The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-27
HIS APPENDICITIS CURE.
THE WAY ONE DOCTOR EARNED
FAME AND n "A FEE.

Case or q Man who Discovered That no Ha0
q vermirorm Appendix for whom ,rmaEs
inntion Did the Rest-Remedy Applied By
the Ph,siclnn-The Name or n SPADE.
Appendicitis T. said the doctor. who had
lately moved here from the West. "Why, I
left behind Inc n reputation as an appendicitis
expert that would be worth twenty thousand .
year in New York"
Whats your percentage Of cures y asked
the recently graduated NJ. d. MS
Just an even hundred per cent"
"What are you giving moi There isn't q sur.
geon In the country who's never lost q case.
Why, even
Yes; but l don't use the knife" said the
other doctor, interrupting.
Medical treatment. chi Well, I don't hold
much with that. 1t only alleviates. Doesn't
cure. What's your method. oilT'
mo. Just water" .
"Hydropathic treatment for appendicitisi You
must be crazy" ,r...s
"Who said anything about hydropathio treat
menti You hospital youngsters always want to
build up a four-story name for everything, so az
to charge moro in the bill, I reckon. I'm telling
you that I've saved 100 per cent. of my appendi.
citis cases by the use of water; and now, II
you'll give me a chance. I'll tell you how I did
it, but wouldn't advise you to follow my
method. I don't follow it myself"
Fire ahead" said the young doctor.
tt 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 1t, and, in my opinion. it's one of
those diseases you don't got until you get think.
ing about them"
The young doctor looked wise. Involuntary
muscular action due to cere-'
"ThatI do" interrupted the older man. It'll
furnish all the necessary foot notes myself.
This patient OF, mine was q chap named Dunby.
T to ol tak Feo eser ,s,,ew' c 3 sreat ea1eE; a ma TOO stom lazy
was always troubling him. Well. one day he
got hold OF q semi-medical paper containing .
long and gruesome article on appendicitis. That
vas tho first intimation he had that he was the
proud posssssor OF a yermitorm appendix; As
He kept poking and ~prodding at himself to see IL
he had any pains there. and naturally he made
himself sore. One day he came down to my Of.
I've got it; poc,'h e said; I've got it.
. "'G Got whatf l asked.
Appendicitis. l can feel 1t swelling up. 10
must be a lemon seed, though I've been careful
You've got a stomach-ache, and that's ALL
'stomech-achei oh. IL You could feel its
You're a blooming fool I said. and you'll
Down Dc a as Seae io ond Il ls Xo me sf ioof y You oaeri into IT. Lie
to assure me that Bunby was suffering from =
bad fit of indigestion and scare combined. /
wouldn't have it.. That Internal medical article
and though was satisfied thore was nothing
else there. he was likely to die OF it. l got him
over the problem. promising to return that even
ing: When got back there was a little blue
mark on his abdomen.
Modification. moaned Dunby.
nr mAis c,n mSite hv Of 1i. fact act it. tN was rs simply a slight
self; but had formed my plan and proceeded
pc rtXqa wo5 Fn rish msI PPg s + said. 1t is APP
ION. my God + he cried. Send for my
brother i want to see my nearest relative be-
You aren't going to die, l. said: You're
going to DO cured this very night How's the
"'Gono. Numbness of approaching DEATH he
Keep your nerve up I told him. Then I
went 10 u carpenter and had him set in u sort of
reversed stocks over Dunby's bathtub, like the
We're Contrivcd so that the man should be held
upside down. and they were padded to prevent
finished / made Dunfby drink water until his
off you drink a lot of water I explained to
appendix as soon AS that organ is reversed.
s% %WhSn sT BaHS sF2Rn ad {9 arS GnR iii III & he Wa. purrea
like a ponter pigeon my assistant md |. TOOK
him and hung him up by the feet over the bath
heavy. Three times We filled him up. and three
times VIC hung him up and made an inverted
tough treatment, but the moral effect was
grand. As soon as he was able to talk he as
Nlt w wa ~ was NhHutu Oul ClbiT 10 inc
tips OF his toes. Certainly no man ever got .
more thorough Internal bath. Just to make
sure | turncd on him a fake N-ray, aud told him
the appendix was clear.
"'Now., said l, all you've got 10 do Is to be
careful. Take plenty OF exercise, don't oyoreab
and don't worry. Wen leave tho carpenters
work there in ease yo4 haye another attack,
did as soon rs he WAS vol enough TO get around
was TO get an axe and knock the stocks %contriv.
nncc TO flinders. Such is the ungratefulness of
man. But no sent me u check that ! WIS almost
ashamed 10 tnke, and talked about my wonder
ful Skill until ! was afraid OF being held up to
the contempt of the profession rs an advertiser.
My reputation was made. But | don't expect
to ADOPT that treatment here, and l shouldn't
recommend you to try 1t in u case OF the real
thing"
"No;lm not likely to-" said the. hospital doc
tor. "Of course. | need hardly tell you that the
case YOU cite is one OF hystcricHl involuntary
muscul-'
- don't think You need" replied tho other
dryly. IF I'd tuli my patient hat. the under
tnkcr, md not !. woald have had his money, 10
don't always nay 10 call n spade n spade when
it's n Ouhlc'harrellct Lntin-naned spade. You
might write TINT in tho front OF your notebook.
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