Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17
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Omaha, July l5.--To the Editor Of The
Bee: Called in medical language "Poliomye-
litis anterior acuta," was known and de-
scribed by Hippocrates. a Greek physician,
400 B. c., also by Galen Of Greece in ITO
A. d. 1t was thoroughly described by many
others since, ms by Underwood in lib4,
Shaw in 1922, Badham in 1888. Jacob Helne
in 1870. Cornil in 1868. Provost and Vuipian
in 1855, by Charcot. Sequin and many others
since. to the present time.
Its tissue changes in the spinal cord and
the characteristic symptoms have been well
described and everywhere known to scholarly
men, yet the profession does not succeed well
in the treatment Of patients thus afflicted
for the reason that they attempt to treat
the disease instead Of treating the patient.
Their philosophy Of life and disease, born
out Of the ignorance, errors and superstitions
Of a credulous age. are not in harmony with
modern evolutionary science. They are OBJ
sessed with germophobia, and blinded by
the financial rewards of the germ theory, as
the fundamental, primary cause Of disease.
They refuse to see the truth that chemical
and biological factors in the blood stream
are primary, and the presence Of germs a
secondary matter They do not see the
truth that a relatively pure blood stream
10 ample protection against any germ and
all forms Of disease. So-called pathological
germs cannot live and do harm in q pure
blood stream. But when from violations Of
physiological laws and sanitary precautions
the blood stream is impoverished and vital
forces weakened for lack Of proper and
sufficient food. so often found among the
poor In our cities, or among the Weather
class Of people who are overfed with excesses
Of various kinds where elimination Of waste
l..
accumulation of chemical substances that
impair tissue resistance and pollute the
blood stream making q soil where the germ
can proliferate and destroy the patient. then
disease Is produced.
There Is no good reason whatever, for
injecting millions Of dead bacteria, or Sc
runs into human body to kill pathological
germs or to prevent disease when there Is
a far better way Of purifying the blood
stream so no germ can exist there and do
harm. The medical profession Is wrong in
teaching people to look outside Of them
selves for the causes of disease. The truth
Is, we build our own diseases, by our in
tense emotions, perverted functions, improper
feelings and failure to eliminate injurious
chemical substances, that strictly speaking,
constitute an auto-intoxication. Germs exist
everywhere in nature. in health and disease.
ana they can DO no harm in body pro-
tected by a pure blood stream.
Epidemics and endemics feed upon those
who have a poisoned blood stream, and
stop where there is no o-intoxication.
Disease cannot go from person to person
when the life is properly lived and the blood
stream relatively pure. The common teaching
and beliefs Of the medical profession are
old superstitions unworthy Of those who can
and do think. Infantile paralysis Is not to
be handled with drugs. serums, or vaccines.
but by sanitary conditions, right thinking,
right living and q strong vital resistance
reinforced by a relatively pure blood stream.
The day Is coming when people will be
ashamed to be sick. The physician Of the
future will be teacher rather than dope
giver. The so-ealled germ theory Of dis
ease and the methods of treatment en-
ployed by most physicians are, like vaccina-
ton. an insult to my intelligence, and the
common sense of thinking people.
The troubles that you meet in life
Are Of your own design;
They come and go according to
The way that you incline.
You must not blame the oil or lamp
Or pumping wick between,
The trouble Is your own neglect.
Your burner isn't clean.-Bramleykite
s'+' DR. L. A. MERRIAM.