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health, pure food commissions and other monopolies 

 possess this gormandizing power to a remarkable de- 

 gree, and, while his efforts may be weak, the author will 

 lend his influence to aid in checking the tremendous 

 tide of commercialism that underlies the germ theories, 

 the manufacture of animal extracts, serum therapy, 

 and antitoxins. 



The millions of public money now turned into the 

 channels of so called medical science, and for which 

 boards of health are largely responsible, should be con- 

 verted into institutions where the grand yet simple 

 truths of hygienic living could be open to all. Health 

 must be obtained by temperance, purity, cleanliness, a 

 contented mind and cheerful spirit, and by healthful 

 atmosphere, rendered pure by the untiring operation 

 of nature's laboratory; and not by inoculating the sys- 

 tem with poison from diseased animals or dug from the 

 brains and entrails of tortured brutes. "But self is 

 the Sahara of the human heart, where all the noble 

 powers of the soul are buried in its scorching sands/' 

 The mournful process of trying to extract your health 

 from another's disease, or your comfort from another's 

 misery, should be exchanged for that preventive medi- 

 cine, that beautiful gift an untainted system. 



