The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-03

Right after had finished a SER
les of articles telling all and maybe
more than I had a. right to tell
about keeping young or postponing
senility, darn If a letter didn't ar
rive from a Kansas farmer who
said he had been giving a good
deal of time lately to thinking,
while they were digging out his
farm, on the subject of growing
old. He observed that at sixty or
so there is generally some evidence
of failing sight, failing memory,
stiffening joints, sluggish digestion,
and worst of all the much dreaded
prostate enlargement which makes
miserable the existence of so many
elderly men. And so he thought a
few articles in this column on the
care of the human body at this
time in life should be interesting
and instructive.
Any day now I expect to get a
letter from someone asking why !
don't write something on how to
keep well. Frankly I've been turn
ing that very idea over in my mind
for twenty years or more and some
day I'll do it when you least ex-
pect it.
The Kansas philosopher whose
farm is buried in dust does not be-
lieve the partly worn out human
machine can be rejuvenated to any
great extent, but he cherishes a
fond fancy that the bearings can
be oiled up, the battery recharged,
and the old fellow kept on his feet
and out Of the soldiers home for a
few more years.
In reply to the dry farmers re-
quest I beg to state that I have
nothing new to add to what / said
in the series of article which he
probably dismissed as trivia or
tripe. What little additional wis
dom I was able to collect ! includ-
ed in the booklet Building Vital
ity' which is now available at ten
cents a copy If you write for it and
inclose stamped envelope bearing
your address.
1t would be trite to say, and so
did not say that the proper treat
ment or prevention of senility be-
gins before you are born. But the
condition Of ones teeth has good
deal to do with it and certainly we
know that the diet of the mother
before the child Is born largely de-
termines the condition of the
child's teeth. So IL any of you
younger readers contemplate hav-
| ing a baby you had better file your
order now and assure the baby q
ripe old age. !.
There is not a word in the book.
let about prostate hypertrophy.
don't know a thing about the
causes of that. Recently some doc.
tor announced that a hormont
called inhibin seemed to be the
much desired prophylactic against
| prostatic enlargement. but I feal
the discovery was heralded prema
turely, for an impressive silence
has followed the newspaper blurb
However, prostate obstruction nj
longer appals the old man. 1t II
now amenable to transurethral res
cetion, which is much less formid
able than the perineal or supra
pubic operation was.
Old age responds well to treat
ment If taken in time.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Is the Family Defective?
Young man 1 contemplate mar,
rying has one brother and one sis
ter who ana told are queer. His
mother, and another brother and
sister 1 know are normal. An uncle
and a cousin of his were insane
Please give me your opinion. en-
p. H.
Answer-Insufficient data. Con-
suit the family physician who
knows better than anyone else
whether there Ia any heritable
faint or defect. For his own inter-
est as well as yours the young man
should help you to get this essen
tial information.
ExcretiOn
Smallpox is simply an effort OF
the body to throw out poisonous
waste matter natures house
cleaning, "a Freak Healer.)