The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18
THE WILL TO BE BLIND

Some admiring oh, yeh? reader wrote In to
 inquire whether had been crossed m ,u.t iovs ut ! there must be something that had soureo my outlook on life. No, no, just spent 15 years at the general practice of medicine, famiiy ooc- | toring. o,,, ,.o ture-the familiar break of the forearm pone
 just above the wrist. waited till he was pack at work and then broke the sad news that required S25 as my fee. To this the patient de.
 murred He opined ten bucks was plenty called his attention to the perfect iunct'ona, result and the short period of disability ana all that. But he was quite firm that ten per- ries was sufficient for hay for my horse. My goodness that would buy enough nay 10 run the horse for a month or more. tBesides, Wasn just a young doctor and dtnt make my money easily? But still argued that some oI
 the old doctors might have kept the arm m
 splints two weeks longer and left 1t 70 degrees
 stiffer and still asked as much as did TOT the
 job So finally the patient settled the argu- ment by showing me that the wrist was per
 ceptibly thicker than the uninJured one, wnlcn
 proved that my repair work was shade less
 beautiful than the Creators original sculpture 80 we had to settle for $1S.75. Cataract patients not my patlents, l
 wouldn't know what to do with cataract pa- tient in any case-often remind me Of the frac- ture patient who was not satisfied With my Joo. They write in to tell me all about 1t and now some friends knows man who once heard or a miraculous cure of cataract after all tne doctors had given the victim up as hopeiessiy
 blind and even if one should nave te the operation the doctor advises, isn't 1t true the patient has to wear strong spectacies III oroer to see well?
 talline lens from the eye, you can expect a tne eve to function satisfactorily without an artih- cal lens to take the place of the natural one Patients onerated on for cataract after the older method which is still used by many eye surgeons in this country must wear not only strong spherical lenses but usually cyilndricai
 lenses too, to correct the astigmatism due to the distortion of the cornea by the scar or tno incsion Patients operated on after the Smltn
 Indian method. which is used by many or tne more progressive oculists often do not require the cylindrical lenses because there IS ittie or no astigmatism left by the Smith incision, put
 when they wish to read or do close work in comfort
 This is a pretty poor excuse for postponing or avoiding a cataract operation, however. It ia too much like the attitude of my Colies frac- ture patient. It is unpleasant to realize It, put there are people who rather like to De heip- less dependent and recipients of pity. when
 they might regain their independence and self | respect.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS skinny Winny Grows Plump May I say a few words for your weight gain-
 ing method. Up to two years ago was wha! . was 64 1-2 inches tall and weighed just 1OS pounds. I followed your instructions about
 eating before going to bed-took az chocolate .. Ss cream, also usually q slice of bread and butter I did this faithfully every day for four months and my weight went up f2 pounds Today , weigh f35 Our family doctor assured mo
 never could gain as was tho thin type. Now
 when stand before mirror and look at my | curycs-which I like to dol always say Long | Live Dr Brady. (Mrs F. w. G.)
 I Answer-Alas a lot of Skinny Winnies are | doomed to stay that way. But if you can catch | 'em before they've gone sour. there is always
 fair chance to endow the poor things With | curves and smiles. I really think 1t is largely | a question of temperament.
 Non-ExplodabIe Superstition | Can you tell me where can get pamphlet l or book that will explode the idea some people | have that an unborn baby may he marked | if the mother suffers any fright. shock or emo' l tional excitement or sees any unpleasant thing l (F. O. Al
 Answer-That superstition is difficult to ex. l plode. know of no particular pamphlet or l book. People who believe in marking are | not susceptible of enlightenment or education | Any one who studies embryology (the growth | and development of the young prior to birth] | cannot fii to see how absurd the superstition | of marking" is.
 | (copyright John F. Dille Col