Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-12-12

SPQNTANE0USOC
The last case of spontaneous combustion
reported in the newspapers was that of
woman. She was found dead, and her condi-
ton showed the cause There is something
horrible in the thought of the vapor of the
breath catching fire and burning out the life.
1t Is no wonder that in olden times such a
catastrophe always suggested the smell of
DrmStone to those who heard Of it. In modern
times the Immediate cause Of the combustion
IS generally a lighted match applied to a pipe
but the contributary cause is chronic alcohol
ism. The combustion is spontaneous but the
tram which Is fired has been laid slowly for
many years.
1t Is characteristic of human nature that it
generally sums up its catastrophes by effects,
Ignoring causes. That is the case with "spon-
taneous combustion" The term deals ONLY
with the catastrophe not with the cause. Many
a physician fills out certificate of death as
from heart failure, or disease of liver, kidneys or
some other organ. Heis dealing only with results.
ne should write disease of heart, liver lungs,
kidneys, or whatever the disease NAV be as re-
sulting from disease of the stomach NEGLECTED
tor many years, or improperly and unskilfully
treated For 1t is in the stomach and digestive
ana nutrltlve system that large part of the
diseases which prey on the vital organs have
their cause and origin. The stomach is the
vital center of the body. 1t must supply heart.
lveT, lungs, kidneys and every organ with Its
vital huid-blood, which is but 1i9ested food.
When the stomach is diseased and the digestive
processes are partial and imperfect, the blood
supply Is reduced in quantity and quality. The
weakest organ of the body will first feel this
loss Of nutrition. 1t may be heart, liver, lungs,
Kidneys, or any other organ. The chances are
that the person who has neglected the dis
eaSed stomach will seek treatment for the other
organs when they become diseased He doc
tors for heart disease, or for liver kidneys or
lungs. He gets no better. He is "doctOfing"
for effects and not causes. The stomach gets
worse, the other organs get worse, and then
comes that certifcate--itself a confession of
improper treatment-which attributes the final
collapse to disease of any organ but the right
one-the stomach.
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