Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-23
STARTLING STATISTICS.
The Shafow Hanging Over New York City
and the Entire Country 4 Tribune Opinion


and the Entire Country a Tribune Opinion
The nation has been horiiicd at the burnin.
Of a Milwaukee hotel, whereby over seycnt,
lives were lost. THIS event carried terror
BECAUSE it WAS sudden an! appalling; but had
the saline disastrous results u life and limit
come silently they would haze been unnuticed.
not only by the People of the land but also by
the 'ery community IN which they occurred.
Fatal events Of 4 far worse nature have taken
place III TIN, very city, bot they have attracted
10 attention, nor would they now did not the
Bureau Of Vital Statistics bring them to our
notice. Figures do not he whatever else
may be uncertain and the report on the deaths
of this city Is a startling comment on its life.
During the past year the enormous increase Of
certain nialadies is simply appalling. While
the total number Of deaths has diminished
and the death rate on most diseases has de-
creased still 1t Is far greater IN one or two
serious disorders than was ever known before.
More people died III the city Of New York in
lSS2 from Bright disease Of the kidneys. tha3
from diphtheria, small poN and typhoid fever
all combined. This scarcely seems possible
but it is true and when it is remembered that
less than onr-thlrd the actual deaths from
Bright disease are really reported rs such.
the rarages vi the malady can be partially
understood.
The immediate query which every reader
MI make upon such Il revelation al facts, Is:
"hat causes TINS increase! mis- is dihcuIt
4ues.ioh ~ answer ihs nature Oh the chm
ate, the habits Of life. the adulteration 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. Its approaches are 50
s.eathy anu Us symptoms 80 obscure that
nnIy lnnw.n h.. th.;r ,tr..,t, A., A ~.
disorder, however slight, is the first STAGE If
Rnshts disease But it is seldom that kidney
disorders can ne hrter'er l.; they do not have
an unusual a,,n.t;t,,. ,.r;",;rai haa'Innhns.
occasional nausea uncertain pains; loss Of
viS"r; lack 81 nerve power: lrreguarity OF the
80 III ,I "'ii, n,a''''S, lIleliee. u'-
are the indications of kidney dis,r,irr even
though there may In II" pain in the region Of
IN, kidneys or III that PORTION OF the body.
understood from, III. f,,t tL,+ Rr;',h,s -
is rs certain to follow diseased kidney, As
decomposition follows death
hon = l a', unI Wv i~ul1 ~ Inns iaiii VINO
snould Lc aroused and rmunnllcd to fnd snmn
remedy, or acknowledge one already found
II" suffering pubic needs help ami cannot
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the medical world has no certain remedy for
this terrible disease let them acknowledge it
ana N''k I,r one outside the pac OF Their pro,
for il. ,n,lr,tnn 70 his I;l.as. th ,..o ,,,i,
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only those VII" are suffering, but those who
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