The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-25
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 diameter than any other part, will
 hardly admit in the normal, state the
 top of an uncut cedar pencil; it will
 readily be seen that even a moderate
 sized cherry stone would have some
 difficulty in passing in. That smaller
 foreign bodies may gain access to the
 interior of the tube is undoubtedly true, but the number of instances in
 which such have actually been discov-
 cred within the diseased appendix is
 comparatively small. A single duck
 shot, a small fragment of solder from q
 canned meat tin, bristlc from a
 tooth- brush, a spicule from the lining
 of an enameled saucepan and an ordi- nary pin have all been known to find
 their way into the interior of the ap-
 pendix, and once there such bodies
 may undoubtedly induce inflammation
 in the manner subsequently, described.
 While, then, admitting that in few
 cases extraneous matters of the char
 acter and size mentioned may play
 some part in the incidence of appen-
 dicitis, we must seek more common
 cause for the frequency of the affec-
 tion.
 The, human body is constantly har- boring micro-organisms which are ever ready to attack the tissues, and are
 especially capable of doing so when
 ever the person is below par, or the ,,,t+tx l,. in contact has suffered some injury. i Tese micro-organisms, styled bacteria.
 are constantly taken in with food, and more particularly so in towns. Being
 thus perpetually reinforced they are
 continually multiplying, and able to attack any undefended point. There is, perhaps, nothing which so tends to as- sist their multiplication and to increase their virulence as hurried and irregular meals involving the retention of im-
 perfectly digested food. Then it Is that e these microscopical organisms will
 crowd into what may be called. the
 backwater of the appendix, here to
 stagnate and to develop a powerful
 poison, which acting upon the walls
 of the tube, soon produce inflama-
 ton, which is evidenced by pain, and all the train of symptoms incident to appendicitis. Take day in the life of the ordinary city man, who, having risen somewhat later than usual, finds
 1t necessary to hurry his breakfast,
 perhaps even run part of the way to
 the station in order to catch the train
 which will enable him to keep an im-
 portant appointment. He is busy
 throughout the morning, and finds that to get through his work and en- X able him to leave his office at a re-
 spectable hour in the afternoon lunch
 con must be scramble, though he is < unwilling to forgo his usual full com
 plement of diverse food. On reaching home he is too tired to enjoy any heal- l thy exercise, and a third meal, # e.,
 dinner, follows upon the the two pre- l vious badly digested meals he has al- ready taken, with the result that the Inevitable evil consequences follow He may keep up this unwholsome rush for while but before long he will feel .l the necessity for a holiday. Off he goes land perhaps opens the ball with a tough round of golf, or possibly a ser ies of hard sets at lawn tennis, or may | be even days sculling. Then he is suddenly attacked with appendicitis and placed in considerable danger.
 "The moral is to eat ones meals de- iliberately, leaving time for the com lmencement of the process of digestion before imposing undue strain on the
 muscles by rushing to the station, or the mental faculties by an intellect
 ual effort such as a smart financial Il. sp o+ I,n ,e, debutante who has appeared at her first drawing room. Her subsequent
 season has been a full one, containing
 much to weary the flesh, while the lmind has not been inactive. She has ? eaten rich food, often at late hours,
 with inevitable result of indigestion, , and in due time appendicitis. Lastly, turn to the child of. the poor, fed on :, atrociously unsuitable food, the mere infant having exactly the same as its
 parents, and how can we wonder that ; it should fall prey to the ever ready bacterial forces? It will thus be realiz- T ed that the medical profession looks upon the modern life of rush,, strain and worry, with unwholsome diet and irregular habits, as one of the principal causes of the increase of appendicitis, :
 : and 1t believes that those who wish to ! avoid this ailment must live more , plainly, take matters more easily and pay attention to what nature pro- ? claims as rational existence. Re- member that one attack of appendicitis : is liable to be followed by another at :, an unknown interval, and the survivor of the first may succumb to the second. As has been suggested, much can be I done to. avoid the onset of the attack, 7 and, possibly even if it has come to a head, care in diet regularity of exer- :, else and an intelligent, we'll ordered , life may serve to postpone or even pre- a vent second prostration.
 ''The operative treatment of appen- dicitis has two main objects viz, to relieve the urgent systoms during : the acute attack and to prevent any l possibility of recurrence of the mis- s chief. The gravity of the operation