The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-04-02
A FATAL NEGLECT.
How Cariess Oversight Brought Abou. the
Most Serious R~tsuits, and hoW IT
Might Have Been Avoided.
The Importance Of AttentiO 10 the Details
Of Life.

Inc importance OF Attentl0 10 Inc DETAILS
Of Life.
Early last spring the elegant mansion
Of Une ot New York's wealLhest capl-
LallsLs, situate ON II beautiful hill III
New jersey, was turned into d house OF
mourning. 1t had been constructed on
the most approved sanitary and scientific
principles. Thousands of dollars had
Deeu expended i'll the drainage, plumb
ing and ventilation. The surroundings
were healthtul, the air was pure, and
yet all epidemic of diphtherla swept
away d family OF young beautiful child
rem II was The Theory of The physicians
that the house was tlled with malaria,
winch Always invites diphtherIa, aud,
skeptlcal AS the father was, he institut-
ed u rigid examination. Every closet,
pipe and drain was found TO be perfect,
and they were about 10 give up, baftled.
Which by accident they examined the
furnace fresh air box, aud d few feet
from Its opening, i'll a neighbours lot,
tney discovered n mass OF putrefyiug
garbagel The mystery was explained.
Tue malaria had found an entrance
through thu fresh" air lue, aud three
loved pies persisted because somebody
had bluuderedi" The same result was
seen aJ frIuceton college, seven students
losing theII ives by the faulty drainage
of tie college, grounds. These occur
reuces were not ''dlspensatiuns of ProvI-
dence," they were the result of PLAIN
CaTcles5ueSs.
Life is II constant struggle for exist
ence, aud as the tittest always survives,
IL Is the duty of every man to acQuainL
NVN-.IT ,.t.tl A. NN. .,.N I..A .f -, F,,.
aud cure of i%ntiuences which would
hurry him to the grave. There is much
doubt nowadays as to what, for in
stance, causes malaria, but there is no
doubt that it is the basis of the most
obstinate chronic disorders. Not many
years ago IA celebrated physician of Lon
don discovered what is known as
Bright's disease of the kidneys. While
most of the characteristics of this
dreadful malady have been known, yet
one of its most peculiar features is of
recent discovery, /. { d, that II PRODUCES
general arrangement of the tissues, aud
involves other organs of the body long be-
fore the kidneys themselves seem To b-
affected. There is no pain in the kid
neys nor IN their vicinity. The water
may not be albuminous; there may be
no casts, and yet Bright's disease may
exist and disorder the entire system.
Prof. VIM. III. Thompson, M. D., Of
the chair of Materia Medica, in the
university of the city of New York, in
a recent lecture before the students of
Bellevue college hosplta says 'Bright's
Disease has no symptoms of It's own,
but Il the symptoms of every other
disease you can think off, Albumen
and casts may or may not be present;
nor is the specific gravity au 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 IL is a very deceptive disease. If a
man breaks Il 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
is behind them, and If that cannot be
removed there "a 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 ,~throbbiug 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
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 b~y-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, 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 diarrhoea
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 it eau
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 eusue, the fatal
diarrhpa or pneumonia sets in, and
death is the end. These declarations
are the warnings of men Of high auth
ority in medical science, whom we can.
not dispute If we would. We expect
when our physician visits our bedcham.
her, 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 curep Must this great ma
lady increase the number of its victims
at the rate of IS per cent. a year, and
we be powerless to prevent? 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 has
not so failed. A few years ago a well
known medical practitioner found the