News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-04-20
A HIMAN BAROMETER.
The Real II eIat ion between the Human Body
and the Weather scientifically Explained

A HUMAN BAROMETER.
The R ies hf
TScientific Americana
One of the most valuable developments OF
modern science along the line of human ne
cessity is the National Weather Bureau at
Washington. Experience has shown that
eighty-six per cent. of the predictions OF the
signal service are accurate and these predIc-
lions are unquestionably OF the greatest adVan-
tage to the seaman, the agriculturist and the
entire compercial world. The service has
proven it's necessity by its usefulness, for in
past times the facilities for foretelling atmos-
pheric changes were meager indeed. The only
indications our fathers had of coming changes
in the weather were aching limbs, twltchlng
Joints or painful corns. These indications"
though crude, were usually correct, and hence
naturally suggest the inquiry as to the rela-
ton between the human system and the
weather The body is unquestionably an ex-
celent 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
change of air, thus hoping the body 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, a correct explanation of what rheumatism
(Which seems in league with the atmospheric
really is. 1t was originally thought by many
to be trouble in the joints and as such was
treated in the most strange, not to say rldlcu-
lous manner. This theory became dispelled
when the same trouble attacked the muscles,
sand the feeling then prevailed that it was
purely muscular disorder But this idea'was
found to be too narrow, and now it is univer-
sally conceded that rheumatism is blood dis
ease. And what a terrible disease it is. 1t
often comes without warning and prostrates the
system with agony. Again its beginning is
gradual and its growth slow. In its acute
form it manifests itself in every conceivable
shape and always accompanied by intense pain.
At one time it is infammatory, at another
neuralgia. Sometimes 1t assumes the form OF
govt, and again that of pleurisy or lumbago
but in whatever manner it appears it is terribly
painful and always to be dreaded. The pain
and annoyance of rheumatism are increased by
it's 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 suddenness
which has ever occurred, can be traced more or
less directly to rheumatic causes. In its chronic
form it stiffens the joints, contracts the mus
cles, undermines the health and ruins the life.
1t frequently attacks men and women who are
apparently in perfect health. Indeed it is as
greatly to be dreaded 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 it is only within the
past year that any decision upon the subject
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 practicing
physicians of the land, and these inquiries
were responded to quite generally, thus furn-
ishing data of great value to science and man
kind. The views held by the doctors are of
varied nature, but so overwhelming a proper
ton 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 the
kidneys and you restore the power that will
force the uric sacid from the system and thus
Danish the rheumatic agonies which it causes.
This is reason it is science. No one whose
kidneys are in a 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 the body attempts have
usually been made to treat that part of the
body. AS result the pain has departed but
the disease has remained lying subtly con-
cealed and ready to break out at some unex-
pected moment. Checking 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, therefore,
to expel this rank and poisonous acid before il
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
the past few years, been known which would
successfully reach and affect these great organs.
At last, however, scientists 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
tho kidneys. These leaves have been skillfully
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 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, shere 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 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 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. P. Lighthill, DR..
John B. Foley, DR.. Fred J. Garbit, DR.. M. L.
Chamberlain, DIR. Albert N. Blodgett, DIR. John
G. Sharp, DR.. Charles W. Stevens, DR.: Henry
w. Bradford DIR. Timothy II. Smith, DR..
Charles NJ. Newell DR.. William A. Dunn, DR..
J. f. Perry, DR.. John Burke, DR.. Michael F.
Gavin, Dr. Aaron Young, DR.. Elisha S. Row
land DR.. Otis Gray Randall DR.. Stephen G.
Martin, DR.. George 7. Bigelow, DR.. Q. W. Dow,
DR.. Morris 2. Wheeler, DR.. Robert W. Newell,
DR.. Franklin F. Patch, DR.. Darius Wilson, DR..
William F. Cornell, DR.. Henry Sohl, DR.. Ma
George @. Shattuck, DIR. William ingalls,,
DR.. J.. P. Oliver, Dr. Joseph f. Gould, DE-
Wilson Atwood, DR.. a. Fernald, DR.. Francis
H. Brown, and DR.. Hamilton Osgood.
The theory of the doctors as above explained
finds it's confirmation in the fact that when the
kidneys have been cured, rheumatism is COM
pletely removed. This is not, of course, always
accomplished instantly, for in disease so
subtle, the cure is often very slow, but under
no other plan can any hope Of permanent re.
lief ever be found. There are hundreds OF
cases on record during the present winter OF
persons afflicted with rheumatic troubles of the
worst order who have been entirely cured by
following the theory above stated and using
the remedy mentioned. Many of these persons
had 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 infiamed all the veins. Troubles which
began with slight disorders increased to de-
rangements the most serious. 1t is sad to
think that all this suffering endured when
it 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
from the system, the Inflammation removed
and the pain 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
aware they are advanced ideas, but ten years
hence they will be the accepted belief and
practice of the world. If people suffer from
rheumatic troubles in the future and with these
plain truths before them, they certainly can
blame no one but themselves