The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-04-26
A FATAL NEGLECT.
How Cariess Oversight Brought About the
Most Serious Results, and How 1t
Nigh, Have Been Avoided.
The Importance Of AttentIO 10 the Details
Of Lite.

Early last spring the elegant mansion
Of Une OF New 4ork's WealLheSt capI-
~talisJs, situated on u beautiful hill In
New Je, sey, WAS turned mt u house OF
mourning. 1t u been constructed on
IN approved sanitary and scientific
principles. Thousands OF dollars had
been expended in the drainage, plumb
ing aud ventilation. The surroundings
we're nealLntul, the air WAS pure, aud
yet an epidemic of diphtherla swept
away a family OF young beautiful child
zen. 1t was the theory Of The physicians
that the house was filled with malaria,
winch always invites diphtherIa, and,
okepJlcal as h father was, he institute
Cd d rigid examination. Every closet,
pipe and dram was found TO be perfect,
Ii they were about 10 give up, batiled,
when by accident they examined The
furnace fresh air box, and u few feet
from It's opening, Ill u nelgubor'5 lot,
Lucy discovered a mass OF putrefylng
garDagel The mystery was explained.
Inc malaria had found an entrance
through Lhe fresh" air fiue, and three
loved ones persisted BECAUSE somebody
had ~blunderedl" The same result was
seen al ]rInceton college, seven students
lOolhB IllClA llNCo W bO lnuibJ ulalbhBC
Of the college grounds. These occur
rences were not''dlspensations of PruyI-
dence,'' they were the result OF plain
carelessness.
Life is a constant struggle for exist
ence, aud us the httest always survives,
IL Is the duty OF every man To acquaInL
himself with tue methods of prevention
and cure of influences which would
| I,1,rru htFn RI fh. 1r.uaa e. nNf,sra 10 nnInrh
doubt nowadays as to what, for II
stance, causes malaria, but there is no
doubt hal it 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 nave been known, yet
one of its most peculiar features is OF
recent discovery, /. e., that 1t Produces
general arrangement of the tissues, and
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, NJ. d., OF
the chair of Materia Medica, in the
university Of the city of New York, Ill
a recent lecture before the students OF
Bellevue college hospital, says ''Bright's
Disease has no symptoms of its own,
but mas the symptoms of every othel
disease you can think Of" Albumen
and casts may or may not be present;
nor is the specific gravity an absolute
and iufallible test. DR.. Thompson says
kidney disease is probably the common.
est cause OF death IN this climate among
adults. more so ever than consumption,
but IL is a very deceptive disease. If h
man breaks u 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
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 no cure of the de-
fects. Some of the commonest ailments
of humanity are the sure symptoms OF
Bright's disease. When the kidneys
nave 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 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 or enlarged,
or %valvular disease follows, with great
distress under the breast bone. These
are secondary symptoms of Bright's
Disease.
DR.. George johnson, n greatauthority,
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 diarrhRa
coming on 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 and
finding no other organs which it eau
destroy, then the disease eturns to the
kidneys; the back aches intoleraOly, the
urine is dark, full OF brickdust and
ropy; casts appear, albumen is abund.
ant; then come great muscular relax
alton and nervous prOstratiUn; great
puffs appear under the eyes, the count
enance is pale and wears an appearance
of fright, COMMISSIONS ensue, the fatal
diarrhpa or pneumonia sets in, and
death is the end. These declarations
are the warnings of men of high auth
ority in medical science, whom we a n
not dispute If We would. We expect
when our physician visits Il bedcham-
Der, he will ONE 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 hore 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 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 a food and re-
storer, and knowing how widely these
diseases prevailed, he sold the formula
to Mr.. II. II. Warner, of Rochester,
n. Y. This gentleman began its manu-
f~acture on a most extensive scale, and
to-day Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver