The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-08
PERIL0US.
Appendicitis a Dread
Disease.
1T is DESCRIBED
By One Who Has Expert
enced 1t.

Ambassador Romero, the popular Mex
jean dipiomat, public attention is again
directed to that peculiar and little UNI
derstood malady which until within the
last decade has bafled the skill of the
most distinguished medical praotition-
ers, and about which the general pub
licsstilI entertains so many misconcep-
tons.
Perhaps the greatest danger in an at
tack Of appendicitis is due to the insid-
iousness of its first approach. 1t is
safe 70 say that with proper care and
medical attention. death would seldom
result from this disease. But the first
SYMPHONIC are so subtle and unnotice-
able as to not excite attention. Igno-
rance and over confidence bring neg
lect; Neglect leads to an aggravation
or the disease, and before the patient
fully realizes that his malady is of a
serious nature, he is told that his one
chance for life lies in the performance
OF serious surgical operation, or if
he he SO unfortunate as to have en-
trusted his case to an unsldlled practi-
fioners he may learn too late that all
chance of recovery is gone.
The following experiences are those
OF a veritable sufferer from the malady,
one who has been through the opera
ton for appendicitis, and notes here
with his sensations, for The Sunday
Spy:
~ nist sSn.ptoIil 70 pe hoted IN an
~ aeeaGh " appeIaicllls rs
right side of the abdomen He first
notices 1t on getting out of bed or max
ms some violent exertion. But after
getting Started on the days routine,
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business and oats A. a same FOOD as
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he * do;no bin,raIf ,ntold iniIrv and
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A Hines he is seized with severe
n1E6 Jfgti15 Of nain INF sfter a rnorosr,t,e
,.asf # nassas aXyav and he feaIs no dis
coInfnrt whatever He PROMISES him
self thai if he is only careful of what
he eats he will ha all RIGHT again the
Texff dav
T9Iit the morrow comes He finds the
main greatly Increased. He hesitates
xvrkffiei, cfoysfav in he'd and eau for n
dnctor or get nm and stick If ont IF
Ia ie wise tha former course prevails
A<If Fool he deterpines to he game and
naf efve nm with oraat main ne rises
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falls hatto1 hui roc 10 on5etito About
ezsa,,ine tbe min e,,,oiys 1yprsa Tic has
sf6,oanI, +,.o,,iia ga ,,arbans foiI,tS
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and oa1Ie In dan+ar
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q bs1 oasa IF annandicitis III, a ,1oe-
= ., snu No3 u q Ilt7 Win d Pc
slpiilty ol peritoIlltls SettihS III. re
seo,us tne paIleHt' ana says that II ne
1iau peen Galieu III tlree udys earlier
ouiu 10 "a, zen no tIou'le' d Ct9t
iAS aoct0Is' me NlctiIh tiinkS' 70 "alt
~ KS cdlleu III l0I every nItIe 'cIe 81
the very start. mat night the DOCTOR
Hlahes Iour OF hNe calls at nlterNa;s
OF re" hours each. the patient Is
secretly otfended with the physician FOR
running up calls that way for nothing
ne secrecy resolves 10 nlre less grasp
ing uoctor the next time ne is SICK.
AS y IS, ne reels that he is getting
along hnely. lie has taken enough mar
cotics to feel insensible to pain, except
when he moves, and experience has
taught him not to move. He recalls
how much more pain he felt a day
previous, and thinks that in day or
two at least, he will be on his feet.
What is his surprise the next day
to see two physicians instead of one i'll
his Chamber. He dimly realizes that a