The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-05-31
THE CLIMATE CURE.

The follesTing extracts are from an
article by Frank D. 7. Carpenter, in
Lippjncotts 4fdgaziRe: -
Is there a climate cure for consump-
hong2s The ~censusztakers OF. the, world
tell us that from one-seventh to one
third of its population die of that dis
ease; and it is of no little Importance to
kpow if the afflicted onegshould ahan-
NSn theEeomforts and sympathy of home
for the doubtful benefits of the health
resort. with its sdispiiitifg society and
and its frequent funerals, Never was
evidence more one-sided than that upon
- the climate cure; and its unreliability
is aggravated by the fact that the. testi-
nlony Of the principal witness, the in
valid himself, is allbut valueless. The
consumptiye is proverbially blind to his
own condition, and, imagining restora-
ton where the impartial observer sees
nothing but dissolution, blesses the eli
mate for the change. = vge raerfrs.g
Should visitor, having recovered his
health, hint the possibility that his cure
was independent of climate, he would
be looked upon as q monster of ingrati-
tude. And yet legions of invalids stay
at home and recover Who has not had
friends who, after the fever, cough,
emaciation, and other symptoms of de-
cline. have regained their, former Yigor
without a change of climate? A man
IN Boston is brought to deaths door by
affightfuh hfemerrf1ag geof the lungs. He
stays quietly in the city, and afterward
enjoys sthe bests health of all his life.
Yet he would be considered fool to at.
8 tribute his r6stofatien TO the climate of
Boston,. There are number of in
stances on record in which people have
; gone from New York, togC olerado g4nd
gained flesh. Probably an eqriM hum
Der could be found In the removals from
the latter to the former State, if there
was an equal emigration in that direc-
ton; but it is doubtful if such statistics
would be cherished by the New4Y orkers
as worthy of remark. :
Many a, physician reputation and
patent medicine mans fortune and
sanitarium's fame have been built up
on gullible peoples readiness to
believe that post hoe equals propter hoe.
Meanwhile, we ignore our oaessreat
curative agent, the Srecuperatiye Effort
with which nature Is eteTaalIy striving
to restore vitality, battle disease and
eounteraet the effect of the drugs with
which the invalid is fed. 1t is said that
man is born to die. No; he is born to
hve, and he RECEIVERS health a hundred
times before he dies one.as ~
Down in some parts of benighted
delaware the inhabitants with one ac-,
cord are afflicted with kind of malarial
disorder which, without any waste of
words they call 1.-THE bilious. y Some
Defake. themselves to one remedy and
some to another; but a favorite resort
issto ''conjaret it away A young man,
ior example, goes into the woods, bores
thTee holes in a tree, places three
pebbles in each hole, makes three reyo-
! lutlons sl on bis heel, says, Go away,
Dllious!' three times, and 10! he feels
setter immediately, and is completely
Wei In a few days. Ridicuious.s of
: Eosilses but not more 50 than ssnostlfe-
POTTS OF cures In which the desired ef-
ssasll a Lows more @ less closely supea a
supposed cause. The truth is that no
one san dkRew ppsitiTelN that he has
oeen helped by any physician, medicine
OF climate, for the simple reason that
ne can never know what would have
soeen his condition if he had not tried
sucn expedient. There are thousahd
9 aha enc, secret springs of life whose
.aellan ne cannot follow. On the other
aaisdE i rs eass to.number with preci-s
sion host of those who have not been
cured by any treatment; the head
s'ones IN the gFaVsa yard tell the tale.
A consumption as in other ailments,
are fluctuations in the disease. !.
s4lellnes1 the patient is, better, and
letlmess worse, until death comes.
g = nee 10 almost always happens that a
ssasos OF Improvement follows his ar
3 a.ya At the health-resort, and this is
leg upon as proof that the climate Is
psaenclaI, u not absolutely curative.