The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-20
Your Health By pr. William Brady

signe6 letters pertaining Co ppe- sOnaI health and hygieaaes not tos disease, diagnosis of treatment will be answered by pr. Brady rlS
 stamped seIf.addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should Do brief and written in fink. No reply cass Dc made to queries not conform < ing to instructions. Address Dr.. q william Brady, National Nowv-I paper Service, 320 West Madl1Sis
 Street, Chicago, III. WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR NERVE
 Glass A neuroticS really have <. something the matter, generally not with the nervous system, but pefs-s haps some cardicvascular .deBen- eration (heart-artery wearing cut19 { or some nutritional deficiency such as mild pellagra or undiagnosed chronic gall bladder trouble with or without gallstores, or chronic gas- tro-intestinal disease of one kind or another, or anemia, or chronic car- bon Inonoxide a1oxia, or chronic lead poisoning, or incipient pulmon- ary tuberculosis, or unfecognized a hyperthyrroidisIn (ex o ph thalEnic goitre presenting less than usual widness, prominence or staring of eyes). These are @ few of the cons ditions that too often masquerade as 'neurasthenia" or "just nerves,g..
 Persons with such diseases grav- :. itate into Glass B eventually for. two reasons. First, because the doCs, . tors they do consult, obsessed with, the notion that nervousness" or "neurasthenia" is a real condition or factor, are content to dismiss them with prescription for., Q nerve sedative or "tonic" and some hackneyed advice about the need, of, @ good rest and relaxation. Second, because such patients, once 50 inc [. oculated by physician, especially if he be Q "specialist' or the head man in Q well advertised clinic" are likely to have little or no further truck with doctors, at least not with ordinary doctors, and coast along feeling sorry for them. selves and their poor "nerveS"--A frame of mind which readily carries them into Class B.
 It is not entirely due to the in- competence or indifference of the physician first consulted that neurotic gravitates to Class B. Two other factors are concerned in the production of nervous wrecks. First the patient gets the idea that he or she knows as much or more than the ordinary doctor knows about nerves" and will not accept any advice or opinion which does not seem to suit his or her fancy. Sec- ond, there is the factor of sting mess - reluctance in the part Of persons of moderate means or even persons of wealth to spend good money for a proper or complete medical examination when, by as- suming that the trouble is nerves" the ycan worry along on some nos- trum, some freak "druglesS" treat ment or on self-treatment.
 Let me leave this thought with Glass A neurotics and those in the borderland of Glass B. It is a well recognized fact, based on solid sci- entific ground, on our knowledge or physiology and on ordinary every day observation, that a so-called brain worker" or white collar work CT requires less sleep for refresh. ment and restoration than Q manual laborer, one who works Cor plays) hard with his muscles does. This fact ought to raise some doublt in the mind of any intelligent per- son who attributes his i'll health to to nerves" or nervous weakness"
 QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 Iodine
 The iodine bought reads - (trade name) Tincture of Iodine Q. s. P. Contains 87eS alcohol Saution Poison" Is this the right 1odine2
 (M. A. O.
 Answer-If you mean the Iodine suitable to use as first aid diStn- fectant for minor wounds and for the Iodin Ration, no. For both or these purposes Mild Ttncture or Iodine, U. s. F., is the right Iodine.
 Good Doctor
 Some time ago you kindly referred me to pr. - for injection treat- ment of hemorrhoids. from which had suffered for forty years. After Dr. discharged me have had no more trouble and have thrown all laxatives and the like out Of the window. I naturally feel very grateful to pr. for his skilful treatment and to you for recorn- mending him. (R. H0
 Answer-I have had literally scores of letters like your from patients who have been cured of piles by the injection treatment given by your doctor. It is largely through the courage and skill of such men as he that the injection treatment of piles is today the method of choice and surgery is seldom inflicted on an intelligent person who has internal hemorrhoids (al- though still necessary in many cases of external hemorrhoids). Copyright 1943, John F. Dille Co)