The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-19
HOME HEALTH CLUB
By Dr. David HI. Reeder, La Porte,
 Indiana.

I AUTO-INTOxICATI The signif- canoe of this condition has but recent 1 ly been fully realized. Not that it l is new condition, for it is not, but the results of it have until recently been attributed to many other causes. Failure to reason from effect back to the cause has held in check the pro gress of the Science of Medicine for at least a hundred years Medical men ! busy looking for bugs and trying to discover anti-toxins, serums, and oushly and from logical standpoint the human body and the real causes of the diseases affecting it.
 the human body and the laws gov ern1ng It's existence, the matter of finding the causes of it's disease is not so very difficult. The removal of the causes is. however, a different matter. There are many things which the physician must meet and if pos sible overcome. Some Of these are. the mental attitude of the patiert-| his confidence in, and his co-ol,era ton with the physician determines to a Heredity-An inherited diathesis or tendency, will greatly influence any treatment; Idiosyncrasyz Special char acteristics or temperament); this con dition is not often met with, but when it is, the case must be studied and the treatment outlined with extreme care.
 
 the medical dictfonary; Poisoning by faulty metabolic products elaborated within the body: auto-infection.'' In other words, it is poisoning in duced by faulty assimilation and elim- nation
 Food taken into the stomach must be acted upon by certain Juices secret ed by glands in the stomach, before it is passed into the intestiaes for fur ther digestion. If it is passed into the intestines without having been, act. cd ivy hx1& iITiod odc .of the stomach, the bowels viii be un- able to thoroughly digest it. Conse- quently the undigested portion rapidly decays. This decaying mass gives off poisonous gases and other poisonous products, which may cause diarrhoea at first. but will probably cause con
 A certain amount of these poison ous porducts are reabsorbed into the system and thrown into the blood stream. The poorer the digestion and the poorer the elimination the greater and more active the symptoms. The symptoms, by the way, are legion l catalogue of human ailments. They | will be discussed further on in an ar- ticle.
 To illustrate: A lady ss years old, l fering with rheumatism, poor eye sight, and general feeling of lassi, i treatment for long time, without benefit It was a plain case Of autu- intoxication. Her diet was corrected 1 and proper treatment given. To-day, | l year later, the lady enjoys excellent health in every respect.
 Hurry and carelessness. in respect to food and mastication is ever increas- ing the demand for the .services of the l physician, as well as that of the pat | ent dope, vendors.
 The reader will naturally ask: How am I to know that I have auto-in- | toxication? What are the symptoms2 1 To discuss these symptoms at length would perhaps not come with | in the province of @1is article. out a | few of the symptoms, which in nearly | every instance. indicate auto-intoxica- ton will be discussed.
 HEADACHE: This symptom, per haps more than any other indicates | The how and the | why of this cannot now be discussed, | but the truth of the statement cannot | be questioned.
 LOSS OF ENERGY AND AMBI- | TION: This in nearly every instance | has permeated the entire system; the | intellect is not so acute; all the func- | tions of the body are impaired, and they do not readily respond to the | weakened nerve impulses. The per son thus affected expresses himself as feeling "A1I fn-''
 dicates an acute attack of auto-intox- | ication, and shows a marked effort on | the part of nature to rid the system of | poison.
 NERVOUS DEBILITY: Or perhaps, | neurasthenia, indicates that the ner- vous system is being poisoned well | as starved through the lack of prop CT food due to poor assimilation and elimina ton.
 RHEUMATISM: No, our old friend, l rheurna tism is not a disease of itself. | but merely a symptom of poisoned, l clogged up and abused system. auto 1 intoxieation describes 1t.
 CONSTIPATION: This condition may be either the cause or the result of auto-intoxication More frequently, however, it is the cause.
 Since the mission of the Home 1 Health Club is to teach people how to avoid disease, as we'll as how to get rid of it. that aspect of the subject will i be discussed in following article.