Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-11-14
"DROPPEDDEAD."
The Fate that 0vercame Little Mac
and Five Other Governors.

singular fact that Governor Dewitt
Clinton, Governor Silas Wright, Gov
ernor William l.. Marcy, Governor
and Chief Justice Sanford E. Church,
and Governor r. f. Fenton, all of
New York State, dropped dead of
heart disease, and U1der quite identical
ctrc,nnstdnceS-each of them dying
achite reading a letter except Marcy,
who was perusing Cowper's poems!
Hold your hand against the ribs on
your left side, front,-the regular,
steady beating of the great "force
pump" of the system, run by an un-
known and mysterious Engineer, is
awful in its impressiveneSs
Few persons like to count their own
pulse-beats, and fewer persons still
enjoy marking the "thub-thub" of
their own heart.
"What If ii should skip a beat"
AS matter of fact the heart is the
least susceptible to primary disease
Of any of our vital organs. 1t is, how
ever, very much injured by certain
long-cOntinued congestions of the vi
tai organs, like the kidneys, liver and
stomach. Moreover, blood filled
with uric acid produces a rheumatic
tendency, and is very injurious to
healthful heartactiOn, lit often proves
fatal, and, of course, the uric acid
comes from impaired kidney action.
Roberts, the great English authOri-
ty, 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 it is an easy
task. If they are at all diseased, it is
very, very hard task. Take as an
: illustration The kidneys are very
subject to congestion and yet, being
deficient in the nerves of sensation,
this congested condition is not indicd-
ted by pain. 1t may exist for years,
unknown even to physicians, and if
it does not result in complete destruc-
ton Of the kidneys, the extra work
which is forced upon the heart weak
ems it every year, and-a "mysteri-
: Gus" sudden death claims another
2 victim!
This is the true history of "heart
disease, $50 called, which in reality
l is chiefly a secondary effect of Bright's
disease Of the kidneys, and indicates
the universal need of that renowned
/. specific Warmers safe cure.
d. B. F. Larrabee, Esq, of Boston,
who was by it so wonderfully cured
of Bright's disease, 1879, says that
with its disappearance went the dis
tressing heart disorder, 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 it frankly admits that heart dis
y ease is the cause of death. In other
words, a cure of heart disease is not
expected of them.
There may be no help for a broken
> down, worn out, apoplectic heart, but
there is a help for the kidney disor
> der which in most cases is responsible
for the heart trouble, and if its ust
puts money and fame into the treasu
ry of the profession instead of into
y the hands of an independent invhsti
gator, every graduated doctor in thu
- world would eXclaim of it, as one
~ nobler and less prejudiced than hi
Z fellows, once exclaimed: "It is
: God-send to humanityW
What therefore must be the publ
- estimate of that bigOtry and want o
" frankness which forbids in such case
because forsooth it is a proprietar,
~ article), the use of the one effectiv
2" remedial agency of the age?
"Heart disease" ineeed Why no
- call such things by their rightnames
y Why not?
r "Dead without a moments warn
ing" This likewise is an untruth
~ Warnings are given by the thousand
Physicians are "notsurprised." The
expected itw They know what tn
end will be, but the victim ?-"oh
no, he mustn't be told, you know
will only brighten him, for there is n
~ help, you know, for it !"
Ct The fate that attended "Littl
" Mac" and the five governors is not
y royal and exclusive one-it threaten
u every one who fails to heed the war;