Philosophy of health : natural principles of health and cure ; or, health and cure without drugs. Also, the moral bearings of erroneous appetites / by L. B. Coles.

  • Coles, L. B. (Larkin Baker), 1803-1856.
Date:
1853
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    Scarcely any subject can be presented to the commu- nity in which they take so little interest as that which immediately concerns their health, until they are over- taken with disease. Scarcely any subject is more unwelcome than this, especially to those who love their appetites more than health. They create a very large majority of their diseases by ignorance of their own organic laws — inform themselves on every sub- ject but this — treat health as a matter of no account till destroyed — charge their sufferings to Providence, and DRUG THEMSELVES TO DEATH. These few pages are intended for those who are willing to know what course is best in order to retain, or to regain, a healthy constitution; for those who have more regard for their own ultimate good than for their present gratification; for those who prefer the right way to that which fosters unlawful indulgence. It is not only a matter of expediency that we obey law in this respect, but a matter of duty. The laws which govern our constitutions are divine: and to their violation there is affixed a penalty, which must sooner or later be met. And it is as truly a sin to violate one of these laws, as it is to violate one of the ten commandments. Many seem to think that they have a right to treat their own bodies as they please; forgetting that God will hold them under obligation to physical as well as moral law, and that every infringement will meet with its legitimate and appropriate reward. L. B. C.