The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-02
HOME HEALTH CLUB.
(Edited by pr. David H. Reed

tury's work along the Home Health Club lines that the average length of life can be increased for people that have been accepted by life insurance conpanies-in some cases a year, some five years and others ten years by a thoroughly practical system such as have directed in hundreds of individual cases.
 The Home Health Club has, during the past 25 years, taken in hand a vast number of so-called hopeless cases. People that no life insurance company would accept as a risk, even for 8 small amount of insurance. By thorough system of renova ton, cleaning out, removing sources of infection, overcoming auto-intoxi- cation, over eating, constipation and nerve strain, over 75 per cent of such cases have been restored to such q condition of health that they would be classed as acceptable risks for life insurance, and the balance were put in a condition of comfortable good health.
 I recall the case of an old lady who lived in what was then Dakota Ter ritory. I was at that time a the head of a hospital and she came to me on the advice of her family physi- Nl0Liy anu WdIIGSO u OO operated upon for the removal of cancer of the womb. I found quite a number of cancerous sores in various parts of her body and the chief surgeon re- fused to operate. She insisted and a famous surgeon was sent for. He prepared to operate and had the pa tient under the anesthetic, but after further careful examination got "cofd feet and said that he would go ahead if l ordered him to do 50, but refused to take any responsibilitv and did not believe the patient would live through the operation. Six physicians pres ent agreed with me in stopping the operation and all of them said she could not live six months. Two of them. and also the surgeon said that she could not live over three months under any form of treatment
 Her daughter was present and was told the whole story, but the patient always believed that the cancer had been removed. I directed her diet and method of living after that for nearly three years, and she seemed to enjoy life as much as any one of her age. She finally died of an acute illness of which never learned the particulars.
 In this case the mental attitude, her belief in the removal of the can Ger, combined with right living and diet was responsible for an increase of two years of life at least
 Another woman that was old and gray, faded and wrinkIed, although she had not lived over 40 years. She had terrific sick headaches every two weeks, her joints were beginning to get stiff and altogether life was a bur FT@I 1I, thirty-five years; her skin is pink and fresh looking and she enjoys life as much as she did at twenty, all be- cause she believed the plain blunt facts that I told her in letter when she wrote me of her condition and did as told her to do.
 I am fully convinced that 90 per cent of all cases of chronic sick head ache is caused through colonic ab- sorption of poisons from retained fe- cal matter. Indications are that in some cases feca1 matter is retained in the folds of the colon for months.
 In such case the mental attitude or belief would not mend matters or relieve the pain any more than it would mend a broken fence or keep the pigs and chickens from going through the broken fence to your garden.
 The cause must be removed and I have told you so many times how to remove the cause that l will not tire you by repeating it now. Those of you that have not been reading the Home Health Club articles are at liberty to write direct to me and de- scribe your cases. You will get prompt reply.
 am fully convinced that if the resolutions of the Ohio State Fed eration of Labor were carried out all would be benefited and life made more comfortable. Here is what the Federation has to say:
 WHEREAS, No subject is of more general interest than the health of the people, the Ohio State Federation of Labor cannot too strongly insist upon building up every power for good health. The known experience of all laboring men has been that the burden of unfavorab1e. conditions falls hecSSily on those least able to bear it. With this condition in mind, we think the time has come to tEke a definite stand on several questions of very general interest,"
 RESOLVED
 l. We favor continuous investiga- ton, research and study of problems of industrial sanitation, and meas ures to eliminate, so far as possible, occupation diseases.
 2. We favor measures that will protect the public from the spread of venerea1 diseases, including treat men tof victims in such manner as to prevent the infection of other members of the community.
 8. We favor health supervision of all public and private schools to the k end that defects of children may be corrected if necessary at public ex- pense, at the time when they can be corrected.
 4. We favor extension of the fla ciities for expectant mothers, educa- ton and prenatal care for them and instructions to mothers of children not yet of school age.
 5- We favor the reorganiza ton of the local health agencies of the State so that the workers in the smaller centers of population may se- cure the services Of health depart ments, equal to the best of those now at work in the cities
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