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of examination there is a specialist, an 

 expert, each makes his report in writing, 

 and these reports are all gathered to- 

 gether and examined and compared, 

 until, at last, some one is able to put 

 down his finger and say: "Here's the 

 trouble." 



At the head of each patient's cot hangs 

 his "chart." upon which is recorded, 

 every two hours, his temperature, pulse 

 and respiration. Every dose of medicine is 

 recorded; every meal and the kind of 

 diet; also how the patient has slept, and, 

 if he has not slept well, the reason why. 

 When the doctor makes his rounds he 

 consults the chart, examines the patient, 

 considers the conditions revealed by the 

 previous examinations, and thus there is 

 brought before him, in minute detail, all 

 of the factors of the case. He is able to 

 say: "Considering this patients' ailment, 

 considering what has been done for him. 

 considering his present condition, what 

 shall be his present treatment?" These 

 charts are preserved for reference and 

 as a history of each case. 



I was in the hospital five days before I 

 was given any medicine; and all this 

 time they were examining, testing, and 

 deciding upon a course of treatment. It 

 is simply impossible for the ordinary 

 practioner, no matter how capible or 

 willing, to examine, diagnose and treat a 

 patient with the thoroughness that is 

 employed in a hospital. He has neither 

 the time, tools nor opportunities. 



The local physicians "guessed" that 

 my troubles came from a lack of elimina- 

 tion, but the exact experiments at the 

 hospital showed almost the opposite — 

 mal-nutrition. or imperfect digestion, 

 arising from a nearly total lack of acid 

 in the gastric juice. There was no 

 stomach-digestion; the food simply 

 dropped down through the stomach into 

 the intestines, which were unable to 

 perfectly digest the food, and there was 

 fermentation, congestion, diarrhea, and a 

 lack of assimilation. The lack of natural 

 acid was supplied by the taking of 40 

 drops of hydrochloric acid in a glass of 



water after each meal, and the digestive 

 troubles gradually subsided. 



There was also trouble from a weak- 

 ened and slightly enlarged heart. When 

 I went to the hospital my pulse was up 

 to 114, and I was unable to sleep nights 

 from a shortness of breath, or labored 

 breathing, like asthma, caused by in- 

 sufficient heart action — not enough blood 

 was forced through the lungs. For one 

 month I wore a sack of ice over my heart 

 night and day— to slow down the heart 

 action and cool the blood. Medicine was 

 also taken for the same purpose. That 

 trouble has practically disappeared, but 

 the doctors say that my heart will never 

 be strong; that 1 must carefully avoid all 

 heavy labor, or exertion that will put any 

 strain upon the heart. What caused this 

 heart trouble they were frank enough to 

 admit that they did not know. 



If any one is seriously ill, and local 

 physicians fail to conquer the difficulty in 

 a reasonable length of time, my advice 

 would be to go to a good hospital if it is 

 possible. If I had done so months ago, 

 yes, years ago, and found out exactly 

 what was the trouble, instead of taking 

 somebody's "guess so" for it, it would 

 have saved me much suffering and many 

 dollars. 



The Michigan State Convention. 



The annual convention of the Michigan 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held at Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 9 and 

 10, 1910, in the Board of Trade Rooms, 

 97 Pearl St., beginning at 1 p. m., Nov. 

 9. The headquarters will be at the 

 Eagle Hotel, corner of Market and Lewis 

 Sts.. where the evening sessions will be 

 held. 



Besides the usual routine business of 

 the convention, the following topics, and 

 in this order, will be considered: 



The Aspinwall Hive, a Commercial 

 Success; The Foul Brood Problem; The 

 Pearce Method of Bee Keeping (illustrat- 

 ed); A Mail Order Honey Trade; Un- 

 capping Machines; Developing a Home 

 Market; The Uncapping Knife; Freight 

 Rates; Uniform Sections and Shipping 



