The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-22
GOOD CHEER FOR GRANDFATHERs

| Of all the afflictions of good men and women | there are two which l never could regard with | eauanimity, namely, cancer of the womb which comes to many mothers of large families and prostatic obstruction which insidiously de- stroys the peace, comfort and serenity of grandfathers. Both afflictions are inscrutable unless they are rewards conferred by mali cious providence.
 The application of electro surgery to the re- lief of prostatc obstruction is not novel idea. Independent progressive physicians have been developing the technic Of this method for ten years more. They have finally consolidated their gains, so to speak, and given the fruits Of their studies and experience with the newer method to tho profession.
 In the preceding talk this subject the view of one of the leading urologists was quoted he believes the standard surgical prostatectomy is destined to become obsolete In 90 per cent of the cases, whether the condition be hbrosls, benign hypertrophy or a malignant process.
 Another urologist with large experience in bothe the older surgical method and the newer electro surgical method, concludes that the newer method is effective in the majority of cases of prostatc obstruction, 73 per cent of cases in which there was moderate enlargement being cured at one sitting, 27 per cent requiring more than one sitting.
 The new method is surgical, of course, but 1t is all done through the cystoscope. With cautcry punch or electrotome or electro-coagu- lation, and external incision.
 Careful Solow-up observations of patients who have undergone the new method of treat ment showed that 70 per cent of them re- the old trouble for from three to ten years Surely that compares favorably with, any rec. ord the older method of prostatectomy can ,how.
 One of the leading urologlsts in the sym posium on the new method, made this charac- terstic remark:
 Tt is possible that it will supplant per-
 meal prostatectomy; 1t will probably never
 afoly
 tectomy.
 That sounds likes the snorts we heard from the brass throat specialists when the diathermy method of removing tonsls was new. How these delft operators hate to see their trade becoming obsolete!
 Another urologist who has had perhaps too much publicity contended himself with asking what will be the actual mortality, including the four or six weeks after the sitting, during which the slough is separating? That, too, sounds strangely like the rhetorical questions asked by the brass throat specialists about dia- thermy removal of the tonsils when that meth cd was gaining recognition as happy alterna- tive for the standard tonsllectomy. This spe- cialist insist that the old Spanish methods are not obsolete yet, but If you are asking me what l think about it, tell you that if were the patient I'd want the endoscopic electro-sur- gical method. and I'd have no truck with the | old timer who would subject me to either per- meal suprapubic prostatectomy. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Ulcer in Colon
 Doctoring for ulcer of the bowel. Friend tells | me he had 1t and his doctor told him to take q | tcaspoonfuI of baxsecd in a cup of hot water | every night before retiring. He says that cured | him. Is this all right to take? (B. IL. E.) Answer-Your physician can best judge | whether it is all right for your case. Generally | preferably whole or unground seeds, may De | taken daily by anybody without harm and 1t | serves as a good substitute for the natural mu- | GUS lubricant of the intestine in cases of phy- | sick habit, habitual constipation and so-called | mucous colits, or spestic constipation. If you | wish to break the habit, send dime and | stamped envelope bearing your address, for the | booklet '"rhe Constipation Habit" | Another Savant Has Secret | A scientist Is quoted as saying: "On the prin- ciplc of cIemo- thcrapy I have succeeded in
 producing new gold compounds which are in' | corporatcd in the tissues of the body through l the skin, by simply rubbing them in" Does this | upset your theory that the skin never absorbs | anything unless 1t Is cracked or punctured? c. | ID. C.l
 Answer-No. Chariatan and quacks are mak | ing similar discoveries every day and they car
 always find number of gullible ones to be. lieve 1t Is so.