The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-16
NERVE NURSES LOOK OUT
CATS OUT OF BAG

Fear is a powerful emotion 1t can kill. It
can so weaken a victim that he becomes quite o..
\ snake is paralyzed with fear. Fear is the cause
of shock. Modern physicians and surgeons
take special precautions to ailay rear; they
endeavor by every means to insulate the pa
tient against impressions or associations which
arouse this instructive emotion. This is the Sc
cret of shockless surgery. and of the success
physicians today have in the non-surgical
treatment of grave illness like exophthalmlc or
toxic" goitre. ,
Anxiety may be defined as chronic fear And
that's the whole story of weak nerves or
nervous exhaustion or neurasthenla OF
whatever fancy name you please u give Joui
funny obsession
Look out now-if you get mad and climb up
on your high horse and file an indignant pro,
test against my hard boiled teachings. you'll
give your game away. Wait till expatte Ply
about the two classes of neurotics. Maybe you II
Certainly You can for all care. shall state
the simple truth and you may take it or leave
it. Only please remember I'm the teacher and
this course Is not compulsory.
Now then, all neurotics or individuals who
pretend to have bad nerves, are either dumb or
dishonest. There's no middle path II you IN
sist that exhausted nerves account for your
delinquency Observation-Disclosures, you must
join one class the other.
Glass neuroties am glad to believe ls lar, are
dumb, but probably the most difficult to rescue
are the wiseacres, the knowing ones who, nav
ing been thoroughly exploited by some eminent
nerve specialist in the grand old days when
nerve specialists were the berries and got EN-.
wish to coast along the rest of the way on that
basis--these wiseacre neurotics get away with
It by insisting that ordinary doctors do not I'M
derstand the nerves. wiseacre neurotic never
consults an ordinary doctor II ne can possibly
help it. If circumstances compel him to have
truck with an ordinary doctor, the supercilious
one doesn't consult the doctor. No. indeed. he
merely. permits the doctor to minister 10 ms
lures to evince any curiosity about what really
ails the patient.
when you get to know them If find a dumb
neurotic with an l. @. of ten years or better,
l feel quite Munyonish-I think There is
hope" 1t is therefore to the dumb neurotics
of North America that dedicate these lessons
on nerve weakness II we can only make EN-
understand we can bring EN- back to normalcy.
AS for the wiseacfe neurotics, no plain ordinary
garden type Of doctor-such as lean tell
them anything anyway. SO here we may as we'll
consign them to whatever unhappy END awaits ants
nerves to draw up closer, for YOU must not miss
any of this instruction. (The gist of these nerv-
Gus expostulations will be found complete in
the monograph "Chronic Nervous Imposition"
send a stamped envelope bearing your correct
address and inclose dime for copy. No
clipping will sufiice).
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Does a Deer Get Fat?
Would running about two miles every MORN
ing before breakfast prevent one from gaining
weight who Is drinking q quart OF milk per day
AnSWer-QulLe
$50 calores I don't know. but estimate you
get about s miles out of gallon If your weight
fully equipped Is not over $50 pounds. So
quart Of milk would only keep you from losing
weight under such regime
Exophthalmic Goitre
Girl aged ~ years at one time had exoph-
thalmic goitre but is now apparently In perfect
health, though somewhat nervous. IF she mar
ries would her children be likely to be normal
and healthy? "a. O. 81
Answer-There is no reason to think that
exophthalmic or other type of goitre is her.
table If the woman Is well enough to marry
she is well enough to bear children and her
children are likely to be normal and healthy.
Down, Down, Down Where the Blood Pressure
Goes.
1 want to thank you for the Belly Breathing
exercise do IL every night and morning My
blood pressure was 1913 when started; now it
Is down TO 133. (Mrs A. E. Az
Answer-Glad to send instructions for Belly
Breathing to any reader who asks for it Ono
clipping) and fncloses stamped envelope bear
ing his address.
Copyright 1898. John F. Ollie Co.,