Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-25
THE PHYSICAL CONSCIENCE.

Abstract From . Lecture By j. HI. Kellogg,
N. d., OF the Battle Greek Sanitarium.
Many a man Is kept awake by the
reproaches of his physical conscience.
The workings of the physical and the
moral conscience are somewhat analog-
Gus. Shining against either, oft re-
peated and long continued in, has
paralyzing effect And further, when
either has been awakened, aroused
to something of its former Wig
lance by a reformed life. it is much
more troublesome after any lapse into
wrongdoing than when it was dormant
The thief or liar after he has been con-
verted who falls under temptation suf-
fers from remorse and says to himself:
81 am not near SO happy as I used to
be; used to think when had a chance
to steal something or lie out of bad
scrape that was in luck. but now it
makes me miserable" Yet the fact
that he cannot be happy any more in
wrongdoing shows that he is better
man. 1t is just SO with mans
physical conscience. The stomach
which had grown dormant under
abuse gradually RECEIVERS its normal
sensibilities under proper hygiene. and
then when the individual pours down a
lot of pepper sauce or INDUCES in
mince pie, pickles, rich cake and high"
meat, at seasonable and unreasonable
hours, his stomach upbraids him for the
abuse with pain and distress and very
often with sleeplessness. But he must
not think of returning to his old ways in
the hope of finding comfort; it would
be no more sensible and right to at
tempt to quiet his physical conscience
by a return to gormandizing than it
would for the converted thief and liar
to quiet his moral conscience by laps
ing into his old sins.
The majority Of those who are suffer
ing from sleep1essness have dilated
stomachs which affect the sympathetic
nervous system This controls the
blood vessels of the body, and when
weakened By indigestion or disease the
blood vessels of the brain and other
parts become relaxed, and the brain
continues active when it should he
resting. Further. a relaxed and dilated
stomach cannot empty itself properly
nor absorb readily and so the food
taken in is attacked by millions of
microbes, generating poisons which ir-
ritate the brain. These poisons are
closely allied to the theme of tea and it
is well known that this drug, especially
when used strong, poisons the brain SO
as to produce sleeplessness.
The remedy. then, lies in proper treat
ment of the stomach in the matter of
diet Flesh foods should be avoided
because they call for prolonged stom-
ach action of which a relaxed stomach
is incapable. Fruits, grains and farina-
cious foods generally are best on this
account, and also because flesh food, if
not properly cared for, are liable to
generate some of the most deadly poi
sons The butcher sometimes gets blood
poisoning from accidentally cutting him
self while serving meat to customer.
The dyspeptic should go to bed with an
stomach-entirely supperless or else
merely eating little fruit. This will
insure the brain from being kept awake
by poisons due to the decomposition of
undigested food in the stomach and
also save it from the constant state of
excitement of the sympathetic nervous
system while the work of digestion is
being carried on. Another excellent
precaution is to drink a large quantity
of water just before retiring which will
assist in washing the poisons out of the
system and in their elimination from
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