when a cat is sick she will eat catnip without a
doctor & she gets well. Nature promps her to it if a
dog is bit with a rattlesnake He will dig a hole in the Earth
& lie in the ground untill the poison is gone out so
Nature will teach us as well as the cat & dog when a toad
is bit by a spider [it] will go & eat plantain if He can get it.
If a child is to die in being born let it die but dont
employ a Dr to kill it. How will you be instructed I will
tell you what to do if you are taken sick dont Be fright[ene]d
but be came [calm]. if you get a cold let Nature be [illegible]
disease will go up & down through the system to find a
place to be located it is as much our duty to know how to
cure our system as to feed our Body the Doctors would
say you are deseased & dont know it who made the Doctors the
Devil. The Lord did not make the Doctors of the present day
such a thing as a man wmidwife was not known untill
about 1500 why did not the women all die before this time
look at the Indians for 100 years millions of children
have been born in the wilderness of male & female & they live
& not die without a doctor. You may ask what shall we do
I will tell you I will give you a lessen & I want you to remember
it. when you go to visit a woman in trava[i]l let her alone
untill her full time has come remember it let the mother
alone let your system be natural teach them also to exercise
all that they can that when they come to be delivered it will
be better for them. A doctor if He had good sens would not
wish to visit women in child birth, and if a woman
had good sense she would not wish a man to doctor them
on such an occasion. I want you to teach your children
the principle of truth. I talk as I do for the people will
not sens any thing unless they are half knocked down or
thunder rolls in their Eyaers [ears] soft words will not do. I
want you to hear & understand their has been some difficulty
in this Board of Health. If I had Been with you you would not
had any difficulty. It has been through a misunderstanding
if you understand principle you would not quarrel you
may spread calomel on your Bread & Butter & eat it if
you wish but it is deadly poison as Arsenic but not as
quick it is not good you may ask if it was ever good
in any case there may be cases whare it might be a
benefit but it would want a revelation to tell whare
it was. Their is not poison in lobelia. I will give
$5000 dollars for the 16 part of an oz of poison that
can be extracted out of all the lobelia in this valley. it is
not probable that any two persons are organized just alike
in all respects. Then who is a Physician Now unless He
be taught of God & is a prophet or revelator He cannot
understand the Human system know desease & what will cure it
I dont care how a man acts if He inte[n]ds to act right & when they
act wrong are willing to be righted. we will take the Best physi[ci]an
of the day that lives the closest to the Lord I dont care how wise
He is. He will be brought down as a fool for He will be
made to let God be honored. I have been on a Journey in
the dust I have got dust on my Brain that is what ales me
when a cat is sick she will eat catnip without a
doctor & she gets well Nature promps her to it if a
dog is bit with a rattlesnake he will dig a hole in the Earth
& lie in the ground untill the poison is gone out so
Nature will teach us as well as the cat & dog when a toad
is bit by a spider it will go & eat plantain if he can get it.
If a child is to die in being born let it die but dont
employ a Dr to kill it. How will you be instructed I will
tell you what to do if you are taken sick dont be frightened
but be calme. if you get a cold let Nature be jo◊◊
disease will go up & down through the system to find a
place to be located it is as much our duty to know how to
cure our system as to feed our body the Doctors would
say you are deseased & dont know it who made the Doctors the
Devil. The Lord did not make the Doctors of the present day
such a thing as a man midwife was not known untill
about 1500 why did not the women all die before this time
look at the Indians for 100 years millions of children
have been born in the wilderness of male & female & they live
& not die without a doctor. You may ask what shall we do
I will tell you I will give you a lessen & I want you to remark
it when you go to visit a woman in travail let her alone
untill her full time has come remember it let the mother
alone let your system be natural teach them also to exercise
all that they can that when they come to be deliverd it will
be better for them. A doctor if he had good sens would not
wish to visit women in child birth, and if a woman
had good sense she would not wish a man to doctor them
on such an occasion I want you to teach your children
the principle of truth I talk as I do for the people will
not sens any thing unless they are half knocked down or
thunder rolls in their Eaers soft words will not do I
want you to hear & understad their has been some difficulty
in this Board of Health. If I had been with you you would not
had had any difficulty. It has been through a misunderstanding
if you understand principle you would not quarrel you
may spread calomel on your bread & butter & eat it if
you wish but it is deadly poison as Arsenic but not as
quick it is not good you may ask if it was ever good
in any case there may be cases whare it might be a
benefit but it would want a revelation to tell whare
it was. Their is not poison in lobelia I will give
$5000 dollars for the 16 part of an oz of poison that
can be extracted out of all the lobelia in this valley. it is
not probable that any two persons are organized just alike
in all respects. Then who is a Physician Now unless he
be taught of God & is a prophet or revelator he cannot
understand the Human System know desease & what will cure it
I dont care how a man acts if he intends to act right & when they
act wrong are willing to be righted. we will take the Best physician
of the day that lives the closest to the Lord I dont care how will
he is he will be brought down as a fool for he will be
made to let God be honored. I have been on a Journey in
the dust I have got dust on my brain that is what ales me
"Journal (January 1, 1847 – December 31, 1853)," December 1, 1851, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 23, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/KrR8