Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-31
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OMAHA, Jan. s.-To the Edit,r OF The
Bee: Many articles have been published
and much has been said Of late regarding
the prevention and cure OF the prevailing
epidemic OF sickness. and in this connec-
ton / wish 10 make. known the ohiro-
practic idea Of prevention Of disease.
First let us consider what constitutes
health;
All nerves. irrespective of the system
TO which they belong, have their origin
directly or indirectly in the brain. The
brain is the great nerve center Of the
body. 10 has a prolongation, the spinal
cord. which passes downward through
a canal i'm the spinal column. This
spinal cord also has prolongations called
the spinal nerves which make their exit
from between the vertebrae Of the spinal
column.
The vitality and activity OF every organ.
tissue and cell Of the body is maintained
and controlled by a force or energy
which is transformed or individualized
by the brain, and then transmitted TO
their respective parts in the form OF men
tai impulses through the channels pro-
vided by the nerves.
When the Transmission of mental i'm
pulses Is normal. both In volume and
rapidity of delivery. all bodily functions
are perfectly performed with the result
which is known as health but when the
transmission OF mental impulses is in
terfered with the functions they control
become deranged and the result is dis
ease.
The only place in the body, however,
WHARF the aH oh 90 he tafo
fered with is at the place OF their exit
through the openings between the YER
tebrae OF the spine. Here we find the
nerves between two movable bony seq
ments. a displacement OF which means
pressure on the nerves at that point and
a disturbance OF their functions.
Thus. the chief contention of chiro-
practic is that disease is really caused
by pressure of bone on nerve tissue,
and that when this pressure IL relieved
function is re-established.
A perfectly normal body would main
tain itself in a healthy state. II has
power to expei poisons and TO make
antidotes TO those introduced into the
system Disease germs cannot grow or
thrive in healthy body. 1t is only
those with a weakened system, through
lack of functional power. that disease
attacks l.. G. HAYES.
Met Would Bar Debate of Religion
OMAHA. Neb., Jan. 2e.-To the Editor
of The Bee: You print a terrific ar
raignment of me by my old friend. James
Pontius of Indianola. This is all due
to an editorial In the Omaha Nebraskan
entitled Religious Liberty in Fact "
That your readers may know what Mr.
Pontius is writing about and in justic,
to all Of us, you should print the Of
Tending editorial l attach II to this
letter as an answer to all that Mr.. Pom
thus has said in criticism Of me, and ]
am quite willing that your readers shall
Judge me by the editorial itsGl7
RICHARD l.. METCALFE,
Note: The article exceeds our space
limit. but the salient paragraphs are
here given:
IT have no doubt that the editors OF
the three great daily newspapers In
Omaha would be a unit in condemninl
such publications as the Menace yet
the letter columns OF every one of these
papers often follow the bad habit of the
publication referred to. In nearly every
issue OF Omaha's daily newspapers Their
are letters from readers In which tn,
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