The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-05-04
A FATAL NEGLECT.
How Cariess Oversight Brought About the
Most Serious Results, and How IT
Night Have Been Avoided.
The Importance Of AttentiO 10 the Details
Of Life.


Early last spring the elegant mansion
of one OF New YOrk's weaIthest capI-
~LalIsLs, situated on n beautiful hull IN
New jersey, was turned Iuto u house OF
mourning. 1t had been Constructed on
the most approved sanitary and scientific
principles. Thousands OF dollars had
been expended in the drainage, plumb
ing and ventilation. The surroundings
we're healJhtul, the air WAS pure, auu
yet an epidemic Of diphtherla swept
away a family of young beautiful child
rem. IL was the theory Of the physicians
that the house was filled with malaria,
winch always invites d~iphtherla, and,
skeptical as the father WAS, he institut-
cd a rigid examination. Every closet,
l aud dram was found To be perfect,
aud they were about " give up, bafied,
when by accident they examined the
furnace fresh air box, and a few feet
from Its opening, in a n~elghbor's lot,
tuey discovered a Il Ut putrefying
g~arbagel The mystery WAS explained.
Tut malaria n found an entrance
through The 'fresh" air hue, aud three
loved ones persisted because somebody
had bluuderedi" The same result WAS
seen at trInceton college, seven students
losing their lives by the faulty drainage
of Lhe college grounds. These occur-
reuces were neutrality-suspicious. Of Provi-
dence," they were the result Of plain
cAreIessnes5.
Life is u constant struggle for exist
euce, and as Tue httest always survives,
~ Is tue ouLy of every man " acquainL
himself with tue methods of prevention
and cure of influences winch would
hurry him to the grave. There is much
doubt nowadays as to what, for in
stance, CAUSES malaria, but there IS nu
DOUBT that IL Is Lhe basis UT the most
obstinate chronic disorders. Not many
years ago u celebrated physician of Lon
don discovered what Is known as
Bright's disease of kidneys. While
most of the characteristics OF this
dreadful malady have been known, yel
Of its most peculiar features ID oi
recent discovery, /. t. lila IT Eroduces
general arrangement ot the TISSUES, anC
Involves other organs ot tue body long he
fore the kidneys themselves seem " Dt
affected. There 10 no pain III the kid
ueys nor IN their vicinity. The water
may not Oe albuminuus; there may b,
uu casts, and yet BIignt's disease may
exist aud disorder tue entire system.
Prof. VIM. IL. Thompson, Nj. D., d
The chair of Materia Medica, i'll til,
university Of the city OF New York, IL
d recent lecture before the students u
Bellevue college hospital, says bright
Disease has no symptoms of its own
but has the symptoms of every otheI
disease you can think Of" Alhumel
aud casts may or may not be present
nor is the specific gravity an absolute
and infallible test. DR.. Thompson say
kidney disease is probably the common
est cause OF death III this climate among
adults. more so even than consumption
but il is u very deceptive disease. If
man breaks u limb he will expect pail
Ill the injured member; If u bullet crash
rs into the body he will at least suffe
pain in the wounded part, but in dis
eases of the kidneys he will suffer mos
in the other organs of the body. Thes
sufferings are ouly the effects, the Gauss
IS behind them, and If that cannot b.
removed there can be no cure of the de
tects. Some of the commonest ailment
Of humanity are the sure symptoms o
Bright's disease. When the kidney
nave been diseased for a certain tim
there will occur strange disorders in TIL
head, throbbiug disturbed headaches, Wis
ion; the memory loses its power. Thes'
are secondary symptoms of Bright
Disease.
Again, the lungs are a favorite fell
of operations, and diseased kidneys pro
duce pleurisy, bronchitis, with or with
out cough, great p~aleness, sudden ant
strange attacks of asthma, and splitting
of blood. These are secondary effects o
Bright's Disease.
The heart, in the effort to force bloot
into the diseased organs, which ar,
swollen by reason of kidney disease, be
comes exhausted, hardened or enlarged
or ~valvular disease follows, with grea
distress under the breast bone. ThesI
are secondary symptoms of Bright
Disease.
DR.. George johnson, a great authority
over 20 years ago pointed out that what
eyer disease affects the Kidneys produces
the same effect in the liver, and thu
purging of blood, nausea, vomiting o
bile and food, indigestion, constipation
piles, dizziness, persistent diarrhes
coming on suddenly to a person wh'
has always been robust are certain sec
ondary symptoms of Bright's Disease.
Having made a tour of the body anC
inding no other organs which it cal
destroy, then the disease returns to til,
kidneys; the back aches intolerably, til,
urine is dark, full OF brickdust anC
ropy; casts appear, albumen is abund
ant; then come great muscular relax
alton and prostratiun; grea'
puffs appear under the eyes, the count
enance is pale and wears an appearance,
IF fright, COMMISSIONS ensue, the fata
diarrhea or pneumonia sets in, ant
death is the end. These declarations
are the warnings of men of high auth
urity in medical sclencr, whom we car
not dispute If we would. We expect
when our physician visits our bedcham
ter, he will come with the possibility Of
healing, but there is no disease Which
he approaches with the certainty oi
failure like Bright's Disease. Is Their,
no hOTe OF curep Must this great ma
lady increase the number of its victim!
at the rate Of 20 per cent. a year, anC
we be powerless to preventP 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 a person in the tolls of Bright's Dis
ease; but happily, the oftimes wiser
school Of independent investigators ha:
not 80 failed. A few years ago a vel
known medical practitioner found the
vegetable elements which diseased kid,
neys and liver needed us q food and re-
| storer. and knowing how widely these