The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-03-09
STARTLING STATISTICS.
The Shadow Hanging Over New York CIT,
mud tho Entire Ceuntry---A Tribune

mud the Entire Ceuntry---A Tribune
Tho nation has been Mortified at the barn
ing of a milwaukee hotel, whereby over sew
enty lives were lost. This event carried ter
ror because it was sudden and appalling; but
had the same disastrous results to life and
limb come silently they would have been un,
noticed, 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 attractedno attention, nor would
they now did not the Bureau of Vital Stats
tics bring them to our notice. Figures do
not lie" whatever else may be uncertain, and
the report on the deaths of this city is start
ling comment on it's life. During the past
year the enormous increase of certain mala-
dies is simply appalling. While the total num-
Der of deaths has diminisLe l, and the death
rate on most diseases has decreased, still it is
far greater in one or two more serious disor-
ders than ives ever known before. More peo-
pie died i'll the city of New York in 1882
from BrghtS disease of the kidneys, than
from diphtheria, smallpox 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 such a revelation of facts,
is: What causes this increasep This is a diff
ficult question to answer. The nature of the
climate, the habits of life, the adulteration
of foods and liquors, all undoubtedly con-
tribute; but no immediate cause can be GER
tainly assigned. Often before the victim
knows it the disease has begun. Its ap-
proaches are SO stealthy and its symptoms
so obscure that they cannot be definitely
foreseen, and are only known by their eff
fects. Any kidn ~ disorder, however slight
is the first stage of Bright's disease. But it
is seldom that kidney disorders can be de-
tected. They do not have any certain symp-
toms. Mysterious WEAKNESS; an unusual
appetite; periodical headaches; occasional
nausea; uncertain pains; loss of vigor; lack
of nerve power; lrregularity of the heart;
disordered daily habits; imperfect digestion
all these and many other symptoms are
the indications of kidney disorder, even
though there may be no pain i'll the region
of the kidneys or in that portion of the body.
The serious nature of these troubles may be
understood from the fact that Bright's dis
ease is as certain to follow diseased kidneys
as decomposition follows death.
1t is high time the Doctors i'll 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 Iublic needs
help and cannot await the tardy action of
any hair-splitting code of incorrectly formu-
lated theories. If the medical world has no
certain remedy for this terrible disease LET
them acknowledge itand seek for one outside
the pale of their profession. For the discov-
cry of this remedy and for its application to
this disease, the people of this city, the peo-
pie of the whole land, not only those who are
suffering, but those who have friends in dan
ger, are earnestly and longingly looking.
The above quotation from the New York
Tribune is causing considerable commotion,
q, tl,o i. -.
that has bee )me of national importance.
The alarming increase of kidney diseases:
their insidious 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 n
specific 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 seri-
Gus kidney troubles even after hope had been
abandoned but in common with most peo-
pie we have discredited them. Quite recently.
however, u Huluper Oh prominent ana well
known men have come out voluntarily and
stated over their signatures that they were
completely cured by the use of Warner Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure. Most people have
been aware that this medicine has an unusual
standing and one emitting it TO be classed
above proprietary articles generally; but tina
it had accomplished so much in checking
the ravages of kidney disease is not so gen
orally known. Its great worth has beer
shown not only by the cures it has effected
but also because number of base imitation:
have appeared in the market, fraudulently
claiming the valuable qualities of the orig
inal Safe Cure. If it were not valuable il
would not be initiated.
The above may seem like an ultra indorse.
ment of popular remedy, but it is not ons
whit stronger than the facts admit. What
ever assists the world toward health and con
sequent happiness, should receive the hearty
Endorsement of the press and all friends OF
humanity. 1t is on precisely this principle
that the foregoing statement is made, and il
merits the careful consideration of ever,
thinking rerder.