Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-17


existing between theology and medicine,
aud TO the further TACT that the decline
o. the iofm,r has generally been aucnd'
CO witt. o corresponding decline 10 the
later The term Restitution 30 an
things" necessarily em1oiie,. as will
cudeayor TO show. q knowledge Of the
healing Grt-thc leaves of the trees
were for the healing 81 the nations u
Every herb vas originally given to man
Tor bis use, and his diet was IN perfect
harmony with the laws Of lie and health.
The result OF this course Of living was
lifo Of nearly a thousand years Brew
iiy OF lie followed a departure from
this simple die, and herb system, until
from NOahs time to Dsyids, period Of
only 1890 years, life dropped down
from go to 10 ycars-only think OF Il. a
difference Of $50 years. Yet. to be Just.
we do not attribute this wonderful de.
cline altogether to dicteiic and herbal
causes. as other causes may have oper.
a,ed to produce 30 marked a degoncr.
acy. From the time OF David to that Of
Hippocfates there were no medical In.
siitu,cs. nor such a thing as doctors, ns
class. deriving their living from a pro.
fession. Hippoera,es ilourished b. c.
800 and he, from purely philanihropic
impulses, out OF his own means built
temple Of science and exposed to public
view on is walls al the known remedies
he could collect or discover Suisse.
luenlly men moved by selfish motives,
Eit,r his time made merchandise out Of
his collections and discoveries. AS
hcso men multiplied, the people became
:afeless and trusted almost entirely 10
heir supposed skill and ability, medicine
gradually declined, until, as Dr. Water
ionsc states; ~ am so disguised with
earned quackery that ! take some in.
lerest IN honest, humane and strong
minded cmpificism Tor Il has done more
or our art ia all countries than all the
universities since the time OF Charlie.
nagne" Where, for goodness sake cd
lIippoCfaieS siuuyf Air, earth and
water, man aud his kindred, vegetable,
disease and death, and all casualties,
and cOncomiiant8 u humanity were the
pages he studied. In the days Of Jesus
there was a woman who had disease
Twelve years and the physicians oil that
time could not help her, which reflects
on their medical ability. She had
spent all she had, says tie New Testa-
ment, and grew worse and worse. That
herbal practice existed In that day may
be Inferred from the fact that the Scribes |
and phaiisces paid tithes on mint. rue,
aud all manner Of herbs, however i'm.
perfectly they may have understood |
their virtues. We read that Luke was |
physician, but We have not a single In. |
sauce OF his practicing medicine. Dur |
ing the first and second centuries Chrisl- |
anity hcgan to wane and medicine |
underwent corresponding decline. |
The treatment OF disease fell entirely |
into the hands OF the Catholic church,
whose priests and monks took sole
charge OF the bodies Of the people
SAys.- petugrew; "F-om the seventh 10
the fifteenth century the priests and
monks may be said to have held an un.
divided sway as physicians throughout
Europe, who praeticed In language,
up to the time Of the reformation. not
understood by the people" The great
medical truths OF Hippocraies, Galen
and Others were lost sight Of, but began
Luther. SILL, the dreadful practice OF
bleeding, blisteung, leeching aud adj.
ministenng mineral poisons, to the dis
grace OF that period, continued. Sue
ceeding this period, galyanism, mesmer-
Ism, cold water cure and the discovery
Of hot water injections sprung into
practice, some OF which are highly
beneficial.
The first physician In New England,
was the Rev. Samuel Fuller, After him
Samuel Thomson, a new England
farmer, introduced his great system
known as the Thomsonian, which has
been Of ncalculahle benefit to mankind.
DR., Coffin, founder Of medical botany
In England, was an American OF the old
school VINO, In his youth contracted
severe cold which turned into cunsum
ton. lie was given up by nine OF the
old school doctors. a tribe OF Seneca
Indians camped near his residence,
when a squaw came TO the door and
seeing him sick, said: White man no
cure, ! will cure him for a gallon OF
cider" His mother replied, III you
will cure him, will give you hogs.
head OF cider" They gave her q trial
OF her skill without tie least faith In her
ability The sQuaw went into the fields;
doctor says he took a cup OF medicine
from her hands. lie watched rs work
ings aud felt is beneficial effects
throughout his entire system, Moisture
appeared on the skin and he had faith
IN i,s cure altgf The hrst glass In few
weeks he was perfectly cured After
this cure he travelled about with this
tribe Of Indians and learned from them
the use Of herbs, roofs and batks, aud
afterwards heard OF u Thomson. then
known as the great Manuals. They in.
stguCtcd each other 90 medical botany
{ illn went TO England Boo lh5g That
same year ,hc Gospel went 60 bless the
world. Colin published % journal 300
Manchester England, and established
the practice of medical botany there
very extensively.
For the convenience OF your numerous
Icuutr1 classify as follows
Natru gCi.ia-rlsp bcrty leaves, cranes.
bill, sumIch and oak bark
s,muIanB-Layennc pepper, ginger
cloves, yarrew &c.
luEauyes-aiOys, SIENNA, turkey fhu,
barb
Nervines--valeran, nervnc, as3a-
ioeuIta.
Blood puudeB-sanapar.llu, sassalras.
buiuuCk loot
The great founder OF the latter day
work, which work will usher IN the fuai
Restitution OF an things, has not lyli us
ignorant OF the fundamental principles
col system OF dtlJuCs which, % liycu.
up 90, would add greatly TO the long yIly