Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-03-29
HEALTH.
By DIR. PRICE.

The importance Of health cannot be too much
appreciated. There are thou who consderit
of but little consequence. Until, by some unexpect
ed, or unOTseen event, violent attack of disease
takes place Ii is then that the necessities of the
case call forth their utmost energies; but having
heretofore, or while in the enjoyment of health.
given it but little reflection, all that regards their
restoration appears to be involved in mDenetrablo
darkness They tlY to those means which their
their Imagination suggests might be useful, o.
which they may hear OF as being beneficial to an
other or that which may be recommended bv
friends, without the possibility of even being able
10 Judge whether the application nav prove bene-
hclai or injurious. 1t may prove successful or it
may not; # not it must produce injury Simple
medicines by inludciOus administration il often
Calculated TO prove injurious, foT, Il 20 efec, il
produced, time is lost, and the disease by dcIav
allowed to become more firmly fastened upon the
organ or part implicated. In no Instance should
any person be allowed to prescribe or suggest tb.
use oi an article however simple for any disease
unless capable OF fully understanding the charsc
ter OF the disease and the remedy necessary 70 re-
move IT. There is no doubt but that thousands are
yearly, through ignorant and unsysteratic practice
hurled into eternity. The design of msa;cire il
TO remove disease, and if of the right description
will remove it If fjudiciOuSly applied. The uncer-
tainty OF its actonsi not much the fault of the
medicine as 1t is the ignorance of the person
prescribing 1t. But how do medicines actl All
medicines qualified for the removal of disease. if
too freely administered, must produce more or less
debility. Disease in no instance should be thrown
i?oiG the system faster than through the agency of
ihe stomach. BY means of food, the loss sustain
cd by throwing off this diseased matter is re-sup-
Piled. This circumstance cahnot but be apparent
to all yet how generally is the opposite result sx
peFlehced- The use OF stimulants are generally
much IN use; scarcely 10 We hear of anv case Of
debility but that bark, wine ami other stmulants
Lave been reSosted &c. The use of stimulsnts uu-
on general principles We oppose. What are their
sction7 Can anything be more plainly exempli-
fed than rejecting upon the free use of ardent
spirits on that individual who bv habit is a con-
irmed drunkard He rises in the morning, his
nervous system much impaired; every limb tremb-
hing and shaking; nor can he acquire anything like
steadiness until he shall have taken few glasses
OF liquor, as he says, to quiet his nerves Their
I action is here obvious His nervous system, pre-
viousy strong, by the of stimulus which excit-
ed them to action beyond their ability, becomes
soon exhausted. their energies partially parayzed
and 1t now requires the same stimulus to keep VI,
even a natural state OF exctability. The nervous
system soon wears out under this unduly excited
nervous irritabity.
With this fact before us who, upon reflection,
can justify the use of stimulantS to those already
laooring under nervous excitement Such per-
sons the longer they resort to them (although like
the drunkard, for short while they clay feel
| "hAl term stfengtneneG,) vet VIII the powers
o. the nervous system be gradually wasting under
1t. Like other parts or organs of the BODY no de-
blhty ean take place in them unless il arises from.
the lmpoyerishment or deficiency Of the fluids des-
tined 10 circulate in them. Therefore, In order TO
cure IL, we must attack the original cause. Tho
various organs are all supported by the fluids which
circulate in them, and according to the healthy or
unhealthy property, suficiency or insutiicency Of
/ it Is healthy, strength or debility. Food is the
only natural stimulus, and that is sufficient. II
the stomach or digestive organs are incapable of
performing duly their part, they require repairing.
1t the blood is thick and viscid, it requires attenu
ating IN order that the nerves may be capable CT
absorbing that nutrment from j: requisite for their
support Could il be otherwise expected that tho
nervous stem should be weak, il the blood was SO
thick and yiScid that the nerves could not absorl
the nervous fluid from il? How soon would a spear
OF grass dwindle and die If deprived Of mosture7-
| How soon does n burning lamp become extinguish-
ed when the combustible materials that support it
are exhausted, or distractions prevent the COM
bustOn. And can we be surprised that when such
impedments from the yiscid state Of the blood
lakes place, that the nerves, lgaments, muscles
and cartilages cannot be supplied from the blood
with that Huid necessary for their support thai thew
should become weak and nervous, debilitated
state of the whole system exist. The simple view
of the existing fact before would manifest TO
our mind at once what course to pursue. Under
such circumstances the blood must be atfenuated /,
rendered more fluid, that the absorbing vessels,
which pleutifully distributed throughout ik6
whole system, may be enabled to exercise duly
their Office. Diseased matter must be removed
rom the blood, but an order to do this must be
able to determine what the character of the morbid
matter changing the blood is. Ii will not answer
TO guess at it, thousands of imposters and quacks
do; and some Of them medicine for every
condition Of the blood. They say the blood is not
good bnt utterly unable to tell why it is not, and
what il % charged with to render il impure. IL
they cannot tell what's in the blood that renders
il impure, how they select a remedy capable
of purifying it! The deception practiced upon the
unfortunate, by avariciOus prctenders TO medical
knowledge il enormous, and the shameful imposi-
ton will continue until science shall be able to
expose the ridiculous iaacies of medical specula-
tors. We were prompted many years ago to un-
derske the investigation Of the various character
Of disease and medical agents BY a critical analysis
OF both vegetable and animal matter This inVes-
tigation enabled US 10 ascertain with certainty tho
nature OF that substance circulating in the system.
first causing, then supporting disease. Our analy-
ST OF many of the agents employed as medicine,
enabled US to ascertain their mode of action upon
the fluids and solids of the human bOdy-how and
WHY thew produce the effects which they are known
to do With this knowledge, the true principles
of the treatment of diseases became divested of
the mysterious ambiguity in which they were for
me-ly enyeloped. We do not con slider all diseas-
ej in all stages cuTable. If disease has attacked
a vital organ, and it be allowed to remain until
tha. organ be rendered incapable of performing its
requisite functions before the proper remedies arc
resorted to- the disease cannot be arrested, and
death must sooner or later ensue. The proper
time disease is when it is IN its infancy az
least nothing is gained by delay.
Our whole time and study is given to the exclu-
sive treatment OF chronic diseases.
shall be for consultation upon all diseases of
the head heart. neryes. lunrs. throat. liver and
blood on my next visit at La Porte. Myers House,
during Sunday and Monday. the 18th and l 9th Of
April. DR.. V. CLARENCE PRIcE,