Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-06
A HUMAN BAROMETER.
The Real Relation Between the Human
Body and the Weather scientifically tx
nfaiued

Scientific American.
One of the most valuable developments of
modern science along the line of human ne
cessity is the National Weather Bureau at
Washington Experience has shown that
Ell ,hty-six per cent. of the predictions OF
predictions are unquestionably of the great
est advantage TO the seaman, the 'agrleuI-
turist 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
meapre indeed The only indications our
fathers had of coming changes IN the
FEATHER were aching limbs, tmlnging
Joints or painful corns. These '1ndi-
cations" though crude, were usually
correct. and heuee naturally suggest
the enquiry 10 the relation be-
tween the human system and the wealth
or. The body is unquestionably an ex-
cellent barometer. It foreteIls 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 a change of air, thus hoping
the body may find III atmospheric condition
better suited to its needs And yet the real
relation between the human BODY and the
weather has never been fully understood,
nor has there ever been, until now, q correct
explanation of what rheumatism (Which
seems III league with the atmosphere really
Is. 1t was originally thought by many to
be a trouble in the joints, an As such WAS
treated III the most strange, not to say, RI
dicuious manner. This theory became dis
PEELED when the same trouble attacked the
muscles, and the feeling then prevailed that
it was purelay 3 muscular disorder. But
this idea WAS found to be too narrow, and
now it is universally conceded that rheuma-
tism is blood disease And what terrible
disease it is. II often comes without warn
ing 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 govt, and
again that of pleurisy or iumbago: but
IN whatever manner II APP
pears it Is terribly painful
aud always to be dreaded The
pain and annoyance of rheumatism are in
creased by its great danger for it is liable 10
attack the brain or heart at any moment,
thereby causing instant death. Indeed,
nearly every case of heart disease with all
its dreadful suddennesS which has ever oc-
cured, can be traced more or less directly
to rheumatic causes. In its chronic form it
stiffens the joints, contracts the muscles,
uudermines the health and ruins the life
1t frequently attacks men and women who
are apparently i'll perfect health. Indeed,
II is as greatly to be dreaded as any possible
form of physical woe
But, however severe it's effects may 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 determine what the cause of rheumatic
disorders really was, certain authorities sent
letters of inquiry from Washington to the
leading practicing physicians of the land,
aud these inquiries We're responded TO quite
generally, thus furnishing data of great
value to science and mankind The
views held by the doctors are
of varied nature, but so over
wheiming proportion hold to one belief as
to leave but little doubt that it is the cor
rect one This belief, briefly stated, is that
URN acid IN the blood causes rheumatism
and that it is only by removing this poison
bles in all their terrible forms Can be cured.
This being true, the important question
arises: How does this poisonous uric acid
get into the blood, and how can it best be
remoyed:' Uric acid is waste material of
the body which the kidneys should carry
out, bur because they are weakened they
cannot throw it from the system. Restore
the kidneys and you restore the power that
will force the uric acid from the system and
thus Danish the rheumatic agonies which ii
causes This is reason; it is science. No
one whose kidneys are IN perfect condi-
ton was ever troubled with rheumatism,
and no rheumatic sufferer, however slight
the pain may be, has perfect kidneys. The
conclusion of this truth is inevitable: per-
feet kidneys mean freedom from rheuma-
tisn.
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 de-
parted but the disease has remained, lying
subtly concealed and ready to break out at
some unexpected moment Checking the
pain III any single locality only scatters the
disease through the system, when, if the
seat of the disorder, which are the kidneys
were reached, complete cure would be the
=
rank and poisonous acid before it assumes
an inaammRtory OF chronic form is by keep
ing the kidneys in absolute 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 orgaJs. At last. however,
scientists have discovered that the leaves of
Il tropical plant, previously but little known
TO science and unknown to medicine, pos
sessed marvellous qualities adapted for the
! kidneys. These leaves have been skillfully
combined in the remedy now known rs
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. 1t
! Is, up 10 the present time; the only Known
! preparation that acts so directly upon
the kidneys as to effectually
( cure the various dangeraus forms of kidney
! disease, and hence remove all uric acid from
the blood. As a result, the cures it has been
the means of performing are really very re-
/ Inarkable. Indeed, there are thousands of
persons in America to-day who owe their
restoration to health and entire freedom
from rheumatism to this simple yet power
full remedy, which is known universally,
manufactured in Rochester. n. T., and sold
m every drug store III the land.
From the doctors in the various cities of
the United States. who have certified over
. lhGli own SISlAttLith, ~ Tie sGttHLiuC StHLS-
ment that uric acid in the blood is the cause
of rheumatism, are large number of Chi
cago and st. Louis physicians, among them
! being DR.. AdOiph Uhlemeyer, DIR. VIM.
/, Webb, DIR. John NJ. Frank, DIR, Edwin L.
Webster, Dr. Benjamin T. Whitmore, DIR.
William T. Richardson. DIR. Robert T. At
kinson, DR. Thos. f. Humboldt, DR.. William
NJ. McPheeters, DIR. William Johnson, DIR.
Isaac n. Love, Dr. Clark Whittier, DIR. J. T.
Hodgen, DIR. Thomas F. Dunigan, DIR. Mich
olas Guhman, DR.. Antonio Prietts, DR.. Chas
H. Goodman, DR. Daniel Kuhn, DR.. Henry
Newland, DIR. William S. Workman, DR.
George I. Pitzer. DR. Henry L. Ahlbrandt
DIR, Elijah L. Frazier, DIR. Carl Spinzig, DR.
David h. Martin, DIR. Benjamin r. Taylor.
DIR. James L. Logan, DIR. 4. Heaeoch. DR..
Henry kirchner, DIR. John j. Kane, DIR.
( Henry f. W Kruse. DIR. William c. Glas-
gov, DIR. Jeremiah S. h, Alleyne, DIR. Thos.
s. Comstock, DIR. Charles H. Hughes, DR..
Frederick kolbenheyer. Dr. Joseph Heitzig.