The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-10
CURTAILING THE HUMAN
MACHINE.

The great surgical experts con-
tinue to find parts of the human
machine which are of no apparent
use or which are indeed a clog on
health. In short, it is being PROV
ed that a person may be relieved of
considerable part of his work and
be all the better for it. A number
of patients afflicted with chronic
stomach trouble have been made
well by having their stomachs TAX
en- out bodily-it being obvious that
| If you have no stomach you cannot
have stomach trouble. The snip
ping off of the appendix has become
so common that the operation is no
longer considered fashionable-bu
now comes something new.
It's just this: the colon or large
intestine is found to be worse than
useless part of the human anatomy;
so, away with it; Metchnikoff, the
great Russian bacterologist, sever
al years ago advanced the theory
that since the large intestine is the
breeding place of the majority of
harmful germs in the human body,
it would be benefit to health to
have this organ removed, especially
as it serves no essential purpose
DR.. Distaso, the French surgeon, has
been making some demonstrations
on the line of Metchnikoff's theory,
and as a result of systematic opera
tions and tests at st. Mary's hospital
in London he now announces it as
proved fact that the removal of the
large intestine will contribute to
good health and long life.
The large intestine has never
stood well with the medical profess
sion, but they have never quite
known how to better the situation
until the proposition came up to
cut the Gordian knot by simply re-
moving the offending member and
splicing the loose ends of the ali
mentary canal together. Unpleasant
as it may be to contemplate, it is
n fact well known to investigators
that the average person carries a
veritable menagerie in his colon !
1t is safe to say that if people were
to know the actual conditions pres
ent in this organ in their own case
they would be so wrought up that |
they would have no peace until |
these conditions were changed. 1t |
is not necessary to so here into the |
many ailments which can be laid |
directly to the unsanitary condition
OF the large intestine; practically |
every person is more or less vic |
tim of auto-intoXication," or self
poisoning, due to the reabsorption |
nto the system of the toxins present
in this organ.
DR.. DistasO has been making OBJ
so:vations on number of persons
who for year or more have been
living with their colon removed,
and he finds that their health is
greatly improved. He is now TAX
ing two of these subjects to Paris
to be observed further at the Pasteur
Institute. Every child should have
its large intestine, as we'll as the
appendix removed, he says, and he
adds: My experiments have prov
ed we would all of us be better off
without the lower intestine, which
is nothing more or less than an ideal
breeding place for disease germs.
Almost every chronic disease may
be traced back to the action of
these germs-chronic heart dis
ease, arteric sclerosis, and most
kinds of headaches being examples"
To those who would avoid such
an operation and still possess the
maximum of health he recommends
diet which includes very little
meat and an abundance of green
vegetables. Eggs are as objec-
llonable as meat, he declares, since
they develop poisons in the large
intestine. Tea and coffee are both
bad, but an abundance of water
should be drunk, he tells us.