions might be made 
as to what type of exercise would be 
most beneficial. From the standpoint 
of pure physiology and end results, 
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words, the benefit comes from the 
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of time rather than from a particular 
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Obviously it is better to have the ex-
ercise use many muscles rather than 
a limited group of muscles. Conse-
quently, whether the exercise would 
be of a more constructive nature or 
purely for entertainment and diver-
sion would be of little physiological 
importance. For example, it would 
make little difference whether a sub-
ject performed physical *labour on 
AND 
the farm or in 'his garden, or took 
up mountain hiking, tennis, golf, or 
some other diversional activity. In-
door work such as might be found in 
shops, factories, et cetera, is likely to 
be insufficient. Outdoor exercise is 
much better and should be of such 
a nature as actually to produce 
enough exertion to increase the 
breathing, heart rate, and the general 
results of increased activity of the 
body. 
One rather practical point might 
be mentioned here—if the individual 
thoroughly enjoys the type of exer-
cise which he follows, he is much 
more likely to continue it than if it 
is disagreeable to him. 
"Exercise in the open air should 
be prescribed as a life-giving neces-
sity." "Outdoor exercise is the beit; 
it should be so planned as to streng-
then by use the organs that have be-
come weakened; and the heart 
should• be in it; the labour of the 
hands should never degenerate into 
mere drudgery." 
It is also important to recognize 
that rest is a very necessary part of 
a normal programme of living. Ex-
ercise and rest must be balanced and 
regular for the maximum benefits to 
be derived in the goal of good 
health. In regular periods of rest and 
of sleep the physiological responses 
of the body are somewhat different 
from those when the individual is 
awake and active.. Such periods of 
time allow for a rebuilding process 
to occur. These processes are the 
opposite to those that occur when 
on6 is performing physical exercise; 
in the latter the body processes are 
subject to wear and tear. Systematic 
rest, therefore, makes it possible for 
one to go through the following 
period of activity without difficulty 
Were one to engage in physical 
exercise according to the general 
plan presented, the results of the ex-
ercise would be sufficient cause to 
require him to rest and sleep. In 
other words, with a programme of 
well-regulated exercise, needed rest 
THE ORIENTAL WATCHMAN, SEPTEMBER 
is somewhat automatic, provided the 
individual gives normal considera-
tion to his sensation of fatigue. 
One is reminded of the story of 
the businessman and reputable 
citizen in his community, who, 
greatly worried because of his per-
sistent insomnia, went to see his 
family physician. His inability to 
sleep had caused him so much con-
cern that he had decided to com-
mit suicide. According to the story, 
the doctor told him that as a citizen 
of excellent reputation he should not 
submit his family to live under the 
repercussions which would result 
from his obvious suicide. The doc-
tor made a suggestion as to a method 
which might be followed and which 
would be a good way for' this man 
to end his troubles. He pointed out 
to him that as a man of sedentary 
habits and past forty-five years of 
age his heart would probably not 
stand severe exercise. The patient 
followed the doctors instructions that 
before he would retire that night he 
would go outside, giving the- excuse 
to his family that he wanted to take 
a walk, but instead of walking he 
would run as fast as he could until 
he could run no longer. He returned 
home completely exhausted, and 
crawled into bed thoroughly ex-
pecting that by morning he would 
be found dead from acute heart 
failure. However, the next morning 
he was very much alive; and al-
though many muscles were quite 
sore, he reflected that he had slept 
pretty well. Nevertheless, his depres-
sion had not entirely left him, and 
so, under the conviction that he 
1§ 
1949 
would do a good job of it the fol-
lowing night, he repeated the pro-
cedure. The next morning he felt so 
good and had slept so well that he 
decided that life was worth living 
after all, and by following a sys-
tematic programme of exercise day 
by day from then on, discovered that 
not only did he feel better but his 
insomnia had entirely disappeared. 
The quantity of rept and of sleep 
varies considerably with different 
individuals. It is recognized that a 
longer period of rest is ordinarily 
required for children than for 
adults. The general average for 
adults should be about eight hours 
in bed each day. 
One of the most potent factors in 
upsetting the programme for normal 
sleep is the mental attitude of the 
subjects involved. Our present meth-
ods of living and of worrying about 
living are very disturbing factors in 
the physiology of the nervous sys-
tem as well as the rest of the body. 
This somewhalt abnormal attitude not 
only creates abnormal responses 
within the nervous system itself but 
also affects the rest of the body in 
a secondary way. �
• 
Outdoor exercise, particularly of 
a nature which is agreeable to the 
mind of the individual, can be very 
beneficial, not only from the stand-
point of the exercise itself, but 
from the standpoint of relieving the 
mind of the worries which accumu-
late from one day to another. There-
fore, if the individual takes time off 
for exercise and outdoor recreation, 
he places himself in a proper condi-
tion to receive the• best benefits from 
a period of rest. 
11 
A NEW OUTLOOK 
on 
ANGINA PECTORIS 
THE literal translation of angina 
pectoris is "strangling breast." 
The term is applied to a condition 
that is characterized by pain in the 
chest, usually under the sternum 
(breast bone) or just to the left of 
it. These pains frequently radiate to 
the shoulders, or neck, or down the 
arms, usually on the left side; that 
is, down the inner aspect of the left 
arm, extending at times down into 
the little and ring fingers. Occasion-
ally, shortness of breath accompanies 
the pain. 
The pain usually lasts but a few 
minutes, rarely ove7 fifteen, and may 
be very severe and vicelike, or mild 
with simply a sensation like a load 
on, the chest, or a burning. These 
attacks are chiefly associated with ef-
fort, excitement, heavy meals, or ex-
posure to cold. At times the pain 
may be centred in the upper part of 
the abdomen and have an accumula-
tion of gas associated with it. A feel-
ing of soreness in the chest may fol-
low an attack. 
The most common time of life for 
these attacks is the sixth decade, but 
LYLE SHEPARD, M.D. 
it is occasionally found in the thirties 
and forties (it is rare before thirty), 
and likewise in those beyond the 
sixth decade. Three-quarters of the 
cases are past fifty years of age. It 
is found more frequently in men 
than in women, the ratio being three 
or four to one. The majority of the 
women who have angina pectoris 
have high blood pressure. 
CAUSES 
Some have thought that this dis-
ease was an evidence or a symptom 
of coronary disease, which implies a 
disease of the coronary arteries, 
these arteries being the ones that sup-
ply blood to the heart muscle. Prob-
ably that is not always true. The con-
sensus is that these attacks are 
brought on by under-nourishment of 
the heart muscle, which may be due 
to several conditions, the most fre-
quent one being insufficient circula-
tion of blood in the heart muscle, 
this in turn being caused by a nar-
rowing of the coronary arteries. 
A common cause of this narrowing 
is the formation of fatty plaques, or 
fat deposits, in the walls or lining of 
the blood vessels. These tend to be-
come fibrous and harden. Hardening 
of the arteries can be a generalized 
affair or simply the narrowing of 
the arteries at their beginning where 
they branch off the aorta. This latter 
condition is frequently found as-
sociated with disease of the aorta due 
to syphilis. It is estimated that more 
than 90 per cent of those with angina 
pectoris have significant artery 
changes. 
Aside from these organic causes, 
any functional factor that decreases 
the supply of blood or the amount 
of oxygen in the blood that nourishes 
the heart, may precipitate an attack. 
Some of these conditions are a very 
rapid heart rate, marked anmmia, 
and conditions where there is insuf-
ficient ventilation in the lungs, such 
as in high altitudes. In fact, an acute 
or sudden attack may be brought on 
by any cause that puts an unusual 
additional strain upon the heart, 
thereby leading to an increased pulse 
rate or elevation of blood pressure, 
such as physical effort, mental strain, 
excitement, a hearty meal, or a gen-
eralized infection in the body. Many 
are seized while walking, particu-
larly if it is soon after a heavy meal, 
or against a strong wind. 
CAUSES AND OUTCOME 
Guard the citadel of your heart by healthful and temperate living. 
habits let in a horde of evil. 
12 
Bad 
There are many causes for pain in 
the chest, but a study of the nature, 
duration, and location of the pain, 
with attention to the factors that ex-
cite an attack, shows whether the 
case is one of angina pectoris or not. 
At times it is hard to differentiate 
these attacks from those associated 
with an anxiety state brought on by 
a fear of heart trouble. In case of 
THE ORIENTAL WATCHMAN, SEPTEMBER 1949 
The two sides of a healthy heart, showing veins and arteries 
leading to and from it. It is a little organ about the size of your 
fist, but when in health has tremendous strength. And that 
strength is measured out a little at a time, with great regularity. 
anxiety there is usually evidence of 
generalized instability with flushing 
of face, profuse sweating, and a fall 
in blood pressure; also a careful 
physical examination shows no evi-
dence of structural heart disease. 
Areas of tenderness in the chest wall 
are frequent in the anxiety states, 
but extremely rare in angina pec-
toris. 
In cases of angina pectoris due to 
functional disorders—that is, where 
there is no organic disorder present 
—the individual should live out the 
normal span of life. In about 25 per 
cent of the cases of angina pectoris, 
occlusion of one of the branches of 
the coronary arteries occurs, causing 
a grave disease. In this disease there 
is a softening of the area of the 
heart muscle from which the blood 
supply has been cut off due to the 
stoppage of the vessel. This area may 
slowly heal, causing a scar; or it 
may be so weakened that the heart 
wall gives way, causing death. 
TREATMENT 
There is danger that those with 
this disease will become invalids. 
This should be warned against, and 
both mental and physical activity 
should be entered into up to a point 
just under the amount that will 
precipitate an attack. 
Those who are overweight will do 
better if their weight is brought 
down to the normal range. Rest, in 
the form of cessation of activity will 
at times bring relief. Ordinarily, 
lying down is to be avoided, as that 
tends to increase the flow of blood 
in the heart, and thus the work of 
the heart. 
Users of tobacco should give up 
the habit, for it is very deleterious. 
It constricts the blood vessels of the 
body, increases the heart rate and 
tends to generalized nervousness and 
increase of carbon monoxide in the 
blood—all of which factors decrease 
the available oxygen for the heart's 
use. 
Coffee and tea, by their action on 
the central nervous system of the 
body, increase the heart rate and 
add to the patient's anxiety. 
GENERAL PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES 
Some of the measures that will 
prevent angina attacks are: 1. Live 
as tranquil a life as possible. 2. 
Don't overdo things—take the neces-
sary amount of rest. 3. Control all 
activities and habits that would tend 
to bring on attacks, such as overeat-
ing, strenuous exercise, nervous ex-
citement, or strain; using no tobacco, 
tea, or coffee; avoiding exposure to 
cold, winds, and storms; and ob-
taining sufficient sleep. 4. Use cer-
tain medicines wisely. 
Several medicines that have a 
sedative effect, and others that have 
a dilating effect on the blood vessels 
are in general use, but warning 
against some of them because of 
their habit-forming nature must be 
posted; namely, barbiturates, alco-
hol, and morphine. Surgical pro- 
cedures to give relief in the cases 
that do not respond to medical man-
agement have brought help to some, 
but the numbers are few, and the 
cases must be carefully selected. 
SUMMARY 
Angina pectoris is a disease that 
usually attacks persons in the fifties 
and sixties, and consists of severe 
pain in the centre of the chest, fre-
quently radiating down the inner 
aspect of the left arm. With about 
half there is an intimation of im-
pending doom. This disease occurs in 
men more than in women. 
It is rather generally agreed that 
the pain is brought on by a lack of 
blood supply to the heart muscle and 
an accumulation in the muscle of 
the waste products that are produced 
by muscle action. In most cases there 
is an associated narrowing of the 
coronary arteries. 
The attacks are almost always less 
than fifteen minutes in duration and 
are usually brought on by over-exer-
tion of some kind, which throws a 
greater load on the heart than it 
can handle. The use of tobacco and 
tea and coffee are prone to induce 
attacks. Rest and the use of certain 
medicines will usually bring relief. 
Some with angina pectoris will 
sooner or later have a coronary oc-
clusion, but the majority will live 
out the normal span of life. 
If you have this disease, or think 
you have it, you should be under a 
doctor's guidance. 
THE ORIENTAL WATCHMAN, SEPTEMBER 1919 �
13 
Mary Smith was over-sensitive to some of the emotional 
problems that all of us have to face. 
"DOCTOR, you have been recom- 
mended to me by my family 
physician, who just got through send-
ing me to an allergist. This Allergist 
did a very thorough job of testing 
me with all kinds of pollen, dust, 
foods, and everything else I might 
have come in contact with. Every-
thing was negative. My own doctor 
has previously checked me thor-
oughly by physical examination and 
the usual laboratory tests. No one 
can find anything wrong with me ex-
cept that at certain times my hands 
become quite swollen. They tell me 
you are a nerve specialist! You don't 
think there's anything wrong with 
my mind, do you?" Mary Smith, the 
tense young housewife, sat on the 
edge of the chair, talking rapidly 
and hardly taking time to draw a 
breath. "Of course, I've always been 
highly strung. I work hard and try to 
keep my home in perfect order as a 
housewife should, but my children 
keep the place torn up. Jim says I 
take things too seriously, and he 
tries to get me to relax, but there 
is so much to do. I never get caught 
up with my work! If only my hands 
wouldn't swell and get so tender! I 
can't use them. By the time the swell-
ing goes down I'm away behind in 
my work. If only the doctors would 
find something that I'm allergic to, 
then I could get treated, and recover. 
I read in a magazine about getting 
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desensitized to the offending sub-
stance." 
As Mrs. Smith stopped for breath, 
Dr. Gordon got his first chance to 
ask questions and make notes on her 
replies. He learned that Mary was 
shy as a girl, wanting to be friendly 
with others but lacking in self-con-
fidence and the ability to mingle 
easily. Her mother was domineering 
and undemonstrative. and had been 
too busy with her clubs to pay at-
tention to her daughter. The girl had 
soon learned to keep her feelings to 
herself, especially feelings of anger, 
because of the fear of incurring 
maternal displeasure. For a time she 
had been bothered with attacks of 
asthma, but these had subsided when 
she was sent off to boarding school 
at an early age and came under the 
sympathetic guidance of a warm-
hearted housemother. During the 
years at school Mary had gradually 
gained in self-confidence, and even-
tually had blossomed out into a 
friendly, attractive young woman. In 
college she had met Jim. the young 
man she later married. Her parents 
had approved the match because he 
had come from the right stratum of 
society. 
The attacks of swelling of the 
hands first started about three years 
before. Mrs. Smith had vaguely 
sensed a connection between her at-
tacks and certain happenings in her 
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life, but had given the matter no 
particular thought. The first time her 
hands swelled was when her mother, 
recently widowed, decided to live 
with her. Fortunately, mamma 
didn't like the noise her grand-
children made, and left a week after 
she came. The hands were all right 
the day after mother departed for 
Florida. Other attacks followed, al-
ways promptly subsiding as soon as 
the crises had passed. It happened 
when she had to make a speech 
launching the local Red Cross drive, 
when Jim got defeated in a closely 
contested school board election, 
when the children got scarlet fever, 
and when she had to go to court to 
testify in a divorce case. Sometimes 
her face, as well as her hands, would 
swell. After numerous attacks Mary 
went to the family doctor while her 
hands were still swollen. He started 
the investigation already mentioned. 
"Your condition," said Dr. Gor-
don, after he had gathered the above 
information, "is called angioneurotic 
cedema." 
"I know; that name has already 
been tacked on to my condition; but 
what is the cause of it? I'm not al-
lergic to anything!" 
"You are allergic to yourself." 
"Why, doctor, that sounds silly! 
How can I be allergic to myself ?" 
"When I say allergic in this con-
nection I am being somewhat liberal 
with the meaning of the word. A 
synonym for allergic is sensitive. 
You are unduly sensitive to some of 
the emotional problems that all of 
us have to face in life. The reason 
these things bother you more than 
ORIENTAL WATCHMAN, SEPTEMBER 1919 
ARE YOU 
TO YOU 
CHARLES LANDIS 
_ERGIC 
SE 
RSON, 
they do others is that you haven't 
so far been able to arrive at a satis-
factory solution to a number of con-
flicts that arise in the process of 
growing uji. Situations that make 
anyone a little nervous make you 
very tense, because you are still sen-
sitive about certain things. Tension 
can be expressed in many ways. In 
your case it is expressed through 
your skin and the tissue immediately 
beneath the skin." 
"Are you joking, doctor? How 
could my skin express emotional ten-
sion? I know I'm sensitive about 
some things,. and I'm often aware of 
feeling tense, but I don't understand 
this." 
"Some common examples may 
show you what I mean. Blushing 
when one is embarrassed is an emo-
tional expression of the skin. So is 
sweating under a tense situation, or 
blanching of the skin in anger." 
"You're right, doctor; I used to 
blush so easily that the boys in 
school teased me just to see me 
blush. How it embarrassed me! But 
I know nervous people who don't 
blush or get cedema of the hands. 
Aren't there other ways by which a 
person may show that he is tense?" 
tations are noted in the lower ani-
mals. They are a wise provision of 
nature whereby a threatened indi- 
vidual is put on an emergency basis, 
ready for fight or flight. When the 
threatening situation remains for a 
long time, the physical reactions may 
become chronic and assume more 
serious proportions. Such is your 
case." 
"Why is my tension expressed in 
my hands instead of in some other 
organ?" asked the increasingly 
curious Mrs. Smith. 
"I'm not able to give you a defi-
nite answer. It is thought that each 
individual's constitution plus the 
experiences of life determine the ex-
act site for the expression of emo-
tional tensions." The doctor went on 
to explain to his patient the concept 
of psychosomatic medicine, which 
means mind-body medicine, the kind 
of medicine that every physician 
should practise, no matter what his 
particular field. It means the doctor 
realizes he is treating an individual 
who possesses not only a collection 
of organs but also a personality with 
problems and drives that seek solu-
tion and expression. 
There were many similar cases 
that the doctor had seen, cases that 
showed the varied ways in which 
people who are allergic to them-
selves express their tensions. There 
was the frustrated fellow who had 
been prevented by family circum-
stances from putting his not incon-
siderable literary ability to work. 
He became an argumentative pedant. 
who found fault with the minutia 
that escaped the attention of busier 
people. Whenever he got into a 
You should consult a physician if you 
think you have an allerFy. 
heated discussion his hands became 
covered with a crop of pinhead-size 
bliqers, which itched like fire. He 
could not keep from scratching them 
and breaking the skin. It would take 
about a week for his skin to return 
to normal after a verbal battle. 
A clinging-vine type of wife was 
troubled with attacks of asthma 
every time her alcoholic husband 
came home intoxicated. Rarely did 
he abuse her physically, but he de-
nounced her as a spineless creature 
who did not deserve his love. He 
brought up all past irritations and 
threatened to leave her. When his 
drinking caused him to lose his job, 
she had a particularly severe attack 
which, necessitated her admission to 
the hospital. Finally, through the ef-
forts of friends, the husband stopped 
drinking. For two years he has been 
sober, a steady worker, and a con-
siderate husband. The asthmatic at-
tacks gradually decreased in severity 
and frequency, and for a year she 
has been entirely free of symptoms. 
Migraine, that severe, one-sided 
type of headache often —accompanied 
by nausea and disturbances of vision, 
has ascribed to it a long series of 
causes, none of which is very well 
understood. Allergy is often the 
cause, as in the case of the young 
woman who developed a typical at-
tack of migraine evPry time she ate 
"Yes, as I said before, there are 
other ways of expressing emotional 
strain. Here are some of the com-
moner ones: dry mouth, crying, rac-
ing heart, a lump in the throat, a 
knotted-up feeling in the pit of the 
stomach, headache, trembling, loss 
of appetite, and shortness of breath. 
When one is under great physical 
or emotional stress such symptoms 
are to be expected. Similar manifes- 
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A favour well bestowed is 
almost as great an honour to him 
who confers it, as to him who 
receives it—Sir Richard Steel. 
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chocolate. Emotional tension has 
often produced migraine. A young 
husband who was occasionally 
plagued with this affliction developed 
an excruciating one-sided headache 
when faced with the prospect of 
meeting his wife's former beau. 
A woman who had inherited a 
large sum of money but did not 
know how to keep it got a headache 
every time she had to discuss finan-
cial matters with her brother, who 
had charge of what was left of her 
estate. She had a great deal of hos-
tility for her brother, though she 
tried her best to conceal it, even 
denying that she felt anything but 
love for him—In this attempt she was 
partially successful, to the extent of 
convincing herself that her brother 
was a good fellow, but that he had 
such a shrew for a wife—except for 
"that woman" he would be more 
lenient with her extravagances! The 
migraine attacks became more severe 
as her dependence upon her brother 
increased. Eventually a headache 
could be precipitated within a half 
hour whenever anything unpleasant 
was mentioned, or when the neigh-
bours next door got into a loud argu-
ment. She was allergic to herself, 
certainly. 
Other ailments often considered to 
be of allergic origin frequently have 
a strong emotional component which 
must not be ignored if treatment is 
to be successful. They include hay 
fever, chronic colds, mucous and ul-
cerative colitis, bold hives, itching 
and burning of the eyeballs, to men-
tion some of the commoner ones. 
Then there are disorders not or-
dinarily associated with allergy but 
caused in large measure by the emo-
tional tensions found in people who 
are allergic to themselves. These are 
stomach ulcers, high blood pressure, 
chronic appendicitis, overweight, 
menstrual disturbances, and certain 
disturbances of sexual function in 
male and female. Most people recog-
nize lovesickness as of psychological 
origin, as in the case of the young 
gallant who had to vomit his supper 
before every date with his best girl. 
Worry and anxiety often bring allergies. 
But let us return to Dr. Gordon's 
office, where Mrs. Smith is asking, 
"Now that you have explained to me 
the emotional cause of my trouble, 
what do you plan to do for me? I 
have been given antiallergy medi-
cine, which helped considerably but 
didn't cure me of being allergic to 
myself." 
"You mentioned the antiallergy 
preparations, such as Benadryl, Pyri-
benzamine, Thenyllene, et cetera, 
which are very useful in alleviating 
symptoms but cure nothing. They 
neutralize a substance called his-
tamine, which is supposed to he re-
leased by the tissues when emotional 
strain arises or offending substances 
come in contact with the body. But 
these drugs do not prevent the for-
mation of histamine; they merely 
neutralize it, and in so doing, relieve 
symptoms," explained the doctor. 
"I was told that if I had been 
found to be sensitive to pollen, or 
some 'other substance, I could be 
desensitized to the offending agent 
by a series of gradually stronger in-
jections of the very thing that causes 
the trouble. But since I'm allergic 
to myself, is there any way for me 
to become desensitized to • myself? 
The very idea sounds like nonsense, 
I suppose." 
"Not nonsense, Mrs. Smith, but a 
very sensible question. In fact, your 
family doctor sent you to me for 
the very purpose of desensitizing you 
to your emotional conflicts—to your-
self, if you please." 
Eagerly Mrs. Smith asked, "But 
how do you go about working on 
my psychological reactions? I'm 
tired of being so sensitive, and I'm 
ready to start treatment right now." 
"Treatment will consist of our 
carefully examining together your 
emotional life. Many important at-
titudes and conflicts that you don't 
now remember will come to your 
consciousness as we proceed. The ex-
act technique will become apparent 
as we go along." 
"How long will all this take?" 
she inquired. 
"Some people with conflicts that 
are easily solved may recover with 
no more than half a dozen inter-
views. Others, with difficult prob-
lems, may need many months of in-
tensive psychiatric treatment." 
"You know, Dr. Gordon, I thought 
psychiatrists treated only mental 
cases. But I see now that you treat 
many other kinds of people, such 
as I, who am merely allergic to my-
self. When is my next appointment?" 
Mary Smith proved to be a rela-
tively easy case to treat, especially 
since she had the co-operation rather 
than the hindrance of her husband. 
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She finally learned to face minor 
family crises without getting tense 
and expressing her conflict through 
her skin. Several years have now 
passed since the last attack of 
angioneurotic oedema. 
Are you allergic to yourself? If 
so, the experience of Mary Smith 
may give you a better understanding 
of your problem. Though not all get 
as complete relief as this woman, a 
great deal can be done for many 
patients. 
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THE ORIENTAL WATCHMAN, SEPTEMBER 19119 
YOU AND YOUR 
PROTEINS 
S. B. WHITEHEAD, D.SC. 
T
HE simple act of living entails 
wear and tear for the body 
fabric. All the time its cellular 
structures are being broken down 
and worn out. All the time some 
body cells are being repaired, re-
newed, and built. Not all parts of 
the structure wear out at once, or at 
the same rate. The cells of the bones, 
for example, are rebuilt at a slower 
rate than those of the flesh. The raw 
materials for this constant body-
building come from food, and the 
chief body-building elements are the 
proteins. 
Proteins are complex molecules of 
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, 
and certain 'minerals such as sul-
phur and phosphorus. In the first 
place they are manufactured by 
plants which are capable of convert-
ing ammonium and other mineral 
salts obtained from the soil into the 
protein molecules. Human and ani-
mal organisms cannot do this. In 
consequence, we are dependant upon 
plants and plant products for our 
nutrition. 
Proteins are present in all plant 
and animal cells. They form the es-
sential part of the living proto-
plasm of the cells. But whereas fats 
or carbohydrates wherever found in 
the body are similar, proteins found 
in cells in different parts of the 
body, even within the same organ, 
may be different according to the 
biological specificity of the particu-
lar cells. 
THE BODY'S BUILDING BLOCKS 
We know that this is so because 
chemically, each protein is made up 
of simpler molecules known as 
amino acids. These amino acids may 
be termed the "building blocks" of 
the body. The first was 'discovered 
in 1820. Now we know that there are 
at least twenty-five, of which twenty-
two have been identified. These 
amino acids may be linked together 
in myriads of combinations, and 
thus give rise to the infinite number 
of proteins to be found in Nature. 
As far as human nutrition is con-
cerned, at least eight of these amino 
acids are so essential that the ab-
sence of one of them over a period 
in the diet would cause death. These 
essential amino acids must he ob-
tained intact from the food we eat. 
We cannot build them up' for our-
selves either from inorganic salts or 
from other amino acids. It is cus-
tomary to divide foods into those 
containing the proteins made up of 
the essential amino acids, and those 
which are not. The first group are 
termed first class protein foods or 
complete proteins to distinguish 
them from the rest. 
The chief first-class protein foods 
are those of animal origin—eggs, 
milk, cheese, meats, etc. The pro-
teins in vegetable foods, although 
extremely varied, are generally lack-
ing in one or more of the essential 
amino acids. The vegetarian, there-
fore, needs to take far more care in 
balancing his diet than the meat-
eater if his real protein needs are 
to be satisfied. His task is sim-
plified when he includes eggs and 
dairy products. If he lives on vege-
table fare only, however, only a 
well-varied and carefully balanced 
bill of fare can prevent his health 
being impaired in the long term. 
VARIETY OF FOODS ESSENTIAL 
The most important vegetable pro-
teins are those contained in whole 
grain cereals, pulses, and nuts. But 
every vegetable and every fruit pro-
vides proteins, although their amino 
acid content may he incomplete. By 
eating a variety of foods, everyone 
assures himself of his protein needs 
being more adequately satisfied. In 
practice, we know that the ideal is 
to combine a first-class protein food 
with secondary ones. In combination, 
the presence of the essential amino 
THE ORIENTAL WATCHMAN, SEPTEMBER 1949 �
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Has best quality 
PROTEIN for grovrrn 
end •tissue rsapair, 
contains SUGAR end 
FAT For heat and energy, 
is rich in MINERAL SALTS, 
LIME, and VITANIINES 
Misr building bones 
and keeping body. 
In health, corrialne 
PHOS2r1011US 
anct a little 
1PION 
Milk . . . 
acids enables the body to make bet-
ter and more complete use of the 
other amino acids present. 
When we eat protein-rich foods, 
the proteins are digested, first by the 
gastric juices in the stomach and 
then by enzymes secreted by the pan-
creas and the intestinal wall. They 
are broken down into smaller and 
smaller molecules, peptides, pro-
teoses, and peptones and finally into 
their separate amino acids. The 
amino acids then pass into the blood 
and are distributed around the body. 
TI I is FUNCTIONS OF AMINO ACIDS 
Some go to the cells to be rebuilt 
as proteins of specific cellular tis-
sues, some go to form hormones, 
enzymes, and complex internal secre-
tions. The amount and quality of 
proteins eaten also determine to a 
surprising extent our ability to 
manufacture germ-fighting phago-
cytes (white blood corpuscles) and 
anti-bodies, and therefore our 
resistance to infection and such dis-
eases as tuberculosis. 
One of the problems which has 
only been partially solved however. 
is just how much protein food we 
need to keep us fit, and the bod; 
youthful and strong. People have 
been known to get along healthily on 
twenty-two grams a day, but it is 
generally estimated that the need of 
the average man lies between 60 and 
70 grams per day; of a woman be-
tween 55 and 60 grams /per day. 
Active, growing children need 
more, and a boy or girl in the teens 
may need from 75 to 100 grams 
daily. Again an expectant or nursing 
mother needs more protein than at 
other times. During pregnancy she 
needs 85 grams and while nursing 
up to 100 grams daily. There is, 
however, no scientific evidence that 
hard muscular work requires a 
greatly increased amount of protein. 
CAN WE BE SURE OF SUFFICIENT 
PROTEIN? 
We have no need to set about 
numerous calculations on the protein 
content of our meals to ensure that 
we have enough. The practical solu-
tion is to include at least one pro-
tein-rich food in each meal, and add 
Eggs 
to it a reasonable variety of other 
whole natural foods. 
On the other hand, too much pro-
tein can be harmful. The body can 
convert some of it into energy, but 
in the process, acid-forming sub-
stances are released and too much 
protein is associated with acidity and 
chronic kidney troubles and high 
blood pressure. Protein above the 
body's immediate needs has to be 
broken down into glucose (used for 
energy), and ammonia which is then 
converted into urea. Too much ani-
mal protein, which is rich in purines, 
results in the formation of uric acid 
and the gout and kindred troubles 
which come in its train. 
Fruits, nuts and cereals ... provide all the necessary proteins. 
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THE ORIENTAL WATCHMAN, SEPTEMBER 1919 
A CLEAN BODY 
BELLE WOOD-COMSTOCK, M.D. 
L
ET us play that your body is a 
house. Back of the forehead, 
with the eyes for windows, is the 
parlour of the house, where guests 
are -received and which we would 
want always to have spotlessly shin-
ing and clean. Another important 
room in our house is the place where 
food is received and prepared. Let 
us play that the stomach is the 
kitchen. Here everything must be in 
perfect order and ready for use. 
There is a modern air-condition-
ing system that keeps every part of 
the house supplied with the right 
amount of pure oxygen that we get 
from the air. There is an automatic 
heat adjustment that keeps the house 
comfortably warm in winter and suf-
ficiently cool in summer. There is 
also a central pump that sends neces-
sary fluids for cleansing purposes, 
and also other materials and sup-
plies needed in every room. 
Then there is a wonderful electri-
cal arrangement over which mes-
sages can be sent from one part of 
the house to another; and, in con-
nection with it, there are power lines 
that keep the necessary machinery 
of the house and its heating system 
working just right. 
The body house is more wonder-
ful and more complicated than any 
THE ORIENTAL WATCHMAN, SEPTEMBER 
building that has ever been made by 
man. As the electric current regu-
lates the refrigerator in mother's 
kitchen and the hot' water in the 
bathroom, so things are regulated in 
the body house so that we do not 
have to think about how things are 
going, any more than mother needs 
to worry about the furnace in the 
basement of your new home. 
There are many rooms that we do 
not have time to talk about today, 
but there is one room that is per-
haps more important than all the 
others. It is closely connected with 
the parlour that we spoke about at 
first. In this important room the 
- overseer of the house has .his office; 
and every body house is furnished 
with this central manager, who is 
supposed to know how to keep his 
body house in the best condition. He 
is supposed to know about necessary 
supplies and certain conditions that 
must be maintained so that the house 
will be kept beautiful and the best 
sort of dwelling place for its owner. 
This overseer is your mind. Did 
you ever stop to think that every one 
of us must know enough about this 
body house so that he can manage it 
right? We don't want to do any-
thing that would interfere with the 
electric currents or the heating sys- 
1949 
tern, that would allow dirt to get 
into the pipes that carry the cleans-
ing fluids, or poisons to get into the 
food, or that would permit the 
beautiful parlour to become soiled 
and filled with cobwebs or cluttered 
with rubbish. We would not want to 
manage this house so badly that the 
body kitchen would be filled with 
bad smells or with ill-prepared or 
improper food; we would not want 
the manager to become so careless 
that he would forget about his im-
portant job and let everything go 
topsy-turvy in this beautiful house. 
But do you know that is what too 
many are doing to their beautiful 
body homes? The satin-lined cor-
ridors become rough and unclean, 
the electric currents weak and un-
certain, the overseer himself cross 
and stupid and maybe asleep at his 
job, so that the house that should 
be a good dwelling place for seventy 
or eighty years gets rickety and run-
down and out of order before it is 
old. Anyone would want to take bet-
ter care- of a house or a car or any-
thing else, wouldn't you think? 
Well, let me tell you—and it is 
really true—that when people drink 
beer or wine and other drinks with 
alcohol in them they are making 
their body house get old too fast. 
The worst thing of all is that such 
a person is making the manager of 
his house, his mind, less able to re-
member or to run his house properly 
than he should be able to. He may 
become so stupid that he doesn't 
know enough to keep his house from 
getting all smashed up and himself 
from being killed. I'm sure you will 
want always to keep away from such 
dangerous stuff, won't you? One of 
the worst things about it is that once 
a person has taken a drink of beer 
it is hard for him to stop. You are 
safe only if you never take the first 
drink. 
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QUICK ! I can feel an attack of 
underinflation coming on and it 
might be fatal. You see, I'm really 
only a container for air, and there's 
an exact amount of air I should 
hold-specified in pounds pressure-
to carry a given load. 
Too much—and I can't hold it. Too 
little—and all sorts of unpleasant 
things happen to me. 
AI& 
DUNLOP 
A Blind Girl and Her Dog 
MARGARET UNDERHILL 
A
SEEING-eye dog named Fawn 
has been awarded a certificate 
of heroism by an animal society in 
Chicago, U. S. A. Why? She saved 
the life of her mistress. 
Fawn's mistress was staying in a 
large hotel in Chicago when a fire 
broke out in one of the lower floors. 
Fawn's blind mistress, who had a 
room on the eleventh floor, had 
previously found out, as every per-
son should do in a strange hotel, 
where the fire escape was located. 
She memorized the turns of the cor-
ridor to the escape and then retired 
to her room. 
In the early morning the hotel 
fire alarm sounded. The young blind 
girl jumped from her bed, hurriedly 
threw on a coat, and adjusted the 
guiding harness of Fawn—the fam-
iliar harness with the U-shaped han-
dle extending up from either 
shoulder. 
The blind girl could not smell the 
smoke when she opened the door to 
the corridor because the accident 
that took away her sight also took 
away her sense of smell. There was 
no doubt, however, but that Fawn 
smelled it, and the girl knew it was 
there, from the choking burning 
sensation in her throat. Her confi-
dence in her dog guide was un-
limited. 
"Good girl, forward," she said as 
she patted her dog. Fawn danced a 
moment on her toes, sneezed, and 
proceeded to do her job. She fol-
lowed the directions her calm mis-
tress gave her, and they reached the 
entrance to the fire escape. Someone 
in the milling, hysterical crowd 
helped the blind girl over the sill, 
and then she said, "Thank you, 
Fawn will take care of me now." 
And Fawn did, guiding her safely, 
flight by flight, down the steps of the 
fire escape. 
The waiting crowd cheered Fawn 
and her mistress as they reached the 
pavement, but if Fawn could have 
talked she would have said, "We 
Seeing-Eye dogs are taught to guide 
our masters and mistresses safely 
every day, wherever they go. That's 
oar job. A fire can't stop us!" But 
some persons who were not blind 
died in that hotel fire. 
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FOOD AND 
VITAMIN C 
TTllt
T vitamin C is most important 
io good health we learn from the 
following quotation of a famous doctor 
who says: "In order to be in the best of 
health, the body tissues need to be 
saturated with vitamin C." In order for 
this condition to exist, a sufficient 
amount must be supplied every day 
because the body does not store this 
important vitamin. Also, vitamin C is 
easily destroyed by cooking. The water 
in which potatoes and other vegetables 
containing vitamin C are cooked should 
never be thrown away. It should be 
saved and used in soups and gravies and 
drinks. • 
Citrus fruits are the best source of 
this vitamin. Most fresh fruits contain 
vitamin C. Tomatoes are a very good 
source, as are many vegetables. Pota-
toes, spinach, cabbage, various greens 
and herbs, which may be eaten cooked 
or raw are all good sources of this 
important vitamin. Try these recipes 
rich in vitamin C. Also eat some fresh 
fruit daily to maintain good health. 
POTATOES BOILED IN THE JACKET 
Select medium sized potatoes, as many 
as each member of the family will eat. 
Scrub them well and rinse. Place them 
in a kettle of boiling water. The water 
should not cover them entirely. The 
kettle should be covered while they boil 
for twenty minutes. They should now 
be soft. When soft, drain and serve hot. 
Use the water drained off for gravy. 
POTATO-WATER GRAVY 
Melt one tablespoonful of butter or 
fat in a saucepan. Add two level table-
spoonfuls of flour. Stir and cook a few 
minutes. Add the cooled potato water 
and salt to taste. Add a little Marmite 
or Soy-sauce and serve with the pota-
toes. A little cream, milk, curds, or 
tomato juice may be added to this 
gravy for variation. Three tablespoon-
fuls of sour cream cooked until it forms 
ghee and the two tablespoonfuls of 
flour added and then the potato water, 
is also a very good sauce for potatoes 
cooked in the jacket. 
SPINACH AND RICE LOAF 
One egg; 1 cup cooked and chopped 
spinach; one cup cooked rice; 1/2 cup 
chopped nuts; one onion grated fine; 
salt to taste; one tablespoonful mint 
leaves. 
Beat the egg in a bowl. Add the other 
ingredients. Put mixture in a well-
oiled baking dish and bake in hot oven 
for fifteen or twenty minutes. Serve 
with buttermilk. Serves four. 
CABBAGE BAKED WITH CURDS 
One small cabbage, boiled and .chop-
ped; 1 cup white sauce; 1 cup very thick 
curds; two eggs; salt to taste. 
Mix the cabbage with the white sauce 
and the well-beaten eggs. Add the curds 
and mix. Pour this mixture into well-
oiled baking dish and bake for twenty-
five minutes in a hot oven. 
WHITE SAUCE 
Two tablespoonfuls butter or fat; 
2 level tablespoonfuls atta or flour; 
11 cups milk; 1/4 teaspoonful salt; 1/2 
teaspoonful sugar. 
Melt fat. Add flour and stir well. Add 
milk. Bring to the boil stirring con-
stantly. It is then ready for use. 
BAKED STUFFED TOMATOES 
Six firm, ripe tomatoes; 1/2 cup 
finely chopped nuts; 1/2 cup boiled rice; 
1 onion minced; 1 teaspoonful savoury 
herbs; 1 tablespoonful butter or fat; 
1 egg; salt to taste. 
Cut top off tomatoes. Scoop out 
centres with a spoon, taking care not to 
break the skins. Sprinkle them with a 
little salt. Mix the other ingredients 
together, beating well. Fill the tomatoes 
heaping full with the mixture. Place 
them in a well-oiled baking dish and 
bake twenty to thirty minutes in hot 
oven. Serve hot. Serves six. 
POMELO, CABBAGE, AND CARROT 
SALAD 
One small, firm cabbage, grated fine; 
4 medium grated carrots; '/2 cup thick 
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curds; 1/4 lakge, red pomelo; salt to 
taste; one tablespoonful sugar; juice of 
one orange. 
After removing outer leaves of cab-
bage, wash and dry well then grate on 
medium grater. Mix the curds. Add a 
sprinkle of sugar and salt with the 
cabbage and place in refrigerator. Grate 
the carrots fine. Mix with this the 
orange juice, the sugar and salt and 
place in refrigerator. Remove all skins 
and membranes, seeds, etc. from the 
pomelo. Cut in small pieces and sprinkle 
with a little sugar and salt. Place this 
in the centre of the salad bowl. Lay 
a ring of the cabbage around this. Then 
a ring of the carrots around the cabbage. 
A ring of finely shredded lettuce may 
complete the salad. It should be served 
very cold. Serves four to six. 
LETTUCE ROLLS 
One cup very thick curds; �
cup 
chopped nuts; 1 cup carrots grated very 
fine; IA teaspoonful salt; 1 teaspoonful 
sugar; 1 teaspoonful lime juice; large 
tender lettuce leaves; 1 red capsicum 
chopped fine, (sweet). 
Combine curds, carrots, nuts and half 
the minced capsicum with the salt, 
sugar, and lime juice. Spread the mixture 
on the lettuce leaves. Roll the lettuce 
leaves into rolls and place in the re-
frigerator for two hours or until ready 
to be served. Then cut the rolls in slices 
1/4 inch thick with a sharp knife. Serve 
these slices on lettuce leaves. Sprinkle 
with the remaining minced capsicum 
and use French dressing if desired. 
FRENCH DRESSING 
Mix two tablespoonfuls of salad oil 
and the juice of one lime. Season with 
salt and paprika. Stir well and serve. 
CAULIFLOWER IN CREAM 
Break a medium head of cauliflower 
into flowerettes, 3 large cupfuls, and 
steam just long enough to be tender. 
Arrange in a buttered casserole or bak-
ing dish, pour one small cup of cream 
over all and top with one cup of grated 
cheese. Bake in a moderate oven until 
a delicate brown on top. The white 
sauce with or without the cheese can 
be used. 
CABBAGE IN CREAM 
Four cupfuls of finely shredded cab-
bage. Put into a buttered baking dish. 
Pour over this one small cupful of hot 
milk, cover and bake until tender, then 
sprinkle over the cabbage a teaspoonful 
of salt and add one small cup of sweet 
cream, and bake again for ten minutes 
without being covered. 
Cabbage may be steamed and baked 
with cream and cheese in the same way 
as the cauliflower. 
Serve with a lettuce and tomato salad 
with a French dressing. 
Peel potatoes, cut into halves, scoop out centres. Mix crushed 
peas with chopped_ onions, chillies, and the juice of lime and 
salt to taste. Stuff mixture into centres and bind halves of 
potatoes together by thrusting thin sticks through. Fry potatoes 
in hot Dalda and put aside. Next, prepare curry by frying 
onions and tomatoes with masalas in a degchi. To this add 
the fried potatoes. Seal down lid of degchi with atta dough, 
cook on brisk fire for hour, then let simmer on low fire for 
another �
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HERNIA: Ques.—"I am suffering 
from hernia. I consulted a doctor and 
used to wear a belt to stop the pain 
but now I ant advised to have an opera-
tion. My parents are not willing for me 
to do that. Please tell me what to do." 
Ans.—Hernias are not curable with 
medicine. They may be controlled by 
wearing a properly fitted truss. Some 
years ago injections enjoyed a vogue for 
a time but in many cases this proved 
to be a failure. The proper treatment 
of hernia remains—surgery, 
)itten is the essential thing in avoiding 
the disease. Mosquitoes are most active 
at dawn and at dusk. It would be well 
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the exposed parts of the body; sleep 
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whole house sprayed with D.D.T. The 
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months. 
Any infection or complication of the 
disease should be treated under the 
personal direction of a skilled physician. 
I should advise tjiat you consult the 
doctors at the medical school in Viza-
gapatam. 
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ELEPHANTIASIS: Ques.—"A friend 
of mine fifty-one years old has been 
suffering from elephantiasis of the 
right leg. Is there any treatment or 
diet which will be of help to this 
sufferer?" 
Ans.—Elephantiasis is usually due to 
filariasis infestation. The best treatment 
is prevention of recurrence of attacks, 
for as yet no really good treatment has 
been developed. The parasites which 
cause the disease are carried by inosqui- 
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1'ROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY: Ques.—
Where can I obtain "Prostacrin" in 
India? 
Aim—Regarding your inquiry as to 
the availability of the glandular formu-
la, "Prostacrin" we have received the 
following from the producing laboratory 
in the U. S. A. 
"During the war, you will recall that 
the authorities enacted a number of re-
gulations which made it very difficult 
for a United "States manufacturer to 
export to India. Since the War other 
import regulations have further com-
plicated the situation. It is still too 
difficult to attempt making our products 
available in India. It seems a pity but 
obstacles beyond our control prevent 
it." 
We give the Prostacrin formula 
below to aid you in finding another pre-
paration of like constituents. 
Each 5 gram tablet contains the 
following: Prostate extract, 2 grams; 
Orchic substance, 2 grams; Nucliec 
Acid, 1/4 gram; Excipient q. s. 
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HAIR REMOVERS: Ques—"Nowa-
days many preparations are found in 
the market for removing unwanted hair. 
Is it good to use such preparations for 
removing the beard and moustache, or 
is it harmful to the Ocin? 
Ans.—Depilatory preparations for re-
moving hair are not advised as a general 
practice. Such preparations may injure 
the outer layers of the skin. Also there 
is danger of developing sensitivity to 
the chemicals used and a consequent 
production of an irritable skin ra°h. 
There is nothing better for removing 
the beard and moustache than the old-
fashioned mild soap and razor. 
9 
BALDNESS: Ques.—"At only thirty-
live years of age I am beginning to lose 
my hair. Is there anything I can do 
to prevent baldness?" 
Ans.—Bald heads seem to run in 
families and in spite of all the hair 
tonics, hair restorers and other tonics, 
procedures and such, the hair continues 
to fall and baldness or thinning of the 
hair takes place. 
The treatment I recommend has no-
thing to do with the falling hair: 
I. Wash your hair and scalp often 
enough to keep it clean. 
2. Apply an oil dressing if you like. 
3. Don't worry about the falling hair. 
At the age of 65 you will have the same 
amount of hair after following this 
treatment as after purchasing the most 
expensive hair tonics and restoratives. 
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INCREASE- HEIGHT: Ques.—"I am 
eighteen years old and my brother is 
fourteen years old. We are both about 
five feet tall. Our parents are also short 
people. Is there any way we can in-
crease our height? 
Ans.—The normal period of growth is 
from birth until the eighteenth or 
twentieth year. After that the possi-
bility of increasing one's height is nil, 
notwithstanding all the advertisements 
to the contrary. 
One cannot hope to be much taller 
than one's parents and attempts to 
grow to six feet when one's father is 
only five feet tall often upsets the 
balance nature placed in one's body. 
Many sons, however, as a result of 
better food than their fathers had, do 
grow to be two or three inches taller 
than their short parents. 
The main thing for a boy or girl in 
their early teens is to live a healthful 
life. Get at least eight hours of sleep 
nightly, exercise one hour a day in the 
open air, eat swell-balanced varied diet 
including plenty of vegetables, fruits, 
dal, milk, and whole grain cereals. 
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CHEST EXPANSION: Ques.—"I have 
suffered from pleurisy with effusion on 
the right side. Now I am twenty-eight 
years old and my chest expansion is 
only one inch. Can you suggest some 
exercises which will enable me to get 
an expansion of two inches ? 
Ans.—Pleurisy often leaves some ad-
hesions in the pleural membrane. This 
would hinder full expansion. Any effort 
to increase chest expansion must be done 
gradually, and not much effort at one 
time. A good method is to take a long 
inspiration to the count of five twice 
daily for several days, then. gradually 
increase depth of inspiration by one 
count until you have attained your 
maximum expansion. 
No, your limitation does not mean 
shortening of the life span. There are 
many more determining factors than 
limited respiration. 
TAPEWORM: Ques.—"One of my 
friends is suffering from long standing 
tapeworm. The patient has tried every-
thing he knows, but is no better. 
AnA—Tapeworm is an actual, flat, 
tape-like worm which inhabits the in-
testines of man and animal alike. There 
are four sources from which man may 
become infected; these are the hog, cow, 
dog and the rat. The drugs used for ex-
pelling the worm are very toxic and must 
be prescribed with care varying accord-
ing to the subject treated. One of these 
drugs is derived from the pomegranate 
and is called pelletierine tannate. This 
drug is taken after a day of fasting. 
The medicine is then taken together 
with a purgative. There is also an 
indigenous remedy which sometimes 
proves very effective when other more 
standard remedies have failed. "Baibrun" 
or "Baibraug," obtainable from spice 
vendor. It looks like black pepper corns. 
Obtain one tola-180 grains; remove all 
foreign matter, and pound into a 
powder. The patient should fast twelve 
hours at least. Give full dose at night, 
mixed with curds. Next morning take a 
dose of Epsom salts. This should bring 
away the head and all of the worm. 
RINGWORM: Ques.—"What can I do 
for ringworm ?" 
Ans.—The skin infection called ring-
worm is not a worm at all but is a 
fungus which grows in the form of a 
circle under the outer layer of the skin. 
This type of infection is effectively 
treated by repeated applications of der-
mal antiseptics such as Whitfield's Oint-
ment. 
ACNE :,Queo.—"I am nineteen years old 
and have been suffering for the past 
year and a half from pimples which 
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leave my skin marked and rough. In 
spite of trying many medicines they 
are not cured. Please inform me of a 
good treatment or diet." 
Ans.—The treatment of blackheads 
and comedoes and pimples is as fol-
lows: Pimples are usually infected 
blackheads and the two should be 
treated together. First wash the face 
thoroughly twice a day with warm water 
and some good mild toilet soap, then take 
a sunbath on the face for about twenty 
minutes. Remove the blackheads once 
or twice a week by the following 
method. Steam the face for fifteen 
minutes with a towel wrung out of hot 
water, then rub in some good grade of 
vanishing cream or olive oil. Steam the 
face again for five minutes then remove 
the blackheads by using a comedo re-
mover, obtainable for a few annas at 
any chemist shop. Finally wash the face 
with water and dry. After daily face 
washing, and after removing comedoes, 
apply sonic alcoholic face lotion. Thiaza-
'nide ointment is beneficial if the black-
heads are infected. 
ATHLETE'S FOOT: Ques.—"I am 
seventy years old and for the past year 
I have been suffering from a skin dis-
ease on my left leg. This started in my 
toes ill the form of itching and oozing. 
What course shall I take to rid me 
of this complaint ?" 
Ans.—Your description suggests ath-
lete's foot infection with extension up 
the leg in the form of allergic rash. 
Athlete's foot is a very obstinate infec-
tion and requires persistant treatment 
for several months even after it seems 
to have cleared up. Wear white socks 
and change them daily, boiling those 
which have been worn before wearing 
them again. After a hot foot bath at 
night, dry foot thoroughly then apply 
Sapronal ointment. Dust Sapronal pow-
der into the sock and into the shoes 
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kept up for months. Another effective 
treatment is a daily warm foot bath to 
which is added sufficient crystals of 
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THE more neurologists learn about 
the human brain, the more it looks 
like an electrical calculating ma 
chine. And the more engineers learn 
about an artificial calculating de-
vice, the more it resembles the hu-
man brain. Last week, Neurophysi-
logist Warren McCulloch of the 
University of Illinois tried to de-
scribe the brain in purely electrical 
terms to a New York meeting of the 
American Institute of Electrical En-
gineers. 
The brain, said Professor McCul-
loch, is made up of neurons (nerve 
cells) which are nothing more or 
less than small electrical relays, 
each containing its own built-in 
power supply. The cells burn sugar 
to carbon dioxide and water, and 
use the energy produced to keep 
their outer surfaces electrically 
charged in relation to their interiors. 
The electrical tension (voltage) be-
tween the two parts is about seven-
hundredths of a volt. 
LIKE A RADIO 
The nerve cells are laced together, 
like the vacuum tubes inside a 
radio, by slender, wirelike fibres 
(neurofibrils). Some cells have only 
two fibres; others have several hun-
dred. Like the cells, the fibres are 
electrically charged. 
In its normal state, a nerve cell is 
like an electrical relay waiting for 
a signal to send it into action. When 
the signal (a pulse of energy from 
another neuron) arrives, the cell 
"fires." An electrical disturbance 
starts at its centre and travels out-
ward along all its fibres. When the 
pulse reaches the end of a fibre and 
touches a fibre of another cell, it 
may or may not "fire" that cell too. 
This selective action is the basis of 
the brain's operation. 
Measured in electrical engineering 
terms, the neurons are only one-
thousandth as fast as vacuum tube 
relays, but they require much less 
space and much less power. Pro-
fessor McCulloch estimated that if a 
calculating machine had only 10 
million vacuum tubes (the brain has 
about 10 billion neurons), it would 
take the power of Niagara Falls to 
operate it and the Niagara River to 
keep it from overheating. The brain 
is cooled by a comparatively small 
river of blood. When awake and in 
full operation, it raises the tem-
perature of a pint of circulating 
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CAN WORDS 
SAVE THE WORLD? 
V
ISITING the United Nations one 
day, we were impressed with 
the multiplicity of words employed 
in connection with its many and di-
verse activities. In the open sessions 
one speech followed another in seem-
ingly endless sequence, each one be-
ing translated into one or more lan-
guages. Behind the scenes, scores of 
secretaries were busy preparing, 
translating, typing, and duplicating 
the many orations, while in the press 
section the product of all this in-
tense activity was made available to 
newspaper representatives in vast 
quantity and variety. 
\While viewing these piles of docu-
ments, on every conceivable subject, 
the thought came to us. If words—
human words—could save the world, 
then surely it would long since have 
entered that coveted era of universal 
peace and brotherhood which has 
been the dream of man down the 
ages. 
A TORRENT OF WORDS 
Consider all the words spoken in 
parliaments and congresses as men 
have striven to improve their lot by 
oratory, discussion, and law-making. 
What torrents of words have issued 
from the lips Of statesmen of va-
rious loyalties and differing political 
faiths in the long struggle for social 
uplift and human betterment! 
What infinite pains have been taken 
in the preparation of agreements, 
pacts, treaties, and other instruments 
for the preservation of peace! What 
endless drafting and amending and 
copying has taken place in the ever-
lasting search for the perfect docu-
ment which shall please everybody 
and offend none! What clauses and 
sections and sub-sections and expla-
natory notes, until the whole subject 
has been taken apart and put to-
gether again in such a way as to 
avoid, if possible, all misunder-
standing! 
Out of such prolonged discussion 
A. S. MAXWELL 
and patient labour came the Treaty 
of Versailles, the Treaty of Locarno, 
the Kellog Pact, and many another 
document aimed at settling once and 
for all the outstanding differences 
between the nations. With fine words 
they were written and with fine 
words they were acclaimed by states-
men and newspaper men, as offer-
ing, each in its turn, the solution to 
man's greatest problems. 
Truly, if human words could save 
the world from war and give relief 
from all its losses and sorrows, then 
we should long since have entered 
this blissful state. 
But words have failed us. Words 
—human words—have proved in-
sufficient to prevent catastrophe. 
Anger, hatred, envy, untamed pas-
sions of the human heart, have swept 
through them like fire through bar-
ricades of straw. Two world wars 
should have convinced us that words, 
no matter in what quantity or 
quality, cannot hold back the forces 
of evil once they begin to march. 
Choice phrases and carefully pointed 
paragraphs can never save peace in 
a world where sin remains unex-
orcised. 
Truly, some words could help us. 
Jesus Christ said: "The words that 
I speak unto you, they are spirit, 
and they are life." John 6:63. Peo-
ple, we are told, "wondered at the 
gracious words which proceeded out 
of His mouth." Luke 4:22. "Thou 
hast the words of eternal life," said 
Peter, and he was right. There was 
power in the words of Christ. When 
devils heard them they came out of 
the demon-possessed and left them 
at peace. When the stormy elements 
heard them there was a great calm. 
When the sick heard them, �
were 
healed. When the dead heard them, 
they sprang to life. When angry men 
heard them, they were ashamed and 
sought forgiveness. 
What the world needs most today 
is to hear the words of Jesus again 
—the beautiful words of the gospel 
of love which the apostle Paul, said 
are "the power of God unto salva-
tion." Romans 1:16. Passing cen-
turies have not lessened their effi-
cacy. They are as powerful now as 
they were in that far-off day when 
Jesus was here, among men. Through 
the words of grace—God's words—
He is able to deliver us from our 
worst problems and dilemmas. 
Today, when so many people are 
trusting in human words, in pacts, 
and treaties, and agreements, for 
deliverance from war and disaster, 
God offers His words anew as the 
way of salvation. Today His mes-
sengers fly "in the midst of heaven, 
having the everlasting gospel to 
preach unto them that dwell on the 
earth, and to every nation, and kin-
dred, and tongue, and people, say-
ing with a loud voice, Fear God, and 
give glory to Him; for the hour of 
His judgment is come: and worship 
Him that made heaven, and earth, 
and the sea, and the fountains of 
waters." Revelation 14:6, 7. 
Never was a message more direly 
needed than this. Never were words 
more precious, more timely, more 
potent for good. They may not save 
the world; but they will save many 
people out of the world. They may 
save you. For all who heed the gos-
pel of the love of God, all who let 
His words enter their minds and 
hearts, will find that those words are 
transforming, life-changing words; 
words that can change men of the 
world into men of God. 
WORLD-CHANGING WORDS 
Impressed upon human hearts on 
a sufficiently wide scale, these words 
could change the whole modern scene 
in respect to crime, divorce, juvenile 
delinquency, irreverence, and Sab-
bath-breaking; they could bring the 
nations together in a fellowship of 
understanding they have never 
known. And if because of the in-
difference of the multitudes this 
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proves impossible, at least these 
words will gather from among the 
nations a people prepared for citizen-
ship in the coming kingdom of God. 
Of this people it is said: "Here 
are they that keep the command-
ments of God, and the faith of 
Jesus." Revelation 14:12. And what 
are the commandments of God, but 
the words of God? (Exodus 20:1.) 
Therefore those who keep His com-
mandments do but heed His words, 
and their holy living is but outward 
evidence that His will is honoured 
and revered within their hearts. And 
these words will continue their trans-
forming work from day to day un-
til at last, "kept by the power of 
God." (1 Peter 1:5), they are pre-
sented "faultless before the presence 
of His glory with exceeding joy." 
Jude 24. 
So it is not more words of human 
devising that we need today; not 
more conferences and congresses and 
leagues; not more speeches and 
resolutions and treaties; but the 
words of the living God, believed 
and accepted, and translated into 
noble living and righteous action. 
Wise indeed is the counsel: "Ac-
quaint now thyself with Him, and 
be at peace: thereby good shall come 
unto thee. Receive, I pray thee, the 
law from His mouth, and lay up His 
words in thine heart." Job 22:21, 22. 
D
R. S. RADHAKRISHNAN, the 
illustrious leader of the Indian 
Delegation to UNESCO Conference 
held in Beirut in November last, in 
the course of his scholarly and spir-
ited address to the Conference made 
the following remark: "The world 
owes an incalculable debt to the peo-
ples of this region and my own coun-
try has had cultural relations with 
this part of the world for many cen-
turies. We in India have still with us 
descendants of Jews who took shel-
ter there when their temple at Jeru-
salem was destroyed in the first cen-
tury A.D." 
It will be generally agreed that the 
greatest contribution of the Middle 
East for which "the world owes an 
incalculable debt" is its gift of Jesus 
Christ. Christ was born of the Jews, 
a people of the Middle East. 
The destruction of the city of 
Jerusalem and that of its famous 
temple, to which particularly Dr. 
Radhakrishnan refers, was the fulfil-
ment of a most astounding and 
solemn prediction of this Jesus 
Christ. The temple which was the 
centre of Jewish life and one of the 
wonders of the world, was destroyed 
in 70 A.D. by the Romans, who were 
then ruling Palestine. In one of the 
most ghastly sieges of history, 
thousands perished by the swords 
of the cruel and skilful Romans. 
Other thousands perished in the 
furious civil war that raged within 
the city walls, and still other thou-
sands were reaped down by one of 
the grimmest famines of all time. 
The tragic part of this whole episode 
was that not one would have—or 
need have—perished if the words of 
Christ had been taken seriously and 
His instructions followed. 
It was A.D. 31. Jesus wqs visiting 
the city of Jerusalem for the last 
time, just three days before His cru-
cifixion. The city was alive as usual 
and intensely busy with the affairs 
of life. He had laboured hard for the 
uplift of the inhabitants of Jeru-
salem but they refused to follow His 
spiritual lead. As He thought of 
their attitude. tears began to dim 
AN ASTOUNDING PREDICTION 
SUNDERA RAJ JAMES 
The Seige of Jerusalem. 
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THE ORIENTAL WATCHMAN, SEPTEMBER 1949 
Jerusalem at the present time. 
His saddened eyes and roll gently 
down His cheeks. "If thou [Jeru-
salem]," He wept "hadst known, even 
thou, at least in this thy day, the. 
things which belong unto thy peace! 
but now they are hid from thine 
eyes. For the days shall come upon 
thee, that thine enemies shall cast a 
trench about thee, and compass thee 
round, and keep thee in on every 
side, and shall lay thee even with 
the ground, and thy children within 
thee; and they shall not leave in 
thee one stone upon another; because 
thou knewest not the time of thy visi-
tation." "Behold, your house is left 
unto you desolate." Luke 19:42-44; 
Matthew 23:38, 36. 
Fearful and fateful are these 
words; but they did not fail to fall 
on the ears of His disciples. "Your 
house is left unto you desolate," they 
knew involved the desolation of 
their temple. "Impossible," they 
thought. "The Master was a bit 
hasty. Perhaps He is not acquainted 
with the massiveness of its structure," 
they mused. At any rate, they did 
not want their Master to predict any-
thing which could not take place. 
So "one of His disciples saith unto 
Him; Master, see what manner of 
stones and what buildings are here!" 
Mark 13:1. Their reference to the 
"manner of stones" is noteworthy. 
for immense stones, some of which 
were sixty-five feet by eight by ten 
feet, had gone into the giant struc- 
ture. They thought that the tremen-
dous girth of the stones would cause 
Him to somewhat revise His predic- 
tion. But Jesus solemnly repeats: 
"See ye not all these things? verity I 
say unto you, There shall not be left 
here one stone upon another, that 
shall not be thrown down." Matthew 
24:2. 
The company walked on and when 
it reached a quiet spot on a near-by 
hill Jesus seated Himself. Then the 
disciples came to Him privately ask-
ing, "Master, but when shall these 
things be? and what sign will there 
be when these things shall come to 
pass?" Luke 21:7. From this ques- 
tion it is evident that the disciples 
had no more doubts concerning the 
fulfilment of any point of the pre- 
diction, but they were only concerned 
over the time of the event and how 
they might know its approach. Christ 
answered: "Many shall come in my 
name, saying, I am Christ; ... ye 
shall hear of wars and commotions. 
... Great earthquakes shall be in di-
vers places, and famines, and pes-
tilences; ... they shall lay their 
hands on you, and persecute you. de- 
livering you up to the synagogues, 
and into prisons.... And when ye 
shall see Jerusalem compassed with 
armies, then know that the desolation 
thereof is nigh. Then let them which 
are in Judma flee to the mountains; 
and let them which are in the midst 
of it depart out; and let not them 
that are in the countries enter there-
into.... For there shall be great dis-
tress in the land, and wrath upon 
this people. And they shall fall by 
the edge of the sword, and shall be 
led away captive into all nations: 
and Jerusalem shall be trodden 
down." Luke 21:8-24. 
In His answer Jesus was not giv-
ing them the date of the event, but 
outlining conditions by which they 
might know its near approach and 
instructions concerning their escape. 
Just as soon as they saw the enemy 
encircling the city they were to "flee 
into the mountains.' Certainly a 
most illogical and inopportune time 
for an escape. 
This entire conversation took 
place in A.D. 31 but the event in 
question occurred in A.D. 70 some 
thirty-nine years after. This predic-
tion of Jesus must have been gener-
ally known among the peoples of 
Palestine, for it is difficult to think 
that His disciples who themselves 
were so startled by the prediction 
and who were strictly commanded by 
Jesus to proclaim His teachings to 
all the world, would have kept the 
prediction to themselves. Further-
more, the book which contains the 
fullest record of this prediction, viz., 
the Gospel of Matthew, was available 
to the people, according to scholarly 
opinion, for at least thirty-two years 
preceding the event. 
Now let us go to history, the right 
hand of prophecy. As the thumb is 
verified and established by its im-
pression, the seal by its stamp, and 
vice versa, so prophecies are verified 
and established by history and his-
tory by prophecies. True history and 
true prophecy will not conflict, for 
God is the Author of both. They are 
God's instruments to instruct man 
and to vindicate the Bible, His own 
book, and Jesus Christ, His own 
Divine Son. 
Josephus. a Jew, was the chief 
spokesman for this period of Jewish 
history. Why this should have been 
so can be readily seen, for this 
period's history was to be the fulfil-
ment of Christ's prediction, which 
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would vindicate His assertion as the 
Son of God. A Jew would be the 
last person to manipulate historical 
events in favour of Christ, which 
would prove Him to be the Mes-
siah. 
The years following the prediction 
were turbulent and bloody ones in 
the history of Palestine; general un-
rest in surrounding countries; Rome 
was shaken by the loss of four em-
perors in just two years; famines 
and pestilences were rocking the na-
tions, and Palestine particularly. 
These conditions embittered the 
Jews. They launched a campaign to 
persecute the Christians, perhaps 
thinking that the Christians were re-
sponsible for these conditions. Events 
in which the Jews on the other hand, 
did not give rest to the Roman 
swords, gradually led up to a gen-
eral revolt in which the nationalists 
made a quick and surprise attack on 
the Roman garrison at Jerusalem and 
inflicted on it a shameful defeat. The 
fanatical and cruel Emperor Nero 
would not brook this behaviour of 
the equally fanatical and cruel Jews. 
So he fitted up one of the finest 
Roman armies that had ever gone 
into action and swung it across the 
Mediterranean on to Palestine. Father 
Vespasian and son Titus had charge 
of the campaign. Jewish blood ran 
down the pathway of this gallant. 
furious, and victorious Roman army 
which swept away everything on its 
march to Jerusalem. And at last laid 
siege to the city itself. 
Doubts and misgivings were no 
doubt gaining ascendancy in the 
hearts of those who knew Christ's 
instructions regarding their escape 
and who were eager to carry them 
out. But it was when they saw Jeru-
salem compassed with armies they 
were to run to the mountains. Cer-
tainly a most difficult time for an 
escape; but that was the prediction. 
How it was fulfilled is thus described 
by the historian: "Cestius Gallus, 
after beginning siege, mysteriously 
withdrew, without any reason in the 
world, and many embraced this op-
portunity to depart; a great multi-
tude fled to the mountains." Church 
historians of the first century say 
that not a single Christian perished 
in the siege! It was so because they 
believed Jesus! 
Soon the siege recommenced and 
no one escaped thereafter. The fol-
lowing quotation on the progress of 
the siege is enlightening: "Titus 
placed his main forces on the north 
and the north-west, leaving the Tenth, 
`the Fretensis,' to watch the impreg- 
nable east wall from the Mount of 
Olives. The sound of the battering-
rams shook the air day and night. 
Prodigies of almost maniacal valour 
were witnessed every day as Jews, 
rushing out to certain death, flung 
fire on the war engines and grasped 
the white-hot metal until their hands 
were destroyed. Early in May, Titus 
entered the suburb of the New Town 
and ordered Josephus, the historian, 
to bid his countrymen to surrender. 
The reply was defiance. Titus then 
built an enormous wall right round 
Jerusalem, each legion being re-
sponsible for a section of it, and 
famine sat upon the walls of Jeru-
salem and mocked the grotesque suf-
ferings of the people. Weary of 
flinging thousands of dead bodies 
over the walls into the valley, the 
inhabitants began to stack corpses in 
the cellars and in the rooms of large 
houses. Five hundred deserters and 
captives were crucified each day un-
til the hills bristled with this ghastly 
forest of crosses, and wood grew 
scarce." 
Here is a graphic description by 
Josephus of the grim famine that 
wasted the city: "Now of those that 
perished by famine in the city the 
number was prodigious, and the mis-
eries they underwent were unspeak-
able; for if so much as the shadow 
of any kind of food did anywhere 
appear, a war was commenced pres-
ently, and the dearest friends fell a-
fighting one with another about it, 
snatching from each other the most 
miserable supports of life. Nor 
would men believe that those who 
were dying had no food, but the rob-
bers would search them when they 
were expiring lest any one should 
have concealed food in their bosoms 
and counterfeited dying." The famine 
was so fierce that hunger drove men 
to eat sandal straps, leather girdles, 
straw, grains in the excretions of ani-
mals, and in one case a mother 
cooked her own dear child!" 
But no suffering was keen enough 
to abate the fanaticism and fury of 
the defenders. The Romans held out 
all the inducements for a "cease-fire" 
that their wisdom could devise; but 
all to no avail. And the war raged 
until, across the walls and through 
the streets rolled the Roman army, 
and after bitter and bloody struggles, 
into the temple courts. The Roman 
heavy arms began battering on the 
giant walls of the temple. These were 
tense and exciting moments for the 
invaders. At last a mad Roman 
soldier, as though inspired by holy 
zeal, thrust a burning brand into the 
temple and fire ran wild through 
the building. Titus waved and 
shouted to his men to quench the 
fire, but passion for plunder and hot 
hatred for the Jews were too strong 
for the Romans to obey even Caesar! 
"And thus," says Josephus "was the 
holy house burnt down without 
Caesar's approbation." Evidently the 
Romans were not keen on destroying 
the temple. Had the Jews been wise 
and come to some terms with the in-
vaders their beautiful temple may 
have been standing even today. One 
would have thought that the fana-
ticism with which the Jews held the 
temple would have saved it. but that 
was what eventually brought the tem-
ple to dust. 
The prediction however was that 
"there shall not be left here one 
stone upon another, that shall not be 
thrown down." Matthew 24:2. Titus 
held a congratulatory parade at 
which he conferred honours and dis-
tributed gifts. His last orders to his 
men were. "Raze the very founda-
tions." In carrying out this order 
the men were spurred on by the com-
mon belief that the city and temple 
contained immense wealth. This was 
so difficult an accomplishment that 
even Titus was urged to say: "We 
have certainly had God for our 
helper in this war ... for what could 
men or machines do toward throw-
ing down such fortifications as 
these!" 
Thus the ancient city of Jerusalem 
and its beautiful temple were blasted 
out, burnt down, and ploughed up, 
the Jews were subjected to inde-
scribable horrors of suffering and 
death and at last "led away captive 
into all nations"; all taking place 
in that generation, just as Christ had 
predicted forty years before the 
event. 
Of every "it will happen so" of 
the predictions of Jesus Christ on the 
destruction of the temple and city of 
Jerusalem, history says "it happened 
so." Christ was not only a Teacher 
of ethical and-spiritual truths, but 
He was also the Predictor of the 
future. There are and have been 
many outstanding teachers of ethical 
and spiritual truths, but not one of 
them a predictor of the future, for 
God alone can do this. God regards 
predicting ability as the supreme 
test of divinity as may be under-
stood from the following Scripture 
text: "Shew the things that are to 
come hereafter, that we may know 
that ye are gods." Isaiah 41:23. 
Prophecies reveal God's great wis-
dom. power, and love. 
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