The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-15
IT IS STILL FOOL-PROOF COUGH
 MEDICINE

lot of simple folk not yet aware of it, but all the famous old "cures," the nostrums that formerly purported to be catarrh cures, | headache cures, cold cures. consumption cures. gailstone cures, what had you, have ceased to claim such potency. If you'll take the trouble to glance at the label on your package | of hokum you poor simp. you'll find that what you've assumed to be q "cure" is only a rem edy." It became a 'remedy' several years ago, | if 1t sold in than state, for 1t is no longer fashionable or even profitable. to lie on the label. All nostrum makers and ven- dors confine their lying to the testimonials and the booklets and other balyhoo. The | United States government has recently re- | formed to the extent of drowning upon the | practice of calling thing cure when in fact it is not cure. So tar the governments | spasm of honesty Is confined to the space of the | actual label attached to the nostrum. Uncle Sam, through his postofiice department, offers no objection at all to any lying nostrum or quack outfit wishes to do in printed matter sent through the mails, not unless the firm Is careless enough to send the nostrum in the same package.
 My Fool-Proof Cough Remedy is still fool proof after years of more or less popular use m home treatment. Kentucky reader did send me sizzling testimonial about when he tried; it appeared he copied the formula out of the paper and somehow the printers omitted n pint or of water from the recipe-and hence the strong testimonial
 Well, anyway, we'll chance printing the re- | cipe for the fool-proof cough medicine once more Remember, though, 1 do not guarantee that the printers will get 1t all in the paper nor 1 have any assurance they won't add
  reasonable sure they won't add is whiskey or brandy.
 sodium citrate ......,....''on one ounce
 rhe juice of lemon.
 Whole fiaxseeds .'..'. one teaspooniul Water ...................... ....One plht
 Spirits (oiD of peppermint A drops
 Steep the fiaxseeds in the water for twenty minutes or longer. strain, and add the other ingredients
 Dose, for an infant or child, teaspoonfu every two hours. For an adult, tablespoonful every hour or two.
 This medicine is useful in any acute coryZa | grippe" acute bronchitis or other acute fever ish illness with cough. It acts as a sedative expectorant that is 1t aids and softens cough ing and expectoration, Is mildly diaphoretic (favors sweating), mildly diuretic Increases kidney excretion), and does not tend to bind the bowel, on the contrary tends to keep the bowel loose if anything.
 It happens to be valuable an alkali and as such it opposes any tendency to acidosis in such acute illnesses.
 It doesn't cure a thing On the other hand 1t will never kill anybody, not even if you should down the whole boilin' in one drink. l recommend it for only in acute conditions for two three days. No harm In using t in chronic conditions for longer periods. as many do and they declare with considerable benefit.
 Chalk for Sour stomach
 Following a suggestion in your column purchased from - drugstore some cal- ciun carbonate (prcparcd cIalIs) for my sour stomach. But the package t Is called drop chalk and t IS said tO he for cleaning sll- 
 G. J.)
 | Answer--I don't know about cleaning silver ware. l recommended prepared chalk. which is calcium carbonate, In doses of 10 grains. | once twice day or as needed, for acid stomach. heartburn ''gas" and on. It Is | preferable to soda for the purpose.
 Diathcrmy Not Suitable for Babscs
 Would you advise diathcriny for removal of the tonsils of a year old child: tMrs n. F. McF)
 | Answer--Yes, If there s available physb- cnn skIllfu enough to apply the method in a child SO young. Ordinarily the diathermy | method k applicable only in the eases of adults and older children.
 This One Takes Clear Head | If a person becOnlcs insane would t reflect sn his ehIidrcn's children, even lr Its children | nt the time being are sanc? e. U.) | Anawer--Thnnks for not dragging In any | second cousins. Insanity tx not horlthble. But the Offspring of m insane person are likely to | ls degectiss in ono wsiy or another. my feeble- | minded epleptic. neurOtic and the ohsprins | of n defective person would bc likely io show some defect though of course leAh sO if the other parent loo normal and of good materinl'