The Virginia enterprise., 1909-03-05
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have quoted these two cases sub:
mitted by interested. readers of these
articles to: exemplfy N important: fun
damental principle-that it is often
dificult to distinguish between health
and disease. SO important is this
principle. and so fatal are the effects
of ignorance of It, that wish to make
1t still clearer, by examples.
A few weeks ago I met on the street
a minister with whose work in q
small town, near Chicago, was inti-
mately acquainted last year. He had
q new charge now, larger, more pros
porous and more harmonious congre-
cation.
You are looking much better than
when I saw you last" l said (Which
happened to be true-it never helps a
man to tell him he looks sick, even IL
1t is true).
well" he said, Il am feeling bet
ter in every way, except that have
one trouble that is really becoming
serious; for days I have had constant
d1arrhoea, and nothing seems to stop
it."
That's well," I said, for I was "a
miliar with his case preceding his
change OF surroundings. and took a
hasty inventory of his condition. He
had been much depressed the preced-
Ing year (mental depression often in
duces constipation) and his nutritive
powers, mental and physical, were &C.
cording1y reduced, and he had lost in
flesh and accumulated waste in the It's
| sues). Now there was a revival; all
the tissues were expanding and waste
was being eliminated through the
bowels; but more than that, the sys,
tenn was adjusting itself, rapidly, to
more wholesome mental conditions,
and there was, as the engineer says,
some exhaust steam. Should he take
a standard remedy to stop the diar-
hoea7
A woman who had suffered for years
from dyspepsia, accompanied by con-
st}pation, went to a large sanitarium
where she had every opportunity for
cure. For while she improved, then
she began to grow steadily worse. She
quit the place, dissatisfied, and went
to private sanitarium in Chicago.
The physician there understood that
painful healing efforts of nature are
often mistaken for signs Of disease.
She grew WORSE" became very sick,
and got we'll.
What would have been the effect OF
"curing'' that sickness?
A gentleman past middle life waa
advised to make some material
changes in his diet, which he did with
decided benefit for several months.
Then he "began to go steadily down
hill." as he thought. He consulted an
other physician, who saw in his simple
diet the cause OF. his entire trouble,
gave him tonic and advised him to
return to his old "liberar diet, includ-
ing meat, and now he feels better;-a
result due, chiefly, to improved mental
conditions induced by his friends,
who rejoice with him in the return of
his sanity! The best diet in the world,
with continual worry, will kill any
body, and the prison records of Poland
show that q man can live for SO years
on bread and water.
"How, then, shall I know whether
am sick or well?" asks the bewildered
reader.
You are always well, If you really
think SO. There is more truth in this
statement than l have space to ex-
plain here, for am dealing now with
diet. not with suggestion. But let me
briefly state the best course to follow
under all circumstances:
Follow nature. II nature is work.
ing in certain direction to bring
about normal conditions Of health, CO.
operate with her. especially In thought
Be careful that you do not misinterpret
her efforts and antagonize her. Don't
be in too great haste to stop pain by
the quickest means, for you may stop
the healing process. Better do nothing
than do wrong.
It is the business Of the educated
physician, one not merely skilled in
dosage or in the use Of the knife, to
study your case and advise wisely,
cautiously and honorably, and you
should give him time to do it and pay
him cheerfully and literally, but oh.
serve that the thing Of real value is
his wise counsel, which comes only OF
long study and experience.
To follow our inclinations would be
the wisest course in all cases II We
had always lived naturally, but even
II We have, our ancestors did not. The
most valuable knowledge the scientific
physician possesses is his elaborate
knowledge of the normal conditions OF
all the physical functions and the
means by which these conditions are
maintained or restored.
Whatever the condition, hope is q
prime factor in the cure; the will and
faith are to be exercised. II these
right mental conditions are supplied
with the right food and the proper
care Of the body, all is we'll.
Foghorn Arouses Birds.
Thoro hoc inst hoon orootod ~, ira