Spanish Fork Press | 1905-10-26 | Page 7 | Claims Cure for Appendicitis

Claims Cure for Appendicitis Dr Pond of Liverpool England lint advanced a new theory with deference to the origin of appendicitis and othei Jlsturbances of the digestive organs Ko calls attention to the fact that iu6h ailments can often bo attributed o nntlmonlal poisoning and the source ot the antimony taken up by man is said to be the rubber rings which are frequently used to close nil sorts of bottles Dr Pond has established the fact hat such rings consist of almost one lilnl their weight of antimony Tho tntlmony is not only dissolved by the1 nineral waters containing alkails and1 organic acids but these rubber rings 6 dally observation shows soon be ome brittle and somo of the com pound falls Into the contents of the vessels Dr Pond claims to have found that 1 frequently repeated Introduction of antimony can become thosourco of a series of disturbances of the nutritive and digestive system especially through continued weakening of the muscles of the stomach and intestines