Show Clinic Chief Makes l Special Hiccup Study ly Hiccup has been made the subject of a special study by Dr Charles Mayo Mao chief chiet of the Mayo l clinic at Rochester Minn who considers the disease important and its control dif di- dif dif- For hundreds of or years the human race has and tried to cure hiccup In Dr Mayos Mayo's opinion no disease has had more forms of treatment treat treat- ment mont and fewer results from treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment than has persistent hiccup Five types of hiccup are distInguished distinguished distinguished distin distIn- i according to their cause infectious in in- persistent hiccup chemical I hiccup mechanical hiccup hysterical or psychic hiccup and indeterminate hiccup The first type Is 15 believed to be due to a specific organism and often occurs occurs oc oc- oc curs in epidemic form but is not considered contagious It Is exhausting ex cx- and it respects neither night nor day patient nor physician usual medication nor prayers Chemical Chemical Chemical Chem Chem- ical hiccup is usually caused by br irritating irritating irti- irti tating foods and liquids notably alcohol alcohol al ale al- al cohol and is customarily treated b by emptying the stomach Although mechanical mechanical me me- hiccup may be due to tumors tumors tu tu- mors or some equally serious erious deran derangement de do- ran ement it is also the thc form which so often follows a heavy meal Here the old fashioned remedies remedies holding holding the breath sipping water or putting the points of ot two pins together together may may maybe be effective Hysterical hiccup seems to be a woman's womans womans woman's womans woman's wo wo- wo- wo mans man's disease and those between the thea a ages es of ot 18 and 35 are most susceptible ble Hiccup of this type has been known to last for weeks or months |