The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-03-02
Sau Treatment in a Dream

sims gave instructions IOr OOIlar
to be drawn into a wire that had the
thinness of coarse thread; and with
this thread of silver he was able to
complete successfully his difficult OPP
GRAFTON, thereby banishing hitherto
incurable disease, and establishing a
new era in American surgery.
In an equally extraordinary manner
came the first hint to it's originator of
what has come to be known If the
medical world as the oil treatment in
enteric cases, which include appendi'
citis and typhoid. By originating this
treatment DR.. M. o. Terry gained
worldwide notoriety. Yet until now
it has never been published how he
got the germ of the idea that caused
him to promulgate his famous treat
ment.
1T was curious experience, verg-
ing on the weird, almost, that first led
me to the study of medical sufficiency
of oil in the treatment of many kinds
of enteric diseases, especially ap
pendicitis," said Dr. Terry.
Il was very fond of olives-and am
yet-and it was my custom after a
day spent in the hospitals and in fol
lowing my private practise, 10 eat a
handful Of olives, with few crack.
ers on the side, before going to bed.
Frequently, l was careless and left
the bottle of olives uncorked, so that
when l went again to it l usually
found the contents incrusted with q
sort of scum, and the olives them
selves turned sour.
well, one night, after hard days
work, including two very difficult op.
erations, l fell into sound sleep.
And a dream came to me. 1t was az
vivid as though l were awake. And
in it l was told that If, after opening
bottle of olives, I would pour upon
the water in which the olives were
packed in the bottle enough oil com.
pletely to cover the water, would
have no further difficulty about my
olives souring
Furthermore, was told the philo.
sophy of this. If you pour oil into
the bottle it was said to me in the
dream, it will float upon the top OF
the water, it will make an absolutely
impervious coating. No germs from
the air can penetrate it. 1t will
smother all germs, for that is the
quality of OIL Therefore, your olives
will be protected
81 awoke, and reached out to my
night table, which always stood by
my bed, and made brief note in my
note book Then | went to sleep again.
I'm the morning l discovered the
note upon my table, and | said: To
night l will make the experiment
did so, and found that what had been
said to me in the dream was true.
The olives were perfectly protected
from all germs.
Nov, that set me thinking rea-
soned that if oil were taken into d.
gestive organs, it would thoroughly
insulate them-prevent attacks upon
them by bacteria; or, if attack had
been made, it would smother the
forces of illness. l soon had an op-
portunity to make a test of my newly
formed theory, in the case of Il child
who was dangerously i'll, and, to my
qualification, | found it worked per-
fectly. Then l developed the theory
to extend it to typhoid fever. and es-
pecially to appendicitis; and it is
through my advocacy of the oil treat
ment in the cases of appendicitis that
have not yet reached the acute stage,
with pus formed-when the knife Is
the only remedy-that l have gained
professional advocates and opponents
| pretty much over the civilized world. "
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