The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13
RO.Mi>TE OF uEDIGINI.
Course of Ni~tOr, thsnsed ~ Q sore
Tooth or Tornln i.INrr. -.-

Sir Arthur conan povt". spc0s.ns 1"
! some Lond n 'n"'i'ca s,ut'u-s told ssv
, eral stories illustrating what ha called
-th. romano" ot n..d.cln.
Tn. fashion Il wclrin. w!g> for IN.
stance. was dc "a 4 sNln ih.G.N which
produced bald patches on 10 ausus.
head Of Francis ! vt France ". 90,
a Wig and his cou-t'"r~ followed su't.
JUS: as they all whispered 49, ne rrd
an attack OF laryrSi,is
One can trace for Ma. years 500
III. same authority n ~, Lancet GER
.ainlv from lsn.. ~" iu,"ltIon Of thai
disease which killed NJ clsoH NJ ST.
Helena in 1871 H. i>u1 B"Irrienne said
! I hav" often soon HIM ~ MaluIaison lean
against 81" "iGhr arm NJ t'S chair and
unbuttoninG mrs coat and wnrstcoat ex-
claim. What pain feet
That wac, perhaps rho first allusion
t" HIS stomachlU and hepatlo trouble,
bu: from th", onward :. continually
! appeared. like Banauo at the banoust.
n. could scatter the hosts Of Europe ahd
alter It's kingdoms. but he was poweriess
against the mutinous cells Of his own
mucous membrane.
Again and again he had attacks OF
lsthargy. amounting almost ~ collapse
! at moments when all his energy was most
required. Al the crisis Of Waterloo hs
had such an attack and sat his horse like
/, a man da2ed for hours ~ rhe actieu
Finally the six years at st. Helena furnish
a clinical study Of gastric disease which
wIas all explained IN III. historical poet
mortem examination. which dlsclosFed
cancer covering the whole wail " tt.
stomach and actually perforating It NJ tss
heparic border
-NapoIeon's whole career was pec-
foundry modified by his complaint Theirs
have been many criticis,nfs- not unnaturai
, ones OF his petty. qucrulous and ipi-
dignieied attitude during his. captiyiiy,
but IL his critics knew what il wgh 10
digest their food with AN organ wtfish
had hardly "A square inch OF healthy tissain
upon II they WOULD perhaps tass A n3rs
generous view OF the conduct of Nhp6iRsn
For my own part think that his fortitsiie
was never more shown thsn during tiftsss
years--ths best proof or which was dfat
his guardians had no notion how III he
death. -
History abound. with examples OF
what ! have called the romance OF med
icine. Look AT the men. for example.
who were the prirm" movers IN the French
Revolution They wer. "a diseased com
pany-a pathological museum Was
Niarass view of life tainted by his loath-
some skin disease for which he was
taking hot baths when cha rlotte Corday
cut him OF? Was tho inrcrruptIb,e but
bilious Robsspierre tho victim of his own
river? VAS touth0u' heart enbittersi
by his disiigured limbs
These are the problem, where med
icine infringes upon history and these
are the illustrations of the philosophy
which IN only Open to the medical think or.
How many times do the most important
historical deve IopUents appear 10 depend
upon small physical causes There Is.
for example. the case Of fhe revocation
of the Edict OF Nantes By this measure
the whole history of France has been
profoundly modified. bee AIse by that &C.
zion there were driven forth the Hus;e-
nots
always held out upon this point. 20 gave
way at last tn the pressure % Nine de
Nlaintenon and his clerical advisers The
answer lay in o-le 81 his nolar teeth ~
is historical that re had for some months
bad toothachc. carries abSCess ~ the Jaw
and finally a sinus which reG'Iired opera
ton. and IL was a this time. wTPn he was
autobiography abnormal aud irritable
thai he took the step which has modified
history Great results NAV depend upon
king jaw or a statesman : ii gestion