The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-06
YOU WANT.-YOU'RE STILL A
BLOOMING NEUROTIC

| lady who establishes her unassailable
late Dr. me sne was d
stood high in his profession" rebukes me thus:
Il know how to pity people who have real
such general attack as you do. 1t Is I'M
When DR. Somebody lived and ran his sani-
tarium business 1t was quite the custom to
diagnose nerves." nervous prostration"
"neurasthenia" or nervous breakdown" But
not now. Show me a physician or a specialist
who dares to perpetuate such diagnosis to-
day and III show you quack
Not knowing whether the lady Is Glass A
or a Glass B neurotic cannot attempt to SUR
mise what the nature Of her ailment or COM
plant may be- 1t may be as real any other
disease illness mention. But / can
assert positively that real nerve trouble does
not cause symptoms which would suit ncur-
otto. Patients i'll of actual nerve, spinal cord
or brain LESSONS are not at all nervous" In
the popular sense
Neurotcs of either class may pat themselves
on the back much they like and chide
hard-boicd doctors who have no sympathy for
all of that. Glass A If they are just dumb and
don't know enough to go to an honest, capable
doctor and find out what really Is the matter.
Glass B II they are using nerves as a good
alibi or a means of evading the trials Of life
showing responsibilities off onto the shoulders
a ali rad cats
The AS are a bit too dumb to realize that fear
is at the bottom of all their nervousness"
fear factor because they do realize only too
we'll that such exposure means the end of their
imposture. N..
So there we have it. I'm hard boiled. un-
| sympathetic, cruel, ignorant and ihtolerable
because I tell the scientific truth about this
nervous breakdown" to conceal their ignor-
ance and incompetence and string credulous
customers along for a while. are gentle, kind
hearted, wise and eminent specialists.
/ These same fine birds who come to the aid
of their paying patients with fake diagnosis
of NERVES or nervous exhaustion are or
foot xtrtfh thn Anatnp xxHn he
| illness just bad cold-until 1t turns out to
have been meningitis or pulmonary tubercu.
| losis, but by that time the simple customer Will
have forgotten the mistake.
Even if it we're conceded there is any such
! thing as nervous weakness" In the way of an
illness, the only reason in the world why any
one should have more pity for the nervous
| invalid than for and other kind Is that the
| nervous" one demands pity so much more
constantly and loudly than do invalids who
| have genuine illness.
Yankeeland has suffered enough from nerv-
Gus imposition 1t is time to break up this in
| fernal mountaineering.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Prepared Chalk
| Following a suggestion in your valuable lit
/ tic booklet on Diet ann Using prepared chalk
for gas s and must say It is the best remedy
Answer-It is preferable to soda other
alkals commonly taken for acidity, heartburn,
gas indigestion" Ten grains of prepared
| chalk Calcium carbonate) will neutralize acid
| ty for several hours. Glad to send the book
| let "Guide to Right Eating to any reader who
| incoses dime and a stamped envelope bear
| ing his correct address.
Pimples
/ have tried eliminating fats. starchcs and
| sweets for months mt a time, without appar-
| cnt benefit. Can't the doctors find cure for
| such simple skin disease as pimples? miss
NJ. W.
| Answer-Send a stamped envelope bearing
your address and mention your trouble. Where
did you get the funny notion that fats. starch
| es sweets have anything to do with It? Has
1t never occurred to you to consult a physician
about your trouble? Or is It too simple?
Tests
Kindly advise whether Wassermann blood
| test and purlne test would prove the presence
| Of any social disease. (V. WI
| Ansewr-No. Your doctors opinion Is the
only reliable one.