There is a growing tendency to impart general medical information to the public in simple, understandable terms. The enlightenment of the people regarding physical and mental illness has brought considerable rewards in allaying fears and anxieties, in dispelling superstitions and myths and bringing patients to the physicians in the early stages of their illness for a more effective therapy. As a result of such knowledge, the public is becoming slowly aware of the dangers of proprietary and “patent” medicines, self-medication and charlatans.