| Show Dr Brady Says Many Medical Papers Begin We Do Not Blot Know What What By B- William Brady Brads MD M.D. In the introduction to Body l Mind nd and Sugar Henry Holt Co E E. M M. Abrahamson MD M.D. and A. A A W. W observe t that h a t a r good many med mcd medical ical papers be bey begin Ji gin We uWe do not k know now w what h hat a t We Ve do not k know n now o why or orVe W We Ve e d do 0 11 not 0 t know how In my diffident ti dent way I have noted the same Dr rady Frady thing occasionally in the past 20 years ears This is one reason why h y the trick spec specialists and clinic racketeers that infest American medicine dont don't like this column Abrahamson and add Medical men do not like to admit this to laymen They have invented words and phrases- phrases neurosis neurasthenia and psychoneurosis psychoneurosis psychoneurosis with depression to to hide their ignorance from laymen laymen laymen lay lay- men and from themselves Wait lit a Minute Are the hundreds of thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands perhaps millions of people people peo peo- plc thus labeled suffering from mental or from physical disease The vast majority of them wander wander wander wan wan- der from general practitioner to specialist to psychiatrist without ever finding a cure for the ailments ails ailments ail ail- ments that make their lives a aI misery to themselves and an irritation irritation irritation ir ir- ir- ir I to those close to them I Now wait just a minute I minute I said saidI I wait wait Dont Don't make the mistake mistake mis mistake mis- mis take I did about this book For weeks for months the book lay on my desk desk I I kept pushing it out of the way when groping groping- in the confusion of papers books notes copy in process of revision letters magazines everything ex ex- except except ashtrays pipes and tobacco in in that respect my desk is neat and and I answered with a snort every time the Young Snip inquired inquired inquired in in- whether I had read the book But finally the rains came About 18 in inches hes of rain in the theT course of two or three weeks No T bowling on our greens Nothing to do but work work work work- This slavery schedule cleared away some of oC the flotsam and there was the book waiting for a cursory cursory cursory cur cur- sory inspection So I opened it right in the middle and found the last thing one would expect in a psychological essay to wit a diet for ie i.e. low blood sugar Cover to Cover CoverI I I read the book from cover to toI I cover er The authors are convincing convincIng convincing con con- when they stick to their subject overproduction overproduction of insulin insulin in in- sulin When they wander far afield they are not so logical For instance speaking of smoking smoking smoking ing as one couse of the trouble they say the amount of nicotine in tobacco smoke is negligible It is the tars and acids in the smoke that are harmful The first part of the statement is isI I reasonable reasonable combustion combustion destroys the nicotine The second part is I the questionable the authors fail to recognize the presence of carbon carbonI I monoxide in tobacco smoke But quibbling criticisms do no not t I depreciate ate the value and importance importance tance of the book in my estimation estima estima- I tion Few Feu if any medical works work s I are not open to such criticism up to and including Osler's Osiers tice tire Students business and professional professional professional people careerists who consider con con- skier sider a cup up of or coffee and a ciga- ciga ret the proper way to break a twelve-hour twelve fast may learn something something something some some- thing to their advantage if they have sufficient intelligence to I read and understand Body Mind and Sugar QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS They Saw the Customer Coming I have a murmuring heart I had it X The doctor examined examined exam exam- ined ned my bowels with the X-ray X at atthe atthe atthe the same time and said the heart condition is caused by toxic poisons poisons poisons poi poi- sons in the bowels I am to have treatments I went to a a- a clinic for the examination 1 Mrs l K W. W Answer Poor Answer Poor soul They saw I you coming if you quote them correctly Not even cven a good doctor doctorI I can tell by examining your bowels bow how I els with the X ray anything about the cause of your heart I trouble if any nor whether toxic poisons are present Cant Can't you get it through your head that the practice of medicine is a personal service and therefore you are asking to be when you I go to a clinic instead of going goings to a doctor who practices under I his own name |
