The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-28
HEALTH HINTS FOR PALE PEOPLE.

uENLIu TOS H"''
The time for holding the blnennai session OF
the legislature draws apacc and 80 do like
wise the bugs" the "faddsts" the nuts" and
the "foryard looking gentry" II is surprising
much fixing the country necds--just when a
legislature with the power for making Juicy APP
preparations and enacting hard -and-fast laws is
about to meet. But ia a lot
We have Just received a very handsome let
ter--contalning a splenddy printed thesis on
health. II opens with this statement: II.
Health is the greatest asset to success
In life. To maintain health should lie the
states most important problem
There follows very learned discussion con-
cerning tho science OF health. which wo are
told depends on three natural laws--chcmistry,
psychology and physics. Which being inter-
preted means, what you eat, what you think
and the relation of one mechanical part to an
other.
Then we read that there are likewise three
different systems of healing based on the above
namd laws
The drug. or chemical system;
The psychological or mental system;
The physical or mechanical system.
Also that these three systems are again SUBJ
divided into schools OF practice For instance
the chemical system has three devotees In rrac-
| uce--the allopathic, the homeopathic, and the
eclectic. The physiological or mental system mas
many dcvotees each with "A slightly different
,,hyosonhv. while the mechanical also has sew
| ora deyotees but ony one lis mentioned. It being
| Tho on, that mails us the "literature' and which
we refrain from mentioning because OF our poll
lev not to advertise anyone or anything in the
editorial columns
Later on in the literature We read that
| "cach system 10 scientific, because each has its
! foundation planted on some OF the laws OF ma
| ture." And that being truc II 1t is We are
| puzzled to account for the fact that each system
s constantly seeking aid from the legislature
or congress in order To establish as near an cx.
elusive franchise as possiblel
Hut probably do some one an injustice tor
reading bit further in the "lterature' we find
this statement.
"Wo are not asking for special privi-
lcgcs hut merely Tor the legal right to serve
the citizens of this state to the best Of our
ability
Fine! Tho Wocd stands firmly and everast-
iurIy with respect to all the schools OF healing.
Al is .speculatiyc--unless It be the purely me-
/ chanical We have always understood that tho
| carpenters art was an exact science. lie takes
things to pieces. puts them back with exact
results Likewise. the surgeon with a keen
knife and trusty saw! Man, in his everlasting
struggle with the Grim Reaper wants all the
sympathy II not assistance he can get. Hes
going to lose in the end, no matter whta school
or schools lac pauonizes So give him and they =
chance. We know men who want all the schools
when they are mdisposed,
Let the citizen determine just what school
/ of an those who are foundationcd on some
/ scientific natural law" determine just which one
he wants to doctor him. and when the criss
/ comes, sigu his death certificate,
The pout We desire to make very firmly and
Z insistcntly is this: 'ro maintain health" should
| not bc the states most important problem" but
should be and is the citizens necessary prob
/ lem. The states most important problem is u
! refrain from indulging In class legislation whnc
o>erting itself constantly for the protection Of
the individual citizen in his personal rights and
Liberties.