The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-04-14
A FATAL NEGLECT.
How cariess Oversight Brought About the
Most Serious Results, and How 1t
Might Have Been Avoided.
The Importance of AuentlO 10 the Details
Of Life.

new J6' stJ, WAS LuIutu luJO d nOuoe VI
mourning. IL had been constructed on
tue most approved sanitary and scientific
principles. Thousands OF dollars had
beeu expended i'll the drainage, plumb
ing and ventilation. The surroundings
were healthtul, the air was pure, ana
yet an epidemic of diphJheria swept
away a family OF young beautiful child
Zen. IL was tile theory of The physicians
that the house was filled with malaria, |
which always invites ~diphtherIa, anu,
skeptIcal AZ the father was, he instituJ-
ed a rigid examination. Every closet,
pipe aud dram was found to be perfect,
and they were about 10 give up, Daffied,
when 10y accident they examined the
furnace fresh air box, and u few feet
from Its opening, III "a nelgnbur'5 lot,
tuey discovered d mass OF putrefying
garbagel Tue mystery WAS ex Explained.
Ine malaria had found an eitraucr
through Lhe fresh" air Hue, and three
loved ones persisted BECAUSE somebody
had blunderedrn The same result was
seen at princeton college, seven students
losing theiI lives by Ine faulty drainage
of the college grounds. These occur
reuces were neutrality-suspicious. of PrOvI-
dence," they were The result of PLAIN
carelessueSs.
Life Is n constant struggle for exist
ence, and as the hLJest always survives,
IL Is The ouLy ut every man To acqualnt
himself with tue methods of prevention
and cure of Influences which would
hurry him to the grave There IS much
doubt nowadays rs to what, for III
Stance, CAUSES malaria, but there is no
doubt that IT Is The basis of the most
obstinate chronic disorders. Not many
,.... -, a a.l.I,rat..t t,hN Et,.t.. .f Az
don discovered what Is known Us
Bright's disease of tue kidneys. While
most of the characteristics of tins
dreadful malady have BEEN known, yet
one of its most peculiar features is of
recent discovery, i. e That II PRODUCES
general arrangement of the Tissues, and
involves other organs OF the body long be-
fore the kidneys themselves seem to bt
affected. There Is nc pain In the kid
neys nor III their vicinity. The water
MA not he alUuminous; there may be
no casts. and yet BTignt's disease may
exist aud disorder the entire system.
Prot. 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 OF
Bellevue college hospital, says 'Brlght's
Disease has 40 symptoms of its own,
but has the symptoms Of every Other
disease you can think off," Albumen
and 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 In this climate among
adults. E1ore so even than consumption,
but it is a very deceptive disease. If a
man breaks a limb he will expect pain
in the injured member; if a bullet crash
es into the body he will at least suffer
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, INT IL that annot be
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 the
head ,throbbing 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
oAA NObkllg Z pOiNLlScpt obNbO III
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 v~alvular disease follows, with great
distress under the breast bone. These
are secondary symptoms of Bright's
Disease.
DR.. George johnson, a greatauthority,
over 20 years ago pointed out that what
ever disease affects the kldneys 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 Oh 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 II
finding no other organs which IL cal
destroy, then the disease returns to the
kidneys; the back aches intolerably, tile
urine is dark, full of brickdust and
rOpy; casts appear, albumen Is abund
ant; then come great muscular relax
alton and nervous prOstration; great
puffs appear under the eyes, the oun
enance is pale and wears an appearance
IF fright, commissions ensue, the fatal
diarrhRa or pneumonia sets Inland
death is the end. These declaration
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
her, 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 ther,
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 powerless to prevent? DR.. Hol.
and says all medical practice is expert
mental, and that any remedy hat 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 Il person in the tolls of Bright's Dis
ease; but happily, the oftimes wiser
school nf 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 a food and re-
storer, and knowing how widely these
diseases prevailed, he sold the formula
tn 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
Cure is used more generally than an,
other known compound. The manufac
turers of this remedy know, from the
unsolicited testimony Of hundreds of
cases cured Of the worst form of Bright's