The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-07

1 only. The regular or normal ac- | tivity of the intestine cannot be permanently affected by such a cause-but if the medicine emotion or food which is capable of disturb l ing the function Is repeatedly talk en, day after day, the same effects may be repeatedly produced. That is all the constipation habit amounts to.
 Many individuals who have been | educated by nostrum vendors and quacks imagine the evil of consti- patton lies in the poisoning of the system by retained waste matter. That is sheer quack hokum, with out even plausible scientific basis. The best evidence of the absurdity Of the morbid notion of "autointox- ication" is the fact that so many of us who knew better and never use any sort of laxative or physic be- come quite constipated at times, | pay no attention, do nothing about it, and suffer no inconvenience or unpleasant symptoms whatever. The intestine is autonomous. Don't interfere and it will regulate itself. Constipation Is a predicament rath- CT than an ailment; the conse- quence of bad habit rather than the habit.
 You can't permanently alter the functioning of the lungs by holding your breath or by deep breathing or faster breathing for Q few mo- ments every day or every hour. Nor can you permanently alter the function of the intestine by any e m porary interference. Even though you take one physic or an- other every day for years, the bow el function remains unchanged, and will continue quite normally if you suddenly quit taking the physic. The natural autonomic regulation will require from three to five days to readjust itself, but it invaria bly, does so, if only you have enough brains to wait and leave the ma chincry alone. This is not theory, but the practical experience of thousands of readers who have re- gained freedom from the physic habit.
 The harmful poisoning associated with constipation, is not the imag- mary "autointoxication" but the poisoning of the entire organism by drugs taken as physic.
 QUESTIONS A:;D ANSWERS SaleratuS
 Is baking soda harmful if taken every day to ward off colds? (K. A. R.)
 Answer-Yes. It doesn't ward off anything. It would rather tend to interfere with the natural develop ment of immunity, I believe.
 Calcium Lactate
 Some time ago you mentioned possible relief for hay fever by treatment with calcium lactate. (B E.)
 bearing your address and ask for monograph on Hay Fever.
 Bed Wetting
 Six year old son confirmed bed wetter. I have punished, bribed, begged and shamed. (Mrs. l.. B.
 Answer--You have done every thing wrong. Send stamped envel- ope bearing your address and ask for monograph on bed wetting, but be sure to mention that your son vets the bed, otherwise no advice.
 Raw Cucumber
 Are fresh green cucumbers in- furious if eaten raw? Is 1t neces- sary to soak the poison out of them (Mrs. T. R. S.)
 Answer-They are wholesome and healthful raw, if you like them. They contain no poison and so re- quire no soaking.
 Barefoot Children.
 Daughter has two children, 4 and 2 respectively. She lets them go barefoot in the house all winter. Of course they do not go out bare. foot and she keeps the rooms warn, with gas. The children seem heal. thy enough, but 1t seems to me [. (Mrs. C. r. O.
 Answer-If the children enjoy. it, rest assured it is best for their health.
 You Bet Your life
 All this chin-chin about birth controp' makes me sick. When you look in your baby's clear, innocent eyes and feel his little bands touch ing you. 1t is heavenly. The woman who has no children doesn't know what life means. We are poor. goodness knows, and have to pinch