Show I M Ji 1 I ill I ill 1 1 J 7 J 1 1 I H I r rl I l I l I 1 Ij r J I k I I m I U tl 1 r f J W lr 1 42 1111 HP fJ t I l f I j JJ l I I nil h Y I f i z 11 IJ J P ii If r 1 k A l. l J ii e. e 7 f c o a a 8 ur MI O OLet I Let the Doctor Name It I t I A patient consults his doctor presumably presumably pre pre- for advice Patient takes a scat and looks Well VeIl the doctor fidgets what seems but that wont won't do lo What is 16 thenor tho the nor will that haL Are Arc you yon under the weather No no that will never nc never do lo This is an intelligent patient patient pa pa- tient and maybe the weather will not suffice Aha Aim youve you've got gol it il again I ch oh 7 A miserable opening but hul what what is the tho doctor to do when the patient I is so uncommunicative Yes ties I 1 attended the charity charily ball all and I guess I 1 took a little cold eold The Tho doctor does quite a lot of oC drinking thinking think drink ing inE bet between lines lIe He realizes that here is a n. patient who will not supply the diagnosis So he lie pursues the I history eagerly I y I mean in what situation situation sit sit- does the cold seem to mani maul manifest manifest fest test itself Understand Yes that's the Idea Where are arc you ailing ailinE Try to tell me how you feel and so on then thon Ill I'll have ha some Idea what you OU are talking about abouL Just recite your symptoms and leave it to me to Lo find finda a name for the ailment That is m my any business you OU know If IC you OU come corne with I your our own diagnosis all read ready to wear why Ill I'll have nothing nothing- to do at nt all TI The c patient finally concedes an In- In history Cold grip biliousness stomach stomach ach trouble nervousness rheumatism rhou rheu condition condi condi- catarrh rundown tion liou dyspepsia indigestion urn my I age age need of a tonic liver com coin plaint my m p kidneys kidneys these these are arc all fine terms to avoid when stating your case to the doctor If I you dont don't US use them therm yourself he will naturally hesitate hesi hest- tate to uso use them in lieu lien ot or a diagnosis and nowadays doctors generally strive to find out what realty really is the matter matter matter mat mat- ter with people who imagine they know Dont Don't put temptation in the I doctors doctor's way Make Mako him think Noth ing should be taken for granted You are paying payin him for advice not for evading the making of a diagnosis Dont Don't put a name on your complaint Describe it in your our own words just justas as though you OU had never read an almanac or a useful compendium ot of medical science in one large volume Tell your our story and let the doctor name it It discourages es him when the patient arrives with wIlh a a. ready made diagnosis It is hard for a a. doctor to disagree with a patient f I I II I QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS f r I Oily Scalp and Dandruff Is it beyond be ond your province to give a good formula to relieve great oiliness oiliness oili- oili ness of the scalp and a v very ry annoyIng annoying annoying annoy annoy- ing greasy dandruff I should bo be b grateful for such a formula E. E W. W G G. G Answer Here Answer Here is a lotion which may map be well rubbed upon the scalp every day or two Mercuric 1 7 grains Chloral hydrate s Yz Ih ounce I Perfumed spirit spirit 1 1 ounce Water Vater enough to make a pint Poison label And ever every four or five days dars this ointment should be he well rubbed In InI at night and a shampoo taken twenty I four or forty-eight forty hours later Salicylic acid 30 grains Benzoic acid 40 grains grain Precipitated sulphur 60 50 grains grain Petrolatum 1 1 ounce Or the tho last item the petrolatum may be bo omitted and three ounces o toilet water substituted if it a preparation is preferred Of at com course this must be bo sha shaken cn up before app apply ing for sulphur docs does not dissolve |