The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa • Page 41

July I. mi PES MOIXES SUNDAY REGISTER 3. Pain in Hip May Indicate Unusual Disease Des.Moines Scene iorothu draper Last week in a school for handicapped children, I saw a few boys, each with a crutch and YOUR HEALTH with a wide belt around his waist from which extended a sung supporting the entire leg, which was bent at the hurt her ankle two weeks ago and it is still swollen and somewhat painful to walk on. Shouldn't it be healed after two weeks? Mrs. B.

Dr. Abrams says: An injured ankle can take a long time to heal. Often the soft tissues around the bones are torn. Occasionally there is a crack (fracture) in one of the bones. These are the things which prevent quick healing.

An X-ray of the ankle will quickly reveal if a fracture is present. HEALTH TIP The better food is chewed, the easier it is for the stomach and intestines to digest it. Root 3301 Wauwatosa drive, and Mr. and John Ruan and son, 23 Thirty-fourth st. Mrs.

Thornburg Cowles of New York City will arrive today to spend a few weeks visiting in Des Moines. She will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Wallace, 2817 S.

W. Fourteenth st. Kate Killebrew has ended a visit with her parents. Dr. and Mrs.

Robert Killebrew of 5410 Shriver and returned to Cambridge, where she is studying at Harvard University. She is working toward a doctorate in art history, in the graduate school of arts and Oslo. He then will tour Europe until Sept 1, when he will return to resume his pre-medicire studies at the State University of Iowa, Iowa City. Several Des Moines residents attended the Saturday evening wedding of Jane Bendixen and Robert Culp in Davenport. They include the bride's grandmother, Mrs.

Oliver P. Thompson, 2524 Grand Mrs. James Brammer, 6S5 Harwood drive; Mrs. Grover Hub-bell, 3660 Grand Mr. and Mrs.

James Windsor, 315 Thirty-seventh st, and Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Ma-comber and family, 8 Foster drive; Mr. and Mrs. Robert By Connie Johnston Mr.

and Mrs. Herb Plam-bcck and children, Mary and James, of 4909 Har-wood drive, sailed Friday for an eight-week tour of Europe. They plan to visit 12 countries, and will visit relatives in Switzerland and Germany and friends in Italy, England and Scotland. Mr. and Mrs.

Fred R. Klein, 1519 Twenty-sixth are spending the summer at their cabin on Long Lake, near Park Rapids, Minn. Addison Wardell Brown, son of Dr. and Mrs. Addison W.

Brown of 801 Ash-worth road. West Des Moines, has left for Norway to attend summer school at the University of I MtfcW BMW. I knee. These boys Mil" 1 I An. 1 have a hip disease called coxa plana.

Another name is Legg-Calve-Perthes disease. It occurs mostly in boys between 4 and 10 years of age. The trouble is in the hip. The head of the femur (big thigh bone) is destroyed by what is thought to be insufficient blood supply to the area. This results in a flattening of the head of the femur.

This stage lasts about 18 months and then a recon 1 struction or healing stage! sets in. during which the I Pre 4th of July Work for Beauty Whether it's a painting, a symphony, a brick wall, a garden or a lovely home you can rest assured there was no magic connected with it It didn't just happen. Somebody had to work hard to bring about that certain finished effect. Like that old proverb says, "God gives birds their food, but they must fly for if If we want a comfort able and attractive home, we all have to work for it A house shows when things have been chosen with care, when little touches have been added for charm or comfort. And that is what gives a house its personality, its warmth, its home-sweet-home quality.

A house responds to your efforts. So, isn't it worth it, even if your feet do get a little tired trudging the bargain path for the best buy for the money? Don't accept the commonplace, and remember, nothing successful just happens, whether it's a career or furnishing a room. Girls Room Dear Dorothy Draper I am planning to completely redecorate my girls' room (ages 6 and 7). I would like to use shades of blue and green and maybe some flower print. The beds are now pink and I would like to repaint them.

The room has three windows. Would it be wise to have the bedspreads and draperies to match and what color could I paint the twin beds? Mrs. M. M. Mrs.

Draper says: Paint the walls blue and the twin beds, snow-white. Have bedspreads and curtains in a pretty floral of blue flowers and green leaves on a white background. Cover chair seat in green. What Color Sofa? ladies' shop AH i jnirrt floor destroyed bone is replaced by living new bone. However, the new bone in the early stage is soft and easily compressed.

The child with this disease may not complain of pain but he often does. There often is a limp. There often is tenderness at the hip area. It may take three to four years before the whole healing process is completed. Often motion of that hip joint is partially restricted.

In some cases, after 10 or 20 years or more of apparent healing, a crippling type of osteoarthritis develops in adulthood. The treatment of coxa plana does not have univer i. mm "Jk. Aw mtm Swim Suit Buys! Chino Skirt SPECIAL sal agreement. The affected' 666 This exercise improves arm appearance.

'Weight-Lifting' Is Cure for Flabby Arms Why Crow Old? By Josephine Lowman Now that the upper arms are uncovered in regular clothes, play clothes and swim suits, women are especially aware of the condition of their arms. The flabby upper arm perhaps bothers women most of all. If your arms are flabby, do the following exercise: Sit on the edge of a chair with back straight. Take a weight in each hand. Bend the elbows and touch the books to the shoulders.

Straighten the arms out in front of you. Continue, bending and straightening the arms vigorously. hip must not bear weight. Therefore, in the beginning, children often are kept in bed for varying lengths of time. Then when they are out of bed they are given various devices like crutches and slings to remove the weight bearing on the affected side.

VALUES TO 5.98 This condition can occur in many different bones of the body. The X-ray is most important in making a proper diagnosis. Dear Dr. Abrams: My girl "Why Gmr OM?" to rrfoltr fral.r Ik ftMnra't pf The Drt Malm Trtbaa. VALUES TO 14.98 ONE PIECE SUITS BOY LEGS MAILLOTS PLUNGING BACKS BELTED BACKS KNITS LAST EX WOVEN LASTEX HALTER NECKS FLOWER PRINTS SOLID COLORS Sites 7 to 17, 8 to 18 Third floor HEALTH CAPSULES by MirhM-l A.

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The lamps are white and gold. Ash trays are black and gold. I hope you can help me out Mrs. D. M.

Mrs. Draper says: I would like to see the sofa in a print of black, red, green and white, to tie your colors together. If you insist on a plain color, make it the same red as your chair. (Copyrttfit, 1982) Smart in fashion, $0 'N' tS WASH right in price WEAR COIF CUTTOCURL Waved to weather 'J -1 heat and humidity. 1 1.1,1111 a ivm wm M-J to.

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