The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-19
MEN MILL Be T(DTHtSS.
PREDICTION OF An ENGLISH Sur
GEoy on FUTURE HUMANITY.
Vet 0nfx VIII We Be Esentuious-
bat We shall Be without Stem
acks and other Parts That Now

/ Very Is and Tax Oar Purses.
There hss been xrsa. ssas of sa=esss-
| tan CO late = szzenTsGe cirEiss concerning
/ the g,hyssesl future GO MAJ, lis pays4oaasi-
/ Cal Condition Il CENTURIES Ear remote. A.
az cgrccre Ct saeugnt and discussion oe-
voted - tsas s4G5ect, taa pre3feooE has
hs@z gzz@5e AID sustained by plausible r@5-
s9-4Ang says ire Brooklyn Eagle, that Ire
esauing Ga&a ia IL hairless ~ - bead
ever tn~reAKsag 5a19asss sesng presented
as svZaez.as q support q Tas forecast The
latest presstctzsa concsTnzng he future 81
gsAn 81 eargh - that ae VIII b@ too-hEssz-
an4 probably devssa os Il stomach
In . r4cens address CO Signs % peSen-
erecy 81 tie Human AIszaezTA<y system
delivered by Frese-lok Trsves, T. r. {. s.
ard surgeon sf ssas London Hospital. before
TIE Midland Medical Society. AT ElrnAns-
aaa, England. TIE SAss4a g1is2zs- speaker
sad
The ac.czl body II man seeuls . have
changed pa; isytls since MS first appear
ancs on TIE earth. bat the environments q
the man have changed n thS. Meantime -
"a extent o<yond All rsAa sonable conception
The naked ca9e MAJ scrambled out his life
SINE THOUSANDS Of years ago and was cen
Temporary attn the extiac. cave bear and
ayen4. yet his ekeieton differs IL NJ essen
tIal from tie skeleton 81 the n1oaGr- dan
d."
II that means anything ia particular Il
mans that many thousands OF years mus;
elapss before the tootnIess. hairless. stoErl-
scaless naan appears upon the stage o.
human affairs Eus as the egolutkoglst
appg0prkates incoacesvabae ages . aeGon-
strate the truth 81 BIS hypetAesss. and
piuuges into speculative realms whach are
laaiSiess as eternity 70 the ordinary mind.
= s~xn IS
ersy as that Accorded 20 Darwin il sgsca,
iation when the former says:
Without multiplying examples Of aapa-
rent experiment and daptatlon, enc nigh.
&c permitted 20 speculate as 70 the future
form II the digestive canal OF man. TIE
human being ~ becoming tootalsss and
vasTs il Is recognized that a conspicuous
funcss3n OF The teeth Ia merely 10 provide
material for the undonbied ingenuity of
the dentist they Will probably be allowed
10 90. Even now there are many people
who appear % show 10 great anxiety 70
retain them Recent operations in which
the entire stomach has bssn excissd with
oat any very gross Inconvenience 10 the
patient would seera to suggest that We
might dispense with our present type of
stomach"
No Use for Teeth.
Having no use for teeth. the coming man
may bv able 10 pleasantly exss. without a
stomach, and his neck may assume the
proportions 81 a gtrafes and thus proiong
makes this declaration:
las matter q simple speculation. II
may be surnE4sed that the coming mar will
bs quite edsntulous itoothless,, thai he VIII
have less enigmatical liver and no gall.
and that his !ntestines Will be considers bly,
shortened. and, ii is 10 he hoped, consider
ably Stmpiised. Extreme Refinement 10
The selection OF food materials. and an ex-
qaisite cultivation Of what Is termed a
palate may iead 10 an eiongation Of the
esophagus. and 10 the Development Of taste
organs along It's entire length. In the
place 90 the present stomach il IA probable
tina, the esfcntulous man VIII 6evxop a gig
card. a EgzaTd would appear 70 he a
lsoGr-Savtng organ. walch IL to be depend
I'd upon. and ~slea " little Nab % get
out Of order 4 gizzara would probably h.
a great comfort n tEe oVeFw Brk-s man %
business and 20 the sreker aeser pleasure
sho spends much Of his life In Continental
hotels J"
The predicted elongatie.n Of the esopha
gus and the development Of taste organs
along Its entire ls1Rth Tray be expected IN
prove new source q anxiety - tNe prohi-
bitionist ana the is9u0r dealer as well on
the one side the multiplication of taste or
eans wGssiS u11sghteIiT ada materially 10
the pleasure of those addicted 20 the liaaor
fronte3 by q new eNH On TIRE OTHER side
q man w disposfng ~ ore drsrk it, nieaS-
nres being prolonged by running tie gaunt-
let ~ a long tire az taste organs. would
probably experience mere qualification
thar man cosil8 est cut Of zen drinks
nowadays That would initiate AGAINST
=.
frr prohihItior.st ard bis adversary TIE
day 81 the rrnn with what science CATS
the elongated esoDhagUs," ara the sian&y
TURKS ahead of Us.
Relief from the Liver.
Or Treves' references to the liver VII
without doubt b. READ with interest tor
Ira, much abused. much misunderstood
been ne ~,ihfe~f ~ greater sffse,fssse,,ss
among NV readers thar AIRY other organ
4 ear bodice. The doctor's ctarsctergzs-
ton Of the liver - a gamp~ryd cfar3atar
ard the frank admission that medical So
enCe knows bar Ntsie concerning the rAtsge
~ what Is properly called blliousaesS are
A further SUGGESTION that the nrgser,s
type II aiinaeatarY eauaI IS becoming oAz8-
lete Is provided ~ the fact thaf IN thss IL.
eragure % naeasclT3e a sinRuiariy prominent
place Is given e diseases ~ TIE stomach
snd in'eStinta. The nQnlher ~ these nal
adde's i isgion aad IN ceysain sectio1s y
tha community dxsflepSla csm ~ RELY d. r..
gar3e3 as e = abnormal condition l. is
ssfe 20 say t1ast ara9ng she so-t,4}gal c8i-
f2Ft1 classes of% man tr ten is 'on Il d5tf'
and one woman Ia Ten a. 'iivsns GA aperi-
As far tAe liver. 2. retains a place IN sur
economy rs tal0E compounded - nfys-
-frA- En"d4l@safss F1sss ara iRef5tctenev
Nhile some % GAR patents sE5gsak ~ tsajr
tTeFs vtth a certain an9uut uf avs. 9th
ff@ refer - mat ef&1a WITH degree az ga
n1i@a~ity w5ich = alul SO irTgyertrt. Wa
many thh liver So kline ~ fs.tsa ~ hfeh
hEs SO - htTgnors ana apTsraSzf ana 10
spI@si q "A 3>eefar i more eaTu-St han ~.
prayer foT 'sasues siUE - s0uch fhs liver
~ "taers Re hFsr L spoken z a. Il Il
WIRE : T-fca - Itofc~tsTv ma h3a ~ ana s.
,! .H3N1 e. IN terms Vh.rh waGi - st4'ta-
wsteh. it Is cvmpls1resi ;hat the arxen il
sfWzF& ts&- 90 gffteF'r fAat II will rsf .-ft.
thst 1 le s.esaSisss', that IL IS easily .uEi-
-Wsrs tav lalsv tax x aeetr lvers " .sa
eo fNtf-fte-~ " 3za ts f'a@F3 a9c9r ~tty