The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-04-19
A FATAL NEGLECT.
How csness Oversight Brought About the
Most Serious Results, and How 1t
Might Have Been Avoided.
The Importance of AttentiO 10 the Details
OF Life.

The Importance Of AtIentiO 10 the Details
OF Life.
Early last spring the elegant mansion
of Ii Of New lork's weaithest capi-
~UallsLs, situated ON II beautiful hull II
New Je, sey, WAS turned into house OF
mourning. IL had been constructed on
tue most approved sanitary aud scientific
principles. Thousands Of dollars mad
been expended Ill the drainage, plumb
ana Ventilation. The surroundings
we're ne~alLntul, the air was pure, and
Yet all epidemic OF diphLherla swept
away d family Ot young beautiful child
len. IL was Jhe Theory vi Lbe physicians
that the house was filled with malaria,
which always Invites dlphtnerla, and,
skeptIcal as the father WAS, he institut-
ed d rigid examination. Every closet,
pipe and dram WAS found 10 be perfect,
and they were about u give up, batfied,
wheu by accident they examined the
furnace fresh air box, aud u few feet
from It's opening, i'll a n~eIgnbor's lot,
they discovered a mass VI putrefylng
garbage! The mystery was explained.
Inc malaria uad found an entrance
through Inu "fresh' air hue, and three
loved ones persisted because somebody
had blunderedi" The same result was
seen at princeton college, seven students
losing their lives by Tie faulty drainage
of the college grounds. These occur-
reuces were neutrality-suspicious. Of ProyI-
dence," they we've the result of PLAIN
CareleSSueSs.
Life ls a constant struggle for exist
euce, and as the iittest always survives,
IL Is the duty of every man to acquaint
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 in
stance, causes malaria, but there is no
doubt that it is the basis Of the most
obstinate chronic disorders. Not many
years ago a 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, /. 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 in the kid
neys nor In their vicinity. The water
may not be albuminous; there may be
no casts, and yet Brignt's disease may
exist aud disorder the entire system.
Prof. VIM. IL. Thompson, M. D., Of
the chair of Materia Medica, III the
university of the city of New York, IN
"a recent lecture before the students of
Bellevue college hospital, says 'Brlght's
Disease has no symptoms of its own,
but has the symptoms Of every other
disease you car think Of" Albumen
and casts may or may not be present;
nor is the specific gravity All absolute
and infallible 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 u 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
N the other organs of the body. These
sufferings are only the effects, the cause
is behind them, and II that cannot be
removed there can 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 ,throbbingdisturbed 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 OF with.
out cough, great paleness, sudden n
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,
or valvulaT disease follows, with greal
distress under the breast bone Thest
are secondary symptoms of Bright's
Disease.
DR.. George johnson, a greatauthority
over 20 years ago pointed out that what
ever disease affects the kldneys produces
the same effect in the liver, aud the
purging of blood, nausea, vomiting Ol
bile and food, indigestion, constipation,
piles. dizziness, persistent diarrh9a
coming OIL 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 ana
finding no other organs which ii a
destroy, then the disease returns to tile
kidneys; the back aches intOlerably, tht
urine is dark. full OF brickdust ana
ropy; casts appear, albumen Is abund
ant; then come great muscular relax
alton and nervous prostitution; great
puffs appear under the eyes, the count
enance is pale and wears an appearance
of fright, COMMISSIONS ensue, the fatal
diarrhRa or pneumonia sets in, and
death is the end. These declarations
are the warnings of men of high auth
GRITTY in medical science, whom we can
not dispute If we would. We expect
when u physician visits our bedcham
Der, 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 20 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 g a well
known medical practitioner found the
vegetable elements which diseased kid
neys and liver needed as a food and re-