Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-17
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che harmony OF the healing art with
,rsdicine. start ont with the PROPOSE.
,iop that all true science rcvtrts back to
,bis science Of sciences, theology. FIVE
,eretratc the realm Of astronomy, and
,,s, our eyes to and even beyond the
ropines Of our own universe to that vast
,,laxy Of stars shining in the Milky
Way. and seek for an answer to the
,ueston, Who constructed this practic.
suy infinite system Of revolving worlds,
compared with which our earth Is but
an atom? The only reliable answer Is
10 be found in theology. All the struc-
lure. contfivance, magnitude, distance,
ro,5n. Of those wonderfully revolving
,pheres is accounted for In that central
.e.enec. In vain may we look into the
mud lor tue source Of power which gave
motion and form TO those vast systems
Think OF III As a single drop Of water
10 the earth, so Is our earth to the
Milky Way Not only Is the true an.
saer to the infinite conlrvance that
damned these systems to be found in
M. master science, but mathemilics
chemistry. botany geology, etc, all had
tFgir origin here. The impcricctions TO
be- found In chemistry, geology and
botany. cannot be referred to any errors
ir dc sciences themselves, but in the
lack OF understanding them.
A century ago the medical faculty
claimed that they had found the system
Ia which was contained the panaCul Tor
sil thc lbs to which flesh is heir. This
century rcpudiates very largely the REM
cdigg Of thu past century. II the doctors
ulthis century arc right, the doctors
who sheer at the eighteenth century
remedies are wrong. TAX about a
system Of mcdicincl The greatest mcdi-
cll lights admit that there IS no such
thing. Doctorcfalt has entrenched It.
self within walls, legal walls so high,
please allow me. that nobody dare think
outside Of them. without fine and I'M
pnsonmcnt An old grandmother must
suppose, In order to administer a cup
of cttuip lea, consult some learned head,
as TO whether catnip ig good Tor cold
or not. When will dOctOr.ciait cease
and the good old time return when PEG.
pie can live out al their daysf
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the healing of the sick, are firstly, tie
amounting OF oil in the name Of Jesus and
the LAYING on OF hands. When the per.
SON thus administered tails Of faith In
this divine ordinance, then herbs and
mild food are 70 be administcrcd-mark
the language herbs. not minerals, not
medicines 30 highly concentrated as to
destroy vital energy and render the sys-
tenn like a barometer, an indicator of
every coming change OF atmosphere as
many arc who arc the victims OF this
rcrnicious system. Allow me to repeat
The language Of revelation: "All useful
herbs God hath ordained for the nature
use, aud constitution Of man." John
Wesley said, In work he wrote on
primitive physic. ut Is probable physiC,
as well as religion, was In the first ages
chiefly traditional, every father deliver.
Iug down 10 his sons what he had in
Ike manner received, concerning the
manner Of healing both outward hurts
and the diseases incident to the climate
and the medicines which were Of the
greatest efficacy for the cure OF each dis.
order II Is certain that this is the
method wherein the ART OF healing Is
preserved among the American Indians
10 this day. Their diseases, indeed, arc
exceedingly few Nor DO they often
occur, by reason OF their continued
exercise, and. I'LL at late, universal
temperance" lie says also, that cx.
penencc and physic grew up together
"lhc European, rs well as American,
said 10 his neighbor, Are you sick ?
Drink the juice Of this herb and Il will
cure YOU. Thus ancient men, having q
little experience. joined with common
sense and humanity, cured both them
selves and ncighhors Of most OF the dis.
tgmpcfs. to which every nation was
subject lie further says. Physicians
now became subjects OF admiration, as
persons who were something more than
human, and profit MS well as honor at
tended their employment
Dr.. SHELTON says; Healthy life Is de-
te,mIned by the capacity to sustain the
normal or natural temperate, and that
where there Is disease there is loss In
the balance Of the vital forces, and that
10 order To restore the body Il Is fBt
necessary to cqualiyc the circulation,
upon which health depends" lie also
says Disease Is nothing more than
obstruction. Remove It aud all will 70
we'll, and here let me say, II Is neither
the dress, carriage, position or cquipage
that make the doctor but simply the
knowledge how 10 cure disease and the
capacity OF power to do Il, and they whc
can best accomplish the same, whether
rich or poor lew or Turk, inhdel OF
Christian, savage or civilized, are doctors
and they who cannot are quacks, nc
matter Il educated In college for the
expressed study Of the profession OF
not"
Dr. Gum says. 81 respect the faculty
but that they should have an exclusive
control / cannot admit must honestly
say, for the preservation Of health and
lie private individuals have often con
lrihutcd information Of the most yalu'
able character, solely derived from un
studied, or at least from unproiessIona
experience. No knowledge is worth
anything unless founded on truth and
experience, and a long practice In my
profession has fully convinced me that
more favorable results take place from
simple remedies and good nursing than
from eminent physicians who quaue
with each other Tor prominence In fame,
Instead Of endeavoring to enlighten and
advance the happiness OF the human
family"
Influence Of the Passions in Disease
Physical and mental suffering otter
leads 10 a viuuous life. The unyirtuou.
should complain Of their own unlawful
lnduIgences and not charge the Creator
with being the author OF disease incurret
by life OF excuses. When life Ii
huuvlnt with hone and the Gun OF ON