The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-25
rzr RIGHT OF A CHILD TO LIVE

l A teacher whose intellectual ana o.,ord hut
 nhasa nnora nrincpes did not, once suggested that the physician should forget certain mlhoa oa tnhat the child might not live. Later as young
 doctor. tried the suggestion in practice' anu anu while I "got away wlth IL aii iish"
 stranee how ones ideas or views change from decade to decade. Years ago l was @ an haIiewe | onnonent of capital punishment. NOW peleve :pp;t thorouehiv Nothing particular has nap pened to change my view about It, 50 Tar "S | know. x.++,asrake sup- nose the parents do not know what mas nap pened, but finding the child opvaoasy lu M diae send for doctor. The doctor immeola.ey anas Mah | noses the condition and having appHeo eu..: emergency treatment as he can, hurrles away to '
 get some anti-venom. You see, the antl-venonn Ill ,s now Available and as it keeps well may De sup nlied by any drugstore. The doctor mas the ,o
 cal druggist has but one package or hac che to the
 home of the stricken child, and in1ects the oose.
 But the child is evidently getting worse ana ane | one dose of anti-venom is insufficient. Desperase | Iw Inc doctor sends a call to distant city for | more antivenom The serum is rushed Dy airpiane to the home of the child. The doctor IS apouI 10 l niect it when a sudden interruption comes Ine child's father forbids any further doses or tne m
 antivenom The father gives as ms an | some one who received antivenom TOT snakep,te l recovered, but always seemed rather 1eeo'e- | minded - ,.,dorvo Has the father the right to forbid giving the antlvenom! | Substitute diphtheria for snakebite and anti | toxin for antivenom, and tell me, would the father have a right to forbid giving the child the
 second dose of antitoxn on the grouhu .aI and | who once received one or more ooses ol ah'i- toxin? ~ :. ,., .,. o,o oh yes I managed to have another doctor sum- | moned but unfortunately he was an lnstltution
 and had meyer s ha naa evident and
 ignorance only confirmed the father in his terri- | ble attitude ..,
 These amazingly immoral people who sanction | what they hypocritically call birth control
 when they mean prevention of conception nave a queer slant shall We call it ethics They re- | main silent about the fundamental injustices or
 wrongs which are the chief cause Of poverty @ a ana
 disease, and then they brazenly assume the rsh' to decide whether child shall i've
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A Fair Exchange
 m wager there are many nitwits In the
 medical as in the teaching profession i'm propor: tiOn and this conviction enables teacher to add
 umn. Tn other words like your style but believe you are OR the track just as much as The rest oi
 Send me five copies or your rres S ,0r ana rrI | in the physical education class in my school Is | exposed to them at least. CT. E CD
 Answer-I must decline to affirm or deny, on
 the ground that 1t would tend to get me in bad
 all around The best rules for healthful living | I can formulate the articles in this column
 day by day Anyway it can do your physical edu-
 cation pupils no harm to read ,em now ana theh' l Sixteen years ago able surgeon removed gal!
 bladder which was enlarged and iniamed l, and
 appendix which was normal; Misery ever since. ,,cs | . adhesiOns have tried all sorts or dlcts | nO medicine because 1t does no good. (Rev | ID. II. F)
 | Answer-The "adhesions," deduce from your
 letter. are in the mind. not In the abdomen. You | know too many pathological things which ain't | so If your misery should ever become severe | enough to interfere with your work or play, con- | suit a physician and try to comprehend that you | know n little less than he does about medical
 matters.
 | Vanilla or SarsapaPiIla
 We bny vanilla extract compound containing | vanillin and eumarin. Is t harmful 60 health to | a0FHHVNEIhlM
 medicinal vaiuc? tMrs M Q. J.)
 Answer That word compound" usually
 means trickery--be it sanctioned by our noble
 governpent or not In this instance it indicates | the preparation is adulterated with tonka bean | essense which is cheap and inferior substitute for vanilla. sarsnparla is q flavor without medi.
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