The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-12-24
THE HEALTH MASTER
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harmful treatment by those who are
appealed 10 TO cure il. The reason
for this is that the young man with
his first 'dose'-that loathsOme.
light 'term OF description - is
ashamed TO go TO his family physi-
clan. and so takes worthless patent
medicines or falls into the hands
OF some Mems Specialist who ad-
vertises a sure cure in the papers.
These charlatans make their money,
not by skillful and scientific treat
ment, OF which they know nothing,
nor by seeking TO effect cure, but
by actually nourishing the flame Of
the disease, so as to keep the pa
tient under their care as long as
possible. all the time building up fat
fees for themselves. II they were
able, as they claim, TO stop the in
lection in few days at a small fee,
they couldn't make money enough
TO pay for the scoundrelly lies
which constitute their advertise
ments. While they are collecting
their long-extended payments from
the victim, the infection is spread
ing and extending its roots more
and more deeply, until the unfor-
tunate may be ruined for life, or
even actually killed by the ravages
OF the malignant germs"
II didn't suppose that il was ever
fatal" said Clyde.
"Oh, yes. I've seen deaths in
hospitals, Of the most agonizing
kind. But it is by virtue Of its by
products, SO TO speak, that gonorr-
hoea is most injurious and is really
more baneful to the race than sy-
philis. The organism which causes
it is in a high degree destructive TO
the eyes. Newborn infants are very
frequently infected in this way by
gonorrhoeal mothers. Probably
quarter OF all permanent blindness
in this country is caused by gon-
orrhoea. The effect Of the disease
upon women is disastrous. Half of
all abdominal operations on married
women, excluding appendicitis, are
the results OF gonorrhoeal infection
from their husbands. A large pro-
portion Of sterility arises from this
cause. A large proportion Of the
wives of men in whom the infection
has not been wholly eradicated pay
the penalty in permanently under
mined health. And yet the super
stition endures that it's no worse
than bad cold.'"
There is no such superstition
about syphilis, at least" remarked
Clyde.
mo. The very name is a portent
OF terror. and it is well that it
should be so. The consequence is
that the man who finds himself af-
flicted takes no chances. as a rule.
He goes straight TO the best physi-
clan he can find, and obeys orders
under terror Of his life. Thus and
thus only, he often is cured. Ter
rible as syphilis is. there is this
redeeming feature: we can tell pref
ty accurately when the organism
which caused il is eliminated. Years
after the disease itself is cured, how
ever. the victim may be stricken
down by the most terrible form OF
paralysis, resulting from it,"
isn't the Enrich treatment re-
garded as a sure cure2" asked Mrs
Sharpless.
mo cure is sure. Salvarism.
skillfully administered, is as near
a specific as any known form OF
treatment. But we don't know
whether IL has any effect al all upon
locomotor ataxia or general pa
ralysis, the after effects, which may
destroy the patient fifteen or twenty
years after the actual disease has
been cured. All locomotor ataxia
and all general paralysis come from
syphilis. And these diseases are
not only incurable, but are as nearly
a hell on earth as poor humanity is
ever called upon 10 endure. or
course, you know that a man who is
base enough TO marry with syphilis