The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-17
FIRST BREATH AND FIRST CRY.

 Professor Yandell Henderson of Sheffield Sci- entifc school Yale, asserts that every lnla,, nS matter whether it be eeebie or normai ," enou1 receive inhalations of Ter cent carposeH (that means a mixture of parts or crcon s s. uU
 xde and 9S parts of oxygen) m the si eT Saiinye of part of the lung to expand), secondary as- phyxia and pneumonia. ,o s,,ch a Suggestion would be inclined to deal humor- ously with it, but I'm too wise to try wisecrach ing with this man Henderson. ,ntara1. ne @ hon maddening authority have encounterea, hIu Li estIv the more you study his work ana m nis
 teachings opinions in the nope or ors se..ms coms somethinp you can argue about, the more coii- yinced you become that the man is hopeiessiy
 ly nnde,, right Henderson. it was who fairly aabber
 oasted all us old exprienced doctors several years ago by announcing abruptly that the ancnes 4 ti th
 of spanking the baby mas ro'hiXE When W Professor Henderson announced this startnns sIie, ia ,t conclusion lot of ns older doctors aisIs1eu m 1Sd I as another instance of theory carried 10 apsuru aStramas We medical men of wide experience and prosperous practice are inclined 10 oIa, iane some such attitude toward scientihc deveioP ments But after all the spanking ceremony ls
 just another instance of post noe ergo pIop.ea d hoc-because so many nao,es 5, nasv we old doctors have just assumed they breathed ana clisu i bos p c,iIse of the spanking That sort or son id a worked much havoc in the world. IL mas req tc an inc .schools' schisms, cults and fads ol healing; it has deceived humanity tnrousnou' the ages and misleads millions of our peopic 'o dav through the agency of the testimonial
 i quoted Prof Henderson's conclusion nere; md med1caI With me for being caught mapping Ihey seer seemeo GU to think the Professor was just giving pray U his imagination. But had no suen ttat uets ,oa1ha had a very uncomfortable suspicion that maype inc man was right-and I've spanked more new
 born babies than care to confess For .ne it oita that began breathing the treatment seemed qulse effective-but for the ones that did not Deg1 breathing it seemed cruel 4,..a..,,,,
 Professor Henderson has proved scientlncany that is as different rom post hoe proter hoe reasoning as day from nighttime carDon aioA.ne .h
 is the natural stimulant to breathing, E.. anu no,nh nvtd da n
 nor is the larger proportion that is given to the air from the blood, in the lungs in the case a Oa inc newborn infant. Therefore he advocates the universal routn administration to all neWporh babies of the carbon dioxidee-oxygen py lnna,- afor We may not feel that this is necessary m every instance but it would be a great boon 1T the means of applying the nhalauons Were :i
 hand for use in every case where i, Lns iaa ne nnrs QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Don't Monkey With Buzz Saw.
 soI,n ns " nmr rcadcrs are "trying" the insuln treatment for increasing weight or accumuiaums n little flesh, on the strength of the recommcn-
 iatioms of this treatment published here. warn
 readers again hat 1t Is highly dangerous 10 moM-
 key with buzz saw No iaym9n knows @ c,,o1Sm lss,n to manage such treatment Tor himsei1 Any one | who "tries'' such treatment without having prop CT medical supervision does 1t at his own peril
 and without benefit of srady;
 Son aged 6 years when examined at school re- school doctor advised operation. Our family doc
 tor advises not 10 be tn harry to operate ''. o VI . Answer-School doctors take such jobs be- cause they have 70 live. I advise you to ignore any gratutous suggestions from such sources and heed only what your own physician tells you. No. Honey
 I have heard quite few doctors say that our health would be vastly improved if we ate more
 honey. co. R.)
 Answer-Honey is wholesome food for any body who likes it, but 1t is silly to imagine 1t IS Tn any way better for health than Is sugar or giu- | cose corn syrup or maple syrup. Another com l mon deusion about honey is that diabetic pa
 tents may eat it frelly There is no truth in that Here's to the w. c. IT. U.
 Is 1t possible for the Women's Christian Tenn. perancc Union to obtain permission to print some
 of your articles in lcailet form or to print them | in national state organs? GA. L.) Answer-Positively yes. Anything have ever written is yours to reprint and use In any way. But you must obtain consent from the publisher | of the paper in which the article appeared. My mother was member of the w. c. T. U. and so | I fsel owe the organization something. Even the Big Plants Make Funny Ones various opinions without helping me. Finally went through the - clinic. They told mo it was not organic trouble, just func- tional. tM. Cl
 l Answer-In other words. with all the machin- cry of the big clinic they couldn't find any den- ite explanation for your complaint so they hedged. after the manner of the profession since lthe dark ages.