The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-01-04
A FATAL NEGLECT.
How Careless Oversight Brought About
the Most Serious Results, and How
it Might Have Been Avoided.
The Importance of Attention to the Details
Of Life.

. mourning. 1t had been CONSTRUCTED Oh
the most approved sanitary ard
principles. Thousands OF dollars had
been expended in the drainage, piump'
ing aud ventilation. line
we're healLntul, the air was pure, aho
4 yet an epidemic OF diphtheria swept
nlaway a family OF young beautiful cniid-
tn. IL was the theory OF The ppysiciahs
n That the house was oiled with malaria,
winch always invites diphtheria, and,
-skeut,cal as the father was, he institut-
ed a rIQid examination. Every closet,
plpe aud dram was found TO DO perfect,
and they were about TO give up, bafhed,
when by accident they examined the
furnace fresh air box, and a few feet
from its opening, in u neighbor's lot,
tuey discovered u mass OF putrefylng
~garbagel The mystery was explained.
Inc malaria a found an entrance
through the .fresh'' air fue, and three
loved ones persisted because somebody
had blunderedi,i The same result was
seen at Princeton college, seven tudenLs
losing their lives by the faulty drainage
of the college grounds. These occur
FENCES were ot.'dispensations OF Prori-
dence,n they we've h result OF plain
carelesSneSs.
Life is a constant struggle for exist
ence, and as the ittest 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 rs to what, 1or In
stance, causes malaria, but there IL no
doubt hat it is the basis OF the most
obstinate chronic disorders. Net many
years x a celebrated physician OF Lon
- r,h..t 10 knnwn ms
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 70 OF
recent discovery, i. e., that 1t Produces
general arrangement of the Issues, and
Involves other organs of No body lnS be-
fore the kidneys themselves seem - De
affected. There is no pain In The KID
neys nor In their vicinity. the watev
may not be albuminous; there mjly b,
no casts, and yet Bright's disease may
exist and disorder the entire system.
Prof. VIM. ii. Thompson, NJ. D., o.
the chair of Materia MedicA, IN the
university Of tue city of New York, III
a recent lecture before the students OF
Bellevue college hospital, says "Bright's
Disease has nj symptoms OF It's own,
but has the symptoms "a every other
disease you can think Of" Albupen
and casts may or may moi be present;
nor is the specific gravity an absolute
and iufallible test. DR.. Thompson says
kidney disease is probably the common
est cause of death In this climate among
| adults, more SO even than consumption,
but it is a very deceptive disease. Ii u
man breaks u 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 car 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 in the
head .throbbingd 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
1 Ion akkdSho Va kAlbA ehe oHsSNS
of blood. These are secondary effects of
BFight's Disease.
I 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 ~valvular disease follows, with great
distress under the breast bone. These
are secondary symptoms Of Bright's
Disease.
DR.. George johnson, a greatauthority,
over ~ 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 dlarrhQa
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 1t can
destroy, then the disease returns to the
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 nervous prOstration; great
puffs. appear under the eyes, the count
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
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 cure2 Must this great ma
lady Increase the number of its victims
at the rate of 20 per cent. a year, and
we be powerless to PREVENT DIR. Hol-
land 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 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 we'll
known medical practitioner found the
vegetable elements which diseased kid
neys and liver needed as a food and re-
storer, and kudking how widely these
diseases prevailed, he sold the formula
to Mr.. H. H. Warner, of Rochester,
N. Y. This gentleman began Its manu-
facture on q most extensive scale, and
to-day Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure is used more generally than any
other known compound. The manufac-
turers Of this remedy know, from the
unsolicited testimony Of hundreds OF