The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-04-27
A HUMAN BAROMETER.
The RenI Relation between the Human Body
and The Weather scientifically Explained.


Experience has shown that
eighty-six per cent. of the predictions Of the
signal service are accurate and these predc-
uons are unquestionably OF the greatest advan-
lage to the seaman, the agriculturist and the |
entire commercial world The service has |
proven its necessity by its usefulness, for in |
past times the facilities for foreteling atmos- |
pheric changes were meager indeed. The only |
indications our fathers had of coming changes |
in the weather were aching limbs, twitching |
Joints or painful cofns. These indications"
though crude, were usually correct and hence |
naturally suggest the inquiry as to the reia-
ton between the human system and the
weather. The body is UNIQUE .tionably an ex-
cellent barometer. 1t 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 hnd
AIN atmospheric condition better suited to Its
needs, And vet the real relation between the
human BODY and the weather has never been
fully understood, nor has there ever been, until
now n correct explanation of what rheumatism
(which seems in league with the atmospheric
really is. 1t was originally thought by many
to bo n trouble in the JOINTS and as such was
treated in the most strange, not to say ridlcu-
Ions manner. This theory became dispelled
when the same trouble attacked the muscles,
and the feeling then prevailed that 1t was
purely muscular disorder. But this idea was
found TO 6e too narrow, and now 1T is unlver-
ease. And what terrible disease it is. 1t
often comes without warning and prostrates the
system with agony. Again Its beginning ls
gradual, and its growth slow. In its acute
form it manifests itself in every conceivable
shane and always accompanied by intense pain.
At one time it is in6ammatory at another
neuralgia Sometimes it assumes the form of
gout, and again that of pleursy or lumbago;
but in whatever manner 1t appears 1t is terribly
painful and always to be dreaded. The pain
IL. As,,, txtnF sod hxr
its great danger for it is liable to attack the
brain or heart at any moment, thereby cauaing
ms ant DEATH Indeed, nearly every case OF
heart disease with all it's dreadful suddenness
which has ever occurred, can be traced more or
less directly to rheumatic causes. In its chronic
form it sti ffens the joints, contracts the mus
ces, undermines the Ii alth and ruins the life.
1t 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 its effects may be, the
exact cause of this blood trouble has been an
undecided question, and 1t Is only within the
past year that any decision upon the eubject
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 practciug
physicians Of the land, and these inquiries
were responded to quite generally, thus furn-
shing data of great value to science and man
kind. The views held by the doctors are of a
varied nature, but SO overwhelming proper
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-
moving this poisonous acid that rheumatic or
neuralgia 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
carry out, but because they are weakened they
cannot throw it from the system. Restore tho
kidneys and you restore the power that will
force the uric acid from the system and thus
Danish the rheumatic agouies which it causes.
This is reason it is science. No one whose
kidneys are in perfect condition was ever
troubled with rheumatism, and no rheumatic
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 a result the pain has departed but
the disease has remained, lying subtly con-
cealed and ready to break out at some uneX-
pectod moment. Checking the pain in any
single locality only scstters the disease through
the system, when if the scat of the disorder,
which are the kidneys, were reacheda complete
cure would be the result The way, therefore,
t. expel this rank and poisonous acid before il
assumes an inilammatory or chronic form is by
keeping the kidneys IN absolute health. This
is no easy thing to do, and no means has, until
the past few years, been known which would
successfully reach and affect these great organs.
at last, however scientists have discovered that
the l5ayes 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 ekllfulS
l. W n q a a riIEr's
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, 1t is, up to the
present time, the only known preparation that
acts so directly upon the kidneys to effectualy
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 in
health and entire freedom from rheumatism to
this simple yet powerful remedy, which known
universally manufactured in Rochester, n. Y,
and sold in every drug store in the land,
From the doctors III the various cities of the
Uutet States who have certified over their own
signatures to the scientific statement that uric
acid in the blood is the cause of rheumatism,
are a large number of Boston physicians
among them being DR.. A. 7. Mslhhill, Dr.
John b. Foley, Dr. FrCd J. Gmbit, DR.. NJ L,
Chamberlain, DR.. Albert N Blodgytt, DR.. Joh
G. Sharp, DR.. Charles W. Stevens, DIR. Henry
W. Bradford, DR.. Timothy H. Smith, Dr.
Charles NJ. Newell, DR.. William A. Dunn, DR..
j. f. Perry, DR.. John Burke, DR.. Michael +.
Gavin, DR.. Aar9u Young, Dr. Elisha $. Row
land, DR.. Otis Gray Randall, Dr. stephen
Martin, DR.. George F. Bigelow, DIR. Q. W. Dow,
DR.. Morris P. Wheeler, DIR. Robert w. Newell
DR.. Franklin F. Patch, Dr. Darius Wilson, DR..
William F. Cornell, Dr. Henry Sohl, Dr.. Ma.
thaniel Downcs, Dr. William X. Ripley, Dr.
George G. Shattuck, Dr. William Ingalls,,
DR.. j. P. Oliver. DR.. Joseph f. Gould, DR..
Wilson Atwood, DR.. A. Fernald, DR.. Francis
II. Brown, and DR.. Hamilton Osgood.
The theory of the doctors as above explained
finds its confirmation in the fact that when the
kidneys have been cured, rheumatism is com
pletely removed. This is not, of course always
accomp ished Instantly, for in disease 50
subtle, the cure is often very slow, but undei
no other plan can any hope of permanent re-
lief ever be found. There are hundreds OF
cases on record during the present winter o.
persons afflicted with rheumatic troubles of IT,
worst order who have been entirely cured by
following the theory above stated and using
the remedy mentioned. Many Of these persons
lad 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 coursing poison.
GUS acid inflamed all the veins. Troubles which
began with slight disorders increased to de-
rangements the most serious. 1t is sad t.
think that all this suffering was endured wheI
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
nom the system, the inflammation removed
and the paiu entirely banished
These are some of the real and scientific facts
regarding rheumatism, attested by the highest
authority and they are, beyond question, the
only correct ones ever brought forth, We are