Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-25

in a particular form of diet, and he
rushes to the conclusion that what has
been found good for him is good for every
one. The large percentage of failures re-
sulting from the various forms of diet
cure grows out of the fact that men and
women differ in their constitutions and
temperaments as much as the fruits and
flowers of the earth, and what may be a
blessing to one is a cure to another. No
system of diet can ever be successful in
relieving disease unless it is based upon
the knowledge of human character, and
so modified as to meet the demands of
the various temperaments and qualities
which are found in different classes of
natures.
The science of vitosopby presents such
a system. In its study and practice the
first thing that the student learns is to
recognize and differentiate the tempera-
ments This gives the key to the situa-
ton and enables us to prescribe diet
that is at once agreeable and In con-
-formity to the nature of the ipdividaul
as we'll as to the nature of the human
race
But the careful student of character
will soon be impressed with the fact
that diet alone will never solve the prob
lem. He wnl find that he meets hundreds
of men and women who habitually VIC
late every known principle of diet, who
are. nevertheless. in a robust state OF
nutrition. He will find hundreds of 9TH
ers who have tried every modification OF
diet without experiencing any rele1'
Nature seems to be kind to the Ignorant
in this fact that somewhere in her econ
omy she makes provision for the aosorp-
ton and elimination of vast quantities
of crude material, which, taken IN win
the ingesta pass through the alimentary
canal without apparently ~oing any good
or harm. 1t is this capacity of nature to
dispose of In a non-injurious way OF a
large amount of what would seem 10 De
worthless and even apparently Injurious
material which upsets all the calculations
of the diet theorists. careful cnemlst
spends years in experiments upon an
kinds of food In various stomachs, ana
perfects theory in which, from all the
data collected by him, he is able to say
that certain substances are utterly worth
less for food purposes; and yet, IN the
face of such statements, We are con-
fronted with the fact that whole nations
thrive upon the substances so conoemneo.
In some way the human stomach seems
to be endowed with the power TO seiect
what 1t requires for nourishment, ana 10
reject a large quantity of surplus mateHai
with no greater damage to the indlViaual
than the performance of the extra LABOR
oppression that accompanies 1t.
II was the observation of this fact
that led me at last to the discovery OF
the sand cure with which my name mas
now become inseparably connected on
served that animals were Almost en'i.elS
| free from indigestion and constipation
| the only exceptions being found among
those animals under the control OF anu
restrained by man; and l also observed
that each animal subsisted upon a very
narrow dietary. that Is, with very httle
variety of food, but that the food az
sorbed by each variety OF amman cor
RESPONDED closely to the temperament
Of the animal, and that within the limits
of this dietary the stomach or each am
NAL seemed to be abe to throw OIL an
surplus and unnecessary materlai az
sorbed That the animals were pettef
organized than man seemed to me unrea-
sonabje and I began to think that there
must be some undiscovered principle
which the animals were able TO avall
Themselves Of which man mad elmer
not vet learned, or. having learned, nau
forgotten. or had departed from 1t through
the uses and customs of so-callea ciVi.iza-
ton.
Believing that this suggestion pointed
the way to the solution or the alHlculty'
7 hogan a series of systematic inVestiga-
OF determining the essential differences
between the habits Of animals and of men
in relation to food. Without entering
into the details of these observations
7 will briefly state the conditions which
were rapidly forced upon my mind.
First, that there exists marked diyi-
sion of animals into the two classes OF
carnivora and herbivora, and that all the
evidence points to the fact that man De-
longs to the latter class
Second, that all animals, except man,
consume food In a raw state, and that
cooled food is universally rejected by
animals in natural state.
Third. that all animals except man,
habitually mix certain quantity or
earth in the form of sand in the food,
and that 1t Is the passage of this grit
through the aiimentary canal which Keeps
il pure and free and prevents the clog
ging In masses which results in constipa-
ton. and that the digestive organs of all
animals. including man, are constructed
with a view to the reception and passage
OF the earth in this form, and the con-
sequent excitement promotes the How OF
the digestive fluids and secures perfect
performance of the function of nutrition.
: When the astounding fact was forced
upon me that In this absorption of grit
| had found the secret of the complete
ately began a series of observations to
verify it, Natural facts beyond number
forced themselves upon me in corrobora-
ton of the principle But as the proof of
any theory is found in results, appealed
to results at once. I began to prescribe
sand in all cases that came under my
observation, and Notwithstanding the fact
that enjoyed a splendid digestion my
self, began to use IT and was astonished
at the change in my own feelings and
the benefits derived from its habitual
absorption. In the cases of actual stom-
ach trouble constipation and indigestion
in which prescribed it, the relief was
frequently instantaneous and always sure
and complete. l began to announce 1t to
my audiences In public lectures and ex-
plain my theory. with the result that
hundreds of cures were Immediately re-
ported In nearly every lecture that
have delivered on the subject have re-
quested that II any case was discovered
in which the sand worked any injury
the circumstances should be reported
fully TO me. I have been advocating the
cure vigorously since 1897, and in AL
that time not one case of injury has been
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