The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-12-08
A FATAL NEGLECT.
How CsTeiess Oversight Brought.About
the Most Serious Ressits,s and How
II Might Have Been Avoided.
rhs Importance Of Arsltisa 10 the Details
Of Life.

Of Life.
Early last spring the elegant mansion
of enc Of New York's wealthest CAPT
talists. situated on q beautiful hill In
New Jersey, wal turned into q house Of
mourning. 1t had been constructed on
the most approved sanitzryand scientific
principles Thousands Of dollars bad
been expended in the drainage, plumb
ing and ventilation. The surroundings
were beautiful, tbs air was pure. and
yet an epidemic Of d~iphtherla swept
away a family of young beautiful child
rem. 1t was the theory Of the physicians
that the house was 6lled with malaria.
which always invites diphtheria. and,
skeptical a. the father was, he institute
ed : rieid e~xamination- Every closet,
pine and drain was found to be perfect,
and rhey were about to give up. bafied,
when bV accident they examined the
furuace fresh air boz, end q few feet
from its opening, in a 9eighbor's lot,
they discovered . mass of putrefying
9arbagei The mystery was explained
The malaria had found an entrance
through tho Afresh'' air fue, and three
loved ones persisted because 'somebody
had blunderedi" The same result was
seen at Princeton college, seven students
losing their lives by the faulty drainage
of the college grounds. These occur
rences were not Interpretations Of Proyi-
dence, - they were the result OF plain
carelessness.
Life is q constant struggle for exist
ence, and as the fttest always survives,
IL is the duty of every man to acquaint
himself with the methods Of prevention
and cure Of influences which would
hurs y him to the grave. There Is much
doubt nowadays as to what Tor IN
| stance, causes malaria, but there Is no
| doubt that it Is the basis OF the most
obstinate chronic disorders: Not many
years ago a celebrated physician OF Lon
don discovered what Is known as
Bright'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, l. e., that it produces
/ general deranRelnent 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 Bright's disease may
exist and disorder the entire system.
Prof. VIM. H. Thompson, NJ. D.. OF
the chair Of Materia Medica, 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 IT," Albumen
and casts may or may not be present;
nor is the specific gravity an absolute
and infallible test. DR.. Thompson says
kidney disease is probably the common
est cause OF death In this climate aufong
adults. more SO even than consumption,
but II Is q very deceptive disease. II u
man breaks a 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
sufEerings are only the effects, the cause
IL behind them, and il that cannot be
removed there can be no cure OF the ef-
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 will occur strange disorders In the
head, throbbing disturbed headaches. Wis
/ ion. The memery loses its power. These
arc secondarv svmntoms Of Briobtss
| Disease
AQain. the lungs are q favorite field
| of onerations. 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.
| into the diseased organs. which are
swollen nv reason Of kidney disease. be-
| comes exhausted. hardened or enlarged,
or valvnlar disease follows. with great
| distress under ina breast bone. These
are secondarv symptoms Of Bright's
| D;aaaaa
Dr George Johnson. a great authority.
| over 20 wears 400 pointed out that what.
| ever disease afiects the kidneys produces
| the same effect in the liver, and the
| puroino of blood. nausea. vomiting of
| nile and food. indigestion. constipation.
| nilea dizzjness. persistent diarrhea
| coming on suddenly to a person who
| has ALWAYS been robust are certain Sec
| ondarv svmptoms of BriQht,s Disease.
Hayinr made q tour of the body and
| andinr no other organs which It can
| destroy. then the disease returns to the
| kidneys: The back aches intolerably. the
| urine Il DARK. full Of brickdust and
| ropy: casts appear. albumen is abund-
| ant: then come great muscular relax
| alton and NERVOUS .p~rostration; great
puffs appear under the ewes. the count
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