The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-30
PRACTICALLY A TESTIMONIAL

I PRACTICALLY A TESTIMONIAL ] Speaking of testimonials recently said:
 "rf any one hes benefited Or thinks he has beneflted in any way by reading this column or by writ~ Ing to me for information or ad- vice, there is no law to prevent the bird from saying so."
 That was by way of an evasive reply to Q correspondent who pro- posed that I offer prizes for letterp telling of the help readers have gained from this column, AS tho there were no Scottish in me. Why pay for testimonials, I ask, when I get 'em free? For example, the above announcement that 1t IS not against the law brought this one.
 "Your column this morning serves to remind me that for some time I've been putting of writing yOu to say that owe e great deal to you for my steady improvement il health in the past years"
 Right here I'd be willing to be. lieve this chap has a good deal more Scottish blood in him than I have. You can tell he is not giving any, thing away from the way he esti- mates the benefit as of a years dur- ation. Being newspaper writer himself, and what's worse Q sym dicated one, he knows my column has been running in the paper he mentions for twenty-three years or more, daily and Sunday, without Q break, unless rarely on account of | earthquake, flood or great winds storm, Has the man only just started reading my column, or was the information and advice in it not so good for the first 22 years?
 The gentleman now brings on the symptoms.
 Myocarditis; blood pressure around 100; prolapsed stomach: pulse as low as 30 lying down, rising to 120 or more on arising abruptly: sleepy headed; slight chronic coli- tis; general rot-worth-a -datnness. And extremely nervous (imagln- aryO.
 Well, never mind that now. How do I know what the correspondent means by "nervous"2 Anyway, I rec sent his way of iinputing to me the view that people who say they are nervous" or have nervous" trou- ble just imagine their trouble. Whnt I do try to make laymen under- stand is that the doctor who con- ceals his ignorance or incompetence by disinissing a patient with the trick diagnosis of "nerves" takes the ignorance and gullibility of the pa- tient for granted.
 You kept harping on yitamins, diet deficiencies, etc, until I start- ed taking irradiated yeast tablets calcium and phosphorus, eating plain wheat exposing my body to sunshine to get more vitamin D tA make me assimilate calcium and phosphorus. Now I, who could scarcely walk three blocks Q yeat ago, play 9 holes of golf nearly every day, besides walking about two miles a day, and life is begin ming to mean something again. still low and pulse cratic, but ] no longer have those distressing sinking spells" with acute short- ness of breath, and my "nerves' (imaginary to you who have nevet been ilervous) are much better.
 There he goes again.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Elementary, Mir. Dear Watson
 Would you be so kind-begi1s . letter from man afflicted with q tnalady we'll mention presently We made a snap diagnosis of the case on the waves in the down stroke in the letter k. Sure enough toward the end of the paragraph the correspondent said he has shak- ing palsy (paralysis agitans, Park inson's disease).
 Answer - Prolonged medication, with small doses of nyosein, plui parathyroid hormone and vitafnir D have seemed to give a good deal of relief to such sufferers. Only the patients own physician can sucD cessfully or safely administer such treatment.