The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06
A WORD TO THE GLUTTON IS
 WASTED

notice some columnists grace fully stand aside and let their read CTS serve as guest conductors when they, the columnisB, want to go fishing. But, darn 1t all. I can't go fishing any more, for hate to kill a fish just for sport. However, I am quietly training few readers. go that if ever am caught and sent to jail we can keep the health of the country up to snuff until I get out again. J. D. 0. has sone- thing to tell you gluttons. Anyway 1t will do you no harm to listen to his advice:
 An English judge once decided that A man is drunk when, duo to the influence of liquor. he cannot do properly what he B trying to do. Thus man sitting in an easy chair might be sober as far as sitting in the chair were concerned, although unable to walk across the room without recling. On the other hand if single cocktail impaired his Judgment so that he tried to beat q train to a crossing, or slowed his reaction time 50 that he failed to apply his brake promptly enough to prevent collision, the man would be regarded as intoxicated.
 Reading this set me to thinking about gluttony. We commonly think of a glutton AS one who E an enor- nous eater, one who stuffs himself. Following the reasoning of the Eng lish judge, would not one who, through lack of gclf-control, eats any amount that is more than he can digest. or any yiand which he cannot properly dispose of. qualify as q glutton?
 Why not call things by their right names When we have an at- tack of biliousncss, acidity or dys- pcpsia, why not acknowledge that the probable cause is gluttony?
 Why not recognize that the many alkalis, antacids and laxatives urged upon us through every mdeium of communication today arc addressed to and for the use of gluttons? (J. D. O.
 I have cluttcrcd up a whole col- umn many time and said less than J. D. C. says in q night letter.
 "BiliOusncgs" or bilious attacks" were more popular generation ago than they arc today. J. D. c. tells us the cause.
 Nasty eating Is & cause, as well as ovcrcatlng. The old timers put in more time at their eating than we do today. But then, they hadn't discovered hyperacidity. colitis, acid osis, autointozication and high blood pressure. 50 what was there 10 do to while away the time but sit and eat2 The state of the liver wag good for only moments cas- ual conversation.
 gluttons would rather call it any, thing but gluttony.
 | Immunity
 Why is 1t that after a person has once had typhoid they never get 1t agaln2 What causes the immunity Is IL that some germs arc left in the body 10 light any that might invade the body again? How do some per- sons become carriers? Mrs. o. M)
 Answcr--Whcn patient recovers from typhoid fever he recovers be- cause his blood has produced an an tidote against the typhoid toxin, just hs the diphtheria patient recov- crB when his blood produces enough antidote or antitozin 10 neutralizc the poison or toxin produced by the diphtheria germs. Why some ty- phoid fever patients continue to be carriers of tho germs years after re- covcry. we do not know. Usually the germs remain in the gall-bladder. and sometimes removal of the in- fcctcd gall-bladdcr clears up the Carrier" state.
 Copyright. 1888. John P. Dille Co)