The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15
so IODIN MAKES THE HAIR
 WAVE?

A tolerable amount of-well, lit erary license, exaggeration, enthus- iasm, not to say lying, is all right, even does good, but after all we have to draw the line somewhere. I dare not print precisely what many correspondents say about iodin ration. In fact don't believe all they say about it myself. Yet there are many things I don't know about the effects of iodin in the diet.
 Some years ago a correspondent informed me that after few months on the iodin ration he or she had been grateful to find that varicose ulcer of many years stand ing had finally healed and no long CT gave any trouble. I expressed skepticism as to the part the iodin ration had played in the healing of the old ulcer. know that there are a good many persons worrying along like that with unhealed var icose ulcer simply because they try to treat it themselves and seldom or never seek proper medical treat ment or if they do happen to con- suit physician they do not remain under his care long enough to ob- tain 8 cure. Varicose ulcer proper ly treated will heal completely in every case, provided it has not de- veloped malignancy, that is can- cerous degeneration. But no specific salve or "home treatment" can take the place of the medical and surgi- cal treatment a physician applies.
 First medical colleague re- minded he that small doses of thyroid hormone have been more or less routine medication in the treat ment of such cases for years-and the effects of iodin are analogous with the effects of thyroid. Indeed, iodin is the natural stimulus and activator of thyroid gland function.
 Then l received from several medical readers references to or reprints of scientific articles in current medical literature in which the beneficial effects of iodin or thyroid were urged in the treat ment of chronic varicose ulcer.
 So let Mrs. M. B. w. have her say:
 My daughter, a young woman, began taking your iodin ration about two years ago. She had al- ways had straight, stringy hair, not only on top of her head but all of her hair was like that. Last summer she noticed the hair on top of her head was taking on a nat ural wave. Within only few weeks all of her hair was beginning to curl. Now 1t has 8 lovely wave of its own, without the aid of beauty parlors or home style curlers. Could this possibly be from the iodin ration? She is greatly pleased, of course."
 that I have more important lying waiting to be done. But can as- sure all and sundry that an iodin ration never does anybody any harm. And complete instructions will be mailed on request if you CD do NOT clip this item or tell me what I said, and (2) inclose a stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress.
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