The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-09
THE DOCS AND THE ORTHODOX.

September 22 we printed a note in this col- umn to this effect: shall be glad to give the formula to any medical colleague who asks for it AND INCLOSES A STAMPED ENVELOPE BEARING HIS ADDRESS cannot give the technic of the ambulant treatment for hernia -the only way doctor can get that. believe Is by taking personal clinical instruction from colleague who is skilled in the method.
 That offer let us in for a lot of gratuitous work.
 In the first place, a lot of near doctors, drugess headers, quacks of various types, had the gall to ask for the formula. These had short shrift When I say medical colleague don't mean trick healer or shortcut doctor" I mean a regular physician. When say col- league I don't mean any quack or obscure or shady practitioner; mean a doctor of medi- cine of good professional standing.
 Even after separating the sheep from the goats, found huge stack of letters from reg ular physicians of good professional standing who wished to know the formula have seeh used with satisfactory results in the injection tretament of hernia. But approximately sS per cent of all regular physicians of good standing seem to hair from Glasgow or else from East Windham, Connecticut, for only per cent of 'em sent along stamped envelope bearing the return address. The rest evidently assumed I'd be so hattered by their notice that I'd be only too happy to pay the postage and write out the address. If any of these tight ones really want the formula they'll have to squander cents and a bit of their own time for it. We radical docs really don't care much now whether the orthodox trail along with us or stick right where they are. We have the-interior Ailments AND the professional standing, and no one can do anything about 1t.
 Incidentally I Believe 1t would be for the good of the order if many of the orthodox would cut down their sigar bills and subscribe to one or two good medical journals and look them over now and then and learn whats go- the orthodox who have such rackets as "clin- ics' to help them bamboozle the grand old public, the wiseacre public.
 In the same talk, September 22, I said am not yet prepared to give correspondents the names or physicians who are using the ambu- lant or injection treatment for hernia, but that I expected to have list of names before very long.
 We'll. my list at present is not by any means complete. but do know of a good man here and there about the country who Is qualified to give this treatment, and shall be glad to name the nearest physician know for corre- spondents who seek this treatment
 Any doctor who is capable of giving the sclerosing or obliterating injections for vari- cose veins can give this injection treatment for hernia in his office, without detaining the pa-
 Once more l must warn laymen against quacks or Incompetent physicians who em- ploy any secret or semi-secret formula or nos jections, for the very fact that a doctor uses a semi-secret nostrum is sufficient evidence that he Is not worthy of your confidence.
 How Much Water to Drink
 Please state the quantity of water q seden- tary adult should take daily. seldom want a drink of water, but suppose one should take . certain amount whether thirsty or not. "A. M. R.)
 Answer-1t depends on the humidity of the air, your general activity. and the quantity of water you get in or with food. cannot say that 1t is advisable to drink any water if you are not thirsty. As . rule adults should drink from one to two glassfuls of water with every meal, or just before the meal-this stimulates the secretion of gastric juice, the appetite and the digestion. The common notion that water with or after meals "dilutes the gastric yuice" and retards digestion has been found un- true. Vigorous adults or children should drink cold water. not too cold. Feeble or elderly folk may prefer hot water.
 Dope for Youth
 We hcar c lot of ho0ey about it, but some of us boys and girls wilI believe it when Ole Doc Brady says 60. Now please tell us what is the dope on eigarots. (E. 8.l
 Answer--I believe the dope is in 'em. not on 'em. The dope Is tobacco. Tobacco is dope for boys and girls very bad dope. an Hura lt IA better for any boy or girl not to indulge v, foe bacco before the ago 0s a years. or better. believe, 2B years for many have not d. sssui ,L to aduitheod before the age of 2b yearB com slider Che question purely from the viewpoint of physical health.