The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-29

X Most forms OF sickness start with the inside
nerves. indigestion, sour stomach. heartburn.
dyspepsia,-wcak kidneys, diabetes. Brights
8Dsease-tiver observation-disclosures rreguiari-
tles-1 bowel Irregularities ALI OF these ailments.
and the ailments which they, In turn. bring on
nre duo directly 10 arrangements Of certain
nerve centers. fg. 4s&
3 Understand rrst that we have two entirely
separate nerve tsystelns. When we walk, or
talk. or act. We call Into play n certain set
OF i,trrcs--,ieryes which obey Our. mental COM
sinands. That 10 why the arm can be raised.
OF tho mouth opened. or tho eye shut. at the
slightest desire. That Is why your fingers can
decately pick up n pin one moment, and hold
d Heavy hammer the next.
hut these arc not the nerves we are TO COM
elder here ~ III
Thcre Is another act OF nerves whIcr control
and govern ana actuate the heart and the
stomach, the kidneys and tho liver and oil
Of tho Vital functions You cannot control
theso nerves. BY no supreme effort Of mind
can you mako your heart stop or start--nor
can you even make 1t vary by single beat a
minute. And 80 with the stomach and the
liver ana the kidneys and tho bowols--they are
attomutc--theyItd do their work ut n certain
set speed whether you arc awake or asleep
whether you will Il or not.
r 1t Is on these inside nerves that life and
health depends. SO long as these nerves per-
form their proper duties we nre we'll and
strong When they fall. we know IT ~ tho
inevitable symptoms stomach. heart, liver,
Kidney troubles. And these troubles have no
other origin, ever, than III these simc nerves.
For tho stomach. tho heart tho livor. tho
Kidneys have no power OF their own. no self
control. They owe their every impulse to the
inside nerves. Tho nerves arc tho masters.
{,rhe organs their slaves. 4s ID IF s%
* But the most Interesting part about tho In
sdo nerves Is tho bond OF sympathy which
exists between all centers and branches Of
this great automatic system. It'd
The center. which, for instance, controls tho
stomach, Ia known TO science as tho solar
plexus. The heart center is called the,
cardiac plexus" Tho kidney center tho
renal plexus. ~ Yet It lis a well known fact
that In przo fights, q solar plexus blow In
Il tantly stops the heart. although Its usunl
operations concern only tho stomach Why?i
Because OF tho bond Of sympathy between tho
various branches. That Il Ia tho reason the
inside S., nerves ere sometimes called the
["sympathetlc' nerves. ss7S IA .'5g
This explains Why stomach trouble often
develops Into heart trouble-why indigestion
brings on nervousncss-why diseases become
complicated. 1t explains. too. why ordinary
medical treatments arc wrong-why medicine
50 frequently fails< 5s5&
For ordinary remedies are designed to treat
tho organ. not tho nerve. When i first studied
medicine. tho whole foundation Of what i was
taught vas 2 5s.,s NJ Il Il fit5H
For nervousness, give bronldes. Isl ~ IS
For weak kidneys. give durctics
FOR a weak stomach, give pepsin3 X and
bismuth. 81 EE h AZ e ~
For weak heart, give stlnuants.I
& 10 deaden pain, give q narcotic. s
gAtAnd SO on. l9 III tfg 81 4 S53 B &, l{l5l sE