Arizona republican., 1904-08-16
Appendicitis and Heat Eating.

The current number of Public Opin- ion contains an interesting article oa nSeat eating and appendicitis in which Hhc conclusion is arrived at that veg esarians are generally free from that disease. It says:
 Inflammation of the appendix may br produced by a local cause, such as tAe introduction into the intestines of fNgeiEn bodies; but this cause, if it exists, is exceptional. In fact, the dis Sase is general and has an epidemic character. the manifestions of the con- dition being frequent during epidemics of grippe. The tissue of the appen- dix also has a close analogy with that "f the tonsiI, appendicitis, like ton Silitis. being the result of infection, the Enicrobe of which is not known.
 Why, however. has this infection be- eome more frequent? In answer to this we will submit the answer of NJ. Lucas Championniere. which was recently communicated to the academy of medicine. In this authors opinion grippe is the commencement of appen- Cicitis, but although due 10 the grippe, appendicitis is present almost solely in those countries where flesh food is used. and above all abused. In fact, it hs always much more severe in those patients who eat meat excessively. When appendicitis occurs the only Temedy for it's cure is an operation, hWS the trouble may be prevented by 8&3ut-vesetarian regime and by a re- GUTn 10 the periodical use of purging.
 The investigation which NJ. Cham pimunjere has just made clearly est;lb- g5afoee7 tAe rarity of symptoms which aYaea1a,ote appendicitis before the appear Rsgae 0f grippe. According to state GEemfs coming from various parts of thU wOrld. cases of appendicitis com gm@soty coincide with the grippe. How evrr. after the grippe the disease ap- pCaTG generally only in those countries where meat is largely used, for exam DIe !ss Australia.
 tn Porto Rico the disease is not found among the vegetarian popula- 1ion. but it does occur among the hpHeFicans who eat meat. In France, GHnng vegetarian peoples, appendicitis ss very rare or not present at all, while th~ disease increases in proportion as s'sc use of meat is increased. This is the result of the observations in Brit t4Ey. in the population of the noun lains, iH thc center of France, and elsewhere In ROumania, statistics aho~ that there is one case out of 22.- 1@@ cases of illness among the meat eaters of the country. The same Obser- | ystions might be made of Belgium, All Gicrs. Tonkin, and New Caledonia. In Gae prisons and in all the closely pack ed institutions. which are always the easy prey to the grippe, and where the eeEime is almost solely vegetarian, enc knight say there are no cases of ap- gsHdicitis. At Clairvaux, since 1900, l Dr. Lutier has only seen a single case | Of apepndicitis among the prisoners, and at Roquette, during five years there has been observed but two or three insignificant cases, the treatment | pf which without operation has only | required three or four days.
 The examination of the statistics os t1any schools and convents gives the game results, there being no apcndici- | tis where the regime is vegetarian. | &t Nantes, among the Cllriseae and | the Carmelites, who are exclusively | Esgetarians, there is ID aDpendiliti< | the same being true of the Carmelite5 Of Amiens and the Trappsts Of Bldg- | dssc. It is thus only reasonable that M. Championniere should conclude ! gAat meat eating favors intestinal af- tections and appendicitis following the grippe, and that the reduction of .his | regime is to be advised,