The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21
THE LAWS OF HEALTH.
4 WELL-KNONN AUTHORS IDEA OF
DIET, DRUGS AND DISEASE.
"Ruucdge," Makes n Breezy Plea for
Right Living-POison That Tastes
Good, and comfortable" Heated
Rooms.

Copyright. 1894. by American Press AS
sociation.)
When you have poisoned your blood
by breathing bad air. and weakened all
your organs by living in unwholesome
heat. and eaten everything calculated
To ruin your health, you cry out for
help. Having fallen into the hands of
two enemies, you call in a third. and 7
think the worst of all, to get you out
of your trouble. People generally forget
that medicine is made for rare emer-
gencies, not for daily use; for remedy,
not for sustenance. And nine times out
of ten it hurts more than it helps. II
we would throw physic to the dogs and
then follow the example of the dogs in
some ways. we should do better for our
selves. What does a. dog do if he gets
sick? Goes down into the cellar, and lies
with his nose against the stones for a
day or two, and doesn't eat anything,
and comes out all right. He is cured by
nature and not by patent medicines. in
most cases a day or two Of dieting would
bring US out all right. with no drug dis
ease TO be cured after the other disease
is conquered.
We get bilious. Heavens, Tho harm
.
what nonsense is talked in its name.
Generally it Is no trouble with the liver.
but protest of the stomach at being
overloaded, that makes people think
they are bilious, whatever that may
mean. Aud they begin to dose them
selves, when all they need is to diet
themselves. The stomach and liver arc
near neighbors, and one affects the other.
When one member suffers. all the mem
bers suffer with it. but 1t is a pity to
Law the blame on the one that is prob
ably only remotely implicated-to give
the severe remedies which arc required
TO stimulate the liver when the stomach
only is out Of order
Any thoughtful person must see the
| consequences of indiscriminate, ire
| sponSible dosing according to symptoms.
| Tho patent medicine is the foundation
stone of it's inventors fortune. but the
stone about the neck of the poor wretch
who gets in the habit of using it. IL you
| are really i'll, send for a good doctor If
YOU are only suffering from breaking
all the known laws of health, begin 10
| think about it and reform. And with
! scarcely an exception you will find that
a foot bath and a nights rest, will set
| you all right. The energy of nature 70
restore is amazing. Only believe in 1t
| and give it a chance. Don't weaken its
| energy by drugs which it can't fight
against. Think of the powerful stuff
/ done up in those little packages and bot
| tles-the concentration Of forces that one
may well treInble - evokci Fools rush
| in where angels fear to tread" Ignorant
| charlatans make up the drugs that men
of science would not dare to put in the
hands of those ignorant Of medicine.
ct is cheaper than having the doctor"
Well. believe me. those patent medicines
are the dearest things YOU ever bought.
! You pay for them with your health, your
| very life The cheapest thing is nature;
10 n~f nhnnnnEt
! good heavens, how rare il is, Men and
women think about other things intelli-
gently enough. but when it comes 10
! thinking about preserving health and
| living nationally they become idiotic.
They keep their houses overhot with
/ heated iron because it is comfortable and
! saves trouble, and they feed themselves
| with poison because il tastes good and
/ because everybody does it, and they dose
| themselves at random with pills and
] pOtions that may contain hell fire, for
aught they know to the contrary, be-
/ cause it is cheaper and does not cost
| as much as sending for the doctor and Is
! easier than studying up the matter. HUI
| man nature has no quality more surpris-
/ ing than it's absolute childiShneSS. its
! Discrimination to think out everyday ma l.
! tiers for itself, its disposition to jog on
/ i'm the old ruts.
/ The brawny mechanics and wholesome
! farmers of Great Britain and the sturdy
! peasants of France and Germany de-
! serve no credit for living longer and be-
/ ing more healthy than our people. Gen
| erations of their ancestors nave fed on
! a low diet and lived hardy lives, and
/ they take it for granted that stone
/ floors, and two or three pieces of green
wood on a hearty and Cruel and beans
J for dinner, and a sour brown loaf for
/ supper are all that can be asked for
comfort 1t seems only a happy accident
/ that they are not eating poison and ~
/ ing down in the fire. for they certainly
! do not think about it. But in America