The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-03
BREAD BETTER
THAN MILK OR
EGGS FOR DIET
oContInued Erom pagr ONE


and oil on the gears. us the incom
petent VINO puts sand In the gears
and oils the track
Don't give eggs and milk for nu-
triton, but bread The first thing
You know, your patient on an egg diet
VIII get a bad egg and have a set
back that Will cost him five days.
g careful not to give your patient
dead food Some people give patients
old stale food that they wouldn't give
10 children Tor fear of ricketts,
When your patient has trouble
with his joints, don't look for the bug
In the joint-look for il in the teeth
and behind the tonsils."
I'm strong for massage. PHYSICAL
therapeutics and food will do away
with lot OF drugging. The British
army officer rubs a horse with his
handkerchief, and il there's a Bit OF
dirt on the handkerchief, he sends
the horse back TO the groom. Groom.
ing, when properly done, is nothing
but massage"
Thus Dr. McCallum continued, in
hearty. blum way. praising the old
physicians OF Robert Brights time
and saying very few good words for
any moderns except DR. Osler.
The old men knew more than we
thought they did" he remarked.
He Tyi'ghed against the tonsil as
a source OF disease, a shelter for the
streptococcus germ.
I'D slaughter the tonsil on suspi-
cion," he declared
DR.. w j. Seymour opened Wednes-
days clinics with one on malignant
diseases of the face and mouth. He
was followed by DR.. j. B. Kennedy on
appendicitis.
Appendicitis is surgical disease"
he maintained There is no excep-
ton 10 that rule. You may relieve
appendicitis without surgery, but you
can't cure II. Time was when physi-
clans used 10 give opiates, but no ply
sician gives them today except as
relief in preparing for an operation.
They used TO use ice, on the theory
that it froze the germs How absurd!
The cold has too many tissues TO
travel through before II reaches the
appendix. Saline solution is no good,
because 1t never gets to the germs.
The knife is the only remedy"
DR.. Kennedy laid emphasis on the
triad OF symptoms OF appendicitis
first, pain Ia the abdomen; second
nausea and vomiting: third, tender.
ness ia -the-FeeieH- of the appendix
and muscular rigidIty.
These symptoms are always pres.
ent, and always come in that order
he insisted. To these, he added an
elevation of temperature and sud
49, fall in the leucocyte count
Wednesday afternoon. the physi-
clans went TO the laboratory OF Parke,
Davis q Co, where they were shown
demonstrations OF transmissible tu-
mors In rats and many other interest.
ing things The annual meeting OF
the Alumni association was held on
ferry boat which took the physi-
coans aboard after they had been
through the laboratories. This even
ing, aboard the boat, a compliment
tary dinner will be given for Or. III.
Wellington Yates, OF Detroit.
Tuesday Afternoon. Dr. j. Wayne
Babcock. Of Philadelphia. performed
two mapjor operations while the pa
tents we're fully conscious An in.
lection OF stovaine into the spinal
CdHdl udu IthutIeu lhehl luStnSlOle
to pain. One patient was a boy. 10
years old, who had been kicked in
tIe abdomen by horse. A large ma
lgnant growth had been produced.
The boy began TO cry, as the opera
ton neared It's end, and small
amount OF ether was used To render
hIm unconscious as the wound was
sewed mp. The other patient was a
woman DR.. Charles u. Aaron show
ed cure for ulcer OF the stomach.
The patient is being fed through a
tube. and is on the road 90 recovery
Thursday will be the last day OF
the clinics In the morning, Or. Dan
lei la Fefte and Or. A. ID. Ia Ferte
will hold a clinic on orthopedics. Dr.
Walter p Manton Is set down for a
clinic whose subject Il not announced.