The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-09-06

was ma,kable in one sense. Ofconrse
those who thus suffered themselves
to be imposed upon were as ignorant
as they could be, but it does seem
that mere animal instinct should have
prevented the imposition.
There is certain remnant %
voodoism to-day, and rcmarkaoie' 40
it is amongst intelligent people
The faith that some people have IN
nhvs;cians whether they have any
ability or not, is wonderful. When
they have headache or toothac n.
or any other ache they seek lmmeol-
atelv the advice of a physician just
as tho ignorant country jay seeks the
advice of lawyer when he wants to
claw some one about a plow OF
check line. Now the party afflicted
with the headache goes straight to
his physician, who tells him that he
is very seriously afflicted, and with
"heayen may help me" serious look
prescribes something for his danger
GUS illness. The poor, deluded Great
ure then goes to the drug store where
the drug clerk, in very serious man
ner, fills the prescription. The poor
dangerously i'll man with the head
ache, looking like a cemetery ghos'
hics himself to his home, declares nc
is going to die, sends for the physl'
clan and goes to bed. The physician
arrives and with the tread OF a cal
walks.into the death chamber; feels
the sick mans pulse, looks at ms
tongue, takes his temperature, an'
gives prescription of calomel an'
soda nux vomica ct cetcra. The re
sult is the man who had the head
ache now has the fevcr-thc physl
clan who prescribed the anti plrcn'
has a case that pays him 70 per day
The sick man gets we'll but his faltf
in the physician remains unimpalred
All that was needed in this case
was exercise of the muscles. Will
that the headache would have disap
reared and the fever would neve
have occurred. A celebrated and al
eminent physician of Paris, France
is authority for the statement tina
bodily exercise in proportion to tn
strength Of the constitution will cure
in it's inception most any disease
While this should be taken with
few grains Of salt the fact is that ex
ercise is natures great health rcstor
err. The American Indian points TIT
truth of this assertion. For the per
lection of physical manhood, for en-
durance and hardihood he has ne
equal. OF course, there are certain
cases where the services of 600,
physician are necessary, but they are
rarely needed at the inception of mos
diseases. Indeed, it does seem tina
if exercise be taken daily and expose
ure prevented, the services Of a ply
stefan is not needed at all. In mos
cases the constitution being Away!
kept in good trim, will be able almos
unaided, or with the aid of a few
simple and homely remedies to with
tandand get the better hand of thu
general run of Affections.
With quack physicians and quacl
medicines, the fact that 80 many
people, who should by nature be il
possession of all their faculties, arr
wasted both in body and mind is due
directly to this kind Of imposture an(
gross ignorance.
Indeed, it does seem that we have
remnant of voodoism in the coun-
try to-day, and the only way to &C
count for it seems to be that it is &
remnantof ignorance and superstition
transmitted to us from remote pro
genitors.