The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-20
NEURoTICs AND THEIR INDIGESTION

We'll be perfectly fair and admit that nerv- | ous wrecks are just likely to have indiges- | tion other vaetudnarians are, whatever in-
 digestion may be. And while we're being frank I'll add haven't the slightest notion what in- doctor has. But you Glass neurotics know all about it. So do your pet nerve specialists
 But the whole boilin' of you find the secret so
 useful in your business that you keep it to
 yourselves. That is the reason why we ordin- ary doctors are ignorant.
 Once in while this ignorance breaks out
 on us in the form of pithy magazine article
 which brings in some extra pin money to help
 us iuaintain the front our nervous patients de-
 mand. Or if business is very quiet and stead-
 fly getting quieter we may while away the long waits between patients writing a book. Take
 this one on Nervous Indigestion" by Dr Wal ter C. Alvarez. 1 commend 1t to all you neur- atics, even those in B class, for perusal of this interesting little book (Hoeber. N. Y) will not only help neurasthenics to find tkeir way out of the woods but will enable nervous impostors to improve their technic and main- tain the racket intact.
 Even if you lay no claim to a nervous tenn perament or bad nerves this book will give you as much enjoyment and more enlightenment than you will get out of the novels and the
 Among the fatcors of indigestion discussed by Dr Alvarez are Fatigue Neurosis''; '"rem-
 peramental Indigestion certain men and women get along well enough until some an- | noyance sets them off q; Marital Infel. heading the author says:
 The term anxiety neuross is useful for designating those cases in which after the sudden death of a relative or friend, or after visit to a pessmstic physician or after the appearance Of symptoms which are thought to be due to the return of old well-treated syphilis, the patient becomes terror stricken. l It might perhaps be used also in those cases 1 in which the patient has to watch the slow l death of some loved one. or in which man | lived in daily dread of bankruptcy or of arr
 rest or conviction for some serious crime | Or in other words my dear nervous wreck, what are you afraid of? 1 Speaking of the neurotc patient this author wisely remarks that although the physician
 Ina tad cfn irtlf1 Hat | necessary psychotherapy when such patient | comes to him, he will be more likely to gain the patients confidence if he first goes ahead with careful overhauing regarding the pa- | tient as a sensible human being with something 1 organically wrong. This examination takes several days, not few minutes. An, fellows,
 that's the racket these neuracketeers like. Ac-
 tually Dr Alvarez candidly declares, "the best artist at handling these patients whom ever
 an opinion out of him until the evidence was ! all in" You see the quiet sermon the doctor breaches, when he assures the patient there Is no serious disease present, has a chance of l falling on receptive ears.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Ding It.
 Many thanks for the booklet "Thc Ills Called Rhcumatism." It was bit late in arriving, | and before 1t arrived went to a well known | fad healer for six treatments and want to
 say never felt better fin my life. all Is joy and sunshine again. no dieting, no drugs Several | physicians had diagnosed my case arthrtis. | (Mrs l.. A. E.)
 | Answer-Which goes to show that old Doc- tor J. J. Coincidence doesn't care whom he con- | suits with. | LittIc's Disease
 Can you explain what Little Disease" Is? A doctor says this Is what 3-year-old child has | e. O.
 Answer-The patient is mentally backward has spastic legs and usually scissors gait and | ataxic or cratic movements with more or less constant trenor of hands. In some cases much improvement occurs with growth and training The cause is not known--possibly some ccr. l,ebrai injury at birth in some cases. | Ribbed or Rough Nails
 When tine fngerf,ails are brittle. ribbed O, rough does that indicate any particular fauI with fhe persons health? Miss ID. A. L.) I Answer--No. Sometimes women with achro mic anemia have such nails. They need from 90 to 60 grains of iron q day.
 (copyright i933 John Y. DIiIe Col