The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-04-30
A FATAL NEGLECT.
Most Serious Results, and How IT
Might Have Been Avoided.
The Importance of AttentIo 10 the Details
OF Life.

Early last spring the elegant mansion
of n OF New York's wealthest capl-
LallsL5, situate on u beautiful hill In
New Je' sey, was turned into a house of
mourning. 1t a been constructed on
the mosL approved sanitaryan and scientific
principles. Thousands of dollars had
been expended Ill the drainage, plumb
ing Il Ventilation. The surroundings
were healJhful, the air was pure, and
yet an epidemic of diphtherIa swept
away a family of young beautiful child
ZEN. 1t WAS the theory of The physicians
that the house was filled with malaria,
winch always invites diphtherla, and,
skeptlcal aS the father was, he lnstiJut-
ed a rigid examination. Every closet,
pipe and dram WAS found TO be perfect,
and they were about 10 give up, bafled,
when by accident they examined the
furnace fresh air box, and d few feet
from Its opening, IN a nelghbor's lot,
Luey discovered u mass of pu~trefylng
%gaTDagel The mystery was explained.
Inc malaria rae found an entrance
through the fresh" air hue, and three
loved ones persisted because somebody
had blunderedw The same result was
seen at princeton college, seven students
losing their lives by the faulty drainage
OF Tile college grounds. These occur
renee were nuJ''dIspeusatiOus Of Pruvi-
dence," they were The result OF PLAIN
caTeiessness.
Life 10 a constant struggle for exist
euce, anu as Tie hLtest always survives,
IL Is The duLy vi every mau " acqualnL
himself with tue methods ot prevention
and cure OF Influences winch would
hurry hun to tile grave. There Is much
doubt nowadays as to what, for III
stance, CAUSES malaria, but there IS no
uOuUJ that IL Is Tie basis of tile most
obstinate chronic disorders. Not many
years ago ID celebrated ply slclau Ut Lon
uun discovered whaL Is known as
BrIght's disease ot Lno kidneys. lille
most Of he characteristics OF tins
III eadlul malady have been known, yet
Ii Ot its most peculiar features Is OF
recent discovery, l. t LnaL IL PRODUCES
general arrangement of the TISSUES, Ii
Involves OLher uIgans ut tile body long De-
fore the kidneys themselves seem To be
affected. There Is no pain i'll Tie KID
neys U III their vicinity. The water
may not be alDumlnOus; there may be
no casts, and yet BIignL's disease may
exist aud disorder the entire system.
Prof. VIM. ii. Thompson, NJ. D., OF
the chair of MaterIa Medica, i'll the
university of the city OF New York, III
a recent lecture before the students ot
Bellevue college hospital, says "Brlght's
Disease has no symptoms Of its own,
but has the symptoms of every other
disease you can think Of" Albumen
aud casts may or may not be present;
nor is the specific gravity al absolute
and infallible test. DR.. Thompson says
kidney disease is probably the common
est cause OF death Ill this climate among
adults. more so even than consumption,
but IL is a very deceptive disease. If d
a breaks IA limb he will expect paiu
i'll the injured member; If a bullet crash
eS into tue body he Will at least suffer
pain in the wounded part, but in dis
eases of the kidneys he will suffer most
Ill h other organs of the body. These
! sutferings are only the effects, the cause
is behind them, and II that cannot bt
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 tht
i, head ,throbblngdlsturbed 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 by 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 BrighL's
Disease.
DIR. George johnson, a greatauthority,
over 20 years ago pointed out that what
ever disease affects the Kidneys produces
the same effect i'll the liver, II the
purging of blood, nausea, vomiting OF
bile and food, indigestion, constipation,
piles, diZZiuess, persistent diarrhpa
coming on suddenly to a person who
has always been robust are certain sec
ondary symptoms of Bright's Disease.
Having made a our of the body and
finding no other organs which II can
destroy, then the disease returns to the
kidneys; the back aches ~intOleIaDly, the
urine is dark, full OF Urickdust and
rupy; casts appear, alOumen is abund-
ant; then come great muscular relax
alton and nervous prostratlOh; great
puffs appear under the eyes, the count
enance is pale aud wear an appearance
of fright, COMMISSIONS ensue, the fatal
diarrh9a or pneumonia sets in, anu
death is the end. These declarations
are the warnings of mel of high auth
GRITTY in medical science, whom we can
not dispute if We would. We expect
when our 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 hOTe 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 pOwurless 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 u well
known medical practitioner found the
vegetable elements which diseased kid
neys and liver needed as a food and re-
storer, and knowing how widely these
diseases prevailed, he sold the formula
to Mr.. II. II. Warner, of Rochester,
n. Y. This gentleman began its manu-
facture on a most extensive scale, and
to-day Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver