The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-06
TEN TREATMENTS AND THE TONsILS
 ARE OURS

Tonsillectomy by the 'old spanish" method (guillotine and snare) at the hands of a noted
 siderable infected tonsll tissue in both fossae
 and badly mutilated pillars, or walls of the
 throat in front of and behind the tonsils. h. jury to the pillars in the course of this crude
 operation which is still preferred by some of the old timers in the throat speciality line, might seem downright carelessness, but 1t hap pens so often that 1t Is almost customary. The lady describes her experience: The operation left me worse off than I had been before. Plenty of dead tissue, al- ways sore, and terrible dread of another operation. Then read one of your articles So she wrote, not to date me, but to ask
 where she could get the diathermy treatment. recommended a physician in her home town. The lady closes her letter. Give mo the diathermy method every time. 1t Is the best, safest and most econ- omical in the long run. have had enough experience in practice to
 know that most people take skilled medical
 service as a matter of course and say nothing more about 1t, whereas any shortcoming in the doctors part is certain to be freely discussed.
 So like to lot doctor know when his patient
 praises the doctors service It fortifes him
 against some of tho meanness and ingrattude every doctor must endure. After each treatment there was not the slightest discomfort left. l usually went right back to business and forgot all about It till 1t was time to have the next treat ment.
 Now listen 10 the observations made by the
 doctor In the case:
 . She had recurring attacks of ton sillitis and complained bitterly of the dis tress she suffered during these attacks. This could be readily understood when one was dealing with case of :onsll tissue en-
 meshed in lot of scar tissue. It was difficult throat to attack either surgically or by means of diatherny (Ths throat specialist Is quajhed 10 use
 either method, for he has performed many
 thousands of tonslllectomies by the "old span iuhb bod tl,At dnUa hA patients to have the dathermy Tethod). However, we managed pretty well to clean up the condition by dathermy without much discomfort on tho patients part, as she described In her letter to you. She is q fine type of patient to treat, very Cooperative and never complaining with out reason.
 The specialist goes on to say that In 0 few
 cases patients complain of gome soreness after | q dathermy treatment, though most of them do not mind the feeling of rownesn. My average number of Treatments one each tonsil, Is ten This may seem lot, | but find patients prefer moro treatments with milder reaction. tell all my patients that this is the | slowest method, but tho sa fest. There you have an open presentation of tho facts folks.
 | 1 frankly believe the sole argument in favor | of the "old Spanish" method is that 1t Is all
 done in one job. whereas with the diathermy | method you have to butter along much as you 10 when your dentist endeavors to have a tooth
 with a root canal filling. But note this we'll, | 'ou do your puttering in comparative comfort
 and safety if you choose the diathermy method. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Chalk Versus Soda Husband takes soda for a gnawlng distress
 in his stomach supposedly gas. He takes .
 tcasp0onful twice or three times a day. (Mrs
 R. V.)
 Answer--A small dose of prepared chalk (cnlcium carbonate) would be much better.
 Send dime and stamped envelope bearing ing"
 Excuse My Ignorance l saw your allusion to mineral food. Why not be big enough to say that you have not learned
 sufficiently of the healing power of mineral
 food to give an intelligent opinion. (W. Ho ! Answer--Nonsense. son. Any who has n fair
 proportion of milk, eggs, cheese. vegetables and
 fruits in his diet gets all the mineral food the ! body requires