The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-30

Some of Its Dangers and the Method of
Avoiding Them.
1. A. Loveland, M. D., in Medical World.

1. A. Loveland, NJ. D., in Medical World.
"Several years ago I vaccinated q person whose
health had always been excellent and who
lymph used was bovine, obtained directly
from one of the most reliable propagators in
the country. The operation was carefully performed.
and was a success as far as relates to its primary OBJ
ject. In about a month after vaccination the pa
tent became %dropsical. The urine was heavily charg:
ed with aibumen; the skin was dry; appetite and
strength diminished, in short the phenomena of a
typical case of acute albuminuria existed. So OBJ
vious was the cause of death that no post-mortem ex-
animation was made. Authorities mention animal
and zymotic poisons as among the causes producing
Bright's disease. They speak of scarlet fever, measles,
smallpox, as some INES being the cause of Albumin
ria. If this is so, there is no good reason why vacci-
nation may not occasionally become an Geological
factor. In the case we are considering, the evidence
that it was the cause is quite plain. The precise way
in which the poison gained an entrance into the sys-
tenn and performed its deadly work, it is impossible to
determine. Should Bright's disease arise, even in
rare instances, after vaccination the sooner the pro-
fession find it out the better it viii be for suffering hu-
manity."
DR.. Loveland clearly shows that even go simple
a matter as vaccination is liable to result in
Brights disease. Indeed medical authorities
state that during the prevalence of smallpox
there is albuminurla, and if this is so, undoubt-
eddy vaccination, which produces a mild form of
the disease, will be attended by some manifesto
ton thereof,
The fact of the matter is, and it is getting to
be more and more recognized every day, a very
little disturbance of the system will produce de-
engagements of the kidneys, which eventually,
result in Bright's disease. Overwork, mental or
physical; overanxiety; physical excuses; mental
worry; excessive indulgence in certain stimu-
lants and narcotics; Irregularities of life and
habits; the taking of cold; changes of season and
climate, all have a tendency to affect the system
unfavorably and to produce a diseased condition
of the kidneys.
People labor under a very erroneous impress
sion who think that such disorders are rare, for
it is a matter of record that primarily or second
arily they are the cause Of a very large percent
age of deaths.
Vaccination is perfectly right and proper, for
there is no better preventive known to the pro-
fession. A very small amount of vaccine, if it
takes" affects the whole system. On the con-
trary, a very small amount of medicine, if it is
OF the right kind, has equally powerful effect in
the blood when properly administered.
1t seems almost like vain repetition to state
that pure blood means good health, but it is evil
dent that the belief is popular from the fact that
best blood purifiers.
Now, in order to purify the blood, a remedy
must be Alternative, and in considerable measure
a dluretlc; that is to say, it must have the ele-
ments In 1t that will act upon the blood as puri-
fiers, and will promote the action Of the organs
which remove the poison from the blood. I'm
less it has these elements, it is absurd to call it a
blood purifier.
The tired feeling; the depressed headaches; the
hutter1ng of the stomach; vertigo; a sense of
languor; an indescribable feeling of uneasiness
and restlessness, all indicate, not disease neces-
sarily of any one organ, but a torpid and heavy
condition of the blood. 1t is impossible to purify
q stream except at its source. 1t is impossible to
keep the blood rich unless it is purified by the
organs which nature has provided for that pur-
pose.
We have shown, as we think every journalist
ought to show to his readers, if able to 90 so,
that the human kidneys are susceptible to the
least cause disturbing the natural operation of
the system, and it is also known that these or
gans are provided by nature to remove the waste
and poisonous material Of the blood and to wash
it out Of the system. This operation seems
very simple, but owing to the fact conceded by
covery of Warmers Safe Cure, there was no
known remedy which had any certain power
over functional or chronic diseases of the kid
neys. or over blood impurities, consequently
blood publication through these organs has been
a difficult matter to perform if nature were at all
deranged.
1t is useless to multiply words on this subject
because that remedy has a reputation conceded
by the most intelligent physicians, of being with
out exception the most benefcent discovery in
the realm of medicine ever made.
Vaccination is justifiable and proper as a pre-
ventlve OF smallpox, and if the remedy above
mentioned is used in connection with the opera
ton of vaccination, it is doubtful if an injurious
effect will follow. The manufacturers state that
they know from long extended experience in
treating the sick, that blood disorders are cx-
tremely prevalent and that. Judging from their
own experience, there can possibly be no agency
so effective in preventing and curing such dis
orders ever known. Children and grown people
alke are subject to it, and unless nature is given
assistance at the proper time by a special agency
such as we have named, persons 80 afflicted must
succumb to the forces which are constantly try
ing to draw them down.
Eh GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1873.