The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-05-14
A FATAL NEGLECT.
How Cariess Oversight Brought About the
Most Serious Results, and How IT
Might Have Been Avoided.
The Importance of AtteutiO 10 the Details
Of Life.

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of one OF New York's wealthest CAPT
~talists, situated on IA beautiful hill in
New jersey, was turned int "a house OF
mourning. 1t had been constructed on
the most approved sanitary and scientific
principles. Thousands of dollars had
been expended in Ii drainage, plumb
ing and ventilation. The surroundings
were healthful, the air was pure, aud
yet an epidemic of diphtherla swept
away a family OF young beautiful child
rem. 1t was the theory of the physicians
that the house was filled with malaria,
which always invites diphtherIa, and,
skeptical AS the father was, he lnstitut-
ed a rigid examination. Every closet,
pipe aud dram was found to be perfect,
and they were about to give up, batlled,
when by accident they examined the
furnace fresh air box, Il a few feet
from its opening, in a neighbours lot,
they discovered a mass of putrefying
garbagel The mystery was explained.
The malaria had found AN entrance
through the "fresh" air lue, and three
loved ones persisted because "sOmebOdy
bad blunderedl" 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 ''dispensatiOns of Pruvi-
dence," they were the result of plain
carelessness.
Life is a constant struggle for exist
ence. and as the tittest always survives,
II 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 az to what, for in
-
stance, causes malaria, but there IS no
doubt Shat 1t is the basis of the most
obstinate chronic disorders, Not many
years ago II celebrated physician of Lon
don discovered what Is known AS
Bright's disease of the kidneys. While
most of the characteristics of this
dI eadful malady have been known, yet
one of its most peculiar features is OF
recent discovery, /. e that 1t produces
general arrangement OF the tissues, II
involves other organs OF the body long be
fore the kidneys themselves seem To be-
| affected. There is no pain in the kid
ueys nor IN their vicinity. The water
may not be albuminous; there may be
no casts, and yet Bright's disease may
exist and disorder the entire system.
Prof. VIM II. Thompson, M. d., of
the chair of Materia Medlca, in the
ulllNtlDll1 vi Ait NlbN VI -NN" NAhf ~
a 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 an absolute
and infallible test. DIR. Thompson says
kidney disease is probably the common
est cause OF death III this climate among
adults. more so even than consumption,
but it is n very deceptive disease. If "A
man breaks u limb he Will expect pain
in the injured member; if Il 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
IN 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 nc 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.
out cough, great p~alenesS, 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 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 great authority,
over % years ago pointed u that what
ever disease affects the Eidneys produces
the same effect in the liver, and the
purging of blood, nausea, vomiting of
bile and food, Indigestion, constipation,
piles, dizziness, persistent diarrhpa
coming on suddenly to u person vino
has always been robust are certain Sec
ondary symptoms of Bright's Disease
Having made a tou of the body and
finding no other organs which it can
destroy, then the disease returns to the
kidneys; the back aches i~ntOlerably, the
urine is dark. full of brickduSt and
rnnv. rnsts annpar alhumpn ia abund-
ami. then come great muscular relax
alton and nprvous prnstration great
nuffs annear md the eyes. the count
enance il male and wears an appearance
Of fright. convuisIous cnsup' The fatal
diarrTma or pneumonia sets in. and
death ia the end. These declarations
are the warnings of men of high auth
Ority in medical science, whom we can
nnt disrute II we wouId. We exr.ct
when our uhysiciau visits our bedcham
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