The Dolores star., 1911-01-27

V0Do 70 WY0uc0l NtSS8tW1S WsosS w.
an original method d treating chroaic
alcoholism. The writer. d. J. w.
Ksnnsy Of san Antonio. Tex. declares
that the only means OF curing aico-
holics In BY surgery. In proof Of his
ccotention he cites . series OF cases
% treated BY him. asserting that In
. majority Of them . cure was eject.
Cd. His article. entitled The Alec.
hole Case and . Surgical Operation
Tor the Cure Of Chronic Alcoholism"
appears In the current issue of the
Texas Medical Journal.
Doctor Kenney's method II TO make
IN artificial opening In the stomach
loop up the jejunum u part Of the
intcstinep. make an artificial opening
In the jejunum. and unite the two ar.
tincial openings. The operation ID
called ssstro-jcjunostomy. Here are
Doctor Kenney's reasons for resort
ing to this operation:
II. Because medical treatment falls
In q majority II not all cases. and
must necessarily continue to fall be-
cause II does not remove the cause
of the Enawipg or craving for alcohol.
=. Because the pathological condi-
ton caused by alcohol 10 almost iden-
teal with pathological conditions pro
duced BY other causes which are 70
lieved BY surgical treatment.
"The drunkard in giving . history
Of his case usually points to his stom-
ach a the cause Of his drinking. Very
few claim that the taste for liquor has
anything to do with II. In the stom-
ach will also be found the frst evi-
dence that the physical basis Of life
protoplasm- been injured and the
physical structure Of that organ b the
FIRST to present pathological condi-
tiOnA.
N has been proved that alcohol
stimulates the action OF the senses
and organs Of the body for . short
time. This supranormal condition 10
quickly followed BY the infra-normal.
which indicates . partial paralysis Of
the nerve ends, and eventually Of the
nerve centers.
Continued repetition Of this proc
ess results in hardening and partial
paralysis OF the muscular coat OF the
stomach. and an in6amed or liberated
condition Of the mucous coat. Such .
condition produces . vitiatcd appetite
and impairs the action Of tho stom-
ach, which 10 the most Important u
the digestive processes. To relieve
this condition. when produced By any
agsAt other than alcohol. surgical
measures are demanded. Why not
apply the same principle In the alco-
holic case?
.Reasoning along this line con-
vinced me that all hope Of curing
case Of chronic alcoholism lay In .
surgical direction. and I resolved To
try the operation that had In mind
upon the FIRST case that would grant
me the privilege. An ideal case soon
presented itself--a young man OF
high degree, who had descended 10
the lowest depths Of saloondom. and
had noundsred about In Il for sev.
eral years. presented himself with the
request that I do something for him.
; AFTER . two weeks preparatory
treatment. . posterier gastro-Jejunos-
tony BY simple suture was performed
upon him. He left the hospital thirty
days later. This patient was ABOUT
thirty-nve years old. and had been
drinking for about ten years. During
the last three years business NAG 20
interfered with his drinking that he
quit business and drank day and
night. consuming rom one 20 two
quarts OF WHISKY during the twen'y-
four hours. ne was one Q! me nsst'
known drunkards IN the Guy. ana no
one could remember having sesn n'm
sober during tne 'hree years proceed.
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