The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-05-16
A FATAL NEGLECT.
How Cariess Oversight Brought About the
Most Serious Results, and How II
Might Have Been Avoided.
The Importance of Atteutio 10 the Details
of Life.

of Life.
Early last spring the elegant mansion
of one OF New YOrk's weulthest capl-
~tIlisUs, situated on a beautiful hill III
New jersey, was turned INTO IA house Oh
mourning. 1t had been constructed on
the most approved sanItarya and scientific
principles. Thousands OF dollars had
been expended in the drainage, plumb
ing and ventilation. The surroundings
we're h%ealLhful, the air was pure, and
yet all epidemic of diphtherla swept
away a family OF young beautiful child
rem. 1t was the theory of the physicians
that the house was filled with malaria,
which always invites diphtherla. and,
| skeptical as the father was, he institut-
ed a rigid examination. Every closet,
pipe and dram wa found to be perfect,
and they were about TO give up, batled.
when by accident they examined the
furnace fresh air box, II a few feet
from its opening, in a neighbours lot,
they discovered a mass of putrefying
garbagel The mystery was explained.
The malaria had found an entrance
Trough the "fresh" air iue, and three
loved ones persisted because somebody
had blunderedr" 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 ot''dispensatiOns of PrOvi-
dence,'' they were the result of plain
carelessness.
Life is a constant struggle for exist
ence, and as the httest 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 it is the basis of the most
obstinate chronic disorders. Not many
years z a celebrated physician of Lon
don discovered what il 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, /. e, that 1t 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
ueys nor IN their vicinity. The water
may not be a~lbuminOus; there may be
no casts, and yet Bright's disease may
exist and disorder the entire system.
Prof. VIM. IL. Thompson, M. d., Of
the chair of Materia Medlca, in the
university of the city Of New York, in
u recent lecture before the students of
Bellevue college hospital, says 'Brlght's
Disease has no symptoms of its own,
uuJ has The symptoms of every other
disease you can think off, Albumen
and casts may or may O be present;
nor Is the specific gravity an absolute
and infallible test. DR.. Thompson says
kidney disease as probably the common
est cause Of death III this climate among
adults. more so wen than consumption,
but it is q very deceptive disease. IL "a
man breaks a limb he will expect pain
Ill the injured member; If a bullet crash
es into the body he will at least suffer
pain in the wounded part, but ! II dis
eases of the kidneys he will suffer most
IN the other organs of the body. These
suiferings are only the effects, the cause
Is behind them, and if that cannot be
removed there can be no cure OF the de-
tects. Some OF the commonest ailments
nave been diseased for a certain time
there will occur strange disorders III the
head thrObblugdIsturbed 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 pleurlsy, br%OuchltIs,( with or with
Ii cough, great paleuess, sudden and
strange attacks Of asthma, aud splitting
III blood. These are secondary effects of
Brlght's Disease.
The heart, III 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 Brlght's
Disease.
Dr.. George johnson, agreatauthority,
over ~ years ago pointed out that what
ever disease affects the kldneys 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 Oh suddenly to u person who
has always been robust are certain sec
undary symptoms of Bright's Disease
Having made "a tour of the body and
finding no other organs which it can
destroy, then the disease returns to the
kidneys; the back aches i~ntoleTably, the
urine is dark, full of brickdust and
ropy; casts appear, albumen is abund-
ant; then come great muscular relax
alton and nervous pTustratiOn; great
puffs appear under the eyes, the coyht
enance is pale and wears an appearance
of fright, COMMISSIONS ensue, the fatal
diarrh9a 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 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 hOTe of curep Must this great ma.
lady increase the number of its victims
at the rate of rs per cent. a year, and
we be powerless to PREVENT DR.. 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 can do nothing
for IA 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 n food and re-