The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-02
APPENDICES Dine
DOCTOR WHO REMOVED 100 vERn.
iFoRMs TOASTED BY PATIENTS.
Chief Surgeon J. 3. Beaver Of German
hospital at Philadelphia Only
Whole Man There-TabIe Dec
oratlons Are Unique.

Philadelphia.-One hundred an,
sixty surgeons, each bearing a sea
where his appendix had been removed
were hosts to Or. John b. Deaver, chic
surgeon of the German hospital The
other night DIR. Beaver had removed
them all himself He was the onl,
man present with his vermiform at
tached.
The dinner was given at the Univer
sfty club and marked the beginning
or the Appendices club. All the
hosts were surgeons and physicians
They came from every state and
from Canada
Even the walters were appendix
less. CARRIED as Red Cross orderlies,
they moved decorously around the
board. DR.. Beaver WAS not alone re-
sponsible for their condition, however.
Other hands had been at work there.
AS an evidence OF their apprecia-
ton. the men operated upon by DR..
beaver presented him with a loving
cup In the form OF a manikin Of sill
domen at the place where the incision
for appendicitis is made.
In poem, song and story did the sur
vivors make merry over their condi-
ton. Several special poems were
written for the occasion and PAROLES
TO popular songs were arranged.
There were present some who also
bad been operated upon for other
causes by the surgeon In whose honor
the dinner was given. They were ad-
mitted after a conference
In the menu were testimonials from
some of the greatest surgeons in the
land, declaring that after having been
operated upon by DR.. Deaver, they felt
Ike new men. These parts of the
menu were carefully cut out before
they reached the reporters. but they
took up at least five pages.
The decorations at the table were
symbolic. There were skeletons and
sections of anatomy that made the
board look like a butcher shop. It
had been intended that before every
mans plate should have been placed
his own particular appendix In a neat
glass Jar.
At the last moment IT was found
that the relies OF most OF those pres.
ent had been presented to the Uni.
versity of Pennsylvania by Or. Beaver
In An assorted group OF 500, represent
ing all the various stages OF the dis
ease and operation. The university re-
fused to give these up and this was
the only disappointment.
What is the appendix" asked DR.. |
Heisler, who Is chief OF anatomy at
the Medico-Chirurgical college. 1T is
Ike the obsessions and unnecessary |
evils OF life. But alas llfe's only sur
geon Is death. The appendix is Or. t
beavers. Would that there could be |
such surgeon to life who would wise |
y cut and yet leave the vitality be-
longing to me-" 4
Not one OF us but has not felt his
gentle knife" said DR. Neff 1T is our
1nly regret that among all of us free
men, liberate, chainless men whose
letters of the appendix have been
stricken of r our guest. he only re-
mains a slave 20 the vermiform.
move that an operation be performed
1t once upon our benefactor to make
him one Of u.s.
There was evident desire among the
liners to bring this about. but It final
y failed to carry. A silent toast was
trunk at last to those appendices
whose masters and themselves were
Unable to be present.