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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-10-08

To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Ouinine and Iron in tasteless form.
The Quinine drives out malaria, the
Iron builds up the system. 50 cents
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-10-08
SHELL SAVES MAN
FROM SLOW DEATH

Berlin, Sept. 30.-There now is on
record the case of shell that rescu-
ed man from an apparently hopeless
situation.
The son of the policeman Fahran-
bacher in Landshut, on the west front,
stumbled into a swamp and sank into
it despite his utmost efforts. After
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-10-08

'Pittsfield, Mass, man tells of the
landlady who always trimmed wicks
ins an irregular sort of way so that
they would smoke if turned too high.
In this way she was able to econo-
mize on oil or thought she could
until the boarders "got onto her" and
trimmed the lamps to suit themselves.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-10-08

Life is short, in spite of the fact
that it is full of longing.
1t is one thing to put man in his
place, but quite another matter to
make him fit.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-10
By DR.. Arthur c. Jacobson,
Associate Editor of the Medical Times.

and lean in body. One notes in the pic
ture by Philippoteaux, representing Ma
poleon as Northumberland of the Cor
sican volunteers, protrusion of the eye
balls suggestive Of Graves disease. One
notes the same phenomenon in Guerin's
"Buonaparte," Of the 1899 period It is
of this picture that Tame significantly
writes: These great, clear eyes deeply
set under the overarching eyebrows; this
liked, incomprehensble look, sharp as q
sword"
The period Of excessive kinetic drive
covered in all the Corsican phase Of his
military life, when, mere boy, he
nursed an ambition to free that island
Ioulon, the Tuileries, Mondovi, Lodi
where was born that exaltation in which
he saw for the first time his "star Of
destiny Marengo, the Consul
ship, the Empire, the war with Austria,
Jena, Eylau, Friedland, the Peninsular
war, Aspern and Wagram
Many other pictures of the early phase
besides those mentioned reveal signifi-
cant signs. A typical one is the pen por.
trait BY Gros in the Louvre. Another Is
the painting by Bodily. The terrific en-
ergy manifested by Napoleon during the
height of his thyroidal activation was so
BredI DIS 10 give rise 10 SuperSt1tlOnS re-
garding his omnipotence and omnipres-
ence. This king of kings" as he was
called, seemed vested with superhuman
power His daily work began at o'clock
in the morning, and in the course of each
day this human dynamo tired out secre-
taries, statesmen, photographers and
troops.
OF this dynamic period of Napoleon's
life ii is not neccaaary to say more, so
familiar are tie events in which the
energy which amazed the world blazed
forth. We have shown from what ply
sloloSical disturbance - this abnormal
energy sprang. Now we pass to the
myXedematous phase.
In typical, well developed myxedema,
there are swelling of the eyelids, loss of
hair absence of perspiration, general
sluggishness, tendency to sleep most of
the time, decay of nails and teeth a stir
gait, thickening of the skin and of the
mucous membranes of the nose. pallor
slow heart action, violent digestive dis
orders, subnormal temperature, hallucin-
at1ons OF sight and hearing, many mental
abnormalities, and even actual insanity
at times. There are great changes in
nutrition and the tissues lying Immediate
ly under the skin are invaded by thick,
gelatlnous substance, which infiltration
gives rise to peculiar surface fulness,
most marked about the face, and sugges-
tive of dropsy. From dropsy the condi-
ton may be differentiated by the peculiar
firmness of feel and the absence of pit
ting.
Thus in the light of our present knowl-
edge of myxedema the nature of Napo-
Icons later mental and physical pecular-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-10

Many pictures of Napoleon are ideal
lied, not to say apotheosized but there
are enough representations OF the EN-
peror in which Caesar is not out Caesared
to give us good idea of his later ply
sique. A close study of such pictures
throws much light upon the subject of
his thyroid deficiency.
One or more of the following signs may
be observed in most of these pictures:
Abnormal fullness of the cheeks. swell
ing of the eyelids, and general bodily
heaviness suggestive of dropsy AS ex-
amples may be cited Lefevre's. John
Trumbulrs. various studies of Charlet.
Guerin's, the compositions OF Raffet,
Steuben's, Girodet-Trioson's, Delaroche's,
Fastlake's and MISSIONER. To judge
from the time at which some of these
were executed the physical signs OF myx-
edema were apparent several years be-
fore the period fixed by Lord Wolseley
as the beginning of Napoleons mental
deterioration.
there are some peculiarities of the eye
in myxedema. AS one would expect. the
eye in this condition presents certain
signs just contrary TO what one finds in
Graves's disease. In the latter disease,
as already noted, the eyeballs bulge alb
normally. In myxedema the eyes are
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-10

TN the light of modern clinical and
laboratory research 1t is possible to
dissect, SO to speak, and to appraise
physically and mentally the sick man
Napoleon.
His marked peculiarities and defects,
meaningless to his contemporaries, cry
out their significance to-day. Their in
depreciation enables us better to under
stand his career, which was without
question greatly Influenced by them.
II the pictured and descriptive repre-
sensations Of Napoleon be carefully
studied there will be seen to emerge out
of them all set of data which clearly
spell the diagnosis Of thyroid disease.
There lies in the neck, over the wind
pipe, a gland known as the thyroid, the
secretion of which plays a part in physi-
ology second to no other substance elab-
GRATED in the human body. If the
mechanism of this gland is in normal
equilibrium, and If 1t works in harmoni-
Gus relations with other vital organs,
such as the brain, the liver and the
suprarenals-small glands over the kid
neys regulating blood pressure-between
all of which there ought to be a nice
functional interdependence. then the
physical life is exquisitely poised
II the thyroid gland is functionally
over-active there is pathological excita-
tion of the organism which often results
in Graves disease, an affection character
lied by tremor, excessively rapid heart
action, marked nervousness and pro-
trusion of the eyeballs.
If the gland be functionally deficient
a disease known as myxedema is apt to
occur.
In the early phase of his life Napoleon
responded to the urge of hyperthyroid
ism Excessive thyroid production).
though never actually to the point of
Graves disease. In the later phase
myxedema appeared in an incomplete
form made familiar to the medical pro-
fesson in recent years by Hertoghe, OF
Belgium.
DR.. Grille has shown that there ia in
tie body what he calls kinetic system,
consisting of certain organs driven like a
mechanism by the brain in response to
certain stimuli The substance secreted
by the thyroid has much to do in initial
ing and controlling the speed of this
mechanism. Where the drive is excess
sive the individuals energy is extraordi-
nary. as in the young Napoleon. The
fierce pace may lead to a breakdown,
when. as we have said, Graves disease
may aupervene or the thyroid gland may
give out, SO to speak. and the excessive
activity give place to special type of
deterioration, more or less myxedematous
in character.
So, in Napoleon's early career, we find
him goaded by ambition, feeling an i'm
perative need of action and achievement,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-10

When it became necessary for him to
leave the field after the battle was lost
he was so drowsy that it was difficult to
get him on his horse.
Wolseley says that it was in his Rus
sian campaign of 1872 that the Emperor
began to show effect of some mysterious
malady" which injured his mental pow
ers. He would plan a campaign with all
his old-time military genius; but when
the fight was actually on, and before the
close of the day, his energy tagged, he
became drowsy and negligent and let the
fruits of his victories slip away from him
Wolseley says that at the battles of
Dresden. Ligny and Waterloo this mental
failure showed itself plainly and his gen
erals noticed it.
On the day before Waterloo General
Vandamme said: 1.-THE Napoleon we once
knew no longer exists. The victory of
Yesterday Uigny) will yield no fruits"
The Minister of War; Carnot, remarked
Il no longer know him. He used to be
lean, shy and silent. Now he is fat and
garrulous. He is sleepy and his mind
wanders. He, the man of rapid decision.
who resented the prefer of advice. now
talks instead of acting, and asks opin-
ions"
Myxedema is much more common in
women than in men-in a proportion OF
to L. In this connection il is interest
ing to note Napoleons rather feminine
make up, by which DR.. Henry. the Eng
lish surgeon, was especially struck at the
autopsy. Henry remarks the narrow
shoulders, wide hips, beautiful features
rather notably shown In Dearoche's
picture known as the "Snuffbox," in
which may also be observed certain body
lines especially suggestive of femininity
and the general effeminacy, to use
Henry's own words. of the man.
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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-10

dull and apparently small. being con-
cealed in part by the swollen lids. They
have a sunken. inconspicuous appearance,
quite the reverse OF the staring express
sion in Graves's disease. The space be-
tween the lids is narrow, and the upper
lid drops heavily downward.
What do the pictures of Napoleon show
with respect to the myxedematous eye?
In some Of the better known pictures the
eye is seen to be set deeply. which re-
cession accounts in part for the marked
accumulation of the prominences above
the eyes and over the nose. This deep
setting is evident in Meissonier's painting
known as 1874 as is also swelling of the
eyelids. This representation reveals very
clearly mild general myxedema
Our analysis clears up the discrepan.
cies with respect to the expression of
Napoleon's eyes. The observers who
speak of their terrifying effect undoubt-
eddy have reference to the early, n.y.
writing of the later period, describes
them as dull This dullness may he
noted in some of the pictures of the EN-
peror, as in the engraving by Longhi In
Napoleon Reading" by Girodet, the up.
per lids fall abnormally low over the
eyes.
The wax cast of DR.. Arnott shows the
myxedematous fullness of the lower part
of Napoleon's face.
Regarding Napoleon's most notable
psychic alteration, his "star of destiny"
attention has been called TO the fact that
1nls made Its first appearance in the Ital-
ian campaign and was part of his hyper
tnyroldic exaltation. But visual halluci.
nations also occur in myxedema, so that
this peculiar belief was fostered in the
myxedematous period as a kind of heri-
tage from the hyperthyroidic phase
George Murray, in his work on myxe
oema, states that one-quarter of his cases
showed abnormal persistence in one line
OF thought or action, which is decidedly
suggestive in relation to Napoleon. The
VIII to power of the early period vas
fostered as an obsession in the myxe.
dematous state
The place of this sick man is taken
today by other makers of war whose
mad ambitions and selfish fears are not
.hirequently related to maladies familiar
10 the medical profession; some of them
are on this side of the great pond. DIR.
Allan McLane Hamilton performed a
useful public service a few years ago
when he presented the clinical implica-
lions in one notable case of political
megalomanis. nor has Dr. Morton
Princes study of the German Kaiser
been forgotten.
How the whole world has asked. did
this foreigner born in a half-civilized
island. reared in a military school, with
out diplomatic or legal training, without
the prestige Of name or wealth, make the
nation France, with her university, her
special schools, her hospitals. her hon.
orary legion, her code of laws and her
Dank, which are as they came from Ma
poeon'S brain?
For the first time an answer within
human ken. and adequate, is submitted.
And why Waterloo. and final failure?
For the first time the answer is fully
written.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-10

fullness OF the cheeks still present He
slept great deal (MenevaD and was
somnolent at all times (Bourrienne).
So marked was his drowsiness that he
was actually suspected Of being addicted
to opium. His head at this time seemed
relatively very large, due, probably, to
changes in the bones which have been
described by Hertoghe as sometimes oc-
curing in cases of thyroid deficiency
Barry O'Meara, the surgeon, notes his
thin hair, large, fiat head, dull eyes, dead
white skin, deranged glandular system,
poor circulation and fits of nausea An
ill-made man, says OMeara His myxe-
dematous stomach troubles long ante
dated the final cause of death at st.
Helena, gastric cancer
The Emperor's well-known tendency to
desquamative skin troubles was in &C.
cordance with what We observe in
myxedema. During the Russian cam
paign in 1912. for example, he suffered
much more than was usual with him
from his chronic eczema.
Napoleon's habit of going to sleep upon
all sorts of occasions, to the great dis.
comfiture at times of Talleyrand, has
given rise to many amusing stories or
course, the discrepancies in the accounts
as to how much sleep Napoleon took are
explainable in the light of our analysis.
Those who record that he got along on
very little sleep have In mind the period
OF hyperthyroidism, while those who tell
ABOUT his excessive somnolence are deal
ing with the period OF myxedema
Lord Wolseley states that at the battle
or waterloo Napoleon sat at a table in
the open for hours, receiving dispatches
and issuing orders, much of the time
asleep, leaning his head on his arms.
Copyright. 1916. by the Star Comp,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-10

ties become clear. His scanty
hair, poor teeth, dry and
pallid skin, sluggish functions,
phlegmatic, cold blooded"
traits, facial heaviness and
fiat" figure were OF the my
xedematous order. He became
obliged to use coffee in excess
to keep himself awake, which
somnolence gave rise to the
notion, still held by many, that
he was an epileptic. He
showed the awkwardness of
the myxedematous patient, the
digestive attacks, and the slow
pulse-40, and lacked hair even
upon the body (post-mortem
note).
Labedoyere notes his Pc
culiarly firm flesh, total abb
sence Of color, and slow speech
and states that his body was
far from being a body of iron,
as commonly supposed. He
had a great dread of cold
(Hereau), like all myxedema-
tous patients. At the exhuma-
ton nineteen years after his
death, DR.. Guillard found the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-10

Diagram of the Throat,
Showing the Thyroid
Gland and How Its Sc
cretion Passes Into the
Circulating System. /.
Lateral Inferior Thyroid
Veins. 2. The Thyroid
Gland. 3. The Internal
Jugular Vein. 4. Pneu-
mOgastric Nerve. 5. La
teral Inferior Thyroid
Veins. 6. Median Infer
Tor Thyroid Veins. z.
Common Carotid Ar
terry.
The Diagram at the Right
Shows the Close Con-
nectiOn Between the
Thyroid and Other Duct
less Glands, Which,
Stimulated by the Thy
roid Secretions. Give
What Is Called Kinetic
or Driving" Energy.
OyerprOductiOn of Thy-
roid Secretion Produces
an Overplus of This
kinetic Energy and to
This DIR. Jacobson As
cribes Napoleon's Mar
velous Energy That Won
Him Europe. A Lack of
Thyroid Secretion eau
ses the Disease Called
Myxedema to Whose
Effects Medical Science
Attributes NapOleon's
Decline.
Evening journal., 1916-02-24
GOODYEAR tires
ARE IN Great DEMAND

To ascertain the degree OF popular
ity Of Goodyear Tires with the motor
lists of the country. The Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Company. Of Akron. Ohio.
recently completed 4 fve-day tire
count of scventy-one Of is branch
cities-representati cities in all
parts Of the United States. The result
Of this count shows that more Good
years are used than any other brand
The busiest section OF each city was
selected, and for FIVE days an accurate
count was tak.n OF all tires On the
automobiles found in the public park
ing places and garages Of this section.
The utmost precaution was observed
TO prevent duplication. In all 354.S59
tires were counted. Of which 1851
proved to be Goodyears-a little bet
ter than twenty-one per cent.
The multiplicity of brands Of tires
now being used was strikingly shown
IN the listing Of nearly 200 different
makes of tires-yet one of every five
observed was a Goodyear. In many
cities nearly half of all the tires were
Goodyears. An interesting disclosure
brought out by the count was that the
five leading tire companies are supply
ing sixty-seven per cent Of all the
tires used by the motorists OF the
United States OF the tires made by
these five companies. one-third were
shown to be Goodyears.
Evening journal., 1916-02-24
maxwell enters
THE DELIVERY field
Supplies Chassis TO Which
Many Types of Body
Are Adaptable

Announcement comes from Detroit
that the Maxwell Motor Co., Inc. has
decided TO enter the field OF light de-
livery. using for the purpose the
standard Maxwell chassis which is
furnished complete. including cowl
instrument board and electrical equip
ment, but lacking body. which the
buyer can have designed and built
locally to fit his individual needs
With the car the Maxwell Company
furnishes a scale OF dimensions which
enable any body builder to fit exactly
the standard arrangement for attach
ing this part to the frame.
The work of attaching is free from
any complication Of wiring or piping.
The chassis comes feauy TO drive.
"The Maxwell Company has found
the one satisfactory solution OF the
light delivery problem" declares
Charles Hughes. of the Thomas
Hughes Company local Maxwell dis
tributors. Light delivery is a prob
lem Of special body equipment. While
il is possible for the laundryman apd
the dry-cleaner to use the same type
Of body. each can greatly facilitate
his problem by having d body built
to carry the special type o. merchan.
disc that he handles. The same nolds
true w.th the butcher, the baker. the
millneT the grocer an1 eys-y Cfher
liee of business which uses or shuGit
Uac rector driven delivery eguipmcit
There are good delivery body
builders in every city. To his own de
sign any merchant can have built the
type of body best adapted to his
needs.
I'VE price the chassis at 500 less
than our touring car. This will more
than Offset the cost of the finest type
of delivery body. mounted. painted
and gold-lettered.
Evening journal., 1916-02-24
CHEVROLET AND APPERSON
CARS ARE POPULAR here

Two automobiles which have be-
come we'll known In Wilmington
through the efforts of one man in
bringing their excellent qualities to
the attention of the public. are the
Chevrolet and Apperson cars. The
man who has been putting them over
one after the other is johnny Chap
pie, owner of the Central Garage. No.
Ga Shipley street
Chapple is as popular with his nu-
merous acquaintances as are the
cars he sells with the general public.
He has a bunch of Chevrolets coming
and expects them here most anytime
now. and IN addition he Is expecting
the arrival Of a new passenger 6-cyl-
inder Apperson demonstrators. lie be-
lieves I'm Preparedness and for this
reason is laying in a stock of cars suf-
fcient to see him well started when
the rush season opens.
johnny with his happy smile, will
greet you at most any time you call
at his garage, and he is some dem
OnstratOr
Evening journal., 1916-02-24
PIERCE ARROW CO.
Holds TO TRADITIONS.
Every Model Turned Out
In Fourteen Years Has
Been a Success

"AIuch has been heard during the au-
tomObile show season OF the term
Pierce Arrow tradition" says William
p. Newlin, sales manager of passenger
cars for the Pierce Arrow Company. at
is we'll that the public should under
stand what We mea by the term, what
We consider it entails on us in obliga-
lion.
Just about this time fourteen years
ago in the infancy Of the automobile in
dustry. the first twenty-five Pierce
Arrow cars were built. The first model
was a , 3-4 II. p. motorette, seating two
passengers and equipped with a single
cylinder imported motor. Since that
modest start the company has turned
out thirty-eight different models, rang
ing from the single cylinder already
named through the 2-cylinder, j. H. p.
the 4.cylindeq, A. II. p, and the G.cyl-
inder, 6G II. p.
Every one OF these models was a
,omplete success. each marked a steady
ldvance The men who designed and
built the little motorctte designed and
nWNi iNf NN AOnllOl Nl lut company
has always been maintained from within
so that VIC might at all times be free tC
i've up TO it, own ideals.
"Thcse ideals involve a policy OF
building the hest regardless of cost. ant
selling IL for profit. We have never
dcviated from this system, no matter
what course others might pursue. II
would have been possible. is possible
now for ms 10 build and sell al lower
prices. six. eight or even twenty thou
sand cars. hut we could not make then
as good Since with us everything must
hc subordinated 10 quality Of produc
iion We continue within such limits ~
assure this quality.
"All our ears must be worthy Of theil
ancestors. Now designs must establish
their success before we offer them to tn,
public. We cannot disappoint those whC
believe in us. That is why we hav'
maintained our standards. and why
Pierce Arrow tradition continued to b,
not only badge of honor, but mighty
selling force"
Evening journal., 1916-02-24
Shortage OF CARS
Predicted FOR Spring
Higher Prices Also Probable
Page Company Official
Declares

A serious shortage Of cars in the
spring and higher prices for several
makes is predicted by President Page.
Of the Carl II. Page Motors Company,
according to Hagerty, Sr. d Son, local
Mitchell dealers. No immediate trou-
bic will be experienced filling orders
for Mitchells in the East. as the Page
concern has bought a large number
OF the Racinemade automobiles and
put them in storage to deliver when
warm weather comes.
John w. Bate, the Mitchell chief en-
gineer, foresaw the effect the Euro
pean war would have on the materials
market The stock bins of the Mitch
ell plant are filed with steel, alumni
mum and other materials bought be-
fore the conflict abroad sent prices
soaring.
Evening journal., 1916-02-24
MOVIE STAR PICKS KING
Car FOR Her Use

Los ANGELES, Cal. Feb 24.-Miss
Anita King. the moving picture star.
who recently created a worlds record
for woman driving by plotting a mo-
tor car from Los Angeles to New York
has finally cast her lot for her own
personal mount on an eight-cylinder
King. The deal was consumated by
G. a. English Of the English Motor
Car Company. Southern California dis
iributOrs for the eight-cylinder King
Miss King, who is being featured
in film work by the Jesse Lasky Film
Company has given the automobile
market a thorough investigation. She
selected her car after much inspection
and gruelling tests conducted by her
self. gained from her transcontinental
journey. She chose an eight-cylinder
King roadster.
Evening journal., 1916-02-24

motor especially commends itself to
the woman driver. as it is seldom
necessary to change gears in traffic.
making the car an ideal one for shop
ping and matinees.
"In addition TO the standard seven
passenger touring car. the Chalmers
Company builds the Six-4O in three
passenger roadster style and a three
passenger physicians Stanhope. The
new Stanhope is an ideal car for doc.
tors and other professional men. who
demand a light. powerful closed car
which will carry them in comfort in
all kinds OF weather
Evening journal., 1916-02-24
PROSPERITY IN MOTOR TRADE.

Evidence Of great prosperity in the
motor truck trade this year has taken
such definite form that there is now
no occasion to base optimism upon
signs only" says G. c. Frey, OF the
KisselKar. "In this I refer only to
domestic orders. At our plant. and
I have no doubt that similar condi-
tions exist in others. the truck de-
partment is by far buster than at any
ime in the history OF the company"