Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-07-22
Health and Disease.
BY ". T. VAIL, N. D,

and most obstinate forms of disease, without the
use of "a single drug or medicine of any kind, Is
thought thing quite incredible by the mass of
mankind. No testimony however respectable,
however positive, is sufficient fully to convince
them, that there is not some hocus pocus some
where, about all such statements, by which
the Patient himself has been deceived or by
which they themselves are liable to be deluded.
How can it be possible" they ask, /" when a
patient is seriously sick, when he has been a
long time sick, when drugs have failed, when all
the resources of the apothecary have proved
themselves utterly vain, (worse than vain) that
any mere simple, harmless measures, like those
you advocate and prescribe, can do any good.
1t is against reason it is against common sense
and you may multiply cases and testimony as
you will but l cannot receive it. You say food,
water, air, exercise, light, heat, mental impress
ions, social influences and such like are your
remedies. should like to have you show me
hoc such things can cure sick man-one th at
is really sick.''
I Reply, My Dear Sir, you first toll you do
not believe the statements you do not accept
the testimony herein lies tho difficulty in Civ
ing you a rational and satisfactory explanation.
If you did not believe the sun daily arose, no
explanation, no theory of planetary notion,
would satisfy you in relation to the philosophy
of the matter you would first need to be con-
WINGED of the fact. So in the matter of resto-
ration from disease if you can once see, if you
will allow yourself to see that all forms of
durable diseases are readily restored without the
use Of singlaposonous agent, and much more
certainly and permanently than by the use of
any such agents, then you will have no Difficult
ty in satisfying yourself as to the manner in
which is it accomplished. l have therefore
confined my articles and statements in previous
articles, principally to facts and to testimony.
In some future numbers I shall show the reader
how it is that disease is readily and perfectly
overcome by the, single elements and agencies
of nature; how is it that these develope pow
er mightier in its restorative energies than any
other known agents can possibly do, setting
the sick man upon his feet again, in o few weeks
or few months, after many long years of
fruitless drugging-positively injurious medical
ting and dosing, making The patient only a more
confirmed invalid, and rendering his prospect for
recovery the more dark and uncertain. We
have had hundreds of patientc come to us, so
hopeless in appearance so discouraged in spirits,
so really shattered in their physical organiza-
ton, and 50 really filled with pains and aches
and sufferings; the catalogue of whose terrors
and trials was so long and so mournful that our
heart has ached for them without scarcely be-
ing able to hope for their success They have
tried the most eminent physicians. and taken
immense quantities of medicines.
If they have been women afflicted with ner-
vous diseases, and with diseases peculiar to their
sex, they have usually taken large quantities of
, iron quinine, iodine, and the like; If they
have had liver trouble, blue pills or mercury in
some of It's forms has been abundantly adihinis-
tered; if dyspepsia, a thousand remedies bot h
regular and irregular have been taken if con-
stipation, pills and physic of various kinds al
! most without interruption the poor organism
has in many cases been dosed almos; to death,
doubtless with the best intention but with only
an evil result Now since we have demonstra-
r ted so many hundreds of times, that such pa
!! tients as we have just described and thousands
of others afflicted with various forms of chronic
, diseases, may get well, and many of them per
t fectly well, by abandoning the use of all drugs
whatever, and making an appropriate use of the
| congenial, life imparting, life sustaining ant
s life maintaining elements, we claim the privil
eye of speaking for the benefit of just 50 man.
of this large class ofsuferers as are well pcrsua
ded from actual experience that drugs have nj
= virtues in them for their benefit; and tina
IS something else must do the work for them l
it they are ever restored. We cannot see that il
: this we shall cross anybody's path. nor invok
d necessarily the ire of single soul. We onl
ask to do good in the field that lies before us
10 and in instances where we alone can accom-
If plish it, With those who are satisfied wit
drugs, and can get well by their use, we hay
nothing to do: but to those who have failed a.
ter long years of suffering and trial we woul
gently whisper " there is a better way
That readers may know who have been at on
institute for treatment, that they may inquil
personally after the manner and success of gu
> mode, we give in another column in connctio
with our advertisement list of few name
with residences attached. Many of these hay
been cured or very greatly relieved of their ill
though some of them had been fifteen years
longer, sick, and had tried all sorts of druggin
without avail.
AS we have said, all kinds of diseases are C,
rable by our mode, our system is adapted to IL
organism of man. 1t softens down its ach
and gently allays its pains it developers its r
storativc energies, it gives strength and pow
to every organ and tissue while everything q
fensive or injurious is kept away from the bod
The most hopeless appearing cases under
management, pretty generally rise to health a,
strength We have now under treatment o
and long confirmed cases of dyspepsia, whi
are getting we'll cases of asthma that have /
gun to improve from the very start-cases
liver disease, old and confirmed, that are dai
gaining, and cases of disease peculiar to the
male organization, that are improving rapid
besides many others, of all of which we sh;
speak in the future.
GRANITE STATE HEALTH INSTITUTE Hill, N.
The Republicans of Bennington County,
Convention, at Arlington, on the 7th ult., no