The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-16
IF THE HOME IS FIT FOR
 THE BABY

THE BABY
 Kindly suggest few doctors and hospitals who will not refuse to admit the husband and the rest oi the family to the delivery room.
 CMrs. H. F. JD
 What, only the family? Shouldn't we have the neighbors and the members of the bridge club on hand too?
 Right now I don't know of a doctor who is willing to have the husband present during delivery. As for hospitals, all know is what I have said here repeatedly-they will try to exclude the husband from the delivery room as long az they can get away with it, because they naturally prefer to keep the public ignorant of what sometimes happens in the delivery room T mean the frightful breaches of sur gical asepsis.
 But I can recommend one fine place to have baby, Ma'am, place where your husband may re- main at your side, where a real man should be. without any per mission from anybody. That is your own home.
 If the home is fit for baby 1t is the very best place to have baby, in my judgment. Of course the doctor attending confinement in the home may have to give more of his time to the case than he would in the hospttal-for in the hospital, if the patient isn't too eXacting, he can leave a good deal to nurses or intern. So his fee may be larger for attending home con- finement. However, in my opinion, no hospital is quite as Aafe for mother and child as is the home of the average American family. I hope readers will not bombar.l me with arguments in favor of getaing away from home to have babn- we are not concerned here with thG care of the other children in the family and all that
 I contend there is too much hifa- lution hokum and fancywork at- tached to having baby today. The brass Specialists" have moved in and taken over the business. If the term brass specialist puzzles you, let me define it. A "brass specialist" is a doctor who consti- tutes himself 8 specialist as soon as he gets his license to practice and probably you do not know that license to practice medicine and surgery qualities a doctor, so far as the law is concerned, to hold himself out as a specialist to prac- tice. Real specialists attained that reputation through years of general practice and gradual development of special aptitute or skill-and they depended on their medical colleagues to refer unusual cases to them for special advice or treatment or to call upon them for consultation in difficult cases. There are few real specialists left.
 QUESTIONS and ANSWERS Craving for Carbohydrate crave laundry starch and ] want to stop eating it because r believe 1t is bad habit. What causes a persons to crave starch (Mrs. T. s. I can't find the bread and cake substitutes you suggest in Rules for Reducing" (H. A. HD
 Age 34, height 5 2". weight 117 lbs, I get panicky if I try to de. prive myself of candies, sweet cook. ies, cakes and sweetened carbonat- ed beverage, although know if continue to indulge in such cheat food my health will suffer. (Miss E. F. e. Answer-I believe the craving for excessive quantities or proportions of refined carbohydrate (starch, sugar. is due chiefly to deficiency of vitamin B complex in the refined diet. Food stores, especially those purporting to supply "health" foods, should have the non-carbo- hydrate or low carbohydrate bread and cake substitutes. You should study Rules for Reducing" (for copy send 25 cents and stamped envelope bearing your address, and Clarence A. Mills, MD., Harper & Bros) which should be available in your public library.
 Oh, Skinnay
 My husband is 6 feet tall and weighs 1855 pounds. Before the hlgn winds of February and March he would like to put on little flesh if possible. He is 27 years old and aside from his Sinatral appearance he has pretty good health. CMrs. c. l.. W0
 Answer-Send stamped envelope bearing your address. for pamphlet How to Gain Weight"
 Arthritis
 Have you a pamphlet on arthritis and neuritis? If so I'll be grateful for a copy in the stamped address ed envelope inclosed. co. H. Al
 Answer-Pamphlet on Arthritis is on the way. I have nothing about neuritis-that is too vague or gen. eral to attempt to discuss as a definite ailment.
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