News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
WAS 1T A TRAGEDY?
Lamentable Death of Two Young Ladies'
and the Narrow Escape of the Third,
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette

Gazette j
Not long ago mother and daughter called
at the office of prominent New York phvsi-
clan. The young lady was fair of face. grace
full OF form, with complexion indicating
health, and yet her mother sa d there was every
indication to her that Sue was the prev of some
my ferrous disorder. At her request, the phys
iclan made a searching examination Nothing
was discovered. At Tho inn ortunities f the
motrer, another physician was called in and
another examination made with the same re-
suit.
In less than three months the young lady
was dead.
in tue same city another prominent physi-
clan was visited recently BY young lady of
attractive address, I, fined manners, and w.n-
some appearance.
She had sea cely stated her case when her
lips quiyered, her face paled, her arms dropped
TO her side, and she was dead.
She died alone with her physician, and gCs-
sips made high scandal, but a post mortem ex-
animation showed that her death was caused
by a CONFUSION, aud the voice of SANDER was
hu-hed. These are facts which can be SUBJ
stantiated if need be-
Medical science does not tell us all we ought
to know. 1t is small satisfaction for us that
death must lay our friends low before we can
find out the nature of their di eases. Life is a
eat mystery; and it is sad commentary on
present human attainments that death is the
only key which IN many cases can unlock the
depths of this mystery.
There is SOM thing more to be dreaded than
cholera, more to be feared than consumption,
which is preying upon the heal b of our young
people, because, unlike them, its approa CHI is
insidious, and we know Of its pre- ence only by
the death it brings. Mr.. Charles E. Stel hens,
the well-kn0wn exporter at 1928 Third S.,
Louisville, Ky, had an experience somewhat
similar 10 The mother whose case is above re-
lated. His daue liter, when but nine years CT
age, SET med suddenly to droop. She was ex-
ceedingly Ianguld, was frCqucntly pros rated
with headaches and nervous depression, and
the feeling of extreme faIgue grew upon her
con family. She could scarcely breathe; could
re ain nothing on Ter stomach, she blCa ed so
that she mea -ured As inc es around he ast,
and il seemed that she would mad with ag-
ony. Every month SIC got worse and worse,
aud nnally, as dea'L se,m med to be OBJ ming
the mastery. in alan her case and treatyn, mt
were t'leG aphed to a prominent New York
spec alst, WHO, after due elaboration, WI, ed
back that ey, rythi 6 possible had been done
and that she COULD hot recover. In tree
mo- tbs from that time, however, she began to
amend, aud in o lew weeks was clothed with
health and in her righr mind.
Ia the itst case mentioned, death was
caused by what is called hrigul's d sease of the
kidney in the second itw s found that uremic
b God poisoning, caused by the same d-easr,
produced the fatal CONFUSION, and III The
tn I'd case death was threatened by the same
disorder, but avert d. when every other
mean- failed, by wal ners safe cure. This result
was accomplished three Years ago and the
lapse OF time h : sho"n that it was not a mere
temporary fleet.
1t is evident that medical men do not know
eveIythir 6, AID yet how strarge is that peo-
pie credit them with omI isci, nee and die i'll the
delusiun. 81 am not surpri ed, say candid
ply sician, ''wh, n 1 know the igno' anc andin-
capacity of the profession concerning UGH
di,orders, that that compound is doing such
effective work. If il can accomplish what we
| cannot, people are very foolish if they do not
| resort to its USE"
1t seems to us that these three cases convey
| a lesson and indi, ate a course of pr, ceediug
which parents and young people cannot afford
| to ignore.