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Eve Drewelowe's journals, volumes II-III, 1950s
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To me it has always seemed logical to think that the reason for any bodily illness or disturbance be determined before it can be corrected or removed in order to reach the health objective. Since, however, causes and effects in this complex case such almost impossible to ascertain completely; since the causes for my strange stomach behavior were not to be isolated and destroyed, my relief had to come otherwise. The long round-about way has had to be pursued for the lone organism - a tedious road of trial and error. No one, however, has ever said die, and we continue to try and try. Somehow I don't make sense, but eventually results must come. Repeated x-rays of the stomach and duodenum had failed to locate an ulcer. Yet an ulcer couldn't be positively ruled out. X-rays are only about ninety-five percent perfect and admittedly are not foolproof. The gastroscope does not reach the posterior wall of the duodenum. In order to establish clinically then, the presence of ulcer it was necessary to perform certain tests - and these, I will always [illegible], bespeak of medical torture. The things that transpired at Stroud-center Medical at St. Mary's were absolutely incredible. Too true, I was the favored guinea-pig. Never having had a one like me before it was necessary to test, to experiment, to sort out facts, to reject materials. That was the only approach to a difficult problem and the only way in which I could be helped. What worked like magic for the average of ten proved disasterous for me! Why? Can anyone ever really know. So I became the official
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To me it has always seemed logical to think that the reason for any bodily illness or disturbance be determined before it can be corrected or removed in order to reach the health objective. Since, however, causes and effects in this complex case such almost impossible to ascertain completely; since the causes for my strange stomach behavior were not to be isolated and destroyed, my relief had to come otherwise. The long round-about way has had to be pursued for the lone organism - a tedious road of trial and error. No one, however, has ever said die, and we continue to try and try. Somehow I don't make sense, but eventually results must come. Repeated x-rays of the stomach and duodenum had failed to locate an ulcer. Yet an ulcer couldn't be positively ruled out. X-rays are only about ninety-five percent perfect and admittedly are not foolproof. The gastroscope does not reach the posterior wall of the duodenum. In order to establish clinically then, the presence of ulcer it was necessary to perform certain tests - and these, I will always [illegible], bespeak of medical torture. The things that transpired at Stroud-center Medical at St. Mary's were absolutely incredible. Too true, I was the favored guinea-pig. Never having had a one like me before it was necessary to test, to experiment, to sort out facts, to reject materials. That was the only approach to a difficult problem and the only way in which I could be helped. What worked like magic for the average of ten proved disasterous for me! Why? Can anyone ever really know. So I became the official
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