The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-12-09
A FATAL NEGLECT.
How Careless Oversight Bfought.About
the Most Serious Results, and How
it Might Have Been Avoided,
The lnpsrlsues IL Attention 10 the Details
Of Life.

Early last spring the elegant mansion
of one OF New York's wealthest capt.
talists, situated on a beautiful hill IN
New Jersey, was turned into y house OF
mourning. 1t had been constructed on
the most approved sanitary and scientific
p~rinciples- Thousands of dollars had
been expended in the drainage, plumb
| ing and ventilation. The surrounding
we're healthful, tbs air was pure. sno
yet an epidemic of diphtherla swept
away y family OF young 6eautiiui emu
rem, II was the theory Of the physicians
that the house was oiled Win maiaria'
which always invites diphtneria. ano
skeptical as the father was, ne INSTITUTE
ed 4 rigid examination Every closet
pipe aud dram vas found TO be perfect,
and they were about TO give up, bafiied.
when By accident they examined the
furnace fresh air box, and q lew feet
from its opening, in a neighbor's lot,
they discovered a mass OF putrefying
Rarbagei The mystery was explained.
The malaria had found an entrance
through tho "fresh'' air iue, and three
loved ones persisted because somebody
had blunderedl" The same result was
seen at Princeton college, seven students
losing their lives by the faulty drainage
Of the college grunnds. These occur
rences were not 'dispensations OF Proyi-
dence, - they we've the result Of plain
carelessness-
Life Is u constant struggle for exist
ence, and as the fittest always survives,
il is the duty Of every man to acqualnt
himself with the methods Of prevention
and cure of influences which would
hurry him to the grave. There is much
doubt nowadays as to what. for IN
stance, causes malaria, but there is no
doubt that 1t Is the basis OF the nos
obstinate chronic disorders. Not many
2 a celebrated physician Of Lon
don discovered what is known AS
Brieht's disease Of the kidneys. While
most Of the characteristics OF this
dreadful malady have been known, yet
one of Its NEST peculiar features is OF
recent discovery, /. e., that it Produces
general arrangement Of the tissues, and
involves other organs of the body long be-
fore the kidneys themselves seem to be
affected. There is no pain in the kid
neys nor In their vicinity. The water
may not be albuminous; there may be
no casts, and yet Brigit's disease may
exist and disorder the entire system.
Prof. VIM. Ii. Thompson, Nj. D., Of
the chair of Materia Medica, in the
university of the city of New York, in
u recent lecture before the students Of
Bellevue college hospital, says 'Bright's
Disease has no symptoms OF It's own,
but has the symptoms Of every other
disease you can think Of" Albumen
and casts may or may not be present,
nor is the specific gravity All absolute
and infallible test. DR.. Thompson says
kidney disease is probably the common
est cause Of death III this climate among
adults. more so even than consumption,
but it is a very deceptive disease. III "a
man breaks u limb he will expect pain
in the injured member; If q bullet crash
es into the body he will at least suffer
pain in the wounded part, but in dis
eases 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 II that cannot be
removed there a be no cure OF the de-
fects. Some of the commonest ailments
Of humanity are the sure symptoms OF
Bright's disease. When the kidneys
have been diseased for a certain time
there win occur strange disorders In the
head, throbbing disturbed headaches. Wis
ion; the memory loses its power. These
are secondary symptoms OF Bright's
Disease.
Again, the lungs are a favorite field
of operations, and diseased kidneys pro-
duce pleurisy, bronchitis, with or with
out cough, great paleness, sudden and
strange attacks Of asthma, and splitting
Of blood. These are secondary effects OF
Bright's Disease.
The heart, in the effort to force blood
into the diseased organs, which are
swollen by reason of kidney disease, be-
comes exhausted, hardened or enlarged,
or valvular disease follows, with great
distress under the breast bone. These
are secondary symptoms OF Bright's
Disease.
DR.. George johnson, agreatauthority,
over 20 years ago pointed out thai what
ever disease affects the l idneys produces
the same effect in the liver, aud the
purging of blood, nausea, vomiting OF
bile and food, indigestion, constipation,
piles, dizziness, persistent diarrhGa
coming on suddenly to a person who
has always been robust are certain Sec
ondary symptoms Of Brigbt's Disease.
Having made a tour of the body and
finding no other organs which 1t can
destroy, then the disease returns to the
kidneys; the back aches intolerably, the
urine is dark, full Of brickdust and
D casts appear, albumen Is abund-
ant; then come great muscular relax
alton and v prostration; great
puffs appear under the eyes, the count
enance is pale and Q an appearance
of fright, commissions ensue, the fatal
diarrhea or pneumonia sets in, and
death is the end. These declarations
are the warnings Of men Of high auth
ority in medical science, whom we can
not dispute if we would. We expect,
when our RI ian visits our bedcham-
Der, he viii with the possibility OF
healing, but there Is no disease which
be approaches with the certainty Of
failure like Bright's Disease. Is there
no hore Of cureY Must this great ma
lady increase the number of its victims
at the rate of rs per cent. q year. and
we be powerless to prevent? DR.. Hol-
land says all medical practice is expert
mental, and that any remedy that cures
is entitled to the confidence and patron
age of the people. The only criterion
OF excellence is success. and, he says,
this is the basis of popular judgment.
The doctors admit they can do nothing
for a person in the tolls of Bright's Dis
ease; but happily, the oftimes wiser
school OF independent Investigators has
not 60 failed. A few years ago a well
known medical practitioner found the
vegetable elements which diseased kid
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