The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-04-21
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BY DIR. ARTHUR L. FOSTER
DOWNRIGHT 1927 by the Bonnet Rrouun froua.a4.s
WHY GASTRIC ULCER IS
INCREASING

The stomach is not a cast-iron bo
with a copper lining and an asbestc
cover as the treatment accorded
by most people would presume. It
a muscular bag lined with mucou
membrane and covered with serou
membrane.
Abuse of the Stomach
The stomach is the most abused
organ in the body. People will put
STUFF into it that would eventually eat
holes IN an aluminium kettle. And
this is no exaggeration. Witness. the
man caught stealing and drinking
antl-freeze solution out of the radi-
tors OF automobiles to get the alcohol
We eat food at irregular times, at
extremes Of temperature, improperly
prepared, in faulty proportions. The
only reason our stomach does not re-
bel every day is because of it's almost
infinite capacity for standing abuse.
But even this patient and long-suffer-
ing organ has it's limits.
Fundamental Cause of Ulcers
One of the most absorbing cues
lions in physiology is, "Why doesn't
the stomach digest itself?" The an
sWer to this question explains how
gastric ulcers are produced, to-wit:
The stomach does not digest itself be-
cause 1t consists of living tissue
whose cellular element (protoplasm)
IS undergoing constant and continu-
GUS change.
frotoplam can be duplicated physi-
cally by the chemist but he cannot
vltalize it-he cannot initiate the
processes of progressive changes that
make of it living matter And be-
cause of this vital principle animatino
IL, the gastric JUICE cannot destroy the
llmng of the stomach. But the mo-
ment portion of the tissue loses its
1t is acted upon by the gastric
juice the same as is anything else in
the stomach. ;
Associated Causes of Ulcer
First and foremost in maintaining J
/ healthy condition of the stomach is
he action of the nervous system. r
The lining of the stomach must re- !
:elve a certain amount of nerve sup !
'ly to maintain its integrity. When :
hat is lost the part subjected to the +
greatest irritation-the outlet of the
tomach-begins to undergo destruc-
i've changes or at least becomes pre-
isposed thereto :.
Second in order of Importance as
yell as action come local injuries.
his may be pressure lin cobblers and :,
theirs who hold the handle of a tool
galnst the stomach); infection Ca
- os'iii lSo may NC dttdCkGQ Dy G,
lreptococci); blocking of vessel u
necrosis or actual death of the part
I'd by the blocked vessel); erosion
ON burns, etc. analogous to canker as
'res in the MOUTH. ne
by Is Gastric Ulcer on the Increase?
Summing up the causative factors of
lat lead to ulcer Of the stomach we eli
i've this course of events: ba
l. Primary weakness of the tissue liz
lie to deficient nerve-supply.
2. Injury of part leading to it's
ath by causes able to operate by
ason of lowered resistance of the
,sue.
3. Digestion of the affected tissue
aving hole-the ulcer.
Inc reason ulcers are more com
On nowadays is that al the factors
lding to them are more prevalent.
le excess nerve energy we expend
our high pressure modern living
drawn at the expense of the vega
e part of the organism. Civiliza-
n has become over-ripe and the
mach isn't the only part of the
ly that is rotting as a result of it.
Premier Ferguson of Ontario re-