The Virginia enterprise., 1909-03-05

soda, or does nature know what she l,
about in producing the acid condi
tion1
Another gentleman who has beer
reading these articles writes me abou,
his very interesting and peculiar case
also resulting IN an extreme acid con
dition.' His: work for years has beer
with chemicals. His system has be
come poisoned;<as In common cases o1
poisoning by mercury, arsenic. etc
The acid condition and an extreme liza
bility to cold are incidents of natures
efforts to bring about conditions in
which the system can expel these poi
sons. The diet of meat, which this
man has been living on exclusively fol
some time, an alkaline food, contains
much waste to- be excreted, thus ad
ding to the burden of the system, and
it works against, instead Of with, ma
ture. He asks for specific advice,
along the lines Of recent article.
r. I am not prejudiced in favor ot
homeopathy nor against any other
school Of medicine, for they all have
something good, and my own plan is
to go back to nature, to first princi-
pies, no matter what the schools say,
but aiming to take advantage'o of all
known facts. My experiments in de-
termining the curative values Of foods
lead to a conclusion similar to that of
the illustrious founder Of homeopathy,
"Sfmilia ~simihbus curantur" (Like
cures like). i do not think that one
disease can cure another. like or un-
like. But we should work to bring
about the same result that nature is
trying to produce, even when that
seems to be irritating or destructive.
Nature Is producing the acid condi-
tion in the case of the worker in
chemicals for: the purpose of bringing
about change that will improve the
conditions Of nutrition. Instead of an
tagonizing that effort by taking car
Donate Of soda or by taking only aka
line food, let this man eat only acid
fruits in the morning, an apple, an Or
ange, and little pineapple, and drink
plenty Of lemonade without sugar, a
little dry graham and corn bread at
noon, never fresh, and at six all the
buttermilk he can drink, slowly. He
should take spoonful of olive or pea
nut oil, morning and evening. If he
doesn't feel inclined to drink butter
milk, let him take only a sip and in
crease the amount gradually. With
plenty of that alone on hand, he will
not suffer. Every third day he should
take nothing but hot lemonade, and be
careful not to overeat the next day.
He is unable to work, so he can in
dulge the inclination to recline, which
he mentions as a symptom in the case
"a symptom which should not be sup
pressed by tonic: it is significant.
Every morning, or evening, he should
have a vigorous rubbing for five or ten
minutes with dry and then a wet
Turkish towel, and at night bathe the
feet in hot water. He should apply an
electric vibrator, generally, and to
the extremities after the morning
bath, for few minutes. For the gen.
eral treatment the vibrating chair is
best, made by attaching an electric vi
brator to light rocking chair.
But to return to the street car con.
ductor's case, which has some points
in common with this; he has been poi
soned with superfluous food. This
cannot be corrected by taking an al
kali to neutralize the acid and a tonic
to increase his appetite. A tonic is a
whip. Exercise and air and water
is a whip. Exercise and air and water
and hope and sunshine are natures
tonics. The appetite they produce is
normal, not In excess of the actual
needs Of the system. Excess of food
is always a source Of disease.
Rheumatism would result from the
suppression of these symptoms, in
time, IL the cause persisted. Uric acid
would be deposited in the joints, prob
ably. Examination of the urine in this
case would show an excess of waste
matter. That means an undue strain
upon the kidneys, which, in time,
would lead to rheumatism, diabetes
or Bright's disease, II the cause is not
removed. Examination of the excreta
would also show an excess of waste
and of bacteria, especially II much
meat is eaten. (There should be little
apparent odor from the excreta If the
feeding is right)
This young man should eat very
slowly, masttcating thoroughly. Let
him reduce his food, especially flesh
meat, one-half, and eat twice as long
and he will soon see an improvement
Let him be sure he is getting in his
diet everything the system needs, and
without undue work in digestion. He
should walk five miles daily. The
young man read an advertisement of a
well-known tonic, which he began
using, hoping it would do as much for
him as the soda had DONE While he
was taking the tonic he felt better and
gained in weight, but when he stopped
using it he soon was worse than be-
fore-of course. What shall he do?
First, let him understand the cause
of his trouble (as far as that is possi-
ble), then apply the remedies and look
for a return Of health with the same
confidence that he expects his car to
move when the brake ia raised and the