American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-06-17

saith not.
sEc,ND s1rTING,-True pieiy embraces
the duties Of man, physical, moral, and in
teleetual, and rightly understood, and
practically applied. will secure health
peace and happiness. Therefore, "study
to get wisdom"
f Great Discovery---Dr. o. KS Anti
Pkogmetic Theory of Disease.
We have been a careful observer Of ma
ture, and natural phenomena for some
fling more than half century, and by
dint tf o. setvation and induction, we have
a,riven at the following conclusions LIST.
that nineny nine cases in hundred OF The
diseases that afflct the human family, o.
riginate in the surfaces. either externally
or internally. and 2nd. that those organs
to which they are generally attributed, such
as the stomach, tie lungs, tie liver, the
kidneys, the heart, the brain, &C., Pre con-
sequently, or sympalhetically affected, and
not primarily, they icing in high degree,
the vital organs of the organism are first
to give us notice Of their arrangement and
consequent inability TO perform their func.
tions properly; this the superficial observ'
er, (by noting the loss of appetite, dry
ness Of the skin, quickened pu!sation, &C.,
Ac., denominates disease Of the som
ach, the liver &C., and commences pour
inc down his cathartics, emetics, blood
purifiers, and nostrums generally. thereby
weakening the vital energies Of the patient,
in place Of assisting the motive powers,
or vital energies to throw of the obstruc'
tions. But before proceeding to indicate
our rts,oratve theory; we propose to state
briefly some of the pathological indi'atlons
and primary causes that produce this ap
pa~ert disease Of the more vital organs.
First, howeve', let US premise by as
suming that the human being physically
and organicaly considered, is a machine
of the most perfect kind, supplied with all
the apparatus, and surrounded ty all the
conditions to enable it 10 operate freely and
harmoniously, supporting health and hap
piness for three score years and ten, or un-
til the machine by its peculiar constitution
and continued operation wears out. Bu
through negligence, superstition and igno
ranre, man (fcolish man! } violates many O.
the laws Of nature and natures God touch.
ihg the operation of this beautiful machine
consequently arrangement and disease en-
sue. Now tbs stomach i; the great reser
vor, mill or furnace that receives the raw
material to be elaborated for generating an
nal heat, rebuilding the decayed and de
cayng parts, and sustaining universal Wig
or and vitality in this wonderful machine
This machine is supplied with its myriad
of htle mouths, situated internally to drinl
UP the surplusage, and pass it off througl
their little capillary tubes by the opening
of their valves upon the surface; the nu
tti,ive portion of this raw material is re
solved into It's primitive elements and takei
up by the absorbents and carried into tn
great vitaliztng current {the bloody INT
driven by tie heart through every part 0
the machine imparting vigor, and maxim!
the necessary deposits for The restoration
azd preservation Of its parts. Man Tor th
mind Of man is constituted the enginee
of this machine, and if, through negligence
or otherwise, he suffers those little soap
valves TO collapse or close, the consequenc
is, their tubes become gorged with MOI
bid matter and the little suckers bocom
closed, and the stomach and intestinal CO
nalhave TO bear the burthen Of obstruction
their contents beeome viiated, and the nc
tive power, and vital current fail to receiv
their accustomed supplies. The heart ii
creasessits efforts to overcome the difficu
ties, and the blood soon becomes exhaus
ed of its nutritive properties. Loss OF al
petite, dryness of the skin, and accelerate
circulation are some Of the indicators Of Il
deranged condition of the machine.
consequence OF the absence Of the prop,
material, nature makes an effort TO resto
the equilibrium, by decomposing, first Il
A fatty and next the lean deposits, for Il
purpose OF supplying fuel to keep up IL
animal heat and operate the machine. hen
eemFciaion, hobbiness and progressi
weakness, until we have subject Gtted
the bone yard. These are some oil the CO
sequences Of neglected engineering.
WHAT'S the remedy? Just as simple
rolling eff log. Consult nature as yo
physician; apply emolients and arti
fetal heat 10 The external surfaces: omen [