The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-11-25
APPENDICITIS PREVENTED

APPEND NDlCITlS PhEv ENTED
1t is. almost impossible to read
daily newspaper thoroughly withou
coming across a notice that some wei
known person has undergone an opers
tion for appendicitis. In fact, apper
dicitis seems to have become societ,
complaint, for it is seldom that th
working classes suffer from this dis
ease.
l am not "making light" of tht
complaint, for a severe attack Of ap
pendicitis is very serious trouble
but it is found chiefly in persons o
sedentary habits, while it seldom
troubles persons who are compelled tc
earn their living by manual labor.
The first, last, and only cause o
appendicitis is insufficient drinking o
liquids.
In order to have perfect health :
full grown person requires in th'
neighborhood Of two quarts of liquids
every twenty-four hours. This liquid
is required to supply the saliva, gas
trio juice, pancreatic juice, perspira
ton, &C., and any stinting of the fluids
required by the body prevents the
formation Of these various secretions
in sufficient q lantity to enable them
to carry On their work properly.
People that earn their living by
physical labor usually pcrspire freely
and in cons. qnence drink freely; and
it is for this reason that appendicitis
so seldom develops III tue active.
working class.
l never lose an opportunity of ques-
tioning a person who has suffered
from acute or chronic appendicitis, and
although l have questioned scores of
of them in person and by correspon
dence, l have yet to find the first
sufferer from this complaint who, be-
fore his attack, drank anything ap-
proximating the quntity of water per
day required by healthy lcrson.
have been called on to treat many
cases of chronic appendicitis, and have
had no difficulty in relieving every
patient permanently within a few
days after the proper water-drinking
habit was established. In fact, in
acute and chronic appendicitics water
drinking will be found almost a speci-
&c cure, except when suppuration has
occurred and operative measures are
imperative.
Water, hot or cold, is the best form
in which to take the liquids, but part
of the two quarts can to be taken in
the form of tea, coffee, milk, lemonade
&c. Fruit contains great deal Of
water, and if much fruit be eaten the
quantity of liquids drunk can be re-
duced proportionately.
For the person who is enjoying
good health, all that is necessary to
keep him forever free from appendici-
tbs is to drink his two quarts of water
daily every day of his life. He need
not resort to the slipping process.
A glassful night and morning and
occasionally during business hours,
and free drinking of liquids with his
meals will enable him to consume the
necessary amount without inconveni'
ence. 1t is needless to sta. that the food
should be thoroughly masticated.
Air and food are life essentials
which play a very important part in
health and disease, and to be perfect
ly healty in every respect or to regain
health once lost, air, water, and food
are things to which careful attention
has to be paid. A man may partake
improperly of air and food, and suffer
from various complaints in conse.
quence; but if be drink sufficient water
he will never suffer from an attack
of appendicitis; whereas man may
endeavor to breathe and eat properly
but If be fails to drink sufficient water
daily he is always possible victim fol-
appendictis.-H. A. Parkyu, M. D..
G. NJ; in "Suggestion."
MEN CALL HER BLESSED.
Blessed is the man whose wife is
not an animated question mark
Edith Wharton has somewhere spok
en- of a woman who "excelled in the
rare art of taking things for granted.
That means, when home tired and
worn and cross she did not delnoe him