, 1870-07-24

obvious remedies could have been easily
applied, viz to obtain suitable. palRtable,
and nut1it;< M fool to devote the child >
whole day 10 air and mo'ion. or exercise
md s,erp 70 as 10 strengthen its appetite
II stura1lr to engage the services Of some
competent person to watch the patient
night anil dsY and prevent its undue e1ro-
s,,rr, or to fa,,en its clothing So as to make
its removal at nigla impossible. All this
would be scientific treatment. Conf
pared with this, Latin prescrip- |
tions and mysterious labelled bottles
nse like the incantations OF the me licine
profession cannot wholly be blamed tor |
the superstitious faith in nostra,ns which |
dlls our grayeyards. Often the physician |
who shoull inquire into the causes "s u
disease, and, having traced it to neglect Of
the laws Of health, should give the soand-
est and visest directions for the cure Of the |
patient br changes in diet, nursing. cloth
Ing, exercise, bathing, md fresh air, and
should leave without prescribing any inys-
ter,uus drops to be taken III mystic
numbers at mysterious intervals, womb be
indignantly dismissed rs ono who had
added 1nh''it to injury.
Take another instance: 4 plump and
really beautiful Young lady, with form
that Plidjas might have studied as model
fol llehe, becomes hesuttel by the dris"
all,ng siiliness that her checks are too red.
her waist too large, her eyes not sufficiently
sparkling. mud her complexion lacking in
transparency. So she begins to intensity
her chnt'ls hy IL tilef OF vinegar, chalk, bel~
| la'lunna, and arsenic. In few months she
grows gaunt. pale hectic. aud waketul.
with three or fonr headaches week. and,
| finally, neuralgia or consumption. At this
POINT the physician is cal!ea Ill., ind, a'laer
glaf'ht'' nb"ut one physician
III '1Ve "o1al1 'hslat ulH'n showing alld "on1d
pc't1npa"fAy iofoln tue continuance o'
these POISONOUS practices HnSlng done
th'S. however, touf III hVe "onld open the
dn'g shop On this poor gir4. Already Sat'l-
rated Will IFS poisons. WHAT does her
nenrnlgla need. LIE disease ITSELF con-
slsts Ut nerve la1n- II may come IRON
100 o'"cn naeu'al ae.Aon, lfosn "n"le a1a
rfolonged e1cheinehts from oe5aneea a.
tson OF the stomach and liver, 1atl1ceti ny
cn''ses entirely physical however II
t'lnes- Its remed1es are SOUND Sleep good
diet, plenty OF fresh o1sge''ated mr. lively,
'llusIn3 exercise, moderate hut regular
physical labor. such III makes the sweat
tl"w. tires the body without t'r'ng the
''Tain nnu nerve ana promotes the appe-
tlte, freedom from study or care, aud. III
short, that mode OF life which develops the
healthy animal to best advantage.
The uncients are not credited with pro-
nciency equal to the moderns, IN the sci.
eI1ce Of medicine. But. as nearly as vi
may now Judge, their average standard oi
physical health was far above ours. They
understood. as We do nut, how to preserve
it l1y 1nanly atl'i wt'lAanfy exercise and Ia
h"r. hy frequent ahlt1tlons, ~ supple diet
anu f.y avoidance Of I'LL unnatural e1tre:ues
in their modes Of living, and OF all emp'f'
J cnt remedies But with the breaking tio"t
! | NJ 1tuina1 and Greck civilization hy tht
: Goths, Huns, and Fandals, the ancient
: t;ltAs gave place to ths 1nodern heef-gar
deus: gymnasticss1n. or the cultivation q
J tlIc 1"aly. gave place to Ascet'cisu1, or III
} lu"rtIfcation Of tue tieshs as men became
, fi;lly md sslintly together, they abolished
n:.furnl henith- +" make room tor arthclh
, holiness. and thought they we're serving
, fiud "len their has'its we're almost IN VI
: fence to swine. u course they grew II
tier knowledge VI, and talth IN, Med'
t clnes US they lost the powa
: ef preserving health, md wero deemed WIS
l IN their knowledge OF the wants OF th
I ''ody, IN proportion AZ they violated all it
laws IN tAe1r own tno'les OF living. tto'
Q the religious srperstltlons OF these Goth
l. and Eisigoths, relative to the spirits ths
IS dwell in the streams aud woods. We at
j. somewhat emancipated. But rs to the
p mythical spirits that dwelt in poisonor
it herbs and minerals we believe in the lift
o giving puver Of their death-lealing pEope
o tics rs implicitly as our savage ancestors
l. There are u few poisons, possibly, thu
ii have not been appropriated l'y the medic;
n fraternity fur tue cure Ut discnse- We ar
IS moi aware that they have bottled the PR
IL c'o''s drops TINT nnsaeriie the rattlesnake
III lang, or that they have found curntive c!
SC t'nd- But these a1e rare exceptions. 1T
10 fundamental theory Of nostr''n-1nonseri1
of is, tEat the more intense the poison. al
I'd tile ruure 1oathson,e the compound Il
uo.. concentrated ifS o<,.n11,.pra and II
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