Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-02-26
BODY AND BRAIN.

When q Mohsmmedan wishes to pass Q very
high eulogy upon q deceased friend, be tells you
that he "bad q good liver" which means that the
said friend was always good and pleasan, in body
and mind. This is a most expressive sentence, es'
pccially in climates where the liver is easily affsc.
ted. and IL shows that the sons Of Islam are well
acquainted with the fact which we wish to en-
force, namely. that the healthy action and clear
conception of the brain depends more than is gen.
orally believed upon a sound and healthy physical
organisation.
No argument is required to convince every per.
son that, at the present time, they must think,
would they succeed in life, and that mere plodding
is scarcely required, the demand being for edu,
Gated labor and this remark applies not only to
one trade, but all trades-not to one profession,
but all Professionalism and ~artifcer, painter
and preacher, all alike. This being granted, il
will be seen Of what vast national and individual
Importance il is that the seat Of reason should be
unde6led, and that the channels of thought should
be ever clear and free. A professional humbug
who would advertise g qusck medicine to overcome
that brain fatigue which sleep does not seem to
conquer, and to give renewed activity to the worn.
out mind, would make Q fortune shortly, for the
compl tint is a common one. Bodily disease. the
disregard of the grand physical laws Of cleanli'
ness and exercise, inherited sickness and personal
intemperance, are the great barriers to true pro.
gress which have yet to be vanquished and pulled
down.
lie. US take the two first, and see how they affect
the handspring ofaction-the Brain. Takeths illus
~tration Of a watch. The handspring may be per,
fall ~ooJ aol .oroS h,,k .ona Ittlo vhSei in III a
train 4 motion being displaced, it will not tell
true time. A spring may be clear when it bubbles
forth from the virgin soil, but an ~impurity in th,
water course will faint the whole stream. A stat
ne may be graceful in form and elegant in pro
portion, but when seen in an uneven mirror it be
comes distorted and cut Of shape. The mind MAY
be active, clear, and perceptive; but if some littl,
pinion, some small disease, local or general, be il
the body, it cannot act upon the outer world will
force and originality, because the medium through
which il acts is tainted and unhealthy.
Again, if the ear be out of order, the brair
can obtain no true notion of sound ; If the eye b
diseased, no perfect sight is never taken, and tb'
same is true Of feeling. smelling and tasting
Now, suppose that instead Of any one sense beinl
considerably affected. all ore partially SO, how ther
is the brain going to derive impressions correctly
on which to base future thou ghts and resulting &C
tions, If the courses through which those impress
sions flow from the object observed to it are faint
ed, impure or diseased. Thus we see that the
mind or the body are so intimately connected that
we cannot separate the two. and the one cannot
be diseased without affecting considerably the tone
of the other. For mind diseased, or one that
may become so-in fact, for every one Of US
there is nothing like plenty of fresh air and simple
food, a decent modicum of exercise. the encour'
sgement of cleanliness by ablution with cold wa
ter, as much of the light Of heaven and as little
of the light of oil. spirits or gas as possible. II
we can but as a people begin to believe this. We
shall quickly perceive the truth Of the descripsiss
by the happy results which will follow. Let u,
all, for once, learn something from t5e'children o.
the Prophet. and strive to earn that eulogy so full
of peaceful meaning and pleasant thoughts Of con
tented health-"He had a good liver"