The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-29
HISTORY OF APPENDICITIS.
LATEST OPINIONS or PHYSICIANS
ON THE HUMAN APPENDIX

Long List ofThinRs Found in the ycrmiform
Appendnge-foreign Bodies Probably a
Result, Not the Cause. Of the Atlment-
History OF tho Disease and the Oper ntion.
when 1t is said that the literature Of nppendi.
cits down TO and including the year 1898 com
prchcnds more than 900 published articles.
dissertations and books. more than half Of which
have appeared within the las, I've years the rcader
will probably think that there arc a few things
about appendicitis he doesn't know no matter
how much his friends have told him abou, IL and
how 10 avoid IL. and he will also believe that tho
medical men have been striving laudaby 10 tell
one another all that they do know about IT, Dr.
George NJ Edcbohls Of this city in the current
Medical Record presents a Review Of the His.
tory and Literature Of Appendicitis" in which
he has collated the salient facts buried in that
mass Of photography. all but n very small part
OF which he has consulted in the original.
Good people who have exercised the worthy
virtue Of selfdcnial in declining the beneficial
grape as an article OF diet IN its natural state.
so as not TO cndangcr their vcrmiform appendices.
may find proyocauon L. the unbecoming act
known sometimes as kicking ones self when
they read Of the number Of foreign bodies other
than grape scels which have been found in thvse
bothcrsome sacs DR. Edcbohls mentions a
late nut. melon sccds, cherry stones prune stones
raspberry seeds, a date seed orange seeds 20
mn,o sccds, bean Even medicines may go
awry in that survival, II II DC a survival Of some
state wherein IL could BE- serviceahle A CELIA
tine capsule is included in the list Of foreign con
tents Of that magazine There Is a reminder
for boarders in the list, too. for although butter
isn't mentioned hair Is recorded as having been
found there. Hucklebcrry and black berry seeds
piece Of the shell Of a hazel nut peanuts a piece
Of chestnut, a bristlo, a GLACIERS point Of zinc
gobule OF solder. piece NJ bone, a cartridge.
piece Of a screw and a knot Of heavy silk lig
nture that had been used in some abdominal
surgery are also In the list which takes in also
cntozna and coproliihs: entosoa in these varie
tics A,cur'6sS iur,bricoides OTy1!rts rs,micuidrig
and Trtcocephd diJpdr. Ne1t 10 Coproiihs
DR.. Edenbohs says pins have been the foreign
bodies most frequently met, a statement which
without intentional slight TO the coprcliths il
may be- said furnishes a mute approval Of tho
universal objection Of mothers 10 the infantile
tendency 10 gobble pins. and possibly warning
10 mothers and others who utilize the mouth in
lieu If a pin cushion
This list, according 10 the comforting Gssur-
ance OF DR. Edcbohls, is by no means complete
one. II used N he thought that these foreign
bodies the cause Of appendicitis But Dir
Edcbohls says that in the light Of modern views
the permanent Judgement 81 foreign bodies in the
app, ndx is probably more frequently The result
than the cause o, appendicitis, The cHusa,iyc fac
tors in the production Of the disease. he says are
universally admitted by all writer's To- be- very
generally local in character Attention has
been called 10 All analogy between quinsy and
appendicitis; hcrcdity as cause and family
appendicitis have bccn spoken 81 Bacteria
play an imi ortant part in causing the disease
Goutv appendicitis has been described Rheu-
ma'ism has bcen put down as n cause, One
mi q Gf
psoas muscle. and one calls appendicitis an cpl
denc infectious diseas" Some New York
physicians assert that the grip is frequent cause
Of attacks Of appendicitis Then besides in
ilammatory appendicitis there are other patholog
ical conditions OF the AppndiN: among them
tuberculosis and cancer ut the AppcndlN
bacteria thrive with such success in the sac
that IL has been called q culture tube. Bnc'Crl"
logical investigation has shown, In practically
every case. appendicitis 10 he due Or Edcbohls
says. TO bacterial invasion Of the appendix walls
The germs may get into the tissue 81 the appendix