Wichita eagle., 1889-01-31
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THE CAUSE OF DISEASE.
A Physician Of Some Note Dis
cusses the Subject.
Man the Victim of Els Own Stomach
What Writer on Authorization Soys
About the Hot Water Cure-Eealth
the Result OF Good Digestion.


About the Hot Water Cure-Eealth
the Result of Good Digestion.
Who reads medical book unless he be a
student Of medicine? In fact, who can read
medical book unless he be stepped in tho
technicalities of the professlona And though
he possessed key to high-soundlng names,
would not the average reader immedi-
ately fancy himself the victim Of all tho
symptoms dilated upons TTsss SSoldest
imagination runs riot when conts-7atlng
its own human carcass. But as wonders
never cease, we have recently CHANGED upon
Ia book on hygiene so clear, so intelligent,
so founded on common sense as to be with
In the ken OF every thinking man and
woman. This rara avis is entitled 1.-The Re
lation of Authorization and Disease. Tho
author, DR.. j. Il. Salisbury, is best known
as having invented hot water as beverage
and medicine. DR.. Salisbury's theory on
this subject, by the way, finds a proper
place in this book. and is worth transcrib-
ing Dr. Salisbury claims that if human
beings will keep their stomachs in good
condition they can avoid all Ills saving
those brought on by accidents. The great
saving grace from bus point of view and
from that Of his disciples, who are multi
plying in all parts of this country and in
England, is this~same inexpensive hot
water. Americans are the most dyspeptic
people on the face Of the earth, alamentable
fact not due to climate, but to hot breads
and griddle-cakes, pies, candies and
the insane use Of ice water while eat
ing. The poor stomach ia unequal
to the task put upon it, and leaves much Of
the food undigested. The food ferments,
and from lamentations arise all the hor-
rors of dyspepsia Such digestive organs
DR.. Salisbury ikens TO an old vinegar bar
rel, and, Ike this barrel, they require fire.
guent and thorough washing out before any
fermentable food can be taken in without
disaster. This washing out should be done
by drinking hot water at about ITO degrees
Fahrenheit, and should take place long
enough before each meal to allow the
water and washlngs to leave the stomach
before food is eaten and to keep ahead Of
the food as it passes downward. From ex-
perieuce DR.. Salisbury finds that this hot
water washing should not be nearer the
meal than one hour, and it is often better to
set back the time two hours The water
should be slowly slipped, 30 that the stomach
may not be uncomfortably distended. The
object Of this drinking, argues DR.. Sails
bury, Is "to wash out a dirty, yeasty,
Shiny, sour stomach before eating and
sleeping. It should be taken on retiring, not
only for cleansing purposes, but to prevent
fermenting products from lying over night
next the diaphragm, heart and lungs, par
TALLY paralyzing them and exciting cough
or disturbing the breathing and circulation.
" This washing should be kept up
persistently for months, and even years.
before the digestive apparatus becomes SO
thoroughly free of yeast, plants and the
products developed by their growth as to al
low normal digestion, unaided by hot water
Hot water is best taken in the
morning while in bed. or if uD, il is well to
lie down on the left side after taking it.
u 1t is not alone in consumption that
this practice of drinking hot water is of use,
but in all diseases arising from defective
digestive processes and from the fermeuta-
ton Of foods. Even comparatively healthy
persons find it of much benefit. 1t excites
downward peristalsis, dilutes the ropy Sc
cretions OF the body, dissolves all abnormal
crystalline substances that may be present
in the blood, and everywhere promotes
elimination. 1t supplies a foundation for
the thorough treatment of all chronic dis
eases by an inside bath, which refreshes
the whole system. Cold water can not take
its place. 1t was at first tried in connection
with food experiments, and found to cause
pain and collie II does not excite the down
ward peristalsis, as does water at 10 to $50
degrees Fahrenheit, such as is liked in
drinking tea and coffee.
The common and excessive use of cold
water, both in drin king and bathing, is
great mistake. 1t depresses the system and
wastes the animal heat in the effort to re-
store the temperature of the economy which
is sensibly lowered by 1t, land the nerve force
needed by the various organs, of which we
have none too much at any time, is
draughted of to repair our error. hen we
ice our water we intensity this error hun
dredfold and sacrifice the well-beiug of all
internal organs for the temporary cooling
of mouth and throat. If those surfaces
were in perfectly normal condition we
should not crave this cooling. Luke
warm water has also been tried, but was
found TO excite upward peristalss and TO
make the users sick. -
Dr.. Salisbury maintains that consumption
can be cured as readily on the ASiatic sea-
board as in more favored chimes, and he
POUNDS this faith on the source of all his
medical knowledge, experiment aud cure.
mo one" he declares, ''need hope to
handle consumption successfully by change
OF cllUlalS OF DF LHeUlCal Telueui6S. 1t Is q
disease arising from long-continued uu-
healthy Authorization, and can only be cured
by the removal of its cause, which is fer
menting food. The products of fermenta-
ton, carbonic acid gas, alcohol and vinegar
yeast and vinegar are the more important
factors in developing peculiar pathological
symptoms of complaint which is generally
and enormously believed to be incurable."
DR. Salsbury's treatise aims to prove
that health should be mans normal con-
ditiop; that if it is not man alone is to
blame. He is not willing to make our an
cestors responsible for our SINS. Predispo-
sition to disease does not necessitate DIS
ease. II rests with ourselves whether we
overcome or succumb to heredity Man is
the victim of his own stomach Treat that
organ with distinguished consideration and
health will wait upon God digestion.
An Infant Monstrosity.
A Johnstown (Pa) special to the Pitts
burgh Dispatch says: A Mr.. and Mrs
Ross, of Morrelville, are the parents of a
son with "A remarkable head The child was