The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-16
ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE BUZZ SAW

For eight years. reports a reader. have had stomach trouble and recently had ex-rays tax
 en and the exray expeat and was resting on my pelvis bone. This doctor advised ray treat
 ments that would draw the stomach up ana the treatments would cost me quite nt ,o on money I am not in a position to spend tnis money unless I sure t will If the victims stomach is resting on peivic hone 1t hasn't dropped any to speak of yet. why,
 my goodness. some folks are so low an nneis rds
 stomach that they have to lean lar a d's gesting before lunch time arrives ~
 Notice, healthy readers, that this readers. ex-
 a hands breadth or two lower than the one in
 the old anatomical chart of 1895. He thinks in
 centimeters, as befits man Of science. ,o.. ho
 What the mysterious ray treatments may pc,
 which are to draw up pucker the hanging
 bread basket is a puzzle But we do not blame plane the victim for wanting 70 be sure or sometning
 before he lets go of his roll in case like this.
 One thing think he can be sure Of IS that II ne
 does once let go of it he will have as good ach lifted by the mysterious rays.
 have often tried to make readers understand
 how foolish it is for any layman to go and have
 his X-ray picture taken, on his own responsibli-
 ity. No such picture is worth the price. as a
 means of diagnosis, unless it is made at the spe-
 cial request of your physician and interpreted in
 relation with his opinion or the result or ms eX-
 animation.
 such a picture is not competent to offer all
 opinion to what ails the subject or the DOT
 trait When such a diagnosis is attempted 1t Is
 more than likely to lead the victim seriously
 astray.
 in this instance. Our correspondent has been
 taken in.
 only knew it, are just badly off as this poor
 gulble reader is if it is fair to say that one with
 stomach resting on pe]vis is badly off
 Probably there are more healthy happy wom-
 en. virgins married women mothers walking
 the earth with divers "displacements" than there
 are inyalids all broken up by the morbid l3i belief
 malty. And there are too many women whose chief trouble is obsession of that nature, a suggestion given by some quack or some unprin- cipled doctor who finds office practice profitable Every little while some wiseacre sends in his
 x-ray film and asks my opinion about it.. or course form opinion about such thing. No doctor can or will.
 My opinion of all such X-ray pictures is that they are expensive way of doing harm. Never monkey with x-rays unless your doctor tells you it is necessary.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Ancurism
 What is an aneurism of the artery and how
 does it affect the patient? (Mrs A. S.) Answer-Aneurism is ballooning or bulging | more healthful for all readers if we leave it for the patient to tell his doctor how what he feels. From your description of your husbands s | condition think the doctors diagnosis is cor rect. assure you that the other two doctors who said your husbands illness was bad blood" and "overwork are simply trying to rtring you along. Any doctor who offers such vague substitutes for | a diagnosis who mumbles such hocus-pocus in stead of telling honestly what he believes is the l matter, is a thoroughly unreliable adviser Geographical Tongue What causes "lesiOn" to appear on the tongue? ! have had this condition for nearly year. The doctors call it geographical tongue" and they tell me the cause is not known. (Mrs S. V. L.) Answer-"Leson" $ just pretentious me =. cal term for sore. trouble spot what have you. The doctors right. The condition is fairly common in children who have nothing much to | matter and 1t appears Tn time if you forget to l watch 1t.
 Vincent's Angina highly respected lady who often visits at our home has "trench mOuth." understand this is | . form of syphilis. My wife is afraid. (E. M. J) Answer-Your understanding Is incorrect. The very common Vincent's angina ("trench mouth" } | Is quite communicable, but it Is not syphtic
 The patient should not accept any invitations for
 visits until she is cured Her doctor ought to tel: her that. Sodium perborate Is sn excellent rem- edy both for prevention and for cure of trench l mouth" Send a stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for instructions for preventing and treating the trouble.
 Tin Is Not Poison My physiology class had begun arguing as tc whether food left i'm tins after opening cans be. comes poisoned. (H. A. G.)
 Answer--If the food is it to eat when 1t Is put in the can and when ;he can Is opened, 1t re. mains wholesome as long in the opened tin as [ would if kept in any other open container.