The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-05-10
A FATAL NEGLECT.
How CariosS Oversight Brought About tho
Most Serious Results, and How IT
Might Have Been Avoided.
The Importance of AttentiO TO the Details
OF Life.

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OF Life.
Early last spring the elegant mansion
of one OF New York's WealUhest capt.
taIfsts, situated ON a beautiful hill in
New Je, sey, was turned into d house OF
mourning. 1t had been constructed on
the most approved sanltaryand scientific
principles. Thousands OF dollars had
been expended Ill the drainage, plumb
ing and ventilation. The surroundings
we're healthtul, the air vas pure, and
yet al epidemic OF diphLherla swept
a family of young beautiful child
rem. IL was the theory Of The physicians
that the house Ia hlled with malaria,
which always invites dlphtherIa, and,
skeptical as the father was, he Institute
ed "a rigid examination. Every closet,
pipe and dram was found To be perfect,
and they were about 70 give up, batiied,
VIE by accident they examined the
furnace fresh air box, and a lew feel
from Its opening, Ill "a ~neIghbor's lot,
tuey discovered a mass OF putrefylng
garDagel The mystery was Explained.
Iue malaria had found an entrance
through Lnv fresh" air 1ue, and three
loved ones persisted because "sOmebOdy
Udu DllIlutIt luO OdLlG ItoulI was
seen AT TrIucetou college, seven students
losing theiI lives by Tie faulty drainage
of the college grounds. These occur
FENCES were neutrality-suspicious. of ProyI-
dence,' they were the result of PLAIN
carelessuess.
Life is a constant struggle for exist
ence, and as the tJUest always survives,
IL Is the duty of every man " acqualnL
,,,a.lf mt. ft,a. "a I.,ta ff tIraya.ITInII
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 Ia basis of the most
obstinate chronic disorders. Not many
years ago IA celebrated physician Of Lon
don discovered what Is known as
Bright's disease of the kidneys. While
most of the characteristics of this
dIeadful malady have been known, yet
one of its most peculiar features Is OF
recent discovery, /. T., That 1t PRODUCES
general arrangement of h tissues, Ii
Involves other organs Ot the body long be-
fore the kidneys themselves seem 10 be
affected. There is no pain iii 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, 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 "Brlght's
Disease has no symptoms Of its own,
but has the symptoms of every other
disease you can think OFF, 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 among
adults. more 50 wen than consumption,
but il is a very deceptive disease. If II
man breaks "a limb he will expect pain
in the injured member; if a 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 If that cannot be
removed there can be no cure of the de-
fecJs. Some of the commonest ailments
of humanity are the sur symptoms OF
Bripht'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 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,
OF ~valvular disease follows, with great
distress under the breast bone. These
are secondary symptoms of Bright's
Disease.
DR.. George johnson, a greatauthorlty,
over 20 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 diarrhGa
coming on suddenly TO a person who
has always been robust are certain sec
ondary symptoms Of Bright's Disease
Having made u . u of the body and
finding no other organs which it can
destroy, her the disease returns to the
kidneys; the back aches in~tolerably, the
urine is dark, full OF brickdust and
ropy; casts appear, albumen is abund
ant; then cume great muscular relax
alton and nervous prostitution; great
puffs appear under the eyes,, the count
enance is pale and wears an appearance
Of fright, conyulsIons ensue, the fatal