The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-16

Last year we quoted here the excellent prac- l tical advice given by the late Dr George w. | Boot in the event that you know or fear a child l has swallowed coin or other foreign body | Here it is again:
 Have the child eat a good-si bowl of | mixed vegetables-cabbage, green beans and celery. The vegetables should not be cooked | soft. and should be swallowed with little if | any mastcation. Wash them down with l little water if necessary Give no laxative. l In case where a seven year old child acci- dentally swallowed a silver quarter dollar and | the X-rays taken from day to day showed the | coin in the stomach where it tarried till the tenth day. Indeed the surgeons had com menced to close in on the scene when the fam fly doctor bethought himself to confer with Dr Boot. Just twelve hours after Dr Boots in structions had been carried out the coin passed naturally and easily.
 Now in pr Boots day it would have been- oh, l don't know how the old timers would have regarded it, but they had no bananas then anyway. Today it would be quite proper and indicated" to add to the bowl of chopped vegetable some ripe banana--or rather to let the child have the banana to eat as a dessert and reward after the bowl of vegetables.
 Better clip the instructions and paste in the medicine chest the scrap book. l shall have copies to distribute to the readers who ne- glect this.
 An important caution: NEVER permit the child to receive a physic. Neighborhood Sairey- ganps quite likely to urge castor oil or other cathartic or laxative. It is as dangerous to give physic in such circumstances as 1t is in the presence of acute Inflammation in the abdomen.
 In most cases buttons, coins whistles swal-
 
 the alimentary tract within AS hours without causing any trouble.
 A dentist S3 years old who says he is 60 physiologically and the youngest man Of his age in his city of 100000 population, offers the method that has never failed him when pa tients accidentally swallowed sharp objects such as parts of dentures, plates, glass, a tack, etc. He requires such persons to swallow ravehnS threads from 1 1-2 to inches long, in apple sauce in sufficient quantity to thoroughly en- wrap the article. Enough of the threads to make a ball the size of horse chestnut will suffice to so enwrap a crown tooth With pivot. The foreign body when passed from the intes- tines will resemble cocoon more finely wound than it could be wound by hand. sieve will be necessary to recover the foreign body, other wise it may easily escape recognition.
 As some of you old timers well know, my in- clination is to pooh-pooh any pretentions of mere dentists to medical wisdom, but in view of the soundness and the effectiveness of Dr Boots advice quoted above I feel that this singular suggestion of Dr e. Francis Bliven of Worcester is worthy of broadcasting. In my judgment there is no objection to the swallow ing of the threads as the good dentor directs. What do I mean dentor? Well, if I said the good doctor you might not Know whether re- ferred to the physician Dr Boot or the dentist pr Bliyen, so use the more precise term, that's all. Any dentist who resents the designation may retort he sees fit, and I'll print his re- tort here if he makes his identity known to me.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Is Eat So?
 My cousin Mir or advised me to write to you as he was troubled with appen- dicitis and has been cured by your method, without operation. (Mrs R.)
 Answer--I wish your cousin would inform me about my method. When had appendici- tis was glad to undergo operation immediate ly. That is the only reasonably safe treatment for appendicitis, in my Judgment. Time to Trim Up am A years old and have always been rather stout, but in the past few months seem to be growing a real corporation and feel like | a poisoned pup. (R. .. ID
 Answer-Time to give the easy chair q | chance to recuperate while you adopt sched- l ule of exercise, There is nothing better than | daily walking. If you can't afford that, a few | minutes a day practicing the Last Brady Sym- phony will do good. Send dime (no stamps) | and a stamped envelope bearing your address l and ask for it. Ladies and gentlemen past 35 l who feel themselves slipping, going stale, get ting prematurely old, ought to take while at | the Regeneration Regimen. This is another l booklet and costs another dime (coin, not | stamps) and s. a. e.
 | Insulin for Skinny Weights l Yesterday was surprised by a local doctor ! that my urine test negative and that there l I am 6 feet 8 inches tall and weigh only 14O pounds. tO. R. S.l
 | Answer-Obviously the doctor doesn't un. I derstand the use of insulin for the purpose of l enabling underweight individuals to acctmu- late needed weight and strength. The unique test has nothing whatever to do with it. lCopyright 1883. John F. Dille Co.,,