West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-05-03
PURE room PRODUCTS.
One Of Our Readers Enters a strong
Protest on so Much AduIteratIon.

Editor Argus:
We notice a well written article
in The Argus on the subject of
scandal as an evil, yet we would
like TO remind the readers that there
are other existing evils. and one of
the greatest evils of today is the
use of minerals as medicines in the
shape of mercury or acids and
alkalis, etc.
To advocate the use OF such
preparations as remedies is simply
disregardlng the teachings of nature.
The use OF those mineral substances
in various ways so depraved the
human family that many OF the
people are leading such loa,hsome
lives that they are predisposed to
be finding fault with the world and
the fullness thereof.
Ii is the obscene drug that enters
into the beverages of today that
tears down the constitution and
causes most OF the crime that Is
attributed to intemperance.
AS we go to market and buy a
can of fruit it is oftentimes ruined
by an embalming fluid; il we buy
a favoring extract we receive a
composition of mineral substances;
il we buy loaf of bread we buy a
composition of -four, alum and
alkall; we eat scores of articles
manufactured from the products of
coal and crude oils; when an Invalid
is down on a delirious bed OF Attic
ton he is oftentimes given that
which does not enter into the COM
position of the existence of any
living creature or even vegetation.
Only oae good quality exists in a
mineral medicine and that is it will
not be protected from insects,
worms, etc., since nothing will
bother it but quack doctors. II
will even drive the brave old bed
bug from the best room in house.
1t will kill any form of vegetation
when in contact with its branches
or roots. We would prefer using
that which gives and sustains life as
a medicine and letting the mechanic
use the minerals. The person that
lives up to proper standard and
uses only wholesome food and drink
needn't fear but what nature will
do her part and allow him to live to
a ripe old age. Even animals well
fed and cared for seldom ever die
e'er they die Of old age. If tree
is robbed of part of its limbs,
nature again shapes it up. II we
cut or bruise ourselves, nature
cures; il we eat too much, nature
lessons our appetite and gives a
cure. Nature through the sense
of want, taste and smell tells us
just what to eat. how much to eat,
and when to eat or drink, but
1t never tell US to eat mercury,
muriatic acid, salts, carbolic acids,
or any of those destructive mineral
poisons.
The time was when the mode of
healing the sick was to fill The sick
room with offensive smoke and to
make ugly faces and noises in the
room, and to sound the tom tom
to scare away ghosts, and the prsc-
tice was followed up by the learned
men then the same as now and the
patient had about as much Of a
ghost of chance then as now.
How long, oh, how long will it
be until the people will bow to the
simple teachings OF nature through
the medium of the FIVE senses and
be exalted with the wisdom, long
life and happiness that the people
bad prior to the age of distilled
remedies1 Whatever nature does
she does we'll, and he who disobeys
natures laws must pay her panalty.
1t is but little wonder that often
times man acknowledges his efforts
as a failure to cure the sick and
leaves the patient alone to succumb
to the disease and nature effects a
cure; yet it is often the case that
the minerals are given until the
patient can only be relieved by the
old, old fashioned death.
SALLIE WANDER.
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