Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-07
STARTLING STATISTICS.
The Shadow Hanging Over New York City and
the Entire Country---A Tribune Opinion.

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the Entire Country---A Tribune Opinion.
The nation has been fortified at the burn
ing of Milwaukee hotel, whereby over seventy
lives were lost. This event carried terror be-
cause 1t was sudden and appalling; but had the
same disastrous results to life and limb come
sileutly they would have been unnoticed not
only by the people of the land but also by the
very community In which they occurred. Fatal
events of a far worse nature have taken place
in this very city, but they have attracted no at
tention, nor would they now did not the Bureau
| of Vital Statistics bring them to our notice.
"Fi9ures do not lie" whatever else may be
uncertain and the report on the deaths of this
! city Is 8 startling commenL on its life. During
/ the past year the enormous increase of certain
| maladies is simply appalling. While the total
number of deaths has diminished and the
death rate on most diseases has decreased, still
it is far greater In one or two serious disorders
than was ever known before. More people died
| in the city of New York in 1882 from Brights
disease of the kidneys, than from d1phtheria,
small -pox and typhoid fever all combined
This scarcely seems possible but it is true and
when it Is remembered that less than one
third the actual deaths from Bright's disease
are really reported as such. the ravages of the
malady can be partially understood.
The Immediate query which every reader
will make upon sucn a revelation of fact is:
What causes this increase? This is difficult
question to answer. The nature Of the climate,
the habits of life, the adulteraton of foods and
liquors, all undoubtedly contribute; but no
Immediate cause can be certainly assigned.
Often before the victim knows it the disease
has begun. It's approaches are so stealthy and
its symptoms obscure that they cannot be
definitely foreseen and are only known by their
effects. Any kidney disorder, however slight.
is the first stage of Bright's disease. But it is
seldom that kidney disorders can be detected.
They do not have any certain symptoms.
Mysterious WEAKNESS; an unusual appetite:
periodical headaches occasional nausea; uu-
certain pains; loss Of vigor; lack of nerve
power: irregularity Of the heart; disordered
daily habits; imperfect dlgeston-all these and
many other symptoms are the indications of
kidney disorder even though there may be no
pain in the region of the kidneys or in that por-
ton of the body. The serious nature of these
troubles may be understood from the fact that
Bright's disease is as certain to follow diseased
kidneys as decomposition follows death
1t is high time the Doctors in this land who
have been unable to control kidney troubles,
should be aroused and compelled to find some
remedy, or acknowledge one already found.
The suffering public needs help and cannot
await the tardy action of any hair-splitting
code or incorrectly formulated theories. If the
medical world has no certain remedy for this
terrible disease let them acknowledge it and
seek for one outside the pale of their profess
sion. For the discovery of this remedy and
its application to this disease, the people of this
city; the people of the whole land; not only
those who are suffering, but those who have
friends In danger are earnestly and longingly
looking.
The above quotation from the New York
Tribune is causing considerable connection as
it seems to lift the cover from a subject that
has become of national Importance. The
alarming increase OF kidney diseases; their in
sidious beginnings and frightful endings and
the acknowledged inability of physicians to
successfully cope with them may well awaken
the greatest dread of every one who has the
slightest symptoms. 1t is fortunate, however,
that the surest relief is often found where,
possibly least expected, and that there is a spe-
cific for the evils above described we have come
to fully believe. Within the past two years we
have frequently seen statements of parties
claiming to have been cured of serious kidney
troubles even after hope had been abandoned;
but in common with most people we have dis
credited them. Quite recently, however, a
number of prominent and well-known men
have come out voluntarily and stated over
their signatures that they were completely
cured by the use of Warmers Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure. Most people have Fbeen aware
that this medicine has an unusual standing
and one emitting it to be classed above pro-
prietary articles generally; but that it had ac-
complished SO much in checking the ravages of
kidney disease is not so generally known. Its
great worth has been shown by the cures it
has effected, but also because a number of
base limitations havesappeared in the market,
fraudulentIy claiming the valuable qualities of
the original Safe Cure. If it were not valua-
BILE, it would not be initiated.
The above may seem like an ultra endorse
whit stronger than the facts admit Whatever
assists the world toward health and conse-
quent happiness, should receive the hearty en-
dorsement of the press and all friends of hui
manity. 1t is on precisely this principle that
the foregoing statement is made and it merits
the careful consideration of every thinking
reader