The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-18
WILL Be INSANE
DR.. Kellogg Says Idiocy Is
Rapidly Increasing.
SHOULD LIVE 1000 YEARS
He Explains Sanitarium Plan
to Chamber of Commerce.

IF insanity and idoicy continue their
present rapid increase. the entire human
race viii be composed OF Iunatics and i'm
beetles in 30 years. Our methods Of eat
ing and drinking rsult in the deterioration
OF our bodies"
This statement was made By DR.. J. II.
Kellogg, superintendent Of the Battle
Crack. Mich, sanitarium. in a lecture de-
livered TO a large aEdienc az the First
Presbyterian church. last night. Besides
stating that the race was rapidly dsterf-
Grating, the lecturer took the position
that the way TO stop the process is u 1--we
the lie Of a vegetarian, and &c live
naturally"
Insanity. idiocy, epilepsy, and drunk
enness are increasing" said the doctor.
We have - per cent more OF these AZ
ricted people in civilization than We had
fifty Years ago. True the population nas
increased. but the ratio Of these diseases
mas increased faster than the population.
Tor the ratio IS three times as great as
II was atty years ago.
The intellectually OF the race is sink
ing because Of brain deterioration We
are continually multiplying the number
Of feeble people Notice the people who
are Gefo-med. who have crooked noses.
misshaDen cars, or give other evidence
OF physical degeneracy. The tine our
children spend in school las great in
fuence in the deterioration of their
bodies The cramped bodies. the dattened
chests, the bad air; ali have great IL
fiuence IN this respect
The nian VINO lives in a natural way
has better chances fer life than the other
class Of people When I am working hard
= LET - x
and apples The bread is the staff Of life
The nuts contain the elements OF meat,
and tie apples take the place Of pies and
sauces. How unreasonable II is Tor z
man 10 try 20 digest everything with his
stomach Tie whale has seven stomachs
for the digestion Of all kinds Of fish. The
COW has four stouschs for the digestion
OF al kinds Of grass The dog has one
stomach for the digestion of meat. The
mokcy has one stomach for the digestion
Of fruits and nuts. That makes thirteen
stomachs necessary for the digestion of
al kiads OF food, but men Try to digest
everything with one stomach
We should let ever7-t ming that IS hot
VIXEN II IS cold alone. That includes
pepper, ginger and mustard. II has been
said by French scientist that pepper has
six times the power Of alcohol 70 create
q gin liver.
a healthy man viii net get sick. But
the trouble is that We are AL born sick
rs result Of hereditary. II we lvAd ac-
cording TO nature, We would live Icng.
Men lived 1000 years in Bible times. and
they would today II they lived on the
proper food and in r natural manner"
After discussing the subject Of food. the
doctor save his auditors a few pointers
on the subject OF mstrimony. lie said
that before woman consents 10 marry
q man she should ind out whether there
has been aLv insanity. consuuaptfon or
ine5riacy among his ancestors. After
urging the young women to investigate
the ancestry Of their Suitors the lecturer
turned his attention to Physical exsl else. /
Every town he said. should have z
swimming pond. There should Re one at
tsched to every school. Il il NOR. i'm
portant Tor q boy 70 know how 70 swim
than 1t is for him TO know how 10 ex-
tract the cube root"
Before lecturing in the Prest,-tcrian
church. the doctor EXPLAINED his sani-
tariuHI Dlsn. rs published in SunEay
Eagle. 70 the sanitary committee OF the
Chamber OF Commerce ana part II the
He said that The branch /
saritariun thai he proposes 10 establish (
here. VIII not compete with the hosrstals !
in any way. and that NJ the start Il VIII
be built 10 accommodate about forty PEG
PIE. He wants the Chamber Of Commerce (
TO make q proposition 10 him, ard II the /
sanitarium managers consider Il reas-
enable one. they VIII accept Il. The in +
sutution VIII b. under the auspices OF /.
the Seventh Day Adventssts
Gus sanitariInls employ at least rs
many people as there arc patients in 4
them" Re stated. Every dollar taken /
into the Wichita sanitariun viii be spent 4
here. We would make Auditors IS fast 4
rs the conditions warranted There is no +
doubt that a san.tarium located here. I
would soon be filed"
The Chamber OF Commerce. has not +
made any proposition 70 the doctor
y. E Robertson and Libby Wallace I
were married by Probate Judge Wilson 4
yesterday.
nGTnnrA-G EnEE.