The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
THIS Fl LADY TELLS THE DOCTORS

A curious book came along in the mail to-day, pabshes Ths of .Isasier Motherhood" and you'd be astonished to oknow how easy it is, by the method the young book is Constance L. Todd. I take it she is young. about the age of sophomore, should say. At that age they can generally tell the doctors lot. Tn a forewofd the young lady quotes, the re- mopstrance of a 3well-known physician who has devoted past Sf hs nfe stS wsnGut N sSi9
 'Madam. if you are not a physician what bus, s; mess have you to write on 2 medical subject z 1 imply that if one were not doctor ore had no right to a medical. preferences even though one were a patient! Naive, I call it. She might have answered the narrow minded old doctor by pout-
 The book is all about one method of prevent publisher puts, on, the volume I don't know, but purchasers win probably be glad to pay a pre- Twelve there is list of hospitals where this method has been used more or less. M.
 the @ m not tnsre w bfyb be go to the hospitals where this lady's method Is accoucheurs upon presentation of satisfactory evidence that they use the Todd-approved meth of the press agenting the morphine opolamine hypodermics received in 1904 or before under the imposing title of twilight sleep" promoted by the book is a kind of shotgun com bination of drugs, administered through divers
 
 tle-which ought to appeal strongly to any alert kitty-corner magazine editor--of 'synergisticl an- The Thns sSe you some bromides and the bromide erect alone is not quite enough to subdue you. add q dash the other sedstiye and you quiet down and gosto sleep and maybe you wake up again If the, ,syner-
 Wathmey teehDc the patient does not receive so much ether she would If ether alone were used. That is all we. need say about the funny
 The same old fogy doctor who asked the young lady what business she had writing about q med she cited 'fhe elective version which seemed to he pSpua uanoR of ssn fs cha
 May point out to you that 1t is not the doc tors who have created that situation. but the de-
 So Miss Todd feels, that perhaps her book will create demand for the most absurd method of
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 am in the habit of taking. . shower every morning. My hair gets soaking wet. Although 1t is quite thick at present, people warn me that I will soon lose It 1T continue to wet so
 Answer-it is probably better not to wet the
 put only objection to too frequent wettng Is that it | removes the natural oil of the scalp and hair. and the natural oil of sebum is the best protec- Varic0sc Veins gsss.
 Some five months ago wrote to ask your ad- vice for varicosc veins. You suggested that E 60 l to Dr - and have them chemically ObIitcr- | ated. started with him and am glad to inform you the treatment has been wonderfully effective. At this writing the veins have completely van- ishcd. certainly had very big ones. q. P.l
 wrote to ask about varicOse yelns for Q friend | of mine last summer. You advised her tp go to Dr for injections She. did %. She has had great relief from the pain and the veins have
 Answer-And when first urged this treatment here many of the regular old timers showed their | ignorance by branding the 4newfangled treatment "no good" or dangerous" just as they, did later the diathermy extirpation of tonsils and do now the ambulant treatment of hernia. We live and learn-but some of us learn what aint sp. To- day the chemical obliteration of varicose veins | (by medicinal injections which any good doctor can give in his ofiice without detaining the pa tient from regular occupation) Is curing thous. ands of sufferers who never would or should have considered the ld-time radical and doubt full operation. Ha this modern method not been introduced to the public, all these thousapds of | suffereres would have gone on suffering for the rest of their lives It makes me feel bitter when think of the satisfaction doctor in practice to- l day must derive from these great modern smeth- ods and then recall my own first, or 20 years l of practice without such satisfaction Perhaps this in part explains why am so tmpatinet With l the old fossils who still shake their heads and try to scare patients away from these great bless. lings We should revoke the ncsnses Of saA grsat
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