The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-05-06
A FATAL NEGLECT.
How cariess Oversight Brought About the
Most Serious Results, and How IT
Might Have Been Avoided.
The Importance Of AttentiO TO the Details
Of Life.

Early last spring the elegant mansion
vi one OF New YOrk's wealLhesJ capI-
C~allsJs, lJuated III II beautiful hull Ii
New Je.sey, was turned into "a house Of
,uUurulug. IL had been constructed OIL
Tue most approved sanitary aud scientific
principles. Thousands OF dollars had
been expended In the drainage, plumb
.ng and ventilation. The surroundings
we're healJhful, the air WAS pure, anu
yet an epidemic of diphtherIa swept
away a family OF young beautiful child
EN-. IL WAS the theory of the physicians
that the mousse was filled with malaria,
which always invites diphtherIa, and,
skeptical AS the father was, he institute
cd u rigid examination. Every closet,
pipe and dram was found to be perfect,
aud they were about to give up baffled.
when by accident they examined the
furnace fresh air box, and a few feel
from It's opening, i'll a nelghbor's lot,
Cuey discovered a mass of putrefying
sarbagel The mystery was explained.
malaria had found an entrance
through the fresh" air lue, and three
loved ones persisted because somebody
uad blundered" The same result was
seen AT Princeton college, seven students
,vslng their lives by h faulty drainage
ut the college grounds. These occur
reuces were neutrality-suspicious. of PruvI-
Ience,' they were the result Of plain
careieSSneSs.
Life ID d constant struggle for exist
once, and as the hLJest always survives,
" Is the duty of every man to acquaInI
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 i'll
stance, causes malaria, but there is no
doubt hal 1t Is the basis of the most
obstinate chronic disorders. Not many
years ago "A celebrated physician of Lon
ion discovered what is known as
bright's disease of the kidneys. While
most of the characteristics of this
dreadful malady have been known, yet
Ii 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 i'll Ii kid
ueys nor l II their vicinity. The water
may not be albuminous; there may be
uo casts, and yet Bright's disease may
sxlst and disorder the entire system.
Prof. VIM. H.. Thompson, Nj. D., OF
The chair of Materia Medica, i'll the
university of he city OF New York, Ill
d recent lecture before the students oil
bellevue college hospital, says "Brlght's
Disease has no symptoms of its own,
Out has the symptoms of every other
disease you IA think Of" Albumen
and casts may or may not be present;
uUr Is the specific gravity All absolute
aud iutallIble Test. DIR. Thompson says
AIduey disease Is probably the common
cot cause of death IN this climate among
IdulJs. more 50 even than consumption,
OuJ IL is u very deceptive disease. IL u
nan breaks u limb he Will expect pain
III the injured member If u bullet crash
% into The body he will at least suffer
pain in the wounded part, but III 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, II If that cannOt be
removed there can be- no cure of the de-
tects. Some of the communest ailments
Of humanity are the sure symptoms OF
Bright's disease When the kidneys
nave been diseased for a certain time
there will occur strange disorders in the
mead, thrubbiug disturbed headaches, WIS.,
ION; the memory loses its power. These
are secondary symptoms of Bright's
Disease.
Again, the lungs are a favorite field
If operations, and diseased kidneys pro-
duce pleurisy, bronchitis, with or with
out cough, great ~paleness, sudden and
strange attacks of asthma, and splitting
Of blood. These are secondary effects of
Bright's Disease.
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,
OF valvular disease follows, with great
under the breast bone. These
are secondary symptoms of Bright's
Disease.
DR.. George johnson, agreatauthority,
over 20 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 diarrh9a
on suddenly to a person who
always been robust are certain Sec
symptoms of Bright's Disease
Having made a tour Of the b, dy az
no other organs which II can