The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-02
OH, OH, CHILDREN. YOU MUST PAY
ATTENTION

Lady writes to tell me how delighted she
is with the treatment she received from a doc
tor to whom / referred her for diathermy ex-
tirpation of the tonsils. She describes the doc
| tor (whom have never met personality as
such considerate and competent physician
She admires the way he handles his work,
also the way he handles his patients. Then she
says that in all she has read about this modern
method OF treatment something has been left
out. The time 1t takes ought to be more clearly
explained, for she thinks many patients expect
to have it all finished in a week or two.
No one could fairly draw such an inference
from my writings about it. I have explained
dozens of times that treatments are given at
intervals of a week or more. and as rule from
four to eight treatments are required, In some
bad cases more.
At the time believe the patient Is de-
| tanned from his her work or usual activity
a shoter total of hours under the diathermy
| treatment than would be under the old Span
ish treatment
Right in the same mail comes another let
| ter, from man who thanks me for some
very interesting and instructive reading" in
| fate my bellows and feel pretty good about 1t,
| but then the man SPOTS 1t by explaining Re
Gently, thanks to your teachings i have come
to the conclusion that the cri Is caused solely
| by micro organisms taken In from the air Cor
| contaminated objects) through the nose or
mouth, so that I have dropped a lot of little
| varies about drafts and other things"
II the man believes what he says he certainly
did not get his notions from my teachings. I
| know and teach that the air Is practically
germ-free and that no infectious disease Is car
ried from person to person by or in the air.
| know and teach that even the expired breath
| of patient with diphthcria, pneumonia, tu-
| berculOss whatever infectious disease you
please to mention, does not contain the virus
or germ OF the disease and cannot give the
disease to another person who may happen to
get the patients breath"
1t is only in the excretions from the nose or
mouth throat, in the discharge. sputum,
| saliva, that the virus or germs may be carried.
| 1t Is only when the patient TALKS LAUGHS.
SINGS, COUGHS SNEEZES that another
| person within spray range Is in danger Of being
| infected, If no mask or screen Is used to stop
| the spray.
No germ know can travel even fraction
of an inch Of its own activity. Disease germs
must be carried or conveyed by something or
| by some animate carrier.
While it is conceivable, indeed 1t is believed
| by physicians, that contaminated OBJ
| jects, even the patients hands, may convey the
! virus infection to another PERSONS hands
| Gas in shaking hands, or directly to the mouth,
in my opinion that is rare mode of infection
If 1t happens at all Certainly it is unimport-
ant, compared with the ordinary way in which
| the cri (any of the COMMON respiratory infec-
tions) Is spread namely, through mouth spray
Simple politeness dlscourages open face cough
| ing sneezing, but lot of polite, but ignor-
ant, folk laid low by conversational spray.
Athlete Loses His Foot
/ used your Whitfcld's ointment as you d.
rcctcd and IL did good, but slowly. Then you
mentioned the Of sodium thiosulphate
busting powder. ! tried this and 1t has cleared
the trouble up entirely 81. G 60
Answer-FOot itch, ringworm. tricOphytosis
trench foot Is fungus parasitic condition
very contagious and commonly spread through
| the habit of walking barefoot where others
have walked barefoot-hoor of gymnasium
bath. hotel bedroom. swimming pool Numer-
| Gus remedies afford relief and cure in the early
| stage. In large school gymnasium foot
| bath of 10 per cent solution of thiosuphate
Of soda placed 20 that every student had ia
step in it on the way to and from the shower
stamped out the trouble. The thiosuphate
may be used busting powder in the shoes
IL This New Years or Thanksgiving?
| May 1 thank You for the great help you
have given my father who has suffered fol-
| 35 years with varicOsc ulcers. He had tried
| 10 many treatments. and prayed to die whcI
| I'm 1929 you published the prescription and
| method OF applying paste Father Il
past 80 and enjoying life again. He never fall
TO read every word DIR Brady says. feel this
| letter inadcquateIy expresses our keen appre
citation "a. w. CO.
| Answs Two lines are enough--one telling
how father prayed to die; the other tellini
| how he Is now enjoying life. I reckon vel
| have 10 repeat the directions for the paste
dressing for varicose ulcer. 1t Is rather com
| plicated but quito few do seem to get 1t right
Copyright John r. Ollie oC)-