Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-16

IN mind you Will think twice before
you will seek "cures" via the medicine
route Never forget that nature is not
adapted to artificial means; that is,
she insists that her creatures shall
work out their own salvation and not
resort to Subterfuges. The organs in
the human body are there for the pur-
pose of performing their own func-
tions; and if the bowels, for instance,
are relieved of their duty Gas in the
above case) they lose their vitality
and complications ensue.
Be it remembered that in so far as
the body and mind are concerned there
can be no such things as cures. The
body, or any of it's parts, in order to
keep it's normal condition demands
prevention: the mind on the other
hand, in order to be capable of logical
reasoning and possess a Sounnd judg-
ment demands evolution. They are
both anxious, as it were, to keep in
close touch with nature.
We would suggest to the writer that
he get rid of his bias and prejudices.
if he has any. and try some other kind
of practitioner. There are all kinds of
non-medical practitioners, and mas
much as he has tried medicine men to
sufficiency, he might try one of those
who use other methods. If he believes
that he is an atom in, and part of,
the universe, that is, in a universal
power (God) and he has faith in its
omnipotence, he might try a Christian
Scientist or a New Thought healer, and
so on; and if he be a materialist let
him betake himself to an osteopath or
a naturopath, or suggestive therapeu-
tist. He may also bear in mind such
thing as physical culture. There was
we'll known and simple laws of health
by which these matters can be con-
trolled, and in the near future l shall
outline them in these columns.
AS a sample of how little most
physicians know either about the hui
man body or the laws which govern it,
or what harmonious relations they both
maintain, we will mention what Chi
cago physician proposes as an alleged
remedy to reduce the number of human
detectives.
In the first place he proposes that
all who are matrimonially inclined
shall betake themselves to reputable"
physicians, who, after examining the
prospective candidates (and, presume,
after securing the legal fees') shall
certify as to their physical and mental
fitness to embark upon the sea of mat
rimony. To those who are not up to
the standard of fitness provided by law
(man-made law, remembeD marriage
certificates shall not be granted;
whereas to those who are alleged to be
fit the precious documents may be is
sued
In the second place he proposes that
all who are anxious to venture into
untried fields, especially the field of do
mesticity (matrimony), shall obtain
certificates of inheritance showing their
antecedents (pedigree). He did not say
how far back one shall trace his an
cestry, but 1 presume it will be the
monkey, or any other quadruped the
legislators may see ft to enact into
law.
The question which naturally pre-
sents itself to an intelligent human be-
ing-a human being who knows some-
thing about human nature and the uni
versal laws which govern it's this;
Can we deal with human beings in the
same manner as we deal with lower
animals? Can we segregate the human
sexes as we segregate (wnenever we
wish) the sexes Of the lower animal