The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-11
APPENDICITIS MYSTERY.

! WRt is this dread disease that /;
kilnng SO many of us? There is
mystery about it that fills peoplewitl
an excess of fear. In almost tota
lgnoIfnce OF its pathology, our mind,
dweltupo it until we reach state
OF mprtal funk-a state quite dan
geroP, in that it superinduces the
disease. Many dictionaries prior h r.
1850 gid not contain the word. Noah
We6sler, of course, never heard Of
It. oprmonth (I885) does not men
Wsnaye grown up with the belief
tilar lhe spleen is an organ without a
IuncLion. SO to state is to belittle
the kreator. We are assured TODAY
thafthe vermiform appendix is also
an prgan without function. which
IS sllly human effort to discredit
tldf ten yoa ! sEsEe in better taste to saw:
the Lord meant by giving to man an
appendix A use has been found
for the spken after few thousand
years, and presently, if we study
hard, we shsll also find a use for the
appendix. It it offend thee, how
ever, pluck itout!
Where an organ is accounted func-
tionless, one mans opinion may be
just as good as another's. Il am
convinced that I have suffered from
chronic appendicitis all my life, Says
dilettante. q have discussed the
matter with noted pathologists, and
some are inclined to yield to my ar
guments. That the appendix is a
constant menace to health, or even
life itself, is as true as gospel, and
if l were to live my life over again
I most certainly would have it cut
off at a very early age. / should
advise parents to consider seriously
the question of having it removed
from their children before the age of
five is reached. An operation at that
age is harmless" s."
This chronic sufferer added, in re-
ply to question as to what effect
was produced on him by appended
tis: "The appendix always contains
irritating material. Intestinal germs
lodge in it, attack its inner coating,
gradually destroy it with forma-
ton of pus and thus poison the en-
tire system. Without it as an 0bsta-
Gle all fecal matters would pass safe
ly on through the alimentary canal.
I have bad skin; it is due entirely
to continued poisoning by my dis
eased appendix. have vertigo. 1t
is due to faulty circulation which is
caused by appendical poisoning.
There is not enough blood in the
miserable little thing (it's only three
inches long and 1-8 inch thick) to
keep it in an active condition. It,
"By physical energy am often
able to throw off the effects, and for
days, weeks, or months, am practi-
cally we'll man. But. my little en-
emy goes to sleep again and creates
fresh disturbance. If he would
only do his duty like the rest of my
organs! We call appendicitis a new
disease. Why, it was known prior
to 1912, because Saracenus wrote of
it in a letter. There were dozen
different diseases known to the old
time doctors which we have traced
right down to appendicitis. Only
the name is new. Operations for
the removal of the appendix are COM
mon in this age because of the great
advance in surgery. There was not
much cutting in the seventeenth cen
tury for anything; now we cut and
slice for nearly everything.
"The professional name among
medical students for the appendix
is abdominal tonsil,' and there isn't
a surgeon, young or old, who thinks
any more about clipping it off than
about cf1iseling out the small ovals
in the throat that cause quinsy.
Thousands of people have their ton
sils cut out to prevent sore throat
If they had their appendices cut out
it would not be necessary to remove
their tonsils, for there would be no
more sore throat. If the Creator
has made mistake by inserting a
functionless organ in the human bod
functionless organ in the human
body the sooner we rectify it the
better.
eff l were under As I'd have my
appendix taken out in a jiffy. Old
people Il am so seldom survive
the operation, because their resist
ance to shock is weak; then they are
liable to kidney breakdown and to
pneumonia. 1t is lucky thing that
the disease is more frequent in the
young than in the aged, for the for
mer can stand the knife better. 1t
is very common among children, be-
cause youngsters are forever eating
what they should not and getting
their bowels out of order. Grape
seeds, almonds, ETC., don't cause ap-
pendicitis, so go ahead and eat all
you want of such things. And an
other thing-try to forget that you
have an appendix. twenty-five years
ago you didn't worry about it; why
worry now?"
When person feels a sharp pain
low down on the right side of the
abdomen, even as far down as the
groin, the first alarm is: GIVE got
appendicitis I'm a gonerp Ever
the mildest cases of bellyaches create
CONSERVATION Intestinal indigestion
is regarded as an acute cases of ap
pendicitis, and the victim sees horric
visions of the knife. But most pain:
in the abdominal region are not as
socated even remotely with, the ap
pendix. Com collie, cramps, ETC., etc.
don't come from the "functionles!
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