Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-08
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Omaha, Nov. To the Editor of
The Bee An inspection nurses in
reference with my patients has
prompted this article, and | trust you
will publish my protest against the
| malicious massacre of the tonsl.
Many people today can well remem-
Der when bleeding, blistering and mo
water to patients with fevers was
the rule with physicians. Later a
floating kidney was said to be the
cause of many ailments, and an opera
ton was performed Then came a
displaced uterus for which nearly
every woman was treated for months
or years. Later It was ovarian irri-
tation and operations Appendicitis
has had great run. and made mil
lions for the doctors but 1t, too, is
waning, as people learn it can be OBJ
waited without operation Many other
fads have had their run, too numerous
to mention here. Cutting out the ton
sill Is now taught the people by the
inspection nurses, inspired by the sur
geon. This is all wrong and should
be forbidden by the people. 1t is
rare that tonsil needs to be removed
Many children while growing rapid
ly have enlarged tonsils that do no
harm and readily return to a normal
condition when the people are taught
to keep elimination sufficiently active
A poisoned blood stream is the essen
tial underlying factor in tonsil en-
largement and Inflammation.
The tonsil Is not gateway for in
lection, as taught by the germ theor-
lists, who very wrongly teach that
germs are the primary or fundamental
cause of disease. The tonsis are
phonatory organs and play an impor-
tant part in the mechanism of speech
and song.
Removal of the tonsil is capital
operation and dangerous, as some re-
cent deaths In Omaha during the
operation have shown. If necessary
to be done (Which is very seldom) j,
1t should always be done in a hos
pital, where accessible means are at
hand in any emergency that may arise.
Choloform should not be used,
as there are other anaesthetics
less dangerous and just as efficient
Death may result from hemorrhage,
but often is caused by shock from
the operation alone, children being
specially susceptible to shock in
operations on the throat.
Otner pad results may follow re-
moval, as development of latent tuber-
culosis Of the lungs Permanent in
jury to the palate and pharyngeal
muscles, with contraction of the It's
sues and impairment of the voice may
follow, with many other throat trou
bles. The causes from within the body
that gave rise to the enlarged tonsil,
not having been removed by elimina-
ton of the chemical substances in the
blood, the tonsil may recur after re-
moval and new troubles appear. No
one except the recording angel can
tell the number of deaths that have
been caused directly by removing the
tonsils, and the pages of medical lit
erature have no record of the damage
done by the countless operations made.
The cuttings out or removal of the
tonsils Is strongly condemned by the
advanced thinkers and most able ply
sicians and surgeons of the world, and
for the reason that there is better
and more successful method of han
ding these cases by the publication
of the blood stream and methods of
correct living. Then the enlarged ton
sill will be reduced by normal absorb
ton and perfect health be the result.
When the people are taught how to
care for their bodies and how to elimi-
nate waste chemical substances from
the blood there will be no enlarged
tonsils If the people obey the law.
DIR. L. A. MERRIAM,