South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-03

Ogy 10 be spirituality. These Sh"
recognized 10 constitute public
health As for so-calIed communi-
cable diseases Mrs. Eddy required
strict obedience 20 quarantine regu
lations. respecting not only the law
3 OF the land. but public sentiment
also. Nevertheless. she knew that
/ the only real germ Is the germ OF
Z spiritual Truth. which when cul-
tured in human consciousness.
/ never ceases its growth till the whole
I lump OF mortal thought Is spiritual
/ lied and mans true self-hood ap-
/ pears. This germ is highly infect
7 ious and contagious. yet it produces,
not disease. but health. not discord,
/ but harmony. not death. but life.
But YOU say, how can one ques-
\ ton the germ theory Of disease
when one may readily see the &C
\ tual germ under the microscope?
/ The germ theory is not rrovable
\ by the microscope. any more sure
/ ~ than a mirage Of the desert would
\ be esta blished as a reality because
seen through a telescope. Neither
/ magnifying nor minimizing error
I can make is true.
AS 10 the germ theory OF disease.
/ there has arisen the usual failure
Of the doctors 10 agree. A famous
! military surgeon recently is reported
\ 10 have said that the more bacteria
/ one breathed. the less liable one
would become 10 disease, because Of
/ the immunity established through
| the system becoming accustomed TO
/ foul conditions. In other words, TO
/ become immune from disease, get
/ on familiar terms with disease
| germs. Familiarity with bacteria. II
/ seems. breeds not only contempt
| but immunity Nevertheless. such
/ immunity is not material, after all,
but mental. That would seem 70 be
| borne oJt by the face that physi-
clans rarely take the diseases with
which they are thrown. (They al
most never take their own medi.
/ cine.)
/ Again. a class OF investigators.
numbering representatives of the
= Public Health Service, and many
/ scientists from our great universe
/ ties, enter a complete denial Of the
+ germ theory. substituting therefore
\ the worm theory. These scientists
aver that so-called germ diseases
are in reality worm diseases and al
ready the lengthy list OF vegetable
| bacteria is paralleled by a replacer
set OF animal worms. There would
/ seem 70 be small choice between
! being consumed by germs or eaten
/ by worms but this innovation in
]
/ realignment Of the medical kaleid-
/ Oscope.
! The facts are that just as the
! atomic theory gave place 70 chang
/ ing thought, embodied in the the
/ DRY that matter is electricity or
holes in the ether. and thus prefig-
ured further and more nearly final
| theories. so has the germ theory OF
disease begun to disintegate. under
the restiveness of the material scien-
lists thirst for ultimate knowledge
short time ago, it was considered
| folly to challenge the germ theory,
Today, we have actually arrived at
it's breaking up. There are large and
/ growing numbers Of the medical
faculty who boldly disclaim that
bacteria have anything more than
POSSIBLY a helpful role 70 play in
disease. BY these authorities disease
germs are regarded as merely scav-
/ engers. which are usually present
for a wholly benign purpose. Writ
ing recently in The Medical Rec
ord. one of the most prominent sur
geons In America announced: With
regard 10 the germ and the theory
of its action in disease and the
| transmission OF disease Except as
secondary invaders) all the facts Of
my experience are in opposition 10
! the present teaching. The ancient
/ belief that the sick man was pos
| sessed with a demon which must
be driven out has its modern parallel
in the belief that the starting point
Of disease is In the introduction Of
a foreign agent into the body. The
4 germ IS the modern demon. You
! have but 70 substitute the idea OF
/ the medical practice Of today is but
a kind OF exorcism." He continues:
/ 'As Lloyd George has said. The
\ whole world must be re-made.' and
! I'm the reconstruction. medical and
surgical practice must be reformed"
\ His conclusions, from exhaustive eN-
| Teriments. are that diseases are
] caused by poisons produced by ne
| crosls and decay OF cellular tissues
"I have found. he SAYS. that
/ mans greatest enemy is his own de
/ caying tissue"
I Note that i'm this newest theory Of
/ disease. a man IS made III. not from
without but from within. Another
Encouragement of the kaleidoscope
for here. as always. material medi-
/ cine consistently looks 10 matter as
| the cause OF its own diseases. and 20
/ remove the offending tissues. laws
hands rudely upon the helpless
+ body
Jesus said: a mans foes shall be
/ they Of his own household" and
/ Mrs Eddy has shown that a mans
f. household is his mentality. Meta
/ physically viewed. this new medical
/ theory reveals that mortal man is
made III 10y his own false beliefs
! Mrs. Eddy said that so years ago
. The proper the scientific way. TO
get rid OF disease is not 10 excise
/ the effect but rather % correct the
/ cause Christian Science heals and
. prevents disease. just as IL abolishes
all other i'm harmonies. through the
destruction Of false beliefs by the
/ application TO them OF spiritual
/ truth
The abandonment OF the germ
/ theory Will mark the end OF the fear
/ OF conta gion and preventive medi-
cine and Public health VIII be estab-
I lshed 10 be cleanliness OF thought
and action the only way 10 health
| and holiness. The hour will come