The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-03
A HEROIC DEED.
Surprising even the Deeds of Prov ess
ofEvery- Day-Lif

!
a few months ago the country was
thrilled with the account of girl who,
at the risk of her life, when the whirling
hood OF the swollen rivers was wrestling
great bridges from their foundations.
skipped along the ties of western rail-
way, lantern in hand, and saved train
rom certain destruction. The State of
Iowa awarded her a suitable medal for
her bravery. In this instance it was a,
child who saved the lives Of many
adults, but as rule, the life of the child
is in the hands of older persons.
In November, 1888, little eight-year-
old son of Danish parents was suffering
with diphtheria. The attack was not
severe, but he did not seem to rally after
the throat appeared perfectly well.
Nausea, headache and low fever sue
ceeded the sore throat, and two or three
days afterwards his limbs began
to swell mysteriously. The skin
became very dry, vomiting was
frequent, nose-bleed was persistent,
and nothing would stay in his stomach.
1t was evident to our minds" saws
Mrs. Thomas Schmidt, wife of the vice
consul of Denmark, residing at Neither
wood, n. j.. that some mysterious
malady was working ruin in his system.
Our physician said he had the terrible
brlght's disease. To our suggestion that
certain preparation be tried, he made
no objection. We gave him six dozes a
day, two teaSpoOnfuls at a dose, in
sweetened water. 1t remained upon
his stomach, and within week there
was marked improvement The bowels
became regular without the use of
cathartics, and the nausea diminished;
in three weeks there was q subsistence
OF dropsy, and by the middle of Nav
the limbs were perfectly normal. He
had good appetite, and could take
three pints of milk daily. By the first
of May he was up, and though he had
spent six months in bed, he didn't feel
particularly weak. In June he was out,
feeling perfectly WELL and in July he
weighed eight pounds more than he did
before he was taken sick. To-day there
is only slight unfavorable condition in
his sytem, and the physicians say we
have every reason to believe the child
will be perfectly we'll"
Mrs. Schmidt is certainly to be con-
graduated on the good results which
followed Jne use or Warmers safe cure,
and she says: "We feel bound to make
this truly wonderful result known, and
are perfectly willing to have this letter
published. Gratifying as is the result
wrought, it is by no means singular, for
thousands of children, who seemed
weak and puny, have had their entire
nature changed and their future assured
by prompt use of the same pre-
paration. Such disorders are trans
mitted by inheritance. or arise from
children's epidemic diseases, the evil
effects of which often prove fatal in
later life. The secret of the ill-health
of my. children is that their kidneys
and liver are not performing their
natural work.
1t was brave feat of the brave girl
who crossed the swollen stream on the
bridge to save the lives of the passen-
gers; but it is Drawer deed, and one
worthy of wider recognition which,
seeing the perils awaiting childhood,
free from prejudice, with purpose only
to save by any effective means, pre-
serves to US the lives of our children.