The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-03-23
THE LOST CHILD.
A Fate Worse than Abduction
How Parents by Lack of Precau-
tion and Care, are Respon-
sible for the Death Of
Their Children.

oppression, and other forms Of
cruelty which have come to light,
demand that something must be
done; and it is gratifying to know
that the people are becoming
thoroughly aroused. Whether the
cruelty be in the form of physical
violence or physical neglect matters
not-the principle in both cases are
the same. The man or woman who
neglects his or her own health may |
be pardOned, as the consequences
fall upon the Individual alone; but |
the parent or guardian who permits
the inroads OF. disease upon thes mo /
cent ones dependent upon him for
protection, is criminally liable in
the sight Of God, however he may |
appear in the sight OF man. There
are, no viewer, parents who intend
to care for their children, but
who through caTelessness or the
urgency Of other duties, permit |
them TO become the Innocent vic
TINS of disease. Such parents may
be guiltless of Intentional wrong,
but the disastrous results upon the
children are just as great.
These are truths which must be
manifest to every worthy parent,
and especially in vicinity where
the unknown effects of the atmOS-
phere, the wafer and the general
tendency 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 experience of the one only
will be given: It is that of the late
w. o. Thomas. The children were
all most promising, but for some
unexplained reason their health and
strength seemed to gradually lessen
until their friends feared they were
the victims of consumption. One
by one they sickened and died until
three had departed and two of the
surviving brothers were also taken
i'll. Their names were Hermon and
Edward. HermOn, however,
seemed the stronger of the two; and
while his younger brother was con.
fined to the house constantly, and
to his bed much of the time,
| Hermon was able to be about
but in so weak condition that
he had no desire to play. Eddie's
symptoms were terrible! He found
difficulty in retaining food upon his
stomach, was restless and irritable,
and out of his head frequently. At
various times three different physi-
clans visited him.; and each one
told his friends he could not live.
He finally got so low that death was
only considered a matter of a few
days. At that critical time his
elder brothers, aroused almost to
/ the pitch of desperation by the
I three deaths that had so recently &C.
+ Cured, and the other one staring
them in the face, resolved to take
! the case in their own hands. They
accordingly did so, and secured a
remedy that was then being unveri.
sally used, aud began giving it to
him. Its effect at first was slight
t but any improvement was consid-
4 cred a good symptom. By degrees
/. his strength returned he was able
Q to eat with relish, then walk
about the house; and finally
he regained complete health
ond strength. The boy was so re-
ioiced over his recovery that, accom-
panied by the editor of this paper
he went before Justice Charles Z
= Miller and made oath to the facts o.
q his sickness as above related, an(
4 that he was restored to perfec
Il health by the use of Warmers SAT,
It Kidney and Liver Cure.
i Now, Edward Thomas's parents
It while they lived, undoubtedly, pro
II vided faithfully for the wants of al
, their children and yet the seeds o
disease had taken deep root. Thei
care in one direction had been coun
e teracted by unknown carelessnes
u in another. Their love was sincere
e but wholly nisdirected. The
should have known that children
are just as liable to kidney and live
diseases as grown up people; an
:, that the fatality of Bright's diSeaS
n Of the kidneys is just as great anon
ia little children as with adults. Yhi
J. is a serious subject. Hereditar
J. traits: the after consequences c
n measles and scarlet fever, diphtheFi:
ID and the passing troubles which s
Is easily become chronic, all dt
mand the greatest care and cat
a ton. No case of cholera infantun
~ measles, scarletina, or diphtheri
was ever YiTulent while the child
Of kidneys and liver were healthy. ]
II would simply be an fmpossibility
These important organs of the bod
are just forming within the chill
and growing with its growth; an
they can be trained to strength an
" health as readily as the little min
a, can be trained to truth and uprigh
he ness.
5; The Importance of CAREFUL
10 watching the slightest troubles {
. :. the child, and especially those a
is fecting the kidneys and liver, cal
not be too strongly emphasized
Children respond SO readily to til
proper remedies and are so sensiliv
D. to disease that it is a sin to depriy
Z. them of one at the risk of incurrin
C. the other. By a judicious treatmeI
those essential organs can be deve
oped so that a strong constitution
able to resist the inroads of disea;
through coming years, shall be IL
~ raSult- H0Tude1l, Me- Hern76