Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-24

OMAHA, Jan. M.-To the Editor of The
Bee; About fifty years ago. Charcot, an
eminent physician of France, declared
that s. per cent OF all diseases had their
origin In the digestive tract. A few years
later Charles Bouchard. who was asso-
ciated with Charcot. In a long series OF
experiments made the positive demonstra-
ton and termed the condition-autointox-
ication. a poisoning Of the body by chem
icai substances taken into the body as
foods and drinks In excess OF the bodily
requirements. and also the failure to elm
mate waste and worn out materials
through the natural outlets.
The development of the microscope and
the discovery OF various forms of germ
life. were tho foundation for commercial
action, and induced the physicians to
adopt the erroneous germ theory to which
most physicians everywhere today adj
here. Consequently their treatment of the
sick person Is wrong. because they are
fighting germs instead of purifying the
poisoned blood stream that gives life and
development 10 these germs. To control
fever wherever IL is found. they use coal
tar products, such as phenacetin Ia popu-
lar medicine made from phenol-carbolic
acid, and they succeed. for the patient
| the undertaken after the heart has been
paralyzed by the phenacetin, aspirin.
acentanelid. creosote or some other coal
tar product.
To allow typhoid fever to continue ten
weeks or more when It can be positively
controlled in ten days or less. is a moral
crime and such a physician should be
severely punished. Every case OF croupous
| pneumonia, In comfortable conditions, IL
seen the first day OF the fever can be
surely and safely aborted in forty-eight
hours, or less. and the patient be out OF
| all danger and on the rapid road TO re-
covery. What q disgrace that Omaha has
had 30 many fatal cases of pneumonia
| this winter. Scarlet fever patients should
| not die and viii not when properly treated
| by a perfect method OF elimination. 1t Is
| the feeding. the ice pack and phenacetin
that / condemn. and that cause heart
| failure and death in families of those
who have comfortable homes and good
attention Germophobia and commercial
lam predominant and the people dare not
| do their own thinking. Although Juergen-
sens method OF treating the patient and
| aborting pneumonia has been in success
full use for more than forty years many
physicians have never heard OF IL.
| To Juergensens method add the aka
loidal and elimination ideas and there
should be few. or no deaths. from Group
Gus pneumonia, scarlet fever or typhoid
fever in homes with comfortable condi-
lions. Think Of It, more than 10000 deaths
from pneumonia each winter in these
United States Of America. The primary
cause is essentially a poisoned blood
stream. due 10 putting in more food than
1 IL
need, to which add the failure of the body
to set rid OF this surplus OF food and
chemical substances from the biologieal
changes in the body. and this condition
aggravated and increased by chilling tbs
body and reducing the vital forces.
would give the public the truth. and
ask people to dare TO do their own think
ing even though l receive the condemns
ton OF the medical profession and tn,
whole world.
DIR. A. L. MERRIAM.