The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-04-05
A FATAL NEGLECT.
How Cariess Oversight Brought About the
Most Serious Results, and How 1t
MIyhI Have Been Avoided.
The Importance VI AtlentIu 10 he Details
Of Lille.

Early last spring the elegant mansion
vi vne Vi New 1Urk's wealLhesJ capl-
~LalIsLs, situated On u beautiful hull Ill
New Je oey, wa5 turned lnLo u house oI
mUuTnIng. IL had Deen constructed OIL
Tue niUsL approved sanitary and scientific
principles. thousands Of dollars had
Deeu expended Ill the drainage, plumb
Ing ana Ventilation. lhe surroundings
were healLntul, h air Wac pure, anu
yet a epidemic Of diphtherIa swept
away u family OF young beautiful child
leu. IL WAS tile theory Of The physicians
that the house MAS filled With malaria,
which always invites dIphtherla, and,
skeptIcal MS the father WAS, he inStituL-
Cd u rigid examination. Every closet,
pipe aud dram was found to be perfect,
and they were about 10 give up, baffied,
when by accident they examined The
furnace fresh air box, and a few feet
flUm Its opening, III u nelghDor's lot,
they discovered u mass vi putrefylng
garbagel TIE mystery was explained.
Tue malaria had Uuud All entrance
through thu ''fresh" air hue, aud three
loved ones persisted because somebody
lad blundered'n The same result was
seen at princeton college, seven students
losing their lives by lie faulty drainage
of the college grounds. These occur
rences were neutrality-suspicious. Of ProvI-
dence," they were The result oil PLAIN
careleSsDeSs.
Life is u constant struggle for exist
ence, and as tile tittest always survives,
IL ls the duty of every man TO acquaInJ
himself with tue methods of prevention
aud sure of influences which would
,,,..,, t,fp, -. tb.. r.yr nNDara 10 n,tsl,
doubt nowadays rs to what, for in
stances, CAUSES malaria, but there is liz
doubt that 1t is the basis of the most
obstinate chronic disorders. Not many
years ago u 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 most peculiar features Is OF
recent discovery, |. Z That 1t Produces
general arrangement of tue tissues, and
involves other organs vi 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 o lie albuminous; there may be
no casts, and yet Bright's disease may
exist aud disorder the entire system.
Prof. VIM. ii. Thompson, M. D., Of
the chair of Materia Medica, in the
university Of the city of New York, in
a 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 moi be present;
nor is the Specific gravity AL absolute
and infallible test. DR.. Thompson says
kidney disease 10 probably the common
est cause OF death Ill this climate among
adults. more 80 even than consumption,
but IL is Il very deceptive disease. II a
man breaks u limb he will expect pain
in the injured member; if u bullet crash
es into the body he will at least sutfer
pain in the wounded part, but in dis.
eases of the kidneys he will suffer most
III the other organs of the body. These
sufferings are only the effects, the cause
is behind them, and If that canno be
removed there IA 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 will occur strange disorders il 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
uf operations, and diseased kidneys pro-
duce pleurisy, bronchitis, with or with
N 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 v~alvular disease follows, with great
distress under the breast bone. These
are secondary symptoms Of Bright's
Disease.
DR.. George johnson, a greatauthority,
over 90 years ago pointed out that what
ever disease affects the kidneys produces
the same effect in the liver, and the
purging of blood, nausea, vomiting of
bile and food, indigestion, constipation,
piles, dizziness, persistent diarrhea
coming on suddenly to a person who
has always been robust are certain Sec
ondary symptoms of Bright's Disease.
Having made a tour of the body and
finding no other organs which it cal
NFbIIb1, llltu Lilt uloChoC VOulho W OiIt
kidneys; the back aches intolerably, the
urine is dark, full OF brickdust and
ropy; casts appear, albumen is abund-
ant; then come great muscular relax
alton and v prostration; great
pnffs appear under the eyes, the count
enance is pale and wears an appearance
of fright, COMMISSIONS ensue, the fatal
diarrhRa or pneumonia sets in, and
l.,tl L., NLa a-l ThaaA IaoIaratfnr
are the warnings of men Of high auth
GRITTY in medical science, whom we can
not dispute If we would. We expect
when our physician visits our bedcham-
Der, he will come with the possibility OF
healing, but there is no disease which
he approaches with the certainty of
failure like Bright's Disease. Is there
no hore of curep Must this great ma
lady increase the number of its victims
ut the rate of 20 per cent. a year, and
we be powerless to PREVENT DIR. Hol-
and 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 a do nothing
for a person in the tolls Of BriGht's Dis
ease; but happily, the oftimes wiser
school Of independent investigators has
not so failed. A few years ago a well
known medical practitioner found the
vegetable elements which diseased kid
neys and liver needed as a food and re-
stOrer, and knowing how widely these
diseases prevailed, he sold the formula
10 Mr.. II. Fl. Warner, Of Rochester,
n. Y. This gentleman began its manu-
facture on a most extensive scale, and
to-day Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver