The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-30
HAVE YOU A LITTLE AUTOINTOXICATION
 OBSESSION?

Naar,v averv wiseacre valetudinarian-that's a bird who imagnes he can unders.ana pa1nU hn,,t physiology-nearly every gullible gaioot Hke tns i has the autointoxication obsession more or iess strong mind It is funny how these people with weak nerves" never detect any indications oi weakness of the mind in their symptoms
 have asserted many times that far as we know there is but condition in which any thing like autointoxication or poisoning a1 ol .m1 body by absorption of retained or aono[mai waste matter from the intestine does or can hap pen and that is acute intestinal opstrucuon, which is a very grave illness. so grave that the victim never thinks much about autointoxication. Except in nostrum bait and the testlnohiais oi gullible persons there is no such tnng as au'o of intoxication from trifing delay or retaroa'ioh oi the regular action" of the bowel
 TO the morbid consciousness of the misinformed and uneducated it may seem quite plausible that inc general wretchedness malaise and dullness or headache he gets when therels any oeiay III this function is produced as tne auaGas ha,, anu thst is bv "poisoning" of the system by the reapsorp- ton of material from the intestine. TO the con. . sciousness of a normal, intelligent person the iac' that no such wretchedness or malaise or heao- ache occurs when the function is delayed day or two if one ignores or forgets about 1t or does not become anxious or worried about 1t and par tcularly if one refrains from resorting to any physic or artificial interference of any klnd, IS IS the best of evidence that this "autointoxicauon hokum is simply good selling suggestion Tor the charlatans to give the untutored publlc-and 95 per cent of the population are untutored in the fundamental science of physiology and the simple art of hygiene.
 A good deal of the vague discomfort or un- well feeling that wiseacre vaetudinarians light ly ascribe to "autointoxication" or toxic poison ing" as some of the comical quacks express It, IS probably due in fact to an overtaxed metapoiishi I-the tamping in of another meal before the last one has been disposed of. Overeating, in short Eating as a social pastime. Eating because 1t happens to be meatime. though one is not at all hungry. Eating three or more meals a day when dodger of honest work and active play one requires only two. I fancy large share Of the self sufficient ignoramuses who run about seeking remedies for Imaginary 'autointoxication" are 0nad nnd nr too little honest work play or exercise. or both.
 Go take a walk around the meadow, you poor simp. and let some honest man eat your lunch QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 High Blood Pressure
 Within the past year, think, you gave n com. paratively harmless remedy for high blood pres sure. It was something like bismuth All can been commonly given as a trO-ntestinal seda- tive years ago. Please give the directions again,
 for the Ss or basd as S@ @
 Answer-Take 10 grains of bismuth subnitrate three times day
 I had an eruption on my nose four years ago, which the doctor said was erysipeias: Now the same trouble Is devcioping Do you know what Answer-No Eryspelas is a severe and dan- gerous illness and requires the personal care or Sign of Mental liberation =. unable to get him to see Dr - as he Is afraid of nerve doctors. Is there no way Co compel him to he examined he is making it terribly hard for every member of the family. (Mrs C. E. W)
 Answer-Such obstinate refusal to have an exam nation advice by the psychiatrist Is In itself suggestive of insanity You may apply 10 any county or supreme court judge to name | commission to examine him.
 Good Medicine for skinny Ostc0paths I osteopathic physician with health | problem. 1 suffer from chronic anorcxia. am 30 | years old and have always been this way, quite 'sSisaed %s%ssor h lay aD.Ssse o very poor apps. l tte. What you need, Doctor. is course of fn- | sun injections. Your physician can teach you | how to take them yourself so that you need re. | port to him for observation and advice about | dosage and diet only once or twice week. This | treatment to help skinny people gain flesh is now | in wide use and 1t almost invariably effective, even though there is no question of diabetes or | other disease.
 l Highboy Seventeen Years old am t7 years old and feet 2 inches tall. weigh ITO pounds. Is there any way to stop fur' | ther growth? tT. R)
 Answer--f regret I know Of none. son. wish could trade statures with you.