Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-05
Health Talks by DR.. Brady
Whose Nchulou. Winning.

discriminating reader writes:
You have several times referred in your
talks tonly incidentally far as have oh
served TO 'vitamins.' In one instance you
stated that they were unidentifed' How
then. do we know that they exist as A. h.
and c. and wherein is the difference? The
propaganda vitamin litcratudc with which We
are flooded is much like tho other promotion
propa ganda II IL is not fraudulcn, IL should
Justify itself to Intelligent beings. have
not seen an attempted elucidation which was
not largely n"hulous. We told that vita
Minis are like electricity as to Identification.
Our knowledge and explanation OF electricity
are not ncbulous. but very definite and dis
eliminating.
IF YOU would exploit this vitamln qucs-
ton to the satisfaction Of the man from Mis-
souri, your corner of our most favored news
paper would be even more popular and strik :
ing than NJ prcsent-whch would be very
high praisc."-i F.. j.
In order to capture the capra OF that gen
tleman from the State Mark Twain made IA
nous ] give away one OF the secrets
of the tradc--our trade. When we arc rather
In the AIR as TO the nature. cause remedy
Tor anything we generally turn out highly
nebn!ous literature" about It. II you will
think this over for moment or two Won
Will apprehcnd that II applies with cuua,
truth TO scientific medicine. Quack medicine
patent medicine. domestic or kitchen medicine
curbstohe medicine. and druEless medicine.
Likewise II helps in the marketing Of n grca,
many religions. Shortcut courscs In six easy
lessons by mail In anything from MIA wing
the ukuiele 10 developing comma ndinE pcr
sonality generally hook the victim somewhere
above the clouds. And every person so un-
fortunate as TO have bank account knows
how sSceuy nchulous are the proGnostica-
lions OF the grand army OF stock swindlcrs
""oS" literature" yes body and bulk to
ones daily harvest Of waste paper
A.. In pI, f,1
doctors. We failed to exercise due discrmi-
nation and accepted without reasonable hest
fancy the experiments Of a number OF Iabora-
tory experts who worked with nlce. rats
pigeons and other lower animals. Some OF
the findings or observations OF the laboratory
men might apply to human beings II human
beings subjected to the same feeding
and environment the laboratory animals
but with the exception of a limited number
OF Infants artihcially fed and perhaps an oc-
cSsional group of prisoners other persons
confined in institutions which badly
managed. there is shortage Of vitamius
in America ard nobody need worry about the
vitamin content of his food.
So far taking medicine is concerned. IL
is the height OF absurdity for any ono to imae
Inc lac can derive any particular bcncit from
v!tamins purportinG to be present IN pills oil
other medicinal preparations. and for tina
matter there is precious little evidence TO sup
mort the fancy that any such medicines do con.
tain vitamns more vitaminS or more con.
ccntratcd vitamins than one gets in the ordi-
nary everyday bill OF fare.
Remember few years ago how every min
aral water all of a sudden. began to have
radio active" properties? Radium was the
great new discovery and everybody i'm
portuned to try n littie-a very little indeed
on whatever allied him. Well radium is ole
stuff now. It Is vitamns today. Have 80,
had your ritamins this morning? No mat
ter Don't bothcr-you can scarcely miss YOU
share unless you stop eating.