The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-12-05
The Importance Of Attention to the Details
dLife.

sion Of one Of New York's wealthiest
capitalists, situated on beautiful hill
in New Jersey, was turned into a
house of mourning. 1t had been
constructed on the most approved
sanitary and scientific principles.
Thousands of dollars bad been ex-
pended 10 the drainage, plumbing
and ventilation. The surroundings
were healthful, the air was pure, and
yet an epidemic Of diphtheria swept
away family Of young and beautiful
children. 1t was the theory Of the
physicians that the house was filed
with malaria, which always invites
diphtheria, and skeptical as the father
was, be instituted rigid examination.
Every closet pips and drain was found
to be perfect, and they we're about to
give up, bsfied, when by accident
they examined the furnace fresh air
box, and few feet from its opening,
10 neighbor's lot, they discovered q
mass Of purifying garbage The
mystery was explained. The malaria
had found an entrance through the
"fresh" air Aue, and three loved ones
persisted because somebody had
blundered r The sane result was
seen at Princeton College, seven
students losing their lives by the
faulty drainage Of the college grounds.
These occurrences were not ssdispen-
sations Of Providence" they were the
result Of plain carelessnesa.
Life is constant struggle for ex-
istence, and as the fittsst always sur
wives, ii is the duty Of every man to
acqusint himself with the methods of
prevention and cure Of Influences
which would hurry him to the grave.
There il much doubt nowadays as to
what, for instance, causes malaria,
but there is no doubt that it is the
basis Of the most obstinate chronic
disorders A few years ago celebra-
ted physician Of London discovered
what il knowR-ss Dright's disease Of
the ki&65ys. While most of the
characteristics of this dreadful ma
lady have been known, yet one Of its
most peculiar features il Of recent
discovery, ]. e., that it produces gen.
eral arrangement of the tissues, and
involves other organs of the body long
before the kidneys themselves seem
to be affected. There Is no pain in
the kidneys nor 10 their vicinity.
The water may not be albuminous;
there may be no casts, and. yet
Bright's disease may exist and disor-
der the entire system.
Prof. WIN. 81. Thompson, NJ. d.,
Of the chair of Materia Msdica, in the
University Of the City Of New York,
in recent lecture before the students
Of Bellevue College Hospital, says
"Bright's disease has no symptoms of
its own, but has the symptoms OF
every other disease you can think Of
Albumen and casts may or may not
be present; nor 10 the specific gravity
an absolete aud infallable test. Dr..
Thompson says kidney disease 10 prob
ably the commonsst cause Of death in
this climate among adults, more so
even than consumption, but it is q
very deceptive disease. If q man
breaks limb he will expect pain in
the injured member; if bullet crash
es into the body he will at least suf-
fer pain in the wounded part, but in
diseases of the kidneys he will suffer
most in the other organs Of the body.
These sufferings are only the effects,
the cause is behind them, and if that
cannot be removed there can be no
/, cure of the effects. Some of the
,commonest ailments of humanity are
Che sure symptoms of Bright's disease.
When the kidneys have been diseased
for certain time there will occur
strange disorders in the head, throb-
bling headaches, disturbed vision;
the memory loses it power. These
are secondary symptoms of Bright's
disease.
Again, the lungs are a favorite
field Of operations, and diseased kid
neys produce pleurisy, bronchitis,
with or without cough great pale
ness, sudden and strange attacks Of
asthma, and the splitting of blood.
These are secondary effects Of Bright's
disease.
The heart, 10 the effort to force
blood into the diseased organs, which