Exposition of motorpathy : a new system of curing disease, by statuminating, vitalizing motion / by H. Halsted.

  • Halsted, H.
Date:
1853
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Credit: Exposition of motorpathy : a new system of curing disease, by statuminating, vitalizing motion / by H. Halsted. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    gically, with direct reference to the laws of health and the preservation of life; no one thing is in excess; perfect, complete, harmonious action, exists in every atom which composes his frame. At that age he commences an excessive indulgence of his appetite. Food and drink are thrown into the stomach, which in quality are innutritious, because difficult of digestion, and requiring much vita-motive power to accomplish it; and the quantity is inordinate, making a large mass to be disposed of in some way, which, notwithstanding the large amount of vital force which the stomach calls to its aid, at the expense of other vital operations going on in the system, is but imperfectly chylified. In consequence, unassimilated matter finds its way into the circulation. Here it remains as a foreign substance, unfit for the uses of nourishment, clogging the vessels by its presence, until it is deposited in some part of the body, where its unadaptation to the wants of the part, causes it to create irritation and engender disease, until the vita-motive power stimulates the lymphatics to take it up and expel it from the system. The recuperative forces being strong and vigorous, they will for a time resist the injurious effects of this undue amount of labor imposed upon them, but not always. The retention of unassimilated matter, which is no better than poison to the body, will have its influence'. This may be slight at first, but the continued deposition of unhealthy material for the renewal of worn-out matter, will gradually accumulate, until every part of the system suffers from the presence of such material and the attendant derangement. The blood, from its loaded state, cannot circulate freely. The brain not being