The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-05

mercury or even the modern ar- senical compounds against syphilis.
 By all odds the best reduction system or method we have today, we might say the only method that has proved in practice not only efficient and safe but actually bene- ficial to the patients health, vigoe and appearance, is the method de- scribed in Little Lesson No. 10, en- titled "New Design for Dwindling." Blushingly I confess I am the author of the booklet, but I didn't discover the method. Any reader who has any reducing that needs i doing may have copy Of this booklet if he or she will comply with these requirements-and don't send me 8 clipping in lieu thereof or I'll take your head off. Name the booklet you want, and incloSe a stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress.
 Briefly the essentials of the method are CD a reasonably re- stricted diet, not a starvation regi- men, and CD daily ration of vitamins and minerals to supple ment the diet. There is still third feature which is discretionary and may be left to the patients volun- tary inclination-exercise. I mean to imply that as the patients general health, vigor and sense of well being improve under the regi- men he or she will begin to enjoy exercise and indulge in it for the pleasure of it.
 A fundamental consideration too often overlooked is that overweight or obesity is always an insidious accumulation of excess flesh. It doesn't develop in week or 8 month but through several years, as a rule. By the same token 1t is un- reasonable and unwise in any case to attempt to get rid of the excess in a hurry. Rigorous or harsh measures undertaken by ill-advised victims, usually under other than competent medical supervision, bring regret and sometimes disas- ter. The first thing the overweight individual should understand is that, if he or she is in earnest and hopes to recover anything like former good health and condition, the corrective course must be taken methodically and easily. If wise, the obese or overweight individual will be content to take 1t off little if any faster than he took 1t on. That plan involves no strain or damage to the vital machinery.
 It is worth noting here that the daily ration of vitamins and min erals used to supplement the diet in the reduction regimen is chlefly the vitamins and minerals removed from wheat in the process of re- finement and milling, that is, vita mins B and G (plus fair amount of sunshine vitamin D) and the elements calcium, phosphorus and iron. Another thing worth noting is that patients following the new de- sign for dwindling commonly find that they crave actually less food than they formerly ate, and that brings us to the consideration Of appetite, which is another story.
 Acne Ointment
 I am a Brady enthusiast since try ing your acne ointment. It cleared up my face after I had despaired. (H. L. T)
 Answer-1 wonder which ointment you mean. Glad to send any reader who asks for it in writing the mono graph on Acne (pimples and black heads). Inclose a 1 1-2-cent-stamped envelope bearing your address. IT you ask any other question, 1nclose three-cent-stamped envelope for the answer.
 Lump
 Is 1t possible to have lump size of hickorynut removed from lower half of breast without removing the whole breast? (Mrs c. w. D.
 Answer-Yes, if the lump is not adherent to the skin or to the ribs. Copyright 1888, John F. Dille co.