Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-07-08

synopsis Of a Lecture Delivered by DR.
Charles Craig Before the Metropol-
itan scieatifc Association.
1.-THE public speaker of the present day labor:
under difficulties of which the speakers of the last
century never dreamed, for while tile audiences o
the past received what was said without question
those of the present day are usually the mental
equals or superiors of the ones who address them
Rev. DR.. Tying OF New York, when Theological
student supplied church in a neighboring town
and on his way to preach one morning met an aged
colored man. well, Uncle, do you ever go to heai
the young rreacher?' asked the unfiedged doctor
No, Massa, replied the negro dis chile don't lie,
none o dem students practis on him. The darkey
had begun to think. The free and independent
thought Of this age accepts statements only where
they proven TO be truth, while the development
Of mental power seems equally great in every other
department OF life The valuable inventions of the
day are counted by thousands The increase of sci.
entifc study is universal. The spirit of inquiry in
all fields is so marked as to cause
COMMENT ON LIVERY sIDF,
While people seem investigating and advancing in
every direction which can help them morally, men.
tally or physically. This is specially true OF the
human body and everything which conce ms it, and
the truths which the people have found even in the
last fifty years, simply marvellous. How really
ignorant some cultured and supposedly scientific
people were only few years ago, as compared with
the present day, may be better Understood from n
few illustrative facts. A prominent writer pre-
pared an elaborate essay to prove that steamships
could never cross the Atlantic, and his pamphlet
was issu just in time to be carried by the first
steamer that went to Engard. People once be-
lieved that the heart the seat of life and health
1t is now known that this organ is only pump,
simply keeping in motion what other ard more i'm
perant organs Of the body have created and trans
formed. 1t w4s once supposed that ii person felt
pain in the back, the liver was deranged; if pain
came in the lower chest the lungs effected and
consumption near it is now known that pain
ia the back indicates diseased kidney while troubles
in the lower chest arise fir disorIerel liver and
not imperfect lungs. A severe pain in the head
was once thought to come from some partial de-
rangement 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 renlov
ing 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
weariness. physician was called who 'bled him
copiousy. Strange to say, the patient became no
better Another doctor was called, who again took
away large amount of the vital fluid. Thus in sue
cession four pbysicians drew away the life Of great
man, who was intended by nature for an old sge,
and who prematurely died-murderei by malprac-
tiee bled to death. That was the age Of medical
bleelmg!"
The speaker then graphically described another
period winch came upon the people, in which they
assigned the origin Of all diseases to the stomach,
and after showing the falsty OF this theory and that
the kidneys and liver were tho causes Of disease, 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 at once, con.
tinued;
"Lst Us lool, at this matter little more closely.
The human body is the most perfect and vet
most delicate of all created things 1t is capable o.
the greatest results and IT is liable TO the greatest
disorders. The slightest causes sometimes seem c
throw its delicate machinery out OF ORDER while the
most simple and common-sense ere restores and
keeps them in perfect condition. When it is re
membered that the amount OF happiness or MISERY
We are to have in this world is dependent upon
perfect body, is il not strange that simple precau
tions and care are not eercis This is OF tn;
most vital questions of life People may avoid i
for the present, but there is certain to tn1,
in every ones experience when it must be faced.
"And here pardon me for rela ing little persona
experience. In the year 1870 | found myself losine
both in strength ami health. l could assign II
cause for the decline, but it continued until ina
| called to my aid two prominent physicians. Afte
treating me for some time they declared was sui
fering from Brights disease OF the kidneys, and tha
they could do nothing more for me At this time
was 50 weak could not raise nay head from the pill
| low, and
PAINTED REPEATEDLY.
Nv heart beat so rapidly it was with difficulty
could sleep My lungs were aisr badly in yolved.
could retain nothing upon my stomach, while tn
mos. intense pains in nay back and bowels cause
me to long for death as relief 1t was at this crit
! ell Jun tuee that ply ical 10, ging which lei
( (aud which mos. firmly believe was an inspiration
/ caused me to send for the leaves of plant ha
once known in medical practice. After great diff
Guilty at last secured them and began their use i
the form of tea. / noticed esseuing of the Tan a
| once began to mend rap dly in five weeks wa
| able 10 be about and in two months became per
fectly well, and have continued to this day.
/ was only natural that such result should hav
caused me to Investigate most thoroughly. care
fully examined fields in medicine never before ex
| plored. | sought the cause CT physical order an
disorder, happiness and pain, and found the kid
neys and liver to be the governors, wsose motio
regulate the entire system"
After describing at LEM th the Offices of the kid
nsys and liver and their imp r.ant part in life til
doctor went ou to say
Having found this great truth, So clearly tn
c,use Of NY recovery. Tie simple 'egetable .af
had used vasa food and re.torsr to my well mig
| exhausted kidneys and liver Il had come to hen
when their life nearly gone, and by its siinpl
vet powerful influence had purified, strengthenc
/ and restored them aud saved he from death. Eea
iz;ug tho great benefit which kuow.edgo OF thi
/ truth would give to the world, began in modes
way to treat :hose afflicted and in ecer, case foun
! The same
HAPPY RESULTS
Which mad experienced. 10 only this but many
| who were not conscious Of any physical trouble bu
who. at my suggestion. began the use of the rem
! ely which had saved my life, found their hcalt
steadily improving and their strength continual
increasing. So universal, where used, was thi
! true, that | determined the entire world shoul
/ share in its results, and / therefore placed th