Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-14


LAST Frioaf e.eaing
G)<Inx ~ tie pressure gpon ths oolGEans
u THE 3ELs0AA2 4 a. Necessary -
sbFidss ths remarks ~ -oaoe u rae spsaksrs
- the banquet last Frlday night.
DR. Nn- Nood 80 followed kes. Ii.
Po@ers, resp0Edsd - ths sgbsect ~
Health Following 3. . verbatim report
u us reIuarks a an somewhat surprised
at the toast winch has been handed to me
tO-day-thaG ~ Health " ~. 1 bad Always
shOgzht that II ~2s my business - treat the
sIcs. bat upon thls subject / Ind that Tue
managers II tbis ban4let had thoughf fur
taer than myself. knowing, - 20, that tEey
have 4scerJalLlsu the cl0ee relationship that
the word health has 10 disease. To bsgin
with. ever since II had been discovered and
defined that al Ife rested II 4 cell, micro
seopic BODY scientists have began ~ ascer-
tain the real meaning Of that word life and
that &0rd death Health l. interooreiAtIye
With the tSO, aud neeessltstes IL acceptance
10 understand this word health, spoken Of
80 much and thought OF 80 little, II II noces-
sary 10 know what hfe II. What j. it. Ii
means IL any body motion IA the abstract.
The normal. harmonious motion OF that
which constitutes the individuality OF our
organism is health. The oomplete cessation
OF that action l. death. The partial arrest OF
that activity IA that action l. disorder. and Ne
have disease. Health, then, l. that condition
OF our Organis III IA which all the different
parts are ia regular order, and all motion III
normal activity. The arrest Of that Is death,
the partial arrest II disease. In order 10
further understand this let u ask ourselves
the question: How long does u take dead
body 70 decay Have you thought about
II. At the norge at Paris lt has beeR estab
lished beyond all question that IL takes lit
tie over three months and half after the
machinery has stopped for the breaking
down of that tissue. that Reorganization
that j. expressive OF the absolute decompo-
sition of the body. Let u come out OF the
eharnel house into the brimming furnace OF
active life and examine the body with
bounding pulse, free respiration, active
thought. all that makes woman beautiful.
and brings the healthy blush and active
limb, and ask not Show long II takes dead
body 20 decay, but how long IL takes a NV
ing one. A living body decay. We
are surprised; and when We are
satisfied IL does not take so long as dead
I body, the surprise will be greater. Ii takes
/ less than three and half months for lly
ing body 10 decay. So now you see life does
/ not rest upon that which was his. Is mine,
/ and may be the slave of thousands" Ii Is
not the change and decay of the material
! that is within Us that constitutes ourselves,
( but IL Is the constant and persistent removal
OF this material that gives to Us our perfect
/ organism, all We and all We can be, and
\ il makes me think now inasmuch that evolu-
/ tion has developed so much for u In these
4 later days, that the time Is coming when the
human family, instead of battling to avoid
1 death. shall be fighting To reproduce life.
| The public mind IL entirely, up to date,
/ wrong upon this question. Let study not
so much how 10 maintain, but To constantly
renew the materials handed down 10 US, and
/ then we will have more perfect life, absolute
/ x,fl str I'M
handsome men, fat babies, great statesmen,
longer life before us, and less sin and
| death. Death to the body is essential TO life;
! the more rapidly We die. provided we are re-
newed. the more healthy We are, and let Us
| wait for this time to come. and IL Is coming
| rapidly. Later scientists have given definite
| ideas on the subject. Let US hope the time
Is not far distant from us when we will for
| get medicine and resort to such means as
| maintain death within the body; that main
| tains the infant strangled in its birth. Let
| Us forget we are any longer 10 be concerned
! about preserving the old. WORKOUT stuff, but
| give attention TO that which constantly and
| persistently renews it, / may call your at
| tention to the stomach. The stomach has
no more power to resist the solvent that II
secretes than any other tissue, and 1t only
holds and forms and maintains its identity
| by persistent renewal We WILL In spite oi
all we can do, over-work ourselves; fatigue
comes on; tissues immaterialize anC
flag; and | hope 1t will be as
now the future effort of this company
TO furnish that material. Instead of givins
absolute death to the babies in the person OF
healthy milk give them Hoptonic. Instead
of resorting TO the stronger efforts of man
in absolute alcohol let Us not over stormi
late but take that mild, gentle sedative rem
edy, Hoptonic. While it stimulates muscu
lar action it calms excited nervousness. Lee
us think more about HoptOnic and less abou
drugs. And then | think by this class of rem
edy we will finally, after all, do away witt
medicine, and outside of the surgery. dc
away with doctors and make school teacheri
and ministers of them. Loud applause.