The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-27

eration is the safe and sane treat inent for appendicitis.
 It is perhaps true that strictly medical stuff with personal bear ing is neither pleasant nor profit able for the casual reader. But I contend that strictly health stuff, physiology, hygiene, sanitation, lnu- triton and diet, is wholesome read- ing for any laymaf1, and 1t is effect i've in improving health if 1t has sufficient personal appeal to stick in the layr1arl's consciousness.
 Nothing deadlier in print than public health data, statistics, tables, sickness rates, and all that. Nothing so tiresome or so depressing to the lay reader as reports of half-baked medical experiments or researches, the sort of material distributed by the ton by various interests that subsidize or "endow" the preten- tious but misleading research work" on which this voluminous lit- erature is based. | Writing or talking about disease the doctor should be entirely ilnper- sonal, for unless he sis a quack drumming new business he doesn't want his readers or listeners to get 1t. Teaching health the doctor should be as personal as possible, for he does want his readers or lis- teners to get 1t.
 The medical profession hasn't much to tell me about teaching health. I'm telling them.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Fl, Fl, Marjory
 Perhaps you will tell me am get- ting old and there ain't no cure for me, but will greatly appreciate If you will tell me whether anything will permanently or even tennpor- arily cure graying hair. Also lines around the eyes. I am 28 |. (N6. 0. O. ~ tgtt
 Answer-Too much cooking makes the hair old. Too much chemical complexion makes the skin old. In- vestigate the Iodin Ration, Regen- eration Regimen, Somersaultauqua and the general subject of vitaniiils, Marjory. The Iodin Ration and Sonaersaultauqua are available if you send S-cent-staJnped envelope bearing your address and ask for them. The Regeneration Regimen" and Building Vitality" (about vita r11ins) are booklets which set you back ten cents each. Also ask for monograph on Care of the Hair". Do Men Change?
 Please tell me whether there is any truth in the idea that men, as well, undergo kind of change of life at about the same age as women do? How does 1t affect man? ! am having the change of life, and I'd certainly feel sorry for my hus- band if he must 90 through such an ordeal, too (Mrs. s. H. B.)
 Answer. .-- Nonsense, sister. The menopause brings no trouble at all normally. Send stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for monograph on change of life".
 xmpetig0
 What causes iIlipetigo? Is it Q skin or blood disease? Our two children, T and Q, had it last year. We thought 1t was all cured, but now they still get Q pinaple that itches and when scratched forms pus (Mrs. F. II. F.)
 Answer-It is a contagious skin disease. Thoroughly wash with warm bOric acid solution (table- spoonful of boric acid in the quart of water) and then apply boric acid salve copiously.
 IOdin
 We read in our farm papers and in leaflets from agriculture experi- ment stations that the iodin you recommend is inorganic and of no beneflt, and that only organic iodine in the form it occurs in foods can be used by the body (S. J)
 AnsWer-Xes, that is 6 familiar old line. Tn my judgment ordinary brown tincture of iodin (old spell- ing iodine) is quite as ellicient as any .sorRnnic'' icdiu compound can be. Thousands Of our readers who have taken the Iodin Ration will agree. Every child and adult not under medical care should have an Iodin Ration. I believe. Send stamp cd envelope bearing your address nm.. f.sa&.saamfInram