The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-11
PoIsoNs IN THE HOUSE

| young woman tells story with moral week ago I went to the bathroom to take some medicine for my headache and by mis- | take took the lysol instead of the medicine
 intended taking I was so nervous fS rom a,,s .ne tity of ysol left, so had put that in a regular medicine bottle. That is how happened to got in my mouth though don't believe ac- tually swallowed any. Ever since II cannot
 thing thirs to Srng m my M taste backS am getting weak because cannot eat anything and feel very depressed about the accident. First, do not know of anything but time to
 delicate tissue of the mouth by the phenol com.
 pound heals the taste will probably return. Lysol | is mixture of a cresol ("carbolc' or a similar chemicaD with liquid soap.
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 Never keep poisons in the home. If anything at all poisonous must be used in the home it should be kept elsewhere than in the | medicine closet with the toilet articles. had | good lesson about that when was medical | student. In those days we still used the cresol called phenol or more familiarity "carbolic acid'
 for various purposes and had vial of the pure phenol on the shelf alongside of some lotion
 used on the face after shaving One day in .,, 2 phenol upon my map by mistake, and for a time looked just as tough as I am. some standard and characteristic container | adopted for universal use for poisons. Such a instantly warn one who picked it up by mistake If there were some way to prevent the use of a
 similar rough-surfaced contaner for harmless things. However, that would not have prevented such mistake as the young lady tells us she made.
 One of the most terrible poisons which people keep in the house for no good reason at all is strychnine. Often those who keep this poison in the house are unaware of the fact that they pos- sess such deadly poison-until some luckless child finds it and eats some That is peculiarly refined crime that shames our civilization-I pen merely because we haven't the guts the decency to put stop to the incorporation of strychnine in all kinds of nostrums. popular and medical which are indiscriminatey distributed without word or warning of caution about the deadly poison. This is a great country for brave talk about concern for the cfiIdren's welfare but when it comes to the question of making an extra dollar in business we don't give darn | about the life of child.
 In general way I wish to reassure readers that, to 10 the best of my knowledge n and belief any poison as an alleged dntiseptic. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Cultist Speaks Out am duly licensed osteopath, and resent the alluson have marked in your article. e. Answer-In the item marked told of the sat- sfactory results correspondent had received from treatment by an osteopathic physician to whom had referred the correspondent and addde this little sting at the end: "out where the corn and the cults grow luxurainty." Well, brother, you concede acknowledge you are a 'path-you are bound by the tenets of some one "schooI or system of healing If that isn't cultism, don't know what the world cult means SaItY IaSt0 am troubled constantly with salty taste in my mouth. have sores anything to ac- count for it. (Mrs s. F.)
 Answer-First, such unpleasant taste may be due to one or another medicine you are taking. If you are sure that does not explain the taste, suggest that you undergo regular physical examination by your physician, which will per- haps bring to light the source of the trouble. Why Drinkers Drink
 I am g years old and always drank until 20 years ago, when I quit. Eyen to-day I have an intense craving for it whenever sec some one drinking whisky. think know why men drink even though they know it is ruinous; they have some sort of an incurable disease and they suf- fer all the time, they are blue, and it cheers them up a while. (H. l.. E.)
 Answer--You quite right. The same ex- planation holds for the habit of taking cocaine, opium or morphine. It is the reason why I urge an early age a solemn pledge against any indul- gence in any form of alcohol. Properly used, I think such pledge, given a mother father who has child's love and honor, is more effec- tive than any education legislation. Inciden- tally believe a similar pledge from both boys and girls should be exacted against smoking.
 Trichinoss
 Please tell me more aboet the dangers of trichina worm infection from ham pork. (drs B. L. E.)
 Answer-Even if you happen to buy ham or pork that contains the trichina larvae, thorough cooking of the meat is reliable protection. In all iIsitances of human infection with trichina the victims have eaten such things as raw ham or underdone pork