The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-02
PHOTOGRAPHER HIPPO AGAIN
 DOES GOOn

Really I'm getting difident about telling folks what fine remedy sodium hyposulphites Uhio- sulphate) is for lead poisoning, arsenic poison ing. carbon monoxide poisoning, ivy poisoning and everything. I am rather encouraged to find, consulting the records, that have not yet recommended this familiar remedy for broken legs for that tired feeling-though I'm not so certain about the last mentioned indication, for in truth that is one of the symptoms aft er-effects of carbon monoxide poisoning for which do recommend that the victim take ten to twenty grains of sodium hyposulphite in water three times a day for three weeks.
 Sodium hyposulphite is the chemical com monly used in photographers fixing liquid.
 Well. sir-must we rejoin the ladies just yet? -Dr William l.. Gould of Albany finds that none other than our trusty old panacea sodium hyposuphite, is an excellent remedy for none other than our musty old affliction, ringworm of the feet, better known among the bourgeois as "athlete's foot" Dr Gould reports that in the fall of 1929 fully 50 per cent of the physical training classes in an Albany high school were excluded from gymnasium because of this ring worm of the feet Such remedies as iodine and mercurochrome failed to check the trouble Early in November foot baths containing 10 to 15 per cent solutions of sodium hyposulphite were installed between locker rooms and show rooms. Each pupil on leaving the shower requested to immerse his feet in the bath on his way to the locker In so doing, consider able solution spattered the floor, that from the time pupils left the showers till they arrived at dressing rooms their feet were foot bath was changed after each class. The solution is colorless and nearly odorless. Four weeks after this hyposulphite foot bath plan was adopted the rngworm infection had en- tirely disappeared from the high school.
 Dr Gould remarks that such foot bath is unhandy at times and where it is not feasible he suggests 20 per cent powder of sodium hyposulphite in boric acid, to be applied freely to the feet, footwear and the floors. particular ly to the socks stocking feet, between the toes and inside the shoes. light dusting is all that is necessary. This powder may be regu- lary used on the feet night and morning for prevention and comfort.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Family Doctors Please Listen
 You talk a great deal about the family doc- tor. In my opinion he doesn't know what its all about. Ask him about this ncwfangled dia- thcrmy method of treating tonsils and nine out of 10 hc frowns at it and declares the butchery method Is the only good method. Had listened to my family doctor would have spent a very unpleasant week having my tOnsils out. As it was didn't have to miss either the movies or the bridge parties. Thanks to your daily column I tried the diathcrmy method and I'm well sat- isficd with the results. (Mrs +. H. G.)
 Answer-At that, I'm not than five years ahead of the general run of family doc tors. Five years ago I would have condemned the diathermy method out of hand-in fact I afraid did do time two right here in this column. Today I've have other meth cd for my own precious throat. However, there are still quite few cases, especially in young children, in which diathermy is not suitable and surgical tonsilectomy is the best method For adults. especially those who have any phys ical handicap or impairment which renders them poor surgical risks. the dathermy meth cd is undebatably the method of choice-pro- vided you can have a doctor who is really skilled in the difficult technc. Not every doc tor who attempts to give this treatment is quail flied. Too many undertake it without having had any actual clinical instruction by a master warn readers to beware of the doctor who gets his instruction from the manufacturer of instruments or his salesman. Much of the un- warranted adverse criticism of diathermy ex trpation of the tonsls is due to bunging by Ana ph int onal. hi0h fnaI nical work without proper preparation. The family doctor talk about is not the family doctor Mrs G. has in mind. My kind of family doctor is the kind I'd be content to have if were III. And whatever the cozy-corner maga- zines have to say about his passing" know that there are plenty of good family doctors op the job to-day. and they are giving the half baked brass specialists Of the day a hard run for the practice. Whats more. prophecy that the brass specialist racket is about worked out -the iaity begins to see through it-and 10 years hence reputable physicians will not ven- ture 10 pose as specialists" until they shall have had a reasonable amount of experience in general private practice.