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something repulsive about it to me. I 

 thought it was well enough for old women, 

 and possibly for babies and sick people, and 

 so I went on suffering. After I had paid 

 S4.U0 for the secret, however, 1 could not 

 very well do less than to make a test of the 

 thing that was recommended so highly. Of 

 course, I succeeded without a bit of trouble; 

 and, to my astonishment, before 1 got 

 through I removed a vast amount of trash 

 of different kinds that my nose bore vivid 

 evidence to being unfit to lodge in the hu- 

 man system. Now at this time I was not 

 conscious of being in particularly poor 

 health. In fact, I did not suppose that I 

 needed any remedy of any sort ; but in my 

 eagerness to see whether the new drugless 

 remedy was what it claimed to be, I deter- 

 mined to give it as full a test and examina- 

 tion as I could. In order to see whether 

 any injury or even unpleasant symptoms 

 could result from a very frequent use of the 

 internal water bath, I used it for some time, 

 every day ; lately from two to three times a 

 week. I was agreeably surprised to And 

 that the very offensive smell given forth on 

 first using it did not manifest itself again ; 

 and I was led to conclude that this super- 

 fluous matter, if taken from tbe system at 

 once, need not be particularly offensive. On 

 waiting, however, for ten days or more, the 

 same peculiar offensive smell was present ; 

 and after having used the remedy for six 

 months or more, together with the testimo- 

 ny of great numbers of others, I am ready 

 to conclude that it is no more harmful than 

 bathing the body, or even washing the face. 

 Some may urge that it is not according to 

 nature. But, my friends, few things that 

 we do nowadays are " according to nature.'' 

 I am not sure that washing the face is "■ ac- 

 cording to nature." I am sure, however, 

 that washing the whole body greatly assists 

 Nature in her efforts to ward off disease. 

 The Bible commends it in our text. When 

 you urge " nature," you should remember 

 that man is uneducated by nature. The 

 savages in the isles of tlie sea are a speci- 

 men of nature without civilization and the 

 restraint of Christianity. They are not 

 only heathens but cannibals. Now, I can 

 not tell why God left humanity through all 

 these ages without this knowledge which 

 seems at present so conducive to our health; 

 and when we come down to the real truth 

 of the matter, he did not leave us without it. 

 The thing has been before us for hundreds 

 of years. We simply have been dull in ap- 

 propriating the knowledge that was before us 

 so long. 



I do not know how many forms of disease 

 this matter of internal bathing will remove. 

 I suspect, however, that people in general 

 will enjoy much better health in every way 

 if the waste matter of the system be thor- 

 oughly removed about as fast as it accumu- 

 lates. Typhoid fevers are considered at the 

 present day as being the result of bad air, 

 bad water, and unwholesome smells in our 

 cellars and around our buildings. Is it any 

 thing strange that the continued presence 

 in the human body, of the most offensive 

 matter we can imagine, should be the cause 

 of disease ? Physiologists tell us, if I am 



correct, that the elements and juices of our 

 daily food are constantly passing into the 

 circulation, even after they have passed the 

 intestines and reached the colon. If this be 

 true, our systems may be poisoned by secre- 

 tions from this oll'ensive matter. In a state 

 of health, very likely nature takes care of 

 this ; but, unfortunately, few people are in 

 the possession of full health. A man or wo- 

 man who is thoroughly well in every way is 

 the exception and not the rule. 



During the past year, quite a few testi- 

 monials have been given in these pages in 

 regard to this drugless treatment of disease, 

 and I could easily fill this present number 

 of Gleanings with testimonials, many of 

 them astonishing ones. I will, however, for 

 the present, content myself by giving you 

 simply my own experience. For several 

 years past I have been having occasional 

 distressing spells of sick-headache, some- 

 times accompanied with vomiting. I am 

 very apt to have these spells while traveling. 

 One such attack nearly spoiled my visit at 

 Dr. Miller's. While at Madison, Wis., dur- 

 ing a beautiful winter night, I suffered 

 from severe headache and sickness at the 

 stomach for more than four hours. Those 

 who have similar attacks know something 

 about the suffering that accompanies it. So 

 far as I know it was caused bv eating a fine 

 large apple during a buggy-ride across the 

 country, the afternoon before. I thought 

 that, if I was getting so I could not enjoy 

 even an apple without trouble in my diges- 

 tion, I was getting into a bad state. These 

 periodical headaches kept getting more and 

 more frequent, and I began to think my 

 health was giving way in that direction. 

 If somebody had told me, during that night 

 in Madison, that I could have perfect relief 

 in three minutes, without using any sort of 

 drug or medicine, I would willingly have 

 given ten dollars for the privilege of lying 

 down to rest, and getting the sleep I need- 

 ed, so as to fit me to enjoy the convention 

 next dav. Well, during these past six 

 months I have had a number of attacks of 

 this same sick-headache and distress from 

 indigestion. The new remedy has given 

 perfect and immediate relief every time. It 

 seems to be the result of accumulation in 

 the colon. When this is removed out of the 

 way, and the apparatus thoroughly cleans- 

 ed and put in working trim. Nature goes 

 buzzing along her way. Once upon a time 

 I used to run a small gristmill by windmill 

 power. The mill would occasionally be- 

 come choked, and it then had to be pulled 

 to pieces, and the surplus meal got out of 

 the way, and then it would go on as lively 

 as ever. It seems to me that the human 

 machine, given us by the great Father above, 

 occasionally gets in this fix. and then the 

 hot water gets it in perfect trim.: 



A great part of my earlier life was de- 

 voted to clocks and watches. I have also 

 been more or less intimately acquainted 

 with the physicians of our town. You may 

 wonder what clocks and watches have to do 

 with this human machine. Listen : Once 

 or twice I have been invited to be present 

 during examination of the human body, to 

 determine after death where the difficulty 



