Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 158, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1916 — . Care for Your Own Health. [ARTICLE]

. Care for Your Own Health.

Doctor Krusen, who is in charge of the public health department of Philadelphia, recently warned his public that medicines play a really minor part In the treatment of diseases, and added: "Tradition, custom, and the ‘medicine man’ have been largely responsible for the extensive use of drugs. There are many people who still believe that Illness requires the immediate use of medicines and that there are some mysterious or miraculous qualities in them which drive away the evil spirits of fever. "Indiscretion in diet, overdrinking, careless habits and improper living cannot be corrected by taking the contents of the corked medicine bottle. As a matter of fact, *he number of drugs which are considered as.specifics for definite diseases may be counted on the fingers of one hand. These are sober words from a scientific authority, a man trained in the use of drugs in the treatment of diseases.