Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-12
A GREAT REVELATION.
Some Valuable Thoughts Con.
cernIDg Human Happiness
and Timely Suggestions
About Securing It.
Synopsis Of a Lecture Delivered
by DIR. Chas, Craig Before the
Metropolitan Scientific
Association.

uefclOpultHL VI mtHbal pONoA oCShio Oiuoh
i, ly great in every other department of life
! The valuable inventions of the day ar,
{ counted by the thousands. The increas,
of scientific study is universal The spiri
of inquiry in all fields is SO marked as t
cause
COMMENT ON EVERY SIDE,
while people seem investigating and I'D.
vancing in every direction which can hell
them morally, mentally, or physically
This is especially true Of the human body
and everything which concerns it, and the
truths which the people have found, ever
in the last fifty years, are simply marvel
Gus. How really ignorant some cultured
and supposedly scientific people were only
a few years ago, as compared with the
present day, may be better understood
from a few Illustrative facts. A promi-
nent writer prepared an elaborate essay
to prove that steamships could never
cross the Atlantic, and bis pamphlet was
issued Just in time to be carried by the
first steamer that went to ENGLAND. Peo-
pie once believed that the heart was the
seat of life and health. 1t is now known
that this organ is only a pump, simply
keeping in motion what other and more
important organs ofthe body have created
and transformed. 1t was once supposed
that if a person felt a pain in the back, the
liver was deranged; if a pain came in the
lower chest, the lungs were affected and
consumption was near; it is now known
that a pain in the back indicates diseased
kidneys, while troubles in the lower chest
arise from a disordered liver and not i'm
perfect lungs. A severe pain in the head
was once thought to come from some par
tial arrangement Of the brain; it is now
known that troubles in other parts of the
body, and away from the head, cause
headaches and that only by removing the
cause can the pain be cured. 1t is a mat
ter Of
PRIVATE HISTORY
that General Washington was bled to
death. His last illness was slight, and
caused principally by WEAKNESS. A ply
stefan was called who oiled him copious-
~" Strange to say. the patient be-
came no better. Another doctor was
called, who again took away a large
amount of the vital fluid. Thus in sue
c%ession four physicians drew away the
life of a great man, who was intended by
nature for an old age, and who prema-
turely died-murdered by Malpractice
bled to death. That was the age of medi-
cal bleedingl
The speaker then graphically described
another period which came upon the peo-
pie, in which they assigned the origin of
all diseases to the stomach, and that the
kidneys and liver were the causes of dis
ease, and that many people are suffering
from kidney and liver troubles to-day
who do not know it, but who should know
it and attend to them al once, continued:
Let US look at this matter a little more
closely. The human body is the most
perfect and yet the most delicate of all
created things. 1t is capable of the
greatest results and is liable to the great
est disorders. The slightest causes some
times seem to throw its delicate machine
ry out Of order, while the most simple and
commonsense care restores and keeps
them in perfect condition. When it is
remembered that the amount ofhappiness
or misery We are to have in this world is
dependent upon a perfect body, is it not
strange that simple precautions and care
are not eXercised2 This is one of the most
vital questions of life. People may avoid
it for the present, but there is certain TO
come a time in every ones experience
when it must be faced.
And here pardon me for relating a
little personal experience. In the wear
1870 | found myself losing both in strength
and health. l could assign no cause for
the decline, but it continued, until finally
| called to my aid two prominent pbysi-
clans. After treating me for some time,
they declared l was suffering from
Brigbt's disease Of the kidneys, and that
they could do nothing for me. At this
time | was so weak / could not raise my
head from the pillow and l
TAINTED REPEATEDLY.
NY heart beat so rapidly it was with diff.
Guilty l could sleep. My lungs we're also
badly involved; l could retain nothing
upon my stomach, while the most intense
pains in my back and bowels caused me
10 long for death as a relief. 1t was at
this critical juncture that a physical long
ing which | felt land which / most firmly
believe was an inspiration) caused me to
send for the leaves Of a plant / had once
known in medical practice. After great
difficulty | at last secured them and be-
gan their use in form of tea. / noticed n
lessening Of the pain at once; | began TO
mend rapidly; in five weeks l was able TO
be about, and in two months / became
perfectly well and have so continued to
this day. 1t was only natural that such a
result should have caused me to investi-
gate most thoroughly. l carefully exam
ined fields in medicine never before ex-
plored. l sought the u Of physical
order and disorder, happiness and pain,
and l found the kidneys and liver to be-
the governors, whose motions regulate the
entiresystem.D
After describing at length the Offices of
the kldneys and liver, and their important
part in life, The doctor went on 20 say:
Having found this great truth, / saw
clearly the cause of my recovery. The
simple vegetable leaf / had used was a
food and r%estorer 10 well-nigh exhausted
kidneys and liver. 10 had come TO them
when Their life was nearly gone, and by
its simple and yet powerful influence,
had purified, strengthened and restored
them, and saved me from death. Realiz-
ing the great benefit which n knowledge
Of this truth would give to the world, /
began in a modest way 10 treat those af-
hicledJ anu i'll every case 4 1ound the
same
HAPPY RESULTS
which ] had experienced. Not only this,
but many who we're not conscious of any
physical trouble, but who at my sugges-
zion, began the use Of the remedy which
bad saved my life, found their health
steadily improving and their strength
continually increasing. So universal,
where used, was this true, that j deter
mined the entire world should share in
its results, and ! therefore placed the for
mula for is preparation in the hands Of
Mr.. ii. II. Warner, Of Rochester, N. va
gentleman whom / bad culed of a severe
kidney disease, and WHO, By reason Of his
personal worth, high standing and liberal
ity In endowing the astronomical observa-
tory and other public enterprises, has b. =
come known and popular TO the entire