Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-08-19
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rressive of human misery and physiologi
cal deprayify US This. 1t j, mainly be-
cause our bowels are coustipnfed that the
people Of tie United States support tvcn.
ty-hve thousand drug shops and forty five
thousand doctors a, au annual expense c!
more than hnudred millions Of dollars
And it is because Of this tbat our people
pay the quacks Of the irregular trade scv,
cral millions year.
But the loss of the money expended 10
attempts to make the bo.els Of the com
munity move, ard u cndeayors to obNiate
the consequences Of their obstruction, Is
an insignificant evil compared with the
loss Of health aud happiness and life.
The mischiefs which spring from consi.-
patton, rs tie parent source, are us nu-
mcrou5 ia the vital domain as arc the sins
which, iu the moral world, originate from
the evil one himself II Satan is the
father Of lies, constipation is the mother
Of iufrni;!cs.
Where, in all this broad land, IS there
man, woman or child whose bowels
move naturally, who never require artif.
,ial a.Is There ore a few such. Aud
they are those who know almost nothing
Of sickness. They are strangers to dys.
pclsia, rb1umati-m, too.hache, broncbi-
It's, consumption. They never have the
cholera. They ara proof against yellow
fever. They tie secure from paralysis.
They never die Of apoP.cxy, Organic af
foc.ious Of tho heart never trouble them.
Constipation Of the bowels causes foul
blood and moi bid secreiions. These osca.
sion corrupt humors, which induce torpid
livers, cougestct kidneys, oppressed lungs,
aud copgosted brains. Tbeu follow rheu-
matte pains, beadache, paIpiatiou of the
heart, vertigo, sinklng spells, nervous de-
biIi'y, lumbago, scia,ca, spinal irritation,
piles, spasms, collie, and, as more remote
still, putrid fevers, pestilen.
tia! cpidenics, malignant erysipelas, car
buucles and cancers. And the medicines
which are given TO cure these consequences /
are worse than the disease which they cure.
Learned Physicians look for the causes
Of these mClaiies in the vicissitudes of
the weather; in thcrmometricalv variations;
in barome.rical states in prevailing
winds; in fogs; 10 storms from the east;
in currents from the south in tornadoes
from the west in blasts from the north;
in connections in the heavens above in
in the earth beneath /; in
ozone; in electricity; in animalcules; 10
excess Of nitrogen; in deficiency Of nitro
gen; in some faul, Of hydrogen in car
bonaccous missm in a want Of carbon;
il catching cold; in getting hot; in ex-
posure; in confinement; in ever! thing ex-
,opt-cODsiipation.
And why is the whole human race, With
few exceptions, sick and dying Of con
The complaint is scarcely
Known in the animal kingdom below man.
Why should the most intelligent creature
n existence be the only one who can not
nave q healtbfui action Of the bowels?
Surely there must be cause. We charge
he whole Of it to the prevalent system of
10 some families, und ho.
els, and nations, than in others, but bad,
uinous, killing, all over the area Of civil
ization. The remedy is not in the dirsc.
ion Of drug shops and doctors, but in
hat Of food aud cook.-Lte illustrated.