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with Ferenc Molmar, MD<\/em><\/p>\n

Q. My youngest child, now 13, still wets his bed and I would like to cure him before he goes off to boarding school. I remember many years ago when you used to appear on the old Today Show with Jack Lescoulie and you demonstrated a sort of harness that could be used to cure bed-wetting, by strapping the children in at night. Do they still make this, or do you still use this?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A.\u00a0To be honest, I have no idea what you are talking about. After the passage of many decades, even the great Jack Lescoulie is but a dim memory. As for the harness contraption you mention, I recall a restraining device that was popular at the time, for the prevention of self-abuse. It pinned the child’s arms to his sides so wayward young hands would not inadvertently find their way to the genital area. I cannot imagine this would be of much use in curing enuresis\u2014the official name for bed-wetting\u2014although if you can find one it might be worth a try.\u00a0 Bed-wetting and self-abuse are a deadly combination in a young person and should be eliminated as early as possible, as they often\u00a0lead to sex perversion.<\/p>\n

Incidentally I don’t remember demonstrating\u00a0such a device on the Today Show. You may be thinking of Cleveland Amory.<\/p>\n

Q. My wife and I have long debated the pros and cons of getting our children vaccinated. As you know, vaccination of newborns is a leading cause of autism. However, I have also read on one of the online doctor websites that children who are vaccinated as infants are much less likely to wet the bed. So there seems to be a trade-off here, between having an autistic child or one who wets the bed. Do you have any opinions on the matter?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A. You really should not read those “online doctor websites” as they are compost heaps of misinformation. They are the number-one cause of hypochondria and medical conspiracy theories. This anti-vaccination kookery, for example. I don’t know where that started, but as the old saying goes, a conspiracy theory can go around the world before an honest physician has time to put his galoshes on. Even if vaccination did cause autism, I don’t see that as such a big deal. So what if 1 out of 20 or even 1 out of ten children become autistic? I’d rather have an autistic child than a homosexual.<\/p>\n

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