Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-04-27
The Real Relation Between the Human
Body and the Weather Scien-
tificallY Explained.
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that eighty-six per cent. of the predictions
| of the signal service are accurate; and
these predictions are unQueStiOnaoly or
| the greatest advantage to the seaman, the
\ agriculturist and the entire commercial
1 world. The service has proven its necesSi-
| ty by its usefulness, for in past times the
facilities for foretelling atmospheric chang
| rs were meagre indeed. The only indlca-
ton our fathers had of coming changes IN
the weather were aching limbs, twlnglng
| joints or painful corns. These "indlca-
| tiOpS," though crude, were usually correct,
and hence naturally suggest the enquiry
| as to the relation between the human SyS-
tenn and the weather. The body Is I'M
| Questionably an excellent barometer. Ii
| foretells changes in the atmosphere long
before they occur, and this fact has been
taken advantage of by phv sicians who,
when all other agencies fail, prescribe a
change of air, thus hoping the body may
| find an atmospheric condition better suited
| to its needs. And vet the real relation be-
| tween the human body and the weather
| has never been fully understood, nor has
there ever been, until now, correct eX
PLANTATION of what rheumatism (which
seems in league with the atmOSphere) real
| ~ is. 1t was originally thought by many
| to be a trouble in the joints, and as such
was treated in the most strange, not to say,
ridiculous manner. This theory became
diSCelled when the same trouble attacked
the muscles, and the feeling then prevailed
that it was purely muscular disorder.
But this idea was found to be too narrow
and now it is universally conceded that
rheumatism Is blood disease. And what
terrible disease it is. 1t often comes
without warning and pTOStrateS the sys
TEN with agony. Again its beg ming is
gradual, and Its growth slow. In its acute
form it manifesiS itself in every conceiy-
able shape and always accompanied hy
intense pain At one time it is inf ANNA
tory, at another neuralgia. Sometimes it
assumes the form of govt, and again that
OF pleuriSy or lumbagO; but in whatever
manner it appears it is terribly painful
and always to be dreaded. The pain and
annoyance of rheumatism are increased
by IT'S great Danger for it is liable to at
tack the BRAIN or heart at any moment,
thereby cau5 ng instant death. Indeed,
nearly every case of heart disease with all
its dreadful SuddenneSS which has ever
occurred, can be traced more or less direct
ly to rheumatic causes. In its chronic
form it StiffenS the joints, contracts the
muscles, unCermjnes the health aud ruins
the life. LIZ frequently attacks men and
women who are apparently in perfect
health. Indeed, it is as greatly to be
dreaded as any possible form of physical
woe.
But, however severe its effects NAV be,
the exact cause of this blood trouble has
been an undecided question, and it is only
within the past year that any decision up
on the subject has been reached. In order
to fully determine what the cause of rheu-
matte disorders really was, certain authOri-
lies sent letters of inquiry from Washing
ton to the leading p.acticing physicians
| OF the land, and these inquiries were re-
SpOnded to quite generally, thus furnish
| ing Caia OF great value TO science and
mankind. Tbs view held by tie doctors
axe or varied nature, but SO Overwhelm-
ing a proportion hold to one belief as to
4 hut Il
| one. This belief, briefly stated, is that
uric acid in the blOtd causes rheumatism,
and that it is only by removing this poiS-
OIous acid that rheumatic or neuralgia
| troubles in all their terrible forms can be
cured. This being true. the important
que. ton arises: "HOw does this poisonous
uric acid get into the blood, and how can
it best be remOved?' Uric acid is waste
material of the body which the kidneys
should carry out, but BECAUSE they are
weakened they cannot throw it from the
system. Restore the kidneys AMI you re-
store the power that will force the uric
acid from the system and thus Danish the
rheumatic agOnies which it causes. This
is reason; IL is science. No one whose
kidneys are in a perfect condition 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-
| tism.
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 result, the pain has
| departed but the disease has remained, ly-
! ing subtly concealed and ready to break
out at some unexpected moment. Check
| ing the pain 10 any single locality only
ScatterS the disease through the system,
when, If the seat of the disorder, which
are the kidneys, were reached, a complete
| cure would be the result The Way, there
fore, to expel this rank and poisonous acid
| before 1t assumes an iDflammatory or
| chronic form is by keeping 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
organs. At last, however, scientists have
discovered that the leaves of tropical
plant, previously but little known TO
science and unknown to medicine, possess
ed marvellous qualities adapted for the
kidneys. These leaves have been skill full
ly combined in the remedy now known as
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. 1t
is, up to the present time, the only known
preparation that acts so directly upon the
kidneys as to effectually cure the various
dangerous forms Of kidney disease, and
hence remove al uric acid from the blood
AS a result, the cures it has been the means
, |, Q" 81 performing are really Very remarkable.
Indeed, there are thousands of persons in
America to-day who owe their restoration
to health and entire freedom from rheuma-
tism to this simple yet powerful remedy,
which Is known universally, manufactured
In Rochester, n. Y, and sold in every
drug store in the land.
From the doctors 10 the various cities of
the United States who have certified over
their own signatures to the scientific state
| of rrio in h0 Il he
cause of rheumatism, are large number
of Chicago and ST. Louis physicians, among
them being DR.. AdOlph Uhlemeyer, DR..
VIM. Webb, Or. John NJ. Frank, DIR. Edwin
I. Webster, DR.. Benjamin r. Whitmore
DIR. William T. Richardson, DR.. Robert T.
Atkinson, DR.. Thos. +. Humboldt, DR.. Will
liam NJ. McPheeters, DR.. William johnson
DR.. Isaac n. Love, DIR. Clark Whittier, DIR,
j. T. Hodgen, DR.. Thomas +. DUNCAN, DR.
Nicholas Guhman, DR.. Antonio Prietts
DIR. Charles Ii. Goodman, DIR. Daniel KuhD
DIR. Henry Newland, DIR. William ). Wort
man, DIR. George T. PitZer Dr. Henry r