The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-27
A TYPICAL bIr or NERyous I,fpos,rrroN

@~ ~-~~S~ DAA Or NEAnVOCS IMPOSITION
 school teacher aged s2 had been in poor
 health for several years She had many
 .nervous symptoms. She was frail. easily
 sires. ares woke @ up morning unrefreshed ate wei
 enough but nevertheless lost weight and had
 ''fushes." N
 She went to her family physician, who made
 had slight anemia and was nervous" He kept her taking iron tonics and the like for three
 years. and the patient lost ground
 told her she was merely of nervous tempera-
 ment and had become tired out from the strain
 of of teaching and needed 2 rest She. was ac-
 ears at this and said to the physician: "You
 say she Is nervous. What we wish to know is
 what is really wrong with her"
 Don't go away, brethren This is going to
 be good lesson in health for doctors.
 No sooner had the brazen young woman ut-
 tered this remark than the physician turned to
 her with disdainfu smile and wittily ob- haven't your"
 Thanks for the ad, my dear quack. After that the physician disregarded the pa-
 tient's friend and quickly sent the patient on The friend. who had been so thoroughly squelched by the doctor now brought pressure ! to bear and persuaded the poor teacher to go and see doctor who had shown his diagnos-
 tic ability in another case the young woman knew about. This doctor hazarded no opinion
 until he had carried out g. complete examina-
 had tuberculosis and had undoubtedly had 1t for two years.
 Brethren, is there any need to point moral ? Of course 1t takes some courage for doctor to inform a patient he doesn't know as yet what the trouble is. Patients of limited intelligence
 are quite likely to quit, cold and go to some the first sight, and there are plenty of such humbugs practicing medicine and in good
 ss is sk M the pyscan M has F got to take
 he haa honorable ambition. If his object is to make money perhaps he can achieve 1t better by catering to the ignorant in this matter.
 Likewise 1t takes some courage for doctor to inform a nervous" "anemic" or tired out
 patient that the actual trouble Is tuberculosis There is likely to be some such charlatan as the one who made the wisecrack about reading
 Brady. who will persist in assuring the family til something serious happens to settle the ar- gument.
 I should like to warn all young persons who may be anemic tired out, nervous" and ssyho have lost weight and strength to beware of drifting along on the assumption that the trou- ble Is so simple, or at least to take no such at- at east one examination of the chest, of course W..i the patient stripped to the waist. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Tell It to the Judge
 If you would write it "lron ammonium ci.
 instead of "iron and ammonium citrate" per- haps even the dumbest druggist would not be
 confused. "A Chemist).
 Answer-It is a good suggestion. But tell 1t
 to the authorities who have charge of compil- ing and revising the Pharmacopoea. Seems to be an old Spanish custom to call it iron and ammonium citrate or in medical Latin Terri ct Amfnonii Citras (U. s. and British Pharma- c0poeias).
 The Baby Walks Our baby 18 months old has not walked by
 hlniseIf yet He can walk holding onto furni- | ture, but seems to lack confidence Our doctor examined him and advised us to leave him alone, but isn't there some way we can help | him gain confdence2 He is able to speak a
 few words and eats by himself all right. (AIrs | M. o. Al
 Answer-Your doctor gave sound advice. contrivances to teach or help the baby to walk | are not advisable and may do harm. Ordinary encouragement of his own efforts and not too much of that, is sufficient If you are sure he is not making progress in the space of a month
 then have the baby examined for mental defect June and November am e1, in excellent hcalth do not drink or smoke Would lady 80 years old be too young for me to marry2 (H. R. G.l Answer-The lady is not too young to mar ry, but such a marriage is unlikely to provs happy. You see, just about the time the lady comes into the full blossom of womanhood you will be doddering. That is, if you last that long. Come come. there are lots of nice crea- lures of 50 or 55 who would make more suitable life companion for q man of your age. lCopyright 1888, John F. Diile Co.)