The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-03
SOME DAY is NEVER

SOME DAI 10 NEVEN
Regarding high blood pressure I
said here recently:
1--WE call it essential hyperteI1-
sion,' which is medical double talk
meaning we hate to tell you we
don't know what it means. ! use
the editorial plural, not to imply
that I'm one of the best of physi-
clans but merely that I know no
more about this or other types Of
high blood pressure than your
doctor or any doctor knows"
Catching me with my guard down
like that, Mrs. B. w. writes:
DR.. Brady
When you get little older
and have high blood pressure and
some of the bad spells people
with high blood pressure have
perhaps you will have a different
story to tell, or at least have a
little more sympathy =.
That takes me back to the hal
cyon days. Then I busted myself
combating the notion that exposure
to cold and dampness-such as
every one experiences more or less
in the ordinary course Of life
causes chronic rheumatism" My
purpose was not merely to promote
a debate on the question. was
pretty young and enthusiastic then
and I hoped to get people who suf-
fered one or another form of chronic
joint disability to take new interest
in seeking the cause of their trouble
oVd ,1arl,o nc oJ,+ q iy,ir,o Como rn1inf
or even a cure. But, shuckS, I
doubt if I converted dozen old
timers in year. You have to catch
'em young if you expect to get any
where with new-fangled ideas.
My mentor goes on:
IT have learned pretty well how
to handle blood pressure. am
under no doctors care and never
have been. I don't trust them to
know what to do in case of a
spell. :"
Perhaps that's why the good
woman is content to drift along
believing her trouble is high blood
pressure"-she has never given a
doctor the chance to find out what
ailS her. But she mentions that she
always wants to know just how
high her blood pressure is, for If
she knows it is over (never mind
the figure) she knows she must be
careful about her eating, drinking,
working, etc. evidently she pa
tronizeS some near-doctor rather
than a real doctor, some merchant
or charlatan she can trust. That
is the sort Of doctor" that strings
u customer along with the idea
that the trouble is just high blood
pressure.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Young
My mother 1850 has rolled dozen
somerSaults day for the past 35
years. She says 1t helps to keep
her young. &C. j. c.
Answer-Probably sounds silly, If
not insane, to a lot of brittle old
stlffs. I roll my own every morn
ing, and often roll some more be-
side my desk when I get stuck for
the idea I'm trying to bring out.
On request any reader may have an
Invitation to the Somersaultauqua
-inclose stamped envelope bearing
your address.
SulfOnamides and Responsibility
Some time ago you said persons
taking sulfanilamide or Sulfathiazole
should not drive Car for several
days. Please explain why not.
Or. W.
Answer-Because there is some
times a period of confusion follow
ing the action of such drugs, so one
taking such drugs should not drive
a car, an engine, a plane, not sign
important papers, nor assume any
other responsibility for several days
after the final dose-for fourteen
days, according to a recommended
ton of Committee on Disability, As
ISOLATION of American Railroads.
Physiological Reduction
I am about twenty-five pounds
overweight. Ill be grateful for any
advice or instruction you may offer
for reducing without endargering
health. (Mrs. j. b
Answer-Send twenty-five cents
and stamped envelope bearing your
address, for booklet "Rules for Re-
ducing."
Copyright, 1913, John F. Ollie Coz
throughout by bullying. by threats.