The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-22

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You have not been invited here for the purpose
OF treating you to an intellectual repaSt Neither
is it my object to utter an unklnd word where il is
not deserved or to traduce character or To wander
into any eNtravagunt statements not susceptible OF
proof. Ii / know my own heart am here 10 tell
you in as plain and simple manner as am Gipa-
bic series Of facts full of wonder and aStOnlsn-
ment, and endeavor TO make you better aGquaint.
ed with yourself; also to learn the direct cause OF
nearly all the diseases man is heir TO, and how
simple and inexpensive a mode there is for you
not only to prevent but to cure the same. Inc
question will be treated seriously and fairy as it
deserves Ana right here will take the OCCASION
to say no man has a higher regard or more thor
Ough yGnGTatOn for
THE CONSCIENTIOUS FAMILY PHYSICIAN
than J. Such man is entirely void OF selfshneSs
and prejudice. He is constant Student lie
keeps pace with every fresh thought advanced;
puts Into Practice most Willingly as an auxiliary
anything that proves itself better than he has yet
known. At lie tst he never condemns short OF a
thorough Investigation. Such men are st metmeS
found. They deserve the confidence, love and re
spect OF all who know them. Such man will tell
you the best OF them are cropping about in the dark
that 1t is one continuous round Of experiment.
lne principal OF antidUteS has proved unSatSiaC-
tory-yea, failure. A. IL. Stevens. MD, says:
.lhe oIdeF physicians grow the more skeptiCal
they become in the virtue Of their own medicines"
Prot. Willard Parker SAYS "Of all sciences medi-
cine is the most uncertain" Prof. L. II. Davis:
THE VITAL EFFECTS OF MEDICINE
are little understood" J. Mason Good, MD:
The science Of medicine is a barbarous jargon."
Dr. BoStwlck, author of History of Mcdiclnc?'
Every dose of medicine is Il blind experiment.
Prof, Evans, MD: The medical practice OF the
present day is neither philosophy nor common
sense" Prof. Gregory: "GentlGmen, nlnety-nine
medical facts are medical lies" DR.. McLintOck:
Mercury has made more crippleS than all wars
combined" And he should have added the pres
ent abuse OF soda or POTASH in its present yarlou
furms is destroying myriads of stomaChS beyond
redemption, Sir Ashley Cooper The science Of
medicine is founded on conjecture and improved
by murder" Oliver Wendell Holmes said before
a medical class in the year 1861:
The disgrace OF medicine has been the colossal
system OF self-dcception, In obedience to which
mines have been emptied of the cankerlng MN
elalS, the vegetable Kingdom robbed of all its
growth the Cntrails of animals taxed for their i'm
puriIics, the poison bags of reptiles drained Of
their venom, and all the conceivable denominations
thus obtained thrust down the thrOatS of human
beings suffering from some fault of organization,
nuursment or vital Stimulation" Thus might
enlarge TO the extent of volumes in quoting the
long list OF physicians structures on themselves,
IN which they tell you that medical science thus
far, is not Oily not beneficial but absolutely in
curious and killing in its effects,
| Notwithstanding all this, custom and carly edu-
cation ever hold wonderful power over U.S. ana
it matters not, however unreasonable and absurd
any teachings and customs or habits may seem to
us also, however demOnStrable it may have been
proved TO us that they are injurious and falla
cluuS, yet 1t would seem that nothing short OF
long years Oh Dlllef eH HlHIlenCe OF some sudden,
mighty power will ever change the course OF most
OF us from impressions made through early cduct-
| ton ana example. Yes We are slaves to habit,
custom and fashion. There is usually wonder
/ ful lack OF individuality.
| For example we are used to our doctor; we see
hIm daily; we rely upon him; take his medi-
cineS poisonous orothcrwise; pay his bills grad
ually grow worse dO 10 thinking or acting for
ourselves; finally die, and the friends charge it to
Il uispenSAtiOn OF Providence. Less than Thirty
five years ago millions up TO that period had gone
down to their graves begging forever one swallow
OF cold water. Mothers, sisters, brothers and the
fond lover had each i'll Their turn, withheld from
the dear one this precious and most Natural anti
dote This, too, wh,n it was apparent that life
co,1ia r,,,. on but . few Snort hours at most.
Doctors said in those days
COLD WATER IS DEATH;
| give them Calumel and spoonful OF warm water
I instead. These loving friends were made the
willing instruments through early education To
obey literally the doctors command. Not only
was the fever patient denied water but was
! duggcd, physicked, blcd and starved until all
rcUCtve power was lost. and he gave up the ghost
to the treatment instead of the disease
| doubt not there are numbers here tonight who
know tins statement to be true but to-day the pa
| tent gets iCGWatcr i'll superabundance, and why
this radical change of antldOtcs? If fire was once
/ heautidOtc OF fire, why should water now be the
antdote of fever fire? Simply for the reason thai
nature always rcVoltS against any system that lacks
supply Of natures natural wants or that is crue
to itself. In every ncighbOrhOOd, more or less
there were found persons of strong will power tina
decided they would not die until they had salts
fled that intense thirst and aliayed the fire Lha
was burning them up. Many interesting expert
enccs have been told us of what these creatures il
torment passed through to get water. My owl
uncle for one, lay aS we supposed, at the point
death A trusty old colored man, his watchman
was called to his bed about midnight Speaking
lust above II whisper, he said: "Abe, am going t
ask you one last request Will you grant it?
Yes, Massa, anything You ask, Use do" TAX
tl,a ,Il p un tD n
barn fill ii with cold water and bring it to m
quick" "Oh! Massa, Massa, anything else yo
ask Use do; do you know what Missus and docto
said? NO water no water " ABE, you go,
you don't and live, I'll shoot you dead Ate
dcliberating for Il moment he says, "MAssa | go.
: 1t was brought him. He drank his FIJI. BY morr
ing every drop was gone. The fever broke. H
fell into quiet, peaceful sleep, and was soon IT
stored to health. And not until then was any on
told what cured him. Such examples as thes
finally changed the present system OF tleatin
fevars.
In this specific disease common sense is at la.
master of the situation. But how about the entil
catalogue OF nearly every other disease known
such as bilious disorders, liver complaints dyspel
. sia female weakness pains i'll the side stomach
back shoulders and muscles periodical and lif
long sick headaches constipation, bilious diarrhe
bilious coHcs neuralgia, rheumatism, kidney diff
CnItics. paralysis, irregular action OF the hear
5 nervousness, liver coughs (oGten taken for col
SUMPTION, periodical drunkenness, and mol
[ especially the dreaded scOurge malaria, such
t Intermittent, renittcnt, bilious typhoid and sea
let fevrIs, lever and ague, ague cake, malaria f
yer, and the yearly visitation of yellow fever
, the SOUTH n still more violet form Of malaria?
The above embraces long list, and the unr
fleeing mind would be naturally slow III GCcep
. ing all these MS proceeding from the same gre
cause.-The stomach and liver
= We ask the question, DO you remember Of cy
suffering with any of the above named symptom
= while you had sound stomach and liver? Al
. your neighbor the same question.
p little oh " o IVnnppmput in thp old
: tce has been shown during the last two hundrt
years in the treatment of all these diseases, whit
diseased stomach and torpid liver, the latter
, ing II consequence OF the first Yet they are Il
treated specially, as ii they were distinct disease
- proceeding from some other cause than those
" have Just named. They are generally treated vii
e some OF the following SO-cGilcd medicines Fir
! mercury or CaloInel-a deadly and inSidious pc
Il SOIL which has filled the world with hunt
wrecks; once taken into the system it never Ceas
TO rack ana poison the sufferer until death steps
V to relieve him Arsenic, a deadly mineral poiso
6 but often uSCd strvehnine-One-sixth of gra
i will kill dog i'll half minute, and one gra
d will instantly destroy human life
, Think of administering such Il medicine as III
It for fever and ague and bilousness. 1t is dol
a daily however. Bismuth-This corrosive met
poison is becoming favorite for the treatment
!, disease. 1t deposits itself in the bones as LEI
does and entails permanent symptoms OF poiso
/ ing. Quinine-Ths drug is much relied upon
r. the profession. But we deny that it has curati
mower Ii eXCtrS the vital forces to teInpOra