282 THE INVISIBLE WORLD 



The doctor traces back his professional gen- 

 ealogy to the sacred priest, and to the sacred med- 

 icine man. No wonder, therefore, that popular 

 sentiment still throws around him a kind of sacred 

 halo. The average patient regards the doctor 

 about as the fetich worshiper regards his fetich. 

 The doctor calls. He looks. He deals out drugs. 

 The patient, with bridled tongue, and closed eyes, 

 swallows ! 



Under this treatment, patients, able by nature to 

 stand it, get well, often in spite of the treatment. 

 The doctor has the credit. 



No slur is here intended. A meager statement of 

 facts, that's all. 



It is all good, natural, necessary. The tree has 

 its evolution; so has the world. And medical 

 knowledge has its evolution. From a simple begin- 

 ning at some very remote day it has developed, 

 step by step, slowly but surely, through the long cen- 

 turies, to its present proportions. Still its evolu- 

 tion is far from complete. 



Already a new era is in sight. It is Nature 

 Cure. In this new light medical practice, for the 

 first time, rests on a scientific basis. 



The cause of disease is no longer guesswork; it 

 is absolutely known. The cure is no longer ex- 

 periment; it is as well known as the cause. The 

 cause is natural, the cure is natural. The micro- 

 organisms which cause disease are a vital part of 

 Nature. The antitoxines which cure disease are 

 strictly a product of Nature, 



