The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-29
SPECIALIST FOR LIVER COMPLAINT

r,,er,, little while strike hard snag in the
 mai With most queries that are reary oS prescription have trouble. They go lnto the chucker after a meager scanning But other ques- | stons are not so easily disposed of If do chuck
 ,en, ir inc regular way nevertheless the question | sticks in my mind and ind l cant get my t a.. tention back on the mail until stop ano,,Hn' t,
 and fry to fit an answer to the one that mas SUCK in my mind. s u,hi,e to-day: What klnd of specialist would you ao- wise me to see for liver complaint which nave had for several years? ,,, . l. There are no liver specialists, so mats out Here and there might find a stomach spe- cialist or a heart specialist or lung speclahs'' but what would he know about liver trouble? Pancreas specialists and spleen specialists nave not vet got organized to do business But no fooling, suppose I myself nad nveT
 complaint just what kind of specialist would
 That helps considerably. Now begin to see where the catch is. Liver complaint? What oo
 you mean liver trouble? Something the marer inside?
 An, that sugf &'s the answer You should con- suit internist. ..., family physician without any families to care for an ambitious, self-respecting determined doctor who can and does persuade clients 10 un- dereo whatever clinical or laboratory or special examinations tests he may deem helpful In ar,
 irving at diagnosis. Of course these special pee al tests all run into money, and if the 1nternist IS unable to persuade the patient to spend the
 money, he is just plain general practitioner. 1T he has the knack of making people loosen up to
 find out what really ails 'em he is internist or
 as they called him in old times. a consultant-
 meaning he came in when things got very nad and patted the attending physician on the pack and assured the family everything was all right. Heaven knows what ails the chap who pro- fesses to have liver trouble torpid liver, but
 if he is game to get at the basis of his complaint the right shop for him Is the layout or an lh- ternist. Usually internists completely surrounded by office nurses secretary y-nurses, young medi- cal proteges, and earnest young specialists Tn divers other fields. They the customer the works and pool their reports ana the big chief finally takes about a hundred ber- res from the patient and tells him what not 10 eat
 In this time of depression I don't want to say | anything to hurt business, but I ask the liver | complaint man if he has ever tried taking walk
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Salt Docs Not Affect Blood Pressure Should one with high blood pressure use any
 salt I understand that salt-frcc or sat-poo dict | Is necessary to bring down high blood pressure and that too much salt tends to raise the blood pressure. GA. D. T.)
 | Answer-That is a common misunderstanding
 sat-free or salt-proof diet is sometimes help. | ful in relieving dropsy edema. The amount of | salt consumed has nothing to do With blood pres | sure.
 | I noticed in your column something about
 warts. When I was hoy my hands were GOV.
 cred with them. One day the school teacher
 fine young woman. took me on her lap and fOn'
 died my hands and said something. I can't re-
 member. The warts went away and have never | Answer-Not an unpleasant treatment, what
 Would 1t work if the school teacher came to me l for something for her warts? Warts have way
 of coming and going without apparent reason
 Thus thousand and one charms not all of them | teachers, seem to work cure.
 | Parents Sound Reasonable My parents object to me going OJt with ' girl
 because she is already . mother. ! am 20 years
 old and iD love with hcr Sill ] would like tO dG
 what my parents ask. What would y0I advise (R. V. k.I
 | Answer---YOur parents objection sounds rea'
 s0nabe enough, am unable 10 offer any advice | on the Information you give,
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