The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-10

of the monday sun, or may enter our hanita'
tions in the darkness Of the night ana lasten
itself upon our systems while we sleep, yet IL
very often attacks the very citadel OF lie In
our yielding to the demands of nature. 1t
is often taken into the stomach, by the
sparkling water. which to the senses, gives
demands of nature. we lake into our systems
the seeds of death which are completely nld'
den in the refreshing draught.
Typhoid fever Is often the result or impure
much to be dreaded perhaps as any other to
which the human family Is heir. IT. IS pre-
eninently n filth disease. which. by the
observance of sanitary laws, may be entlre-
ly eliminated from the list OF those ailments
that af1iict mankind.
THE WAY WE POISON OUR WATER, AND GET
FEVER.
By the natural law of gravitation well
will drain q surface, which, from centre 10
circumference, is three times as great rs It's
depth For instance, Il well which Is twenty
surface to distance of Seventy-iive feet IN
every direction. Therefore, all those persons
who pollute the ground surrounding their
well, put poison where 1t will sooner or later
find It's way to the source OF their drinking
water, after which, in all probability, we Will
in due course of time have another OF those
mysterious dspensatiOns OF divine Provt-
dence, with the usual incident OF DOCTORS s
b..
That branch Of medicine which would teach
us the observance of those laws that prevent
sickness and death, Is an unmIXed good: 1T
brings in it's wake none OF those Ills. which
usually follow In the footsteps OF me sclence ic
OF giving medicine. 1t does not even inf1lct
the cost OF money. 1t merely requires theap-
pic,tion of common sense to our every day
affairs.
THE PRICELESS BOON WHICH SCIENCE BE-
SLOWS.
Medicine in the hands Of the sEillful physi-
clan Is q boon SO far above price as TO place its
worth beyond the possibility OF the human
mind to compute its value. The knowledge
of proper withholding Of medicine Is not
less important II the best medicine be
at an improper time, or in
improper quantities, It's effects are fraught
with issues involving risk TO human lie. A
OF the laws OF health has saved the
cities Of The present day rom ~ lne PeSt!1ehGes
hundred years ago. A knowledge OF Vacclna,
ton against small pOX has saved myrladS OF
the human family in all parts Of the world;
BY observing rules OF cleanliness, that dread
carried Off SO many Of our own people, has, IN
a great measure, been shorn Of IT'S terrorS. "A
hundred years ago all victims to venereal dis
eases were lost to the State, to the church.
and to society. But to-day by an enlightened
practice OF medicine the lives OF vast num-
bers of these unfortunatesa are saved, and many
OF such men now live useful lives, even If
the taint of the fearful disease has not heen
entirely removed from their blood. Scientific
research has discovered the cause Of typhoid
fever, and the number of its victims have
been greatly reduced by system OF pre-
ventiOn. The cause of this disease Is now
SO well known to be the product OF un-
cleanliness, that the time Is not far distant
when 1t will be considered even u reproach
for the disease to make its appearance at the
homes Of our people.
!, 01C in, a
treatment OF all feverS, and OF almost every
disease. In fact by II research into the laws of
health, and by q scientific knowledge OF the
art of giving or withholding medicine the av-
eragc lile of the human race has been greatly
within the last century.
THE CURSE OF PATENT MED1CINEs-THE EX-
AMPLE OF A vESAL RELIGIOUS PRESS.
But intermingled with all these advantages,
with all these pleasing prospects for the
human family-therei is danger The progress
which has been made in the science OF inedl-
cine has inspired charlatans and QuackS to
make war on our health and our purses.
The diseases at which'medical science stands
appalled,, these unscrupulous cheats assume 10
master, and propose to accomplish for a11lcteu
an entire cure Of every i'll. Poison
Gus nostrums are put into pretty bottles with
beautiful labels. The best talent and the
readieSt wit is employed to write them up IN
u style SO assuring that those more dead than
live for Il thousand years. TO complete the
sWindle their bottled death Is placed for sale
in the drug stores, and the columns of
u venal religious press set a Shanciul eA-
ample to their secular brethren In giving cur
rency to the false representations OF these
medicines which claim TO elfecta cure Tor such
diseases as fits, cancer, consumption. Br!shts
disease. They claim to perform, IN every
case 1. feat which no respectable doctor or
medicine has ever performed, and which no
doctor has ever claimed the abil-
ity to perform.
The Intelligent citizen may be safe from
the deluStre promises OF patent medicines
but for the protection Of the ignorant class
of our citizens 1t wOuld seem that our Leg
islature should enact law forbidding the
publication of advertisements Of these medi
cines, either in the newspapers or by thell
pictures or show bills. TIE Legislature has
forbidden the publication Of lottery adver.
tiSementS and it Is now time to protect us
from that greater swindle-the patent poison
The lottery takes our money. The patent
medicine takes our money and robs us OF our
very lives.
Patent posons come to us ut every turn
The religious newspaper whose standard 0!
honesty and morals may be about as high as
that OF a medical almanac, is filled with Ger
tificateS OF their efficacy. Then again, we
have class of men who go from house to
house with u Bible In one pocket ana patent
poison in the othcr-with salvation for the
soul and damnation for the body. The secu.
Ii
the advertisements of these death-dealing
nostrumS. Under the circumstances then. we
think, people have right to look to the Leg
islature for protection.
WE SHOULD TAKE VERY LITTLE MEDICINE
THE GREAT DANGER OF TAKING.1T
UNADvIsEDLY.
Following the example Of the best in
formed physicians, we should take very little
medicine. On the part of nature there Is ev'
er present an effort to rectify whatever Is
amlss in US, and If nature Is left to dc
her work, she will generally be equal to
the task. OF one thing we may rest as
Sured, that no amount of medicine will take
the place Of needed sleep, and he who denies
himself rest and sleep need not be surprised
If he find rest in u premature grave. Ii Is o.
vast importance to the preservation Of health
that we have wholesome, well cooked, blood
making food. Sufficient time should be Ia
ken to masticate what we eat. le whc
washes his food down with drinks depriVeS
himself of much of the real pleasure Of eat
the stomach induces indigestion and dyspep
Sia.
Let no man suppose that he can take any O.
the 'harmless' medicines with which 'oul
pcople have become SO familiar, without suf
rrrin. from the act. If the skilled physician
sends many a patient to the grave by the
use OF calOmcl in its various forms, what
may be expected If those who are totally iS'
nolant OF medicine poison the stomach
disturb the secre,i0ns, and irritate the bowel:
ut a time when anythlng else than poison ant
irritation Is needed?
All of those good cough mixtures" under
whatever name. should be cnrefully avoided
Every one of them strikes a blow at TIE iiges
live bowers of the stomach. Digestion being
the auihor OF lie We interfere with it at ouI
peril. No wise man will take cough medi.
cinpS, except in extreme cases.
The law makes it II penal offence tc
prncticc medicine without a license. Docs
the loving parent violate that law in giving q
blue pillr to his child, even If 1t does not re
suit fatally?
No living man should be subjected to. Il
treatment of cod liver oil or anything else
of which it Is part. No medicinal prop
critics are claimed for 1t. AS an article o