The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-07-09
WE'RE CUTTING OUT THE DIAPHRAGM
NOW

| THEY'RE hanging Danny Deever in the morning,
or cutting out his diaphragm: II any , o. ou,
readers should take it into his head to nave
| more than ordinarily prolonged attack of hlc-
coughs him to have it as far from Ran
sas CITY as he conveniently can.
James Davis of that city attempted 10 stage
| his attack right in town. He was going along
very we'll indeed and might have bi \ien tne re- re-
ord, but the tenth day the doctors Tusneo MN
| into the operating room, injected local anes-
thetic and severed the phrenic nerves IN MS neGk
In the event that you have never met thc
| phrenic nerves and are not familiar with the
| anatomy of the neck the PHYSIOLOGY OF neck
| ing we had better explain that the phrenlc
nerves pass down the neck underneath the stel-
| no cledo- mastoid muscles, through the tholaA
and between the heart, lungs and other htments'
| to the diaphragm. OF course any intelligent per-
son knows what and where and why the dla-
phragm is-oh, yeh. Well, having arrived at the
and motor nerves for this breathing muscle Cut
the nerves and you put the diaphragm out Oh
| commission.
IIiccough is spasm of the diaphragm.
In Mr. Davis's case the severing of the phrenlc
nerves Immediately stopped the hlccoushs. ne
was in a desperate state from the prolonged at
tack and this was desperate resort. 1t brought
the patient the first rest and comfort ne had en-
joyed in 10 days. His breathing following the sew
| erins of the phrenic nerves was quiet and even.
Many less heroic remedies had been tried in
| his without bringing relief, except TWO
hour sleep from hypodermlc injection
| muscle of breathing Mr. Davis will go on
BREATH capacity will be limited and he will be
unable to exert himself in any way
| Due to newspaper items about the case large e,
number of letters, kilograms and telephone calls
were received at the hospital suggesting rem
edes
| I suppose there are almost many popular
| remedies for hiccoughs as there for warts,
| and each remedy is the best in the opinion of the
person who has used it or seen 1t USED win ap-
parent success just all sorts of remedies, some
sensible and plumb silly, have gained popu-
F.! lar repute for curing warts.
Before cutting a patients phrenic nerves we
should at give any osteopathic or chiroprac-
| tic maneuver or manipulation chance II such
think, we should try the effect Of some per cent
"carbogen" limitations (miXture of per cent
carbon doxide and SO per cent OXYGEN by means
| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Hyperacidity
/ wish thank you for your valuable booklet
| .'Guidc to Right Eating" "Instcad of dime and
a stamped addressed envelope you should re-
ceiye IS COPY 1t has given me th more re,,ei
| been able to obtain from any physicians Incl
dentalIy my family all derive much help and
one of the few newspaper features we read NIrs
s. ID. H.
like lots of sugar in my coffee.
Helping the Girls to Lie
my reason for not returning to our doc
tor is that the Office my age IS given as 70 lln
| order to insure holding my job, whereas In 1act
1 am As. I'm afraid the doctor may find 1t out.
Answer-AIl right any time any girl must lie
about little thing like that to hold her job, take
| notice Old Doc Brady is here to help her put II
over as long as we don't have to go to Jail for it,
| If a woman is capable what does it matter how
old she is? Too many modern business institu-
| tons by charlatans
Bimbo in the Wind
Your articles have converted me SO that have
lost all fear OF drafts exposure wet feet and the
| like. But Pm only assistant foreman of this es-
tablishment and my wife Is afraid to take our 8
| weeks old daughter out when there Is the least
| wind breeze blowing (F. d. MY
Answer-As long the wind is not strong
| enough to make the baby's breathing difficult. it
is healthful. 1t would be unfortunate to deny the
baby her daily airing and summing account of
wind. If 1t seems too windy use screen or wall
to shield her, but let her have the sunlight