The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
X.RAY TREATMENT OF ENLARGED TONSILS

An ononiacIcnt one asserted in an editorial published last August. that pr Wliliam brhuy ;fa naticaly insists on the idea that the only proper method of removing tonsiis Is electrlcai In making this assertion the oin nlscicnt one was probably inspired at leas. iit part by annoyance at me, for It happens that my newspaper column is NO blamed popular that his just doesn't seem to get anyWhefe un- less some paper is very nara up ana ihuS' c'o" omizc stringcnty. -
 Besides being Jealous the omnlscient one was inaccuratc---I suspect purposcly so-fof thc truth is that 1 have repeatedly cofnfnchdcd other methods of removing tonsils, notably the x ray treatment which 1 described and com mcnded in this column April ie, l'"o, ana rn, which described and recommended In this column April 19, 1880. So it is obvious that my "fanaticisrn" as viewed by the medical 1ourhai editor lies in the fact that beat him to IL.
 To-day I cite for the benefit or lay readers or medical, the results observed by two German physicians Schonfed and Baumbach' who nave treateu 150 children, aged from 10 lo yehrh' wit enlarged tonsils by means or H-rhy. These plysicians were able 10 follow up 10G of the children treated. and so to observe the effects carefully. !.
 In Al cases the enlarged tonsils returned 10 their normal size, in 13 cases the toHsiis bc- came much smaller than they had been, ana Tn. 40 cases the tonsils remained unchanged In size
 Examinations made from to years after completion of the X-ray treatments showed that in A of the 10G children examined the tonsA were still smaller than they had been before treatment. In all cases where the size of the tonsls had decreased following the x- ray treatments, mouth breathing during sleep had been cured, and in the great majority Of them the attacks of pharyngitis (sorc throatl which had been frequent before the X-ray treatments had ceased entirely. In no case was there any injury to the throat lining or any disturbance of the function or glands by tHc X-ray treatments. ,
 I commend this method of treatment partl- cuarly for children whose chief trouble ls mouth breathing. 1 am not prepared, however to tell readers just which physicians employ this method of treatment. For that information ask your family physician.
 In X-ray treatment, then, we have an alter native method for children, where the now well established diathermy or "electrlc coagulation Gas my friend the omniscient one somewhat crudely calls ID is not available or not sult- able Most physicians using diathermy Ind hc method unsuitable for children under twelve years of age. though q few employ 1t success fully for children as young as six years.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 No Scch Animal
 That fellow was all wet when he tried to brow beat you about white skins in winter and dark ones in summer. Attached is concrc . proof. (L. T. O
 Answer-The concrete proof fig a newspaper clipping of picture of n weasel The legend with the picture asserts that the weasel turns white in winter to match the snow. but fin re- gions where no snow falls the weasel does not change. Personally. I don't believe there is any such animal. for I've never seen one. white or colored.
 Bright Girl Develops a Tic
 Our f8 year old daughter has developed the had habit of wrinkIng her forehead in talking. She Is n f2' in high school We made her drop one subject tbs semester were afraid she had too much on her, she Is young for q senior. (Mrs G. ID
 Answer-That sounds bad reason for mak- ing her drop any study What she needs is more physical activity. physical training. physical education. gymnasium classes. swimming, out door sports. The best way to correct habit spasm or tic is by careful physical training un- der competent instructor. A boy or girl will not study too much or carry too many subjects if an adequate part of the educational schedule Is devoted to physical education.