“It is a libel on Nature,” says Dr. Ambrose Shepherd, “to declare that
it never forgives. On the contrary, Nature is ever seeking to repair
injuries and to forgive errors.”
Every surgeon knows that but for nature’s restoring tendencies
his skill would be applied in vain. Illustrative demonstrations
of these beneficent proclivities multiply daily. When an
accident happens in which a limb is broken, what follows? With
surgical assistance the fracture is set and the limb is bound up
and left to rest for a time. Nature instantly, delicately, but
powerfully and unerringly begins the beautiful and wonderful
process of reparation. The cementing of the broken parts is
mysteriously inaugurated. But, of course, much depends on a
man’s previous life. If he has been a wise man, nature works
rapidly; if a fool, more slowly; but nature always seeks to work
in the direction of restoration. (Text.)
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