The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-12
,AUT3INTO A1IO!li CAN'T 7

1t might be as < welt to 20 and lfoller down the xaiiabArrgI asd to- try and tel some of; the old tcgieg thai costiveness doesn't cause dache. But I rather Ike holieriitg4, down the fainbarrel. Thexes 9lWAyks tue chance that some, one. who .aoeszaik [, know ,inOfe; than ' do about the stbs
 ject may hear, and .stilt ' young enough, believe what ! say. n {. .;s
 II, too; received my, early health educatiC1, ' from. the ,alEuutlac and the testimonials Sd copiotiSly mters laced with the. jokes and tie meter. ologic notes. too, ittaok Z its for, granted that if the qaukest or iaok- truIn vGAdOrg who ped ddleH the a1
 1iafacs could say 0r imply that tiia human boWef sr requires 4 constant watching and regtilat ton and that any variation iof bowel and liver function. from the 4 schedules I0r~ daineds by the ctAriatans enkailed grave danger S of accumulation Cf impurities. nay, ,polsons in, the blood 1T assdimed that if the pill wetidurs could propagate such ideas without a word of contra dictiOn from the medical lepr6f ion of, from theHptits ative aaiealtit,S authorities, then iatt must be so. N Even as "a sophost0rE medical stud dent I, was so iinbued with the knowledge Ithad gieaned from the claarl&san'S $ bait that I was saved from consulting lctcraolls; qiiack of the day Scr; my acne only, because I couldn't dag up the price. Twenty years flater "a great fifedical teacher told ms that he had gone through. the same experience with acme in youth, but fortunately he had, managed to find. the 4piace for the quack'S itreatnient, and he said the wrong ideas that .qlack. had ilta-i parted had had an ..lnhaddy in4 flisence on the whole course Of his.
 So ri content myself with . straightforward recital of the, ,pty- siological facts and leave 1t to you to think and do as you please. Of course you know better. than a doc. tor does, don't you2 And. even if you were uncertain about that it stands to reason that a doctor who assures the public. < that {, nobody needs any physic at any tinne--,in- less in rare emergencies under med- ical are-doesri't know what he's talking about. especially, when ,ail the quacks, rostthiil ltHotigers and nearly all the genera. prac tipslegs: in the country more or less approve if they do not urge the use Of lax. atives for all sorts of ailments.
 Psychologists have found no evil dence to support the n6ticG of, 5"au-
 tointoxicA Atioia" <, or poisoning of the system by absorption of any product
 or by-product of disordered or re-
 tarded digestion ii1 the alsnentAfy tract. VI sss,y.,..;. \, {, <. .-..@ {. a.i.
 On the contrary; these authorities are in SgrHeri1ent that the disagree able cofiasquetces, if any, Of ccssj tivsness ,or delay Cr faillireS;i the regular bowel activity, are clearly due to" two faEtorsa My; 4trst, :aia z z, iety or worry. and second, mechaSi.
 feat pressure fso1h distehsicn, sof the lower bowel. iJc 2 ,fyf 4' 4M " '''.Ts$
 There you have it-y -ooti the one hand the qdackS and roStFaiitY iyi- terests, it%the tothes. side the cphy-'' siocologists. T1lis 4SEa free, country. That iSys if you: 90 .SlOngs with the physioc ologistS-i 1t. is pretty expeT-- siye if you elect to. remain faithful to your almanac tfaining. z.