Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-11-29

w known fact, that every disease, whether
be in tho head or feet, in the brain or meanest
member, whether il be an outward ulcer or an
inward abscess, are all, though arising from many
causes, reducible to this one grand effect, namely,
impurty Of the blood For on the healthy or un-
healthy condition Of the Stomach and Bow els en-
tirely depends the rure or impure state Of the
blood. and consequently tho healthy or unhealthy
state Of the body,
II hath been clearly proved in former advertise
ments that the stomach and bowels are the sover-
eigns Of the body, and that by them llie or death
is propelled to It's remotcst extremlies, the head
with ils master organ, the BRAIN being in no wise
more distinguished than the foot in this particular.
How can we then deny the great and leading
truth, that there is a reciprocal influence between
mind and body The fact is evldent-wheiher
The one is only n modification OF The other will
always coniinue a mystery IN tins state oi exist
encc but our comfort, our repose, nay, even our
social and domestic happiness depends upon The
state Of our hillary and digestive organs-and the
management and cure Of the disorders Of the mind
must be made by application to the body.
Were we content to follow nature, to assist her
in her manifest struggles, what mighty results
might she not effect Every thing would arrange
itself in order, as it were Of course, aud the whole
work is half done us soon as it be once undertake
become a new lump" is the language Of script
urea figure applied spiritually by some, but
how could il have any force unless sanctioned by
practical experience in the body OF matier' In
.tinct. more unering guide than our much
boasted reasoning faculty. prompts The horse to
eat thorns, thistles, &c. sc. for the purpose oi
purgation. In like manner, the dog, the cat, and
all our domestic animals, whose habits can be
noticed, wander through the fields when coslve,
making selections Of those herbs which are suila-
bic to open their bowels and purify their fluids
DO we not observe that the feaihered tribe, whose
stomachs act by mechanical force alone, without
the solvent fluid Of the gastric juice, require the
swallowing and retaining of stony PARTICLES in pro-
portion TO their bulk, To promote digestion and
produce healthy tone in their fluids, by evacua-
iion
| These animals Of the brutal race, by thus as.
sisting nature, secure themselves from epidemic
conta aeion-though they are under similar laws TO
those which govern the human economy. Purga-
ton, which is a word Of equivalent value with
publication. appears then to be fundamental
principle Of nature. Are not the tides the daily
and periodical purifiers Of the ocean: Are not
the ternpests and tornadoes the purgatves and
purifiers Of the air? DO we not habitually re-
mark that if this principal of commoion ceases
for time 10 operate, both water and mir become
stagnant! And If the circulation Of thy blood, o
Man, should become lapgud, should the humors
accumulating in thy sluggish channels OF life, pre-
vent the healthy current, where il thy remedy !!
They must he driven down by the bowels, or II
not removed in time, they will soon choke up the
veins. the arteries, and every passage Of health
and vgor.
| From such unquesonablc facts as these. the
all important necessity Of watching diligently the
condition Of the stomach and bowels becomes
So E. evident and also the infinite value Of me-
dcine, which will carry off all obnoxious nccu-
mutations from them, without weakening the sys-
ten, and such n one is-Brandeih's Vegetable
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aherient medicine are unrval'cd all who use,
recommend them their virtues surpnss all eulo-
w, and must he used to be appreciated. The
weak and delicate will be strengthened by their
use, not by bracing, but by removing the cause
Of weakness, the gross and corrupt humors Of the
body. They require no change in diet or care Of
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