The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-07

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The Real Relation Between the Human Body
And the Weather Scientifically
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One of the most valuable developments
of modern science along the line of human
necessity Is the National Weather Bureau
at Washington. Experience has shown
that eighty six per cent of the predictions
of the signal service are accurate; and
these predictions are unquestionably of the
greatest advantage to the seaman, the ag
ricultnfist and the entire commercial world
The service has proven its necessity by its
usefulness, for in past times the facilities
fer foretelling atmospheric changes were
meagre indeed The only indications our
fathers had of coming changes in the
weather were aching limbs, twinging joints
or painful corns. These Indications .
though crude, were usually correct, and
hence naturally suggest the inquiry as to
the relation between the human system and
the weather. The body is unquestionably
an excellent barometer. 1t foretells chang
es in the atmosphere long before they oc-
cur, and this fact has beentaken advantage
of by physicians who. when all other agen-
cies fail, prescribe 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, a correct explanation of what rheu-
matism (Which seems in league with the
atmosphere really is. 1t was originally
thought by many to be trouble in the
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strange, not to say ridiculous, manner.
This theory became dispelled when the
same trouble attacked the muscles, and the
feeling then prevailed that it was purely a
muscular disorder. But this idea was found
to be too narrow, and now it is universally
conceded that rheumatism is a blood dis
ease And what terrible disease it is.
1t often comes without warning and pros
trates the system with agony. Again its
beginning is gradual, and its growth slow.
In its acute form it manifests itself in eve
nv conceivable shape and always accompa-
MED by intense pain. At one time it is
infiammatory, at another neuralgia. Some
times it assumes 1.-THE form of govt 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 in
creased by its great danger for it 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 suddenness which has ever oc-
CURED, can be traced more or less directly
to rheumatic causes. In its chronic form
it stiffens the joints, contracts the muscles,
undermines the health and ruins the life.
1t frequently attacks men and women who
are apparently in perfect health Indeed,
it is as greatly to be dreaded as any posi-
BILE form of physical woe.
But, however severe its effects may be,
the exact cause of this blood trouble has
been an undecided question, and it is only
within the past year that any decision upon
the subject has been reached. In order to
fully determine what the cause of rheu-
matte disorders really was, certain author
tiles sent letters of inquiry from Washing
ton to the leading practicing physicians of
the land, and these inquiries were respond
ed to quite generally, thus furnishing data
of great value to science and mankind.
The views held by the doctors are of a
varied nature but SO overwhelming pro-
portion 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 1t is
only by removing this poisonous acid that
rheumatic or neuralgia troubles in all
their terrible forms, can be cured. This be-
ing true, the important question arises:
How does this poisonous uric acid get in
to the blood, and how can it best be re-
movede"s Uric acid is waste material of
the body which the kidneys should carry
out, but because they are weakened they
cannot throw it 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 it causes. This is reason; it is
science. No one whose kidneys are in a
perfect condition was ever troubled with
rheumatism, and no rheumatic sufferer,
however slight the pain may be, has per-
feet kidneys. The conclusion Of this truth
is inevitable: perfect kidneys mean free
dom from rheumatism.
When Rheumatism has manifested it
self in any special part of the body, at
tempts have usually been made to treat
that part of the body. As result, the
pain has departed but the disease has re-
manned, 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-
tenn, when, if the seat of the disorder, which
are the kidneys. were reached, complete
cure would be the result. The way, there
fore, to expel this rank and poisonous acid
before it assumes an int1ammatory 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, however scientists have
discovered that the leaves of tropical
plant previously but little known to sci
ence and unknown to medicine, possessed
marvellous quantities adapted for the kid
neYs. 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 pre-
paration that acts so directly upon the
kidneys as to effectually 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 thousands of persons in
America to-day who owe their restoration
to health and entire freedom from rheu-
matism to this simple yet powerful rem
edy, which is known universally manu-
featured in Rochester, N. Y, and sold in
every drug store in the land.
From the doctors in the various cities OF