The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-17
THE POISONING is MENTAL

| Webster tells us a quack Is ignorant prac-
| ,itioner; one who processes Skin or kho"lease
| IN any matter Of which he knows httie vi ho'"
ing. - !, ,,,,oL
ng it, First, the pretender or faker must EN-
,loy means of attracting victims second nc
must have an imposing personality.
| A physician healer who Is good can anu
ioes depend on the good will of his satisfied pa
| .rons to keep him busy. That's how practice Is
built. If he is not so good ne mus. resort int
either boldly blow his own norm up ana oow sn
| he by-ways or secretly employ some one eise
! o do for him what the satisfied patients OF
real physician voluntarily do for the DOCTOR
who has earned their good Will.
| There is a queer quirk in human nature ihat
prompts the trimmed sucker to keep siient
| about his experience while he gets a certain
mean satisfaction out of Watching other SUCH
,rs bite the same bait when . .h n n,nt
friends are in danger Of being victimlzed by
the same hocus- pocus. Sometimes 1t Ii not en-
where a fair warning should be given, but IN
part shame at having been so gullioie. \. 20
such shame felt by victims of atrocious quach
.windlng that makes the prosecution OF THESE
ghouls SO difficult. Their victims are TOO
ashamed to go to court and tell the truth truth.
One Of the most successful quacks sehsli SUE
his prospects by explaining to them that what
ever complaints they happen to nave orisinate
in some vague poisoning of the system from
This charlatan has been exploiting the ignor-
ance and credulity Of the pubic aiohs TINS i,.e
for years. One would imagine even the dump.
est ayman would begin to feel bit boreo py
the same old song, but 1t seems not LOT me
suave auack Is still singing 1t with all the gusto
Of q radio baritone rendering On the ROAD 70
Mandalay. by request and with atmospheric
preparation by the announcer.
The music Of this quack's hex-appeal Is al
ways the same, but the words-sometimes ne ne
mixes the words up though he were actualiy
poking fun at the dumb eggs who Will present.
" become his customers. Here Is a recent IN
stance, from an explanation the quack gave his
prospects for "all symptoms OF all ailments
'"The mucous Is formed from a deep-seated
catarrhal Inflammation which, in its turn comes
from wrong foods and excessive quantities OF
|foods-from the congestion, autolntoxcatoi
and absorption of poisons from 'the Diood
stream" 80
All this, the charlatan explains, with tongue
lin cheek means that the body Is attempting
some form of toxic poison elimination Toxic
poison YOU idiot meaning a poison that Is
poisonous. AS rule the Quack mas the Toxic
poison" absorbed from the colon into the blood
stream. This time he has 1t ABSORBED from ane
blood into goodness knows where But what's
the odds. The wiseacres and the morons from
whose ranks such humbugs draw their cash
customers arc 80 fiattered by the Difference PAID
heir intelligence that they'll never notice any
little discrepancies In the charatans approach.
Administration is mental-and the shrewd
charlatan knows how to inoculate his prospec-
tive customers minds with 1t.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Cured without Operation
wish to thank you for recommending me TO
DIR went to him and had the hernia
treatment, and i am happy to say that 1 am
now cured wv. Il. o.
Answer-Thank you for your report. Most
lcorrespondents forget to tell me their expert
ence This ambulant treatment OF hernia Is
making slow but steady progress. The regular
profession Is so per cent cautious and SO per
cent dumb about modern developments In ther-
apeutic technlc
Good Jasses
Quite "a while ago I entered a complaint
about the mOasses you recommended, but
since then, all of that brand I have been able
10 procure has been Of excellent quality, and
now apologize, ! believe the dealer substituted
some Inferior mOIasscs when ! first asked Tor
the kind you recommended. "a d. Co
Answer-rhere are several good brands OF
molasses now on the market. all free OF sui
phur dioxide. This real old-fashoned molasscs
liz not only delicious for cooking. but makes n
table syrup which, In my opinion, has no su-
perior, and am rendering q health service
when I advise that such molasses be freely CIV
en- tho children.
HcmOrrhoids
ON reading ono of your articles about hem.
0rr,0ids aud the mistaking Of cnncer for
sDilesv went 10 Dr for examination. lie
| assured me the trouble was only bens0rri,0ids.
lie gave the injection treatment. After four
sessions OF this the trouble disappeared. Bui
there IN One exirnai IsenOrriOid which he says
viii hRys % be surRIeniiy removed. Would bc
"kid" me- about fills and Keep u frOm Be N u
we're cancer IL. a.
| Answer no, tho 0tOr you mention In N re-
puiabla phYaie IN np1 h. would not withhold
his opinion II be believed YOU had cancer ~
liz iru0, the Infection treatment IN for INTER.
NAL piles only, ana the external Mind must DO
removed sufgiealiy.