Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-13
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AlFATE WORSE. THAN. -ARpu4f1oN.
How Parents. By Lack sof rrscautiop
and Care, are Eesponsl1ls for
Es,1 the Death 90 Their r

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The moral and legal Responsibility of pa.
rents, In the care of their childrer, il. fort,,.
nately, attracting the serious ;attenfion of
the better portion OK the entire country.
The many instances Of child hating. on.
preston, and other forms Of cruelty which
have come TO light, demand that something
be done; and it is CERTIFYING TO know that
the people are becoming thoronehlv
Whether the cruelty balm the form of pbvs-
ical violence or physical neglect matters
not-the principle in both cases Il the same.
Ihe man or woman sbe neglects his or her
quences fall upon the individua alone: but
the parent or guardian who permits the in.
roads OF disease upon the innocent zones de-
pendent upon him for Projection. is crimi-
nally liable in the sight Of God however be
S Slay appear In the eyes 81 men There are,
however, parents That intend to care for
their children, but, who through careless
ness or the urgency Of other duties permit
them to become the innocent victims of dis.
ease; Such parents may be guiltless of in
.entlonal wrong, but the disastrous results
upon their children are Just as great, =
These are truths which must be manifest
TO every worthy parent and especially in a
vicinity where the Unknown effects Of the
atmosphere, the water and the general ten.
dency TO malaria are so great. There are
many families in this locality who have
been called upon to mourn untimely losses,
even when the greatest care was exercised
but the experienceof one only will be given
1t is that Of the lately. o. Thomas. The
children were all most spromising..but for
some unexplained reason their health and
strength seemed to gradually lessen until
their friends feared thew were the victims
OF consumption. One by one, they sickened
and died until three had departed and two
OF the surviving brothers were alSo.takeu
III. Their names were Hermonand Edward
Hermon, however, seemed the stronger OF
the two; and, while his younger brother
/, was confined to the house constantly. and
TO his bed much Of the time, Hermon was
able to be about but in so weak q condition
that he had no desire to play. Eddie's
symptoms were terribleF he. found diff,
Guilty in retaining food upon his stomach
was restless and irritable, and out of his
head frequently. At various times three
different physicians visited him; and each
one told his friends he could not live. He
finally got so low that death was only con.
sldered a matter of q few days. AZ that
critical time his elder brothers, aroused al
most to the pitch of desperation by the
three deaths that had so recently occurred
and the other one staring them in the. face
resolved to take the case into their OWL
hands. They accordingly did so, and Sc
cured a remedy that was then being uni
versally used, and began. giving it to him
Its effect at first was slight, but any i'm
! provenent was considered a good symp
tom. By degrees his strength returned; he
was able to eat with n relish, then wali
about the house; and finally he regained
complete health and strength. The hoy was
80 reJoiced over his recovery that, accom-
panied by the editor of this paper, he went
before Justice Charles X. Miller and made
\ oath to the facts of his sickness as above re
! lated, and that he was restored to perfect
health by the use of Warmers Safe Kidney
and Liver Cure. Now, Edward Thomas
parents, while they lived, undoubtedly
/ provided faithfully for the wants of all Their
children; and yet the seeds of disease had
taken deep root. Their care in one direction
had been counteracted by unknown care
lessness in another. Their love was sincere
but wholly instructed. They should have
knswn that children are just as liable tc
kidney and liver diseases as grown up peo
pie; and that the fatality of Bright's dis
ease OF the kidneys is just as great among
little children as with adults. This is q
serious subject. Hereditary traits: the aft
er consequences of measles and scarlet
fever, diphtheria and the passing srcGpies
which so easily become ohro:fic, all demand
the greatest caIe and caution. No case OF
cholera infantum, measles, scarlatina, OF
dlphtheria was ever virulent while the
chlld's kidneys and liver were healthy II
would simply be an impossibility. These
important organs of the body are Just form
ing within the child and growing with its
1 growth; and they can be trained to strength
and health as readily as the little mind can
be trained to truth and uprightness.
The Importance of carefully watching the
slightest troubles of the child, and especial
ly those affecting the kidneys and liver, car
not be too strongly emphasized. Children
respond so readily to the proper remedies
and are so sensitive to disease, that it is a
sin to deprive them of one at the risk of in.
curing the other. By, judicious treat.
ment these essential organs can be devel
oped SO that a strong constitution, able to
resist the inroads of disease, through com.
ing years, shall be the result. 49,