The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-14
TING! TING! ITS BRASS SPECIALIST AT
 WORK

Here is an instance from actual practice H. lustrating the way the brass specialist works The majority of laynren, at least the Wiseacres. are addicted to brass specialism, and Tor thelr benefit I suppose we'll have to append a foot note to explain the joke.
 Dear Dr Brady:
 for it six months, taking iodine, etc, and have noticed no improvement.
 Two weeks ago l went to another doctor. He gave me a meta bosm test, the result be- ing metabolism plus 60. He then advised inn mediate removal by operation, because my pulse seldom varied from 120 to 14O and am extremely nervous.
 Our family physician does not advise i'm mediate operation. He believes that by inten- sive treatment I may be able to get rid of 1t, but he would not be positive. l might doc tor it two years and then in the end have to undergo the operation anyway.
 I am writing to ask whether treatment brings lasting results or would the gOitre only disappear to reappear as soon as l ceased treating?
 have d caustic (probably the correspond ent meant to say "toxic') goiter, and several people have remarked that my eyes LOOK staring.
 Is there any other way to remove goiter? Is dathermy used for this disease?
 1 do not wish to undergo an operation un- less there is no other way. Evidently the correspondent ignores the other way her physician advises)
 This goiter specialist says 1t is making my heart work wtice as fast as normal and if l wait too long forthe operation my heart will
 
 general it is just brass specialist lie.)
 Thank you,
 MRS-. Where the patient made her first mistake was in going 10 another doctor" you know, to check up on the opinion or advice of her fam fly or regular physician. They feel they must outsmart the doctor in any case. They are un- trustworthy themselves, they just have to "check up" on the advice of the doctor.
 The brass specialist this lady consulted promptly ran her through his wonderful ma
 
 "metabolism plus nothing minus 60 equals inn mediate operation" 1t was all over but the mortgaging of the house.
 Even under the eXaSperation imposed on him the family doctor still kept his temper and gave the unfaithful patient his est opinion and advice, and gave il honestly Of course doc tor specialist human being promise guarantee successful results from any treatment. Only unequivocal fakers, mail order headers and brass specialists in reg ular medical organization hold out such assur- ances to the prospective sucker.
 At the very best, operation can only give the exophthamic goter patient boost, by rad ically reducing the dose of the thyroid secretion the patient has to stand. Quite as careful and prolonged medical treatment is necessary fol- lowing the operation as may be required to re- store many such patients to health without operation. Of course the brass specialist care- fully avoids explaining this to the prospective victim. His game is to let the prospective vic- tim go to the operating room under the illusion that miraculous cure is about to take place Had the child-the woman played the game honestly with her family doctor 1t would have gone something lke--oh, oh, more space available to-day. I'll tell you later
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Nickel Platers Do Not Have Tuberculosis The boss Of nickel plating concern tells me his men rarely have tuberculosis. Can you ac- count for this? CD. l.. H.)
 Answer--No. and l find no data relat- ing to it.
 Baby In the Sun
 This last winter we were too hard up to buy ticcably bowed and her belly looked big. Babies with rickets are not particularly tough, are they? Well, in February we had few days of sunshine. We put her out in the sunshine, with her legs and head bare. She liked it. She was always warm to the touch. Tn April we had that before May she had fine coat of tan and she gained SO much. How wicked 1t is to cling to q silly notion that infants must not have any exposure" We are thankful for Dr Brady't teachings. Mrs II. c. M.)
 Answer--I am happy to know about 1t. Your baby is lucky baby even if she didn't get her cod liver oil ration-she got the Vitamin D just the same.
 Pains Removed While You Work
 Thank you for recommending Dr - to me for diathermy of my tOnsiIs. I have fin. ishcd the treatment and ! am moro than pleased. My throat Is as clean he. Also got rid of pains all over my body after the second treatment. CF. R.)
 .Answer-It Is a good conservative plan fol those who are not the best risks for surgery Find som9 doctor skiied in this modern meth cd and put the diagnosis of focal infection to 6 therapeutic test. If two three diathermy treatments fail to bring improvement in the general condition, then you may well hesitate al. fst sntsra ivx af fdno rth thnr (.