The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-12

Noah Webster shares the popular misunderstanding his 1894 diction- ary. What people commonly call patent medicine is not patented, of course, but only proprietary product for which the owner has a name or trademark registered U. s. patent office" so that no one else may appropriate the name or trademark, but the formula of the medicine is not patented or pro- tected in any way-any one may prepare or sell the same formula provided he does not use the trade name for it. A patent cannot be obtained for medicine unless the applicant can show thatt he medi- cine is an actual improvement or a discovery of value. Few medicines the layman can buy or use on his own responsibility are patented, for that very reason. Practically all so-called patent medicines" are merely proprietary products, more or less familiar old connections sold under trade mark.
 I am curious to learn whether the new duodenum extract to re- place the patented and hence very expensive insulin will be patented by it's discoverer and the customary split in the profits given to medical research or some such noble cause to take the curse off.
 Meanwhile, here is a practical suggestion for every one who has diabetes or who wishes to avoid de. veloping diabetes. Be sure you gel an optima1 ration of vitamin E every day. By optimal ration ] mean considerably more than may be essential to prevent definite de. ficiency disease. Just how much vitamin B constitutes an optima ration, don't know. Nor does any. body know just how much vitamir B you or I must have daily to pre-. vent beriberi or polyneuritis or any of the functional impairments o1 the tro-intestinal tract which may occur when the intake of vita. min B is too low.
 It has been we'll established by laboratory and clinical studies that an optimal ration of vitamin B has an effect on carbohydrate metabol. ism equivalent to daily dose oi from ten to forty units of insulin- after the optimal ration of vitamin B has been taken for three or fout weeks.
 have told here repeatedly the best sources of each of the vita mins. If you missed it and wish to know, send ten cents in coin and a stamped envelope bearing your address, for copy of the booklet Building Vitality"
 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Herorrhoids
 What diet will cure hemorrhoids, if any? co. L.)
 Answer-I know of no such diet The mostsatisfaetory treatment for hemorrhoids (piles) Is injection treatment. which is practically painless and does not detain the patient from ordinary work. The better physicians in every commun- ity now employ this method. Send stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress, for monograph on the cause, prevention and treatment of hem orrhoids.
 Hay Fever Resorts
 Kindly tell me where to go for hay fever? (Mrs. S.)
 Answer-Duluth, Banff. Kineo. Rangely Lakes. Santa Barbara. Co., ronado. Albuquerque, Eaglesmere, Pocono Mountains. Adirondack Mountains. Roan Mountain, Hot Springs (S. D.. New London, Mus koka, Nova Scotia, Black Moun- tains. Abita Springs. silver Plume, Salt Lake City. The relief you may ind in any hay fever resort de- bends on the presence or absence of the particular pollen responsi- bie for your trouble. Many And great comfort in q voylage on the Great Lakes. or still better a sea voyage south. have a general lei. ter of advice. if you will provide n stamped envelope bearing your ad 1. dress.
 Hairy Mole
 Flesh mole on my face with hairs growllss Out Of fl. Any harm ln pulling thcm out with tweezors. (M. P.)
 Answer--it is unwise Co do 60