A "Radio Clinic"

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 54, 25 July 1930, Page 11

A "Radio Clinic"

HE lack of censorship over matter broadcast in America has resulted in a further amusing development. A certain station in the West broadcasts what is known as a "radio clinic," conducted by a doctor-at least by one who holds degrees conferred by two (American) medical colleges. Thousands of sufferers from real and imaginary complaints send in to the: station recitals of their symptoms, to which the kindly doctor gives his individual attention, afterward coming to the microphone and broadcasting prescriptions, which are numbered. Occasionally, atmaspheric and other interferences prevent clear reception of the doctor’s words of wisdom, so that patients are apt to mistake the prescription numbers. Cynics have suggested the likelihood of a sufferer from dandruff believing himself recommended to try a prescription for torpid liver. Unfortunately, the "clinic" has attracted the notice of local medical men, who-such is their lack of imagination -are urging the revocation of the doctor’s license.