Keeping Fit in the Tropics

So many people to-day suffer from ap pendicitis that the following may prove helpful:

How Appendicitis Is Caused

The cause of appendicitis is easy to un derstand, if one consults a good anatomi cal chart; the position of the appendix at the lower end of the ascending colon soon causes it to become congested and in flamed when the large intestine is gorged with quantities of unsuitable food, only partly digested, and very often putrescent.

Inflammation is not caused by orange pips, grape-seeds or cherry-stones, as was popularly supposed, but merely by con stant irritation, due to pressure of har dened fecal matter, often sustained in the bowels for months on end.

Those who eat quantities of fruit, nuts and fresh vegetables have no need to fear appendicitis, nor is an operation essential to cure an attack. Complete abstinence from food, warm lemon and orange drinks, and colon irrigation, to remove morbid matter, will soon terminate inflammation, but a rational diet must be followed to prevent a recurrence of the disease. Re

member, then, that the appendix is an im portant secretory organ, and its removal will be followed by constipation, digestive troubles of various kinds and many other obscure complaints, the cause of which has hitherto been unsuspected.

In conclusion, let me emphasise this fact, that ridding oneself of the appendix does nothing towards curing the condi tion that made such a step necessary. An inflamed appendix, especially one conges ted with pus, is a sure indication that the whole digestive tract is badly affected; and, unless the system is thoroughly cleaned and regenerated, more serious complications are bound to ensue. One operation leads to another; the chronic constipation and impacted caecum which brought about appendicitis may next cause an ulcer, and from that, there is only one step to cancer.

Nature gives us due warning when all is not well with us; pain is her s.o.s. and the wise man will heed the signal and come at once to her aid. Not even the much-vaunted discoveries of the greatest

scientists can teach man how to improve upon the human body, which the Creator

made in His own image and likeness; therefore, we should strive to keep it fit

and whole, in all the harmony of its natural beauty and perfection.