The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-21
" DROPPED DEAD"
The Fate That Overcame Little Mac" and
Five Other Governors.


Apropos of the sudden death of General
George B. Mcclellan, we note that the
New York Sun points out the singular
fact that Governor Dewitt Clinton Gov
ernor Silas Wright, Governor William l.
Marcy, Governor and Chief Justice San
ford E. Church, and Governor r. E, Fen,
ton, all OF New York State, dropped dead
Of heart disease, and uRder quite Identical
misunderstood Of them dying 1cbtte
readiHq u letter except March, who was PEE
rusing Cowper's poems
Hold your hand against the ribs on your
left side, tront,-the IT, lar, steady beat
ing OF the great force mp" of the sys-
TEN, run by an unknown and mysterious
Engineer, is awful in its impressiyeness!
Few persons ike to count their own
pulse beats, and fewer persons still enjoy
marking the "thub-thub" of their own
heart.
" What if ii should skip beatm
As matter of TACT the heart is the least
susceptible TO primary disease Of any OF
our vital organs. IL is, however, very
much injured by certain long-continued
congesJions of the vital organs, like the
kidneys, liver and stomach. Moreover,
blood filed with uric acid produces
rheumatic tendency, and is very injurious
TO hcalthful heart acJlon-it often proves
fatal, and, of course, the uric acid comes
from impaired kidney action.
Roberts, the great English authority,
says that heart disease is chiefly secondary
to some more fatal malady in the blood or
other vital organs. That is, it is not the
original source Of the fatal malady.
The work of the heart is to force blood
into every part of the system. If the
organs are sound 1t is an easy task. Ii
they are at all diseased, it is very, very
hard task. Take as an illustration: The
L. 1. H.,
and yet, being deficient in the nerves or
sensation, this congested condition is not
iHdjcaicd by PAIN 1t may exist for years,
unknown even o physicians, and if it does
not result il complete destruction of the
| kidneys, the extra work which is forced
upon the heart weakens it every year, and
"a mysterious" sudden death claims
another victim!
This is the true history of "heartd ,"
so called, which in reality is chiefly a
secondary effect Of BrighJ's disease OF the
kidneys, and indicates the universal need
! OF that renowned specific, Warmers safe
| cure.
b. T. Harrabee, ESQ.,, of Boston, who
was by it so wonderfully cured of Bright's
| disease, in 1872 says that with its disap-
| pearance Went the distressing heart dis
| order, which he then discovered was only
secondary to the renal trouble.
There IS a general impression that the
| medical profession is not at fault If Ii
frankly admits that heart disease is the
| cause of death. In other words, cure OF
| heart disease is not expected of them
There may be DO help for a broken
down, worn out, apoplectic heart, but
there is a help for the kidney disorder
which in most cases is responsible for the
heart trouble, and if its use put money and
fame into the treasury of the profession
instead of into the hands of an indepen-
dent investigator, every graduated doctor
in the world would eXClaim of it, as one
nohler and less prejudiced than his fellows
once exclaimed: at is Godsend to hui
| manity."
What therefore must be the public esti'
mate of that bigotry and want of franz
ness which fOrbids in such cases (because
fOrsooth it is proprietary article), the use
of the one effective remedial agency of the
age?
Heart disease" indeed Why not cal
such things by their right names?
Why not?
Dead without moments warning"
! This likewise is an untruth! Warning!
are given by the thousand. Physicians
are mot surprised" They "expectec
it," They know what the end will be, bu
the victim?-" oh no, he mustn't be told
you know, it would only brighten him, fol
there is no help, you know, for it,"
The fate that attended "Little Mac" anC
the five governors is not royal and eX
elusive one-it threatens every one wht
fails to heed the warnings of nature as Sc
| forth above.