The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-22
THREE-FOURTHS OF THE
nOCTORS PRACTICE

Probably every patient who ha
raised q family GnowS that meaSie.4
often spread through community
through school, or through grou@
of children who play together before
any one discovers the alleged slight
cold" was really measles.
In view of the fact that many
serious respiratory infections pres
emit in the first day or two only sigrH
or symptoms which any damphodl
calls "iust a cold" and In view q
the reluctance of medical and health
authorities to tell the public the
whole truth about respiratory IN
lection, it becomes a question every
one must settle for himself how TO
deal with the cri (any common re-
spiratory infection in the stage be-
froe you can tell what 1t may prove
to be-.
If you have it, will you carry on
as usual at business, work, play.
social life, and give everybody VINO
comes within your conversational
spray range chance to share what
you have? Certainly you Will u
you are scoundrel.
If your child has 1t will you SEND
the child to school as usual and
give all the other children there the
opportunity to catch it You Will II
the school is a backward one.
If the other fellow has 1t, Will
you give no thought or make no
effort to keep out of his converse
tional spray range, because medical
and health authorities tacitly as
sure you there is no danger unless
the fellow is boor enough to Sneeze
or cough on you without troubling
to raise his hand, a screen or an
umbrella to shield you against it?
The teachings of medical and
health authorities on this subject
are vague and ineffective because
they still believe, whether avowedly
or not, that exposure to cold, damp,
sudden change of temperature,
draft, wet feet and the like may
cause or at least predispoSe to
coryza, grip, bronchitis, pneumonia.
AS long as any considerable number
Of medical and health authorities
harbor that delusion preventable
respiratory infections will probably
continue to make up three-fourthS
of the doctors practice.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Bed Wetting
Your advice on bed-wetting helped
wonderfully with my boys. They
were eager to correct the habit when
told them how you said to do.
(Mrs. B. P. Ed
Answer-I'm glad to send the
pamphlet 1.-THE Habit of Bed-Wet-
ting" to any one who asks for 1t
(no clipping) and provides three
cent stamped envelope bearing his
address.
Pray for Drought
I have seven children, the Oldest
years, and they all wet the bed.
The oldest didn't wet the bed for
about three years, but now he has
started again since cold weather has
set in. (MrS. l.. L.
Answer-Try to follow the gen.
eral schedule given in pamphlet on
THE Habit Of Bed-Wetting" Copy
mailed to any reader who asks for
it and incloses stamped envelope
bearing his address. Don't scold.
Don't ridicule or huniliate. En-
courage child to follow the rules
given in pamphlet. Once you get the
child to WANT. to stop it the battle
is won. In any case parent should
keep the matter secret between child
and self.
PalpitatiOn
often have palpitation. Doctors
say it Is purely nervousness, and I
am neurotic. But think it Is, as
you said, that I'm one Of the sick
kind-you said there are two kinds
of nervous people, the sick and the
lazy >. certainly am not lazy, I
take care Of six rooms and my chill
dren and husband. With the least
exertion my heart pounds.
q. H.
Answer-No, Ma'am, I did not say
that. I said there are Glass A Neu-
rotics, who have something the mat
ter CASUALLY not with nervous SyS-
tenn, however) but who fail to go
to good doctor, leave nerves" out
Of the interview, have a proper ex-
animation to find out what Is the
matter. Then there are Glass B
Neurotics who are genuine moochers
using their nerves. as an alibi or
means Of evading the trials and trib-
ulations Of life.
Copyright, 1914, John F. Ollie Coz
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