Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-01-23
THE MOONS INeLg-::-:
How the PeriodIcIty Of tn Orb ACscss
Affairs on Earth.

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How the PeriodIcIty Of tn Orb ACsess
Affairs on Earth.
About twelve years ago, says Lieut..
Totten, in Frank Lcslic'S Weekly, my
attention was attracted by little vol
umc published in Chicago. It was from
tho pen Of DR.. NJ. c. Knapp, NJ. D., and
dealt in the discussion of what may
now be termed scientific astrology"
As n physician he was familiar with
the periodicity of disease and mental
disorders, and, as literally educated
mun, knew of the existence of SIMILAR
periods in tho realms of other sciences.
twas not only n natural but y legitimate
exercise of laductivc philosophy for
Lin 10 compare the waves of influence
that in turn buoy up and then dcp-cSs
the patient on n bed of sickness with
those that mark the periods Of day, and
even with the changes of tho sun and
moon and planets. This he did and
drew conclusions which have not been
GaiDsald, but which rather have Caincd
constant evidence to prove that he YVES
wholly right.
But he went deeper into the matter.
The death hour of the human race las
long been known to oscillatc around
the fatal hours Of two and three 4. m.
Now these are the ones in which tho
magnetic vitality and warmth Of earth
arc ut their daily miairla. 1t is plysi-
cal astronomy that tells us this, not
mathematical, and yet there are rnath-
,natical results from which the 'swisc"
may draw corresponding deductions.
For instance. ten tons, evenly balanced
1t noon, when the attractions Of tie
sun ard earth arc in opposite directions,
weigh twcnty-four pounds one ounce
two drains less than ut midnight, when
these attractions are oScrted in
the same direction, and every body"
upon earth must experience its pro-
portional variation in weight.
Again, the moon itself may enter into
this question of weight by adding its
gravimctric influence whenever it is lin
conjunction" and subtracting it ut the
period of Opposition" the sum Of all
which will be still further altered if the
noon be in pcri~ce, or ut tho nearest
pproach to the earth. Now, the mere
phases" of the moon-its new" its
quarters" "halvcS" and "fulls''-cau
lavc little effect upon the dclicatcly
poised balance of life, but the ever
varying position of the orb itsrlf-as al
agent of rravi!nctric, atmospheric,
tidal, aye and physical cGcct-this is
an.clcmcnt thGt brings periodicity into
everything, Particularly into disease.
In fact, all the currents of nature.
whether they be within the human sys-
tom itself or IN the earth upon which
we live, are subject to this varying
lunar sway. 1t passes through diurnal
as well as monthly cycles of ma:iir1a
and minima, and, as all astronomers
know, there arc an indefinite number
OF still higher lunar cycles cXcrting
their peculiar influence.
Hence. so long as the moon continues
to lunate in months, and ut sorac times
to lend and at others to withdraw its
potencc from the solar waves, so long
will watchers ut the bed of sickness
dread the changes of this orb which
rules the night" 1t is not the return
OF tho day on which sickness bcg1p
that makes q crlSlS-Jnc mere name, be
it the day of Elercury or Saturn. has no
potency in medicine, althou-'h they
were rcputcd gods thcreof-it is the
fact that these days Of similar name
come at the scptinary periods, or quar-
tiers of lunations, begin they where
, they may, and thus mark the cight;l or
beginning days of now periods in tie
lives Of all living beings, be they i'll or
we'll. Our years and days arc SPAWNED
by the Sabbath: law and if we violate
it we shall no more escape the ultimate
consequences than the tide can bid d.
Gancc to the sun and moon.