The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-12
LEST INDIGESTION BE FORGOT
England the woman pays, too.

Dr A. J. Walton tells all In the London Lan- cet. It seems the doctor has encountered a whale of lot of indigestion in the land Of the roast beef and all For instance he enumerates no less than 574 patients whose pretended indigestion was really gall bladder inflammation (cholecys- tis) and 442 of 'em were large lugubrlous ladies' you know, upholstered along dOwaSer lines, aV- eraging XLIV years of age.
 Our British colleague is discreet man. He offers no explanation for the prediction of fat but dgnified girls for gall-sac trouble: he does mt advance theory. He merely gives the buxom figures as he has encountered them ana lets on he doesn't know why the women pay. We'll I fatter myself ] stand fairly we'll with the fattish girls of the U. $. A-at any rate ;! ought to- for I've been roofing for them, as op- posed to the holy frights these many years So venture to suggest-merely my hypothesis, you understand-that the reason why the solid or more settled girls much to gall is simply that they too much given to inhibition of the diaphragm, or if I may be permitted more Ang- lo-Saxon. verbaSe, holding in the bellys This IS sound scientific health instruction. and not idle facetiousness vulgarity, as prudish uned- ucated reader might think.
 Of course there is way to prove this, and you must regard it purely as my opinion But do believe that the general custom of corset wearing that women have followed for genera tions, and the unnatural upper chest breathing they have developed result of long restric- tion inhibition of the natural belly breathing is the factor which explains why four out of live patients with chronic cholecystitis (gall-bladder nfammationD with or without gallstones, are of the gentle sex.
 Accordingly invite all the bigger and better girls who many be training for gallstones to park their corsets or other harness somewhere and practice belly breathing exercise last thing every night and first thing every morning. Send a stamped envelope bearing your address and say you would like to learn how to breathe naturally.
 Almost all doctors believe that sedentary hab- it. the effeminate game, if may so call it, of getting by without muscular eXertion, honest work, is conducive to galstone disease.
 Golf is better exercise for women than it is for men, in fact it is nice ladylike open air pas time. but it is much too dignified game to coun teract the evil woman has suffered from holding in the belly.
 Driving car and bridge are on par as ex- ercise, that is, no sensible woman should per init herself to regard these Activities recration unless she's honest working woman.
 Hiking is of the best al-around exercises for man or woman who wants to avoid gall
 Of all exercises I believe the belly breathing exercise is the best galstone prophylactc. How To Deal With Wens
 Kindly tell me if a wen on the lower part of the check can be removed without ancsthctic or operation. My mother has one and would like to get rid of it but docs not like the knife or cther (Mrs w. E)
 Answer - I'm afraid knife must be used, but wen is usually removed under local aneshesia there is no reason why any, one tor do it in his office, quite painlessly. Wen is the common name given to sebaceous cyst, an accumulation of the sebum or skin oil in one of the oil glands of the skin or scalp. Nothing less than cutting out the sac will suffice
 Our Hair Salvc Is Good
 Your hair ointment Is marvellous. My husband no longer scratches his scalp. Before using 1t he would scratch his head sometimes until blood
 (Mrs s. G. F.)
 Answer - suppose you refer to the ointment of suggest for dandruff in the monograph or Care of the haid and Control of Dandruf. which any reader may have if he or she will in- close with request a stamped and addressed envelope. The Tin Doctor Racket
 I want to thank you for your article What We Have No AdenOidS." What you say about school doctors and nurses is true. We have d Time and again hear from school about the dreadful things that will happen If the boys tOnsils not removed. We had him to . throat specialist recently, who said there Is nothing wrong with the tonsils. (Mrs w. E)
 Answer-Oh yeah? And what does throat specialist know out such things we school nurses. teachers, board of education pollyicians | and bright young doctors want to know. Why not send back some brief but snappy answer every time the tin doctor racket Is tried on your son :? If a few more parents would manifest their in- dignaton at this cheap trick probably the evil would cease.
 Not a Bad Makeshift
 few months ago I received your directions for preparing fOOl-prOOf cough medicine and have made 1t up several tmes take 1t exclu- sivciy for my day cough and find 1t very satis- factory. When want quick results at night take prescribed by my doctor. e. F) Answer The first advantage of the fool- proof cough medicine is that it can't do any harm. Glad to send directions for preparing and using 1t to any reader who incloses with request a stamped addressed envelope.
 lCopyright John Y. Dille Col 8