Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-11-15

the soil and be sure of harvest. The
chief Of the division of chemistry at
Washington Is authority for the
claims made for bottled bacteria" as a
commercial product and the value of
these organisms In insuring q harvest.
Another hopeful outlook Is the assur.
ance that what Is known as "Afendalrs
law" has been proved an established
fact. This law relates to cross fertili.
zation. Its discovery promises to revo.
lutionize the hybridizatlOn Of plants ana
to turn chance into certainty. For In.
stance. hitherto II has been impossible
to foretell what the seed from any va.
rlety Of the apples Of commerce would
produce. Now by the hybrijization Of
two self.sterile varieties the variety
produced may be perpetuated continu.
ously by the seed produced. When one
adds to these two Important discov.
cries the wonders effected In agriculture
by the use of electricity there Is little
occasion to fear any failure of needed
supplies. Intelligence and thrift left to
themselves are easily able to ward of
Nautilus and his pessimistic theories.
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4 writer In the Lancet Informs the
world that 1.-THE operation of gastrect.
omy Is on Its trial" He then quotes
the opinions Of others on this question
thus: although the entire stomach
has been removed for cancer with
temporary success. we cannot think
that the number OF cases In which this
can he done will be large: nor do We
look upon the operation as ut all
favorable one. They do not even de.
scribe the operation, rs III the growth
be sufficiently large to warrant such n
severe procedure. 1t IL practically be.
yond hope OF immunity from recur.
renee" 1t is evident that the Ian.
Gets expert has no patience with sur.
geons who would permit people to re.
tain their stomachs when opportuni.
ties for removing them have been OF.
fered. Here IL his declarat lon: 1T
seems to me that In all cases Of gastric
carcinoma. where operation Is advis.
able at all. gastrectomy Is indicated,
as. II having been proved that the
stomach IL not essential for digestion,
the more complete Its removal the
greater should be the probable immu.
hlty from recurrence. while the risk IL
not prOport!onally increased. II ut all
possible 1t Is, however. wise. for ply.
siological reasons as well as for ease
Ia operation. to leave small portion
or healthy stomach" The gentleman
should be thanked for his concession
as to the small portion OF healthy
stomach. but why leave any Of the
stomach II 1t Is not essential for diges.
ton! Why carry a stomach or even a
portion OF one around just as a matter
OF form? Describing an interesting
operation performed by himself the
Lancet's correspondent very interest.
lngly says: "As compared with pylo-
rectOmy the operation as performed In
this case was easier and took less time,
because there was less stomach sur.
face to suture. The cut edges were
easily and rapidly brought together
with continuous silk sutures Through
MI the coats and then the duOdenum
was implanted into the very small sur.
face OF the fundus that was left. Had
there been difficulty In approximation
would have closed the duOdenum and
attached the jejunum." This plain and
hnequ!vocal statement should inspire
The public with new confidence In sur.
gerry. When 1t becomes possible in
,ase Of difficulty of approximation to
lose the duOdenum and attach the je.
unum who can reasonably continue to
ut back In doubt? Down with the
stomach!
The drift citywards--a comparatively
lew social phenomenon--is not wholly
lue to hightlness; II has elements Of a
liviner discomfort. The great Increase
books, newspapers and periodicals,
he lettering OF the means Of transit,
ND, In part, the return OF the well-tO.do
0 the country, have stimulated In the
illager desires and ambitions pre-
iously unknown, or only feebly felt.
md II Is not merely a craving for di.
ersion Of the cheaper kind. but a con-
ictiOn that the city offers broader
nd finer life. which drives many
ountry boy and girl from comfort.
bic home to city attic.
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Queen Alexandra has revived the use
{ the word lady" which has been
.bOOed by the polite society OF Eng.
md In favor OF woman" during the
lst decade. but reported proceedings Of
'male members Of the London "swag.
or set" lead to the belief that her
'atesty Is premature In the revival.