The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-23
Your Health
By WILLIAM BRADY. M. D.

In any case of long standing or periodically recurring piles" in per- sons of mature age there is always a possibility that the condition may be actually cancer and this pos- sibility alone is ample reason why an intelligent person so afflicted will without fail have the benefit of proper medical examination--and have 1t NOW.
 Proper medical examination means nothing less than visual inspection of the lesion or affected area by means of speculum and internal il- lumination. No honest doctor can give a competent opinion or diag- nosis of the nature of the rectal trouble without such examination.
 If I were the patient I'd select a physician who is skilled in the ambulant. office. injection treatment of internal piles and associated troubles, mad ask him to prepare to give the first injection at once if the examination shows the trouble is actually piles.
 I have had protests from readers who seem to be offended by my in- timation that it is stupid to suffer from piles. It certainly is stupid to accept such a handicap when a few painless injections by a physician skilled in ambulant treatment will cure the trouble.
 There are still a good many old timers in practice and some of them even have the temerity to tell their unenlightneed patients that this ambulant or injection treatment is mo good" or dangerous" and that only the crude operation will cure piles. You pays your money and takes your choice. I'm telling you. I can't do any more about it.
 Formerly I tried to maintain lists of doctors who are skilled in the modern methods, but ours is a large country and the task became too great and it was a thankless task at best, so I am sorry can no longer recommend individual physicians.
 But I'll tell you what--if you ask for it in writing-do not use a clipping, please and inclose a stamped self addressed envelope m send you a pamphlet titled "It Is Stupid to Suffer from Piles, which tells what you ought to know about the nature, causes, home remedies and curative treatment of piles or hemorrhoids, internal and external.
 QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 Quaint Heroics
 Can you suggest anything for a person with a heart attack, other than callinfi the doctor or the fire department? So often it seems that by the time the doctor or the fire department arrives the person is dead. (FD
 Answer-For one think I suggest leaving the fire department to take care of fires. All you can do before the doctor arrives is (a) try to keep the patient warm-apply warmth to feet and to sides of body: (b) keep mouth and throat clear of obs structiOn to breathing-for example draw out the tongue if it falls back and obstructs breathing, and turn the patient of from back; Co II the patient is unconscious the only emergency stimulant you can ad- minister is ammonia-we hand oI handkerchief with aromatic spirits of ammonia and hold 1t near but not in contact with nose and mouth so the ammonia will be breathed in; (d) if the patient Is partly con- seious, the best emergency stimu- lant is a teaspoonful of aromatic spirits of ammonia given in half an inch of water in glass. and the next best is hot strong coffee.
 Not a Delicate Condition
 Would 1t be safe for woman pregnant three months to travel from coast to coast by Pullman? Mrs. J. F. L)
 Answer-Yes, or by bus. truck trailer. motorcycle. day coach, freight car or plane--as safe as t is for any one else. Don't coddle the girl that way. Nom. Send ten cents and stamped self addressed envelope for booklet Preparing for Mater nity," which, hope. will give you and your daughter a happier out- look upon the coming miracle. Castor Oil Treatment
 Following the castor oil treatment of chronic headaches tneuralgic) af described nj your pamphlet. Would 1t interfere in assimilation Of yita- min B. complex? tJ. M. O
 Answer-I do not think SO. It is mineral oil that interferes with ass similation of vitamins. Glad to send any reader who supplies stamped envelope bearing his address. the