The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-05-21
A FATAL NEGLECT.
The importance of AtteRtiO 10 the Details
Of Life.

The Importance of AttentiO 10 the Details
Of Life.
Early last spring the elegant mansion
of one OF New YUTk's W%Galthcst capt.
talisIs, situated on Il beautiful hill IN
New jersey, was turned into house Oh
mourning. II had been constructed on
the most approved sauitaTyaEd scientific
principles. Thousands OF dollars bad
been expended in the drainage, plumb
ing and ventilation. The surroundings
were healthful, the air WAS pure, aud
yet an epidemic Of diphtherIA swept
away a family Of young beautiful child
rem. II WAS the theory OF the physicians
that the house WAS filed with malaria,
which always invites d"iphtheria, and,
skeptical US the father was, he institut-
ed u rigid examination. Every closet,
pipe aud dram was found TO be perfect,
and they were about to give up, Oaiiied,
when by accident they EXAMINED the
furnace fresh air box, and a few feet
from its opening, in a neighbours lot,
they discovered a macs OF p~utrefying
garbage! The mystery was explained.
The malaria had found an entrance
through the 'fresh" air tlue, and three
loved OneS persisted because somebody
had blundered'n The same result was
seen at Princeton college, seven students
losing their lives by the faulty drainage
of the college grounds. These occur
rences were noL''dispensatiOns OF PrOYi-
dence," they were the result of plain
carelessness.
Life is u constant struggle for exist
ence. and as the tiJteSt 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 hat IL 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
Il of its most peculiar features is of
recent discovery, /. G., That 1t Produces
general arrangement of the tissues, and
involves other organs vi the body long be-
fore the kidneys themselves seem 10 be
affected. There Is no pain i'll the kid
neys nor IN their vicinity. The water
may not be dlbumiuuus; there may be
no casts, and yet BrignJ's disease may
exist and disorder ths entire system.
Prof. VIM. Ii. Thompson, NJ. D., of
the chair of Materiu Medica, III the
university Of the city of New York, in
a recent lecture before the students of
Bellevue college hospital, says 'BrIght's
Disease has no symptoms of It's own,
but has the symptoms of every other
disease you can think Of" AlUumeu
and casts may or may not be present;
nor is the specific gravity au absolute
and iufallible test. DIR. Thompson says
kidney disease is probably the common
est cause OF death III this climate among
adults. more 50 eve than consumption,
but IL is u very deceptive disease. If a
man breaks u limb lie will expect pain
in the injured member; If Il bullet crash
es into the body lie Will ut least suffer
pain in the wounded part, but in dis.
eases of the kidneys he will suffer most
IN the other organs of the body. These
sutferings are only the effects. the cause
is behind them, and if that cannot be
removed there "a be no cure of the de-
fects. Some of the cUmmunest 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, brouChitis,( 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 OF enlarged,
or ~valvular disease follows, with great
distress under the breast bone. These
are secondary symptoms of BrIght's
Disease.
DR.. George johnson, agreatauthority,
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 diarrhGa
coming on suddenly to a person who
HAS AWAY Dtih lOpuol dAG NAldlu SGG-
ondary symptoms of Bright's Disease
Having made a tour of the body and
finding no other organs which it can
destroy, then the disease returns to the
kidneys; the back aches intolerably, the
urine is dark, full OF ]brickdusJ and
ropy; casts appear, alburnen is abuud-
ant; then come great muscular relax
alton and v p"rOstration; great
.,n 800 - Ii Nl. g,rA Ia -.-
enance is pale and wears 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
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 cure? Must this great ma
lady increase the number of its victims
at the rate of 70 per cent. a year, and
we be powerless to %prevent2 DR.. Hol-
and says all medical practice is expert
mental, and b II 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 "A well
known medical practitioner found the
vegetable elements which diseased kid
neys and liver needed as Il food and re-
storer. and knowing how widely these