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Show Olir RPtlAFial nicra-H Mtoundind Spread, A rtiw9ri4iM'f-ir 1 iSI&fr - m ;: S It's It-'s llSlltl -h v iw - 3T. '&&j&4pC &&,$& .j. ,Wi.', tlvllj', I believe the appendix is neither nei-ther useful nor ornamental. It is an incumbrance, merely a spangle left hangng in a place where spangles span-gles are not appreciated. HAS PECULIAR TEMPERALENT. "Now, If this appendix were peaceable and quiet and tended to its own business, whatever that is, no one would particularly care even if it did loaf around a busy corner, but it is so touchy, so subject to all kinds of Infections and inflammations, inflamma-tions, that it is a peril and a menace men-ace in itself. Tuberculosis may also settle in it Altogether, It is a danger dan-ger point, sensitive, easily disturbed, the seat of much annoyance. "What causes appendicitis? "It used to bo currently believed that inflammation of the appendix was caused by the entrance of seeds or fruit kernels into the cavity. Many a member of the older genera- lliltlillllili1 JZllOP ''' " lft' 'k';-pf iMm 1 felllllr 'MM -''II motion or will in timo bo seized by It. 5 .Www l&li I 1 , ICayor 3Iitchell of New Xork Is a He- I cent Subject. I Appendicitis Is a common word, a ( universal disease, but Do you know just how prevalent It is? How you may know when you have it? How to keep from having it? Why Americans havo it mor than any any other nationality? Why it is harder for women to detect de-tect It in themselves than for men? How unbelievably smull is the rato of mortality in those thousands and El thousands of operations each year7 ( Possibly there is no disease that is so familiar to the layman in a nominal way and so unfamiliar in an expert way. Thousands who havo it and who havo their appendices appen-dices removed never question the "why and wherefores of the operation. opera-tion. ''Strenuous Americans owe it to themselves to become educated on the appendix," says a noted surgeon sur-geon of Chicago who for ethical reasons withholds tho use of his name. ALL OYER. IX A WEEK. ' "Few people tako Into account just how prevalent tho dlseaso really real-ly is. Every day there are operations, opera-tions, every day there are hundreds of attacks that do not result in cutting. cut-ting. "Tho truth is that every tenth person per-son has it, that if performed in time the operation is absolutely safe, , that less than 2 per cent of patients die, and that one week will see tho ) normal patient back at work. ) "It is more frequent here in Amcr- 9 ca than In Europe, principally be- V cause we eat more meat In America. m The only thing that keeps Europeans X from developing the disease as read- Hy as Americans is that man for H "" man they are poorer and aro forced Bj ' to live upon simpler fare. Then, too, M they consume more oils than do we, H and tho Ingratiating substances In m tho oils soothe rather than excite H tho intestines, j "The appendix vermiformis is so w called from its likeness to a worm S and is a small, hollow organ at- W tached to a part of the large bowel. 9 ' It is generally considered to bo a ru-jK ru-jK dlmentary organ that is, one which tn former times and periods of de- JX velopment had certain functions. jB However, in tho anatomy of tho jB present race of men it is simply a 3 resldlum as to form and its func- ffil tions havo been abandoned. BI "Despito the fact that some bl- ologists ry.Im it is still active in Wi Producing so-called Internal secro- $9; lions and that it is secreting certain 9 chemical substances that in turn ''' stimulate other organs in their ac- itmm : :';r:WAm dm fit tfpMMf- U;M $&& 'JtkjM k ' '&& 1 . 1 1 s Miss Edith Ogdcn Harrison, Daughter of Carter H. Harrison of Chicago Suffered Lately. tion would not eat raspberries, strawberries or any of those small-seeded small-seeded fruits and berries, because of the peril of getting his appendix full of the microscopic seeds. Alter a time scientific research reduced this assumption to its merits as a mere supposition. On the contrary, it was found that one of the most frequent causes of appendicitis is a more or less sympathetic Irritation caused by interruption of the drainage of tho bowels. "When the bowels have been stationary sta-tionary for an unnatural length of timo tho drainage is hindored in the secreting organs, and with the flow of its liquid hampered a stagnation of tho mucus secretion takes place within the appendix. It Is a well established fact that such stagnation stagna-tion and subsequent tension of tho tissues acts in tho human body as an invitation to tho settlement of bacteria, bac-teria, that are always abundant in tho largo bowel. While these germs are absolutely harmless under normal nor-mal conditions they becomo malignant malig-nant under tho exaggerated state of afTnirs and, acting upon tho living tissues with a new power, produco that irritation which is called inflammation. in-flammation. 1VH APPENTICITIS IS DANGEROUS. "If an appendix once becomes Inflamed In-flamed a recurrence of the condition is almost invariably tho rule. "If you havo one attack of appendicitis appen-dicitis the other attacks will come. Your chanco of escaping a recurrence recur-rence of tho inflammation Is too email to give you any comfort. "The greatest danger from appendicitis appen-dicitis occurs when the infectious matter that collects within tho appendix ap-pendix upon the beginning of inflammation inflam-mation eats its way through tho walls of the little organ and spills its dangerous bacteria all over the lining of the free abodmlual cavity. "This lining is at all times very susceptible, being a quite delicate membrane. Now, when tho excitement excite-ment of tho appendix produces this accident the Inflammation spreads to this lining and a still more dangerous dan-gerous disease, peritonitis, is developed. devel-oped. CAEErLTTG A LOADED E03LB. "In spite of tho dangerous nature of this complication, in spito of the fact that a chronically inflamed appendix ap-pendix Is nothing more than a loaded load-ed bomb whoso fuse Is blazing, carried car-ried there in tho abdomen, I repeat, in spite of all these hazards, modern mod-ern surgery has brought appendicitis down to a relatively harmless and safo operation. "Counting tho operations In the country, nil tho desperate, complicated, compli-cated, exaggerated cases, all tho hopeless, far-gone cases, as well as tho well-timed and Ideal cases, do you know that tho rate of mortality from appendicitis operations is less than 2 per cent? "If the operation is performed under un-der normal conditions, that is to say under conditions that are observed ob-served and acted upon before the appendix ap-pendix wall is eaten through, then tho operation is absolutely safe. "No surgeon fears death will attend at-tend his work if ho has an ordinary case of appondicits, one be has observed ob-served carefully and for which ho has selected his own timo for operation opera-tion upon. "The only known rules for reducing reduc-ing one's susceptibility to appendicitis appendi-citis aro two keep your bowels open and don't overeat. "Failure to observe these rules creates sluggishness in tho circulation, circula-tion, since tho digestive system is not working with its customary ma-chineliko ma-chineliko accuracy. When the circulation cir-culation is low the bacteria aro not thrown off as in times of greater vigor. ''Thero are two suspicious items which warn of the approach of the attack. "If, about two hours after a monl, a slight nausea comes on and a sharp pain develops in tho right side then it is timo to seek the advice ad-vice of a physician. Either of these two ssTnptoms may spring from ether eth-er causes, but when they occur in conjunction at tho neighborhood of two hours following a meal tho chances are that tho Individual so attacked Is subject to appendicitis. Women, owing to tho different construction con-struction of their bodies, havo the symptoms less obviously than men, and a correct diagnosis upon their attacks is more difficult. "For him to postpono an operation opera-tion is folly, because tho disease is suro to return, perhaps catching him in somo out of the way place where medicinal aid is impossible. If he were to havo his appendix removed !nere is our preaominanco as a meat- i m& eating race. w Europe eats more oils and conse- quently suffers less. Under normal conditions the opera- r tion Is absolutely safe; even including the neglected cases the rato of mortal- ity is less than 2 per cent Seeds and fruit kernels do not cause tho ailment Interrupted bowel acLion is tho main cause. X Secretary of tho Treasury 2TcAloo, whoso appendix became the subject sub-ject of much public interest, owing to tho repetition of an operation for its removal several yenrs after tho first incision. before a crisis is reached ho would havo the confldeuco of perfect safety safe-ty and perhaps less expense than in times of complications, moro exhaustive ex-haustive examination and greater prostration of health. OPERATION 3LAX BE POSTPONED. "No patient postpones an opeia-tion opeia-tion except over tho objections of a surgeon. The time for tho opera tion is eitlier in the first acute attack at-tack or in tho "cold' state, whjch follows within a period of approximately approxi-mately two weeks' time. "Either wo opcrato immediately or wait until tho first inflammation goes down. If in its initial assault it threatens to break through tho wall and flood tho abdominal cavity cav-ity with tho dangerous infection then we cut it out without delay, but if the inflammation does not rise to a point where this seems likely wo postpone the removal of the little sac until the irritation has gono. "Many peoplo ask mo whether it Isn't true that popular faddlshness and whims aro responsible for tho greater frequency of appendicitis cases in recent years. "To them I insist that nothing of the sort Is true. Tho reason for the wide spread of tho ailment Is duo to the progress of science, to the recognition rec-ognition of the disease in all its phases, a condition of affairs which in other times was not possible owing ow-ing to tho unavoidable ignorance which hampered the progress of tho profession. "Tho functions of the appendix were not known. They are not known today, but at least wo have tho satisfaction of knowing that It has no functions, while the physicians physi-cians of yesterday knew nothing whatsoever about the matter. In those days appendicitis was cither known as 'stomach trouble' ncuto indigestion or any one of a number of Internal accidents. "Twenty-five years ago tho recognition recog-nition of tho responsibility of the ap pendix was effected and since that dato the number of cases and operations opera-tions has grown yearly until now an enumeration of the attacks in the country would bo impossible. It is, however, safe to say that one person per-son in every ten is subjected to attacks." at-tacks." IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS. As illustrative of this authority's statement, the names of the most recent patients in appendicitis cases will bring homo to you tho truth of its national characteristics, its hold on young and old, and rich and poor, high and low. J. P. Morgan successfully negotiated negoti-ated tho necessary operation. Mayor Mitchel of New York made so littlo of his operation that he was soon back at his desk. Secretary of the "Treasury McAdoo has had two operations, op-erations, both of which wero reported report-ed to havo been successful in separating sep-arating him from his appendix vermiformis. verm-iformis. One of them occurred in 1910 and tho other In 191-1, the former form-er operation having been mistaken in its intent Joseph Carlston, president of tho Central National Bank of Oakland, Cal , Is another prominent citizen operated upon recently for tho elimination elim-ination of the peril. Miss Edith Harrison, daughter of tho many-timo mayor of Chicago, Carter H. Harrison, and prominent on her own account in society, was besieged by tho complications. John B. Yeon of Portland, Oregon, tho millionaire lumberman, successfully success-fully underwent an appendicitis operation op-eration recently. Ho was sticken while carrying out his duties as roadmastcr of Multnomah county, a position which he has filled for the last two years, lending his experience experi-ence and executivo ability to tho public service without financial return. re-turn. Under his direction the county coun-ty unit of tho famous Columbia river riv-er highway was built, and this year ho has supervised tho expenditure of over $1,000,000 In hard surfacing the trunk highways of tho county. The physician continues: "So frequent and in normal conditions so dangerless is tho operation that now it has becomo tho rule that if tho abdomen is opened for any reason rea-son tho surgeons cut out the appen-' r The noted financier, J. P. Morgan, je recovered quickly from his opera- ' tlom Die exemplifies the practical L man who recognizes the necessity is for early surgical attention, t e dix as a matter of course as a pre- fe- caution against future possibility ol J inflammation." n (Copyright, 1915.) j e Canal of 3Tars 3Iark Vegetation. ' Latest observations of the so-called canals on Mars indicate mere clearly than ever before, according to Prof. William H. Pickering of Harvard University, that there is life and Intelligence on that planet and that theso mysterious lines aro one of the results of the presence jj there of thinking creatures. ' The canals, Professor Pickering J believes, indicate a shortage of sup- I piles for vegetation, and he sur- I- mises that tho Martians may bo , struggling along on a scanty allow- nnce of nitrogen or oxygen or car- jr bon-dioxide, each of which is essen- tial to vegetation. Water, too, probably is scarce on Mars, he adds, r saylng: J "According to this theory, invis- ( p sible water vapor is evaporated by c the heat of the sun from the snowy h polo in the springtime and traDs- ' ported by the planetary circulation i to the other pole, whero the sun is j ( setting for the long winter night e Hero the vapor, which forms a much ' f larger proportion of. tho planet's at- , e mosphero than with us, is condensed v as snow, a constant distillation go- i i ing on by the sun's heat from one r polo to tho other. "During the night time a portion of this traveling vapor is deposited as fog, and this fog is possibly arti- " t ficlally directed to form elongated , r ? areas by means of liberated elect- ' J rons or otherwise. ' r "In tho early morning on Mars when the sun In rising we can some- j times see the fog clear away, and It f Is in theso moistened regions that jjj the vegetation springs up and forms tho so-called canals." i . . . It is claimed that tho man who I plays golf all day walks as far as ? i the' woman who shops half a day. i i " J Either think twice before you speak or speak twice before tho oth- ,, er fellow can think. j There is respect for the man who knows how far it is to the moon, hut d there is admiration for the one who I can tell absolutely whether or not'a ' watermelon is rlpo. I i |
