The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-03-06
TUESDAYS SESSION OF THE
CHAUTAUQUA

The interest in the splendid health
lectures of DR.. Carolyn Geisel of Bat
tie Creek, Mich, "The Apostle of
Health" was most enthusiastic on
Tuesday.
DR.. Ge'sel lectured twice during the
day, botn in the morning and in the
afternoon, and she left behind her
some splendid thoughts, and the IN my
fine things told by this physician, if
closely followed, should bear rich
fruit, and her lectures alone, to those
who heard her, have made the chau-
tauqua worth while.
Her morning lecture was very fine,
and her afternoon lecture was re-
garded by many as possibly the best
of the series. Her subject was the
preventable diseases, and how death
can be postponed if only the health
rules would be observed. Her sub
ject for the afternoon was the "2S
OihC1 CAI FdiiCtICo VI uyopCpSld VI III
digestion in America" She told of
her stay at the laboratory of the
great Professor Pawlow, at st. Pc
tersburg, Russia, who is studying,
testing and proving by experiments
on dogs the causes and >ure5 for in
digestion. She gave to the audience
number of the experiments of this
great professor, and begged them for
the love of humanity to profit by
what she had seen and what she was
bringing to them from his labora-
tory.
She commended the Fletcherizing
of ones food, saying that it is most
essential, but there are a great many
other things equally as essential for
good digestion. We are sorry that we
cannot give our readers each of the
experiments as told by this gifted wo-
man.
She raped the use of chewing gum
1o OH Itld, anu odIu tlIdt StlC Dull
formerly prescribed it to her pa
tients until she learned better Also
DR.. Geisel said that mustard, red pep
per, pepper, ginger and other strong
condiments are not only most harm
full, burning out the stomach, but
that they also help to arouse the
baser side of ones nature.
She plead with the mothers to give
their children only wholesome food
to put in their lunch baskets to take
to school and not to give them money
to go by town to buy their own lunch,
as they would always get something
hurtful to digestion and they could
not learn their lessons if their diges-
tion was bad. She also said that at
all odds the housekeeper must make
the table attractive and the food
"look good" as that also is most es-
sential in aiding in the digestion of
food. "And, for goodness sake" she
said, "never, never scold at the ia
ble," as a bad disposition will easily
spoil digestion.
Tobacco and whiskey, DR.. Geisel
said, are the worst possible things
to put into mems stomachs, as has
been proven beyond doubt in DR..
Pawlow's laboratories by his expert
ments with his dogs. 1t stunts growth
and in one case out of every three
causes cancer of the stomach, which
as yet is absolutely incurable. She
closed her lecture with an earnest
plea to the men and women to assist
in putting off the face of the earth
both tobacco and whiskey.
DR.. Geisel also thanked all in ocala
who have made her stay here such
pleasant one, and she hopes to again
pay our city a visit.
Following DIR. Geisel. DR.. Byron
King of Pittsburg was again introduc-
ed by DR.. Dodge, and he gave another
of his pleasing and interesting lee
lures, delighting and amusing those
who heard him.
He began his letcure by lauding the
lecture of DR.. Conwell. and regretting
that every boy and man in Ocala
could not have heard him. That it
was worth . months schooling. He