A Philadelphia, physician says that a great deal of what passes for heart-disease is only mild dyspepsia, that nervousness commonly is bad temper, and that two-thirds of the so-called malaria is nothing but laziness. Imagination, he says, is responsible for a multitude of ills; and he gives as an instance the case of a clergyman who, after preaching a sermon, would take a teaspoonful of sweetened water, and doze off like a babe, under the impression that it was a bona fide sedative.
Liars begin with making falsehood appear like Truth, and end with making Truth appear like falsehood.
Temperance and repose Slam the door on the doctor's nose.
