The National tribune., 1891-03-12
WEALTH HINTS
For Old and Young.
BY FELIX L. OSWALD. NJ. n.
Author Of Physical Education"; Household
Remedies: The Bible Of Nature. etc.
CHAPTER CHI.
cANcER-L Leontinuedl.

CANcER-lcoutiu
In Turkey, where the head Of the priesthood
enjoys the occasional privilege Of telling his
sovereign a wholesome truth, tho Grand Muiti
once took the liberty to romonstrate with Abdul
Azzis about the execution Of a barbarous man
date
=" 1t does seem inhuman." admitted the Sui
tan, but the danger of revolution left me no
chOicen
That very danger ought to have made you
forbear, Sire" said the Mufti.
A similar argument might often he urged
against the expedients of surgery. 10 is the
dread OF cancer that makes many people sub
I mt 10 an operation. That very dread ought
10 make them hesitate.
There is no doubt that severe surgery is apt
10 aggravate common ulcers into cancerOus ar-
| iectlons The application Of caustic quack
| ointments may have a similar effect; hence
the Importance Of knowing the Characteristic
! symptoms Of true cancer.
The least dficuty in forming a correct
diagnosis l. in the case of sciTrhous cancer" the
! greatest in cancer Of the stomach. aud yet the
stomach IS more frequently subject 10 such
1 affections than any other organ of the body
] The following indications, il combined. may be
! considered a just grounds for suspicion:
! 6nawing or thrObbing pains az the pit OF the
/ stomach, tenderness on slight pressure the ap-
/ pcarancc OF a pusating tum0r that can bo felt on
/ external examination and seems 10 increase
/ from week 20 week: a haggard expression, vel
/ lowish compleNiuu, drOpsici swclings appear
! ing al the ankles aud feet, great emaUiatiun of
other parts Of the body, vomiting of matter re-
! sembling particles Of ground COaec. Those
/ symptoms arc almost decisive il they follow
/ the removal OF cancer from other paris OF the
body; Among the most remarkable eases Of
/ that kind that came under my notice is that OF
a woman who bad FOR years suffered from 4
cancerous affection Of the breast, but in her
/ dread Of surgery had at FIRST tried a let-alome
/ plan, aud had subsequently, managed % abate
the worst symptoms by such simple remedies
rs warm talow aud the application OF towels
soaked in warm water. With the addition Of
\ certain dGtetiC precautions her life might thus
have been prolonged for several years; but hav-
! ing tried a chadvertised quack nostrum,
/ her trouble became alarmingly worse and her
] friends prevailed on her 10 consult hospital
! surgeon. She then consented to an operation
i One OF her breasts was entirely removed and a
portion OF the other was incised, in order to use
segment of healthy skin 10 cover the site of the
/ eziiTpated cancer. The wound healed in the
course of three months, aud only "A throbbing
pam remained as mementO OF the trouble
\ Olniments Of yaTiOgs sorts subducd that last
\ symptom, and the patient congratulated herself
\ on having seen the worst Of her aTicii0n, when
The pulsating pains began 10 bc felt ia the region
| Of the stomach at intervals, first then daily
and with gradually Increasing severity Her
/ appetite failed aud gnaWing sensation at the
PIT Oi the stomach often kept her aw IKE all night
The pain IS not quite as bad as that OF the first
swelling used 10 be-" she said "but IL IS more
steady, and ] am getting doubtful il il is in any
/ sense a change FOR the better" The next four
months decided that question. She became as
cmaclated As consnmptiye in the last stage Of
1 his mslady, and hardly knew what 20 eat for
fear Of aggrayating the distress of her digestive
organs. At the advice Of a hygicnic physician
She abstaincd entirely from stimulauis, includ-
ing narcotic beverages. But il was then too late:
\ the tumor had Increased % an extent that
almost wholly paralyzed the functions OF the
stomach, and her suiIerings were at last termi.
mated by death which she herself welcomed
as the only conclusive remedy.
Cancer Of the stomach is, however not
I always preceded by external tumors, but may
I follow chronic gasirlts, or habitual dctctic
Sbnses, especially the long contiuend use OF
strong alcoholic liquors. IL seems also certain
that a. may sometimes result from violent men,
I tal emotions Bichat the greatest Of modern
I physi0ogists supports that theory by various
analogios, and concludes: "Limpress:on viye
\ cssenlle an pylore dams les ioTtes emotions
rimprente inctIacoable gull en- conserve quel-
4 que iOs Strong emotions exercise on dis.
\ cases Of the stomach an influence which occa-
Gen Moutholon, who accompanied Napoleon
! TO ~. Helena, mentions IN his Memoirs a con-
versatiOn that leaves no doubt that the er- Eni-
peror explained has last fatal disease on a simi-
I lar theory. They have worried me into this
! trouble he frequently muttered in his mo-
ments OF anguish. They have tried systemat-
] lcAlly 10 break down my constitution by max
1 ing me swallow my rage, and they have AZ last
succeeded IN their purpose. Ny turnkey
meaning Sir Hudson Love- might az well now
save himself the trouble OF inVCntiug new
methods Of insult" he once remarked in the
4 last stage Of his disease; his indignities have
answered their purpose anyhow The Gem
eral admits that cancer was hcTed itary in the
/ family Of the Bonapartcs but holds that under
! more favorable Auspices-even ia an American
/ exile, Tor iustaHce-NapolcOn might have sur
1 vlvcd for years IL ho had been able 70 maintain
himself ia the saddle Of his hobby Of active
warfare, has energy, he thinks would have kept
! ham alive Tor another quarter Of a century. Gov.
] Lowe WAS perhaps OF ute tho low. m nded des-
/ pot some biographers Of his prisoner have de-
/ picted him; bat here seems no doubt that his
| narrow-minded pedantry must have fcarfully
| aggravated the temper Of the great exile. I'm
4 agine a man who had been accustomed 10 be-.
/ stow and annul Kingdoms by a stroke Of his
! pen, being for years subjected 70 the necessity
| OF haggling about the quautum OF his daily
railons or about the privilege Of collecting wild
herbs or coDversing privately for a few mo-
/ ments with favorite companion!
| BESIDES, the subsequent history Of the Bona
parties proves the correctness OF Montholon's
conjecture NapoleOn's eldest brother, Joseph
1 survived him by not less than % years Lucien
BonApArts attained an age of 90 years, Louis Of
u, aud Jerome, has youngest brother, Of &c. In
short the Bonapartcs, with one exception, seem
| 20 have inherited the strong constitution OF
their mother, aud young Napoleon, 50 far from