A Dreadful Superstition Grips America

A terrible superstition holds people around the world in its grip. Ministers of religion, lawyers, architects, men renowned as brilliant scientists, physicians (particularly, physicians), University professors, middle-class people, working-class people, people of all nationalities, are its victims.

I was one for a very long time. I really and truly thought that what my doctor said was gospel and never questioned him.

What is this superstition? It is that health may be obtained and maintained and diseases “cured” by drugs, medicines, and remedies (1). They have not taken the pains to investigate, in an unprejudiced manner, this absurd and …read more