Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-22
Health Talks by Dr. Brady
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The wisdom teeth are destined to join tn,
| dodo. Less than half OF us ever cut all our
wisdom teeth even now.
The tonsiis behave very much as though
they were going to retire from business too
before another thousand years.
The appendix has certainly outgrown its
usefulness TO man and is now a nuisance and
menace.
But OF ALL these vestiGial structures which
are apparently giving civilized man all the
trouble they can before they become utterly
; extinct the gall bladder is the most cgregious
Neglect or avoidance of exercise. the habit
OF ovcrinduGing in food and especially de
haturized or ultra refined food. the habit OF
wearing corseis. and the sluEEishncss and
corpuence commonly consequent upon thcs
errors OF h!Siene. appear 10 prcdispose the
lhdN'dIai to Inflammation OF the gall sac.
from Injection thereof. and 10 tho forma ton
of tions known as Sallstcncs Indeed
gan bladder inflammation doctors call 1t
cholecEstttis) with or withcu; gallstcncs. now
rivals appendicitis as common cause OF the
abdominal symptoms which victims tatuousiy
ascribe to indigestion" "sa.." .tciditv' and
the like. habit sometimes encouraged b. the
careless or incompetent physician.
am afraid the las, innumedo may bc mis-
understood. Al! 1 mean to suggest is that
indigestion" certainly does no; account for
amy disabling distress or suffering nor for any
serious Impairment OF heal;h in any Instance
IheSo yarns about acute digestion are jus;
yarns. X is true one may have one ~ sew
e'"' "''iNhS OF alleged acute tntiECSttOE' and
regain his usual health, before the actua. ma
iure OF the troubl. is determined or pub
liciN announced. But IL is utterly absurd to
imagine that indigestion" whether acute or
chronic. - an actual entity. even though tn,
o'd-iime doctors did sometimes pronounce"
y so. We must remember that those old
timers pcrpctratcd many bad gucsSes FOR they
hadn't tito Instruments and methods OF pre-
c!Sion which doctors have today for diagnosis.
one thing IS sure certain-anything in the
tummyache line that really keeps johnny out
OF school or prevents the victim from attend
Ing 20 his usua! duties is not indigestion.
II is rather characteristic OF Eall-sac trou-
bic or OF calstone disease tina; there is n
Ouiescent stage lasting months or sometimes
years, during which symptoms indicate
anything wrong about the gall system, though
often there are reflex symptoms. particularly
periodic trouble referred 10 the stomach and
commonly mistrcated stomach trouble"
The infection responsible for gall bladder
Inflammation and for gladstone disease is in
striking number OF cases OF typhoic fever
Tho eall-sac may not mar itest much trouble
until several years after the attack OF typhoid
fever. More often the source OF the infection
Is septic focus elsewhere IN the body such
as chronic running ear. infected tonsils
silent Assesses at the roots OF filled teeth
nasal sinus Infection or pelvic infections in
man woman.
one popular myth. referring 10 gaustones
ana also 20 kidney stoEes. is without any
truth at all namely that lime or something
IN the drinking water has some relation 10
these troubles. That is never a fac,or.e