Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-12-03

cent. OF tho deaths resulting from
disease might have been averted at the |
time and life Indefinitely prolonged had |
the advice and services of a doctor been |
obtained In time 20 you may say that
from twenty-five TO thirty persons III
every hundred die before their allotted
time because they neglected to consult
n physician when the development OF the
disease could readily and positively nave
oeen arrested Every normal person, un-
less death be caused by violence, should
live to be from seventy-fve to one hum
bred years old in more or less perfect
health, provided. of course that the
health Of the body Is guarded and cared
| for.
| I'VE go to the dentist from one to Eve
| times year to have our teeth cleaned
or protected from decay. That We should
go to a physician ana be thoroughly ex-
amined two or three times year Is or
vastly greater Importance. There may be
weak spot. or tho beginning Of decay
in some OF the vital organs, or in some
part OF tho body that will affect them.
The doctor will find out these incipient
conditions and repair and build them up
: efore they spread or develop. Brights
disease would he detected al It's inception
and measures could he adopted that
would insure cure. weakening OF
tho heart would he discovered In time
To strengthen It and put Il in a healthy
condition. An infection of the lungs
woulC receive the needed attention in
time to avert tuberculosis
The rich are equally, If not more. care
less and delinquent than the poor In the
matter Of giving care to their health.
Ir.t.. 4, - L. ,,fs a1t-
less Importance than the getting Of dol
lars. The middle classes are much more
solcitous of their health. and. MS a
whole. are the doctors best patients.
They seek the doctors advice earlier In
their disorders and follow It more impl'-
city and faithfully.
} "And let mo say this: II you develop
some trouble. II You have an ache or a
pain, a feeling that Is not nc-mal. and
YOU are not certain-and nine hundred
and ninetv-nne times out Of a thousand
, YOU are not certain--what the trouble Is
then go to some regular medical practi-
: TONER STAY away from the specialist
, at least until you nre certain that his
services are required: your physician Is
best qualified to advise you when to con
suit n specialist. The general practition.
: or will consider you as q whole where
p as the specialist will consider. you as E
part-that part which he claims Is hi!
= spncialty-and will endeavor to find thu
= cause IN that
n "1e he is a heart specialist he will fnt
2 your trouble due to that, even with
f normal heart: or. II his specially be o.
Y the lungs, stomach. nerves, blood. nos'
4 and throat, or whatever It may be, h
o will examine you from that point q
@ view and see your trouble through tn
eyes Of his specially. Why. If YOU hav
:. the govt and 20 to an eye and ca
f specialist he would be able to see tina
n It could easily have been caused by som
t affection Of the nerves OF these organs
Q If you know positively and beyond per
3 adventure that YOU have trouble Wit
n any special organ. and that that alon
t. is affected. then you can safely pu
II yourself IN the hands Of the specialist
= being sure that you have selected com
II petent man. If not, then see your famil
e physician first.
d 1.-The scarcest thing in the medical pro
l. fession to-day is good. common sense
y The specialist begins to drug you fror
l. the first. Tho od-fashioned doctor en-
n ploycd natural means so far as he coplt
" He thoroughly cleansed you internall
le at the first intention. thus helping ma
IS ture TO help herself. using drugs onl
> as a last resort. He worked in CO -opera
O. ton with nature and he exercised goot
n common sense IN his treatment. for ma
J. ture IN normal condition will throw OF
ID more disease than drugs.
Here Is my maxim Of living. that wi
Il not only conduce to happiness. but say
r. doctors bills: Don't worry, don't hurr!
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