Evening star., 1923-10-24
SURGEONS PLEDGE
CURE FOR WHEEzE
Remedy for Asthma and Hay
Fever Disclosed at Conven-
ton in Chicago.
Rr the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO October a4.-A million
americans who wheeze and sneezo
with asthma and hay fever are prom
ised relief and permanent cures in a
new method of treatment being con-
sidered at the convention of the
American College of Surgeons.
Asthma and hay fever are due TO
focal infection. the new method claims.
Infection at the root of the teeth, in
the nose or in an internal organ may
be responsible for the sneezing and
gasping that annually sends thou
sands TO various climates seeking re-
lief.
1T has been found that these In
fections, localized In some parts or
the body, may cause either asthma
or hay fever" said DIR. Paul Hohly OF
Toledo. IF they affect the bronchial
tubes, we have asthma; if they AFFECT
the nose we have hay fever
Removes Cause of Trouble.
= Medical treatment or operation re-
moves the cause of the trouble, sur
seons stated. Up to this time pro-
tein vaccines have been employed.
Saccines are made of proteins con-
tafned in foods or air-Carried par
ticles which excited the maladies-
Flower. grass and grain pollens,
horse, dog and cat fur, tobacco smoke.
face powder and eggs have been re-
garded as the common exciting
agents.
"The protein treatment merely
raised the tolerance of the patient
so these substances" said DR.: Dean
w. Myers, Ann Arbor, Mich. 1T
taught the patient to become ac-
customed to the cause, but did not
remove it,"
Asthma and hay fever are more
preventable than typhoid or .diph-
theria," DR.. Hubert NJ. Goddard OF
Philadelphia said.
Hem0rrhages a Topic.
> In addition to the clinical demon
strations at the Chicago hospitals,
which feature today's program of the
convention. phases of hemorrhage
will be discussed at the general ses-
sion.
: Rehabilitation surgery is the sub
tect to be taken up by DR.. Fred H.
Albee, New York.
aOld Family Doctor Mainstay.
BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October 24.-The old
family doctor rising ar all hours of
the night to minister to sick, travel
ing in the highways and byways.
with little thought of his fee, curing
small ills and alleviating great suf-
fering, still bears the brunt of the
battle against disease, and death.
You have the word of surgeons
attending the clinical congress of the
American College of Surgery, 5000
specialists in their field, for that.
Many paid tribute to the oid-tl1ne
general practitioner going about his
1asl lv nj
charging 50 or s3, where specialists
charge thousands, but still as I'M
portant a cog in the fight for life as
the expert of the operating room.
The specialist has his place in the
advancement of medical science. the
surgeons said, and accomplishes work
that the general practitioner would
be unable to do without special
training. Great battles against great
odds still will be fought out in the
operating room. but no matter how
specialized medical science becomes,
nothing can supplant the old family
doctor, to whom every family can turn
in time of trouble for aid and advice.
.'TruIy American
The American College of Surgery
is truly American, in that it includes
Canadians and has recently formed
an alliance with surgeons of Latin
America, DR.. William J. Mayor of
Rochester, Mimi, said in an address
at the laying of the corner stone of
the John B. Murphy Memorial
Library.
Mexico and Central and South Amer
lea has developed union of scientific
interests which will do much to pro-
mote international peace and har-
nony," he said.
The Canadians are joined to us by
indissoluble bonds of sympathy"