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The Washington times., 1919-12-07

rFHEN the French Line steamship
" France came into New York the
w other day it brought a disting-
uished passenger suffering from one Of the
most painful ailments known to medical
science. Mr.. William K. Vanderbilt had
been afflicted during the voyage with
angina pectoris"-the words meaning lit
orally a strangling of the chest, form Of
heart disease. Mr.. Vanderbilt is the father
Of the Duchess Of Marlborough and is the
recognized head of the Vanderbilt family.
Angina pectoris is a peculiarly distress
lieye the paroxysms Of intense agony with
morphine. The heart being in a diseased
condition, the use of an opiate risks the
life OF the patient. And even IL the physi-
clan takes the risk of death and admins
ters morphine it is Of no avail in the
severest spasms Of the disease. The pain
is so intense that the morphine gives no
relief
Mr. Vanderbilt is now an elderly man
and has been in France with Mrs. Wander
bilt for the last two years engaged in war
relief work. He has been suffering from
this ailment in France. The excitement of
passing through the French Bureau at
Hayre brought on an attack as he was
boarding the ship and he was put to bed
in his stateroom under medical care. Mr.
Vanderbilt at once improved and was able
to walk ashore on the ships arrival In
New York, but he has to be careful not to
oyerexert himself.
II was commented on shipboard that Mr..
vanderbilt had the misfortune to be
afflicted with an illness attended with
most excruciating pain where neither
money nor medical skill could give relief
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MIR. Vanderbilt's

or three minutes, but 1t may last for
longer period. The attacks are apt to re-
cur on slight exertion, and even int aggra-
waited cases without any such exciting
cause. Occasionally the first seizure
proves fatal; but more commonly death
takes place only after repeated attacks.
DIR. Louis Faugeres Bishop, the dis
tinguished New York heart specialist, in
his book, "Arteriosclerosis," discusses the
relationship of damaged arteries, heart dis
eases and the pains of angina pectoris.
DR.. Bishop writes:
The man with arteriosclerosis (harden-
ing of the arteries) in it's full development
Is familiar to all physicians. The ruddy
VISITOR to our office, with prominent tenn.
porai arteries, the shininess of eye and the
unmistakable look that suggests arteries,
we know only too well. We can guess be-
1ore ne tells us that he has been rejected
tor LIE insurance, or has noticed discom-
Tort In the front of his chest, either after
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personal incident is reported in con.
nection with Mr., Vanderbilt. One
day in Paris he was examining some
unmounted precious stones placed
before him by a dealers agent. Mr..
Vanderbilt placed a pearl between
his teeth to test its hardness, and
overcome by a desire to sneeze at
this moment he opened his mouth
and the pearl few down his throat.
Millionaire and jeweler stared at each
other moment The millionaire thought
OF his digestion, the dealer thought of the
price Of the vanished pearl. Mr.. Wander
bile instantly interpreted the look Of dis
may on the face Of the dealer and relieved
the poor mans anxiety by the magic
words:
How much?"
An attack Of angina pectoris' usually
comes on with a sudden seizure of pain,
felt at first over the region of the heart,
but radiating through the chest in various
directions, and frequently extending down
the left arm. A feeling of construction and
of suffocationJ accompanies the pain, al
though there is seldom actual difficulty in
breathing. When the attack comes on, as
1t often does, in the course of some bodily
exertion, the sufferer is at once brought to
rest, and during the continuance of the
paroxysm experiences the most intense
agony.
The countenance becomes pale, the sur.
face OF the body cold, the pulse feeble and
death appears to be imminent, when sud-
denly the attack subsidies and complete
relief is obtained. The duration OF a
paroxysm sometimes does not exceed two
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eating or on exertion. We can surmise
that he has been a great eater of many
protein foods, or has had some severe ILL
ness or nervous strain in the past that has
rendered him vulnerable to some special
proteins. We know that he will tell us
that he considered himself particularly
strong person and that he is much sur.
prised that he, of all men, should find him
self out of order"
Passing to the matter of angina pectoris,
DR.. Bishop writes:
81 believe that angina pectoris is invar-
iably cardiac (heart) pain, and originates
in the heart muscle. The fact that these
attacks are precipitated by the slightest
exertion is fairly certain evidence that the
origin is in the heart muscle. Upon the
slightest exertion the blood pressure is i'm
mediately slightly raised, bringing a sud-
den temporary increase in the work of the
heart, and in certain conditions of disease
of the heart muscle precipitates an attack
of pain. 1t is hard to escape the idea that
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there is cramp In some Of the nores OF
the heart.
Muscular cramp is what causes pain.
Everyone has had, some time or another,
pretty bad pain. The pain OF an
gina pectoris is due to the fact that there
is disease of the heart muscle, that certain
of the fbres of the heart are debilitsted
and weak, and these flbres are not able to
respond properly to some demand upon
them; this is the cause of cardiac pain 1t
has its origin in the heart muscle, and is
due to weakness Of certain fbres OF the
heart. So, when one Of these men have
spoken of felt pain over his heart after
extra work it was because the heart tried
to respond and some of the hbres were
unable to do so easily; this gave rise to
pain and that pain was referred to the
surface of the body.
81 believe that all cardiac pain has Its
origin in the heart muscle.
Angina pectoris is only an example OF
q reflex protective phenomenon. When
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anything goes wrong the nervous system
responds. II knock my ulnar nerve near
the elbow / feel pain distributed 70 my I'm
gers; that is the most familiar example
Of a nerve giving pain from irritation Of
the trunk referred to the periphery and
appreciated by the brain.
@The pain of angina pectoris is exactly
the same in its philosophy as the pain yoa
have in your hand when you hit your
elbow. 1t is due to the irritation or
sensory nerve
DR.. Bishop then gives these two m
stances of patients who came TO him suf
fering the excruciating pains Of this dis
ease:
The first came to me in 1908, compisfn
ing that whenever he started TO walk<hs
was seized with pain which ne described
as gripping him at the throat and spread
ing down his left arm to his fingers
pain which at times was excrucisting
Il think the second mans description Of
the pain Of angina pectoris was unique. He
said that when a boy he once had a cold,
with pain in his chest, and his mother put
a plaster on his chest He was a vigorous
young fellow, and his chest was covered
with hair. He got over his cold and want
ed to go in swimming one day and he
thought his plaster CONSTRUCTED his chest
so he pulled it of He said it hurt pretty
badly won't use his exact words-and
the paih he had when he pulled that plss-
ter of, pulling the hair with Il, was the
same pain he suffered when he had these
heart attacks. Curiously enough, when he
told me about this called in the other
gentleman who happened TO be in the room
and the latter said he had the same pain
and thought it a very graphic description.
'The problem Of treating angina pee
toris is the problem Of taking care OF the
heart muscle. In the first place, II we cap
prove an intestinal putrefaction we cc8
cont '1uously treat that with such differen
me- DDS as suggest themselves. The few
D Elm diet, outdoor exercise and the usa
o. castor oil at regular repeated interval
are the most essential parts OF the treT.
ment.
Where the greatest harm Is done ~
meeting emergencies is by the injudieiCU
use of morphine. / cannot subscribe to tlI3
belief that is common, that morphine
harmless in emergencies that occur In 81 &
course of 'arteriosclerosis. Whether The
attacks Of angina pectoris that have
called for morphine have been worse d.
not know, but / have a distinct impres
sion that the fatalities Of attacks so treat
ed have been much more numerous than
can be accounted for in this way"
In this last sentence DR.. Bishop mems
TO say that the high percentage of deaths
where the pain is relieved by opiates is
not due to the angina pectoris, but 10 che
morphine-a diseased and weakened
heart must not be menaced by drug which
is heart depressor
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reported that he had
an anliction Of a cur
ious nature which
afflicted the fingers
Of both hands. The
fingers we're con-
tracing and becom-
ing stif.
This contraction
of the hexor tendons
which pulled the I'm
gers toward the
palm is caused by, an
Inflammation Of some
sort which is gener-
ally considered to be
due to overlooking
the stomach with
rich foods in too
great a quantity to
be assimilated by
the system. The
toxic poisons from
the undigested food
pass into the blood
and cause infiam-
nation.
About eighteen
years ago while in
Paris Mr.. Vanderbilt
was attended by
Professor Gauthier
for rheumatism, and
when the bin came
in the millionaire
was astonished to
6nd that he had been
charged only 81 a
visit. 1t was re-
ported at the time,
but later denied, tha.
Mr.. Vanderbilt, in
his pleased surprise,
sent the honest
French specialist a
check for a million
francs for not over
charging him.
One Ofhar ouriot,a
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estate, nor on his yacht is
the millionaire safe fyom the
attacks Of this distressing dis
ease. 1t is a curious irony of fate
that a man with everything worth
while to live for should be pursued
by the haunting shadow Of these at
tacks Of excruciating pain.
Mr.. Vanderbilt has been fortunate
throughout his life in possessing ex-
ceIlent health. He has lived mod
erately and taken good care Of him
self. About fifteen years ago 1t was
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Peculiar Facts About Angina Pectoris
Which, IN the Most Agonizing
Paroxysms, Cannot Be Relieved
with Morphine

If the paroxysms reached the stage where
it was not safe to use morphine or the pain
was so intense that the opiate failed to
dull it.
Mr.. w. K. Vanderbilt has his city resi-
dence at No. $50 Fifth avenue and owns a
magnificent country place. Idle Hour" at
oakdale, Long Island, and has at times
maintained a chateau and a very elaborate
racing and horse breeding estate In
France, and his great sea-going yacht, the
valiant. was well known all over the world
..i,o- tovUn house. country 4
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Diagram Showing
How the Heart
Is Connected Up
with the SymPa-
thetie N erv o u .
System. A Cramp
in the Heart Mus
Gle Shoots Exeru-
eiating Pains All
Over the Chest
and Arms, and a
Sufocating Sem
sation in the
Throat.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-12
FEBRUARY is LAST DAY TO
ORDER GOVERNMENT NITRATE

The secretary Of agriculture today
announced that the final date for the
fling of applications for nitrate of
soda with county agents and local nj
trate committees has been advanced
to February Is. 1919. This action is
taken in view OF the fact that farm
ers in many parts of the country ad-
wise that they desire nitrate of soda,
but were unable to file their applic2-
tons prior to January %. On ac-
count of the pressure of other work
and the heavy duties devolving upon
county agents in connection with the
sale of nitrate, it was not possible for
the county agents and members of
local nitrate committees to give the
desired publicity to the Department.
plan for selling nitrate Of soda to
farmers this year. By extending the
time for filing applications to Feb
ruary IS. it is believed that every far
nIer who wishes to buy nitrate from
the government will be given ample
opportunity to do so. There probably
viii be enough nitrate to supply all
reasonable requirements. Farmers
who wish to purchase nitrate Of soda
from the department Of agriculture
and who have not already filed their
| applications should communicate i'm
| mediately with their county agents OF
with local nitrate committees ap-
| pointed to assist the county agents
All applications must be. filed with
| county agents not later than Feb
| ruary 10,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-12
MACHINERY SPEEDS UP
FlREWoOp CUTTING

Why machinery is valuable IN cut
ting firewood and especially valuable
now when in many localities there is
need to save all the coal possible, is
explained in a bulletin ust issued by
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture. Machinery speeds up wood
cutting, and means more wood and
therefore more coal saved.
A buzz saw or drag-saw. It is
pointed out, will cut several times as
much wood in day as cap be cut by
hand and will. do it much more cas-
lily. Wood-saving machines are com
paratively Inexpensive, and when well
cared for will last long time. On
farms which already have gasoline
engines or other sources of power, lit
tie extra outlay is necessary. Most of
the outfits may be operated by a small
number of men. Repairs and upkeep
usually are moderate. according to the
bulletin, which gives the first c>jt and
cost of operation of machinery of this
kind, and also describes methods of
more efficient operation.
The cost of cutting q cord of wood
with buzz saw is figured at approx
mately 20 cents. All small trees and
ccrdwood can be cut readily with a
tuzz and circular saw. but logs above
ten to twelve inches in diameter can
be cut best with a drag-saW, although
! the latter will not cut so rapidly. The
| saving outfit may be owned coopeTa-
! lively or may be used for custom
| work
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-12
A NEW STATE RECORD.

Thus far this year the State Hol-
stein records have remained intact
but Just recently the seven day milk
record received a small ho0st and at
the same time the Wallace Folstein
company of Wallingford added an
other thirty pound record to their
growing list. The COW that won this
honor is Covey Coiantha DeKoI
tt96491) and she produced 1866
pounds milk and 3171 pounds fat ac-
cordng to Mr. Buell.. Her final rec
ord has rot come in for checking. She
took the flag away from LADY Agnes
Mercedes, a Gardiner Hail. Jr.. Co,
South WiIii7gton produce, that has
1872 rounds milk to her credit. The
latter COW is also a dero>ed state
champion in the yearly division, she
having produced 23.1S6 pounds milk
in this period.
Covey Coiantha DeKol made 1871
pounds in her best day ami the daily
records above 100 pounds are also
getting numerous in the Wallace herd.
She also adds another III rty pound
record to C0lantha Johanna Lads
rapidly growing list Of anddaugh-
ters. Her sire is Colantha Johanna
Lads Son AMI ne is sired by the pop
ular century sire. Col2ntha Johanna
fad. Her Gam, Covey Mercedes De
Kol End, has a 16 pound record and
she is a granddaughter Of Pietertie
Hengerveld's Count D"KoI. Sire of
SO A. r. o. daUehters 50 proven Ans
and IS proven daughters
Covev Coiantha DeKol IS 6 years
old. She is n Connecticut product
being bred 10y r. Wallace and Sons
Predecessors Of the present. firm THAI
owns her and her sire. C'-'antha 10
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to the boys he had been assigned to

to the boys he had been assigned to
serve
Holden has many an Interesting ex-
perience to tell; but I think the story
comes better from his own lips. He
has seen both the grim tr,d humorous
side OF war. And here il may be in
serted that the war relief workers in
the field are ir the position Of observ-
ers in the thick of action. though not
physically engaged therein.
Like I'll observers they really see
more of the fight than the warriors,
who are too much preoccuDied with
the exciting Job of sending and receiv-
ing bullets and bayonet- thrusts, and
they are therefore .abia to recount
many things which the w;.rriors have
not seen.
Another Connecticut K Of C. man.
Fred Riler of Waterbury. was among
the party Of Columbians To enter Cob
lenz ahead CT the American army of
occupation. The Germans. Riler de-
clares greeted the X. OF c. men with
respect worthy Of the vanguard of
conquering Yankees
Don't let anybody tell you that the
Germans, at least those in the occu-
pied parts OF GERMANY are without
food said Riler on his return. The
bread isn't good; but l got all the
meat and potatoes 1 needed at prices
much lower than the people of Eng
land and France have to pay for
their food
Soap and chocolate srl extremely
scarce. [ reC1ember a CobIenZ burgh-
er he@c-ing NE for soap aud. when I
produced a small cake, insisting that
!. let him take home whatever soiled
linen I had SO that his wife could
nd n a raw
of the soap was left over. I don't
think she got nuch.'
John ScuIiy of South Nurwalk did
woman service for the doughboys
during his several months work with
the K. of c. and would no doubt be
over in France vet, had nct the death
Of daughter during the Influenza cpl
demic occasioned his return home.
And | know these is one Connect
cut K. of c. man whose cheerful la
Dor under great difficulties attracted
| the attention of no less august a per-
| son than a colonel. for the officer told
me of it. although he had forgotten
| the very interesting details OF the sec
| retary's name his home in Connect
| cut and. the place at the front where
! he had performed the remarkable feat
| of personally serving every man in
| the regiment with hot chocolate and
| lady ringers before they took the H.
/ nal road of three ki1omet.rs to the
range of the Hun machine gCnners.
| When the Knights decided to send
! women to their Paris 1nd London
! offices to de clerical work. Connect
| cut girls were among the first to go
Misses Langdon and EGan of Hart
ford are now playing tyrewr;ters very
! effectively in the Place de Ia Made
| leine, Paris. where X. Of c. heaGquart-
ers are located. Other Connecticut
girls have. by this time, arrived II
France.
But those have mentioned are
but a, portion of the K Of, c. over
seas personnel coming from Connect.
cut. The full list follows: From
Bridgeport, !. A. Buckley. rs BroaG
street; NJ. J. Keyes. 509 Park avenue
F. ". Miller, SO Ford place: Michae
McKesrnnan: Leo M Whelan, 49,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-12
THE YEARS CROPS.

As everyors knows. al feeds ami
era Is are and have been high priced
and so far as any one can tell now
they will for several years remain
relatively expensive The probabili-
ties are that at no future time will
feeds be cheap in New England. If
this is true. farmers Should certainly
grow more forage and perhaps more
small grains than ever before. says
Henry Dorsey. of the extension SER
vice of Connecticut Agricultural col
lege at Storrs.
AS the planting season is rapidly
approaching, all farm owners who
intend to crop extensively should de-
finitely plan what fields are to be
planted to corn or potatoes and where
the oats and annual forage crops are
to grow. Indeed 1t would be well to
adopt a definite rotation of crops that
could be used year after year. This
would save worry, systematic the
business of tie farm to a great extent
and enable the farmer to constantly
add vegetable matter 10 his soil.
By planning the crop distribution
early, labor can be saved by taking
advantage CT the first pretty days
for blowing. The manure can be
hauled out to the corn field and if anv
is available the meadows ipay be top
dressed. Many pastures should also
be dressed with manure. or fertilizer.
When tn. crop distribution is
known, fertilizers should be purchas-
ed Since they are expensive, care
should be exercises in ma!ing the
proper selections. Home mixing in
many cases would permit a saving OF
So or $40 per ton at this time. By
all means tina cropping scheme should
be laid out for the farm at once. and
the manures and fertilizers provided
for the coming summer.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-12
pages than the name of any other

pages than the name of any other
commonwealth.
Again. Connecticut, by contributing
over three hundred thousand dollars
to the L. of . war fund ct q, time
when that fund most needed augmen-
tation helped solllly TO establish the
war work Of the I<ni ghts of Columbus
on a large and efficient basis.
And Just as Connecticut played a
responsible part in initiating the K.
of .. work so it has leebored fruit
fully in carrying on til It work, and SO
will it labor frUitfulIy until the work
is successfully wound up. The chair
man Of the Z. Of C. committee on war
activities is. as everybody knows, or
should know nv this time. a, citizen Of
Connecticut William :. MUn gan, of
Th0mpsonville and HARTFORD is now in
France on his second visit 10 the front
to inspect the work which he and
Father p. T. mckinney # Bridgeport
supreme chaplain of the * of c. put
upon a broad and capable footing dur
ing their sojourn in France last
spring.
The staff at X. OF c. headquarters
at New Haven, which has worked un-
ceasingly on the vast. financial admin
istra tive side of the K. nj &. work. is
composed largely of Connecticut peo-
ple-Harry Macdonald of Stamford
for one. And at the K. Of c. over
seas headquarters in New York. di-
rected by William P. LarH:n, a man
well known to all Connect cut
Knights the prosperous industrial
state. has its representatives, among
a company If workers who achieve
as much as any similarly sized staff
has ever achieved in getting big
things done in a big way.
Thousands Of Americas fighting
men abroad had Connecticut Santa
Clauses at Christmas. Chairman Null
ligan of the K. Of G. hal gone abroad
with. among other objects tie idea of
providing a genuine American Chris
mas for those large sections of the A.
f. F served thoroughly Ivy the K. of
c. Plum pudding was on the pro-
eramme-real English plum pudding.
But the BOYS who missed that treat
were no mor4 disappointed than the
Knights for this year theie was no
such Christmas delicacv as English
plum pudding in England 50 it was
rather reckless to expect % find it any
where else in Europe. Hearth OF
fruit (and pit'm pudding without fruit
! is like Hamlet without the lead 4ng
| roIel compelled the British food con-
| troll to prohibit the manufacture OF
| plum pudding.
But the Knights were rnsourceful
| Securing thousands Of Yiies. they Ia
| belled them peace pipes a'd Gistribut-
ed them to the boys with generous
quantities of popular American brands
Of tobacco which, OF course contained
generous mixtures OF Connecticut
| leaf.
I remember meeting Walter Holden
who is well known in Hartford an6
| New Haven. He had come into Paris
| 10 renlenish his stock OF good things
for the boys he served at a camr
| some fifty ODD miles from the French
| capital. I saw him loan the truck
with boxes Of chocolate, cases of Gig
arettes and generous quantities @
stationery, chewing gum nd Ripe TO
| hacco. and then cheerfuily start on
from Paris N a clingins lain on az
iall-night ride over muddy roads bacl