The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-26
NO sECH ANIMAL AS MUCOUS CoLITIs

We'll well, having disposed of rheumatism, gout, the common cold, biliousness, nervous
 prostraton, dyspepsia and one thing or another by declaring that there Is no such malady, I've been scufling all these years which irritated | readers who insist they have mucous colitis and why don't l ever say anything about it. once in while I have yentured to insinuate that such a person was in error, but that only
 makes him all the madder and very likely he winds up the set-to by writing an indignant protest.
 Indeed found so little profit quarreling with mucos colltis patients that quietly dropped the subject some years ago, and met all queries re- l ferring to it with blank avowal of total ig- 1orance, or, worse, a fairly dignified silence. But at last have decided to speak about this suppostious inflammation of the colon, and | though, I'm still just as ignorant as ever about the nature, cause treatment or cure of what
 ever ails persons who think they have mucous coitis, so don't get any wild idea that have | made a discovery about 1t.
 What have to say is simply that the term | mucous colitis" is a misnomer which makes | the condition sound and seem much worse than | it usually is There is no inflammation of the | colon in such cases, general rule. There | fore it is gross exaggeraton to call the trou- | ble "colits'-that means inflammation of the colon. For quacks-of which we have plenty in | the specialist business-it may be great little l idea to dub the complaint mucous colitis' If the unhappy patient happens to get so upset over something that his colon goes into slight 1 spasm and more than the ordinary quantity or | mucus is secreted. The seriouness of The sound Tof this name adds materially to the anxiety of | the patient, and then a few enemas will rritate l enough to increase the mucuS IormatlOn stlll | more, and thus where before there was just 0 spastic constipation you have full-blown | neurotic to deal with. However. you won't have him long, for either he will soon reach l the conclusion that he knows much or more l than the doctor does about the trouble or else | he will hear of some bigger and better special I st and fade forthwith from your ken. Patients who suffer from this spaStic consti- | patton should understand that 1t is not a dis | ease which can be cured by enemas or griga- tions or freak diets. It is merely symptom | or manifestation of the general panic or fear | underlying the nervousness" In practice the l cous cotis" is to ignore the condition as much as possible, and direct the treatment to the pa- l tient's general health. Of course the hidden or | unexpected source of fear or worry must be | dug out and properly dealt with.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | -boilcd Versus Canned
 How does condensed cvapOratcd milk com- l pare with ordinary pasteurized milk or cream? ?
 I prefer 1t in coffee, and it lasts longer and is l creapcr. (F. J. P.)
 l But if you can have fresh pure raw milk or cream, that is far superior to the condensed, II pasteurized or canned products, in my opinion. II For folk who haven't COW or goat of their | own. negihbor who keeps one. certified Il milk comes nearest the real thing. Try certified II milk cream some time. Babies know-often they turn away from pasteurized milk, but eagerly take certified milk If they get it. Ger tifed milk costs more than ordinary pasteur- ized milk, of course. and Is well worth the pre- mium price 1t commands
 'Fraid of What
 Opinion Of value of psychatrists in the treat ment of fear cOmplcxes. have been troubled with q combination of fear cOmplexes for DC. riod of five years. W. E. M)
 Answer--I should say ordinary physician
 would be the better confdant and adviser. Ii physician will refer you to the best specialist ' for ynnv case