The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-03-31
A FATAL NEGLECT.
How cariess Oversight Brought About the
Most Serious Results, and How 1t
Might Have Been Avoided.
The Importance Uf AtrenuO 10 the Details
Of Life.

Early last spring the elegant mansion
of vne oI New York's weaIthest capt.
~UalIsLs, situated On u beautiful hill III
New Je sey, was turned Into house of
luuurnIng. IL had Deeu constructed on
tue most approved SANITARY aud sclentlhe
principles. thousands VI dollars had
Deeu expended IN tile drainage, plumb
ing and Ventilation. The surroundings
we're iIealthtul, this air Was pure, aud
yet an epIdenIic of %diphLheria swept
away a family OF young beautiful child
zen. IL MAS tile theory of The physicians
that the house Was filled with malaria,
which always invites diphtheTia, aud,
skeptlcal as the father was, lie institute
ed u rigid examination. Every closet,
pipe and dra was found to he perfect,
and they were about TO give up, bafhed.
when by accident they examined the
furnace fresh air box, and a few feet
from its opening, In a neighbor's lot,
tuey discovered a mass OF putrefying
g~arbagel The mystery was explained.
The malaria had found an entrance
through the fresh" air flue, and three
loved ones persisted because somebody
had blunderedt" The same result WAS
seen at Princeton college, seven students
losing their lives by the faulty drainage
Of the college grounds. These occur
reuces were not ''dls%pensatiOns of Provi-
dence,n they were the result of plain
careiessnes5s
Life Is "a constant struggle for exist
ence. and rs the hLtest always survives,
~ Is the duty Of every man to acqualnt
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, auses malaria, but there is no
doubt that IL Is the basis of the most
obstinate chronic disorders. Not many
years ago 4 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 ID OF
recent discovery, /. e That IT PRODUCES
acknowledgements Of the tissues, and
involves other organs Of the BODY long De-
fore the kidneys themselves seem u be
affected. There is no pain in the kid
neys nor III their vicinity. The water
may not be a~lbuminous; there may be
no casts, and yet Bright's disease may
exist and disorder the entire system.
Prof. VIM. ii. Thompson, M. D., of
IIlb Clhll VI hldlCllh pittiNhs III VIZ
university of the city of New York, IN
Il recent lecture before the students of
Bellevue college hospital, says ''Bright's
Disease has no symptoms of its own,
but has the symptoms of every other
disease you can think Of" Albumen
and casts may or may not be present;
nor is the specific gravity al absolute
and infallible test. DIR. Thompson says
kidney disease Is probably the common
est cause OF death In this climate among
adults. more 50 even thar consumption,
but II is u very deceptive disease. If "a
man breaks IA limb he will expect pain
in the injured member; if II bullet crash
es into the body he will ut least tuffer
pain in the wounded part, but In dis
eases of the kidneys he will suffer most
III the other organs of the body. These
sufferings are only the effects, the cause
is behind them, and If that cannot be-
removed there can be no cure of the de-
fects. Some Of the commonest ailments
Brtght's disease When the kidneys
have been diseased for a certain time
there will occur strange disorders il the
head ,thrubbing 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
NJ blood. These are secondary effects of
Bright's Disease.
The heart, in the effort to force blood
into the diseased organs, which are
swollen 10y reason of kidney disease, be-
comes exhausted. hardened or enlarged,
or valyular disease follows, with great
distress under the breast bone These
are secondary symptoms of Bright's
Disease.
DR.. George johnson, n greatauthOrity,
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 diarrhea
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 1t can
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 prOstratiun; great
puffs appear under the eyes, the count
enance is pale and wear an appearance
of fright, COMMISSIONS ensue the fatal
diarrh9a 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
mt dispute If we would. We expect
when u physician visits u 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
ut 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 tina 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 n person In the tolls OF Bright's Dis
ease; but happily, the oftimes wiser
school Of independent Investigators has
not 80 failed. A few years ago a 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
10 Mr.. II. II. Warner, of Rochester,
N. Y. This gentleman began its manu-
facture on Il most extensive scale, and
to-day Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure is used more generally than any