The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1844-12-21

which are III harmony with each other
often growing in the same field, to be IL
srd by the same, ;,eoplc. People who are
capable Of raisIn z their food aud prepar-
ing HE same mag as easily learn to colect
and repafe all Their medicines and adj
m.nstrr the same when it is needed.n
Beautiful consistency! admirable har-
mony We have been lold that he pos
atssed riff iar superior to all learning,
that OF leaning he bad no need, "for no
one could lean that giI,,' and yet in the
face Of his repeated assertion to that ef-
feet, and his laboured efforts to prove it
both by the direct and indirect interpn-
sition of Providence in supporting, assis-
ting aud sustaining hIm-he has perpetra-
ted the foregoing contradiction on the
same page, and over and over again,
throughout his book. But to the text,
page 42) "AlIer came to the deter
mlnation TO MAKE business Of the medi-
cal practice ] found it necessary to fix on
some system for the future government in
the treatment Of Disease; for what ! had
done had been as it were, from accident,
without any fxe,! plan, deemed it neces
sary not only as my own guide, but that
whatever other discoveries should make
in my practice nigh. be adapted 10 my
plan so that the whole system might be
taught to Others and preserved for the
benefit Of the world My practice has
been invariably conformable TO the gene
raj principles upon which my system is
founded and in no instance have ] had
reason to doubt the correctness of its app
plraliun in all cases of disease when pro-
pPrly attended to, for thai all disease is
the effect OF one general CaLse, and may
be removed by one general remedy is The
foundation upon which erected my fab
ric." Il toumd after malurely consider
iHg the subject that all animal bodies are
formed Of the four elements, Earth, Ar,
Fire and Water. earth and water constitute
the solids and air and fire or heat are the
cause of life aud motion. That cold or
Iessening the power Of heat, is the cause
of all diseasc-lhat 10 restore heat TO lis
natural state was The only way by which
health could be produced; and that after
restoring the natural heat, by clearing the
system of all obstruction and causing per-
spiralion, the stomach would digest the
food taken into it by which means the
whole body is nnurished and invgoraied,
and heat or nature is enabled TO hold lis
s lpremacy--ti,at The constitutions Of all
mankind is essentially the same, and LIt-
lrring only in the different temperament
Of the same materials OF which they are
composed; iIappeared clear to my mind
tina. all disease proceeded from one gene
raj cause and might be cured by one gen
eral yemedy--,hal state of perfect health
arises from due balance Of temperature
OF the four cements-but lift is by any
means destroyed, the body is more or less
disordered And when this is the cas-
there is always all aciu Il diminution Of The
element Of. fire or hcat, and in proportion
Ia tn, ~ Dh thnh lI
is affected by its opposite, which is cold.
And found tina, all disorders which
the human family are afflicted with how
ever various the symptoms or difleren,
the names by which they are called, arise
directly from INSTRUCTED perspiration
which is always caused by cold or want
of heat, if there is natural heat it is inns
possible but that there must be natural
perspralion. Having fixed upon these
general principles as the only solid foun-
dation upon which a correct and true
understanding Of the utjec. can be foun-
ded, my mex, business was TO ascertain
what kind of medicine and treatment
would best answer the purpose in confor.
nifty TO This universal plan of curing dis
eases; for il must think be certain and
selevldent to every one that whatever
will increase the internal heat remove all
distractions of the system restore the
digestive powers of the stomach and pro-
duce a natural perspiratlon is universally
applicable in all cases of disease and
therefore mus. be considered as general
remedy. The first and most important
consideration was to find medicine that
would establish natural internal heat so
as to give nature lis proper command.