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As  far  as  these  go  it  is  a  distinct  advance  in  treatment;  but,  at 
best,  only  a  departure,  not  an  advance,  from  a  dangerous  and  igno- 
rant administration  and  use  of  powerful  remedies  that  are  frequently, 
because  of  an  incompetent  profession,  combined  in  all  sorts  of  ways, 
certain  to  work  injury  rather  than  benefit,  and  administered  with 
little  or  no  understanding.  As  the  profession  is,  there  are  those 
who  are  unable  to  recognize  whether  or  not  their  prescriptions  are 
being  taken  ! 
'Tis  a  serious  and  difficult  work  for  a  human  system  to  recover 
when  stricken  with  disease,  even  when  unassisted  by  the  skilled 
administration  of  drugs  known  to  exert  favorable  influences,  but 
when  such  an  afflicted  being  is  obliged  to  contend  against  both  dis- 
ease and  unskilfully  administered  and,  because  of  incompetence, 
injuriously  given  drugs,  a  return  to  health  is  almost  impossible ;  and 
most  direful  consequences  are  certain  to  frequently  result  and  un- 
questionably do  ! 
Therefore,  the  commendable  and  comparatively  only  safe  resort 
to  only  fresh  air,  sunlight  and  proper  food,  while  an  advance  in  treat, 
ment  in  one  respect,  and  safe,  is  at  the  most  and  best  but  a  departure 
from  a  dangerous  practice,  based  upon  and  resulting  from  ignorance 
and  incompetency. 
In  addition  to  these  there  frequently,  not  always,  must  be  skilled 
and  competent  medication.  There  are  certain  facts  of  existence, 
affirm,  deny,  and  theorize  about  them  as  you  will,  which,  neverthe- 
less, exist  in  their  inherent  and  originally  created  potentiality,  no 
matter  what  may  be  done  for  or  against  them.  They  are  and  dare 
not  be  denied. 
With  these  facts,  it  is  reverently  said,  that  an  Omnipotent  and 
Omniscient  Being  has  created,  are  associated  unalterable  and  never- 
varying  laws !  With  these  laws  the  qualified  practitioners  of  our 
profession  must  comply  ! 
The  cells  composing  the  various  tissues  and  organs  of  our  bodies 
are  affected  in  their  life  actions  and  functions  by  those  influences 
which  are  the  consequences  of  these  immutable  laws,  and  in  the 
vast  vegetal  and  mineral  world,  thus  created,  are  principles  (medi- 
cines and  drugs)  which,  like  the  principles  of  disease-causing  fac- 
tors, so  affect  the  cells  of  the  human  body,  that,  if  rightly  used  by 
an  educated,  competent,  and  skilled  profession,  will  restore  diseased 
conditions  to  health.    This  truism  cannot  be  denied. 
