Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-11-12
NATURES REMEDIES.
Reliefs for the Ailments to Which HUI
mainly is Heir.

mainly 10
In a series of papers on 1.-The Remedies
of Nature" an eminent English physician
comments upon past and present medical
treatment; and though presumably it is
the intention of these papers to convey i'm
portant and timely information to the
medical faculty, they furnish at the same
time a hint to the patient at large which,
if he be wise, he will hasten to avail him.
self of. Perhaps it is the authors inter-
ton that he should for at one moment he
seems to drop his voice to whisper while
admonishing the fraternity that they must
stop dosing and drugging, and at another
talks in stentorian tones over their heads,
warning the public to look to nature rather
than to art for relief from all the minor
ailments to which humanity is heir. 1t
may, perhaps, be disappointment to
them who have come to lean upon their
medical adviser for advise and rely upon
him for health, to learn that the effects of
fresh air are more potent and enduring
than artificial stimuli, and exercises more
to be depended on than jalap, attenuations
of aconite and belladonna, or even bread
pills. He inyeighs against the practice,
now unhappily prevalent, of attacking the
effects or outward signs of a disease, in
stead of the cause or seat of the malady-
a practice which sometimes proceeds from
ignorance tboHgh it is often adopted to al
lay the fears of the patient.
"a swelling suddenly appears on mans
knee, whereat," says the author, q he flies
in alarm to his physician. The latter sets
himself diligently to work to remove the
swelling, and, to the JOY of his patient,
succeeds"
This, he says, is like stopping the alarm
bells which tell us that fire is broken out.
We should be attending to the fire and let
the bells ring. The swelling on the mans
knee might not it seems, be disorder in
ITSELF but only the outward expression of
real trouble existing within-a warning
given by nature, and perhaps an outlet,
which, if encouraged rather than re-
strained, might do much to alleviate the
disorder of which it is the expression.
He does not believe in giving drugs and
medicines of any kind-he does not refer
to sin.ples-save in extreme cases, because
their use puts an extra tax or the strength
of the patient, who, after recovering from
the original malady, must also recover
from the effects of the foreign substances
that have been taken into the body or in
jected under the skin.
A man, woman or child who will take
fair proportion of fresh air and exercise
daily will not fail to be benefited in health,
The effects of fresh air and exercise. when
taken continually, would seem exaggera-
ted if set down here-let those who may
be interested inquire at the nearest gymna-
SUM.
Mcclellan, the boxiDg-master at Woods
Gymnasium, in New York city, said re-
Gently to the writer The doctors couldn't
do anything for Mr.. - (once confirmed
invalid). took hold of him, made him
box with me; very little at first, increas-
ing the amount of exercise as the weeks
went by. until now he is quite recovered,
goes to his office every day and walks up
and down town in all weathers. He eats
well and sleeps well-it all came along of
the boxing
This man used TO be surrounded by bot
ties containing medicine like an apoihe-
cary's clerk in compromising ROOM He
took something out of one bottle when he
got out Of bed in the morning, and helped
himself from others before and after each
meal. The more medicine he took the
feebler he appeared. One malady seemed
only TO pave the way for another, ache fol-
lowed ache, what brought relief to Sne all
ment added to the intensity of the other,
and he soon found that thus TO seek for
health by way of the materia medica was,
like the first inhabitants of Arcadia, to
chase the sun, which. when they had
reached the hill on which it seemed TO rest
was still beheld at the same distance from
them.
II is not intended to cast reflection
upon those esiimable and skillful physi-
clans to be found o-day in almost every
community, who are quick to recognize
symptoms adrolt in lessening pain, and
with whom the saving of life is common
incident. But many, perhaps it is safe to
say most physicians, do little to encourage
the ailing to rely upon their own exertions
for relief, rather than upon medicines,
which at best cen afford but a temporary
respite from suffering ana disease.-Scien-
tic american.