The San Francisco call., 1909-08-18
Answers to Queries

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. City. Is there any rec
ord of any human being having the power TO
articulate after the tongue had been cut out7
This question was submitted to the
college of surgeons and physicians of
this city and has kindly been answered
by Winslow Anderson. M. D.. who says:
have never known of an individual
who was able to articulate after COM
pIete aba alation of the tongue, as articu-
late speech depends largely upon this
organ. 1t was difficult to understand
how articulate speech could be per-
formed in man or any animal without
the tongue.
Doctors Bockenheimer and Froshe in
their Atlas of Typical Operations
adapted English version), by DR.. II.
Evans, say. page AZ, under the head of
Excision of the Tongue:
The patient may sit up as early as
the third day He soon learns to
swallow and the stump of the tongue
substance, even when extensive removal
has been carried out, elongates 10 such
a degree that speech becomes nearly
normal. after the lapse of a few weeks
CHAMPIONSHIPS. r.. City. How does
John L. Sullivan claim to be former champion
when in fact he never fought international
fghtf
His claim is based on his fight with
Ryan and with Ki1rain- T. s. Andrews
in his Worlds Sporting Annual says:
The last bare knuckIe fight in Amer
lea was won by John L. Sullivan when
he defeated Jack Kilrain at Richburg.
Miss, and for II years he held the
championship" The Police Gazette An
nual says: In 1882 John L. Sullivan
defeated Paddy Ryan for the champion
ship of America, Mississippi City
IL. P. r., in nine rounds" 1t is un-
doubtedly on these fights that he laws
claim to the title.
BIG MAP-subscriber Oakland, Cal. Saw an
allusion a few days since about a big man to
be exhibited in New York. What kind OF
map is it?
1t. is said that it is to be the biggest
map in the world and is being con-
structed for the celebration committee
OF the Hudson Fulton celebration next
September. 1t will be placed on the
south side of Greensboro bridge. in New
feet high.
CHoRE-A. G.. San Mateo, CAL What is the
word ''chore' derived from?
1t is corruption of the old English
noun char or chare, derived from the
verb TO char or to chare. signffvine
to work by the day or to take ones
<urn at doing jobs instead of working
as regularly hired servant.
TWO COUNTRIEs-W Which country has tba
largest area. the United States or Canada?
United States. including the islands.
3.756.SS4 square miles Dominion OF
Canada. excluding Hudson's bay. the
gulf of st. Lawrence and all tidal
waters. S.72s,665 square miles.
RICHELIEU-F. c. w, City. sYour
question in re Riche1ieu is so vague
that it is impossible to determine what
information you want If you will ex
plain what you desire an effort will be
made to obtain the information.
BALIzE-S. NJ. S., Alameda. CAL What ls
the meaning Of BaIize. the name OF a village af
the mouth OF the Mississippi river?
Balize is Spanish for beacon"
beacon light was established at that
place in early times. hence the name
given to the village.
ACCOUNTING r. c.. City. who IL The
author of Theory OF Accounting and vvhere n
the Journal Of Accountaney published?
The author is S. H. Goodyear and
the journal is published in New York
city.
JEFFRIEs- r.. City. Did Ierrles evsr
when1 -
He fought and defeated Peter jack
son in three rounds in that city March
%, 1898