Connecticut western news., 1882-04-19
MEASUREMENTS.
An Investigatiop of the Causes of Those Dark FOrebOdlnRB Which Make
 Powerful Men Weak.
TGolden Rule,l

Much apprehension has been oooasloned throughout America from the announcement made by Professor Proctor that the return in years of the great comet of last sum- mer will cause the destruction Of the earth. But while people are becoming 80 strangely exer- cised over this announcement, an event or far more serious importance, which IS taking place to-day, seems to be almost wholly overlooked. The nature of this most vital subject can be better explained by relating the following expe- riences:
 Bishop E. o. Haven. known to the entire land, was unaccountably awakened one night out of sound sleep, and lay awake until morn ing His mind seemed unusually active and he not only reviewed his past life, which had been au eventful one but laid extensive plans for the future. He did not feel especially i'll, but could not account for the unusual activity of his brain, nor for the restlessness which seemed to possess him. In the morning he had but little appetite, but was apparently well in other respects. In few days, however, he be- gan to feel restless and morbid, although he tried earnestly to overcome the feeling which had taken possession of him. But try as he would the shado of some evil seemed to follow him, and he was conscious of gradual sinking and wasting away of all his physical faculties He had been an earnest and dlllgent worker, and in his zeal frequently over-taxed his strength, and being absorbed in his duties failed to observe the common symptoms with which he was afflicted, thus permitting the work of destruction to go on unheeded. But the end finally came in most peremptory manner Shortly before his death he wrote 8 letter-the last one he ever indited-in which he speaks as follows: "A belief that death ls near affects different minds differently, but probably all who are in fair condition of physical and mental strength instinctively shrink from it with an inde6nable dread and horror. A dying man is no more able of him. self to foresee his own destiny or the destiny of those he leaves than he was before he began to die.''
 The recent sad and sudden death of Hon. Clarkson N. Potter is one of the most serious warnings ever given in the long list of innu- merable cases of fatal neglect. It is not sufi- cient to say that many other brilliant men, including Everett Sumner, Chase, Wood, Will. son and Carpenter, were swept away by the same fatal trouble. The question is, were these men sufficiently careful of their heal tn and could they have been saved2 The Albany Argus, in speaking of MT. Potter's sudden ill., ness and death, says:
 "One of the physicians who attended Mir. Potter here was interviewed last evening. He stated that MT. Potters inability to converse had for some time served to baf6e the phy- sicians in their efforts to determine the root of his illness. It seems, however, that MT. Pot ter some two years ago, suffered slight at tack of kidney disease. Unwise dependence upon robust constitution and naturally per- feet health, and neglect of proper clothing, doubtless sowed the seeds of 8 disease that needed but some such personal neglect as that of Tuesday morning to develop. From the symptoms at first shown, it was thought that his only trouble was nervous prostrat1on; but his long continuance in semi unconscious state led to the belief that his illness was seated
 in chronic difficulty more mysterious and dangerous"
 Up to the latter part of last year Mir. Ed ward F. Rock, a member of the New York stock exchange, was doing business in Wall street, New York. He had everything to en- o,,l fa horo 111fx victim of unaccountable uneasiness. His ex. perience as described by one who knew, was as follows: 'At unexpected times, and on occa- sions when he had the greatest reason to feel joyous he was irritable and haunted with strange feelings of discontent. He endeavored to check these feelings and appear pleasant, but it required great effort to do so; after which he would again relapse into his former morbid mood. This feeling continued for number oi | months, when he became conscious of an added sensation Of lassitude. He was tired | even when resting, and although ex- | periencing no acute pain, had dull aching sensations in his limbs and various parts of his body. Shortly afterward his head began to ache most frequently and his stomach failed to digest properly. Being told that he was suffering from malaria he consulted an emi. | nent physician, who informed him that his kidneys were slightly affected, and gave him | medicine to restore them. But he grew worse | instead of better. He then consulted other | eminent doctors of another school and was in | formed that he had brain difficulty somewhat | in the nature of tumor, but in spite of al l efforts to the contrary he continued to grow worse. At this time his condition was terrible l What were at first simple symptoms had devel l oped to terrible troubles. He was flushed and
 feverish, constantly uneasy, and yet always | weary. He had an intense appetite one day
 and very little the next His pulse was irreg- ular, his breathing labored, and every mo l ment of existence was 8 burden. These dlsas | trous symptoms continued, his face and body | became discolored, his heart was irregular II | it's action, and his breath came in short, con | vulsive gasps. He grew constantly worse, not | withstanding the utmost precautions Of hi! | friends, and finally died in the greatest agony | After his death an examination as to it's actua l cause was made when his brain was found tt | be in perfect condition, and the reason of hi: | decease was of an entirely different nature." The experiences which have been cited above
 all had @ common cause and were each the re | suit of one disease. That disease, which so de 1 ceitfully, yet surely removed the people above
 mentioned was Bright's disease of the kidneys | In the case of Mir. Rock the examination after
 death, while showing the brain to be in perfec
 condition, revealed the terrible fact that ht | was the victim of slight kidney trouble, which
 had gone on unchecked, until it resulted iI acute Brights disease. The leading physiclan | and scientists of tae world are fast learning tha
 more than one-half the deaths which occur ar | caused by this monstrous scourge. It IS one
 the most deceitful maladies ever knowl | to the human race. It manlfests It
 self by symptoms so slight and common l as to seem unworthy Of attention
 and yet these very insignificant symptoms ar'
 the first stages of the worst complaint knowr
 in the history of the world. Thousands oi
 people have died from troubles that are called
 heart disease, apoplexy, pnuemonla, braln 1eVe,
 and similar diseases when it was ln fac'
 Bright's disease of the kidneys. The ravageS l loft how Nv inPTaa | from the fact that until recent years no way wa
 known to prevent it's beginning nor check 1t
 increase when it had become once fixed upol
 the system. Within the past two years how
 ever we have learned of more than four hun
 dred pronounced cases of Bright's disease
 many of them much worse than those abov
 described, and most of whom had been glve
 up by prominent physicians, who have bee!
 completely cured. The means used to accom-
 plish this end has been Warmers Safe kldne
 and Liver Cure. manufactured in Rochester,
 Y, a remedy that has won it's way into the con
 fidence of the public solely upon the remarka
 ble merits it possesses. As result, 1t IS nor
 widely used and thoroughly praised than an
 medicine which has ever been before the Amer
 ican public. Indeed there is not drug stor
 in the entire land where 1t cannot be found
 Although Bright's disease is so common
 cities, it is still more prevalent in the country
 When eminent physicians in the largest cltle
 are not able to recognize Bright's disease, it
 only natural that in the country, where ther
 are few physicians of any kind, and those fe'
 30 unacquainted with the disease as to call
 by some other name, it should rage terribl
 and vet unknown to the ones who are suferln
 with it. Thousands of people can look bac
 and recall the death of friends from what wa
 supposed to be some common complain
 when it was really Brights disease, AN
 NO ONE KNEW IT. The terrible pleuro
 pneumonia, which has been so dreaded,
 usually the result of uremic or kidney poisor
 Lung fever can be traced to a similar source
 Most cases of paralysis arise from the sam
 difficulty, as we'll as innumerable levers, lung
 throat, head and bowel troubles. vast nun
 Der of ladies have suffered and died from con
 plaints common to their sex called, perhap