Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
CIVILIZATIONS TOLL
Barred BY INSANITY
Growth of Mental Victims
Traced for Surgeons by
Or. C. n. Mayo.
ny the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, october 15.-The price
Of civilization is an enormous amount
Of insanity. says Dr. Charles H. Mayo Of
the Mayo clinic, Rochester, MINI.
In an address last night before the
American College Of Surgeons on Add
ing Years to Your Life" he said:
Age Moves Too Fast.
"The world has moved ahead 50 fast
IA material civilization that man has
almost got behind In his power Of
adaptation. Every other hospital bed in
the United States is for mentally az
nicted insane, idiotic, feeble-mlnded or
Benile persons. There Is an enormous
number who are almost At for the
asylum.
Many people live to an age where
they are dependent and senle. Only
5 per cent Of our people at the age OF
IS have independent means. would
rather die when my brain fails than to
live on"
He said we passed through more
wonders of life in 40 years than was
possible for old people in the past.
Good health, he said, rested with the
individual. who must learn to take care
of his health early in life.
Emotions Damage Body.
DR.. George w. Grille of Cleveland said
emotions-fear, worry, hate and jeal-
ouSy-affect every cell in the body.
Some organs are stimulated" he
said, Others inhibited. all are disturbed.
waste products are increaled, founda-
ttons OF certain characteristic human
diseases are laid. This Is particularly
true of those who have made civiliza-
ton what 1t Is, and who now bear the
burden, who have the greatest capacity
for work and worry"
New Knee Explained.
Surgery now offers one a partly new
knee. A new, living strap of ligament
IS made from other parts Of the body
and used to bind together the upper
and lower leg bones at the knee. This
operation has been performed twice and
session last night by William r. Cub
bins, M. D., Of Chicago.
DR.. Cubbins obtains the material for
his new lgaments from the tough mem
branes covering the large muscles above
the leg Of the person who needs the
knee repairs. One comes from the
muscle at the back. The strips from
each are nearly foot long and more
than an inch wide.
After they are laced into place at the
knee they are sewed to the membrane
covering the bone. The cruciate liga-
ments may be injured by falls, bumps
and twists. If they are weakened the
knee might easily be dislocated.
Cancer Symptoms Told.
This strap Is only small part Of the
complete knee mechanism. Surgery
previously has perfected several other
knee repair jobs. Pieces Of bone from
other parts Of the body are grated into
the knee.
A cancer conference and symposium
was held all day today. Some Of the
points emphasized were that every one
should know that cancer does not begin
as cancer, but just In some sort OF an
irritation, and that beautiful women
who take care Of their skin never die OF
akin cancer.
Sir George LenthAl Cheatle Of Lon
don listed the symptoms which he said
the public should know and watch,
realizing that they are common to other
diseases than cancer. These were: A
sore place, however small, on tongue, in
side the mouth, lip. throat, or anywhere
on the skim bleeding from unde-
termined cause; pain, however slight
and transient 1t may appear to be; in
digestion and constipation. The nature
Of lump, however small, should be de-
termined at once. A