Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-06
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fc,pclnnati commerciai-aasette.l
~, ,o,c seo a mctherand daughter called
IN. o,,,se of A prominent New York ply
- Tne Young lady was fair OF Ace
s'o'"s 'a,,,, ~ sorm. with Q complexion indi-
500 800 scalth. and yet her mother said there
,sas every indication TO her that snc was
,ns r,,y of some mysterious disorder. Az
~, ,eouest. the physician made a searching
.,,,nation. Nothing was discovered.
..,ne opportunities OF the mother another
.,',s,e,an was called In and another exani-
P".,,, made with the same result
~ ,oss Than three months the young lady
was dead ,., 49,
tan w,ss visited recently by a young lady
csat,actlve address. refined manners ana
wlusome sppeaTanee.
a., haa scarcely stated her case when her
,rs ouIyered her face paled. her arms
s,orr.ed 10 her side, and she was dead.
w., os1 sjed alone with her physician, and
..,..s,,,. made high scandal but posf-norfem
.,a,nat,on showed that her death was
..ns.a nv n CONFUSION, and the voice OF
s,apser was hushed. These are facts which
osp ,se su,,stantiated II need be.
Medical science does not tell us all we
,.,,.h, ~ snow. II Is small satisfaction for
,,s that death must lay our friends low De-
t,,. xse can find out the nature OF their dis
cases Life Is a great mystery, and 1t Is q
sod commentary ON present human attain
men,s that death lis the only key when In
many casos can unlock the depths OF this
mystery.
There .s something more TO be dreaded
than cholera, more TO he feared than con-
sumption. which is preying upon the health
az our young people. because. unlike theni,
its approach Is insidious, and we know oi
,ts presence only by the death II brings MT
Charles T.. stephens. the well-known eA-
portcr at 1898 Third street, Louisville n.y.
had an experience somewhat similar 10 the
,no,,er whose case is above related. His
daughter. when butnine yean OF age, SEEM
ed suddenly to droop. She was exceedingly
languid. was frequently prostrated Win
headaches and nervous depression, ana the
feelipg OF extreme fatigue grew upon her
constantly. She could scarcely breathe, could
,etain nothing on herstomach; she bioated
.o that she measured forty-five inches
a,onnd the waist, and II seemed that she
,.onld 90 mad with agony. Every month
she got worse and worse, and finally, as
death seemed to be obtaining the mastery
,p alarm her case and treatment were tele-
Qraphed to prominent New York special
n, who. after due deliberation wired back
that everything possible had been done ana
,ho, she could not recover. In three months
nom that time, however. she began 10
amend. and in few weeks was clothed
with health and In her right mind.
In the first case mentioned, death was
caused by what is called Brights disease OF
the kidneys; in the second IL was found that
uremic blood poisoning. caused by the same
disease produced the fatal CONFUSION; ana
In the third case death was threatened by
the same disorder. but was averted, when
overy other means failed, by Warmers Safe
cure. This result was accomplished three
years ego, and the apse OF time has SHOWN
that Il was not mere temporary enecI'
II is evident that medical men do not
know everything. and yet how strange II rs
that neople credit them with omniscence
ord d,e in the delusion. Il am not sur
,,r,sed~ saws n candid physician, "when l
rnoNv the ignorance and incaPacity OF the
,,ofessiou concerning such disorders, that
that compound is doing such effective work.
II, can accomplish what we cannot, peop'e
are very foolish II they do not resort 10 its
USE
I, seems TO us that these three cases con-
veya lesson and indicate course OF pro
ceedlng which parents and young peop'e
cannot afford 10 ignore.