The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22
THE CURE OF HERNIA WITHOUT
 OPERATION

|. Back in 1S43 an American doctor worked up l a method of treating hernia (rup;ure. breach) by injections of medicine which brought about or tended to bring about closure of the or canal through which the protrusion came The
 doctor achieved wide fame among the public and bitter hatred among the profession. Per haps not without some attenuation Git is a long time ago and conditions have changed) the doctor became more and more extravagant in his claims for the method, under the severe criticism of his colleagues, and, according to one of his colleagues who did some writing on
 the side to eke out living, finally claimed that the injection treatment was an absolutely cer- tain cure for ALL hernias without exception.
 That made QUACK of the doctor and no mis- take, for no cure is so sure as that, no remedy or treatment under heaven
 But just because some doctor of the past has gone quack on such matter, we doctors to-day | need not get het up about it, one way or the other. We regulars, the hoty-toity class of physicians have hands full holding our own skirts out Of the mire. Particularly in our surgical fads and fancies or fashions and foibles are vulnerable to harsh criticism We have advised, countenanced and done too many unjustifiable operations in all fields of special and general surgery, 10 take the ridiculous at
 titude we like to assume toward such unseemly departures this ambulant treatment of hernia.
 The ambulant treatment fails, it's leading ex- ponents frankly admit, in quite as many cases as does radical surgery. But, they remind us, no actual harm is done the patient if the treat
 ment fails 10 cure the hernia: the failure in no
 wise interferes with subsequent treatment, either another course of injections or the rad | ical operation if the patient should elect the | latter.
 The ambuant treatment does not detain the patient from his regular occupation. It re- quires anesthetic either general or local; | the medicine used in the injections is in itself
 not sufficiently irritating to cause more than 1 trifiing pain; it is slightly anesthetic. C shall be glad to give the formula to any med l ical colleague who asks for it and incloses
 stamped envelope bearing his address cannot | give the technc of the ambuant treatment | the only way q doctor can get that. believe, ] is by taking personal clinical instruction from d colleague who is skilled in the method. Lay readers need not ask me for these details they none of the patients business At present have only short list of names of physicians I know in various parts of the country who are competent to give this treat | ment. So far as possible will gladly name such doctors for readers who seek the treat ment. Later the list will grow, at first by single additions, then by groups, and at last by f1ocks just as did the list of doctors skilled in chem ical obliteration of varicose veins and the doc-
 sls. But this ambulant treatment of hernia is a
 slow thing and we must lead the profession up to it very gently.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Cankcr Sores
 Dentist submits this suggestion: For 10 years have effectively used giyccrite of tannic acid, for cankcr sores. I instruct the patient to ap-
 ply 1t with absorbent cotton wrapped on tooth- pick. Allow to remain minutes without ex- pcctoration or rnsing.
 
 will soon let us know how good or bad the rem edy is
 Cottage Cheese Use thick sour milk which Is not too old. Skim off the cream. Place the bowl of thick
 milk in pan of hot water until the curd sep aratcs from the whey. Place q piece Of wet chccscclOth in straincr and pour in the milk. Let stand to drain till curd is dry. Remove to a bowl and mash with fork. Season to taste with salt, pepper sour or sweet cream or melt
 cd butter. This Is the real thing-what you call "Dutch cheese" It Is really German dish | smear kasc. Mrs B.
 Answer-Thank you. I don't care what you call it as long it tastes like the cheese Mrs Lindner used to make
 AntitOxin
 Son took sick with swollen gland. Three days later throat was sore. No fever Called doctor. He thought it was diphtheria and injected 2O,- 900 units of antitoxin. The culture from the board of health came positive. But my baby died Could l have prevented the doctor from injecting the antitoxin? C. D. CD Answer-Perhaps you could have prevented it. but why should you? have given my own child 10000 units on mere suspicion of diph- theria, which the culture proved was not diph- theria, but the antitoxin did no harm anyhow. Your baby was ill three days before the doctor saw him. The absence of obvious fever. when a child has any sore throat, is suggestive of dph- theria; If there is marked fever with sore throat 1t rather suggests the illness is not dph theria
 Old-Fashi0ned Corn Meal I am giving you herewith the name of a mill which still produces the .Old-fashiOncd corn meal you recently wrote about They also mar
 kct (parccI-p0st if you wish) cracked wheat. hominy and whole wheat flour. ! set p0unc- by mail as need 1t. at about 75 cents the pack
 agc. l think you'll lind this corn meal fried as
 you like it. will carry you back to Ic Virginny or whatever you held forth as boy. (W F.l