Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-05-31
RHEUMATISM.
ITS Cause and Csare.

. Time overfows the illusions OF opin
ion, but establishes the decisions oi
nature. How striking the fact that, in
all ages, the most important discoveries
have, upon their introduction, been
violently opposed. How great the storm
of opposition raised against Harvey be-
cause he first asserted that the blood
circulated through the arteries and
veins. How severe the abuse of Jenner
for declaring that by vaccination the
dread horror of smallpox might be
averted Space is lacking TO show the
assailed ard opposed, which are now
acknowledged facts, even among sa-
wants. And why this hostility among
all classes TO the reception of the good
and truep 1t is because they do not
obey the divine injunction -''Prove all
things, hold fast that which is good"
These thoughts are suggested by the
discovery of a specific for the cure of
rheumatism.
This painful and dangerous disease,
(Which takes its name from the Greek
word yheuna, hux) is blood disease,
in which inflammation of the iibrous
tissues is the most marked characters
tic. The internal organs are often the
seat of rheumatic affections, particular
ly the brain and heart. OF tho latter
organ it may be sad that 1ericdrditiS
| (Which is an Inflammation of the conf
cal membranous sack inclosing the
heart and causing adhesions OF the MEM
brano TO its external walls,) is always
caused by rheumatism. And il has been
accurately determined by very largo
number of post-mortem examinations,
that of all who die at adult age, one in
twenty-three exhibit traces of recent or
old attacks of this disorder.
| Rheumatism is either acute or chronic
II the latter, however, being conse-
quence of the former. These types are
again divided into f6rOuS or diBHSed
rheumatism, and Sy7locidt rheumatism,
| etc.
Acute rheumatism is characterized by
feverish symptoms, redness, heat, swell
ing, and intense pain i'll or around one
or more of the larger joints, generally
attacking several simultaneously or in
succession. IL shows disposition to
shift from joint TO joint, or TO some of
| the internal librous tissues especially
/
already stated, the cause of pericardtis.
The joints are very painful. and pain
increases with motion, SO the patient
assumes and maintains "A fixed position,
either sitting or lying, from which he
dare not stir. Acute rheumatism is of
| two varieties; in tho most severe the IN
| Illumination commences near the Joint
but not in il, and attacks the tendOns,
ligaments and muscles. This is fbrOuS
or diBilScd rheumatism.
| In the other variety, the SynOtidt
membrane about the Joint becomes AZ
| fected, and excessive quantities of syno-
vial fluid Cor Joint water) is poured into
the Joint, distending the membrane aud
causing il 10 bulge out around the
knees and other Joints. This is Sgnocidl
| rheumatism or rheumatic gOut, con-
Meeting link between govt and rheuma-
| tism. and partskes aud exhibits tire
nature of both.
| A variety which is intermediate be-
| tween the acute and chronic, where
there is slight fever, and several joints
are affected without intense inflamma-
! ton in any of them, is sub dcutC rheu-
| matism.
But rheumatism has travelled SD OK
tensvely in almost every part OF the
United States, and taken up its abode
| with so many families, and remained SO
long aud laughed at the combined skill
| of the physicians 30 unsuccessfully en-
| ployed to remove il from the system of
| the unfortunate sufferers, that people
generally have become familiar with the
| symptoms which il manifests.
Rheumatism is caused by agorega-
tons in the blood of Tactic and lithic
acids, which are generated by indigeS-
ton, causing fermentation of the con-
tents of the stomach, the use of hard
| and impure water rs q beverage, etc.
In health these acids are thrown off in
insensible PRECIPITATION through the
pores, or excreted through the urinary
ducts and alimentarY canal. But let
the liver become torpid, or the kidneys
| begin TO degenerate. and this natural
+, elimination of these acid-crystals ceases,
| and nature must bc assisted in It's efforts
| TO remove them.
| The only known exciting cause Of
rheumatism is exposure to cold, or cold
combined with damp. Sleeping in
demp sheets, or in room with damp
walls, wearing wet clothes. etc, are in
stances of the kind of exposure which
induce the disease. The excreting pow
or of the skin becomes checked and the
pores closed by the action of cold, and
these acids and other eilete matters ac-
cumulate in the blood, coagulate, and
poison the springs of life.
Whatever will reduce these accumu-
lations and direct them out of the sys-
tenn will permanently relieve and cure.
Rheumatic Syrup is not only perfect
soIUent reducing and removing these
eifeto and poisonous matters, but il is
an dlterdtire which never fails TO purify
and invigorate the blood, rendering a
recurrence Of this painful and much TO
be dreaded disease, impossible.
Rheumatic Syrup is a diuretic and de-
tergent remedy, which will arrest
Bright's disease, Gravel, Diabetes, and
all diseases of the kidneys and bladder
AS an dltcratioe il eradicates Scrofula,
Erysipelas, Salt Rhoum, etc. As n
stonatic it cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
Gastric Inflammation, and kindred af-
fections. AS an Af,ti-Rhcunatic. Acute,
Chronic, Subacutc, Sciatica, Muscular
and Articular Rheumatism and Neu-
ralgia, yield readily TO its benign influ-
once. As n Blood Corrector il is a
valuable Female Regulator, and eilec-
tually cures Leucorrhora Prolapsus
Utori, Painful and Suppressed Mems