The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27

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physician does not go for his valua-
| BILE advice on the prevention of sick
ness, or even for a radical cure of his
| ailment. What he wants is quick
cure, in the easiest way possible;
hence the temptation to treat symp-
| toms is strong.
The acid condition of the stomach
was, of course, neutralized by the al
kali but the cause remained rather
worse. There was no cure. Should
the acid condition in the stomach be
| corrected by an alkali, as carbonate OF
soda, or does nature know what she is
| about in producing the acid condi-
| tion?
| Another gentleman who has been
reading these articles writes me about
his very interesting and peculiar case,
| also resulting in an extreme acid con-
dition. His work for years has been
with chemicals. His system has be-
come poisoned, as in common cases OF
| 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 for
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 a recent article.
| l am not prejudiced in favor of
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 of all
known facts. My experiments in de-
termining the curative values of foods
lead to conclusion similar to that of
the illustrious founder of homeopathy,
"Similia similibus curantur" (Like
| cures like). l 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 a 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
| nd OF CiY
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 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-
ductors 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 tonic
to increase his appetite. tonic is
whip. Exercise and air and water
is 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 source of disease.
rheumatism would result from the
suppression of these symptoms, in
time, if 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, if the cause is not
removed. Examination Of the excreta
would also show an excess of waste
and of bacteria, especially if much
meat is eaten. (There should be little
apparent Qdor from the excreta If the
feeding is right)
This young man should eat very
slowly, masticating thoroughly. Let
him reduce his food, especially flesh
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