St. Tammany farmer., 1906-04-28
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Home Health
Club
| D. DAVID d. REIDER, n. D.. N.A
| La Porte, Ind.

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APPENDICITIS.
Appendicitis must be the subject Of
this lecture, and can assure you It
Is not from choice. OF late / have
had great many letters asking for
advice regarding the home treatment
OF the disease, ana IL thought sur
gerry always necessary. The second
question Is easy, and may be answered
with an emphatic no; but to answer
the former question Is no mean task.
Nearly all medical books that have
been published in recent years con-
tain elaborate descriptions and minute
directions for the treatment, nearly all
of which Is where to cut, when to- cut,
how to cut, and IN some books how
many timse to cut. In fact, some do not
recognize any method Of cure but .
surgical method. Now if they should
take the view Of st. Louis physician.
/. e., that all kinds Of sickness that
could be cured without medicine were
surgical cases, then possibly people
who think that an operation is the only
cure for appendicitis are correct I,
however, beg leave to differ, although
admit that there are cases in which
an operation Is necessary; but they
are few.
.s-sW What Appendicitis 10. the
first place, what is APPENDICITIS? In
the simplest form that I can ex-
press it, I would say that it is an
inflammation Of the mucous lining of
the vermiform appendix, commencing
as a catarrhal Inflammation, and ex-
tending sometimes to other parts. and
sometimes conflning itself to the
vermiform appendix, but advancing to
such degree that destruction Of the
parts takes place, causing perforation
and gangrene. presume might I'LL
half a column with long names which
would be meaningless, SO what is the
use?8 You know what mean when I
say that inflammation has so far ad-
vanced that a hole has been made
through the little sack called the ap-
pendix, and allows pus or fecal mat
ter to pass into the abdominal cavity.
Now, while such condition is quite
serious, It Is not always fatal, II prop
erly treated, even without an opera
tion.
- The appendix is situated on the
right side of the abdomen at the end
Of the small intestines, just above the
right groin. Just before the large in-
testines commence, there is IN enlarge
ment OF the intesiines, called the cae-.
cum, and running out from this
pouch-like enlargement is a small ap-
pendage, which on account Of its
wormlike appearance Is called vermi-
form appendix. Some will contend
this Is a useless thing, but II. is not.
Through neglect, abuse. misuse, or &C.
cident, various organs Of the body
may become weak, sick, atrophed, or
entirely destroyed, and still the per-
son may live happily, but q decided
change takes place. The voice and
manner Of q eunuch becomes woman
ish. while the voice and manner sof
a woman unsexed, becomes, as a rule,
coarse and manlike. A more striking
object lesson IS afforded In the OK,
the wethers and The gelder horse. An
all-wise Creator placed that little
lubricating sack there for ! purpose,
and II man will observe the laws Of
nature, with regard to diet and exer-
else and avoid constipation and glut-'
tony, the little thing win do It's share
Of work faithfully throughout a long
end useful life.
No Harm in Grape Seeds.-There
Is zone thing about the appendix
which ! am tempted to tell you.
but have made 1t a rule to tell
the. simple, plain facts and then, sit
you neglect my advice and suffer, I
cannot be held responsible. 1T is sell
dom, II ever, that the dreaded grape
seed is the cause Of appendicitis. Now
the terrible fear Of the disease has
caused many to. adopt the proper and
prudent plan of dfscharging the seeds
of grapes and raisins. They should
never be swallowed under any circum-
stances. They might cause the DIS
ease by irritation. Large quantities
OF them have been taken into the stom-
acha at q time and being hard and
indigestible,. are. hurried on hy the In
stinctive action Of the alimentary ca
nal as soon as their nature Is discov-
cred. Nature soon notifies the brain
that the colon should be sevacuated,
but no attention Is paid to the no
tice. The efforts Of the intestines
grow feebler and feebler and at last
cease. Then we have fecal impaction.
At last the colon is partly filled, and
when the lilo caecal valve opens to |
pass the contents Of the small intes-
tines into the large, thereeis found mo |
room, and q that little valve Is very
sensitive, It at once closes and refuses /
to open for some time. More food is |
eaten and more waste is forced down
until the little valve again tries to-
discharge its contents, but still no
room has been made, and again lt.be-I
comes closed, more tightly than be-
fore, and now the trouble begins. A |
little cold is taken, and the little
pouch becomes heated, the infamma-
ton extends to the little appendix, |
and 1t relaxes until some Of the fecal I
matter is crowded into It. The symp-
toms which. follow are nearly always