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April, 193Jf The Health Bulletin of the utter lack of milk, the people in this community seem to have a wide variety of good food, and plenty of it/' We do not single this report out in particular, because it is very similar to reports that we get constantly from all sections of the eastern part of North Carolina; and by ''eastern part" we mean east of a line drawn through Raleigh running north and south. The time will soon come, we predict, when this particular section will be aroused to the necessity for a larger per capita consumption of good, fresh cowl's milk produced in the area and supplied to everybody, particularly the children; and when such a time comes, the health conditions in that section will not only be better and the infant death rate drop accordingly, but the section will be much more prosperous from a financial standpoint. * * * For a number of years we have been warning the readers of The Bulj:.etin against the promiscuous use of various headache remedies. The one point that we have been most concerned about is the undesirability, from the standpoint of one's general health, of getting into the habit of taking a drug of any kind to excess; and also we have particularly advised against the habit of self-medication, which is vicious from every standpoint. We have also urged our readers to be on guard against the prescribing of drugs of any kind by teachers in the schools or other laymen who know nothing about the therapeutic or physiological action of drugs. We have inveighed against the habit of some teachers keeping ready-to-hand common drugs usually promiscuously taken for headaches. This may serve as one example. Our reasons, as just mentioned, for this have been largely on the grounds of the undesirability of forming the drug habit, of self-medi-cation, or of medication by the ''Smart Alec" layman. We now find that we have another, and a strictly scientific reason, for warning our readers against such habits. In a recent issue of the Jouryial of the A7nerica7i Medical Associatio)i a group of Los Angeles physicians published a report of a thorough investigation they have made with reference to the use of a group of chemically related medicines freely given to relieve pain. These physicians made their investigation in an endeavor to find out the cause of a constantly increasing number of cases of suffering from what has been up to recent years a very rare disease. They have found that this group of drugs used so frequently to relieve pain has had some effect on the bone marrow. It is in the bone marrow where some of the blood cells are formed which indicate the disease — not mentioned here for various reasons. The name of the drug they have reported on is pyramidon and the group of chemically related drugs. It is the conclusion of these doctors that this drug, either alone or in connection with other drugs, should never be used except on the direct prescription of a competent physician, and, even then, not unless a white blood ceil count may be made several times a week while the drug is being administered. We mention this in these columns because it gives us an opportunity again to warn against the promiscuous use of drugs of any character unless prescribed by a competent physician. The best way to deal with the patent medicine business is to leave it severely alone. It makes no difference how highly and widely advertised and how commonly prescribed across department store counters, it is never safe to gamble with one's own health in any such reckless manner. We repeat, if you have a case in court, you better see a lawyer; if there is anything the matter with you, you better see a good doctor. Pellagra is again increasing. In April this year 39 deaths occurred against only 25 in April, 1933.
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-04: The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1934 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-049 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 49 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb1296443 |
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Fixed Title * | Page 5 |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1934 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-049-0091 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; report/review |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Filename | healthbulletinse49nort_0091.jp2 |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 49 |
Issue Number | 6 |
Page Number | 5 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | April, 193Jf The Health Bulletin of the utter lack of milk, the people in this community seem to have a wide variety of good food, and plenty of it/' We do not single this report out in particular, because it is very similar to reports that we get constantly from all sections of the eastern part of North Carolina; and by ''eastern part" we mean east of a line drawn through Raleigh running north and south. The time will soon come, we predict, when this particular section will be aroused to the necessity for a larger per capita consumption of good, fresh cowl's milk produced in the area and supplied to everybody, particularly the children; and when such a time comes, the health conditions in that section will not only be better and the infant death rate drop accordingly, but the section will be much more prosperous from a financial standpoint. * * * For a number of years we have been warning the readers of The Bulj:.etin against the promiscuous use of various headache remedies. The one point that we have been most concerned about is the undesirability, from the standpoint of one's general health, of getting into the habit of taking a drug of any kind to excess; and also we have particularly advised against the habit of self-medication, which is vicious from every standpoint. We have also urged our readers to be on guard against the prescribing of drugs of any kind by teachers in the schools or other laymen who know nothing about the therapeutic or physiological action of drugs. We have inveighed against the habit of some teachers keeping ready-to-hand common drugs usually promiscuously taken for headaches. This may serve as one example. Our reasons, as just mentioned, for this have been largely on the grounds of the undesirability of forming the drug habit, of self-medi-cation, or of medication by the ''Smart Alec" layman. We now find that we have another, and a strictly scientific reason, for warning our readers against such habits. In a recent issue of the Jouryial of the A7nerica7i Medical Associatio)i a group of Los Angeles physicians published a report of a thorough investigation they have made with reference to the use of a group of chemically related medicines freely given to relieve pain. These physicians made their investigation in an endeavor to find out the cause of a constantly increasing number of cases of suffering from what has been up to recent years a very rare disease. They have found that this group of drugs used so frequently to relieve pain has had some effect on the bone marrow. It is in the bone marrow where some of the blood cells are formed which indicate the disease — not mentioned here for various reasons. The name of the drug they have reported on is pyramidon and the group of chemically related drugs. It is the conclusion of these doctors that this drug, either alone or in connection with other drugs, should never be used except on the direct prescription of a competent physician, and, even then, not unless a white blood ceil count may be made several times a week while the drug is being administered. We mention this in these columns because it gives us an opportunity again to warn against the promiscuous use of drugs of any character unless prescribed by a competent physician. The best way to deal with the patent medicine business is to leave it severely alone. It makes no difference how highly and widely advertised and how commonly prescribed across department store counters, it is never safe to gamble with one's own health in any such reckless manner. We repeat, if you have a case in court, you better see a lawyer; if there is anything the matter with you, you better see a good doctor. Pellagra is again increasing. In April this year 39 deaths occurred against only 25 in April, 1933. |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-04/nchh-04-049.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-b; nchh-04 |
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Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-04 |
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