The morning news., 1899-12-31
EVERYONE SHOULD EAT SAND.
Philosophy Recognizes Seven COndi-
tlOns ns Essential to Life.

Philosophy Recognizes seven COndi-
tlOns as Essential to Life.
Dr. o. E. Miller in st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The newspapers have been devotns
much space to what they have been peas
ed to call the sand cure" basing their re-
marks upon some statements made by my
self in an address before the National So
ciety for the Promotion of Heath.
What l had TO say was simple explana-
tion of some of the principles of genetic
philosophy as given by Samuel T. Fow-
Ter of Philadelphia, amplied and made
practical by Prof. William Windsor, LII.
D.
Genetic philosophy. as explained by
Prof. Windsor, recognizes seven conditions
as absolutely essential to life in any form,
namely, earth water, food, companion
ship, magnetism, air and liberty. We will
confne ourselves in this article to the first
two conditions of life, viz: earth and wa
Ter.
Every other animal on the face of tire
earth except man has sufficient knowledge
of the conditions of life to bring the bare
foot in contact with the ground at such
intervals as Is necessary to pass off the
accumulated magnetism. Savage tribes II
men follow the same custom, and are free
from the disease incident to civilization.
Birds bring their feet in contact with the
ground during the day time, whiks they
are exercising and generating magnetism.
but during the night they roost upon some
non-conducting material. Animals that
sleep upon the ground insulate themselves
by lying upon the hairy portion of tn ir
bodies in dry places. but during the day
they invariably establish connection with
l4p ORC nd a,.a, H. al Of
feet
The reader will doubtless remember the
account of Nebuchadnezzar's insanity and
how, after being turned loose In the hel1
for period. his reason returned. and he
again resumed the reins of government.
Bear in mind that the contact of ths
bare feet with the earth is only required
during the active hours, when magnet snA
is being generated in large quantities by
the continued vibration of the body Dur
ing sleep or at time when the body is rel
atlyely inactive the connection should oe
broken by insuls ticn as indicated ab3Ve.
Some good Bible students will tell you
that sin is the cause of disease, but done
so read my Bible. The first effect OF SIM
or dlsobedience, was clothing, and dis
IN the majority of cases is the result OIL
improper clothing
Barefooted inhabitants of colder climates
than ours are totally unacqdanted WIN
our pulmonary diseases ana nave "
taught how to cough afer we initiatS
them into the mysteries of civilized 70
clothing and colds.
And now for the sandl The Garth must
be taken internally as we'll as external y.
Every animal, from canary bird 70 an
elephant, except man, takes into his foIF
every day a certain quantity o. SAM.
Birds swallow quantities Of gravel OF ths
coarsest description, because they are US
ually gramnlvorous or carnlv9rous' wnls
those animals that are largely herbi'orous
consume finer quality Of sand or sanoy
soil, In either case the purpose Is lho
same simply TO assist nature IN the pr
cess OF digestion by furnishing a grit 10
grind up the food. This grit also prev hS
the food from forming paste In the DIV
els and producing constipation Every W.,
man who owns a canary bird knows lnn,
she must keep sand IN its cage or ~ W..
soon die. Every man aecus iomed 10
care Of horses knows that the ahiinaN
when confined IN the stable for few aa3 y,
VIII, when allowed the freedom OF ,n
pasture, Immediately eat Dirt Aud ii 49,
in The stable long enough will eat
woodwork of the stall, grinding u W H'''
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