Connecticut western news., 1882-04-12
A HUMAN BAROMETER.
The Real n elntion betyyee en the Human Bod, and the Weather scientifically Explained.

modern science along the line of human ne-
 cessity is the National Weather Bureau at
 Washington. Experience has shown that
 eighty per cent. of the predictions of the
 signal service are accurate; and these predic-
 t1ons are unquestionably Of the greatest advan-
 tage to the seaman, the agriculturist and the
 entire commercial world. The service has
 proven it's necessity by it's usefulness, for in
 past times the facilities for foretelling atmos-
 pheric changes were meager indeed. The only
 indications our fathers had of coming changes
 in the weather wore aching limbs, twitching
 joints or painful corns. These indications, D
 though crude, were usually correct, and hence
 naturally suggest the inquiry as to the rela-
 tion between tho human system and the
 weather. The body is unque stionably all ex-
 C. llent barometer. It foretells changes in the
 atmosphere long before they occur, and this
 fact has been taken advantage of by physicians
 who, when all other agencies fail, prescribe a
 change of air, thus hoping the body may find
 an atmospheric condition better suited to its
 needs. And yet the real relation between the
 human body and the weather has never been
 fully understood, nor has there ever been, until
 now, correct explanation of what rheumatism
 (which seems in league with the ntmosphere)
 really is. It was originally thought by many
 to be 8 trouble in the joints, and as such was
 treated in the most strange not to say ridicu-
 lous manner. This theory beoame dispelled
 when the same trouble attacked the muscles,
 and the feeing then prevailed that it was
 purely muscular disorder. But this idea was
 found to be too narrow, and now it is univer- sally conceded that rheumatism is @ blood dis.
 ease. And what & terrible disease it is. It
 often comes without warning and prostrates the system with agony. Again it's beginning is
 gradual, and Its growth glow. In it's acute
 form it manifests itself in every conceivable
 shape and always accompanied by intense pain.
 At one time it is inhammatory, at another neuralgia. Sometimes it assumes the form of gout, and again that of pleurisy or lumbago |;
 but in whatever manner it appears it is terribly painful and always to be dreaded. The pain and annoyance of rheumatism are increased by it's great danger, for it Is liable 10 attack the
 brain or heart at any moment, thereby causing instant death. Indeed, nearly every case of heart disease with all it's dreadful suddenness which has ever occurred, can bs traced more or less directly to rheumatic cauees. In its chronic form it stiffens the joints, contracts the mus clos, undermines the h. alth and ruins the life
 It frequently attacks men and women who are apparently in perfect health. Indeed, 1t is as greatly to be dreaded as any possible form of physical woe.
 But, however severe it's effects may be, the exact cause of this blood trouble has been an undecided question, and it is only within the 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 practiciug physicians of the land, and these inquiries were responded to quite generally, thus furn- lsh1ng data of great value to science and man. kind.. The views held by the doctors are of @ varied nature, but 80 overwhelming g propor- tion hold to one belief as to leave but little doubt that it is the correct one. This belief, briefly stated, is that uric acid in the blood causes rheumatism, and that it is only by re- troubles in all their terrible forms can be cured. This being true, the important question arises: "How does this poisonous uric acid get into the blood, and how can it best be removed? ?" Uric acid is waste ma terial of the body which the kidneys should cannot throw 1t from the system. Restore the kidneys and you restore the power that will force the uric acid from the system and thus banish the rheumatic agonies which 1t causes This is reason 1t is science. No one whose kidneys are in perfect condition was ever sufferer, however slight the pain may be, has perfect kidneys. The conclusion of this truth is inevitable: perfect kidneys mean freedom from rheumatism.
 When rheumatism has manifested itself in any special part of tho body, attempts have usually been made to treat that part of the body. As result tho pain has departed but the disease has remained, lying subtly con oealed and ready to break out at some unex- pected moment Checking the pain in any single locality only scatters the disease through the system, when If the seat of the disorder, which are the kidneys, were reacheda complete cure would be the result. The way, therefore, to expel this rank and poisonous acid before it assumes an infammatory or chronic form is by keeping the kidneys in absolute health. This is no easy thing to do, and no means has, until tue past few years, been known which would reach and affect these great organs. At last, however, scientists have discovered that the leaves of tropical plant, previously but little known to science and unknown to medi- cine, possessed marvellous qualities adapted for the kidneys. These leaves have been sklIlfully combined in the remedy now known as Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. It Is, up to the present time, the only known preparation that acts SO directly upon the kidneys as to eectualiy cure the various dangerous forms of kidney disease, and hence remove all uric acid from the blood. As 6 result the cures it has been the means of performing are really very remarkable. Indeed, there are thousands of persons in America to-day who owe their restoration ill health and entire freedom from rheumatism to this simple yet powerful remedy, which is known manufactured in Rochester, N. Y, and sold in every drug store in the land
 From the doctors in the various cities of the Cnited States who have certified over their own signatures to the scientific statement that uric acid in the blood is the cause of rheumatism, arc large number of Boston physicians among them being Dr. A. P. Lignthill, Dr. John B. Foley, Dr. Fred J. Garbit, Dr. M. l.. Chamberlain, Dr. Albert N. Blodgett Dr: John 0. Sharp, Dr. Charles W. Stevens, pr. Henry W. Bradford, Dr. Timothy H. Smith, pr. Charles M. Newell, Dr. William A. Dunn. Dr. J. F. Perry, Dr. John Burke, Dr. Michael F. Gavin, Dr. Aarsn Young, Dr. Elisha B. Row land Dr. Otis Gray Randall, Dr. Stephen C. Martin, Dr. George F. Bigelow, Dr. o: ". Dow, pr. Morris P. Wheeler, Dr. Robert W. Newell Dr. Franklin F. Patch, Dr.. Darius Wilson, pr. William F. Cornell, Dr. Henry Sohl, Dc. Ma thaniel Downes, Dr. William K. Ripley, Dr. George O. Shattuck, Dr. William Ingalls,, Dr. J. P. Oliver, Dr. Joseph F. Gould, Dr. Wilson Atwood, Dr. A. Fernald, Dr. Francis H. Brown and Dr. Hamilton Osgood.
 The theory of the doctors as above explained finds it's confirmation in the fact that when the kidneys have been cured, rheumatism is oom- pletely removed This is not, of course, always accomplished instantly, for in @ disease so subtle. the eure is often very slow, but under no other plan can any hope of permanent re. lief ever be found. There are hundreds of persons afflicted with rheumatic troubles of the worst order who have been entirely cured by following the theory above stated and using the remedy mentioned. Many of these persons had the very worst possible symptoms. Vague aches in different portions of the body were followed by agonies the most intense in some particular spot. Acute and throbbing pains succeeded each other and the ooursing poison ous aoid intiamed all the veins. Troubles which began with slight disorders increased to de- the most serious. It is sad to think that all this suffering was endured when 1t could have been so easily relieved. Acting under the theory and using the remedy above mentioned the kidneys could have been restored to their usual vigor, the uric poison expelled from the system, the inflammation removed and tho pain entirely banished.
 These are some of the real and scientific facts rheumatism, attested by the highest authority and they are, beyond question, the only correct ones ever brought forth. We are aware they are advanced ideas, but ten years hence they will be the accepted belief and practice of the world. If people suffer from rheumatic troubles in the future and with these plain truths before them, they certainly can blame no one but themselves.
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