The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-10-21

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half 4 minute, and one grain WILL INSTANT
Thfnk of administering such medicine
al that for fever and agtle md biiousness.
;It Is done daily, however. Bismuth
corrosive metal poison Is becoming q fayoE-'
ite FOR the treatment, of disease. It deposits
itseK i'm the bones as aead does. and entails
permanent symptoms Of poisoning. Qui-
fine--this drug is much relied upon by the
profession. But we deny that it has cura-.
five newer. I1 exoises the vital forces to
temporary activity. l1t helps to resist the
shock OF disease ier the time being. t.
helps the patient pTsra bad spot; out 10
will not eradicate poison, ~ rsts r.-xt
The curse OF Quinine Is, as YOU all know,
that its continued use eseab fishes on amor,
NAL condition OF the liver, Kidneys, aud:
stomach, tending to congestion, rritatlon,
torpfdity, engagement, and hnal ,posilivel
impaiYment. Who that has eyer, used TINS
drug freely did not find an increased guam
tity needed for each succeeding day! as
70 consequence, deafness and want OF mem
DRY are fastened in the system Win ieei,nss
OF horror and wretchedness Dut httic shoTt
OF misery personified. Such practicefs dis-
creditabie to the medical faculty. The
theory OF poison to cure poison is faliacious,
and cannot be borne out in any illustration
in nature. AS well might we say benZlne
is an antidote for, fire. Or another bite OF the
doc mot the hair-there is;quite difference
Between the twe) will cure hydrophobia;
also that green apples are good for the
stomach.ache, etc. So
Doctors DISAGREE. II we,eXamine further
the recorded opinions OF physicians emf,
ueut in their profession We will often nn4
one claiming that the very remedies USED
by others as specifies are the causes OF the
diseases they are employed to cure. Thus
DR.. .Stahl attributes the frequency OF con-
sumntion TO the introduction OF Peruvian
bark. while DR.. Morton considers the bark
an efectual cure for the disease. DR.. Reed
aseribes the frequency OF this disease 10 the
use of mercury, while DR.. Briil0net asserts
that it is only durable by mercury DR.. Rush
saws consumption is an infammatory disease,
and should be treated by bleeding. pursing,
cooling medicines, and starvation, While
Salvatore says it is disease OF debility,
and should be treated by tones. stimulating
medicines, and generous diet. Galen
recommends vinegar as the best preFenta-
tive to consumption. Dlssault ana others
assert that this disease is often brought on
By common practice OF young people
taking vinegar to prevent obesity. DIR. Bed
u0eS TeCOuneuus iuASiofo 40 opSo.hS -
CONSUMPTION, while DIR. Pan found fox
glove more injurious in the practice than
beneficial. In the face OF such contradc-
tory statements, is 1t not time to think and
act for Yourself? And this, my hearers,
brings us to the vital question: What is
il that causes most OF the suffering and dis
ease found at this time in the human sys-
tenn? And why is it that most OF the med
icines given for a cure give anything 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
or growing out OF fundamental cause.
First, the stomach; second, the liver.
-. ' 4. REGULATE THESE TWO ORGANS,
especially the first, so they perform their
functions perfectly. and you will remove at
least nineteen-twentieths of all the ills that
man is heir to in this or any other climate.
Prove this, you may say. The whole thing
is in nutshell. No mystery about it. The
first stomach receives the food, with no
other preparation than what mastication has
afforded, and If the stomach is healthy,
gastric Juice, which is both q solvent and
antiseptic, appears in abundant quantities,
mixing with the food, and ,eXcites the mus
cular 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,
in the absence OF gastric Juice, it must
fernent, decompoSe, and rot before it can
even pass into the second stomach, called the
duodenum. This mass then comes in con-
tact with juices from small glands, and then
with the Juices OF the pancreas, also with
the bile'of the liver. With the aid Of these
several and eyer-important properties di-
gestion continues and separation takes
place. The starch is reduced to asWeetish
mass aud the fat to soapy emulsion, and
the bile on the entire mass prevents fermen-
tation and the formation OF gas, and assists
in the separation Of these properties into
three parasitic fatty portion, the al
luminous and sugary, and the indigesti-
BILE material. From this condition comes
the eutire making up Of the body OF life.
The fluids pass into the system by way
of ducts, constituting bones, carriages, llga-
ments, cysts, muscles. sacs or bags, tubes,
glands, nerves, adipose or fatty matter,
membranes, etc. This is accomplished by
little villous points which project from the
mucous membrane that take up the alimcnt.
to be by them conveyed to the thoraclc,
which ascends along the spine. It is then
emptied into the great horizontal vein on
the left side of the neck. 1t is here the SUI
gary and albuminous parts are surrendered
to the veins, to be by them carried to the
liver. The liver, kidneys, lungs, and skin
are all constantly employed in taking from
and carrying off the poisonous, dead, effete
matter OF the human system.
THE HEART SENDS THE BLOOD
out through the arteries into the extremes
OF the system and to the surface, where the
blood-yessels terminate in the smallest pos
sible tubes. In this circle it leaves its vital
izing influences and returns through the
veins to the heart for redistribution. This
returning yenous blood is dark and poison.
Gus, and needs to be cleansed, purified. and
reyivitied. The liver should receive large
portion OF this poison, and from it secrete
bile, which is natures cathartic and an au-
tiseptic aud solvent. The kidneys should
separate the surplus water, thus preserving
a uniform temperature and removing those
poisons having nitrogen in them. The
lungs should take from the blood carbon
and impart oxygen, through contact with
the atmosphere. The remainder Of these
poisons should pass off through the pores
OF the skin and the natural outlets Of the
body.
THE SPLEEN.
The spleen is like sponge, and is sus-
ceptible Of great expansion and contrac-
ton without injury; it 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, and securing
a steady, unremitting flow or stream.
The blood passes through the spleen.
The, heart is a double-acting force pump,
forcing the blood out through the arte-