The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-14
CHARACTERISTIC REACTION TO
 MODlRNIT'Y

| little while ago we gave here tho good | news of tho improved method Of relieving pro- l static obstruction. Briefly, as one urologist de- Scribes it, the procedure consists In the remoV' | al of numerous small sections of obstructine
 tissue through the cystoscope by means Of Q igh-frequency current thefepy opVihtihB any | external ineision.
 | This subject may Do of interest to men past middle age. Others should skip 1t. In no in-
 stance can any reader obtain from this service | any aid or comfort in the Interpreting of symp- I toms or the diagnosis of prostatie obstructoh' | All such inquiries or Investigations should be | left wholly to the individuals personal physi- elan. |, I have already apoiogized here, in behalf If
 without behest of the profession, for the pres | ont standard procedure in those cases Prostat. eetomy In the best hands and under the most | favorable auspices is nothing to write to tho
 papers about, unless you're young surgeon on the receiving end of the line t Is quite as | unpleasant to undergo as 1t is to discuss at the dinner table. Personally am not at all averse to having nice comfy little operation oeea-
 sionally, say an appendeetomy or any httle thing ike that where one can dicker With the insurance people to fork over tho wager Tn q
 lump sum. But even as q young man in medi, | cine and with all my invidlous alluslons to old l have always regarded tho lot of the bloddery old gentlemen with some feeling between aver.
 sion and snug detachment. Now ] wonder 1T
 C grown-up fellow can get as much quiet
 amuseinent watching youth mellow. Yet that is not the reason why l have studl. 0usy avoided the subject Of this talk all these !
 because we have all kinds of readers and 1t is 1 necessary to maintain h reasonable balance on ! the eheery side. That's why testimonial writ
 CTS get short shrift here and symptom hunters find this department barreD.
 Somewhere there may be still living sub
 seriber or two who can recall what bitter dOgged struggle we had in popularizlng the
 diathermy method of dealing with infected or hypertFoDhied tonsils. The brass throat sur' ge0ns and their aecompilces used every means
 and weapon, fair or foul, to defeat US and to destroy those who "prbmeted" the newfangled method. But history tells which side was right Upon the occasion of the formal introduction
 im0 m psseee by pr Jehn cau before the last annual session Of the American Medical
 Association (seetion on urelogy2. some char, char.
 aIseusSon su,s Sos of the method by uroogiss whose
 Knowledge and experience in the old spanish methods is extensive,
 | ing uroiogists who have had experience with both the older dissection methods ana the eIec' | tr0-surgieal method:
 Dr Joseph r. Mccarthy Of New York said '"rhe factors of safety as to life. eSn; 8efVati0n of mental approach, hospithl domicile, morbidity after hospitalisation. | and early return to customary duties are such as to justify me in advancing the opinion that in 90 per cent or cases ID | which prOstatie obstruction is already eS- tablished, whether 1t is fbrosis, benign by' | pertr0phy or a malignant process pros, tateetomy IS destined 10 become opso'e'e'
  Skin Grating Not for Sears [ want to get tbe name Of surgeon l. Wl,e
 does skin drafting. nave soi7e scnFs WHICH | i would like covered. (L. M. D) Apswer-It can't be done. Occasionally cos. | toetie appearance may Do improved by dissect' | ing out scar and filiBg the defet With skln graft but is q question Tor your own skin sps eiaIist or surgeon t0 consider
 Tbe Man Who Follows Me Interested in undertaking business. IS aI | undcvtaker Do daRger 0f being poisoned by tbt embaimIng Auid ise uses? w. J) Answer-N0,
 Cleaning ti,c Ears Piease tell me tie best and safest way tt clean the ears2 C. B) Apswer--ft is not advisable to attempt tf cleanse the ear canal Ordinary external bath | ing with soap and water IS sufficient cood rult never to insert anything in ear canal Hot anl Cold
 !. Wj,Icb Is Ss0re cooling, z warm bath or [ c0Id sl,Owes2 Why sb0uld one take wnrB shower Instead Of . cold One after esefc'se' | (V,M.t
 ABswer--ft is a matter Of iBdividnal pref | ayenee, in both instances, Some Ind the Warn | bath more refreshing; some prefer the seolf