The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-12
rnATHERMY VERSUS THE OLD sPANIsi
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we,re going to hold d plebiscite (and I'd hkc | to wager all our readers on the prohuhea'"', nt of it) upon the question ot ,.sn.a .nn .nns,is choice for the treatment Of infecea ons"S' ] So far as the conductor is concerned ytne question has been settled by the great n~upsDsl ~ of enthusiastic letters received rom Ic"4o, t,s who have had the diathermy treatment. put [ gather that 6 good many unenHghtened ,ny men arc still accepting the old spahsn He.iiou that is, the guillotine and snhre--ahg ~ Mhn.s their chances on the several coWpIcnlIon which happen in a certain number or cases when the older method of tonslllectomy IS ems nioyed. no matter how skilful the operator.
 Among the letters received from patehts who have had the diathermy method there have been a few expressing dissatisfacti?n.. onc from an editor out west Who. Deihg wIs.heIa went to some manufacturer or phynicnnn, equipment who referred the wseacro to good cu.tomer who had just bought some dlathermy apparatus. The editor didn't like the bhngnhs of the amateur We'll what weight has such yodel against the delight and gratitude eA- pressed by most patients who have received thc diathermy treatments from physicians sKl'ied in the technic! ., AS have said before. should have no other method for my own tonsils. and l should ad- wise no other method for anyone who can pro cure the services of a RESPONsIBLE physicah of good repute or standing who has had the necessary clinical instruction ih the spee'a' tcchnic of diathermy.
 In the past few years have referred many |correspondcnts to such physicihns III aH parts of the country. Certainly not all or tpcm re- ceiycd the dathermy treatment, but tiiat most of them did, and were pleased with the results they experienced know from the letters they wrote me later.
 Now I want to hear both the pro. and con of this tonsil question. don't care for expres- sons of amateur opinions or TOT second nhha stories or hcarsay. what !! snouid hke ID letter from every reader who has had any m thod of treatment for infected or even Tor enlarged tonsils and what he or she thinks about the method of treatment. This invitation is intended for those who have undergone the regular or old fashion surgical tonsillectomy as well AS for those who have undergone other methods. If only a handful of readers should trouble to vote in this plcbisc1te, 1t won't mean anything. But If we can prevail upon few thousand to give us their views It VIII hay" telling significance.
 Although, as said, have had few reports from diathermy patients who were dissatisfied. have never heard of any serious or fatal com Dlications from this method of treatment. l wish we cauld say hs much for the old Spanish method, but unfortunately we can't and the disastrous complications of the standard gull Iotine and snare method of hacking out tonsils --I the term hacking adyisedly and have the evidence to warrant the term--whGh seem quite unavoidable and happen in the best reg uiated hospitals or surgeries, will, believe ul- umatcIy turn the scales against the bloody method and constrain all true physicians to adopt the d!athcrmy method In all cases where 1t Is applicable.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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