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

only durable by mercury DIR. Rush says that con-
SUMPTION is an inflmmatory disease, and should
be treated by bleeding, purgng, cooling medi-
eines and starvation, while Salvador says ii is a
disease of debility, and should be treated by ton
les stimulating medicines and generous diet.
Galen recommends vinegar as the best prevent
i've to consumption.
Disyault and others assert that this disease is Of
) ten rou5ht on by common practice of young
people taking vinegar To prevent obesity. Dr..
lieddoCs recommends fOXglOye as specific in
consumption, while DR.. Pan found foxglOve more
injurious i'll the practice than beneficial In
the face Of such contradictory Statements is II not
time 10 think and act for ourselves? And this,
my hearers, hrngs,us to the vital question, What
is it that causes most OF the suffering and disease
found at this time in the human system? And
why is il that most of the medicine given for a
cure giVeSanyLhing but satisfaction to the patient?
AS before stated, most physicians treat every i'll
or pain specifically, while they are only each a
part of the great whole, proceeding from grow
| lng out of a fundamental cause. First, the stom-
ach, second the liver.
REGULATE THESE TWO ORGANS,
es ecially the first SO they perform their func-
tons perfectly ana you will remove at least nine
teen tN enetns of all the ills that man is heir to
in this or any other climate. Prove this you may
say. The wnole thing is in u nutshell No mys-
terry about it. The first stomach receives the food,
with no other preparation than what mastication
has afforded and ii the stomach is healthy, gastric
juice which is both solvent and antseptc, ap-
pears in abundant quantities, mixing with the
food, and eXcltes the muscular motion of the
stomach propelling the food from left to right, and
back again from right to left until it is thoroughly
saturated with and dissolved by the juice. Or
else i'll the absence Of gastric juice, it must fer
ment, dccompose and rot before it can even pass
into the second stomach, called duodenum. Thls
mass then comes in contact with juices from
small glands, and then with the juices of the pan
cresls; also with the bile of the liver. With the
aid of these several and ever important properties
digestion continues and separation takes place.
The digestion of the starch is STeduced to sweet
lsh mass, and the fat to a soapy emulsion, ana the
a fermentation
with the formation Of gas, also separation OF these
properties into three parts-the fatty portion the
albuminous and sugary, and the indlgestble ma
terla1. From this condition comes the entlre max
ing up of the body and life. The fluids pass into
the system by way of ducts, constituting bones
cartilages iguments, cyStS, muscles, SacS or bags
tubes, glands nerves adlpose or latty maiteL ttI
membranes, etc. This is accomplished by little
villous points which project from the mucous
membrane OF the small bowl that takes up the
aliment, giving up the fatty part to the lacteal
Qnik substance) vessels, to be conveyed by them
TO the thoracc, which ascend along the spine 1t
IS then emptied into the great horizontal vein on
the left side of the neck. 1t is here the sugnry and
albuminouS parts are surrendered to the veins, to
be by them carried to the liver. The liver, kid.
neyS, lungs and skin are all constantly employed
in taking from and carrying off the poisonous,
dead, ctete matter of the human system.
THE HEART SENDS THE BLOOD
out through the arteries into extreme of the
system and to the surface, where the blood vessels
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circle it leaves its vtaZing influences and returns
through the veins to the heart for redistribution.
This returning venous blood is dark and polsoi!-
GUS ana needs To be cleansed purified and revlNl-
fled. This liver should receive a large portion #
this poison, and from it secrete bile, which is ma
lures Cuthartic and anti-septic and solvent. The
kidneys should separate the surplus water thus
preserving a uniform TEN mpemturc also removing
those p0isonS having nitrogen i'll them. The lungs
should take rom the blood carbon and impart OK
ygen through contact with the atmosphere. The
remainder Of these DOiSDuS ShODl1 OIL IlTOllgl
the pores of the skin and the natural outlets of the
body.
THE SPLEEN.
The spleen is like a sponge, and susceptible OF
great expansion and contraction without injury.
Is, indeed. like the air chamber Of fire engine,
which serves as cushion for the water to press
against accommodating itself TO the amount OF
pressure brought against 1t, ana securing steady
unrcmittiug flow or stream. The blood passes
through the Spleen the heart is II double acting
force pump forcing the blood out through the ar
tcries into the veins When the blood is natural
and the mind free from excitement, and the body
from disease this machinery moves smoothly and
beautifully with regular and uniform pulSatlonS,
and without undue pressure upon any OF the YES
Ses or organs Of circulation.
But let the mind be suddenly brought under
exciting or depressing influences, such as anger,
grief Joy or fear and how quickly the heart re-
spends, either by its almost ccaSng TO beat or by
jumping, as it were into increased vitality and
Strong vigorous throbs and the blood seeming al
most ready TO break through some of its restrain
ing barriers under the great pressure. Right here
comes the Office Of the spleen 1t expands easily,
readily under this pressure, like the air chamber
III the force pump and the crisis is past without
harm and gradually comes back to its natural
i, condition as the exciting causes give away.
In fever the same result follows, the fever being
: the exciting cause. When malariN the blood is
thick with poison, and the heart finds great diff
= Guilty in performing its works, especially IN the eX
tremitics like the engine forcing water through /
! small pipe or nozzle instead of open hose. Iht
small vessels easily clOgged, and offer a resist
. ance to blood circu atiOn and thus bring into use
aud make necessary the office of the spleen |
Yields and expands under this pressure, which be
ing constant or so long continued, the spleen hay
G ing no opportunity TO contract at ALL becomes con
u gestcd and loses its contracting power; hence
y ugue-Cake or enlargement OF that organ.
II Now, then, inAsmuch as the stomachs are tn
r. great reservoir from which the entire system
sustained it will be readily seen if the gastri
! juice in the first stomach lacks sufficient quaint
ty then fermentation and decay OF the food follow
3 as IL notwithstanding large quantities of gas
e Tactic acid and other poisonous Substances-and
e must pass into the second stomach vile, yitiUte
= poison. Neither the juices Of the pancTeas, th
bile nor any known property, can ever restore
81 to the condition nature first intended it. and it
re these vile poisons mixed with the poor fluid
- chemically changed, that begin their crcu
p through the system first attacking the liver, the
I, the heart then the kidneys, and then the lung
E. then the skin, and finally peImeatmg the entiI
q system.
u understand yourself, and see AT glance why it
Il YOUR liver becomes lifeleSs and torpid and fai
re to sccrete bile; why hutterings and palpitatior
as about your heart; why the Kidneys are disease,
r also the lungs; why they are sore and irritable
e. and so liable to colds and pneumonia; why you
II skin becomes a saffron color; why the nerve Gel
ters over your digestive organs are diseased al
G. cause you sick headaches and neuralgia; and VIII
" YOU should have rheumatism, seeing us you ca
ht the carbon Crystallized in the blood and VII
women suffer such untold misery and weaknes
er The ligaments relaxed the fluids are weak an
rs insufficient; the whole system is let down. The
SIX is want OF vitality; perfect goneneSs.
1t was once called laziness; it is now known as
&, dreaded and hated disease; and why you shOul
"a have cold eXtremitics, feyers ntanlmations al
'h Instructions spinal disease and innulnerab
amount Of pains, and, not the least of all of thes
<, why we have the periodical drunkard None nee
I'll our sympathy and deserve the mantle OF chari
IS more than the periodical drunkard He will te
Il YOU it is not the love or habit that prompts him
IN drink neither is it that he does not colnpreher
't' theSerribe consequences growing out OF its us
d. but that he is attacked at stated periods by gradu
III approaches, finally eliminating with an indescri
eS able gnaWimg feeling at the pit OF the somac
III and nervous prOstratiOn that pervades the enti
II, system such as seems to demand without delay
III powerful opate, or, what is more convenient
III glass Of whisky which will for the time being a
pease those dreadful sutteringS but once take
us and the system momentarily braced. ne repea
ne the dose over and over for the same reason uni