Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-03
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Just at this time, when the growth OF the
country during the past decade is the subject
OF study and qualification. it seems appropri
ate that attention should be directed to vita
statistics-to what they reveal, and to those
influences which determine their characterize
ics Those who have given the subject of pub
lie health the careful consideration due it In
this land where epidemIcs are so frequent
and the wear and tear and excitement Of life
so great, tell US that more than one
half Of the fatalities come under the
head Of preventabIe diseases-that is to
say, more than one-half the aggregate OF
the mortuary tables represents the amount Of
tbs slaughter Of the innocents'' which human
carelessness permits. Given perfect body,
without faint OF impaired ancestry. and q
knowledge of all the laws of health and con-
formity to them, AMI disease would lose do.
minion over us and death would come only at
extreme old age. The average duration OF
human life, vital statisticians tell US. has been
leDgthening in the past fifty years. And
in proportion as we know the laws
of health and observe them, shall
we lengthen out our days and multiply the
amount of human happiness. In this view of
the .matter diseases willfully contracted or
neglected il born in us, represents in itself the
effect of sin against the physique, and, per-
adventure, the neglect Of inherited or acquired
disease, may be the mysterious ''unpardonable
sim"
Perhaps there are no diseases that are becom-
ing known as distinctive national diseases so
much as diseases Of the kidneys. Every week
nearly the telegraph reports that some public
man had been taken away with Bright's dis
ease of the kidneys. The increase of this
disease in the past twenty years has really
been alarming, because. like heart disease, it is
said to be $50 hard to cure" and because it SO
often takes its victim away without moments
warning"
OUR PEOPLE
eat q great deal of meat, drink great deal of
lager and alcoholic beverages, and Use vast
amount of tobacco. The enormous strain on
the nervous system produced by the over anx-
ieties Of commercial and political life. work
their first evil effect on the kidneys
and the brain. Study the history OF
Bright's disease, in its prominent vic
Tins, and you will be surprised to see
how intimately the American mode of rush,
life and excitement, with the concomitant OF
alcoholic and nicotine dissipation is related to
it. The mortality from Bright's disease and
kindred diseases Of the kidneys, in Philadel
phia alone,
INCREASED $50 PER CENT.
from 1859 to 1878; and the same proportion will
hold good for the entire country. Is this then
not an alarming factS DR.. Edwards, of Phila.
delphia, an authority on this subject, says neg
lect of hygienic rules is the chief cause Of this
disease. This is true, but the disease is so in
sidious and so long disarms suspicion, that
hitherto we have awakened to realization of
its presence without hope of recovery.
Is there then no hope? There is! Must
| those who have the disease-and these are its
various names: Albuminuria, Uremia, Con
gestion Of the Kidneys, Degeneration of the
Kidneys, Fatty Degeneration of the Kidneys
Inflammation Of the Kidneys, Disease of the
Kidneys, Nephitis. and in their train come
Liver Complaint, Continued Nausea, Blood
Poisoning and Commissions, Sudden Death
PERISH WITHOUT HOPE?
The materia medica of the regular schools
provides no certain cure but in a lecture re
Gently delivered before the Metropolitan Scien
tific Association, DR.. Charles Craig, of Roches
ter, N. Y, gave this welcome revelation OF
personal experience:
In the year 1870 found myself losing botf
| in strength and health. could assign nc
cause for the decline, but it continued, until
finally called to my aid two prominent ply
sicians. After treating me for some time they
declared was suffering from Bright's Disease
of the Kidneys, and that they could do moth
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could not raise my head from the pillow and
tainted repeatedly. My heart beat so rapidly
it was with difficulty could sleep. My lungs
were also badly involved; could retain moth
ing upon my stomach, while the most intense
pains in my back and bowels caused me to
long for death as relief. TWAS at this crit
cal juncture that
A PHYSICAL LONGING
which felt land which most firmly believe
was an inspiration caused me to send for the
leaves of plant had once known IN medical
practice. After great difficulty at last secur
ed them aud began their use in the form Of tea
Noticed lessening OF the pain at once be-
gan to mend rapidly; in five weeks was able
to be about, and in two months became per
fectly well and have so continued to this day.
1t was only natural that such a result should
have caused me to investigate most thoroughly.
carefully examined fields in medicine never
before explored. / sought the cause OF physl-
cal order and disorder, happiness and pain,
and found the kidneys and liver to be the
governors, whose motion regulate the entire
system.
IS NOW CONCEDED
by the ablest physicians in every land and by
eminent scientists the world over, that
'Bright's Disease" is the result of blood poi
soning. This poisoning is brought about by
wasted and unhealthy kidneys that permit the
poison to get into the blood. instead of throw
ing 1t from the system. But it is equally evil
dent to all who have studied into the effects
and become conversant with the facts, that a
disordered state of the kidneys and liver pro-
duces most of the common complaints and
pains which affiict
THE HUMAN RACE,
and they can be traced to this source Just as
certainly as can Bright's Disease. To
purify a stream we must go to its
source, and to cure a disease we must
remote the cause. It being true, therefore,
that nine-tenths of all human ailments are
caused by diseased kidneys or liver, the only
certain way to cure these troubles is by treat
ing the organs which cause them. How init
mately the kidneys are associated with the en-
tire system may be understood from the fact
that over 1900 ounces Of blood pass through
them every hour, or nearly one ton in the
course of tWenty-four hours This vast mass
Of living fluid is sent by most perfect system
of distribution to every part of the body. and
if the kidneys are diseased the impurities that
are in the blood are NOT removed, and hence
pass through the veins, carrying disease in
some one of its many terrible forms. The hor-
rors which accompany most of the diseases
caused by disordered kidneys and liver cannot
be described in print. while the dangers sur
rounding them are even greater than
THE AGONY,
and yet person may be troubled for many
months without knowing what the diseases
are that have attacked him Some of the
symptoms of the first stages, any one of which
indicates disordered kidneys or liver, are these:
Pains in the back and around the loins, severe
headaches. dizziness infiamed eyes. a coated