A Cure Easily Applied by A. J. B.

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 22, 1901

A Cure Easily Applied

By A. J. B.

The following simple method of treating infants or adults troubled with diarrhea, is described by W. D. Wattles, in the October number of Woman’s Physical Development: “A movement which, if properly executed, will cure any case of dysentery, diarrhea, or cholera infantum, that is not beyond the reach of anything but a resurrection. There is absolutely no need of allowing children to die of ‘summer complaint,’ and the thousands of little graves in our cemeteries are monuments to the ignorance and prejudice of drug doctors and parents. Place the patient on the back; put your hands under him a trifle above the waist line, with the fingers pressing against the sides of the spine. Now lift him until only the back of the head and heels touch the floor, and hold him for a moment in that position; then let him gently down. Repeat the movement twice, at intervals of five minutes; then allow a half-hour’s rest, and if necessary, repeat the treatment. Only a very stubborn case will require more than three treatments. Absolutely no food should be given until the cure is complete. In the case of cholera infantum, hold the child by the nape of the neck and the heels; lay it, back down, across your knee, letting the head and heels hang down, so as to stretch the abdomen strongly. If the person be too heavy to lift, seat him on a low stool, and yourself on a higher one behind him; put your knees against the small of his back, grasp him by the shoulders and bend him backward strongly, over your knees. For self-treatment, balance yourself, on your back, over a bar or the footboard of your bed, letting your head and heels hang down. Repeat, in all cases, as often as necessary. I have used this movement many times, and have recommended it to numbers of people; and I have yet to learn of a case where it has failed. I believe it to be infallible, when properly done. The pressure upon the abdominal plexuses of the sympathetic nerve appears to check the excessive peristalsis of the bowels, and to reverse their action. This knowledge, if it were in the possession of parents and physicians, would save thousands of lives every year.” One runs no chances in trying this remedy. It is simple, can be followed by all, and can result in no harm to the patient. A. J. B.