The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-23
ouR OWN 1NFER1oRITY COMPLEX

s,ncA the politicians and their cartoonists began representing the proposals or pohcies U,
 the other party as "nostrums no. Tv.shmGeet,s Sv customers continue to take Doctor Fuss1uage. Lung, Liver and Nerve Tonic. The pomt,cans sn
 and cartoonists are only partly respons,S.e ,v
 this changing custom The aiet a.r,h,'+. .S
 toward the change. One of these mooern sharps has only to lay down menu ana assuls the customers that it is good TOT hlsh pioou
 pressure, acdosis, indigestion nervous exna9 s,,, lion had teeth and flat feet; if he IS care1ui to be quite arbitrary about excluding or aLom. . ind certain items, customers are convihcsu a,s M is wizard. If he has the gal to ,. Gal h ',s1i. Doctor it never occurs to the gulhnie puoii' to inquire where or how he got the tNie. For several years have been soreiy annctea U with an inferiority complex. l believe srea' many plodding practitioners are similarly al, ficted, but I speak now only for myself. l saio inferiority-not superiority. as some or 9'' our readers would think more in character: rms
 lnferiorty complex has crampea my Soncent has kept me much at sea. Repeatedly nave sailed in with the intention of smashing the aciaosS bogey to smithereens, bat always at the cIl.ica, moment up bobs the old inferiority complex 10 soften my blow, and I retire In nuster' AeaV' ing the bogey still palpitating. Acidoss was invented not more than nIteen or twenty years ago. At the time it was intro- duced as a working hypothesis was so blameo busy trying to play the dual role or pr Jeky' and MT Hyde Jekyl in practice, .Hyde m pressl
 that failed to grasp a .ne nde at nonts was % for.
 merly called "acid intoxication" as ieatuIe o'
 various maladies long years before tne tern,
 'acidosis'' was invented. But the Ining !ha' eluded me was that the new acfdosis seemed as common bad teeth and exotic healers were discerning more or less acidosis at the bottom of nearly all complaints, real or imaginary, ana what more, these aggressive bunk merchants were ascribing acidosis to all diets but their own. Besides, one heard vaguely of prominent uuacks within the ranks of regular medicine who were plying a good trade in anti-acidosis diet lists. All this contributed to my self-accu- sation. How come, asked myself that all tnese near-doctorS know so much about tnis acloosls
 business. while can't find out anything aoout of the medical literature, and even made excur- sions far outside of the ordinary bounds or SCI entfc publications but with little luck. Finaliy had to gather the output of the charlatans who were exploiting acidosis and analyze It. nd then I discovered it was the bunk. and the
 nferiority complex no longer impeded me. Now I wish to give this positive assurance to everybody: e Acidosis never happens when the choice of 9ood is not unnaturally restricted- say by famine, Imprisonment or ill-advised "deting" So we well folk should forget all
 about acIdosis and leave it to the doctor to
 worry about when 1t develops Tn the course o' some grave illness.
 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS So Was David Copperfeld Friends baby was born with veil, according
 tp the nurse. (Mrs R. S.) Answer-All the myths associated with the
 
 | explanation of it here, but If you will send q | stamped envelope bearing your address I'll ex' | plain how natural the phenomenon IS ana why | 1t is not so common nowadays as 1t was in the days before childbirth rated medical attend aDce.
 Cataract Removal
 | Talked with pr about removal of cat. aracts and he assures me less risk with oldei method Of waiting than with Smith Indian method you recommend. (Mrs A. K.) | Answer--Your ocuiist is one Of the best. He has had as his guest Col Henry Smith Of Cal cutta and he has done the Smith extraction in capsule In many cases, but still believes the old.
 CT method Is preferable in most cases. Anyway assure you that you gre in good hands and may confidently leave the decision entirely to the doctors judgment. Canned shell Fish Do you consider canned crab meat snt
 canned lobster safe Co est, sfer it has becf saoeed ln q lakeside eamp aii wistes and prob. ably been froxen7 tE. H. H)
 Answer--yss. rreesing makes no difference
 so Ions as the food looks. Smells and tastes si | rlsEf