The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-25
A HUMAN BAROMETER.
The Real Relation Between the
Human BODY and the Wen
Their scientifically
Explained.
Iscientihc American. I

Their scientifically
Explained.
tScientihc Americana
One of the most valuable DEVELOPMENTS
OF modern science along the line ofhuman
necessity is the national weather bureau
at Washington. Experience has shown
That eighty-six per cent. of the predic-
tlons OF the signal service are accurate;
and these predictions are unquestionably
OF the greatest advantage TO the seaman,
the agrlculturist and the entire CONNER.
cial world. The service has proven its
necessity by its usefulness, for I'm past
times the facilities for Dretelling atmos-
pherlc changes were meagre indeed
The only indications our fathers had OF
coming changes in the weather were ach-
ing limbs s'wipging joints or pa n full corn :.
Ihese indications" though crude. were
usually correct, and hence naturally
suggest the enquiry as to the rela-
ton between the human system and
the weather. The body is unquestiona-
Oily an excellent barometer. 1t foretells
changes In the atmosphere long before
they occur, and this fact has been taken
advantage of by physicians who, when
all other agencies TAIL, prescribe a change
OF air. thus hoping the body may find an
atmospheric condition better suited To. its
tween the human body and the weather
has never been fully understood, nor has
there ever been, until now, u correct ex-
PLANTATION of what rheumatism (which
seems in league with the atmospherel
really is. 1t was originally thought by
many to be trouble In the Joints, and as
such was treated in the most strange, not
TO say, ridiculous manner. This theory
became dlspelled when the same trouble
attacked the muscles. and the feeling
then prevailed that it was purely mus
cular disorder. But this idea was found
10 be too narrow, and now it is uniyer-
sally conceded that rheumatism is blood
disease. And what a terrible disease il
is. Ii often comes without warning and
prostrates the system with agony. Again
its beginning is gradual, and its growth
SLOW In It's acute form it manifests It.
SELF In every conceivable shape, and
always accompanied by intense pain. At
one time 1T Is intlammatory, at another
neuralgia. Sometimes it assumes the
form OF govt, and again that OF pleurisy
or lumbago; but In whatever manner IL
appears it Is terribly painful and always
to be dreaded. The pain and ANNOYANCE
OF rheumatism are increased by its great
danger, for 1t is liable TO attack the brain
or heart at any moment. thereby causing
instant death. Indeed, nearly every case
of heart disease with all its dreadful sud-
denness which has ever occurred, can be
traced more or less directly to rheumatic
causes. In its chronic form il stiffens the
joints, contracts the muscles, under
mines the health and ruins the life. IL
frequently attacks men and women who
are apparently in perfect health. Indeed,
1t is as greatly to be dreaded as anypossi-
BILE form of physical woe.
But, however severe its effects NAV he
the exact cause of this blood trouble has
been an undecided question, and it is
only within the past year that any de-
cislon upon the subject has been reached.
In order to fully determine what the
cause of rheumatic disorders really was.
certain authorities sent letters of inquiry
from Washington to the leading practic-
ing physicians of the land, and these in
quiries were responded TO quite gener-
ally, thus furnishing data of great value
to science and mankind. The views held
by the doctors are ola varied nature, but
so overwhelming a proportion hold TO
one belief as to leave but little doubt that
1t is the correct one. This belief, briefly
stated, is that uric acid in the
blood causes rheumatism, and
that it, is only by removing
this poisonous acid that rheumatic or
neuralgia troubles in all their terrible
forms can be cured. Chow does this
poisonous acid get into tbe blood, and
how can IL best be removedr" Uric acid
is waste of material of the body which
the kidneys should carry out, but because
they are weakened they cannot throw il
from the system. Restore the kidneys
and you restore the power that will force
the uric acid from the system and thus
Danish the rheumatic agonIes which IL
causes. This is reason 1t is science. No
one whose kidneys are IN perfect condl-
ton was ever troubled with rheumatism
and no rheumatic sufferer, however sill hi
the pain may he, has perfect kidneys.
The conclusion of this truth Is inevitable;
perfect kidneys mean freedom from
rheumatism.
When rheumatism has manifested itsel
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,
lying subtly concealed and ready TO
break out at some unexpected moment.
Checking the pain In any single locality
only scatters the disease through the sys-
TEN, when, If the seat of the disorder,
which are the kidneys, were reached, q
complete cure would be the result. The
way, therefore, to expel this rank and
poisonous acid before IL assumes an in
1ammatory 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,
that the leaves of tropical
plant, previously but little known
to science and unknown to
medicine, possessed marvellous qualities
adapted for the Kidneys. These leaves
have been skillfully combined in the
remedy now known as Warmers Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure. 1t is, up to the
present time, the only known prepare
ton that acts so directly upon the kid
neys as to efectually cure the various
dangerous forms of kidney disease, and
hence remove all uric acid from the
blood. AS result, the cures it has been
the means OF performing are really very
remarkable. Indeed, there are thou
sands of persons in America to-day who
owe their restoration to health and entire
freedom from rheumatism 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 in the various cities
of the United States who have certified
over their own signatures to the scientific
statement that uric acid in the blood II
the cause of rheumatism, are large nun,
Der of Chicago and st. Louis physicians
among them being DIR. Adolph Uhlemeyer
DR.. VIM. Webb. DIR. John NJ. Frank, DIR
Edwin T. Webster, DIR. Benjamin F.Whit
more, DR.. William T. Richardson, DR.
Robert Il. Atkinson. DIR. Thos. +. Hum
bold, DR.. William NJ. McPheeters, DIR
William johnson, DIR. Isaac N. Love, DIR
Clark Whittier, DR.. j. L. Hodgen, DIR
Thomas@F. DUNCAN, DIR. Nicholas Cub
man, DR.. Antonio Prietts, DR.. Charles III
Goodman, DIR. Daniel Kuhn, DIR. Henri
Newland, DR.. William S. Workman
DR.. George Il. Pitzer, DIR. Henry
f. Ahlbrandt. DR.. Elijah Il. Fra
zier, DR.. Carl sPinzig. DR.. David 3: Mar
tin, DR.. Benjamin X. Taylor, DIR. James
L. Logan, DIR. A. Heacock, DIR. Henry
KIrchner, DR.. John J. Kane, DR.. Henry
+. W. Kruse, DR.. VIM. G. Glasgow, DR.
Jeremiah s. b. Alleyne, DR. Thomas s
Comstock, DIR. Charles III. Hughes, DIR
Frederick Kolbenheyer, DR.. JOSEPH
HeitzIg, DIR. Edward A. De Caihol, DIR
Bernard Roemer, DIR. James M. Clopton
DIR. Charles V. Ware, DR.. Alphonso Jami
Barker, DR.. Solomon G. Martin. DIR
Rudolph Studhatter, DR.. Louis z. Ebr
mann, DR.. John A. King, DR.. Simeon e
Garlock, DR.. Theodore Foy, DIR. John Il
Faber, DIR. Ernest +. Hoffman, DIR. Her
man Maggie, DIR. Adolph Wislizenus, DIR
James L. Pirtle, DR.. Edward Rose, DIR
William H. Graysen, DR.. Hugo M
Starkloff, DR.. Robert NJ. Swander, DIR
William N, Brennan, DIR. Temple
Hoyne, DR.. Lyman Ware, DR.. Charles w
Hemsteyd, DR.. William j. Hawkes., DIR
T. c. Duncan, DIR. William r. Griswold
DIR. Lyman Bedford, DR.. A. b. Westcott
Or. j. B. Bell, DR.. Charles Nj. Clark, DR.
W. II. Woodbury., DR.. Alfred II. Hiatt
DIR. Herman Hahn, DR.. Calvin NJ. Fltcl
and DIR. John %. NJ. Carr.
The theory ofthe doctors, as above ex
planned, finds its confirmation in the fac
that when the kidneys have been cured
rheumatism is completely removed. Thu
is not, OF course, always accomplishe