Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-04-15
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in this town would have to go into some
other branch of the profession or starve to
death" \.
"What's your percentage of cures? asked
the recently graduated M. u.
"Just an even hundred per cent.
'.What are you giving me? There isn't
surgeon in the country who's never lost
case. Why, even"
Eyes; but don't use the knife, " said the ]
other doctor, interrupting. That is one OF
the beauties of my cure. Nobody likes to be
cut up if they can be cured in other ways,
and it is for this reason that should secure
80 large practice. 49,.
Medical treatment, Ell? Well, I don't
hold much with that. It only alleviates:
Doesn't cure What's your method, oil"
''No. Just water
"Hydropathic treatment for appendicitis!
You must be crazy"
''Who said anything about hydropathic
treatment? You hospital youngsters al
ways want to build up four-story name for
everything, so as to charge more in the bill,
l reckon. I'm telling you that I've saved
100 per cent of my appendicitis cases by the
use of water; and now, if you'll give me
chance, I'll tell you how did it, but l
wouldn't advise you to follow my method.
I don't follow it myself"
Fire ahead" said the young doctor.
"To begin with the truth, my 100 per cent.
consisted in one patient. Appendicitis
hasn't got fashionable out our way yet. Few
! people know about it, and, in my opinion,
It's one of those diseases you don't get until
you get thinking about them"
The young doctor looked wise. "1nvolun.
tary muscular action due to cere-"
"That'll do" interrupted the older man.
"Ill furnish all the necessary foot notes my
self. This patient of mine was chap named
Dunby, big, robust fellow, a great eater
| and too lazy to take exercise. Consequent
ly his stomach was always troubling him.
Well, one day he got hold of semimedical
paper containing long and gruesome article
on appendicitis. That wajs the first intima-
ton he had that he was the proud possessor
OF a vermiform appendix. As soon as he dis
covered it it began to bother him. He kept
poking and prodding at himself to see if he
had any pains there, and naturally he made
himself sore. One day he came down to my
Office white as sheet.
"tI've got it, Doc,' he said; I've got it,
Got what?" asked
Appendicitis. can feel it swelling up.
It must be lemon seed, though I've been
careful not to swallow anything of that
Sort
".You've got stomach ache, and that's
ALL said.
Stomach ache! Oh. if you could feel
1t? I'm dead man. i!
"'You're blooming FOOL I said, and
you'll be a dead fool if you scare yourself
into it. Lie down here and let me look you
over
"The result of my examination was such as
to assure me that Dunby was suffering from
bad fit of indigestion and scare combined. I
tried to get him to look at it that way, but he
wouldn't have it. That Internal medical
article was firmly fixed in his appendix YER
informs, and, though | was satisfied there
was nothing else there, he was likely to die
of it. | got him home and returned to my
office to smoke pipe over the problem,
promising to return that evening. When
got back there was little blue mark on his
abdomen.
Notification moaned Dunby.
"As matter of fact it was simply slight
bruise caused by his continued prodding at
himself; but l had formed my plan and pro.
ceeded to act upon it.
"'You were right, Dunby,' said. Tt is
appendicitis. That mark shows it,
oh, my God!' he cried. Send for my
brother. | want to see my nearest relative
before die
"'You aren't going to de- said. You're
going to be cured this very night. How's the
pain?'
"'Gone. Numbness of approaching DEATH
he gurgled.
Keep your nerve up, / told him. Then
l went to carpenter and had him set In a
sort of reversed stocks over Dunby's bath
tub, like the kind they used to set malefac-
tors in, only they were contrived so that the
man should be held upside down, and they
were padded to prevent his ankles from be-
ing hurt. When they were finished made
Dunby drink water until his eyes buleed out.
IF you drink lot of water explained
to him, it will wash the foreign matter out
Of the appendix as soon % that organ Il r.
versed: Swallow every drop you can ct
down. +.'s'-' = - - '--~-"..,>.~ ~-..:l
when Dunby had drunk till he was pulled
like pouter pigeon my assistant and l took
him and hung him up by the feet over the
bathtub. 1t was very hard job, too, for he
was heavy. Three times we filled him up,
an inverted roaring cataract out Of him. Il
was pretty tough treatment, but the moral
effect was grand. Az soon q he was able 70 /
talk he assured me that he was washed ont
Z clear to the tips of his toes Certainly no
man ever got a more thorough internal BATH
Just to make sure turned on him fake
.X-ray, and told him the appendix was clear.
Now, said I, all you've got to do u Is
be careful Take plenty Of exercise, done
overeat and don't worry. We'n leave tho
carpenters work there In case You have N
other attack +. -. i
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