The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-28
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE G:Er
 THE CURE OF RUPTURE

Rupture, breach or hernia as physicians call structure through the walls of the cavity or space where the structure belongs. We need not
 discuss the causes of hernia nor the different types of hernia here. That is rather tech- nical aspect which concerns the physician. not the patient. The question which interests the patient is the cure.
 Ten years ago made short work of this
 question. assured the hernia or rupture vic-
 tim quite positively that the radical operation
 sufferer not over middle age to undergo the operation as matter of good sense, comfort, safety and economy. believe was right about
 give such advice. If I had . hernia m myself l
 certainly should not submit to the radical oper-
 . ation. at least not until had given the am- | By ambuiant treatment mean series of in- l jections of medicine which in fair share of technical detaiis-leave that to the physician who gives the treatment. All the layman needs | to know is what am telling him here-and ] believe the ambulant treatment of hernia is | much safer for the patient than the radical
 operation; If 1t fails, well. you are not out
 ond attempt at cure by the same method Nor is there any reason why the radical operation
 may not be done later, if you decide to try that So far. regret to report. not many physi-
 clans about the country have had the courage
 and to adopt 1t in practice. Too many of the
 plodding practitioners appear to be intimidated by the raucus condemnation of the new, meth-
 ready operators who infest American medicine and who understand so well how to get the
 free publicity on which their shoddy eminence
 rests. Tl For instance, one of these bombastic sur. | yeons employed in the most egregious ''clinic"
 or them % all mad the cheek S, to expostulats with
 treatment of hernia to the public, and the basis
 of the sophomoric surgeons objection was l wholly theoretical. He had a snug little notion shared by many of his Fellows-that the in-
 lection of this and that foreign substance into
 the tissues was harmful. That may be so, but 1t has nothing to do with the ambulant treat
 ment of hernia. have sGid many times, the
 trouble with American surgery is that 1t is
 practiced by too many half-baked specialists who get certain degree of skill in operating and launch into practice without any back
 ground of general experience worth mention-
 Harmful % % operatins a ns is done. sA unnecessary ana
 UEsIoNs AND ANSWERS
 Bl0tchy Palms
 Kindly advise what causes the insides of the hands to become red and bl0tched, especially in hot weather: No eruption. seems to be under Answer-That is normal phenomenon, due to the way the skin is attached to underlying | structures.
 Please tell me how to deal with a small corn on the small toe of my left foot. I have had 1t for several years. (Alfs A. K.)
 Answer-1. Go barefoot. That's the best cure
 by 3. Apply drop or two of castor oil every night for a week or two. {. Paint corn or callus with solution of 30 grains salicylic acid in one-half ounce flexible collodion every night for week or two. 5. Have corn or wart oblit- erated by -desiccation, by physician who does diathermy.
 It Isn't Work want to take the insulin treatment to help
 me gain some weight, but I go to business from . to 5, and so can't do it. I understand 1t requires Q dose every three hours. (L. WI Answer-Even one dose a day, near your principal meal lime, will help you put on weight. Any good physician can five you the treatment, even teach you how to take your own doses. 50 that you need not interrupt your " . Copyright 1888. John F. Dills co.s