. American quarterly of roentgenology . the child would get norrrial ligaments on thecolon, which I explained to the parents perfectly, and that wasonly one of a lot of things wrong, but I believed that we couldput that child in a condition where the functions of the bodywould be performed normally; they would represent health. Thefirst thing to do was to attack the tonsils. A number of years ago we would have contented ourselveswith only that, and then we would have wonJered why thepatient did not get well. That child had bad tonsils, and I be-lieve that the primary infection in that case cam
. American quarterly of roentgenology . the child would get norrrial ligaments on thecolon, which I explained to the parents perfectly, and that wasonly one of a lot of things wrong, but I believed that we couldput that child in a condition where the functions of the bodywould be performed normally; they would represent health. Thefirst thing to do was to attack the tonsils. A number of years ago we would have contented ourselveswith only that, and then we would have wonJered why thepatient did not get well. That child had bad tonsils, and I be-lieve that the primary infection in that case came from thetonsils, but there was something besides the tonsil. If there isa deranged stomach, there is a coated tongue; the whole pharyn-geal wall is in the same condition, which we are apt to means that the crypts of the tonsils, which are small any-way, are closed, and the result is the infection. Many times atonsil inflammation acts that way, and while the tonsil may be^here the conditions become chronic, there is some-. Goldthvvait: Relation of Viscera 51 thing wrong elsewhere, and that puts the child in a conditionsusceptible for an infection of any kind. A lot of other thingscome in the same way. It is our duty to ascertain all the troubleand say that it is only the tonsil or the colon. I told the parents to have the tonsils removed, and that thechild would probably be better for a few days but not to bedisappointed if the child got worse again shortly immediate improvement after the operation is not the criticalthing, because that is only temporary. The child passed throughthe operation, was better for a few days, then gradually got worseas she began to take food. Then we began to give foods whichmade bulky stools and stretch the colon, obliterating the pocketsand unloading the bowel. We are making that child do a lotof things to control the obstruction and infection. With the organs out of place the duodenum may be pressedon and if the child ha
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