Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-04-08
A Human Barometer.
THE REAL RELATION BRrwEEN THE HUMAN
BopY AND THE WEATHER SCIENTIFIC ALLY
ENPEAiNEp.


necessity is the National Weather Bureau at
Washington. Experience has shown that Sc
per cent of the predictions of the signal ser
vice are accurate; and these predictions are
unquestionsbly of the greatest advantage 10
the seaman, the agriculturist and the entire
commercial world. The service has proven
its necessity BY its usefulness, for in past
times the facilities for foretelling atmospheric
changes were meagre indeed. The only ndi-
cations our fathers had OF coming changes in
the weather were aching limbs. twinging
joints OF painful corns. These ''indications"
though crude, were usually correct. and
hence naturally suggest the enquiry as TO the
relation between the human system and the
| weather. The body is unquestionably an ex-
cellent barometer. Ii foretells changes in
the atmosphere long before they occur. and
this fact has been taken advantage of by
physicians who, when all other agencies fail,
prescribe o change of air. thus hoping the
body may find an atmospheric condition
better suited to its needs. And vet the real
relation between the human body and the
weather has never been fully understood. nor
has there ever been. until now, correct ex-
PLANTATION of what rheumatism (which seems
in league with the atmosphere) really is. 1t
was originally thought by many to be
trouble in the joints, and as such was treated
manner. This theory became dispelled when
the same trouble attacked the muscles, and
the feeling then prevailed that il was purely
a muscular disorder. But this idea was
found to be too narrow. and now it is univer-
sally conceded that rheumatism is blood
disease. And what terrible disease it is.
1t often comes without warning and prostrates
the system with agony. Again its beginning
is gradual. and its growth slow. In its acute
form it manifests itself in every conceivable
shape and ALWAYS accompanied by intense
pain. At one time it is inhammatory, at
another, neuralgia. Sometimes it assumes the
form of gout, and again that of pleurisy or
lumbago; but in whatever manner it appears
it is terribly painful and always to be dreaded.
The pain and ANNOYANCE of rheumatism are
increased by its great danger, for it is liable
to attack the brain or heart at anv moment.
thereby causing instant death. Indeed, near
ly every case of heart disease with all its
dreadful suddenness which has ever occurred
can be traced more or less directly to rheu-
matte causes. In its chronic form it stifiens
the joints, contracts the muscles, undermines
the health and ruins the life Ii frequently
attacks men and women who are apparently
in perfect health. Indeed, it is as greatly to
be dreaded as any possible form of physical
woe.
But. however severe its effects NAV be, the
exact cause of this blood trouble has been an
undecided question, and it is only within the
past year that any decision upon the subject
has been reached. In order to fully deter
mine what the caIse of rheumatic disorders
really was. certain authorities sent letters of
inquiry from Washington to the leading prac.
tcng physicians of the land and these in
quiries were responded to quite generally,
thus furnishing data Of great value to science
and mankind. The views held by the doe
tors are of a varied nature, but so overwhelm-
ing proportion hold to one belief as to leave
but little doubt that it is the correct one.
This belief, briefly stated. is that uric acid in
the blood causes rheumatism, and that it is
only by removing this poisonous acid that
rheumatic or neuralgia troubles in all their
terrible forms can I've cured. This being true,
the important question arises: GLOW does
this poisonous uric acid get into the blood,
and how can it best be removed?" Uric acid
is waste material of the body. which the kid
news should carry out, but because they are
weakened they cannot throw it from the sys-
TEN. Restore the kidneys and you restore
the power that will force the uric acid from
the system and thus Danish the rheumatic
agonies which it causes. This is reason;
il is science. No one whose kidneys are in
perfect condition was ever troubled with
rheumatism, and no rheumatic sufferer. how
ever slight the pain may be. has perfect kid
neys. The conclusion Of this truth is inevi-
table: perfect kidneys mean freedom from
rheumatism.
When rheumatism has manifested itself in
any special part of the body, attempts have
! usually been made to treat that part of the
body. As a result, the pain has departed
but the disease has remained, lying subtlv
concealed and ready to break out at some un-
expected moment. Checking the pain in any
| single locality only scatters the disease
| through the system, when, if the seat of the
| disorder. which is the kidneys, were reached.
| a complete cure would be the result The
| way, therefore, to expel this rank and poison
Gus acid before it assumes an inhammatory or
| chronic form is bv keeping the kidneys in alb
| s0lute health. This is no easy thing To do
| and no means has, until within the past few
| years been known which would successfully
reach and affect these great organs. At last
| however, scientists have discov cred that the
leaves of tropical plant, previously but lit
| tie known to science and unknown to medi-
cine, possessed marvellous qualities adapted
for the kidneys. These leaves have been
skllfully combined in the remedy now known
as Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. II
| is. up to the present time, the only known
preparation that acts so directly upon the
kidneys as to efIectually cure the various dan
| gerous forms of kidney disease, and hence re-
move all uric acid from the blood. As a
result, the cures it has been the raeans Of
| performing are really very remarkable. In
| deed, there are thousands of persons 10 Amer
| ica to-day who owe their restoration to health
/ and entire freedom from rheumatism TO this
| simple yet powerful remedy, which is known
| universally, manufactured in Rochester, n
| T.. and sold in every drug store in the land.
| From the doctors in the various cities of
| the United States who have certified over
their own signatures to the scientific state
ment that uric acid in the blood is the cause
| Of rheumatism. large number of Cbica-
| go and ST. Louis physicians. among them be-
| ing DIR. Adolph Uhlemeyer, DIR. VIM Webb,
DIR. John NJ. Frank, DIR. Edwin T. Webster,
DIR. Benjamin T. Whitmore. DIR. William T.
Richardson, DIR. Robert T. Atkinson, DIR.
| Thos. Z. Humboldt, DIR. William NJ Nc
| Pheeters, DIR. William Johnson. DR. Isaac "
| Love, DIR. Clark Whittier. DIR. j. T. Hodgen,
| DIR. Thomas f. DUNCAN, DIR. Nicholas Cub
man, DIR. Antonio Prietts, DIR. Charles H.
| Goodman, DIR. Daniel Kuhn, Dr. Henry New
land, DIR. William s. Workman, Dr. George
T. Pitzer. DIR. Henry +, Ahlbrandt, DIR.
Elijah T. Frazier, DR.. Carl Spinzig, Dr. Da-
Yid 3. Martin, DR.. Benjamin r. Taylor. Dr.
James L. Logan, DR.. A. Heacock, DR.. Henry
Kirchner, DR.. John J. Kane, DR.. Henry F.