Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-13
Health Talks by DR.. Brady
rhc rre>Idcn, couldur sleep.

The president Of a great railroad founn
himself losing weight. falling behind in his
w"rk--as he foudly called it-deprcsscd.
vaguely alarmed or fearful OF some impeud-
ing cvil, tagged out. rum down autointoxi-
Gated n"rv"us-oh. he had complet. vo-
cahulary to describe his trouble mostly
puppy words. Presently h" consulted his
family doctor. Tn afraid the family doctor
had not learned to Datronisc the patient. AT
any rate h. took the man seriously. mistak-
Ing III. puppy words for real dog. and grace
fully referred him to Il ncuroIosis,
N"w, "a neur"l"gist is an Anomalous insti-
'Htion. survival from Il past era. a doctor
al Few words, hut thos. few simply awful
tor the layman. aud their uttcraucc leaves the
ordinary doctor practically inaritcula,c. Tn"
hruT"i"Sis' tested III" presidents pat-!lar and
rupiliary r"ii"NcS q mention thes. just To
xiv" a faim, hav"r Of the neurological a,mos-
ph"r"). considered the patients enormous re-
sp""sihtlities cone of which WAS digging turf
on IA -h"i" golf courscb, and concluded
mat Ia" man was tn" verge Of "ncr-
N"us br.aEdowu' So of Went tn. president
t"; m explosion. as might properly hav. oc-
Cured but he went away to one Of tho great
cSt Sanitariu,ns in the country u rcc,ipcrate
and rest. ar rest and r"cupcrat.. He first
tried {" recuperat-. Rut no go The sani-
iarium doctors tried all their best lines Of
treatment on him. from shockl"ss electricity
I" watrrl"Ss baths. vet II" could not rest
nights ON" day when h" came Of the
mud puddle tn" attendant hosiu2 him off no.
tir"d "a slight breaking ont OH the presidents
sAuuisii" skin ANA reported this To tn" doc
tors. They looked at the rash ana ori.l.d
II was insignificant. although the president
now complained that the rash itched n great
deal nights. He firmly believed 1t was due
I" uric acid in his system. and the sanitarium
doctors could not say him nay.
The more they dietei and hnt h",i IN. pr-si-
dent the moro hr seemed TO sour on the treat
m"nt. The itching now obScsscd him and he
insisted on consulting an eminent skin spc-
"Ihllst III a city miles away. Thc sGin su.-
cidI!St pronounced the rash trit'inr and sent
Ia" president back I" the sanitnrluin FOR fur
t""r correction Of his bad mctabvlism. More
diet More mud NO good Another week
passed and still thu, prrsidcn, tossed on his
pillow nights. Then he journeyed to sun
another city 1" consult another eminent der
'nat"ioE!s;, wh" agreed with the frs, skin
h"n that IN" rash vas OF no particular i'm
poriamce and that IN" patient should stick
/" his sam:tarium regimen.
Well, this sort Of thing Went tor weeks.
IN" obstinate president had not yet had hts
III OF Skin Specialists. lie selected ,hir,!
!" siiil more distant town. and presented
himself ana his skin trouble. This third SIX In
spociaiiS; is pretty blunt. He made TIN. prcsi-
dent strip nak.d-nuuc of the others had been
50 cranky about that. lie studied the skin
LESSONS very intently. and then told the presi
"cnt II" had the common itch. OF course, the
president Was very indignant and suggested
that the doctor guess again But no one
Itch. scabios. and II the president would per.
NIT tn" doctor to treat him lust one nigh /.
for ordinary Itch
TWO days later the president was back
al his desk. We'll THAT was several years
"E". ana he Still sw'>rs frcliugly about it.