The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-07
STUDENTS WILL HAVE THEIR FLING

l our pennsvlyania reader contributes to-day'i
 best letter:
 Dear Dr Brady:
 Nv family and have been students of your l daily course in how to keep well since we moved to this state eleven years age mss only few lessons when am travehng' anu | believe me- do miss them.
 took my share of regulating pills In my | time but none since was 43-l am now o4.
 You have in fact taught our wnoae ser t nhvsic Some other valuable lessons have learned
 from you are how to relax and go to s.eep a. bed time, how to eat and enjoy whatever wholesome food is placed before one without
 picking and fretting about digestibility. and how to discard superhuous clothing to the pen-
 eft of general health and comfort. And want to tell you that you are the only
 doctor in the business of teaching the public med;cine pleasant to take Even if one did not
 learn Q thing from reading your column ne
 seldom fails to derive entertainment ana run from it anyway. I credit you for my record am the only one in an organization of several hundred persons who have not missed day on account of sickness in the past nine years. But you are a great disappointment in one way: you never promise to cure anybody. 1 could wish you would cure one bad habit | that has me. seem unable to do any work or | solve any problem without a pipe in my mouth
 The only time am happy without it is when I am eating sleeping. have been at It TOT
 habit or at least get control of it without the
 risk of firing my boss TOT whom hage w Ms" regard. L' d. w. T know it is hard thing to regain contrOl OI the habit after you've truckled to it for so many years but by coming back in easy stages-why, it's just like paying for the piano a dollar down and dollar a week forever
 suggest that you make a beginning by deny. ing yourself the pipe before lunch. That IS, let your first smoke be saved unti! after mid-oay many sedentary middle aged folk should not then you are in great luck, for you Will nave to wait till after dinner in the evening TOT your first smoke.
 have tried it all ways and know whereof I speak when say that the guy who saves ms smoking until the days work or play or loaf is over derives the greatest enjoyment from it, and at the same time he takes the best care of his health It is really rather difficult for smoker to make a hog of himself or to indulge excessive ly if he confines his smoking to the hours or leisure or relaxation It is very dneuit Tor one s he combines his smoking with his work, play or business ~ ,, . glad to send you special instructions by mail In asking for this be sure to say you are the smoker refuse to send such instructions Tor lmperson- al use. lncose a stamped envelope bearing your address. Seems silly to have to say this so much, but whenever we omit to specify it a lot. lot Of Of Scotchmen and Connecticut Yankees demand that pay the freight. .
 Not a word to-day, children, about the path oegy o rhs is rather plea to for moderation, temperance, keeping control of the habit. Reserve indulgence till your days work is done and the habit will never get you. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Cacsarian Section
 Most of your articles fine and we agree with them, but on one thing you are dead wrong for confinement cases. know, for had two ba- bics and both died of hemOrrhagcs. Our family had sEs find out what the trouble was. He found had contracted pclvis. My third baby was born by Cacsarian section, and Is alive and we'll The baby was born in D hospital, too The specialist didn't charge much more than the family doctor did | fear some of fine old family doctors get into a rutan nm fhnv know enough without any further study. (Mrs E. W.
 Answer-Exception allowed hold no brief for family doctors. Nor am opposed to honest | specialists
 Guide to Right Eating I have been on your duOdenal ulcer diet for five months. have gained 10 pounds and anl | 1t will be a relief, but don't want to take any
 chances of recurrence of the trouble. (M. s.) Answer-I should not advise you to remain
 five months any diet. Perhaps you need some general information about right eating. Send 10 | cents and stamped envelope bearing your ad-
 dress. for Guide to Right Eating" UnduIant Fever
 | What Is the duration of the sickness called un- dulant fever? Is the pastcurizatiOn of milk sup posed to kill the germ of this disease as we'll as | the germ of tuberculosis? (Mrs M. B. H.) | Answer-Undulant fever. also called Malta fever, Texas fever. and various other names, has
 characteristic course, but is usually an illness
 which keeps the patient up and down for three @ months. Pasteurization, if properly done, IS suf- icient heat to kill the germ.
 Tobacco Eating
 Our son aged 20 years has recently acquired l the filthy habit of chewing plug tobacco. He
 claims it is necessary, his trade is very dusty one He does not expectoratc, but swallows the juices, which he claims is not injurious. His | mother and l think 1t is. We should like your opinion. (B. F. O.
 Answer--I can't what the tobacco chewing has to do with dust. Of course if the young man | swallows the juice he gets more concentrated dose of tobacco. Anybody who chews smokes
 during working hours is an excessive user of to-
 bacco and excess is pretty certain to impair
 health.