The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-23
Keep Your Mind OFF Your Bowels
and tho Bunk Out Of the Mcdi.
cline Cardboard,

Keep Your Mind OF Your Bowels
and tho Bunk Out Of the McdI.
cine Cupboard.
Whenever como upon a mcdi-
cine chest I can't resist tho desire
10 peak In and SEQ what junk II
contains. II Ia o rare cupboard
that doesn't hold few packages
OF hokum. Always reminds mo Of
tho Old Sore Week ! planned and
pulled Off when WIS young 1T
this business. ! discovered ana
drove 10 good doctors, that ~,
family practitioners, nn astonishing
number OF poor gecks who were
handicapped by chronic leg ulcers
which had resisted half q dozen
brands OF anive and hence, we're ne
ceptcd ~ "incurabio.. The truth
| IN that any such ulcer will heal
readily II inteilIgontiy treated, OK
cept only tho occasional ono
where cnnccrpus degeneration has
developed. Many OF these men had
suffered mere or less for twenty
years, and their ulcers healed In u
few weeks OF good medical care.
| or course no Halvo or other magic
remedy Will work a miracle. That's
the first Lesson these misguided
souls have 10 learn. Indeed IN
many cnsos u 10 half tho battle.
think o doctor licensed TO practice
madeleine should be licensed ut tho
Hame time 10 hash over the head
patients with peculiar obHessl ons
about healing" Halyes and fuoci
prejudices against the blessings oil
modern SURGERY II would help q
lot In tho cure. These thoughts
come when inspect tho specimen,
In the average medicine cupboard
In our own cupboard you notice
we have Just two saivcs..-and In
not "a all sure oDe would not bs
quito enough. However bosidel
or Doc Halve, tho formula n
which has already been given
there In d tubo Of Petrolatun, vi
an they call II IN England, soft
parhffIn: IN the United states II "
sold under various trade names
Petroleum IL tho official name fol
II may DO Just d fancy, but whof
have q sunburn, a. bite, a tender
sore or cut or abrasion, ! find my.
self choosing 'Ol Doc Saive and mol
Petroleum. Unce In while %
Doc Salve In a BIT mussy, and ther
ono falls back on plain Petrolatum
Remember that whichever saIve
or ointment you elect 10 use fof
such emergencies, II should come
from a cola psiblyc tube and moi
from an open jar or box. unless you
so 20 the trouble Of boiling OF
steam sterIlizing the whole box boz
fore you use II. Salve In q coll
iapsible tube remains une0ntamin-
ated and practically sterile until
the table Ii emptied.
| Aside from the soothing effect o
saive or ointment may have local
iy, II Is important that we rid our
minds OF all childish notions that
such remedies have any "healing'
power or virtue. Healing is ma
turai process. and under the most
favorable conditions II goes on at q
| certain rate. One can retard II by
unwige interference and by injuri-
Gus applications. but one can't
speed up the healing process In
tho glightest degree.
Aside (. ON soothing uncbmfort-
able burning. smarting or hurting,
d salve can only serve to protect
| the lesion against Injurious con-
facts and TO protect the raw sur.
face against adhering to dressings
which may be necessary.
AZ we have already pointed out,
many popular saIvcs are injurious
and definitely rctard or delay the
healing of any wound Of burn or
raw raffaee. Some nostfums tout :
cd ~ "heulIng." "antiscpiIc" and
The like are positively dangerous
where applied IN q taw surface 81
any considerable exelnt.