Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-05-25
DoctoriIin .iniLn0ls.

When DR.. O. ". Holmes made the
statement; lew years ago that Iii all The
medicine in the world were thrown into
the sea. il would be better for mankind,
ba. worse tor the fishes" there was no
H,ue squirmiug among The NJ. D.'s some
OF them claiming that DR.. Holmes had
written and studied so much upon other
than medical subjects that he bad almost
forgotten all he ever knew about medi-
cine. and was, cons, queutly, not TO be
trusted to teach people how to prev ent
diseases or to cure them when once con
tracted. 1t won 4 seem that the seed the
Decor sowed dill not TALL by the way
side or perish on stony ground, for here
Is another doc,o- writing in the Vermont
Hu'clm1a. who shows Is much sympathy
for our domestic animals Is Dr. Holmes
does for the fishes He ssyS:
There Is 10 greater curse TO the world
than the prevailing notion hist medicine
j good Tor folks, or that drugs cure Dis
eases. lis bad enough for people 10
carry out this idea upon their own bodies
making themselves Sluice-ways for every
new abomination in the way of medicines,
patent or other, that they can hear ct.
But there is q cedeemiug feature in this
folly. inasmuch as It helps 10 kill of the
fools. Not so with our animals. which
are always good for something, and
ought Tot to be made victims Of. Dis
ease, in men and women, is always the
conse quence Of bad habits Of life, either
in themselves or their progeni,ors, and
can be cured only by better living, ply
sical and moral. Disease ia animals has
a similar origin. with this difference. HAT
in 4 state Of nature they are prevent, d
by instinct from violating the laws Of
their being. Jut when they come under
the laws OF mankind they are subjected
to conditions which they canno, evade.
and which frequently produce disease.
Nine out Of ten OF this generation Will
believe in drug cures ill they die. But
here and there one has emancipaled him.
self from that superslitious folly, and
such may be induced 10 treat sick finals
inlelligently The best classes OF RENEE
dies ere such changes OF die; as will
produce the desiied effects For Instance,
raw roots Will produce looseness OF The
bowels, and aliay fevelish tendencies Of
horses, cattle. sheep and swine. SO viii
fresh grass. cut and fed with the dew on.
Boiled fine wheaton flour porridge, made
with water for horses that will not take
milk, and with sweet milk Tor other ami
mails, will produce the opposite effect
Other sanitary effects may be produced
by the use of articles of food, so that
most ordinary ailments may be checked
by attention 10 diet and surroundings.
Sick horses turned out into n woody pas
ture almost always get well. Collie in
horses is easily cured by injections OF
warm soap suds. Cows and young cattle
Lex alone on natural diet recover from all
ordinary affections. Sick chickens get
well in grassy run, among angle worms
and grasshoppers. Sheep that are snuff.
ing and running down in the close barn.
yards, SHEDS. or cellars will pick up Won
deriully if they can get their roses into
the hedge rows, or have the run OF the
woods and bush pastures. Pining hogs
will get well in clover pasture. or on
clover hay in winter, with few roots
There is bat one medicine that we would
ever give an animal, and that is q purge
of EPSON salts and ginger, 10 clear out
the bowels"