The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-05
CORSET WEARING
IS VERY HARMFUL
DR.. Clark Warns Women of
Wayne County-Address
by DR.. Wampler.

A general and urgent request that
the women OF Wayne county refrain
from wearing corsets in the future
was made yesterday afternoon by DR.
Edward Clark, of the indianapolis
board of health, when he addressed
the members of the Wayne County
Medical association on the subject OF
the "Advisability of Removing Gall
Stones" DR.. Clark, who Is the son OF
DR.. Clark, OF Cambridge City. and is
well known here, made the surprising
assertion that ten per cent OF the en-
tire population of the world is afflicted
with gall stones. In the course of his
talk, the doctor gave some interesting
points.
In opening his talk. DR.. Clark stated
that five times as many women as
men have gall stones. This condition
he attributed to the wearing of cor
sets, for, he said, the corset presses
on the liver and constructs the tube
leading out OF it. with the result that
gall stones are formed. The Indiana
polls physician went on to say that all
cases of this illness should be at once
operated upon, and the adjoining parts
thoroughly drained. If patients are
not promptly treated, the presence OF
the stones may soon lead to abcesses
in neighboring parts. and very often
to cancer. He then told the doctors
that one person out of every ten in
the world Is more or less afflicted
with gall stones, and that one per cent
OF the people actually suffer from seri-
Gus cases. His plea to the women OF
this county to quit wearing corsets
was seconded by DR.. Charles Bond,
and also Or. Study, of Cambridge City.
The two latter physicians expressed
the opinion that such an action on the
part of the women would be great
general benefit to the county.
A witty Address.
Dr. J. NJ. Wampler was called upon
for q speech, and gave a most interest
ing address on the subject "diaphore-
ties DIR. Wampler came into the
room with large suit case and took
from 1t brick bat, an army piston.
and a razor. This, said the doctor,
pointing to the razor, when put into
the hands of colored gentleman who
happens to be in a certain mood, will
produce II properly used wonderful
case of diaphoresis on the person who
is the object of the colored gentle
mans attention. The other weapons,
be said, had the same effect if proper
ly used. At the end of his talk, DR..
Wampler read an original poem on
the topic of sweat-producing, and the
event closed with laughter and ap-
olause from the audience.
DIR. A. l.. Bramkamp presented a
5ery instructive exposition on shocks.
1r. Clark supplemented. his talk by
saying that when person, injured in
IN accident. had received a severe
shock, he should not be operated upon
or several hours, SO as to give his
,ody a chance to get back to normal
condition again before taking ether.
t ives suggested that morphine be CIV
IN persons who had been shocked, but
II course, all admitted that the first
thing to be done in such case, was to
give the patient rest.
DR.. David w. Stevenson, secretary
Of the society, gave few words con-
his objections to hand-shaking.
In a short talk, the doctor "renigged,'
and said that he hoped the matter
would be dropped.