The Royal Road to Health; or, the Secret of Health Without DrugsTyrrell, Chas. A. (Charles Alfred)
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The Royal Road to Health; or, the Secret of Health Without Drugs
Tyrrell, Chas. A. (Charles Alfred)
Enema; Health; Health -- Popular works; Health promotion; Hygiene
It is a finer stimulous than wine, electricity or massage, and we are on
the verge of great therapeutic discoveries concerning it.
Some years ago a London surgeon, by using the sun’s rays (presumably
with a lens), removed a wine mark from a lady’s face, and destroyed a
malignant growth in the same way.
Says Dr. Thayer, of San Francisco:
“During a practice of more than a quarter of a century I have found no
caustic or cautery to compare with solar heat in its beneficial results.
Unlike other caustics, it can be applied with safety on the most
delicate tissues and the system receives this treatment kindly. The
irritation and inflammation following are surprisingly slight and of
short duration, the pain subsiding immediately on removal of the lens.
There is a curative power in the chemical rays of the sun yet
unexplained.”
Women especially need to make systematic trial of the sun’s healing and
rejuvenating rays. The woman who wants a cheek like a rose should pull
her sofa pillows into the window and let the sun blaze first on one
cheek and then on the other, and she will gain color warranted not to
wash off.
Thus it will be seen that the curative properties of sunlight are in
nowise overestimated, but in cases of sickness its beneficial action is
purely supplementary. The system must first be thoroughly cleansed by
“flushing the colon,” then, the ground work of improvement being laid,
Fresh Air and Sunlight will prove themselves worthy and efficient
colleagues in the task of restoring health.
Singly, each is of intrinsic value, but inadequate to cope with disease
single-handed (although they may mitigate it), but combined they form a
Trinity so powerful that disease can never successfully oppose them.
The other two factors in Nature’s great Health curriculum, namely,
Exercise and Diet, will be considered under separate headings.
PART VI.
EXERCISE.
Motion is life. The health of both body and mind depend upon it.
Inaction means stagnation, a condition fatal to health. Hence the
necessity of exercise. As before stated, disuse is as fatal to a piece
of machinery as excessive use; in fact, it is far more likely to rust
out than to wear out. Activity is essential to life and health and can
never be prejudicial, provided that moderation is observed and the
muscular system not strained or overworked.
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