The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-10

MORE COMMON
Removal of Appendix Only
Satisfactory Treatment
HOW IT is CAUSED
Is a Germ Disease, But Unlike
Diphtheria and Typhoid Fever
1t Has No Specific Germ
of Its Own
HOW IT is CAUSED
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
Appendicitis is a disease which the fen
era, public has come to look upon as an
Invention of the doctors-as a mere fig
ment of the professional imagination-hut
in truth it IS a very real and serious
disorder.
Three factors have combined to increase
its apparent occurrence In the first place,
medicine has made great advances in ex-
actness during the last 20 years, and
many disorders formerly described vague
| ly as collie and bowel trouble are now
placed under the head of appendicitis.
In the second, there is reason to believe
that the disease is actually more prev
spread of common infection like influenza
and similar microbic maladies is in some
way to blame for this. In the third
place the widespread interest in appendi-
citls has caused a great many persons to
produce its symptoms or simulatons of
its symptoms in themselves by efforts of
the imagination.
Some of the persons who thus fancy
titstt they nave the maiady without really
having it are actually inspired by moth
| inp more than a desire To be in the fash
| i'm. Others are victims of hysteria. n
| strange disorder which actually mas
querades as other disorders; others suf-
/ fer from ailments approximating more or
| less the characteristics of true appendi-
citis.
| As every one knows, appendicitis is an
Inflammation of the queer little sac called
| tho ,,ern,ifarm annendix This sac which
| ls aho,,t tha ei1a- ona shana of a Glove
| anger has No annarant 1,se and mosf
ana torists arrae that II l. notbing int
| q c,,r,,i,,irse st,,n,, ~ root Of some FOR.
| Gotten or,s,,, that mon al come aa,Iv
49, ~ lie sa,.o,o,,,,,a,,t fo,,yd ,saf,i
| n makes oef fron, a part of the intastines
a,d IIas oy, tha r,.,,t s,da Go iorg as II
/ ...,ts -, - 80 ,atth a. t ,,,,t
1870 IA ha,.r,ia,, ,,,t % 800, as r
e,,, ~. ,,t, .s,,n,, ,,a,.,,,. 80, sa,as
anS otbar thipo, ~ maj sart an6 has,,n :
| -. ,,,a1, ~ fostar a. haeon,as n sot,rna
| - Sa,,s,e,, -, = ,assit,a ea,,ss 20 ,1asth
- - III.
40 uei" Disease
Appendicitis Is germ disease put' I'M
nike uipntheria' typhoiu ieNer anu
hleaSles' II mas no speeihe germ oi It's
| own. Almost any manghaht hicrooe,
IN tact, may cause II. When man mas
fh~pmatlc leVer, TOT example, some OF tis
stray germs OF that dlsease may WANDER
/ - -
ana XIII MN. Again the same thlns may
be done by the germs OF typhold tever,
common pohs or innuenSa' me last
nah'eo olseaae mas oeen SHOWN 70 pc q
precursor ol appenlcius' anu tlere 10
eoou reason 10 neheVe' as mas oeeh
stateu' mat ule recent epluenilc OF m
huenza nave caused the parallel epiueiiiies
Oh trouple IN the Vernillorm appehuiN.
very olteh the disturbance that THESE
. lINaulUR kHfllS cause III the dlpeHulA Is
very silghl, IN some cases notnlng Sc
I'pus happens, ana .iie pae'en, coiniioi,is
hets wen AGAIN without knowihs ,ha. nc
was bat at ot"Ga t, 1oas sne d tse
rss,lf-is annendIoitis IN one az its more
| familiar forms
Isven when Tho nu,,har AZ o,erms IN the
arnendix is enormous and the resultan,
| determination and Summation have eone
vsrv far the gern-tiIling leucocvtss If
/ the blood keen I'm a terrible hattia win
the Invaders Tn an otherpise healtbl
man This hattie Is ant IN he successfuI
/ hut there is always the cbanca thatatha
| lfncocvtes MAJ, lose and that The rerms
win snread from the apnendix m the ah-
| dominal cavitv in general and therehv
/ cause death b,, neritonitis
srbaraforo n l. tbe c,,stor, 80 ,,b,s,oia,,.
as soon az thew are sure that a natIsnt
realIv has annendicitis n hand him over
to a surgeon Ia have his eern-ridden an
nendix eut ont when n Is cut ont tha
.,orr,s 90 MIR, n ana ~ the ,,,o,,rd hoal,.
nronerlv-as = does in the VAST matorItv
! If 20 tho notient reeoA,ers
This fact exnlains tho genera, tan.
dencv to onerafe in annendicitis n Is
| a1wavs nossihle that the natlent Win "a.
cover v1ithout on onera,inr Int ~ tha
| later &c ,erforned IN time bis cba,cas
are enornouslv Increased 70 We n,,t his
| rtsls az d,,i,o from The disease itseie or
/ 100 we NAV mt his risk of diving from,
tho oneration al ( II 10 thns nlain thai
| In +ba 100 nm A. is ,yisas, - o,,arata
c,,4a &c A5:e:.;s'
S"p'oi'S va E'ppsnuie"ie
Inc symptoms Oh appenalcltis are pretty
Wen known 10 every one Inc uisease
usually MAKES ase.i ihaniies, qulte SUD
uriiy, anu .iie ms sisn % ooip,noily
severe anu sinip pam IN eis auuoinen'
| somewhere 70 ,he ISM u tiie censei iine,
a Houeiats le eI aeeoiipahies inns anu
ohtei siis syliP'oi"7, o"ei 40 d coateu
| Unique ioss VI apPeu.e anu Noih'thB,
| ioiioWs- Inc huseles OF the apdoineh are
drawh taut ana pressure over the ap-
penulx causes exeruciatins pam
Inns 10 Tue sensia. pieluie' IN auuitioi
anele are nunui o,i anu ohe ouaer ahua-
~. -, IT,, ,,seoa ~ ,,s.-,sa.,
a,r,s. .t' ~, 49,, ,,aa -
e 49,, - ~ annend,adt,s 49,. =. ~
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tes'tt,, WOO
rharafo,o !, ,,o, are sa,,ad -, . s,aoan
"a ,in,o,t ~ IN tba rich. Ca co.
,,.ara q, tba ,,icinitv of The heIt a,9 this
,s sa,,av,ad ~, sIieht ,avsr 49, a,,s.
tararv svmntoms Of q siclx stomach n e
49, -. 800 far q doctar a. 80 "a
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