Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-04-03

A HUMAN BAROMETER.
THE REAL RELATION BETWEEN THE HUMAN
BODY AND THE WEATHER SCIENTIF-
ICALLY EXPLAINED.
Scientific American

of modern science along the line of human
necessity is the National Weather Bureau
at Washington. Experience has shown
that eighty-siX per cent. of the predictions
are unquestionably of the greatest advan-
tage to the seamen, the agriculturist and
the entire commercial world. The service
has proven its necessity by its usefulness,
for in past times the facilities for foretell-
ing atmospheric changes were meagre in
deed. The only indications our fathers
had of coming changes in the weather
were aching limbs, twinging joints or
painful corns. These indications, tho
crude, were usually correct, and hence
naturally suggest the enquiry as to the
relation between the human system and
the weather. The body is unquestionably
an excellent barometer. 1t foretells chang
es in the atmosphere long before they oc-
cur, and this fact has been taken advan-
tage of by physicians who, when all other
agencies fail, prescribe change of air,
thus hoping the body may find an atmoS-
pheric condition better suited to its needs
And yet the real relation between the hui
man body and the weather has never been
fully understood, nor has there ever BEEN
until now, a correct explanation of what
rheumatism (Which seems in league with
the atmospheric really is. 1t was origin
ally thought by many to be a trouble in
the joints, and as such was treated in the
most strange, not to say, ridiculous man.
ner. This theory became dispelled when
the same trouble attacked the muscles,
and the feeling then prevailed that it was
purely a muscular disorder. But this idea
was found too narrow, and now it is uni
versally conceded that rheumatism is a
blood disease. And what terrible dis
ease it is. 1t often comes without warn
ing and prostrateS the system with agony.
Again its beginning is gradual, and its
growth slow. In its acute form it mani
tests itself in every conceivable shape and
always accompanied by intense pain. At
one time it is infiammatory, at another
neuralgia. Sometimes it assumes the form
of govt, and again that of pleuriSy or lum-
bago; but in whatever manner it appears
it is terribly painful and always to be
dreaded. The pain and annoyance of
rheumatism are increased by the great
danger for it is liable to attack the brain
or heart at any moment, thereby causing
instant death Indeed, nearly every case
of heart disease with all its dreadful sud-
denness which has ever occurred, can be
traced more or less directly to rheumatic
causes. In its chronic form it stiffens the
joints, contracts the muscles, undermines
ly attacks men and women who are APP
parently in perfect health. Indeed, it is
as greatly to be dreaded as any possible
form of physical woe.
But, however severe its effects NAV be,
the exact cause of this blood trouble has
been an undecided question, and it is only
within the past year that any decision
upon the subject has been reached In
order to fully determine what the causes
of rheumatic disorders really was, certain
authorities sent letters of inquiry from
Washington to the leading practicing
physicians of the land, and these inquiries
were responded to quite generally, thus
furnishing data of great value to science
and mankind. The views held by the doc
tors are of varied nature, but so over
whelming proportion 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 rheu-
matism, and that it is only by removing
this poisonous acid that rheumatic or
neuralgia troubles in all their terrible
forms can be cured. Glow does this
poisonous uric acid get into the blood,
and how can it best be removed?" Uric
| acid is q waste of material of the BODY
which the kidneys should carry out, but
because they are weakened they cannot
| throw it from the system. Restore the
kidneys and you restore the power that
will force the uric acid from the system
and thus Danish the rheumatic agonies
which it causes. This is reason; it is
science. No one whose kidneys are in
perfect condition was never troubled with
rheumatism, and no rheumatic sufferer,
however slight the pain may be, has per-
feet kidneys. The conclusion of this truth
-, to11l P.oo
dom from rheumatism.
When rheumatism has manifested itself
in any special part of the body, attempts
have usually been made to treat that part
part of the body. As a result, the pain
has departed but the disease has remained,
| living subtly concealed and ready to break
| out at some unexpected moment Check
ing the pain in 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, there
fore, to eXpel this rank and poisonous
acid before it assumes an infammatory or
chronic form is by keeping the kidneys in
absolute health. This is 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
discovered that the leaves of tropical
plant, previously but little known to
science and unknown to medicine, possess
ed marvellous qualities adapted for the
kidneys. These leaves have been skillful-
ly combined in the remedy now known as
| Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. 1t
is, up to the present time, the only known
preparation that acts so directly upon the
| kidneys as to effectually cure the various
dangerous forms of kidney disease, and
hence 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 rheu-
matism to this simple yet powerful rene
dy, which is known universally, manufac-
tured in Rochester, n. Y, and sold in
every drug store in the land.
From the doctors in the various cities
of the United States who have certified
| over their own signatures to the scientific
statement that uric acid in the blood is
the cause of rheumatism, are large num-
Der of Boston physicians, among them
being DIR. A. ?. Lighthill, pr, John B.