Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-05
MnRoppRn MAn.n
The Fate that 0vefea1ae is1fttie afac,;
 and FIte Other Governofs.

and Five Other Governofs. Apropos of the sudden death of Gen. Geo. B. Mcclellan, we note that the New York Sun points out the singular fact that Gov ernor Dewitt Clinton, Governor silas Wright Governor William L. Marcy, Governor and Chief Justice Sanford E. Church, and Gov. ernor R. E. Fenton, all of New York State dropped dead of heart disease, and under quite identical circumstaaces-each of them dying while reading 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 unknown and mysterious Engin. ger, is awful in its impressiveness. Few persons like to count their own pulse beats, and fewer persons still enjoy marking l the "thub-thub" of their own heart. What if it should skip beat. As a matter of fact the heart is the least susceptible to primary disease of any of oul vital organs. It is, however, very much in jured by certain long continued congestionf of the vital organs, like the kidneys, liver ! and stomach Moreover, blood filled with 1 uric acid produces 8 rheumatic tendency, l and is very injurious to healthful heart ac. ! tion-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 sec ondary to some more fatal malady in the blood or other vital organs. That is, it is not the original soRrce of the fatal malady.
 The work of the heart is to force blood in- ! to 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 de- icient in the nerves of sensation, this con- gested condition is not indicated by pain. 1t may exist for years, unknown even to phy- sicians, and if it does not result in complete which is forced upon the heart weakens it every year, and-a mysterious" sudden death claims another victim. This is the true history of heart disease so called, which in reality is chiefly second ary effect of Bright's disease of the kidneys, and indicates the universal need of that re- nowned specific Warner's safe cure. B. F. Larrabee, of Boston, who was by it so wonderfully cured of Bright's disease in 1879, says that with it's disappearance went
 the distressing heart disorder, which he
 then discovered was only secondary to the renal trouble.
 There is general impression that the
 medical profession is not at fault if it frank
 ly admits that heart disease is the cause of
 death. In other words, cure of heart dis
 ease is not expected of them.
 There may be no help for broken down,
 worn out, apoplect1c heart, but there is g
 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 treas
 ury of the profession instead of into the
 hands of an independent investigator, every
 graduated doctor in the world would exclaim of it, as one, nobler and less prejudiced than
 his fellows, once exclaimed: 'It is God send to humanity"
 What therefore must be the public esti- mate of that bigotry and want of frankness which forbids in such cases Cbecause for sooth it is proprietary article) the use of the one effective remedial agency of lineage.
 Heart disease, indeed. Why not call such things by their right namess
 Why not!
 Dead without a moments warning. This likewise is an untruth! Warnings are given by the thousand. Physicians are not sur prised. They expected it. They know what the end will be, but the victim?-oh, no, he mustn't be told, you know, it would only frighten him, for there is no help, you know, for it.
 The fate that attended ''Little Mac'' and the i've governors is not royal and exclu- sive one-it threatens every one who fails to heed the warnings of nature as set forth above.