The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-17
SCRATCH A DOCTOR AND WHAT DO YOU FIND?
Nearly every mail brings a letter printed or embossed like this:
 Dr. Oscar Zilch
 338 Forest Avenue

Nearly every InalI DrHlBS AetteI printed or embossed like this:
 Dr. Oscar zilch
 338 Forest Avenue
 Ourville
 The doctor either gets off some choice sarcasm about some of my teachings or informs me something has been brought to his attention and he will be pleased to receive the formula for the medicine or the technic of the treatment. Some thing about the letter makes me look up Dr. Zilch in the medical director. No one of that name listed in Our vile. We'll, maybe the doctor has moved from some other place to Ourville since the last directory was compiled. But no, the name does not appear Tn the alphabetical list of physicians of the United States, Canada and insular possessions.
 Dear Doctor Squilch, am con- strained to reply, if the gentleman has inclosed a properly stamped en- velcpe bearing his address, just what are you q doctor of, philoso- phy, divinity or horse? - or words to that effect.
 I have him there. No getting around the fact that professional letterhead or card should make known the degree, If any, and as a general rule persons who have a degree are intelligent enough to re- member this when they use printed professional stationery. The ducks who call themselves Doctor" with out divulging the token arc quite likely to be ignorant fakers.
 Every school child knows it is in- correct or impolite and betrays ignorance to address person who has doctors degree, whether M.D., D.D., Ph. D.. DDS, DO. LL.D. as Mr., Mrs. or Miss. Every child should know that it is equally improper to address one who has no such degree as Doctor"
 Too many Doctors on the firing es of the medical profession came by their titles as "Colonels" do in Kentucky. Fortunately for these humbugs the morons of America know no better than to take a trick Doctor" seriously-they harbor a childish notion that the government would not let an unqualified person call himself Doctor" The govern ment doesn't care whoop what a citizen calls himself so long as he doesn't make any tactless cracks about the silly business of swearing allegiance to the constitution or the flag.
 One such Doctor" circulates propaganda against the use of alum mum ware. With an aggregation Of quacks whose opinions he cites he seeks to frighten simple-minded folk from the use of aluminium ware in the kitchen. Many of his dupes have asked me about this. assure them aluminium ware has been used in my own home for thirty years and it is still going strong, and so are we. I remind them. too, that the Doctor" is not physician at all, but an obscure dentist.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Drying Up the Blood
 Would the contents of the pack age whose label inclose dry up the blood if taken daily? What effect is it supposed to have. co. Lo
 Answer-No. It is supposed to have extraordinary effects, but in fact believe 1t is merely preten- tious dose of salts dressed up to impress the simple customer. Sure ly it is injurious to take salts every day or frequently; but 1t doesn't "dry up the blood"
 CesspOOls
 Is 1t true cesspools cause typhoid fever etc? What is the minimum distance from residence to locate them? G. s.
 Answer-No. they rather help to prevent typhoid fever. A concrete septic tank is safe and unobjection- able in any location. A teaching cesspool (a pit dug in sandy or porous soiD should be not less than forty feet from dwelling and at q lower level than well or spring if there is one on the place. Write the Public Health Service, Washington. D. C., for free government pamphlet on cessp0ols and septic tanks.
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