The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-24
PASS THE BREAD AND EXPUNGE
 THE POTATOES

correspondent who signs his letter "Tin s'G bds me p' stop him linn if uo he is wrong Come come if undertake to stop everybody who is wrong I'm afraid I'd never find any time for my is your affair. All can do is to carry on my fight for the right and bide my time till you grow up and learn something.
 There is strangely familiar sound about the old hokum bunkem this "Tin Doctor friend attempts to palm off on me: We pamper our digestive tract with soft,
 palatabie, partially -digested foods, which brings on atrophy of certain glands of in- ternal secretion. ."
 I wish the gentleman would not hang his hat on his nose when he gives lecture. ". This results in change in compost
 tion of secretions of these glands For in- stance the saliva no longer, holds its calcium in suspension"
 This is news indeed. Heretofore we have as sumed the saliva is the secretion of parotid submaxillary and sublingual glands (three conception conc of '"rin Doctor the saliva is pro duced by gland or glands of internal secre- tion. .
 deposited on the non-self-cleansing surfaces
 When my dentor cleaning my teeth re- gently he pointed out the predilection of the outer surfaces of the upper molars for the call careous deposit which I called tartar but he called something else, something harder to scale from the teeth than ordinary tartar At that point the saliva from the parotid gland (the gland that swells in mumps) is elected from the duct into the mouth cavity
 But what of it? Everybody is more or less subject to the formation of such deposits on the teeth, no matter whether he brushes his teeth religiously or never, and everybody must go to the dentist at intervals if he wishes to keep his teeth clean and free from such de-
 "Tin Doctor. winds up with this diatribe
 If you came to my office for treatment of
 any character with accumulations of pota-
 toes. bread meat and other accretions be-
 tween and around the necks of your teeth,
 like many others who have read your articles
 about the care of the teeth, am afraid
 No fear, my dear dentor. Fortunately dont care for potatoes unless they're quite crispy fried, and mighty few cooks know how to Try 'em the way want 'em. Besides dentor who regards the saliva an 'internal secretion" might regard my perfectly innocent wisdom tooth as cervical rib and attempt to remove it.
 Haven't you confused your nicknames too, Dentor? The term ''tin doctor" signifies q nurse who gets job working for the local school board or some industrial or commercial firm. then proceeds 70 double as doctor for any of the peasants who will stand for that kind of near-medical service. In short the nurse quacks it for $50 a week, and so saves ner philan- vices in many where such services are
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A Bit of HOOey About Fingcrnails Digest of an article which stated that absence of the "moOns' on the nails indicates that the person Is subject to certain disease. Is there any truth in this? (Mrs H. F.)
 Answer-Perhaps the moons disappear m some cases of favus or ringworm of the nalis It has no general significance.
 Tin Doctor Wisdom The nurse who has charge of the firsts ala room i'm the plant where am employed t0iG me that can put on weight by eating until ann full and then eating that much more yet. (D. R. e.
 is Send in some more of the tin doctors bed- time stories.
 What Price Eyes What do you suggest for one who suffers from eycstlain? When read or do other close | work :. should buy some glasses adycr- have my eyes tested by an Optician? (Miss J. M. B.)
 Answer-Eyesa are delicate organs and pre- 1 cious and intimately related with the nervous | system Give them the benefit of the best medical attention. Have them examined by an oculist (eye physician) and wear only the giasS- | es he prescribes. | Feed Only Through Face Please publish directions for preparing the Skin OH you recommend for persons with dry
 rrita bIe skin. Does this oil nOurish the tissues! (Nirs c. VI
 l Answer-No. It is absurd to imagine any | thing applied to the skin nourishes any part oi l the body Complete directions for preparing | and using the skin oil included in the Inon- | ograph on Care of the Skin. Ask for 1t and in- close a stamped envelope caring your address | Thick Lips
 | have A large upper and lower lip. Will cx- ercisc or any other means reduce my lips to normal size? am 20 years old. (L. E- Al Answer-If the lips naturally thick and not just swollen. only surgery can correct the lappearance Take no chances with any other | than a surgeon of good professional standing | If the lips are swollen from casual cause. the diagnosis and treatment of the condition is . tproblem for your own physician.
 (Copyright 1885, John F. Dilie Col