The Columbus journal., 1886-05-05
PREVENTION or DISEASE.

Health and Sickness Dependent Upon the
Observance Of Nseure's Lawn.
II '.an ounce Of prevention is worth q
pound of cure" in the ordinary affairs Of
life it is doubly 50 In the matter Of dis;
ease, health and disease depending ON
the Observance or non-observance Of the
laws of our being, or the conditions Of
health. These laws are as easily learned
as those of chemistry. astronomy. ETC..
while they arc 81 most prncsica valueto
Us our happiness largely bshug the 70:
suit q . good phy6ua eoadSacn AZ
We were created. 'terrfdly and won-
derful1y made" to remain IN health was
Is natural - BREATHING, tho circulation
Of the blood aud other fluids.
Naturally, we sre in health so long as
nothing is done to produce disease.
Aud here, I will remark. that what we
usually regard as disease are simply
the outward sigma Of sp Internal do
rangement, symptoms, the ~indicGtions
! or what results from the recuperativa
| efforts of nature IN removing mternea
difficulties. Thus, q cough which
| should never be stopped, not abruptly.
Il at all. only 20 far a. it is done by the
|! removal of the cause, or causes, at
| which there Is no occasion for its N
| tinuanca, il an indication that there IS
something in the lungs, if a lung cough,
| which should be removed, As a mean
| of preventing more serious effects. Let
| nature alone! Let the cough continue
till it has performed its mission, simply
! aiding nature in the removal Of the
| cause. It is easy to prevent the ac-
cumulation III the lungs, by cleanli-
ness, by breaking cold" opening
| the pores, that the a~ccumulations of
waste and dead matters may pass of
| through these pores, rather than pass to
the lungs, elected by coughing. Vom-
iting is not the disease, but an eff
fort Of nature to purify. cleanse
a foul stomach. aside from
which the undigested accumulations
| might ferment and purify, contami-
mating the whole body. a veritable case
| of MISUNDERSTANDING" Instead of giving
| opiates f o stop such natural and neces-
sary vomiting, it is well to fill the stom-
ach as full rs possible with warm wafer.
making the act an easy one at the same
time thoroughly cleansing that organ.
When. in consequence Of over-eatfng,
or from some natural distractions.
there is violent pur9ins. "a if all of the
ducts Of the body were opened, throw
ing their contents into the bowels, in a
friendly way. rapidly carrying off
poisonous accommodations preventing
other and worse arrangements, purify
80 H. -,&.-, -, ~ >xhAs ~
do, at the most rapid rate. it is folly,
madness 10 attempt to stop this dis
charge. which should be encouraged by
all possible means, giving ~eatharacs.
if they wei should be gwen Cor in
jections of warm water). Never in
terfere with nature, since God speaks
through nature. Proper dieting will
prevent this occasion for nature to in
t~erfere. to institute recuperative
measures. As a general principle.
those who eat properly, using only
foods which can DO easily digested, and
who are clearly in all respects, will
have no such symptoms no occasion
for nature to interfere, to cure an in
ternal arrangement. The same princi-
pies apply to boils and general erup-
tions. When there is internal impur-
ity, from bad habits, from unclcanli-
moss, nature seeks the nearest and most
available outlet, passing out through
openings made by herself, the effete
matters which, otherwise, might induce
fevers, infammations. organic diseases.
those of a more serious character. 1t is
wise and safe for us, in our blindness,
to "mind our own business" sitting
and learning at natures feet-Dr.
Hanaford, in Golden Rule.