Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-29
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More About scarlet fcNeE'
OMAHA, Jan. 2s.--To the Editor Of The
Bee; The statement made by DR.. Con-
nell in the council chamber That scarlet
fever cannot be distinguished until four
teen days after inception or until the
peeling Of the dead skin has begun may
or may not be true. IL does not matter.
Physicians do not treat diseases, they
treat the patient Or. Connell may not be
able for fourteen days after fire to tell
whether II was set by a colored man, a
boy or a woman. or whether II was by
spontaneous combustion. But he ought 20
know there was a fire, and he should
proceed to tear out the inflammable stuff
and stop the burning as quickly as pos
sible. regardless of the active cause OF
the fire.
Many children and adults, though ex-
posed, do not contract scarlet fever, be-
cause Of their relatively pure blood stream
and normal power of resistance. Germs
cannot grow in a relatively pure blood
stream, and the great need of the age is
to teach people how to live. so they will
not fear or contract any disease. A cor
rect philosophy OF life and right living
would revolutionize humanity materially.
lessen crime and prevent disease. In
forty-three years OF active practice in the
profession, l have never lost a patient
with scarlet fever and they should not,
and will not die. when treated by thor
ough elimination.
This means to get out of the system
as quickly as possible the chemical tox-
ines that keep up the fever and feed the
destroying invader. First. not a particle
of any kind of food except water so long
as the temperature OF the patient is
above normal. Flush the system inside
and outside with plenty of water to get
rid Of excrementitlous matters through
the skin. kidneys and bowels. II neoes-
sary, as usually is the case. add a saline
laxative every morning. for be II remem-
bered fasting without purgation is tox-
aemia. open up the 25O0.0OO sweat tubes
and glands that even In a normal condi-
tion of health throw out in gaseous
form that, which II condensed to a liquid
is from two 20 four pints of sweat and
poisonous matter every twenty-four
hours. Aconite 1-100 of a drop every
five. ten or fifteen minutes when the
skin is dry and hot, and there will be
very little use for any other medicine.
These brief rules properly followed and
there will be no complications or bad
after results, and the patient will be on
the way to recovery usually in six days
or less
There will be little or no peeling of the
hands and feet, because the poisons have
been eliminated and little damage done.
The fire will have been put out because
of the removal of the chemical and bio
logical waste matters that caused the
fever. Fresh made calcium sulphide tab
lets to the amount OF from ten to twenty
grains daily Is Of great value in some
cases.
Physicians too often follow authority
and dare not do their own independent
thinking. They are constantly looking
for the end products, or results of a dis
ease that should and could have been
prevented. They fight the fever with
death-dealing agents, rather than to re-
move the animal or vegetable proteids
that. decomposing. feed the germs. paral-
we the heart and cause death. Blind as
a bat in the midday sun, too many physi-
clans cling to their superstitions and au-
thority and refuse to be taught, and
have only words OF derision and scorn
for the independent thinker.
Truth wears no mask. bows to no hui
man shrine. seeks neither place nor ap-
| plause. She only asks q hearing.
L. A. MERRIAM. NJ. ID.