The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-05-05

Charges the Medical Pro-
fessien With Praeiicing
Deception and Graft.
Aner an u appeadlcnl1 mylh'

After an - appendicitis a MYTH
Are many % the soacalled cases Of
appendicitis merely no more nor
Isaa than stomach aches
Dr NJ ! hodermuud. author ~
As II II. scientific exposure Of
the frauds Ut modern medicine aud
surgery virtually declares that ap
prudieitlh does not exist
have Witnessed aud assisted In
"a operations OF noeallcd append
eitiB. he says. bur never have /
seen diseased appendix
Rodefmand charges that the sur
geuus use the popular dread ~ ap
peudleitia as 4 method of shaking
down their patients.
have seen a number 81 healthy
blooming young men and women
sent to the angels lasi because the
surgeons wanted the Zee OF three
to five hundred dollars. he SAYS.
How They Deceive
Then be goes on "a explain how
the expert surgeon mates good In
an operation FOR appendicitis deceiy.
Ing not only the friends 81 the pa.
tienl aud the patient himself. bat
the assisting phy siciana a. Nell
The surgeon puts his finger deep
into the wound finds healthy ap
peudis. which the touch vii usual
~ reveal. begins io talk scientific.
ally about The Intense adhesione.
and comforts his face into all sorts
OF eNprsnslouH and explains the &c
tious approximations while breaking
az these imaginary adhesions
pisfiauring Appendix
hat vhaf do YOU suppose the
surgeon L. really doing all this
timeY he = piHching aud aaueek
Ing the appendix 50 a. 10 look
diaeHa.-d shen he finally takes IL
out tits fiugef nails viii have pro.
duced dents and swelling snffi
cisnt to deceive ans doctor OF las
man hooking on. or any inquirlnE
friends of the patient
All this talk aboui the appcndit
niiiuE NJ with grape sseds. cherry
pits and other fruit seeds. which
as youngsters Ne never hsaltaied
To swallow f. al buncomhe. Rodcr
muna declares
Nothing Doing Here.
The anatomy shows that II IL
an absolute impassibility Tor the
= ppendik Ia man to become Oh
strueicd any more than The glands
that sectete the saliva can be oh.
stfue,ed BY the food In the mouth.
be Gays
Instead Of being useless. M
porflnous attachment. uith no ap.
parent rse fo the human system. a.
popular impression has Il. the ap
pendix. Rodermnnd claims. ~ q Vers
necessary and wisely placed oil can
for the inieailnes.
Serves tia Purpose.
"This little appendix u a Elanduiar
organ. he explains. and evidently
there Tor q purpose similar To that
Of other glands. . "a furnish IN.
hricaiion aud answer as an oil can
to prevent Any obstruction when
the contents are passing from the
large Intestine latu the smaller
one
IN the dos The appendix appears.
but Il H. practically n continuation
OF the intestine. vith a Wide.open
mouth. inviting the Judgment Of
Infinitely larger distractions than
possibly could force their way into
the human appendix
Yet dogs do not have append.
cltis.
Near-Appendieitiu.
The nearest possible approach 10
appendicitis. according tn Rodsr
mund. Is cloggine of the Intestinal
passage With fedai matter nj the
abrupt curve over the appendix.
Should such eakinE 81 the mites.
final walls occur It might be ex.
pocted TO produce pain. and puugiblv
some Inflammation which might be
communicated in extreme cases To
the appendix
But he says. this IL no more
appendicitis than common stom.
aeh ache would be inflammation Of
the bowels
Moreover such n condition may be
relieved by a diet that has n tend
ency To loosen the packed substance
In the in,estines. or II may be re
moved by resort 10 grsudmas sim.
pie puYgattNe treatment