The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-04
MI1sT WE DOCTOR OuR BREAD?

MUST WE DOCTOR OUR BREAD?
 Addressing 8 gathering of the Canadian Home Economics aSSocia- tion, Dr. E. V. McCollun, author of the famous Viewer Knowledge of Nutrition" said the synthetic "en- richment" of bread and other foods is becoming 8 fad which will be abandoned in time because of its abuse. pr. McCollum scaid he was unpopular because of his opposi- ton to the fertilization of white flour.
 Besides being 8 pain in the neck to the medical politicians who have undisputed control of the A. M. A., I am 8 member or fellow of that organization. AS a member or fel- low I share the opprobrium of the recent conviction of the American Medical association for violation of the Sherman act. As a mere ob- server I fear that the ambitions of the medical dictator and his re- tinue will bring American medicine under worse reproach if the inar- ticulate rank and file of the medi- cal organization cannot contrive to curb the arrogance of its dictator.
 The. doctoring of white flour which the American Medical asso- citation now seeks to regulate or conrtol is variously called enrich ment," "fortif1cation" and "restora- ton" and is means aiming to white four dashes of synthetic thiamin Artificial vitamin B1) and ribo- f1avin (B2 or O and iron and cal- cium and perhaps some nicotinic acid, by way of partial compen- sation for the removal of vitami1s, iron and calcium in the process of milling.
 After all, the synthetic vitamins mentioned are but a fraction of the vitamins that are naturally present in wheat. It is simply a quack or humbug pretention to imply that this enrichment" of white flour re- stores what has been removed or destroyed, for of course it does nothing of the kind. Furthermore it is, in my opinion, not quite hon. est to pretend that such factoring of white bread will insure an ade- quate supply of the essential vita mins and minerals to the bread eating public.
 If people wish to enjoy good nu- triton and all it means to health and efficiency they can do so by eating plain wheat or bread made from the entire wheat with nothing removed in the process of milling They cannot do so by eating "en- riched" white bread, even though the doctoring of the flour is super vised, regulated, controlled and carried out under the auspices of the A. M. A. or any of the Council thereof.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Corn Medicine
 You see I'm one of those dubious Doctors" you sometimes discuss. But I also have my letterhead printed Dentist" many patients would not know what D D. S.. means. Please advise what is wrong with the prescription inclosed. Druggist told the dear old lady it requires very special kind of sal- icylic acid that would be quite ex- pensive. (B-).
 Answer-Nothing is wrong with the prescription. It calls for sali- cylic acid. Perhaps the druggist was busy at the soda fountain. In- stead of a salve I would suggest 8 collodion containing salicylic acid, as a remedy for corns or cal- fuses. Paint corn or callus once daily for week or two with so- lution of thirty grains of salicylic acid in one-half ounce of flexible collodion. This is commonly called Salicylated Collodion. Nothing du- bious about your pretention, Doctor What gripes me is the stationery printed just Dr. Richard Roe, with no inkling of how the Doctor" gets that way-which raises the question whether the fellow is a humbug, as so many self-styled Doctors" are Vitamin B Complex for Deafness feel guilty of unpardonable neg lect I meant to report long ago