The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-15

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paper Service, $40 West Madison
Street, Chicago. III.
MYsOPHOnIA AND AHOEYeNRO-
PHORIA
Apparently few readers pay any
attention to the Instructions Tor
correspondents which are printed
regularly with this column. And
50 there Is always 9 tremendous
accumulation Of letters pertaining
70 disease, diagnosis or treatment,
and letters mot written IN ink-ell
Of them not conforming TO irstruc-
lions. Yet I'd like to reply 10 every
one Of them, even II they do not
conform to instructions. That being
impossible ! can only shuttle q
handful Of them occasionally and
select one by ennie-meenie method
to answer to the best Of my ability
and with due regard for the health
Of our readers.
So I draw from today's out Of
order pile letter from pl1arrlac-
list, whose father was o pharmacist,
his uncle q physician. The CORES
| pendent expatiates for some 500
words about his molysophohia. He
doesn't call 1t that. I do. And I
call 1t by the technical name only
after considerable porting over med
ical dictionaries. Webster muffed 1t
altogether Cat least in the '36 edi-
tion), but Webster was getting
warm at that time, for the other
phobia, rnysophohia, appears in that
edition. Mysophobia, Webster says,
Is morbid fear Of uncleanliness,
filth, dirt. Molysmophobia, Sted-
man says, is a morbid fear Of in
lection.
So war, SO good. But having scor-
ed on Webster, Stedman Medical
Dictionary, '33), probably fearing
Webster would take umbrage, has
tened to add that molysmophobia
means nlysophobia, after ALL
The pharmacist declares he hes
been compelled to give up his pro-
fession because he was In such hor-
rib)e fear that he might catch some
such disease as gonorrhea, syphilis.
leprosy, tuberculosis or the like Just
from handing o prescription that
such patient might bring to his
pharmacy. For a while he managed
to continue at work by dint OF con-
slant use Of an antiseptic solution.
But finally the gullible fellow lost
faith in even that agent. so now
he Is down and out.
A phobio Is an irrational fear,
unreasonable. a kind OF insanity.
All can say about imysophobia
or molysmophobia is that, In my
opinion, plain soap and water is the
most reliable disinfectant one can
use for the hands or any other part
Of the body surface. I'd choose plain
laundry or toilet soap and water
for my own protection against any
such contagion or infection, out
Of all chemicals, new and old, that
are available as disinfectants, anti
septics or germicides. Simple soap
and water washing Of the hands
after contact with any possible.
source Of infection, II done before
the hands touch anything else, is
as nearly absolute protection against
any and all such infection as IL
humanity possible.
QUESTIONS ana ANSWERS
VltaminS Are Not Medicine
Since the physic habit Is bad be.
cause our digestive organs get so
they depend on q prodding from
above and will not function without
such prodding. isn't 1t likely that
taking repeated doses OF highly
concentrated vitamins might bring
on a condition whereby the BODY
will not make an, effort TO assimilate
the vitar1ins In food. GO. r. HI
Answer - You evidently consider
vitamins medicine. Vitamins are
natural food. However. the practice
Of taking repeated doses" OF con-
centrated vitamins In a blind way
Is foolish one, agree.
Rocket
For instance was charged si.52
for l-2 feet Of cord to replace worn
cord on my hearing aid. ". 81
Answer-Well, Ma'am. there are
| VAaShS III dll CIdOeS ana TdCkeLteT6,
In all lines that seem to offer cay
pickings. Reputable hearing aid
concerns do not hook the prospec-
tive customer with o sales contract
until the customer has given the
hearing aid a fair trial (paying
a fair rental charge for use OF III
and decided he wants to keep it.
High Humidity
OF course read your articles all
ways. I can't afford to miss any,
being the mother of ten children.
Most of the children, ranging in
age from four to twelve, wet the
bed. especially when they are at all
feverish or have the cri.
(Mrs. w. e. FL
Answer-Send stamped envelope
bearing your address and ask for
pamphlet THE Habit Of Bed-Wet-
ting"
Copyright 1913, John F. Ollie Coz
from the churning tread of tanks
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