The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-26
DUST IS REAL, LIFE IS EARNEST

The other day I intimated that not a iew or
 the teachers or advisers whom the public re- gards as health authorities are actually mere servants of certain commercial interests. AS ah instance of the evil. which is growing like can cer in the American world of applied science. l quoted the bald assertion of one such subsldlZea health authority to the effect that germs of the
 cri or as this honorable gentleman called it, the | "common cold" constantly float in the air-tne
 unwary lay reader naturally assuming tnat one is done to rid the air of the dastardly micropes
 Of course the truth is that no disease IS carried
 in or by the air. and even dust in the air Is not significant factor in the spread of any known dis ease This is the scientific truth and no honest health authority can will question it. House dust, collected from the floors or furni- ture surfaces of walls of living rooms bedrooms aters churches or other shelters and carefully
 cultured in the meteorological incubator usually
 producing blood-poisoning types of germs (the jolly olS Septococcus and Staphyiococcus
 The ea of wha of cleaning sweeping are used. often yield tu.
 beree vac as Wn as the %suau do not necessarily indicate that people spit on the hoor-are ordln- arily weakened by exposure to- for germs, low diffuse daylight, that, if not dead, they can no
 longer produce disease even when carefully ln- oculated into the body tissues of susceptible anl- mals such as guinea pigs. It requires only rom
 five minutes to two hours of such exposure to
 render such disease germs harmless. Here I would make what the unsophistcated
 reader may consider snug statement good bacterioIogist is not qualified to give advice or information about the effects of dust or even or
 a culture or train of germs on health He IS no more competent, by reason of his bacteriological training or expertness, to offer the public advice about this than good chemist or pharmaclst IS to prescribe treatment for disease. If you find chemist or a druggist posing as healer who yearns to cure whatever you imagine ails you ne
 is: quack and you are sucker sucker to deai with
 authority in pathology or hygiene or sanitation
 you've probably caught--a subsidized servant working for his masters interest, which unfor- tunateIy is not your health but your money. The scientific (bacterioogicaD facts about the the findings of reputable bacteriologists who
 were not subsidized or controlled by any private feels constrained to offer this warranty to-day.
 The only real hazard in house duct is the con
 eern oniy to O. the 's surgeon Aside from I the rare
 possibility of such wound infection by pus-g germs
 carried on dust particles the intelligent house. ha
 dust so far as the health of her family is con
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Sea Waves and Peristatic
 I derived so much benefit from your method
 of preventing seasiclness that my world cruise
 was delight instead of n misery as some sea-
 sick members of the party found It. physician
 whose wife could not get up or eat fog three days
 was o. K. A. J: K1
 ing the prevention of scasicEness. went over and back without missing a single meal, and re.
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 Answer-Two swallows. to speak. do not
 make a summer. Maybe both of you would have | fared just well without the treatment. As for the doctors wife. she was about through with an ordinary attack anyhow. However, my treatment is harmless enough if anybody wishes to try 1t. Send stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for it-no clipping will suffice. It is based | on the theory that the chief feature of seasick- | ness is reversed perstaltic waves. not perverse sea wages. While am glad to hear from any, | body that survives my treatment. what parti- cularly want is the testimonial of some bird
 who has demonstrated his ability to stage at- tack of mai de mer, not once but repeatedly, and finally found solace and peace in this preventive method of mine. Two and three time cases The majority of go to sea without fear of sick. ness, and our testimonials for preventive not worth much.
 Now Here's Our Idea of . Testimonial I've always wanted tO tell yo;I how have been helped by your daily talks. especially those
 in regard to children. You have no idea what q world of information your column to me when expcctant mother would not
 listen to any of the old wives talk but followed your advice and my doctors and have been blessed with two healthy children who have | never been III day. Do accept my thanks. for
 can say I have not only read your statements oyer and over again. especially In regard to "cri." tMrs A. w. S.l