Chapter III: , our body is wonderfully provided with every means of

defense against disease; and like a careful mother, Nature warns us first, for hardly ever do we get ill without there being some premonitory symptoms. Thus, before chronic kidney affections come on, we eliminate for some months, and sometimes longer, casts; and before diabetes comes on traces of sugar, as a rule, appear in the urine for a certain time; and then is the time for us to follow a diet in order to avoid these diseases. Infectious diseases also give warning symptoms before they develop, and these, as well as others, may sometimes be prevented by a timely defense and certain hygienic measures on our part. Even against poisonous animals we are protected in a wonderful way. Thus, before the rattlesnake bites he utters a warning by his rattles, and before the mosquito gives us malaria through its sting a premonitory hum falls on our ear. Unfortunately we have not sufficient space to give further examples of the admirable way in which a Superior Power is doing His best to protect us, and if mishaps do very often occur, very frequently, if not always, as already mentioned, it may be traced to certain of our own actions.

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