The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-07-26
Causes of Disease.


efore proceeding the causes of disease it
necessary give general description of tie supply
and of the human body in HEALTH to enable person
Comprehend its diseased condition. an f14O lbs
weight receives annually into his lungs 800 lbs of
into his stomach 1850 lbs owater, 500 lbs of solid
foods 5000 bs or and ahaf tons This one and
half tons is discharged from the body through the ntes
final Canal kidneys, lungs skin mucous membranes.
During the passage of water food through the nest
nal canal the nourshing portions absorbed by the
teas into the horacc Duct and is mpted into the
before the lungs the oxygen win ch enters the
lungs each Inspiration is absorbed nts blood
the carbon IN the blood given of TO the atmospheric at
every expiration me blood then returns from the lungs
supplying the tissues, ana Is distributed TO every
part oil the body,
thete mas an equal amount OF matter winch formed
part OF the Douy been decomposed and carried in the
ne bndy N eiI IN se ne W. SnnV
greater than the supply, with few exceptions. The per
verified action OF the waste and supply OF The system
its diseased condition, ana pain Is result. The APP
proXmate and remote causes OF disease numerous
and the work OF man. ana not ms Maker In support OF
this assertion 1t Is only necessary TO refer TO n
establish the fact that pain, sickness and prema
tufe death were ehds contemplated in the creation is
supposIton at war with all that nature elsewhere teach
wild animals reptiles almost or wholly exempt
from disease although many OF them inhaDit regions
men. Tame animals, subjected more the influences
Oh man mode OF NE, are labe to some few diseases
Instance, fowls and pet animals deer, rabbits, &C.
The most highly domesticated are subject to most
numerous and natal Diseases and to some, even that
And the malaules OF the human found TO
surpass those the number complication and
ataliy, degree fully great that in which mans
habits arJlhclal and unnatural than
sun arthel tose among inc human species VINO lead
The most artificial lie ever the most subject dis
there we have regular series Of fesaltsstep by Step
departing from the Condition of simple nature; by
happiness and sinking into an atmosphere OF pam, dis
and premature death Diseases then charge
Prov
the results OF unatual habits and conditions OF me-
Man brings disease upon himself from inattentlon,
reckleSSnesS, Ignorance the part himself
rents GOD does not Willingly give his children PAIN
therefore disease comes not from Him. OF the mosG I'M
natural habits ndconditions Will enumerate the most
Over taxation OF the body the mind, in the form of
excessive bodily mental labor, the anXIetes urrles
and perpleNtles in business anger eXctemens OIL the
feelings deep emotions eAcesslVe o. te pas
sons. This last cause produces more lAeompetency Tor
successful eXeron ana leads 10 more Diseases nun
dred fold more than is ever dreamed OF by the OF
community. 1he person who abuses the gifts God has
easily angered without patience, taS TO control their
temper, must perish prelnatqrely For all these wear
subtract from the powers OF life fast
than by rest and nourshmen we can add TO- repair
eTcse of the entire body, certain limbs organs
To over tax parts and under tax others at the
same tme is douDy to invite the lnroads OF disease
Mechanical causeSo these by far the most prolific OF
evils unnatural mode OF dress This may injure in
numberless ways-by cIamphg the organs, COMPRISING
limbs, overheatng some parts, exposing Others to cod
dragging upon weaker parts checking circulation,
splrAtlOn ana Ifee lotto anu FORMING ulatufat pos
lures OF CHEST and every species deforn-
esed condition from parent to child 1t is through this
in good degree that all along the pathway of infancy
and Childhood portion OF our whole existence natu
rally brightest the fullest OF promise, dear little
ones are made TO drop suddenly from grasp and
people grave yards with the dead before Their time
Consuming too much food, oyereatng, another mpor-
OF disease most eat too much, and life
is made burden, torture, living death, Some eat
TO live, most live TO eat Gluttony Kills hundreds.
air, useless exposures to heat and cold become the
cause OF deepseated and taal Diseases My readers
will that have barely for text but they can
amplily these into sermons by little reflection 1t is
not too late to learn how to live treat exclusively
diseases OF chronic nature, such Throat Lung Ly-
| er Heart, Kidney Stomach and Blood diseases
And cure such diseases, if cuTeable, without medi-
cnes injurious to the constitution, the necessity
abandoning business involving great expense Many
object to call on me because travel and visit appoint
cling quackS. not OF that class preenders as
you viii perceive by my writings adhere strictly
the principles of honor and integrity My visits have
been made regularly for years, and will be so contnu-
ed by any intelligent physician by the experience
te and entire devotion to the treatment of this
OF diseases The great difficulty is patients wait until
they have tried every nostrum before they call
their constitutions are then run down. ana embaass
es cure, but Notwithstanding these rearding inu-
ences my success is unparalleled.
My system of treating diseases harmonizes ma
tlre, my first principle Is remove the cause having
fculty in efectng cure The sick are invited to call
an unbiased opinion given Consultation free, and
encouragement OF unless there known chance
for recovery. In my future publications shall speak
more particularly OF Catarrh Bronchitis Asthma Lung
| and Liver diseases.
shall be for consultation upon all diseases of chron
ic nature my next visit at Kenosha, City HOTEL du-
RUG Saturday, the 18th of August
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