Arizona republican., 1905-07-10
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 TO the Editor of The Republican. Sir:
 The proper study of mankind is
 man. There is no object in a material ] point of view which is more worthy of 1 our study and investigation than the | human structure forms and functions
 of the various organs of the human
 body.
 The study of this wonderful system
 is not only important but intensy in- | teresting, for as we advance in it's ! investigation We find that we are fear | fully and wonderfully made.
 ! In view of the fact, is it not strange 1 that investigation will open institutions | of learning, you will find the pupils ! in studies of comparatively little inn i portance, while the great and noble
 science which teaches us the nature of | our own selves and our relations to the | eternal universe is passed by unheeded. | The health and happiness of man
 kind depends on Knowledge and obcdi- | ence of the laws of nature. If man | violates the laws of gravitation and ! leaps from a precipice into the abyss be- 1 low he is dashed to pieces on the rocks | as a punishment for such violation. If
 We do not understand and obey the | laws which govern our bodies and nu-
 
 ease manifesting itself in the stomach,
 the liver and the intestinal canal. The circulation of our blood which is car ried in and through the veins, arter- ! ies. capillaries. and through the heart,
 if we do not comply with the laws of nature we shall soon labor under the | influence of disease and die, the same is true in reference to the secreting and the nervous systems. their func- tions are governed by fixed and un- changeabIe laws of nature which man must know and obey. The philanthropist who shall con- vince the world that health and happi- ness. strength and usefulness depend | upon fixed and interchangeable Jaws and l not upon chance or accident will pre- vent more disease, pain and suffering | than the art of medicine has relieved | since it's discovery. This is a duty | which is equally Incumbent upon the healthy and robust who would pro- long life as well as the weak and | feeble who wish to regain health. How | often the writer has met the consump- | tives who were born with vigorous con- stitutions. put who for a series of years | have violated every law of health. 4 | knowledge of obedience of the natural | laws of the human constitution is the | promotion of happiness. again. The | study of science is far more interest | ing than literature. Literature for the | most part IS mainly descriptive Of the
 works of man, while physical science | deals in the works Of GOd-nOw 10 lI- lustrate-suppOse you have 9 fine watch the machinery of which you | were entirely unacquainted and it did | not keep time would yoH take a pail | Of water and pour through it to wash | out the dust and aEterward pour into
 it a bottle of oil to oil it. would you
 expect it to keep time? Certainly not,
 How much less then may you expect | of OUT own beautiful organization to
 keep time by dosirg it with all sorts
 of bitters and cod liver oil
 Nov I want 10 say. If we would eat
 scientifically. how much better we
 would be, the combining of foods to
 change the blood and throw off the
 old through the bowels and kidneys,
 that is the thing to do Our blood | changes every day and that is why it | is necessary to eat proper food, prop | erly cooked Man sits down, looks
 over a bill of fare. fills his stomach | with fried ha1n and eggs. beans, baked | potatoes and pie. and never stops to
 think if the food taken is going to do | him any good. As long as he has a full | stomach he thinks that is that is re- uuired. The human stomach contains | great nultltudes of little thimbIe 1 shaped cavities which look like empty | cells of a honey comb called gastric | follicies which secrete from the blood | and pours into it's cavity during diges- | tiOn a large amount of fluid called | gastric juice. When carefully exam | ined by chemists this fluid Is composed |
 of water holding a solution called pep |  this fluid is to dissolve and digest all | of the aluminium foods such as lean | meats. cheese. milk. eggs and bread | and the glutinOus portions of vege- tables, fruits, etc. The formation of | blood cells out of the food we eat is | the first step in the process of organ | iZation or the conversion of our food | in living animal tissue In persons of | delicate constitutions the lacteal glands | often become enlarged by the deposit | of cheesy tubeEcular matter as seen in | the lungs and other organs in con- sumption when the glands become en- larged and their cavities filled with | scrOfulous matter. The lacteal ducts l are distracted and the blood becomes | thin and impoverished for want of | ! nourishment producing a wasting away
 or cons unption of the blood. When per | sons are affected with this disease the | appetite sometimes Is excessive-some- | times morbid the food which is eaten | and perhaps digested cannot be assim- | Hated or converted into blood tbe l whole body becomes thin and feeble, | the blood poor, is often caused by want l of sufficient good food, cooked properly | and served daintily and not in large quantities. Sun light, pure air, to build | up all the worn out tissue and organs | and throw off the old. Soon people l say that consumption is hereditary, | while il may be true in some cases 1t | more Frequently comes from the l1itch- 1