The true northerner., 1882-04-14
A HUMAN BAROMETER.
The Real Relation Between the
Human BODY and the Weather
scientifically Explained.
[From the Scientific Americana

| One Of the most valuable developments Of
| modern science along the line OF human neces
slty is the National Weather Bureau at Wash
ington. Experience has shown that SO per
cent. Of the predictions of the signal service are
accurate; and these predictions are unques-
| tionably of the greatest advantage to the sea-
| man, the agricuturist and the entire CONNER
| ca world. The service has proven Its necessl-
ty by its usefulness, for in past times the facil-
| ities for foreteing atmospheric changes were
meager indeed The only indications our IA
| thers had of coming changes in the weather
| were aching limbs, twinging JOINTS or painful
corns These indications" though crude,
were usually correct, and hence natu-
| rally suggest the iEqury as TO the re-
| lation between the human system aud
| the weather. The BODY IL unquestionably sn
excellent barometer. II foretells changes IN
| the atmosphere long before they occur, ana
this fact has been taken advantage of by ply
sicians who, when all other agencies fai, pre-
| scribe q change OF air, thus hoping the Dody
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. correct explanation of what rheu-
| matism (which seems III league with the atmos-
phere) really il. 1t was originally thought by
many to be a trouble in the joints, and as such
was treated in the most strange, not TO say
|
PEELED when the same trouble attacked the mus
ces. and the feeling then prevailed that 1t was
| purely muscular disorder. But this idea was
found to be too narrow, and now 1t is universally
conceded that rheumatism Is blood disease.
| And what terrible disease it Is. 1t often comes
| without warning and prostrates the system with
agony Again its beginning IL gradual, and its
| growth slow. In its acute form 1t manifests It
| self in every conceivable shape and always ac-
companied by intense pain. At one time II Is
! infiammatory, Mt another neuralgia. sometimes
! IT assumes the form OF gout and again that OF
| pleurisy or lumbago but III whatever manner
| il appears 1t il terribly painful and always TO
be dreaded. The pain and annoyance of rheu-
matism are increased 10y its great danger, for 1t
! is liable to attack the brain or heart at any
moment, thereby causing instant death. ln-
| deed nearly every case of Leart disease with all
| its dreadful suddenness which has ever oc-
Cured can be traced more or less directly 10
| rheumatic causes. la its chronic form 1t stiff
| eus the joints, contracts the muscles, unuer-
! mines the health and ruins the llfe. III ire
| quently attacks men and women VINO are APP
parently in perfect health. Indeed, it is AZ
! greatly to be dreaded as any possible form or
| physical woe.
But. however severe its effects may be, the
| exact cause OF this blood trouble has been an
| undecided question, aud 1t Is only within the
| past wear that any decision upon the subject
| has been reached. In order to fully determile
what the cause of rheumatic disorders really
! was certain authorities sent letters OF inquiry
from Washington to the leading practlclng
| physicians of the land, and these inquiries
| were responded TO quite generally, thus fur-
nisbing data OF great value to science and
mankind. The views held by the doctors are OF
varied nature, but so overwhelming proportion
hold TO one belief as to leave but little doubt
| that it is the correct one. This belief, briefly
stated il that uric acid in the blood causes
rheumatism. and that it is only by removing 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 acld get into
! the blood and how can il best be removed" 4"
! Uric acid is waste material of the body which
| the kidneys should carry out, but because they
are weakened they cannot throw 1t from the sys-
TEN. Restore the kidneys and you restore the
power that will force the uric acid from the
syste IN and thus Danish the rheumatic agonles
which II causes This Is reason il Is science
! No one whose kidneys are III perfect con-
dition was ever troubled with rheumatism, and
no rheumatic sufferer, however slight the pain
may be- has perfect kidneys. The conclusion OF
| this truth IL inevitable perfect kidneys mean
freedom from rheumatism.
When rheumatism has manifested itself in
any special part Of the body, attempts have
usually been made to treat that part OF the
| body. AS result, the pain has departed but
the disease has renamed, lying subtly con-
cealed and ready TO break out OF some unex-
pected moment. Checking the pain III any
single locality only scatters the disease through
the system, when, if the seat of the disorder,
which are the kidneys, were reached, complete
cure would be the result. The way therefore,
to expel this rank and poisonous acid before 1t
assumes an infiammatory OF chronic form Is by
keeping the kidneys in absolute health. This
| il 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, scien-
tists have discovered that the leaves
of a tropical plant, previously but
little known to science and unknown to medi-
cine possessed marvellous qualities adapted for
the kidneys. These leaves have been skillfully
combined in the remedy now known as War
ners Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. 1t Is. up TO
the present time, the only known preparation
that acts 80 directly upon the kidneys as to CT
fectualy cure the various dangerous forms OF
| kidney disease, and hence to remove all uric
acid from the blood AS a 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
| rheumatism to this simple yet powerful rem
edv. which is known universally, manufactured
| in Rochester, n. y, and sold in every drug
store in the land.
From the doctors in the various cities Of the
United Stvtes who have certified over their own
signatures 10 the Bclentlnc sIatcinent Iilut uric
acid in the blood is the cause of rheumatism,
are large number OF Chicago and st. Louis
physicians. among them being DIR. Adoph Uhl-
emever, Dr. VIM. Webb, DIR. John NJ. Frank.
Dr. Edwin L. Webster, Dr. Benjamin +. Whit
more DR.. William T. Richardson. DIR. Robert
T. Atkinson, DIR. Thos. L. Humbold. DIR. Will
lam NJ McPheeters, DR.. William Johnson, DR..
Isaac n. Love, Dr. Clark Whittier, DIR. j. L.
Hodgen, DIR. Thomas f. DUNCAN. Dr. Nicholas
Guhman DR.. Antonio prietts. DR.. Charles III.
Goodman. DR.. Daniel Kuhn, DIR. Henry New
Ian, DIR. william S. Wortmau DIR. George Il.
P,tzer, DIR. Henry +. Ahlbrandt. DIR. Elijah T..
Frazier, DIR. Carl Spinzg, DIR. David
B. Martin, Dr. Benjamin X. Taylor,
DIR. James L. Logan, DIR. A. Heacock,
DIR. Henry Kirchner, DIR. John j. Kane.
DIR. Henry +. w. Kruse. DIR. William O. Glas-
gov. DIR. jeremiah s. B. Alleyne, DIR. Thomas
S. Comstock, DIR. Charles III. Hughes, DIR. Fred
erick Kolbenheyer, DR.. Joseph Heil zig, DIR. Ed
ward A. De Caihol, DIR. Bernard Roemer, DIR.
James NJ. Clopton, DIR. Charles V. Ware, DIR.
Alphonso Jaminet DIR. James L. Kent DIR.
William s. Barker, DIR. Solomon G. Martin, DIR.
Rudolph Studhatter. DIR. Louis Z. Ehrmann
DR. John A. King DR.. Simeon i. Garlock. DR..
Theodore Foy. DR.. John +. Faber, Dr. Ernest
+. Hoffman, DIR. Herman Nagle, Dr. Adolph
Wislizenus. DIR. james j.. Pirt!e, DIR. Edward
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